Lesley Selander

Lesley Selander

American film director (1900–1979)

Lesley Selander was an American film director of Westerns and adventure movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936).

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 113 films (1929–1967) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 30 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1929 TRUE HEAVEN. Fox Film Corp 6 reels B&W
1934 The thin man Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM): Distributor 1:30:00 16mm B&W sound
1936 EMPTY SADDLES. Universal Productions Inc. 7 reels B&W
1936 SANDFLOW. Universal Pictures Corp. 6 reels B&W
1936 THE BOSS RIDER OF GUN CREEK. Universal Productions Inc. 7 reels B&W
1936 THE GARDEN MURDER CASE. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 6 reels B&W
1937 HOPALONG RIDES AGAIN. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1937 LEFT-HANDED LAW. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 6 reels B&W
1937 SMOKE TREE RANGE. Universal Pictures Co. Inc. 6 reels B&W
1938 PRIDE OF THE WEST. Paramount Pictures Inc. 6 reels B&W
1938 THE FRONTIERSMEN. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1939 HERITAGE OF THE DESERT. Paramount Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1939 SUNSET TRAIL. Paramount Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1940 Cherokee Strip. Lesley Selander 9 reels B&W
1940 HIDDEN GOLD ▶ new-york-telephone-company 60 min 16mm B&W
1940 Hidden Gold Lesley Selander 60 min 16mm B&W Sound
1940 Hidden Gold. Lesley Selander 6 reels B&W
1940 Knights Of The Range. Lesley Selander 7 reels B&W
1940 Santa Fe Marshal. Harry Sherman Productions 7 reels 16mm B&W sound
1940 Stagecoach war. Lesley Selander 7 reels 16mm B&W silent
1940 Three men from Texas. Harry Sherman Productions 8 reels 16mm B&W sound
1941 Doomed Caravan. Lesley Selander 6 reels B&W
1941 Pirates On Horseback. Lesley Selander 7 reels 16mm B&W sound
1941 Riders Of The Timberline. Lesley Selander 6 reels B&W
1941 Stick to Your Guns. Lesley Selander 6 reels 16mm B&W sound
1941 The Round Up. Lesley Selander 10 reels Color & B&W
1941 Wide Open Town. Lesley Selander 8 reels B&W
1942 Bandit Ranger. Lesley Selander 56 min. B&W
1942 Border Patrol. Lesley Selander 64 min. B&W
1942 Lost canyon. Lesley Selander 61 min. 16mm B&W sound
1942 Red River Robin Hood. Lesley Selander 57 min. B&W
1942 Thundering Hoofs. Lesley Selander 60 min. B&W
1942 Undercover Man. Lesley Selander 6 128 ft. B&W
1943 Bar 20. Lesley Selander 6 reels B&W
1943 Buckskin Frontier ▶ United Artists Productions 3:55 B&W sound
1943 Buckskin Frontier. Lesley Selander 65 min. B&W
1943 Colt Comrades. Lesley Selander 67 min. B&W
1943 Riders Of The Deadline. Lesley Selander 67 min. B&W
1944 Bordertown Trail. Lesley Selander 6 reels Color & B&W
1944 Call Of The Rockies. Lesley Selander 6 reels Color & B&W
1944 Cheyenne Wildcat. Lesley Selander 6 reels B&W
1944 Firebrands Of Arizona. Lesley Selander 6 reels Color & B&W
1944 Forty Thieves. Lesley Selander 60 min. B&W
1944 Lumberjack. Lesley Selander 94 min. B&W
1944 NIGHT TRAIN TO MEMPHIS R C M Productions 16mm Color & B&W sound
1944 Night Train To Memphis. Lesley Selander 1 reel 16mm B&W sound
1944 Sheriff Of Las Vegas. Lesley Selander 6 reels B&W
1944 Sheriff Of Sundown. Lesley Selander 6 reels B&W
1944 Stagecoach To Monterey. Lesley Selander 6 reels Color & B&W
1945 Great Stagecoach Robbery. Lesley Selander 6 reels B&W