Lesley Selander

Career Overview

Lesley Selander has 149 screen credits in a career dating back to 1925. Their work spans 6 cinematic universes — most prominently Hopalong Cassidy Collection with 28 titles. Signature works include The Thin Man, The Texican, Town Tamer. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

149

Birth Date

1900-05-26

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

Known For

• 

  The Thin Man
• 

  The Texican
• 

  Town Tamer
• 

  The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
• 

  Revolt at Fort Laramie
• 

  Tall Man Riding

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 6 universes

• Hopalong Cassidy Collection (28 titles)
• Red Ryder Collection (4 titles)
• The Lone Ranger (Clayton Moore) Collection (1 titles)
• Philo Vance Collection (1 titles)
• Marx Brothers (1 titles)
• The Thin Man Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• William Henry (2 collaborations)
• Edward Hearn (2 collaborations)
• Charles Watts (2 collaborations)
• George Sowards (2 collaborations)
• John Dehner (2 collaborations)
• William Powell (1 collaborations)
• Myrna Loy (1 collaborations)
• Maureen O'Sullivan (1 collaborations)
• Nat Pendleton (1 collaborations)
• Minna Gombell (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (148 credits)

  • Arizona Bushwhackers

    director

    directing
    1968
  • Fort Utah

    director

    directing
    1967
  • The Texican

    director

    directing
    1966
  • Town Tamer

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Fort Courageous

    director

    directing
    1965
  • War Party

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Convict Stage

    director

    directing
    1965
  • Daniel Boone

    - When a King Is a Pawn (1966) ... director directing
    1964
  • Laramie

    - The Last Battleground (1963) ... director directing

    - The Sometime Gambler (1963) ... director directing

    - The Violent Ones (1963) ... director directing

    - The Renegade Brand (1963) ... director directing

    - No Place To Run (1963) ... director directing
    1959
  • The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold

    director

    directing
    1958
  • The Wayward Girl

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Taming Sutton’s Gal

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Outlaw's Son

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Revolt at Fort Laramie

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Tomahawk Trail

    director

    directing
    1957
  • Quincannon, Frontier Scout

    director

    directing
    1956
  • Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

    - Stars Over Texas (1956) ... director directing
    1956
  • Desert Sands

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Fury

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Fort Yuma

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Tall Man Riding

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Shotgun

    director

    directing
    1955
  • Return from the Sea

    director

    directing
    1954
  • The Yellow Tomahawk

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Arrow In The Dust

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Dragonfly Squadron

    director

    directing
    1954
  • Lassie

    - The Big Cat (1959) ... director directing

    - Fish Out of Water (1958) ... director directing

    - The Crash (1958) ... director directing

    - The Teacher (1958) ... director directing

    - The Mother (1958) ... director directing
    1954
  • The Royal African Rifles

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Fort Algiers

    director

    directing
    1953
  • War Paint

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Cow Country

    director

    directing
    1953
  • Fort Vengeance

    director

    directing
    1953
  • The Raiders

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Battle Zone

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Flat Top

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Desert Passage

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Road Agent

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Trail Guide

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Fort Osage

    director

    directing
    1952
  • Overland Telegraph

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Flight to Mars

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Pistol Harvest

    director

    directing
    1951
  • The Highwayman

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Gunplay

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Cavalry Scout

    director

    directing
    1951
  • I Was an American Spy

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Saddle Legion

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Law of the Badlands

    director

    directing
    1951
  • Short Grass

    director

    directing
    1950
  • The Kangaroo Kid

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Rio Grande Patrol

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Rider from Tucson

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Storm Over Wyoming

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Dakota Lil

    director

    directing
    1950
  • Riders of the Range

    director

    directing
    1950
  • The Mysterious Desperado

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Masked Raiders

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Stampede

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Rustlers

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Brothers in the Saddle

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Indian Agent

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Strike It Rich

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Belle Starr's Daughter

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Guns of Hate

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Panhandle

    director

    directing
    1948
  • The Red Stallion

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Blackmail

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Robin Hood Of Texas

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Saddle Pals

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Last Frontier Uprising

    director

    directing
    1947
  • The Pilgrim Lady

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Out California Way

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Night Train to Memphis

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Traffic in Crime

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Passkey to Danger

    director

    directing
    1946
  • The Catman of Paris

    director

    directing
    1946
  • The Fatal Witness

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Jungle Raiders

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Phantom of the Plains

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Trail of Kit Carson

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Three's a Crowd

    director

    directing
    1945
  • The Vampire's Ghost

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Great Stagecoach Robbery

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Sheriff of Las Vegas

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Firebrands of Arizona

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Sheriff of Sundown

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Cheyenne Wildcat

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Stagecoach to Monterey

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Bordertown Trail

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Call of the Rockies

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Forty Thieves

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Lumberjack

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Riders of the Deadline

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Bar 20

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Colt Comrades

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Buckskin Frontier

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Border Patrol

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Lost Canyon

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Red River Robin Hood

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Undercover Man

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Bandit Ranger

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Thundering Hoofs

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Stick to Your Guns

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Riders of the Timberline

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Wide Open Town

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Pirates on Horseback

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Roundup

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Doomed Caravan

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Three Men from Texas

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Cherokee Strip

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Stagecoach War

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Hidden Gold

    director

    directing
    1940
  • The Light of Western Stars

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Knights of the Range

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Santa Fe Marshal

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Range War

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Renegade Trail

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Heritage of the Desert

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Silver on the Sage

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Sunset Trail

    director

    directing
    1939
  • The Frontiersmen

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Mysterious Rider

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Pride of the West

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Bar 20 Justice

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Heart of Arizona

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Cassidy of Bar 20

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Partners of the Plains

    director

    directing
    1938
  • The Barrier

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Black Aces

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Hopalong Rides Again

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Smoke Tree Range

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Left-Handed Law

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Sandflow

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Empty Saddles

    director

    directing
    1936
  • The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Ride 'Em Cowboy

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Fury

    assistant director

    directing
    1936
  • Moonlight Murder

    assistant director

    directing
    1936
  • The Garden Murder Case

    assistant director

    directing
    1936
  • A Night at the Opera

    assistant director

    directing
    1935
  • What Every Woman Knows

    assistant director

    directing
    1934
  • The Thin Man

    assistant director

    directing
    1934
  • The Warrior's Husband

    assistant director

    directing
    1933
  • The Spider

    assistant director

    directing
    1931
  • Don't Marry

    assistant director

    directing
    1928
  • Napoleon, Jr.

    director

    directing
    1926
  • Durand of the Bad Lands

    assistant director

    directing
    1925
  • The Timber Wolf

    assistant director

    directing
    1925

• camera (1 credits)

  • Wolf Blood

    director of photography

    camera
    1925