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Lambert Hillyer(1889-1969)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Lambert Hillyer
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 which the actor--an old-fashioned man who never forgot a slight or a favor--always gave Hillyer credit. Although he could never be considered a stylist, Hillyer often managed to inject his work with the kind of panache and a flourish that other, bigger-budgeted films lacked. The opening scene of Beau Bandit (1930), for example, consists of an eerily atmospheric shot of a posse emerging from a dark, foggy river crossing; it's a somewhat Germanic touch in an otherwise undistinguished film. An incredibly prolific director, Hillyer didn't confine himself to westerns, although they were the majority of his output. He turned out the stylish La Fille de Dracula (1936) and the creepy and chilling Le rayon invisible (1935), both for Universal, and even managed to get in a few serials at Columbia, most notably Batman (1943). Hillyer, like so many B directors before him, finished out his career in television.
BornJuly 8, 1889
DiedJuly 5, 1969(79)
BornJuly 8, 1889
DiedJuly 5, 1969(79)
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  • Awards
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

Ward Bond, Robert Allen, Barbara Kent, and Florence Rice in Guard That Girl (1935)
Guard That Girl
3.7
  • Director
  • 1935
Jack Baston, Francis Ford, and Buck Jones in The Branded Sombrero (1928)
The Branded Sombrero
5.2
  • Director
  • 1928
Buck Jones in The War Horse (1927)
The War Horse
7.1
  • Director
  • 1927
Edward J. Nugent, Charles Quigley, and Dorothy Wilson in Speed to Spare (1937)
Speed to Spare
  • Director
  • 1937

Credits

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Director



  • I Led 3 Lives (1953)
    I Led 3 Lives
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1953–1956
  • Highway Patrol (1955)
    Highway Patrol
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1955–1956
  • Duncan Renaldo in The Cisco Kid (1950)
    The Cisco Kid
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1953–1956
  • Barry Sullivan in The Man Called X (1956)
    The Man Called X
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1956–1957
  • Mr. District Attorney (1954)
    Mr. District Attorney
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1954–1955
  • Mary Brian, Ann Baker, and John Eldredge in Meet Corliss Archer (1954)
    Meet Corliss Archer
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Your Favorite Story (1953)
    Your Favorite Story
    7.3
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1954
  • Reno Browne, Andy Clyde, and Whip Wilson in Range Land (1949)
    Range Land
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Reno Browne, Andy Clyde, Marshall Reed, and Whip Wilson in Riders of the Dusk (1949)
    Riders of the Dusk
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Reno Browne, Andy Clyde, and Whip Wilson in Haunted Trails (1949)
    Haunted Trails
    7.1
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Johnny Mack Brown and Max Terhune in Trails End (1949)
    Trails End
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Dub Taylor and Jimmy Wakely in Gun Law Justice (1949)
    Gun Law Justice
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Carol Henry, Noel Neill, Dub Taylor, and Jimmy Wakely in Gun Runner (1949)
    Gun Runner
    5.7
    • Director
    • 1949
  • Kay Morley, Dub Taylor, and Jimmy Wakely in Outlaw Brand (1948)
    Outlaw Brand
    • Director
    • 1948
  • Johnny Mack Brown, Evelyn Finley, Raymond Hatton, Max Terhune, and Elmer in Sheriff of Medicine Bow (1948)
    Sheriff of Medicine Bow
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1948

Writer



  • Highway Patrol (1955)
    Highway Patrol
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Writer
    • 1955–1959
  • Bruce Bennett, Rochelle Hudson, and Roger Pryor in The Officer and the Lady (1941)
    The Officer and the Lady
    6.6
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1941
  • Bill Elliott in Le Fils de Davy Crockett (1941)
    Le Fils de Davy Crockett
    6.5
    • original screenplay
    • 1941
  • Iris Meredith, Sons of the Pioneers, and Charles Starrett in The Thundering West (1939)
    The Thundering West
    6.7
    • story (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Julie Bishop and Robert Paige in Highway Patrol (1938)
    Highway Patrol
    4.6
    • story
    • 1938
  • Girls Can Play (1937)
    Girls Can Play
    5.8
    • screen play
    • 1937
  • Edward J. Nugent, Charles Quigley, and Dorothy Wilson in Speed to Spare (1937)
    Speed to Spare
    • story and screenplay
    • 1937
  • Ward Bond, Robert Allen, Barbara Kent, and Florence Rice in Guard That Girl (1935)
    Guard That Girl
    3.7
    • story and screenplay
    • 1935
  • Tim McCoy and Billie Seward in Law Beyond the Range (1935)
    Law Beyond the Range
    7.0
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1935
  • Judith Allen, Bruce Cabot, and Charles Sabin in Les ecumeurs de la nuit (1934)
    Les ecumeurs de la nuit
    7.8
    • story and screenplay
    • 1934
  • The Man Trailer (1934)
    The Man Trailer
    6.9
    • story and screenplay
    • 1934
  • Buck Jones and Diane Sinclair in The Fighting Code (1933)
    The Fighting Code
    6.5
    • story and screenplay
    • 1933
  • Tim McCoy and Sue Carol in Straightaway (1933)
    Straightaway
    • writer
    • 1933
  • Tim McCoy in Police auto 17 (1933)
    Police auto 17
    5.7
    • screenplay
    • story
    • 1933
  • Buck Jones in L'or sanglant (1933)
    L'or sanglant
    6.7
    • adaptation
    • 1933

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • Joan Bennett and Louis Hayward in Le fils de Monte-Cristo (1940)
    Le fils de Monte-Cristo
    6.2
    • second unit director
    • 1940
  • William S. Hart in Le gardien de nuit (1919)
    Le gardien de nuit
    5.9
    • assistant director
    • 1919
  • Le droit d'asile (1917)
    Le droit d'asile
    6.6
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1917

Personal details

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  • Born
    • July 8, 1889
    • South Bend, Indiana, USA
  • Died
    • July 5, 1969
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Lucille SteinMarch 26, 1921 - ?
  • Publicity listings
    • 4 Articles

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