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Lambert Hillyer (1889–1969)

Director | Writer | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

A former journalist who came from a show-business family--his mother was actress Lydia Knott--western specialist Lambert Hillyer entered films in 1917. After becoming a director, he soon teamed up with cowboy actor William S. Hart for a series of westerns that resulted in making Hart a star, for... See full bio »

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in South Bend, Indiana, USA

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(age 79) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
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1955-1956 Highway Patrol (TV series)
– Ex Con (1956)
– Oil Lease (1956)
– Art Robbery (1956)
– Motorcycle A (1956)
– Scared Cop (1956)
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1953-1956 The Cisco Kid (TV series)
– Dangerous Shoemaker (1956)
– Kilts and Sombreros (1956)
– Mr. X (1956)
– Man with the Reputation (1956)
– Strangers (1956)
See all 39 episodes »
 
1956 The Man Called X (TV series)
 
1953-1956 I Led 3 Lives (TV series)
– Counterspy's Wife (1956)
– Common Denominator (1955)
– Mr. and Mrs. (1955)
– Prisoner (1955)
– Caviar (1954)
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1954 Meet Corliss Archer (TV series)
– Dexter and the Car (1954)
– Harry the Photographer (1954)
– Miffy's Overnight Painting (1954)
– President of the Garden Club (1954)
– The Personality Test (1954)
 
1949 Range Land
 
1949 Riders of the Dusk
 
1949 Haunted Trails
 
1949 Trails End
 
1949 Gun Law Justice
 
1949 Gun Runner
 
1948 Outlaw Brand
 
1948 The Sheriff of Medicine Bow
 
1948 The Fighting Ranger
 
1948 Range Renegades
 
1948 Frontier Agent
 
1948 Partners of the Sunset
 
1948 Crossed Trails
 
1948 Oklahoma Blues
 
1948 Overland Trails
 
1948 Song of the Drifter
 
1948 Sundown Riders
 
1947 Gun Talk
 
1947 Prairie Express
 
1947 The Case of the Baby Sitter (short)
 
1947 Flashing Guns
 
1947 The Hat Box Mystery
 
1947 The Law Comes to Gunsight
 
1947 Land of the Lawless
 
1947 Trailing Danger
 
1947 Valley of Fear
 
1947 Raiders of the South
 
1946 Silver Range
 
1946 Shadows on the Range
 
1946 Trigger Fingers
 
1946 The Gentleman from Texas
 
1946 Under Arizona Skies
 
1946 Border Bandits
 
1945 Frontier Feud
 
1945 The Lost Trail
 
1945 South of the Rio Grande
 
1945 Flame of the West
 
1945 Stranger from Santa Fe
 
1945 Beyond the Pecos
 
1944 Ghost Guns
 
1944 Land of the Outlaws
 
1944 West of the Rio Grande
 
1944 Range Law
 
1944 Law Men
 
1944 Partners of the Trail
 
1943 Smart Guy
 
1943 The Texas Kid
 
1943 Six Gun Gospel
 
1943 Batman
 
1943 The Stranger from Pecos
 
1943 Bombardier (aerial sequences - uncredited)
 
1943 Radio Runaround (short)
 
1943 Gem-Jams (short)
 
1943 Fighting Frontier
 
1942 Vengeance of the West
 
1942 Prairie Gunsmoke
 
1942 The Devil's Trail
 
1942 North of the Rockies
 
1941 The Royal Mounted Patrol
 
1941 Roaring Frontiers
 
1941 Prairie Stranger
 
1941 King of Dodge City
 
1941 Thunder Over the Prairie
 
1941 The Son of Davy Crockett
 
1941 The Medico of Painted Springs
 
1941 Hands Across the Rockies
 
1941 The Return of Daniel Boone
 
1941 North from the Lone Star
 
1941 The Pinto Kid
 
1940 The Wildcat of Tucson
 
1940 Beyond the Sacramento
 
1940 The Durango Kid
 
1939 The Girl from Rio
 
1939 Should a Girl Marry?
 
1939 Convict's Code
 
1938 Gang Bullets
 
1938 Extortion
 
1938 Women in Prison
 
1938 My Old Kentucky Home
 
1937 All-American Sweetheart
 
1937 Girls Can Play
 
1937 Speed to Spare
 
1936 Dracula's Daughter
 
1936 Dangerous Waters
 
1936 The Invisible Ray
 
1935 Super-Speed
 
1935 Guard That Girl
 
1935 The Awakening of Jim Burke
 
1935 Men of the Hour
 
1935 In Spite of Danger
 
1935 Behind the Evidence
 
1934 Men of the Night
 
1934 Against the Law
 
1934 The Defense Rests
 
1934 The Most Precious Thing in Life
 
1934 One Is Guilty
 
1934 Once to Every Woman
 
1934 The Man Trailer
 
1933 The Fighting Code
 
1933 Master of Men
 
1933 Before Midnight
 
1933 Police Car 17
 
1933 Dangerous Crossroads
 
1933 Unknown Valley
 
1933 The California Trail
 
1932 Sundown Rider
 
1932 Forbidden Trail
 
1932 White Eagle
 
1932 Hello Trouble
 
1932 South of the Rio Grande
 
1932 The Fighting Fool
 
1932 One Man Law
 
1931 The Deadline
 
1930 Beau Bandit
 
1928 Fleetwing
 
1928 The Branded Sombrero
 
1927 Chain Lightning
 
1927 Hills of Peril
 
1927 The War Horse
 
1926 30 Below Zero ( - uncredited / unconfirmed)
 
1926 Miss Nobody
 
1926 Her Second Chance
 
1925 The Unguarded Hour
 
1925 The Knockout
 
1925 The Making of O'Malley
 
1925 I Want My Man
 
1924 Idle Tongues
 
1924 Barbara Frietchie
 
1924 Those Who Dance
 
1923 Eyes of the Forest
 
1923 Mile-a-Minute Romeo
 
1923 The Lone Star Ranger
 
1923 The Spoilers
 
1923 Temporary Marriage
 
1923 The Shock
 
1923 Scars of Jealousy
 
1922 The Altar Stairs
 
1922 The Super Sex
 
1922 Skin Deep
 
1922 Caught Bluffing
 
1922 Travelin' on
 
1922 White Hands
 
1921 White Oak
 
1921 Three Word Brand
 
1921 The Whistle
 
1921 O'Malley of the Mounted
 
1920 The Testing Block
 
1920 The Cradle of Courage
 
1920 Sand
 
1920 The Toll Gate
 
1919 John Petticoats
 
1919 Wagon Tracks
 
1919 Square Deal Sanderson
 
1919 The Poppy Girl's Husband
 
1919 Breed of Men
 
1918 Riddle Gawne
 
1918 The Lion of the Hills
 
1917 Strife
 
1917 The Narrow Trail
 
1917 An Even Break
 
1917 The Mother Instinct
 
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1955 Highway Patrol (TV series)
 
1941 The Son of Davy Crockett (original screenplay)
 
1939 Parents on Trial (writer)
 
1939 The Thundering West (story - uncredited)
 
1938 Highway Patrol (story)
 
1937 Girls Can Play (screen play)
 
1937 Speed to Spare (story and screenplay)
 
1935 Guard That Girl (story and screenplay)
 
1935 Law Beyond the Range (screenplay / story)
 
1934 Men of the Night (story and screenplay)
 
1934 The Man Trailer (story and screenplay)
 
1933 The Fighting Code (story and screenplay)
 
1933 Straightaway (writer)
 
1933 Police Car 17 (writer)
 
1933 Unknown Valley (adaptation)
 
1933 The California Trail (screenplay)
 
1933 State Trooper (story)
 
1932 Sundown Rider (screenplay)
 
1932 Hello Trouble (story and scenario)
 
1932 One Man Law (adaptation and dialogue / story)
 
1931 The Deadline (scenario / story and dialogue)
 
1930 Hide-Out (screenplay / story)
 
1928 Fleetwing (story)
 
1928 The Branded Sombrero (adaptation)
 
1927 Chain Lightning (scenario)
 
1927 The War Horse (screenplay / story)
 
1924 Barbara Frietchie (adaptation)
 
1924 Those Who Dance (adaptation)
 
1923 The Lone Star Ranger (writer)
 
1923 Temporary Marriage (writer)
 
1923 Scars of Jealousy (adaptation)
 
1922 The Super Sex (adaptation / screenplay)
 
1922 Travelin' on (adaptation)
 
1922 White Hands
 
1921 The Man from Lost River
 
1921 Three Word Brand (adaptation)
 
1921 The Whistle (scenario)
 
1921 O'Malley of the Mounted
 
1920 The Testing Block (scenario / screenplay)
 
1920 The Cradle of Courage
 
1920 Sand
 
1920 The Toll Gate
 
1919 Square Deal Sanderson (scenario)
 
1919 The Money Corral (scenario)
 
1918 They're Off (scenario)
 
1918 The Marriage Bubble (short) (scenario)
 
1918 Unfaithful (short) (writer)
 
1917 One Shot Ross (scenario)
 
1917 An Even Break
 
1917 The Mother Instinct
 
1917 Love or Justice (scenario)
 
1917 Wolf Lowry
 
1917 The Snarl (scenario)
 
1917 The Desert Man
 
1917 The Little Brother (scenario)
 
1940 The Son of Monte Cristo (second unit director)
 
1919 The Money Corral (assistant director)
 
1919 The Poppy Girl's Husband (assistant director)
 
1917 The Silent Man (assistant director - uncredited)
 
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1918 Eight Bells
 

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Lesley Selander is considered the most prolific director of feature Westerns of all time, with at least 107 to his credit between 1935 and 1967. Hillyer finishes a close second, with 106 horse operas helmed between 1917 and 1949. See more »

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