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D. Ross Lederman(1894-1972)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Writer
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Starting out as an extra in Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops series, D. Ross Lederman worked his way through the ranks of film production, and made his mark as a second-unit director. Becoming a feature director in the late 1920s, he specialized in action films and especially westerns, turning out a number of first-rate oaters with Tim McCoy at Columbia. By most accounts a somewhat brusque man with an aversion to retakes and prima donna behavior (he locked horns with McCoy on more than one occasion), Lederman's penchant for getting films done on time and under budget no doubt endeared him to producers and guaranteed him steady employment, but often made his films look somewhat rushed. In the 1950s Lederman, like many of his "B" picture colleagues, turned to series television and directed many episodes of Annie Oakley (1954), among others.
BornDecember 12, 1894
DiedAugust 24, 1972(77)
BornDecember 12, 1894
DiedAugust 24, 1972(77)
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D. Ross Lederman and Chester Morris in The Phantom Thief (1946)

Known for

Lawrence Gray, Louise Lorraine, Warner Richmond, and Flash the Dog in Shadows of the Night (1928)
Shadows of the Night
  • Director
  • 1928
Ruth Ford in The Gorilla Man (1943)
The Gorilla Man
5.1
  • Director
  • 1943
Joan Perry and Roger Pryor in Case of the Missing Man (1935)
Case of the Missing Man
6.0
  • Director
  • 1935
Marguerite Churchill, William Gargan, and Drue Leyton in Alibi for Murder (1936)
Alibi for Murder
5.9
  • Director
  • 1936

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Director

  • Overland Trail (1960)
    Overland Trail
  • Shotgun Slade (1959)
    Shotgun Slade
  • Border Patrol
  • Rod Cameron in State Trooper (1956)
    State Trooper
  • The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
    The Ford Television Theatre
  • Soldiers of Fortune (1955)
    Soldiers of Fortune
    • (as Ross D. Lederman)
  • Gail Davis in Annie Oakley (1954)
    Annie Oakley
  • Dickie Jones in Buffalo Bill, Jr. (1955)
    Buffalo Bill, Jr.
  • Crusader (1955)
    Crusader
  • John Bromfield and Maxie Rosenbloom in Damon Runyon Theater (1955)
    Damon Runyon Theater
  • Richard Webb in Captain Midnight (1954)
    Captain Midnight
  • The Gene Autry Show (1950)
    The Gene Autry Show
  • Jamboree
  • Jock Mahoney in The Range Rider (1951)
    The Range Rider
  • Stanley Clements, Gene Collins, Leon Tyler, and Danny Welton in Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
    Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
    The Tanks Are Coming
  • Virginia Mayo and George Raft in Red Light (1949)
    Red Light
  • William Bendix and Claire Trevor in The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
    The Babe Ruth Story
  • Alice Faye in Lillian Russell (1940)
    Lillian Russell
    • (uncredited)
  • Rebecca (1940)
    Rebecca
    • (uncredited)
  • Ann Pennington in Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)
    Gold Diggers of Broadway
    • (as Ross Lederman)
  • Myrna Loy in Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
    Ham and Eggs at the Front
    • (as Ross Lederman)
  • Dolores Costello and Jason Robards Sr. in The Heart of Maryland (1927)
    The Heart of Maryland
    • (as Ross Lederman)
  • Charles Emmett Mack and Patsy Ruth Miller in The First Auto (1927)
    The First Auto
  • Myrna Loy, Monte Blue, and Patricia Grey in Bitter Apples (1927)
    Bitter Apples
    • (as Ross Lederman)
  • Across the Pacific (1926)
    Across the Pacific
  • Myrna Loy, Clive Brook, Patsy Ruth Miller, and Jane Winton in Why Girls Go Back Home (1926)
    Why Girls Go Back Home
  • Matt Moore and John Patrick in The Caveman (1926)
    The Caveman
  • Three Weeks in Paris
  • Max Davidson, Frank Hagney, and Patsy Ruth Miller in Hogan's Alley (1925)
    Hogan's Alley
    • (as Ross Lederman)

Writer

  • Lawrence Gray, Louise Lorraine, Warner Richmond, and Flash the Dog in Shadows of the Night (1928)
    Shadows of the Night

Personal details

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    • December 12, 1894
    • Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
    • August 24, 1972
    • Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(heart condition)
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    • 2 Articles

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