Lambert Hillyer - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

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1917 - 1949

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July 8, 1889 in South Bend, IN

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Before giving the "flickers" a try in 1917, writer/director Lambert Hillyer had been everything from a vaudeville performer to a journalist. Hillyer was trained for a directorial career at Inceville, the eminent domain of silent-movie mogul Thomas Ince. With such western films as The Narrow Trail (1917) and Square Deal Sanderson (1919), to his credit, Hillyer was largely responsible for the success of cowboy star William S. Hart, for which Hart would remain grateful until the day he died, never passing up an opportunity to praise Hillyer's skills. Though most closely associated with westerns, Hillyer tackled virtually every movie genre during his four decades in Hollywood: Horror (Dracula's Daughter, The Invisible Ray), historical pageant (Barbara Frietchie), soap opera (The Greatest Thing in Life), murder mystery (Girls Can Play), serial (Batman)-about the only thing Hillyer ever passed up was drawing-room comedy. Lambert Hillyer spent his last active years in the early 1950s as principal director of the pioneering TV western series The Cisco Kid.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Gun Law Justice Director	1949
Gun Runner Director	1949
Haunted Trails Director	1949
Range Land Director	1949
Riders of the Dusk Director	1949
Trail's End Director	1949
Crossed Trails Director	1948
Frontier Agent Director	1948
Gun Talk Director	1948
Oklahoma Blues Director	1948
Outlaw Brand Director	1948
Overland Trails Director	1948
Partners of the Sunset Director	1948
Range Renegades Director	1948
Song of the Drifter Director	1948
The Fighting Ranger Director	1948
The Sheriff of Medicine Bow Director	1948
Case of the Baby Sitter Director	1947
Flashing Guns Director	1947
Land of the Lawless Director	1947
Prairie Express Director	1947
Raiders of the South Director	1947
The Hat Box Mystery Director	1947
The Law Comes to Gunsight Director	1947
Trailing Danger Director	1947
Valley of Fear Director	1947
Border Bandits Director	1946
Gentleman from Texas Director, Screenwriter	1946
Shadows on the Range Director	1946
Silver Range Director	1946
Trigger Fingers Director	1946
Under Arizona Skies Director	1946
Beyond the Pecos Director	1945
Flame of the West Director	1945
Frontier Feud Director	1945
South of the Rio Grande Director	1945
Stranger from Santa Fe Director	1945
The Lost Trail Director	1945
The Stranger from Pecos Director	1945
Ghost Guns Director	1944
Land of the Outlaws Director	1944
Lawmen Director	1944
Partners of the Trail Director	1944
Range Law Director	1944
Sundown Riders Director, Screenwriter	1944
West of the Rio Grande Director	1944
Batman [Serial] Director	1943
Fighting Frontier Director	1943
Six Gun Gospel Director	1943
Smart Guy Director	1943
The Texas Kid Director	1943
You Can't Beat the Law Director	1943
North of the Rockies Director	1942
Prairie Gunsmoke Director	1942
The Devil's Trail Director	1942
Vengeance of the West Director	1942
Beyond the Sacramento Director	1941
Hands Across the Rockies Director	1941
King of Dodge City Director	1941
North from Lone Star Director	1941
Prairie Stranger Director	1941
Roaring Frontiers Director	1941
The Medico of Painted Springs Director	1941
The Officer and the Lady Screenwriter	1941
The Pinto Kid Director	1941
The Return of Daniel Boone Director	1941
The Royal Mounted Patrol Director	1941
The Son of Davy Crockett Director, Screenwriter	1941
Thunder over the Prairie Director	1941
Wildcat of Tucson Director	1941
The Durango Kid Director	1940
Convict's Code Director	1939
Parents on Trial Screenwriter	1939
Should a Girl Marry? Director	1939
The Girl from Rio Director	1939
Extortion Director	1938
Gang Bullets Director	1938
Highway Patrol Screen Story	1938
My Old Kentucky Home Director	1938
Women in Prison Director	1938
All-American Sweetheart Director	1937
Girls Can Play Director, Screenwriter	1937
Speed to Spare Director, Screenwriter	1937
Dangerous Waters Director	1936
Dracula's Daughter Director	1936
The Invisible Ray Director	1936
Awakening of Jim Burke Director	1935
Behind the Evidence Director	1935
Guard That Girl Director, Screenwriter	1935
In Spite of Danger Director	1935
Law Beyond the Range Screenwriter	1935
Men of the Hour Director	1935
Superspeed Director	1935
Against the Law Director	1934
Before Midnight Director	1934
Men of the Night Director, Screenwriter	1934
Once to Every Woman Director	1934
One Is Guilty Director	1934
Straightaway Screenwriter	1934
The Defense Rests Director	1934
The Fighting Code Director, Screenwriter	1934
The Man Trailer Director, Screenwriter	1934
The Most Precious Thing in Life Director	1934
Master of Men Director	1933
Police Car 17 Director, Screenwriter	1933
State Trooper Screen Story	1933
The California Trail Director, Screenwriter	1933
The Sundown Rider Director, Screenwriter	1933
Unknown Valley Director, Screenwriter	1933
Forbidden Trail Director	1932
Hello Trouble Director, Screenwriter	1932
One-Man Law Director, Screenwriter	1932
South of the Rio Grande Director	1932
The Deadline Director, Screenwriter	1932
The Fighting Fool Director	1932
White Eagle Director	1932
Beau Bandit Director	1930
The Hide-Out Screenwriter	1930
Fleetwing Director	1929
Branded Sombrero Director	1928
Chain Lightning Director	1927
Hills of Peril Director	1927
The War Horse Director, Screen Story, Screenwriter	1927
Her Second Chance Director	1926
Miss Nobody Director	1926
I Want My Man Director	1925
Making of O'Malley Director	1925
The Knockout Director	1925
The Unguarded Hour Director	1925
Barbara Frietchie Director, Screenwriter	1924
Idle Tongues Director	1924
Mile-A-Minute Romeo Director	1924
Those Who Dance Director	1924
Eyes of the Forest Director	1923
Scars of Jealousy Director, Screenwriter	1923
Temporary Marriage Director	1923
The Lone Star Ranger Director	1923
The Shock Director	1923
The Spoilers Director	1923
Skin Deep Director	1922
The Altar Stairs Director	1922
The Super Sex Director, Screenwriter	1922
Travelin' on Director, Screenwriter	1922
White Hands Director, Screenwriter	1922
O'Malley of the Mounted Director	1921
The Three Word Brand Director, Screenwriter	1921
Whistle Director	1921
White Oak Director	1921
Cradle of Courage Director, Screenwriter	1920
Sand! Director, Screenwriter	1920
The Testing Block Director, Screenwriter	1920
The Toll Gate Director, Screenwriter	1920
Breed of Men Director	1919
John Petticoats Director	1919
The Money Corral Director, Screenwriter	1919
The Poppy Girl's Husband First Assistant Director	1919
Wagon Tracks Director	1919
Branding Broadway Director	1918
Riddle Gawne Director	1918
Even Break Director	1917
One Shot Ross Screenwriter	1917
The Narrow Trail Director	1917
Wolf Lowry Screenwriter	1917

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