Ford Beebe

Ford Ingalsbe Beebe
Born	November 26, 1888(1888-11-26) Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died	November 26, 1978(1978-11-26) (aged 90) Lake Elsinore, California
Other names	Ford I. Beebe Ford L. Beebe
Occupation	Screenwriter Film director
Years active	1916 - 1977

Ford Ingalsbe Beebe (b. 26 November 1888 in Grand Rapids, Michigan – d. 26 November 1978 in Lake Elsinore, California) was a screenwriter and director. He was the son of Oscar and Mary (née Ingalsbe) Beebe. He entered the film business as a writer in 1916 (as far as is known) and over the next 60 years wrote and/or directed almost 200 films, his final project being a low-budget adventure film he directed in Alaska, Joniko and the Kush Ta Ta, in 1975. He specialized in "B" pictures--mostly westerns--and action serials, working on the "Buck Rogers" and "Flash Gordon" serials for Universal Pictures. He even worked as an assistant director on the Walt Disney animated film Pinocchio (1940) and directed (uncredited) the "Pastoral Symphony" segment of Disney's classic Fantasia. He had a reputation as a journeyman director who got his films made on time and under budget, which endeared him to producers and kept him steadiy employed over the years. He is sometimes credited with an I. or L. as his middle initial.

Selected filmography

• The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
• Enter Arsène Lupin (1944)
• Night Monster (1942)
• The Green Hornet (1940)
• Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
• The Phantom Creeps (1939)
• Jungle Jim (1937)
• The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
• The Vanishing Legion (1931)
• Winners of the West (1921)
• The White Horseman (1921)
• Kickaroo (1921)
• Sweet Revenge (1921)
• The Driftin' Kid (1921)
• The Saddle King (1921)
• The Trail of the Hound (1920)
• Fight It Out (1920)
• Superstition (1920)
• Tipped Off (1920)
• The Two-Fisted Lover (1920)
• Double Danger (1920)
• 'In Wrong' Wright (1920)
• One Law for All (1920)
• The Grinning Granger (1920)
• A Gamblin' Fool (1920)
• The Big Catch (1920)

External links

• Ford Beebe at the Internet Movie Database