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John English (I) (1903–1969)

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Second feature director of English birth, who grew up and received his education in Canada. Began his directing career at Republic in 1935, then moved to Columbia, where he was under contract between 1947 and 1951. He was a specialist in westerns and serials at both studios. From the 1960's, worked as director for episodic television.

Born:

John Wilkinson English
in Cumberland, England, UK

Died:

(age 66) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1966 Laredo (TV series)
– Any Way the Wind Blows (1966)
 
1957-1966 Lassie (TV series)
– Lassie's Rescue Mission (1966)
– The Gift of Life (1965)
– Lassie's Time of Peril (1965)
– Little Dog Lost (1965)
– Lassie and the Dynamite (1965)
See all 21 episodes »
 
1966 Lost Island of Kioga (TV movie) (director: archive footage)
 
1966 Dr. Satan's Robot (TV movie) (director: archive footage)
 
1965 A Man Called Shenandoah (TV series)
– The Debt (1965)
 
1964-1965 Daniel Boone (TV series)
– Four-Leaf Clover (1965)
– The Price of Friendship (1965)
– The Returning (1965)
– Not in Our Stars (1964)
– The Sisters O'Hannrahan (1964)
See all 6 episodes »
 
1963 Gunsmoke (TV series)
– Extradition: Part 2 (1963)
– Extradition: Part 1 (1963)
– Tobe (1963)
 
1963 The Virginian (TV series)
– Brother Thaddeus (1963)
– A Killer in Town (1963)
– A Distant Fury (1963)
 
1963 The Wide Country (TV series)
– The Man Who Ran Away (1963)
 
1961-1962 Frontier Circus (TV series)
– The Good Fight (1962)
– Winter Quarters (1961)
– Dr. Sam (1961)
 
1962 Thriller (TV series)
– The Innocent Bystanders (1962)
 
1961 Perry Mason (TV series)
– The Case of the Jealous Journalist (1961)
– The Case of the Torrid Tapestry (1961)
 
1961 Checkmate (TV series)
– One for the Book (1961)
– Between Two Guns (1961)
– Hour of Execution (1961)
 
1961 Wagon Train (TV series)
– The Nancy Palmer Story (1961)
 
1959 Death Valley Days (TV series)
– Tribal Justice (1959)
 
1959 The Rifleman (TV series)
– The Spiked Rifle (1959)
 
1959 Johnny Ringo (TV series)
– Ghost Coach (1959)
– The Posse (1959)
 
1956-1959 Zane Grey Theater (TV series)
– Hand on the Latch (1959)
– The Law and the Gun (1959)
– Checkmate (1959)
– Hanging Fever (1959)
– The Last Raid (1959)
See all 24 episodes »
 
1959 Black Saddle (TV series)
– Client: Frome (1959)
– Client: Jessup (1959)
– Client: Banks (1959)
– Client: Tagger (1959)
– Client: Starkey (1959)
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1959 Behind Closed Doors (TV series)
– Crypto 40 (1959)
 
1959 Zorro Rides Again (archive footage)
 
1956-1958 State Trooper (TV series)
– When the Cat's Away (1958)
– Sweet & Gentle, Ltd. (1958)
– The Winnemucca Weskit (1958)
– No, My Darling Daughter (1958)
– Firebug (1958)
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1958 Mike Hammer (TV series)
– The Broken Frame (1958)
– The New Look (1958)
– Peace Bond (1958)
– A Shot in the Arm (1958)
– So That's Who It Was (1958)
 
1957 Trackdown (TV series)
– Like Father (1957)
 
1957 Tales of Wells Fargo (TV series)
– The Hijackers (1957)
 
1956 Broken Arrow (TV series)
– The Raiders (1956)
– Justice (1956)
– Medicine Man (1956)
– Passage Deferred (1956)
 
1955-1956 My Friend Flicka (TV series)
– Big Red (1956)
– The Recluse (1956)
– When Bugles Blow (1956)
– The Medicine Man (1956)
– The Old Champ (1956)
See all 12 episodes »
 
1955-1956 The Adventures of Champion (TV series)
– Calhoun Rides Again (1956)
– Brand of the Lawless (1956)
– Andrew and the Deadly Double (1956)
– Mystery Mountain (1956)
– The Stone Heart (1955)
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1956 Star Stage (TV series)
– Killer on Horseback (1956)
 
1954-1955 Studio 57 (TV series)
– No Place Like Home (1955)
– Waterhole (1955)
– Sam (1955)
– The Bewildered Bride (1955)
– Sauce for the Gander (1954)
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1955 Soldiers of Fortune (TV series)
– The Lady and the Lion (1955)
– Last Days of Dolores (1955)
– The Vanishing Island (1955)
– The General (1955)
– Hate at Forty Fathoms (1955)
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1953-1955 City Detective (TV series)
– Goodbye Old Paint (1955)
– Drop Coin Here (1954)
– Cargo of the Midnight (1954)
– Trouble on a Train (1953)
 
1955 Buffalo Bill, Jr. (TV series)
 
1954-1955 The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse (TV series)
– And Never Come Back (1955)
– A Far, Far Better Thing (1954)
– Farewell Performance (1954)
 
1951-1955 The Adventures of Kit Carson (TV series)
– Incident at Wagontire (1955)
– The Phantom Uprising (1955)
– Trouble in Sundown (1954)
– Frontier Empire (1954)
– Valient Outlaw (1954)
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1954 Annie Oakley (TV series)
– Outlaw Mesa (1954)
 
1951-1953 The Roy Rogers Show (TV series)
– Bullets and a Burro (1953)
– The Minister's Son (1952)
– The Desert Fugitive (1952)
– Jailbreak (1951)
– Pilot (1951)
 
1953 Your Jeweler's Showcase (TV series)
– The Bean Farm (1953)
 
1952 Biff Baker, U.S.A. (TV series)
 
1951 Valley of Fire
 
1951 The Hills of Utah
 
1951 Silver Canyon
 
1951 The Gene Autry Show (TV series)
– Double Barreled Vengeance (1951)
– The Raiders (1951)
 
1951 Whirlwind
 
1951 Gene Autry and The Mounties
 
1951 The Range Rider (TV series)
– Stage to Rainbow's End (1951)
– The Baron of Broken Bow (1951)
– The Crooked Fork (1951)
 
1950 The Blazing Sun
 
1950 Indian Territory
 
1950 Beyond the Purple Hills
 
1950 Cow Town
 
1950 Mule Train
 
1949 Sons of New Mexico
 
1949 Riders in the Sky
 
1949 The Cowboy and the Indians
 
1949 Rim of the Canyon
 
1949 Riders of the Whistling Pines
 
1948 Loaded Pistols
 
1948 The Strawberry Roan
 
1947 The Last Round-up
 
1947 Trail to San Antone
 
1946 Murder in the Music Hall
 
1945 Don't Fence Me In
 
1945 Behind City Lights
 
1945 The Phantom Speaks
 
1945 Utah
 
1945 Grissly's Millions
 
1944 Faces in the Fog
 
1944 San Fernando Valley
 
1944 Port of 40 Thieves
 
1944 Silver City Kid
 
1944 Call of the South Seas
 
1944 The Laramie Trail
 
1944 Captain America
 
1943 Raiders of Sunset Pass
 
1943 Drums of Fu Manchu
 
1943 Death Valley Manhunt
 
1943 Overland Mail Robbery
 
1943 Black Hills Express
 
1943 The Man from Thunder River
 
1943 Daredevils of the West
 
1943 Dead Man's Gulch
 
1943 The Fighting Devil Dogs (archive footage)
 
1943 Thundering Trails
 
1942 Valley of Hunted Men
 
1942 The Phantom Plainsmen
 
1942 The Yukon Patrol
 
1942 Westward Ho
 
1942 Raiders of the Range
 
1942 Code of the Outlaw
 
1941 Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
 
1941 King of the Texas Rangers
 
1941 Gangs of Sonora
 
1941 Jungle Girl
 
1941 Adventures of Captain Marvel
 
1940 Mysterious Doctor Satan
 
1940 King of the Royal Mounted
 
1940 Adventures of Red Ryder
 
1940 Hi-Yo Silver (archive footage)
 
1940 Drums of Fu Manchu
 
1939 Zorro's Fighting Legion
 
1939 Dick Tracy's G-Men
 
1939 Daredevils of the Red Circle
 
1939 The Lone Ranger Rides Again
 
1938 Hawk of the Wilderness
 
1938 Dick Tracy Returns
 
1938 The Fighting Devil Dogs
 
1938 Call the Mesquiteers
 
1938 The Lone Ranger
 
1937 Zorro Rides Again
 
1937 Whistling Bullets (as John W. English)
 
1937 Arizona Days
 
1935 His Fighting Blood (as John W. English)
 
1935 The Red Blood of Courage (as Jack English)
 
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1938 Crashing Through Danger (as Jack English)
 
1936 The Traitor
 
1936 Ghost Patrol (as Jack English)
 
1936 The Lion's Den
 
1936 Aces and Eights (as Jack English)
 
1936 Lightnin' Bill Carson (as Jack English)
 
1935 Trails of the Wild (as Jack English)
 
1935 Code of the Mounted
 
1935 Wilderness Mail (as Jack English)
 
1935 Northern Frontier (as Jack English)
 
1934 No More Bridge! (short) (as Jack English)
 
1933 Three Little Swigs (short) (as Jack English)
 
1933 Hooks and Jabs (short)
 
1933 Marriage Humor (short) (as Jack English)
 
1933 Knight Duty (short)
 
1933 The Hitchhiker (short)
 
1932 The Big Flash (short) (as Jack English)
 
1932 Mother's Holiday (short)
 
1931 What a Head! (short)
 
1931 Meet the Wife (as Jack English)
 
1929 Hold Your Man (as Jack English)
 
1929 Clear the Decks (as Jack English)
 
1929 Red Hot Speed (as Jack English)
 
1927 The Lovelorn
 
1927 Becky
 
1927 Mockery
 
1927 Heaven on Earth
 
1927 The Understanding Heart (as John W. English)
 
1926 Exquisite Sinner
 
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1943 Drums of Fu Manchu (director: archive footage)
 
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1931 For the Love of Fanny (short) (adaptation / as Jack English)
 

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Second feature director of English birth, who grew up and received his education in Canada. Began his directing career at Republic in 1935, then moved to Columbia, where he was under contract between 1947 and 1951. He was a specialist in westerns and serials at both studios. From the 1960's, worked as director for episodic television. See more »

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