Lew Landers

Lew Landers
Born	Louis Friedlander January 2, 1901(1901-01-02) New York City, New York, United States
Died	December 16, 1962(1962-12-16) (aged 61) Palm Desert, California, United States
Other names	Louis Friedlander Louis Friedländer Louis Friendlander
Occupation	Film and television director

Lew Landers (January 2, 1901 - December 16, 1962) was a prolific American film and television director.

Biography

Born Louis Friedlander in New York City, he began his movie career as an actor. In 1914 he appeared in two features, D. W. Griffith's The Escape and the comedy short Admission -- Two Pins, opposite Glen White, under his birth name. He began making films in the 1930s, one of his first being the Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi thriller The Raven (1935). After directing a few more features, he changed his name to Lew Landers and went on to direct more than 100 films in a variety of genres, including westerns, comedy and horror films. He worked for every major film studio--and many minor ones--during his career. In the 1950s he began to alternate his film work with directing television series, including two episodes of Adventures of Superman that were shot in black and white in under a week.

On December 16, 1962, Landers died of a heart attack. His grave is located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.

Selected filmography

Director

• The Vanishing Shadow (1934)
• The Call of the Savage (1935)
• The Raven (1935)
• Without Orders (1936)
• Flight From Glory (1937)
• The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
• Fixer Dugan (1939)
• La Conga Nights (1940)
• Ski Patrol (1940)
• Harvard, Here I Come! (1941)
• The Boogie Man Will Get You (1942)
• Atlantic Convoy (1942)
• Doughboys in Ireland (1943)
• The Return of the Vampire (1944)
• Crime, Inc. (1945)
• The Mask of Diijon (1946)
• Devil Ship (1947)
• Adventures of Gallant Bess (1948)
• Stagecoach Kid (1949)
• Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950)
• State Penitentiary (1950)
• Jungle Manhunt (1951)
• California Conquest (1952)
• Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
• Terry and the Pirates (9 episodes, 1953)
• Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)
• Meet Corliss Archer (1 episode, 1954)
• Science Fiction Theatre (1 episode, 1955)
• Tales of the Texas Rangers (10 episodes, 1955–1957)
• Casey Jones (4 episodes, 1957–1958)
• Highway Patrol (10 episodes, 1955–1959)
• Mackenzie's Raiders (9 episodes, 1958–1959)
• Tombstone Territory (2 episodes, 1959–1960)
• The Alaskans (1 episode, 1960)
• Sugarfoot (2 episodes, 1961)
• Bat Masterson (4 episodes, 1959–1961)
• Terrified (1963)

External links

• Lew Landers at the Internet Movie Database
• Lew Landers at Find a Grave