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Lewis Seiler(1890-1964)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Producer
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Lewis Seiler went to Hollywood in 1919 and worked as a gag man and assistant director before directing a number of two-reel comedies. He was closely associated with Tom Mix Westerns during the 1920s. He spent much of the 1930s at Warner Brothers, turning out some of that studio's grittier gangster pictures and "social drama" films--Crime School (1938), King of the Underworld (1939), Hell's Kitchen (1939), to name a few--and he was responsible for what is generally considered to be one of the finest war pictures to come out of Hollywood, Guadalcanal Diary (1943). Retiring from motion pictures in 1958, he turned to television where he kept busy up to the time of his death.
BornSeptember 30, 1890
DiedJanuary 8, 1964(73)
BornSeptember 30, 1890
DiedJanuary 8, 1964(73)
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Known for

Ronald Reagan and Lya Lys in Murder in the Air (1940)
Murder in the Air
5.4
  • Director
  • 1940
Sue Carol and Nick Stuart in Girls Gone Wild (1929)
Girls Gone Wild
7.2
  • Director
  • 1929
Ann Sheridan in It All Came True (1940)
It All Came True
6.6
  • Director
  • 1940
Gloria Dickson and Dick Foran in Heart of the North (1938)
Heart of the North
5.3
  • Director
  • 1938

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Director

  • The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)
    The True Story of Lynn Stuart
  • The Ford Television Theatre (1952)
    The Ford Television Theatre
  • Richard Crenna and Cleo Moore in Over-Exposed (1956)
    Over-Exposed
  • Battle Stations (1956)
    Battle Stations
  • Jan Sterling, Ida Lupino, and Cleo Moore in Women's Prison (1955)
    Women's Prison
  • Dianne Foster, Robert Francis, and Keye Luke in The Bamboo Prison (1954)
    The Bamboo Prison
  • Frank Lovejoy and Joan Weldon in The System (1953)
    The System
  • Karl Malden, Steve Cochran, Cornel Wilde, and Phyllis Thaxter in Operation Secret (1952)
    Operation Secret
  • Doris Day and Ronald Reagan in The Winning Team (1952)
    The Winning Team
  • The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
    The Tanks Are Coming
  • Breakthrough (1950)
    Breakthrough
  • Dane Clark and Alexis Smith in Whiplash (1948)
    Whiplash
    • (as Lew Seiler)
  • Carmen Miranda, Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, and Harry James in If I'm Lucky (1946)
    If I'm Lucky
  • Carmen Miranda, Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Stephen Dunne, Dennis O'Keefe, and Martha Stewart in Doll Face (1945)
    Doll Face
  • Roddy McDowall, Gracie Fields, and Monty Woolley in Molly and Me (1945)
    Molly and Me

Writer

  • Flippen's Frolics
    • (as Lew Seiler)
  • Buck Jones and Harry Woods in Men Without Law (1930)
    Men Without Law
    • (as Lou Seiler)
  • Three Good Pals (1921)
    Three Good Pals

Producer

  • Sue Carol and Nick Stuart in Girls Gone Wild (1929)
    Girls Gone Wild
  • Tom Mix and Tony the Horse in The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)
    The Great K & A Train Robbery
    • (as Lew Seiler)

Personal details

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    • September 30, 1890
    • New York City, New York, USA
    • January 8, 1964
    • Hollywood, California, USA(undisclosed)

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