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person_profile-William Keighley

William Keighley Died at age: 94

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

William Keighley

Date of Birth:

Aug 04, 1889

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Jun 24, 1984

Biography of

William Keighley

    ​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

    William Jackson Keighley  (August 4, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June 24, 1984, New York, New York) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director.

    After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s, he was acting and directing on Broadway. With the advent of talking pictures, he relocated to Hollywood. He eventually signed with Warner Bros., where he proved adept at directing in a wide variety of genres. He was the initial director of The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, but was replaced by Michael Curtiz. During World War II, he supervised the U.S. Army Signal Corp's motion picture unit. He retired in 1953 and moved to Paris with his actress wife Genevieve Tobin.

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William Keighley

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Filmography of

William Keighley

Found 2 Movies in total

Ladies They Talk About

Man Getting a Shoeshine (uncredited) ( Actor )

Director

... 1933

Resurrection

Captain Schoenbock ( Actor )

... 1931