Lambert Hillyer

Career Overview

Lambert Hillyer has 207 screen credits in a career dating back to 1917. Their work spans 4 cinematic universes — most prominently Inspector Steve Trent Collection with 2 titles. Signature works include Dracula's Daughter, Oklahoma Blues, Flashing Guns. 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

207

Birth Date

1889-07-08

Birth Place

South Bend, Indiana, USA

Known For

• 

  Dracula's Daughter
• 

  Oklahoma Blues
• 

  Flashing Guns
• 

  The Gentleman from Texas
• 

  Land of the Outlaws
• 

  Batman

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 4 universes

• Inspector Steve Trent Collection (2 titles)
• Cisco Kid (Duncan Renaldo) Collection (1 titles)
• The Count of Monte Cristo Collection (1 titles)
• Dracula (Universal) (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Johnny Mack Brown (3 collaborations)
• Raymond Hatton (3 collaborations)
• I. Stanford Jolley (2 collaborations)
• George J. Lewis (2 collaborations)
• Steve Clark (2 collaborations)
• Charles King (2 collaborations)
• Otto Kruger (1 collaborations)
• Gloria Holden (1 collaborations)
• Marguerite Churchill (1 collaborations)
• Edward Van Sloan (1 collaborations)

Credits

• directing (158 credits)

  • The Three Stooges Follies

    director

    directing
    1974
  • Range Land

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Riders of the Dusk

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Haunted Trails

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Trails End

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Gun Law Justice

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Gun Runner

    director

    directing
    1949
  • Outlaw Brand

    director

    directing
    1948
  • The Sheriff of Medicine Bow

    director

    directing
    1948
  • The Fighting Ranger

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Range Renegades

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Frontier Agent

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Partners of the Sunset

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Crossed Trails

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Oklahoma Blues

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Overland Trails

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Song of the Drifter

    director

    directing
    1948
  • Gun Talk

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Prairie Express

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Valley of Fear

    director

    directing
    1947
  • The Case of the Baby-Sitter

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Flashing Guns

    director

    directing
    1947
  • The Hat Box Mystery

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Trailing Danger

    director

    directing
    1947
  • The Law Comes to Gunsight

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Land of the Lawless

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Raiders of the South

    director

    directing
    1947
  • Silver Range

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Shadows on the Range

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Trigger Fingers

    director

    directing
    1946
  • The Gentleman from Texas

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Under Arizona Skies

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Border Bandits

    director

    directing
    1946
  • Frontier Feud

    director

    directing
    1945
  • The Lost Trail

    director

    directing
    1945
  • South of the Rio Grande

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Flame of the West

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Stranger from Santa Fe

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Beyond the Pecos

    director

    directing
    1945
  • Ghost Guns

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Land of the Outlaws

    director

    directing
    1944
  • West of the Rio Grande

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Range Law

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Partners of the Trail

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Sundown Riders

    director

    directing
    1944
  • Smart Guy

    director

    directing
    1943
  • The Texas Kid

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Six Gun Gospel

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Batman

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Radio Runaround

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Gem-Jams

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Fighting Frontier

    director

    directing
    1943
  • Vengeance of the West

    director

    directing
    1942
  • Prairie Gunsmoke

    director

    directing
    1942
  • The Devil's Trail

    director

    directing
    1942
  • North of the Rockies

    director

    directing
    1942
  • The Royal Mounted Patrol

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Roaring Frontiers

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Prairie Stranger

    director

    directing
    1941
  • King of Dodge City

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Thunder Over the Prairie

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Son of Davy Crockett

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Medico of Painted Springs

    director

    directing
    1941
  • Hands Across the Rockies

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Return of Daniel Boone

    director

    directing
    1941
  • North from the Lone Star

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Pinto Kid

    director

    directing
    1941
  • The Wildcat of Tucson

    director

    directing
    1940
  • The Son of Monte Cristo

    second unit director

    directing
    1940
  • Beyond the Sacramento

    director

    directing
    1940
  • The Durango Kid

    director

    directing
    1940
  • Girl from Rio

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Should a Girl Marry?

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Convict's Code

    director

    directing
    1939
  • Gang Bullets

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Extortion

    director

    directing
    1938
  • Women in Prison

    director

    directing
    1938
  • My Old Kentucky Home

    director

    directing
    1938
  • All American Sweetheart

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Girls Can Play

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Speed to Spare

    director

    directing
    1937
  • Dracula's Daughter

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Dangerous Waters

    director

    directing
    1936
  • The Invisible Ray

    director

    directing
    1936
  • Super Speed

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Guard That Girl

    director

    directing
    1935
  • The Awakening of Jim Burke

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Men of the Hour

    director

    directing
    1935
  • In Spite of Danger

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Behind the Evidence

    director

    directing
    1935
  • Men of the Night

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Against the Law

    director

    directing
    1934
  • The Defense Rests

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Most Precious Thing in Life

    director

    directing
    1934
  • One Is Guilty

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Once to Every Woman

    director

    directing
    1934
  • The Man Trailer

    director

    directing
    1934
  • The Fighting Code

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Master of Men

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Before Midnight

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Police Car 17

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Dangerous Crossroads

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Unknown Valley

    director

    directing
    1933
  • The California Trail

    director

    directing
    1933
  • Sundown Rider

    director

    directing
    1932
  • Forbidden Trail

    director

    directing
    1932
  • White Eagle

    director

    directing
    1932
  • Hello Trouble

    director

    directing
    1932
  • South of the Rio Grande

    director

    directing
    1932
  • The Fighting Fool

    director

    directing
    1932
  • One Man Law

    director

    directing
    1931
  • The Deadline

    director

    directing
    1931
  • Beau Bandit

    director

    directing
    1930
  • Fleetwing

    director

    directing
    1928
  • The Branded Sombrero

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Chain Lightning

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Hills of Peril

    director

    directing
    1927
  • The War Horse

    director

    directing
    1927
  • Miss Nobody

    director

    directing
    1926
  • The Unguarded Hour

    director

    directing
    1925
  • The Knockout

    director

    directing
    1925
  • The Making of O'Malley

    director

    directing
    1925
  • I Want My Man

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Idle Tongues

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Barbara Frietchie

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Those Who Dance

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Eyes of the Forest

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Mile-a-Minute Romeo

    director

    directing
    1923
  • The Lone Star Ranger

    director

    directing
    1923
  • The Spoilers

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Temporary Marriage

    director

    directing
    1923
  • The Shock

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Scars of Jealousy

    director

    directing
    1923
  • The Altar Stairs

    director

    directing
    1922
  • The Super-Sex

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Caught Bluffing

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Skin Deep

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Travelin' On

    director

    directing
    1922
  • White Hands

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Three Word Brand

    director

    directing
    1921
  • The Whistle

    director

    directing
    1921
  • O'Malley of the Mounted

    director

    directing
    1921
  • White Oak

    director

    directing
    1921
  • The Testing Block

    director

    directing
    1920
  • The Cradle of Courage

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Sand

    director

    directing
    1920
  • The Toll Gate

    director

    directing
    1920
  • John Petticoats

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Wagon Tracks

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Square Deal Sanderson

    director

    directing
    1919
  • The Money Corral

    assistant director

    directing
    1919
  • The Poppy Girl's Husband

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Breed of Men

    director

    directing
    1919
  • Riddle Gawne

    director

    directing
    1918
  • A Lion of the Hills

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Narrow Trail

    director

    directing
    1917
  • An Even Break

    director

    directing
    1917
  • The Mother Instinct

    director

    directing
    1917

• writing (49 credits)

  • Bombardier

    writer

    writing
    1943
  • The Officer and the Lady

    writer

    writing
    1941
  • The Son of Davy Crockett

    screenplay

    writing
    1941
  • Parents on Trial

    writer

    writing
    1939
  • Highway Patrol

    story

    writing
    1938
  • Girls Can Play

    screenplay

    writing
    1937
  • Speed to Spare

    screenplay

    writing
    1937
  • Guard That Girl

    screenplay

    writing
    1935
  • Law Beyond the Range

    writer

    writing
    1935
  • Men of the Night

    screenplay

    writing
    1934
  • The Man Trailer

    screenplay

    writing
    1934
  • The Fighting Code

    screenplay

    writing
    1933
  • Straightaway

    writer

    writing
    1933
  • Police Car 17

    writer

    writing
    1933
  • Unknown Valley

    writer

    writing
    1933
  • The California Trail

    screenplay

    writing
    1933
  • State Trooper

    story

    writing
    1933
  • Sundown Rider

    screenplay

    writing
    1932
  • Hello Trouble

    scenario writer

    writing
    1932
  • One Man Law

    adaptation

    writing
    1931
  • The Deadline

    screenplay

    writing
    1931
  • Hide-Out

    writer

    writing
    1930
  • Fleetwing

    writer

    writing
    1928
  • The Branded Sombrero

    adaptation

    writing
    1928
  • Chain Lightning

    scenario writer

    writing
    1927
  • The War Horse

    screenplay

    writing
    1927
  • Barbara Frietchie

    adaptation

    writing
    1924
  • Those Who Dance

    adaptation

    writing
    1924
  • The Lone Star Ranger

    writer

    writing
    1923
  • Temporary Marriage

    screenplay

    writing
    1923
  • Scars of Jealousy

    adaptation

    writing
    1923
  • Travelin' On

    screenplay

    writing
    1922
  • White Hands

    writer

    writing
    1922
  • Three Word Brand

    adaptation

    writing
    1921
  • The Whistle

    screenplay

    writing
    1921
  • O'Malley of the Mounted

    writer

    writing
    1921
  • The Testing Block

    scenario writer

    writing
    1920
  • The Cradle of Courage

    writer

    writing
    1920
  • Sand

    writer

    writing
    1920
  • Square Deal Sanderson

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • The Money Corral

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • The Marriage Bubble

    scenario writer

    writing
    1918
  • One Shot Ross

    scenario writer

    writing
    1917
  • An Even Break

    writer

    writing
    1917
  • The Mother Instinct

    writer

    writing
    1917
  • Love or Justice

    writer

    writing
    1917
  • Wolf Lowry

    writer

    writing
    1917
  • The Desert Man

    writer

    writing
    1917
  • The Little Brother

    scenario writer

    writing
    1917