John English


Director

About

Also Known As
Jack English, John W. English
Birth Place
Cumberland, England, GB
Died
October 11, 1969

Biography

John English enjoyed success as a director over the course of his career, owed mainly to a vast supply of imagination and a fierce attention to detail. English started off his career directing independent films like "His Fighting Blood" (1935), "Zorro Rides Again" (1937) with John Carroll and "Arizona Days" (1937). He also appeared in "Dick Tracy Returns" (1938) and the Lee Powell action...

Biography

John English enjoyed success as a director over the course of his career, owed mainly to a vast supply of imagination and a fierce attention to detail. English started off his career directing independent films like "His Fighting Blood" (1935), "Zorro Rides Again" (1937) with John Carroll and "Arizona Days" (1937). He also appeared in "Dick Tracy Returns" (1938) and the Lee Powell action movie "The Fighting Devil Dogs" (1938). He continued to work in film in the forties, directing motion pictures like the Tom Tyler adventure "Adventures of Captain Marvel" (1941), "Dick Tracy Vs. Crime, Inc." (1941) and the adventure "Jungle Girl" (1941) with Frances Gifford. He also appeared in the western "King of the Texas Rangers" (1941) with "Slingin Sammy" Baugh. In the latter half of his career, English directed the musical "Riders of the Whistling Pines" (1949) with Gene Autry, "Loaded Pistols" (1949) and the Gene Autry western "The Cowboy and the Indians" (1949). He also appeared in the Gene Autry western "Sons of New Mexico" (1950) and the western "Blazing Sun" (1950) with Gene Autry. English also acted in "The Commander: Calderon." John English passed away in October 1969 at the age of 66.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Zorro Rides Again (1959)
Director
Whirlwind (1951)
Director
Gene Autry and the Mounties (1951)
Director
Valley of Fire (1951)
Director
Hills of Utah (1951)
Director
Silver Canyon (1951)
Director
The Blazing Sun (1950)
Director
Sons of New Mexico (1950)
Director
Beyond the Purple Hills (1950)
Director
Cow Town (1950)
Director
Indian Territory (1950)
Director
Mule Train (1950)
Director
Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)
Director
Riders in the Sky (1949)
Director
The Cowboy and the Indians (1949)
Director
Rim of the Canyon (1949)
Director
Loaded Pistols (1949)
Director
The Strawberry Roan (1948)
Director
The Last Round-Up (1947)
Director
Trail to San Antone (1947)
Director
Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
Director
Behind City Lights (1945)
Director
Utah (1945)
Director
Grissly's Millions (1945)
Director
Don't Fence Me In (1945)
Director
The Phantom Speaks (1945)
Director
The Laramie Trail (1944)
Director
The Port of Forty Thieves (1944)
Director
Silver City Kid (1944)
Director
Faces in the Fog (1944)
Director
Call of the South Seas (1944)
Director
San Fernando Valley (1944)
Director
Captain America (1944)
Director
Dead Man's Gulch (1943)
Director
Thundering Trails (1943)
Director
Raiders of Sunset Pass (1943)
Director
The Man from Thunder River (1943)
Director
Overland Mail Robbery (1943)
Director
Drums of Fu Manchu (1943)
Director
Death Valley Manhunt (1943)
Director
The Fighting Devil Dogs (1943)
Director
The Black Hills Express (1943)
Director
Daredevils of the West (1943)
Director
The Yukon Patrol (1942)
Director
Westward Ho (1942)
Director
Raiders of the Range (1942)
Director
Valley of Hunted Men (1942)
Director
Code of the Outlaw (1942)
Director
The Phantom Plainsmen (1942)
Director
The Yukon Patrol (1942)
Director
Gangs of Sonora (1941)
Director
Dick Tracy Vs. Crime, Inc. (1941)
Director
Jungle Girl (1941)
Director
King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
Director
Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
Director
Hi-Yo Silver (1940)
Director
Mysterious Dr. Satan (1940)
Director
Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
Director
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
Director
The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
Director
Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
Director
Daredevils of the Red Circle (1939)
Director
Call the Mesquiteers (1938)
Director
The Lone Ranger (1938)
Director
Dick Tracy Returns (1938)
Director
Arizona Days (1937)
Director
Whistling Bullets (1937)
Director
Zorro Rides Again (1937)
Director
Red Blood of Courage (1935)
Director
His Fighting Blood (1935)
Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971)
Highway patrolman
Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)
Doctor

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Antwone Fisher (2002)
Gaffer

Editing (Feature Film)

Crashing Through Danger (1938)
Film Editor
Aces and Eights (1936)
Film Editor
The Traitor (1936)
Film Editor
Lightnin' Bill Carson (1936)
Film Editor
Ghost Patrol (1936)
Film Editor
The Lion's Den (1936)
Editing
The Code of the Mounted (1935)
Film Editor
Wilderness Mail (1935)
Film Editor
Northern Frontier (1935)
Film Editor
Trails of the Wild (1935)
Editing
Clear the Decks (1929)
Film Editor
Red Hot Speed (1929)
Film Editor
Hold Your Man (1929)
Film Editor
Becky (1927)
Film Editor
The Understanding Heart (1927)
Film Editor
Mockery (1927)
Film Editor
The Lovelorn (1927)
Film Editor
Heaven on Earth (1927)
Film Editor
The Exquisite Sinner (1926)
Film Editor

Stunts (Feature Film)

The Cowboy Way (1994)
Stunts

Director (Special)

The Man From Denver (1959)
Director

Misc. Crew (Special)

Evil Among Us: Hate in America (2000)
Sound

Life Events

Bibliography