Lesley Selander
Lesley Selander
134 Directed · 7 Series
Movies
Director
Tall Man Riding
1955
Director
The Texican
1966
Director
Tomahawk Trail
1957
Director
The Yellow Tomahawk
1954
Director
Phantom of the Plains
1945
Director
Revolt at Fort Laramie
1957
Director
Desert Sands
1955
Director
Shotgun
1955
Director
Town Tamer
1965
Director
Flat Top
1952
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The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
1958
Director
Three Men from Texas
1940
Director
Arrow In The Dust
1954
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Panhandle
1948
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Fort Utah
1967
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Fort Osage
1952
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Fighter Attack
1953
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Belle Starr's Daughter
1948
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Hidden Gold
1940
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Riders of the Deadline
1943
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Flight to Mars
1951
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Hopalong Rides Again
1937
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The Raiders
1952
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Stick to Your Guns
1941
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Fort Algiers
1953
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Border Patrol
1943
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The Broken Star
1956
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Sheriff of Las Vegas
1944
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Heritage of the Desert
1939
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Short Grass
1950
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Dakota Lil
1950
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Forty Thieves
1944
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Law of the Badlands
1951
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The Catman of Paris
1946
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Dragonfly Squadron
1954
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Outlaw's Son
1957
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Indian Agent
1948
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I Was an American Spy
1951
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Heart of Arizona
1938
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Return from the Sea
1954
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Partners of the Plains
1938
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War Party
1965
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Rustlers
1949
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The Light of Western Stars
1940
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Quincannon, Frontier Scout
1956
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Doomed Caravan
1941
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Bar 20
1943
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Saddle Legion
1951
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Battle Zone
1952
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Call of the Rockies
1944
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Arizona Bushwhackers
Director
1968
Film
Fort Utah
Director
1967
Film
The Texican
Director
1966
Film
Town Tamer
Director
1965
Film
Fort Courageous
Director
1965
Film
War Party
Director
1965
Film
Convict Stage
Director
1965
Film
Daniel Boone
Director · 1 episode
1964–
TV
The Tall Man
Director · 2 episodes
1960–
TV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lesley Selander still alive?
Lesley Selander passed away on December 5, 1979 at age 79.
What are the most famous roles of Lesley Selander?
Lesley Selander is best known for directing Flight to Mars, Shotgun, Fort Yuma.
How many movies has Lesley Selander directed?
Over a 53-year career (since 1926), Lesley Selander has directed or written 134 films and worked on 7 TV shows.
What was Lesley Selander's first movie?
The career of Lesley Selander began with Napoleon, Jr. (1926).
What is Lesley Selander's most recent movie or series?
Lesley Selander's most recent release is Arizona Bushwhackers, which premiered on March 1, 1968.
What TV shows has Lesley Selander created or directed?
On television, Lesley Selander has appeared in Lassie, Daniel Boone, Laramie, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre.
Lesley Selander
1900-05-26 · Los Angeles, California, USA
From Wikipedia.
Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936).
To this day, Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.