Ford Beebe

Directing

November 26, 1888 – November 26, 1978 (died at 89)

Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

Male

190 Movies

1 TV Shows

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ford Beebe (November 26, 1888 – November 26, 1978) was a screenwriter and director. He entered the film business as a writer around 1916 and over the next 60 years wrote and/or directed almost 200 films. He specialized in B-movies – mostly Westerns – and action serials, working on the "Buck Rogers" and "Flash Gordon" serials for Universal Pictures.

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1938 7.1

Assistant Director

Age 49 (now 90)

Ferdinand the Bull

1938 6.7

Assistant Director

Age 49 (now 90)

Son of Dracula

1943 5.8

Producer

Age 54 (now 90)

Son of Dracula

1943 5.8

Second Unit Director

Age 54 (now 90)

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944 5.6

Associate Producer

Age 55 (now 90)

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944 5.6

Director

Age 55 (now 90)

Tower of London

1939 6.1

Second Unit

Age 50 (now 90)

The Practical Pig

1939 6.5

Assistant Director

Age 50 (now 90)

Night Monster

1942 6.3

Director

Age 53 (now 90)

Night Monster

1942 6.3

Producer

Age 53 (now 90)

The Adventures of Champion

1955 6.3

Director

Age 66 (now 90) 2 eps

2 eps

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

1940 5.8

Director

Age 51 (now 90)

7 Wise Dwarfs

1941 5.2

Director

Age 53 (now 90)

Donald's Decision

1942 5.3

Director

Age 53 (now 90)

The Phantom Creeps

1939 4.5

Director

Age 50 (now 90)

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

1938 6.3

Director

Age 49 (now 90)

Buck Rogers

1977 5.8

Director

Age 88 (now 90)

Peril from the Planet Mongo

1966 7.0

Director

Age 78 (now 90)

Flash Gordon: The Deadly Ray From Mars

1966 10.0

Director

Age 77 (now 90)

Destination Saturn

1966 8.0

Director

Age 77 (now 90)

Purple Death from Outer Space

1966 5.8

Director

Age 77 (now 90)

Deadly Ray From Mars

1966 7.0

Director

Age 77 (now 90)

King of the Wild Stallions

1959 6.8

Writer

Age 70 (now 90)

Rusty and the Falcon

1958

Editor

Age 69 (now 90)

Lord of the Jungle

1955 6.7

Writer

Age 66 (now 90)

Lord of the Jungle

1955 6.7

Director

Age 66 (now 90)

Lord of the Jungle

1955 6.7

Producer

Age 66 (now 90)

Killer Leopard

1954 5.7

Producer

Age 65 (now 90)

Killer Leopard

1954 5.7

Writer

Age 65 (now 90)

Killer Leopard

1954 5.7

Director

Age 65 (now 90)

The Golden Idol

1954 4.8

Director

Age 65 (now 90)

The Golden Idol

1954 4.8

Producer

Age 65 (now 90)

The Golden Idol

1954 4.8

Writer

Age 65 (now 90)

Dogs 'n Ducks

1953

Director

Age 64 (now 90)

Safari Drums

1953 6.2

Writer

Age 64 (now 90)

Safari Drums

1953 6.2

Director

Age 64 (now 90)

Planet Outlaws

1953 4.9

Director

Age 64 (now 90)

Bomba and the Jungle Girl

1952 5.6

Writer

Age 64 (now 90)

Bomba and the Jungle Girl

1952 5.6

Director

Age 64 (now 90)

Wagons West

1952 7.3

Director

Age 63 (now 90)

African Treasure

1952 7.0

Screenplay

Age 63 (now 90)

African Treasure

1952 7.0

Director

Age 63 (now 90)

African Treasure

1952 7.0

Screenstory

Age 63 (now 90)

Elephant Stampede

1951 5.4

Director

Age 62 (now 90)

Elephant Stampede

1951 5.4

Screenplay

Age 62 (now 90)

The Lion Hunters

1951 6.3

Director

Age 62 (now 90)

The Lion Hunters

1951 6.3

Screenplay

Age 62 (now 90)

Bomba and the Hidden City

1950 5.0

Director

Age 61 (now 90)

The Lost Volcano

1950 5.6

Screenplay

Age 61 (now 90)

The Lost Volcano

1950 5.6

Director

Age 61 (now 90)

The Girl from San Lorenzo

1950 8.0

Screenplay

Age 61 (now 90)

Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

1950 5.2

Story

Age 61 (now 90)

Bomba on Panther Island

1949 5.1

Director

Age 61 (now 90)

Bomba on Panther Island

1949 5.1

Screenplay

Age 61 (now 90)

Red Desert

1949 7.0

Director

Age 61 (now 90)

Squadron of Doom

1949 10.0

Director

Age 61 (now 90)

The Dalton Gang

1949 5.3

Writer

Age 60 (now 90)

The Dalton Gang

1949 5.3

Director

Age 60 (now 90)

Satan's Cradle

1949 5.4

Director

Age 60 (now 90)

The Phantom Creeps

1949 4.1

Director

Age 60 (now 90)

Bomba, the Jungle Boy

1949 5.8

Director

Age 60 (now 90)

Shep Comes Home

1948 6.5

Director

Age 60 (now 90)

Shep Comes Home

1948 6.5

Screenplay

Age 60 (now 90)

Courtin' Trouble

1948 10.0

Director

Age 59 (now 90)

Six-Gun Serenade

1947 8.3

Director

Age 58 (now 90)

My Dog Shep

1946 6.3

Director

Age 57 (now 90)

My Dog Shep

1946 6.3

Screenplay

Age 57 (now 90)

Easy to Look At

1945 7.0

Director

Age 56 (now 90)

Enter Arsène Lupin

1944 6.2

Producer

Age 55 (now 90)

Enter Arsène Lupin

1944 6.2

Director

Age 55 (now 90)

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944 5.6

Associate Producer

Age 55 (now 90)

The Invisible Man's Revenge

1944 5.6

Director

Age 55 (now 90)

Son of Dracula

1943 5.8

Producer

Age 54 (now 90)

Son of Dracula

1943 5.8

Second Unit Director

Age 54 (now 90)

Frontier Badmen

1943 7.0

Director

Age 54 (now 90)

Night Monster

1942 6.3

Director

Age 53 (now 90)

Night Monster

1942 6.3

Producer

Age 53 (now 90)

Overland Mail

1942 10.0

Director

Age 53 (now 90)

Gang Busters

1942 6.0

Associate Producer

Age 53 (now 90)

Donald's Decision

1942 5.3

Director

Age 53 (now 90)

Don Winslow of the Navy

1942 10.0

Director

Age 53 (now 90)

7 Wise Dwarfs

1941 5.2

Director

Age 53 (now 90)

The Thrifty Pig

1941 5.2

Director

Age 52 (now 90)

The Masked Rider

1941 7.2

Director

Age 52 (now 90)

Sea Raiders

1941 6.5

Director

Age 52 (now 90)

Riders of Death Valley

1941 6.8

Director

Age 52 (now 90)

Sky Raiders

1941 7.3

Director

Age 52 (now 90)

A Volta do Besouro Verde

1940 7.0

Director

Age 52 (now 90)

Junior G-Men

1940 6.5

Director

Age 51 (now 90)

Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.

1940

Director

Age 51 (now 90)

Son of Roaring Dan

1940 8.0

Director

Age 51 (now 90)

Winners of the West

1940 7.0

Director

Age 51 (now 90)

Riders of Pasco Basin

1940 5.5

Screenplay

Age 51 (now 90)

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

1940 5.8

Director

Age 51 (now 90)

The Green Hornet

1940 6.0

Director

Age 51 (now 90)

The Stranger from Texas

1939 8.0

Story

Age 51 (now 90)

Tower of London

1939 6.1

Second Unit

Age 50 (now 90)

Oklahoma Frontier

1939 6.0

Director

Age 50 (now 90)

Riders of Black River

1939 10.0

Story

Age 50 (now 90)

The Oregon Trail

1939 7.5

Director

Age 50 (now 90)

Buck Rogers

1939 6.1

Director

Age 50 (now 90)

The Practical Pig

1939 6.5

Assistant Director

Age 50 (now 90)

The Phantom Creeps

1939 4.5

Director

Age 50 (now 90)

Ferdinand the Bull

1938 6.7

Assistant Director

Age 49 (now 90)

Mars Attacks the World

1938 6.5

Director

Age 49 (now 90)

Red Barry

1938 10.0

Director

Age 49 (now 90)

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars

1938 6.3

Director

Age 49 (now 90)

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

1938 7.1

Assistant Director

Age 49 (now 90)

Tim Tyler's Luck

1937 7.0

Director

Age 49 (now 90)

Trouble at Midnight

1937 6.5

Screenplay

Age 48 (now 90)

Trouble at Midnight

1937 6.5

Director

Age 48 (now 90)

Radio Patrol

1937 10.0

Director

Age 48 (now 90)

West Bound Limited

1937 7.0

Story

Age 48 (now 90)

West Bound Limited

1937 7.0

Director

Age 48 (now 90)

Wild West Days

1937 8.0

Director

Age 48 (now 90)

Secret Agent X-9

1937 7.3

Director

Age 48 (now 90)

Jungle Jim

1937 5.4

Director

Age 48 (now 90)

Stampede

1936 9.0

Story

Age 47 (now 90)

Stampede

1936 9.0

Director

Age 47 (now 90)

Ace Drummond

1936 7.0

Director

Age 47 (now 90)

Code of the Range

1936 8.0

Screenplay

Age 47 (now 90)

The Mysterious Avenger

1936 9.0

Screenplay

Age 47 (now 90)

The Mysterious Avenger

1936 9.0

Story

Age 47 (now 90)

Gallant Defender

1935 9.0

Screenplay

Age 47 (now 90)

Tumbling Tumbleweeds

1935 7.5

Screenplay

Age 46 (now 90)

The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

1935 7.3

Director

Age 46 (now 90)

The Man from Guntown

1935 10.0

Story

Age 46 (now 90)

The Man from Guntown

1935 10.0

Screenplay

Age 46 (now 90)

The Man from Guntown

1935 10.0

Director

Age 46 (now 90)

Riding Wild

1935 8.0

Screenplay

Age 46 (now 90)

Riding Wild

1935 8.0

Story

Age 46 (now 90)

Justice of the Range

1935 9.0

Screenplay

Age 46 (now 90)

Fighting Shadows

1935 6.5

Writer

Age 46 (now 90)

The Revenge Rider

1935 8.0

Story

Age 46 (now 90)

The Revenge Rider

1935 8.0

Screenplay

Age 46 (now 90)

Law Beyond the Range

1935 7.0

Director

Age 46 (now 90)

Law Beyond the Range

1935 7.0

Writer

Age 46 (now 90)

The Prescott Kid

1934 8.0

Screenplay

Age 45 (now 90)

Laughing at Life

1933 7.3

Director

Age 44 (now 90)

Laughing at Life

1933 7.3

Story

Age 44 (now 90)

The Pride of the Legion

1932 7.0

Writer

Age 43 (now 90)

The Pride of the Legion

1932 7.0

Director

Age 43 (now 90)

The Last of the Mohicans

1932 6.8

Screenplay

Age 43 (now 90)

The Last of the Mohicans

1932 6.8

Director

Age 43 (now 90)

The Shadow of the Eagle

1932 5.5

Writer

Age 43 (now 90)

The Shadow of the Eagle

1932 5.5

Director

Age 43 (now 90)

The Lightning Warrior

1931 6.3

Screenplay

Age 42 (now 90)

The Galloping Ghost

1931 4.5

Screenplay

Age 42 (now 90)

Alias: The Bad Man

1931 5.5

Original Story

Age 42 (now 90)

The Vanishing Legion

1931 8.5

Director

Age 42 (now 90)

The Vanishing Legion

1931 8.5

Screenplay

Age 42 (now 90)

Brothers

1931 7.0

Story

Age 42 (now 90)

King of the Wild

1931 4.2

Scenario Writer

Age 42 (now 90)

The Phantom of the West

1930 9.0

Screenplay

Age 41 (now 90)

Tarzan the Tiger

1929 4.7

Writer

Age 41 (now 90)

Overland Bound

1929 10.0

Writer

Age 40 (now 90)

.45 Calibre War

1929 10.0

Writer

Age 40 (now 90)

The Black Ace

1928 10.0

Writer

Age 39 (now 90)

The Bronc Stomper

1928 10.0

Screenplay

Age 39 (now 90)

The Wagon Show

1928 9.0

Writer

Age 39 (now 90)

The Apache Raider

1928 10.0

Writer

Age 39 (now 90)

The Boss of Rustler's Roost

1928 9.0

Writer

Age 39 (now 90)

Border Blackbirds

1927 7.0

Screenplay

Age 38 (now 90)

Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed

1927 8.0

Screenplay

Age 38 (now 90)

Don Desperado

1927 9.0

Screenplay

Age 38 (now 90)

Don Desperado

1927 9.0

Story

Age 38 (now 90)

The Long Loop on the Pecos

1927 9.0

Writer

Age 38 (now 90)

The Blind Trail

1926 10.0

Writer

Age 37 (now 90)

The Feud Woman

1925 7.0

Screenplay

Age 37 (now 90)

Across the Deadline

1925 10.0

Story

Age 36 (now 90)

Ridin' Double

1924 8.0

Screenplay

Age 35 (now 90)

The Law Forbids

1924 7.0

Writer

Age 35 (now 90)

Huntin' Trouble

1924 10.0

Writer

Age 35 (now 90)

Lost, Strayed or Stolen

1923 9.0

Director

Age 34 (now 90)

Lost, Strayed or Stolen

1923 9.0

Writer

Age 34 (now 90)

Smoked Out

1923 9.0

Director

Age 34 (now 90)

Border Law

1923 9.0

Story

Age 34 (now 90)

Border Law

1923 9.0

Scenario Writer

Age 34 (now 90)

Border Law

1923 9.0

Director

Age 34 (now 90)

Too Much Business

1922 7.0

Scenario Writer

Age 33 (now 90)

Nine Points of the Law

1922 9.0

Scenario Writer

Age 33 (now 90)

Winners of the West

1921 9.0

Writer

Age 32 (now 90)

Kickaroo

1921 9.0

Story

Age 32 (now 90)

Sweet Revenge

1921 9.0

Writer

Age 32 (now 90)

The Driftin' Kid

1921 10.0

Scenario Writer

Age 32 (now 90)

The Saddle King

1921 10.0

Scenario Writer

Age 32 (now 90)

The Trail of the Hound

1920 9.0

Screenplay

Age 32 (now 90)

The Trail of the Hound

1920 9.0

Story

Age 32 (now 90)

Fight It Out

1920 9.0

Scenario Writer

Age 32 (now 90)

Superstition

1920 9.0

Scenario Writer

Age 32 (now 90)

Tipped Off

1920 7.0

Story

Age 32 (now 90)

Tipped Off

1920 7.0

Screenplay

Age 32 (now 90)

The Two-Fisted Lover

1920 10.0

Story

Age 31 (now 90)

The Two-Fisted Lover

1920 10.0

Screenplay

Age 31 (now 90)

Double Danger

1920 10.0

Story

Age 31 (now 90)

Double Danger

1920 10.0

Screenplay

Age 31 (now 90)

'in Wrong' Wright

1920 10.0

Story

Age 31 (now 90)

'in Wrong' Wright

1920 10.0

Screenplay

Age 31 (now 90)

One Law for All

1920 9.0

Story

Age 31 (now 90)

One Law for All

1920 9.0

Screenplay

Age 31 (now 90)

The Grinning Granger

1920 8.0

Story

Age 31 (now 90)

The Grinning Granger

1920 8.0

Screenplay

Age 31 (now 90)

A Gamblin' Fool

1920 8.0

Writer

Age 31 (now 90)

The Big Catch

1920 9.0

Scenario Writer

Age 31 (now 90)

The Railroad Raiders

1917

Writer

Age 28 (now 90)

A Youth of Fortune

1916

Writer

Age 27 (now 90)