William Keighley

Known for DirectingBorn 1889-08-04Died 1984-06-24 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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 WikipediaRead more

Movies & web series

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Scarlet Dawn

Torrid Zone

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Bride Came C.O.D.

The Singing Kid

The Third Degree

Four Mothers

Each Dawn I Die

The Prince and the Pauper

Varsity Show

Close to My Heart

Picture Snatcher

Mary Jane's Pa

Valley of the Giants

The Match King

Honeymoon

'G' Men

Bullets or Ballots

The Street with No Name

George Washington Slept Here

Jewel Robbery

Resurrection

The Green Pastures

Babbitt

The Cabin in the Cotton

Special Agent

Mary Stevens, M.D.

Target for Today

Ladies They Talk About

Rocky Mountain

Brother Rat

Secrets of an Actress

The Master of Ballantrae

The Fighting 69th

Journal of a Crime

Big Hearted Herbert

Stars Over Broadway

No Time for Comedy

God's Country and the Woman

Dr. Monica

Easy to Love

The Right to Live

Kansas City Princess

Yes, My Darling Daughter

Rebecca