Ford I. Beebe - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

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1921 - 1975

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November 26, 1888 in Grand Rapids, MI

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Workhorse director Ford Beebe tackled literally every film genre during his 50-year career; he even supervised the live-action footage used as reference for the "Pastorale" sequence in the Disney cartoon feature Fantasia (1940). For the most part, Beebe called the shots on westerns, detective pictures, and (especially) serials. The best of Beebe's nearly 200 chapter plays include Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars (1938), Buck Rogers (1939), The Green Hornet (1940) and Don Winslow of the Navy (1942). Hardly pausing for breath as he entered the 1950s, Ford Beebe directed all twelve installments of Monogram's Bomba the Jungle Boy "B"-series, splicing generous stock footage from the 1930 documentary Africa Speaks into each film.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Challenge to Be Free Director, Editor	1975
Joniko and the Kush Ta Ka Director	1969
King of the Wild Stallions Screenwriter	1959
Disneyland: Rusty and the Falcon Editor	1958
Lord of the Jungle Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1955
Killer Leopard Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1954
The Golden Idol Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1954
Planet Outlaws Director	1953
Safari Drums Director, Producer, Screenwriter	1953
African Treasure Director, Screenwriter	1952
Bomba and the Jungle Girl Director, Screenwriter	1952
Wagons West Director	1952
Bomba and the Elephant Stampede Director, Screenwriter	1951
The Lion Hunters Director, Screenwriter	1951
I Shot Billy the Kid Screenwriter	1950
Red Desert Director	1950
The Girl from San Lorenzo Screenwriter	1950
The Hidden City Director	1950
The Lost Volcano Director, Screenwriter	1950
Bomba on Panther Island Director, Screenwriter	1949
Bomba the Jungle Boy Director	1949
Courtin' Trouble Director	1949
Outlaw Gang Director	1949
Satan's Cradle Director	1949
Shep Comes Home Director, Screenwriter	1949
The Dalton Gang Director, Screenwriter	1949
Six Gun Serenade Director	1947
My Dog Shep Director	1946
Easy to Look At Director	1945
Enter Arsene Lupin Director, Producer	1944
The Invisible Man's Revenge Director, Producer	1944
Don Winslow of the Coast Guard [Serial] Director	1943
Frontier Badmen Director, Producer	1943
Son of Dracula Producer	1943
Don Winslow of the Navy [Serial] Director	1942
Night Monster Director, Producer	1942
Winslow of the Navy Director	1942
Overland Mail Director	1941
Riders of Death Valley [Serial] Director	1941
Sea Raiders [Serial] Director	1941
Sky Raiders [Serial] Director	1941
The Green Hornet Strikes Again [Serial] Director	1941
The Masked Rider Director	1941
The Reluctant Dragon Animator	1941
Fantasia Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe [Serial] Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 01 - The Purple Death Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 02 - Freezing Torture Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 03 - Walking Bombs Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 04 - The Destroyer Ray Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 05 - The Palace of Terror Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 06 - Flaming Death Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 07 - The Land of the Dead Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 08 - The Fiery Abyss Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 09 - The Pool of Peril Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 10 - The Death Mist Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 11 - Stark Treachery Director	1940
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe: Chapter 12 - Doom of the Dictator Director	1940
Flash Gordon: The Peril From Planet Mongo Director	1940
Junior G-Men [Serial] Director	1940
Riders of Pasco Basin Screenwriter	1940
Son of Roaring Dan Director	1940
The Green Hornet Director	1940
The Green Hornet [Serial] Director	1940
The Stranger from Texas Screenwriter	1940
Winners of the West [Serial] Director	1940
Buck Rogers Conquers the Universe Director	1939
Buck Rogers [Serial] Director	1939
Oklahoma Frontier Director, Screenwriter	1939
The Oregon Trail [Serial] Director	1939
The Phantom Creeps Director	1939
The Phantom Creeps [Serial] Director	1939
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars [Serial] Director	1938
Mars Attacks the World Director	1938
Red Barry Director	1938
The Deadly Ray From Mars Director	1938
Radio Patrol [Serial] Director	1937
S.O.S. Coast Guard [Serial] Director	1937
Secret Agent X-9 [Serial] [1937] Director	1937
Tim Tyler's Luck [Serial] Director	1937
Trouble at Midnight Director, Screenwriter	1937
Westbound Limited Director	1937
Wild West Days Director	1937
Ace Drummond [Serial] Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 01 - Where East Meets West Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 02 - The Invisible Enemy Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 03 - The Doorway of Doom Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 04 - The Radio Riddle Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 05 - Bullets of Sand Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 06 - Evil Spirits Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 07 - The Trackless Trail Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 08 - The Sign in the Sky Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 09 - Secret Service Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 10 - The Mountain of Jade Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 11 - The Dragon Commands Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 12 - The Squadron of Death Director	1936
Ace Drummond: Chapter 13 - The Worlds Akin Director	1936
Code of the Range Screenwriter	1936
Jungle Jim [Serial] Director	1936
Stampede Director	1936
The Man from Gun Town Director, Screenwriter	1936
The Mysterious Avenger Screenwriter	1936
Fighting Shadows Screenwriter	1935
Gallant Defender Screenwriter	1935
Justice of the Range Screenwriter	1935
Law Beyond the Range Director	1935
Rex and Rinty, Adventures of Director	1935
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty [Serial] Director	1935
The Outlaw Deputy Screenwriter	1935
The Revenge Rider Screenwriter	1935
Tumbling Tumbleweeds Screenwriter	1935
The Prescott Kid Screenwriter	1934
Laughing at Life Director	1933
Tarzan the Fearless [Serial] Screenwriter	1933
The Big Payoff Director, Screenwriter	1933
Shadow of the Eagle [Serial] Director, Screenwriter	1932
The Last of the Mohicans Director, Screenwriter	1932
The Pride of the Legion Director, Screenwriter	1932
Lightning Warrior [Serial] Screenwriter	1931
The Galloping Ghost [Serial] Screenwriter	1931
Vanishing Legion [Serial] Screenwriter	1931
Oklahoma Cyclone Screenwriter	1930
The Indians Are Coming Screenwriter	1930
Brothers Screen Story	1929
Overland Bound Screenwriter	1929
Black Ace Screenwriter	1928
The Apache Raider Screen Story	1928
Wagon Show Screenwriter	1928
Border Blackbirds Screen Story	1927
Devil's Twin Screenwriter, Supervisor/Manager	1927
Don Desperado Screen Story	1927
Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed Screen Story	1927
High Hand Screen Story	1926
Across the Deadline Screenwriter	1925
Flash O'lighting Screenwriter	1925
Headin' Through Screenwriter	1924
Not Built for Runnin' Screenwriter	1924
Range Rider: Smoke Out Director, Screenwriter	1924
The Law Forbids Screenwriter	1924
King's Creek Law Screen Story, Screenwriter	1923
Lost, Strayed or Stolen Director	1923
Range Rider: 100% Nerve Director, Screenwriter	1923
Range Rider: Double Cinched Director, Screenwriter	1923
Range Rider: Unsuspecting Stranger Director, Screenwriter	1923
Too Much Business Screenwriter	1922
No Man's Woman Screenwriter	1921

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