Joseph Kane
Biography
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Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (19 March 1894, San Diego – 25 August 1975, Santa Monica, California) was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on western films.
Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and, starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became Republic's top Western film director.
Kane's first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958. He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945). Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes.
Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films. Between 1939-57 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor.
During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968).
Kane died on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.
Directing (118 movies)
Ride, Ranger, Ride
1936
Rough Riders' Round-up
1939
Hoodlum Empire
1952
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
Accused of Murder
1956
Boots and Saddles
1937
Bad Man of Deadwood
1941
Gunsmoke Ranch
1937
The Man Who Died Twice
1958
Springtime in the Rockies
1937
The Carson City Kid
1940
Colorado
1940
Cowboy and the Senorita
1944
Sunset Serenade
1942
Sheriff of Tombstone
1941
Hands Across the Border
1944
Billy The Kid Returns
1938
The Border Legion
1940
Sharad of Atlantis
1936
King of the Pecos
1936
Thunder Over Arizona
1956
Under Western Stars
1938
The Old Corral
1936
Dakota
1945
In Old Cheyenne
1941
The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958
The Crooked Circle
1957
The Lawless Nineties
1936
Red River Valley
1941
King of the Cowboys
1943
Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942
Southward Ho!
1939
The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944
Oh, Susanna
1936
Song of Nevada
1944
The Old Barn Dance
1938
Man from Music Mountain
1938
Guns and Guitars
1936
Git Along Little Dogies
1937
Come On, Rangers
1938
The Maverick Queen
1956
Heart of the Golden West
1942
Man from Cheyenne
1942
The Ranger and the Lady
1940
Shine On Harvest Moon
1938
Song of Texas
1943
South of Santa Fe
1942
Sunset on the Desert
1942
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941
Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1935
The Lonely Trail
1936
Idaho
1943
The Road to Denver
1955
Duel at Apache Wells
1957
The Cheaters
1945
Jubilee Trail
1954
The Savage Horde
1950
The Plunderers
1948
The Vanishing American
1955
Days of Jesse James
1939
Public Cowboy No. 1
1937
Romance on the Range
1942
The Gallant Legion
1948
The Sagebrush Troubadour
1935
The Lawless Eighties
1957
The Fighting Marines
1935
Heart of the Rockies
1937
Jesse James at Bay
1941
Sons of the Pioneers
1942
Melody Trail
1935
Frontier Pony Express
1939
In Old Monterey
1939
Saga of Death Valley
1939
Brimstone
1949
Last Stagecoach West
1957
Paradise Express
1937
Man from Music Mountain
1943
Born to Be Wild
1938
Come on, Cowboys
1937
Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937
Gold Mine in the Sky
1938
Nevada City
1941
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
The Arizona Kid
1939
Fair Wind to Java
1953
Oh! Susanna
1951
Timberjack
1955
Fighting Coast Guard
1951
Young Buffalo Bill
1940
Wall Street Cowboy
1939
Silver Spurs
1943
Spoilers of the Forest
1957
Rock Island Trail
1950
Ride the Man Down
1952
In Old Caliente
1939
San Antone
1953
California Passage
1950
The Great Train Robbery
1941
Rags to Riches
1941
Arson Racket Squad
1938
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Rough Riders' Round-up | 1939 | Producer |
| Southward Ho! | 1939 | Producer |
| The Arizona Kid | 1939 | Producer |
| The Ranger and the Lady | 1940 | Producer |
| The Border Legion | 1940 | Producer |
| In Old Cheyenne | 1941 | Producer |
| Bad Man of Deadwood | 1941 | Producer |
| Red River Valley | 1941 | Producer |
| Man from Cheyenne | 1942 | Producer |
| South of Santa Fe | 1942 | Producer |
| Sunset on the Desert | 1942 | Producer |
| Heart of the Golden West | 1942 | Producer |
| The Savage Horde | 1950 | Producer |
| Oh! Susanna | 1951 | Producer |
| Accused of Murder | 1956 | Producer |
| Spoilers of the Forest | 1957 | Producer |