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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
1 win & 1 nomination total
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Known for
Hush Money
6.5
Director
1931
The Hound of the Baskervilles
7.4
Director
1939
McHale's Navy
7.4
TV Series
Director
1962–1964 • 54 eps
A Girl in Every Port
6.6
Writer
1928
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Director
71
Writer
18
Additional Crew
2
Soundtrack
2
Producer
1
Self
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Director
Previous
71
Rango
7.2
TV Series
Director
1967
2 episodes
Pistols 'n' Petticoats
7.2
TV Series
Director
1966
1 episode
The Addams Family
8.0
TV Series
Director
1964–1966
48 episodes
No Time for Sergeants
7.1
TV Series
Director
1964
2 episodes
Burke's Law
7.3
TV Series
Director
1964
1 episode
Harris Against the World
7.8
TV Series
Director
1964
1 episode
McHale's Navy
7.4
TV Series
Director
1962–1964
54 episodes
Little Amy
6.5
TV Movie
Director
1962
The Tall Man
7.4
TV Series
Director
1961–1962
8 episodes
Tales of Wells Fargo
7.9
TV Series
Director
1962
1 episode
Pete and Gladys
7.4
TV Series
Director
1962
1 episode
87th Precinct
8.2
TV Series
Director
1961
1 episode
Ichabod and Me
7.0
TV Series
Director
1961
1 episode
Whispering Smith
7.4
TV Series
Director
1961
2 episodes
My Darling Judge
TV Movie
Director
1961
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Writer
Previous
18
Dos más uno dos
story
1934
Hush Money
6.5
screenplay
story
1931
Happy Days
5.5
dialogue
story
1929
Big Time
7.0
adaptation
dialogue
1929
Hired and Fired
Short
story
1929
Knights Out
Short
scenario
1929
Mind Your Business
Short
writer
1928
The Bath Between
Short
adaptation
story
1928
Romance of the Underworld
6.9
story
1928
Don't Marry
story
1928
A Girl in Every Port
6.6
associate writer
1928
Golf Widows
Short
Writer
1926
King of the Kitchen
Short
story and scenario
1926
King Bozo
Short
scenario
1926
Dizzy Dancers
Short
Writer
1926
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Additional Crew
Previous
2
Born to Be Bad
6.2
director: re-takes
(uncredited)
1934
The House of Rothschild
6.5
fill-in director
(uncredited)
1934
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Height
6′ (1.83 m)
Born
April 20
,
1898
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died
June 20
,
1972
Marina del Rey, California, USA
(heart attack)
Spouse
Shirley Mason
February 8, 1927 - June 20, 1972 (his death)
Other works
Was a professional jazz musician before entering the film business.
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1970 was scheduled to direct Daughter of Bonnie and Clyde from a screenplay by Sidney Lanfield.
Nickname
Sid
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