H. Bruce Humberstone
Biography
H. Bruce 'Lucky' Humberstone (b. November 18, 1901, Buffalo, New York - d. October 11, 1984, Los Angeles, California) was a movie actor (as a child), a script clerk, an assistant director, working with directors such as King Vidor, Edmund Goulding and Allan Dwan and, ultimately, a director.
One of twenty-eight founders of the Directors Guild of America, Humberstone worked on several silent movie films for 20th Century Fox. Humberstone did not specialize; he worked on comedies, dramas, and melodramas. Humberstone is best known today for his work on some of the Charlie Chan films. In the 1950s, Humberstone worked mostly on TV.
He retired in 1962, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died in 1984, aged 82.
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Directing (46 movies)
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
Wonder Man
1945
Pin Up Girl
1944
Iceland
1942
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
Ten Wanted Men
1955
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1957
The Dragon Murder Case
1934
Madison Avenue
1961
Tarzan and the Trappers
1958
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942
While New York Sleeps
1938
If I Had a Million
1932
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
Happy Go Lovely
1951
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
South Sea Sinner
1950
The Purple Mask
1955
Time Out for Murder
1938
The Crooked Circle
1932
Strangers of the Evening
1932
Three Live Ghosts
1936
Within These Walls
1945
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
She's Working Her Way Through College
1952
Good-bye Love
1933
Ladies Love Danger
1935
The Desert Song
1953
The Homestretch
1947
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946
King of the Jungle
1933
Pardon Our Nerve
1939
Rascals
1938
The Quarterback
1940
Hot Spot
1932
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
Silk Hat Kid
1935
The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios
1924
Checkers
1937
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal Studios | 1924 | Writer |
| Madison Avenue | 1961 | Producer |