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Lesley Selander
From Wikipedia.
Lesley Selander (May 26, 1900 – December 5, 1979) was an American film director of Westerns and science fiction movies. His career as director, spanning 127 feature films and dozens of TV episodes, lasted from 1936 to 1968. Before that, Selander was assistant director on films such as The Cat and the Fiddle (1934), A Night at the Opera (1935), and Fritz Lang's Fury (1936).
To this day, Selander remains one of the most prolific directors of feature Westerns in cinema history, having taken the helm for 107 Westerns between his first directorial feature in 1936 and 1967. In 1956, he was nominated for the Directors Guild of America award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, for his work directing a 1954 episode of Lassie.
As director
Arizona Bushwhackers
Fort Utah
The Texican
Convict Stage
Town Tamer
Fort Courageous
War Party
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
Revolt at Fort Laramie
Tomahawk Trail
Outlaw's Son
The Wayward Girl
Taming Sutton’s Gal
Quincannon, Frontier Scout
The Broken Star
Tall Man Riding
Fort Yuma
Shotgun
Desert Sands
Fury
Arrow In The Dust
The Yellow Tomahawk
Dragonfly Squadron
Return from the Sea
War Paint
The Royal African Rifles
Fighter Attack
Fort Vengeance
Cow Country
Fort Algiers