Joseph Kane
Directing
Born: March 19, 1894 · San Diego, California, USA
Died: August 25, 1975 (aged 81)
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (19 March 1894, San Diego – 25 August 1975, Santa Monica, California) was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on western films. Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and, starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became Republic's top Western film director. Kane's first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958. He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945). Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes. Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films. Between 1939-57 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor. During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968). Kane died on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.
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Cheyenne
Director
Laramie
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Western von gestern
Director
26 Men
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Spoilers of the Forest
Director
Sea of Lost Ships
Director
Flame of Barbary Coast
Director
The Sons of the Pioneers
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King of the Cowboys
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The Man Who Died Twice
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The Cheaters
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Fair Wind to Java
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Man from Music Mountain
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Hands Across the Border
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The Maverick Queen
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The Road to Denver
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Saga of Death Valley
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Days of Jesse James
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Born to Be Wild
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Sharad of Atlantis
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Heart of the Golden West
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King of the Pecos
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Last Stagecoach West
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Woman of the North Country
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Sunset on the Desert
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Dakota
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Rough Riders' Round-up
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South of Santa Fe
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Ride the Man Down
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The Plainsman and the Lady
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Bad Man of Deadwood
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The Savage Horde
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Jesse James at Bay
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Robin Hood of the Pecos
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Ridin' Down the Canyon
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The Ranger and the Lady
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Romance on the Range
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Duel at Apache Wells
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California Passage
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Rock Island Trail
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The Notorious Mr. Monks
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The Yellow Rose of Texas
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The Carson City Kid
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Cowboy and the Senorita
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Smoke In The Wind
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In Enemy Country
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Oh! Susanna
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Shine On Harvest Moon
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Old Los Angeles
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Git Along Little Dogies
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The Great Train Robbery
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Billy The Kid Returns
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The Gallant Legion
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Gunfire at Indian Gap
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Hell's Outpost
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Bat Men of Africa
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Hoodlum Empire
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Fighting Coast Guard
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The Crooked Circle
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Gold Mine in the Sky
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The Lawless Nineties
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Springtime in the Rockies
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The Arizona Kid
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The Border Legion
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The Old Barn Dance
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Heart of the Rockies
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The Vanishing American
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Brimstone
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The Last Bandit
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Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
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Jubilee Trail
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The Sea Hornet
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The Lawless Eighties
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Round-Up Time in Texas
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Track of Thunder
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Wall Street Cowboy
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Public Cowboy No. 1
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Man from Music Mountain
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Red River Valley
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In Old Sacramento
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Young Buffalo Bill
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San Antone
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Silver Spurs
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Paradise Express
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In Old Monterey
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Man from Cheyenne
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Idaho
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Arson Racket Squad
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Frontier Pony Express
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The Plunderers
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Boots and Saddles
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Accused of Murder
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Come on, Cowboys
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Under Western Stars
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Southward Ho!
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Sheriff of Tombstone
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Song of Nevada
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Oh, Susanna
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Gunsmoke Ranch
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Colorado
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The Lonely Trail
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Song of Texas
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In Old Cheyenne
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Ghost Town Gold
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In Old Caliente
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The Fighting Marines
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The Old Corral
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Sunset Serenade
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Thunder Over Arizona
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Melody Trail
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Nevada City
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Guns and Guitars
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Young Bill Hickok
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Timberjack
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Rags to Riches
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Tumbling Tumbleweeds
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Ride, Ranger, Ride
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Wyoming
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The Sagebrush Troubadour
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Come On, Rangers
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Darkest Africa
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The Search for the Evil One
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Spoilers of the Forest
Producer
Sea of Lost Ships
Associate Producer
The Cheaters
Associate Producer
Fair Wind to Java
Associate Producer
The Road to Denver
Associate Producer
Days of Jesse James
Associate Producer
Heart of the Golden West
Producer
Sunset on the Desert
Producer
Dakota
Associate Producer
Rough Riders' Round-up
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South of Santa Fe
Producer
Ride the Man Down
Associate Producer
Bad Man of Deadwood
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The Savage Horde
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Robin Hood of the Pecos
Associate Producer
The Ranger and the Lady
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Oh! Susanna
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The Arizona Kid
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The Border Legion
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Red River Valley
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Man from Cheyenne
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The Plunderers
Associate Producer
Accused of Murder
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Southward Ho!
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In Old Cheyenne
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Young Bill Hickok
Associate Producer
