
William Keighley
Profile info
Known forDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday4 August 1889
Died24 June 1984 (age 94)
Place of birth Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Known credits46
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June 24, 1984, New York, New York) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director. After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s, he was acting and directing on Broadway. With the advent of talking pictures, he relocated to Hollywood. He eventually signed with Warner Bros., where he proved adept at directing in a wide variety of genres. He was the initial director of The Adventures of Robin Hood, sta…

The Master of Ballantrae
1953 · Director

Close to My Heart
1951 · Director

Rocky Mountain
1950 · Director

Rebecca
1950 · Director

The Street with No Name
1948 · Director

Honeymoon
1947 · Director
Target for Today
1944 · Director

George Washington Slept Here
1942 · Director

The Man Who Came to Dinner
1941 · Director

The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941 · Director

Four Mothers
1941 · Director

No Time for Comedy
1940 · Director

Torrid Zone
1940 · Director

The Fighting 69th
1940 · Director

Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Director

Yes, My Darling Daughter
1939 · Director

Brother Rat
1938 · Director

Valley of the Giants
1938 · Director

Secrets of an Actress
1938 · Director

The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938 · Director

Varsity Show
1937 · Director

The Prince and the Pauper
1937 · Director

God's Country and the Woman
1937 · Director

The Green Pastures
1936 · Director

Bullets or Ballots
1936 · Director

The Singing Kid
1936 · Director

Stars Over Broadway
1935 · Director

Special Agent
1935 · Director

'G' Men
1935 · Director

Mary Jane's Pa
1935 · Director

The Right to Live
1935 · Director

Babbitt
1934 · Director

Big Hearted Herbert
1934 · Director

Kansas City Princess
1934 · Director

Dr. Monica
1934 · Director

Journal of a Crime
1934 · Director

Easy to Love
1934 · Director

Mary Stevens, M.D.
1933 · Dialogue

Picture Snatcher
1933 · Writer

Picture Snatcher
1933 · Dialogue Coach

Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Man Getting a Shoeshine (uncredited)

Ladies They Talk About
1933 · Director

The Match King
1932 · Director

Scarlet Dawn
1932 · Assistant Director

The Cabin in the Cotton
1932 · Assistant Director

Jewel Robbery
1932 · Assistant Director

Resurrection
1931 · Captain Schoenbock

The Third Degree
1926 · Dialogue Coach
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