
William Keighley
Known for DirectingBorn 1889-08-04Died 1984-06-24 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June 24, 1984, New York, New York) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director. After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s, he was acting and directing on Broadway. With the advent of talking pictures, he relocated to Hollywood. He eventually signed with Warner Bros., where he proved adept at directing in a wide variety of genres. He was the initial director of The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, but was replaced by Michael Curtiz. During World War II, he supervised the U.S. Army Signal Corp's motion picture unit. He retired in 1953 and moved to Paris with his actress wife Genevieve Tobin. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Keighley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on WikipediaRead more
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The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 · Movie
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Scarlet Dawn
1932 · Movie
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Torrid Zone
1940 · Movie
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The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941 · Movie
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Movie
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The Singing Kid
1936 · Movie
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The Third Degree
1926 · Movie
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Four Mothers
1941 · Movie
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Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Movie
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The Prince and the Pauper
1937 · Movie
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Varsity Show
1937 · Movie
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Close to My Heart
1951 · Movie
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Picture Snatcher
1933 · Movie
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Mary Jane's Pa
1935 · Movie
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Valley of the Giants
1938 · Movie
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The Match King
1932 · Movie
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Honeymoon
1947 · Movie
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'G' Men
1935 · Movie
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Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Movie
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The Street with No Name
1948 · Movie
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George Washington Slept Here
1942 · Movie
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Jewel Robbery
1932 · Movie
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Resurrection
1931 · Movie
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The Green Pastures
1936 · Movie
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Babbitt
1934 · Movie
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The Cabin in the Cotton
1932 · Movie
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Special Agent
1935 · Movie
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Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933 · Movie
Target for Today
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Target for Today
1944 · Movie
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Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Movie
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Rocky Mountain
1950 · Movie
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Brother Rat
1938 · Movie
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Secrets of an Actress
1938 · Movie
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The Master of Ballantrae
1953 · Movie
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The Fighting 69th
1940 · Movie
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Journal of a Crime
1934 · Movie
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Big Hearted Herbert
1934 · Movie
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Stars Over Broadway
1935 · Movie
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No Time for Comedy
1940 · Movie
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God's Country and the Woman
1937 · Movie
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Dr. Monica
1934 · Movie
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Easy to Love
1934 · Movie
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The Right to Live
1935 · Movie
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Kansas City Princess
1934 · Movie
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Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939 · Movie

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Rebecca
1950 · Movie