William F. Claxton
Director
37
Filmes
12
Séries
William Francis Claxton (October 22, 1914 – February 11, 1996) was an American film and television producer, editor and director. He made a number of films for Robert L. Lippert. He also directed and produced episodes of Bonanza, the NBC-TV series Little House on the Prairie, and also directed episodes of the NBC-TV series Father Murphy, The Rifleman, The Twilight Zone, Fame, and The High Chaparral.
Claxton got his start in Hollywood as a film editor in the 1940s, where he was employed an editor for Edward Small Productions, as he would move into directing of second feature films by 1950s and 1960s, and also delve into television directing during this period.
During World War II, Claxton served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as a captain. Claxton worked under Frank Capra as a film editor on the Why We Fight series. Claxton worked alongside Theodor Seuss Geisel (Dr. Seuss) in the animation and film department of the U.S. Army.
Claxton's very first directorial effort was 1951's All That I Can Have. Claxton, who is best known for his TV work, enjoyed a long stint as producer/director of the syndicated Christian anthology series This is the Life (which was his first work in TV) from 1951 to 1980.
He spent much of the 1950s with 20th Century Fox's Regal Pictures subsidiary, turning out medium-budget films which included the films God Is My Partner (1956) and Desire in the Dust (1960); occasionally, as in the cast of Rockabilly Baby (1957), he produced as well as directed.
Claxton was a close friend to actor Michael Landon, with whom he worked on the NBC-TV series Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie and then Highway to Heaven, and who also enjoyed the This is the Life series, which Claxton was involved with. Claxton also directed the feature-length series pilot Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988).
Por Trás das Câmeras
Dallas
Director
La familia Ingalls
Director, Productor
El hombre del rifle
Director
La Dimensión Desconocida
Director
Camino al cielo
Director, Creator
Route 66
Director
Fame
Director
The Rookies
Director
El Gran Chaparral
Director, Productor
Black Saddle
Director
Law of the Plainsman
Director
Father Murphy
Director
Kit Carson
Editor
Home Town Story
Editor
Una noche escalofriante
Director
Stagecoach To Fury
Director
The Corsican Brothers
Editor
The Invisible Wall
Editor, Supervising Editor
Desire in the Dust
Director, Productor
International Lady
Editor
Law of the Lawless
Director
Dangerous Years
Supervising Editor
Bonanza: The Next Generation
Director
Backlash
Editor
Strange Journey
Editor
Young Jesse James
Director
The Canterville Ghost
Director
Arthur Takes Over
Supervising Editor
Tucson
Director
Half Past Midnight
Director