Irving Pichel

Director

About

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Birth Place

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Born

June 25, 1891

Died

July 13, 1954

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Filmography

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Day of Triumph (1954)

Martin Luther (1953)

Mask of the Avenger (1951)

Santa Fe (1951)

Destination Moon (1950)

Quicksand (1950)

Photos & Videos

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High, Wide And Handsome (1937) -- (Movie Clip) She's Been Kissed Before

They Won't Believe Me (1947) -- (Movie Clip) To The Jury Please

Biography

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

Day of Triumph (1954)

Martin Luther (1953)

Mask of the Avenger (1951)

Santa Fe (1951)

Destination Moon (1950)

Quicksand (1950)

The Great Rupert (1950)

Without Honor (1949)

The Miracle of the Bells (1948)

Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)

Something in the Wind (1947)

They Won't Believe Me (1947)

Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)

The Bride Wore Boots (1946)

Temptation (1946)

A Medal for Benny (1945)

And Now Tomorrow (1944)

The Eve of St. Mark (1944)

Fill-In Director

The Moon Is Down (1943)

Happy Land (1943)

Holy Matrimony (1943)

Fill-In Director

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)

Secret Agent of Japan (1942)

The Pied Piper (1942)

Swamp Water (1941)

Dialogue Director

The Great Commandment (1941)

Dance Hall (1941)

Hudson's Bay (1941)

The Man I Married (1940)

Earthbound (1940)

The Sheik Steps Out (1937)

Larceny on the Air (1937)

The Duke Comes Back (1937)

Beware of Ladies (1936)

The Gentleman from Louisiana (1936)

Before Dawn (1933)

The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

Cast (Feature Film)

Martin Luther (1953)

Chancellor Brueck

Santa Fe (1951)

This Is Korea! (1951)

Something in the Wind (1947)

Garage attendant

Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)

Commentator's voice

The Moon Is Down (1943)

Torture Ship (1939)

Dr. Herbert Stander

Topper Takes a Trip (1939)

Exile Express (1939)

Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)

Gambling Ship (1938)

There Goes My Heart (1938)

Newsboys' Home (1938)

[Tom] Davenport

Special Agent K-7 (1937)

Armored Car (1937)

The Life of Emile Zola (1937)

Mathieu Dreyfus

High, Wide and Handsome (1937)

Join the Marines (1937)

Colonel Leonard

Don't Gamble with Love (1936)

The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)

Anton Sebastian

Down to the Sea (1936)

General Spanky (1936)

Captain Simmons

Hearts in Bondage (1936)

Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Three Kids and a Queen (1935)

Special Agent (1935)

United States District Attorney

She Was a Lady (1934)

I Am a Thief (1934)

Fog over Frisco (1934)

Cleopatra (1934)

Such Women Are Dangerous (1934)

Return of the Terror (1934)

British Agent (1934)

[Sergei] Pavlov

The Silver Streak (1934)

The Billion Dollar Scandal (1933)

Albert Griswold

Oliver Twist (1933)

The Mysterious Rider (1933)

I'm No Angel (1933)

Bob, the attorney

Night Flight (1933)

The Story of Temple Drake (1933)

King of the Jungle (1933)

The Woman Accused (1933)

District Attorney Clarke

The Right to Romance (1933)

Two Kinds of Women (1932)

Madame Butterfly (1932)

The Painted Woman (1932)

Forgotten Commandments (1932)

Westward Passage (1932)

Harry [Ottendorf]

The Miracle Man (1932)

Wild Girl (1932)

Strange Justice (1932)

The Road to Reno (1931)

The Cheat (1931)

Hardy Livingstone

Murder by the Clock (1931)

Phillip Endicott

An American Tragedy (1931)

District attorney [Orville Mason]

The Right To Love (1930)

Producer (Feature Film)

Swamp Water (1941)

Cast (Short)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

Old Hickory (1940)

Life Events

Videos

High, Wide And Handsome (1937) -- (Movie Clip) She's Been Kissed Before At the town dance in Titusville, PA, 1859, infatuated Peter (Randolph Scott) with visiting medicine-show performer Sally (Irene Dunne) as his Grandma (Elizabeth Patterson) jousts with stuffy Stark (Irving Pichel) and a scuff-up with Scanlon (Charles Bickford) ensues, in High, Wide And Handsome, 1937.

They Won't Believe Me (1947) -- (Movie Clip) To The Jury Please Opening scenes, folksy lawyer Cahill (Frank Ferguson) beginning his defense of slippery Larry (Robert Young), brief introductions for Tom Powers, Janet Shaw, Jane Greer and others who will figure in the story, from They Won't Believe Me, 1947, also starring Susan Hayward.

They Won't Believe Me (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Won't You Need Some Socks? Still in deep flashback from his murder trial, proven cad husband Larry (Robert Young) finds out that wealthy wife Greta (Rita Johnson) is way ahead of his plan to skip town with his girlfriend, in They Won't Believe Me, 1947.

They Won't Believe Me (1947) -- How Do You Know I'll Show Up? Larry (Robert Young) can't forget about Verna (Susan Hayward). so he's summoned her to the mountains to share his new plan to fleece his wife, in They Won't Believe Me, 1947.

Dracula's Daughter (1936) -- (Movie Clip) My Mistress Is An Artist In foggy London Sandor (Irivng Pichel), aide to the title character, solicits pretty vagrant Lili (Nan Gray) as a model for Countess Marya (Gloria Holden) who, it turns out, has not quite overcome her cravings after all, in Universal's Dracula's Daughter, 1936.

Dracula's Daughter (1936) -- (Movie Clip) What Do You See In My Eyes? The evening after she’s gratefully buried her father, staked through the heart, Countess Marya (Gloria Holden, title character) believes she’s free but Sandor (Irving Pichel), her assistant (or something?) has doubts, and she decides to go out, in Universal’s Dracula’s Daughter. 1936.

British Agent (1934) -- (Movie Clip) This Red Millenium Days after the Bolshevik coup in Petrograd, stranded British diplomat Locke (Leslie Howard), charged with placating the new government, meets charming militant Elena (Kay Francis), whom he rescued earlier, in British Agent, 1934.

Swamp Water (1941) -- (Movie Clip) The Okefenokee Swamp Opening renowned French director Jean Renoir’s first film in the U.S., on location at the Okefenokee in Georgia, Dana Andrews in a search party, with Walter Huston, Ward Bond and others, in Swamp Water, 1941, from the only novel by Georgia-born Vereen Bell, who died in action in the Philippines in World War Two.

Swamp Water (1941) -- (Movie Clip) You Little Fightin' Cat Dana Andrews is backwoods Georgia teen Ben, planning to enter the Okefenokee to find his dog, at the general store with locals including Eugene Pallette, Russell Simpson, Ward Bond, Guinn Williams and Anne Baxter, as the rather wild young ward of the owner, Jean Renoir directing, in Swamp Water, 1941.

Swamp Water (1941) -- (Movie Clip) They Was Cottonmouth Bit Probably recklessly camping out in the Okefenokee Swamp in hopes of finding his lost hunting dog, Georgia teenager Ben (Dana Andrews) gets clobbered by an unseen assailant, whom we learn is Walter Brennan, as escaped convict Tom Keefer, in director Jean Renoir’s first American film, Swamp Water, 1941.

Swamp Water (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Trouble's Like Me Georgian Ben (Dana Andrews) has moved out of his folks’ house now that he’s got a secret partner in fur-trapping in the Okefenokee, and he’s eager to tell the partner’s daughter Julie (Anne Baxter), an orphan quasi-servant who doesn’t even know he’s alive, about the good news, in Jean Renoir’s Swamp Water, 1941.

Story Of Temple Drake, The (1933) -- (Movie Clip) It's Like There Were Two Me's Temple (Miriam Hopkins) at the dance, first with grand-dad (Guy Standing) and spurned suitor Stephen (William Gargan), then Bob (Grady Sutton), then Toddy (William Collier Jr.) who brought her, explaining herself, in The Story Of Temple Drake, 1933, from the William Faulkner novel.

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