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American film director
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Male
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Birth:
6 December 1905(USA)
Death:
19 April 1970(Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
George Blair (December 6, 1905 – April 19, 1970) was an American film director who worked generally on supporting features including many B-Westerns. Two of his earliest films were British-set thriller films starring C. Aubrey Smith, made for Republic Pictures.
Selected filmography
Director
- Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)
- A Sporting Chance (1945)
- Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)
- Gangs of the Waterfront (1945)
- Affairs of Geraldine (1946)
- That's My Gal (1947)
- The Trespasser (1947)
- Exposed (1947)
- Madonna of the Desert (1948)
- Lightnin' in the Forest (1948)
- King of the Gamblers (1948)
- Daredevils of the Clouds (1948)
- Homicide for Three (1948)
- Rose of the Yukon (1949)
- Duke of Chicago (1949)
- Streets of San Francisco (1949)
- Under Mexicali Stars (1950)
- Silver City Bonanza (1951)
- Secrets of Monte Carlo (1951)
- Desert Pursuit (1952)
- Perils of the Jungle (1953)
- Superman in Scotland Yard (1954)
- Sabu and the Magic Ring (1957)
- The Hypnotic Eye (1960)
TV series
- Adventures of Superman (1953-1958, TV series, 27 episodes
- Casey Jones (1957-1958, TV series, 23 episodes)
- Highway Patrol (1957, TV series, 2 episodes)
- Harbor Command (1958, TV series, 1 episode)
- Tales of the Texas Rangers (1958, TV series, 7 episodes)
- Death Valley Days (1959, TV series, 1 episode)
- Lassie (1959–1960, TV series, 3 episodes)
- Bonanza (1960, TV series, 1 episode)
- Wanted: Dead or Alive (1960, TV series, 10 episodes)
- Stagecoach West (1961, TV series, 2 episodes)
- The Littlest Hobo (1963, TV series, 1 episode)
- The Adventures of Superboy (1996, TV series)
TV shorts
- Beach Patrol (1959, TV short)
- The Adventures of Superboy (1961, TV short)
Bibliography
- Richards, Jeffrey. Visions of Yesterday. Routledge, 1973.