William Keighley
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June 24, 1984, New York, New York) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director. After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s, he was acting and directing on Broadway. With the advent of talking pictures, he relocated to Hollywood. He eventually signed with Warner Bros., where he proved adept at directing in a wide variety of genres. He was the initial director of The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, but was replaced by Michael Curtiz. During World War II, he supervised the U.S. Army Signal Corp's motion picture unit. He retired in 1953 and moved to Paris with his actress wife Genevieve Tobin. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Keighley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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DirectingBirthday
August 4, 1889Deathday
June 24, 1984Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
45Place of birth
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USACast credits
Crew credits
The Adventures of Robin Hood
DirectorThe Man Who Came to Dinner
Director'G' Men
DirectorGeorge Washington Slept Here
DirectorBullets or Ballots
DirectorEach Dawn I Die
DirectorThe Bride Came C.O.D.
DirectorThe Street with No Name
DirectorThe Prince and the Pauper
DirectorThe Master of Ballantrae
DirectorThe Right to Live
DirectorLadies They Talk About
DirectorRocky Mountain
DirectorPicture Snatcher
WriterSpecial Agent
DirectorThe Fighting 69th
DirectorTorrid Zone
DirectorThe Green Pastures
DirectorGod's Country and the Woman
DirectorBrother Rat
DirectorFour Mothers
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