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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...
Known for
The Adventures of Robin HoodMovie • 1938
Ladies They Talk AboutMovie • 1933
The Master of BallantraeMovie • 1953
'G' MenMovie • 1935
The Bride Came C.O.D.Movie • 1941
The Street with No NameMovie • 1948
The Prince and the PauperMovie • 1937
The Man Who Came to DinnerMovie • 1941
Each Dawn I DieMovie • 1939
Bullets or BallotsMovie • 1936
Picture SnatcherMovie • 1933
The Fighting 69thMovie • 1940
The Cabin in the CottonMovie • 1932
Jewel RobberyMovie • 1932