George Sherman
Directing
Born 1908-07-14
Died 1991-03-15
New York City, New York, USA
127 credits
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American second feature director who arrived in California aboard the SS Mongolia (bound from New York) on which he served as a bellboy. Sherman began his career in the movie business in the mail room at Warner Brothers before working his way up to assistant director. By 1937, he had graduated to directing in his own right under contract with Republic. Sherman specialised almost exclusively in B-westerns, (including the "Three Mesqueteers" series, which featured a young John Wayne), with occasional forays into action and horror themes. He often achieved a sense of style over substance. Indeed, as to his handling of the 'Mesqueteers', Variety commented on his imparting a "poetry in motion" to his "unified timing of cowboys mounting, riding, wheeling, galloping and dismounting of steeds" (July 2 1939). From 1940, Sherman also served as associate producer on many of his films.
The diminutive (five foot) Sherman turned out reliable low-budget fare for Columbia between 1945 and 1948, then moved on to do the same at Universal for another eight years. Thereafter, he turned to free-lancing and working in television. The only A-grade films to his credit were two westerns, starring John Wayne: The Comancheros (1961), as producer; and Big Jake (1971), as director.
Date of Birth 14 July 1908, New York City, New York
Date of Death 15 March 1991, Los Angeles County, California
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Filmography
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Directing
55 credits
Rawhide
Daniel Boone
Naked City
Route 66
Gentle Ben
Screen Director's Playhouse
Big Jake
Western von gestern
Reprisal!
Murieta
Chief Crazy Horse
Comanche
Against All Flags
The Wizard of Baghdad
The Battle at Apache Pass
Black Bart
The Hard Man
Sam
Border River
Tomahawk
New Frontier
Dawn at Socorro
The Last of the Fast Guns
Hell Bent for Leather
War Arrow
Under Texas Skies
Relentless
Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Red River Range
The Sleeping City
Wild Horse Rodeo
The Lone Hand
Red Canyon
Heroes of the Hills
Comanche Territory
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Daniel Boone: Frontier Trail Rider
The Night Riders
The Veils of Bagdad
The Lady and the Monster
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Spy Hunt
The Son of Robin Hood
X Marks the Spot
Johnny Dark
Talk About a Lady
The Raging Tide
Covered Wagon Days
River Lady
Count Three and Pray
Steel Town
Renegades
Last of the Redmen
Larceny
Riders of the Black Hills
Producing
6 credits
Daniel Boone
The Comancheros
Little Mo
Hello Down There
The Lady and the Monster
The Son of Robin Hood
Other credits
2 credits
Writing
1 credit
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