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Phil Karlson

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  • 1908 - 1985

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Phil Karlson (July 2, 1908, Chicago, Illinois – December 12, 1985, Los Angeles, California) was a film director known for his no-nonsense film noirs. Karlson directed 99 River Street, Kansas City Confidential and Hell's Island all with actor John Payne in the early 1950s. Other films include Rocky (1948), The Phenix City Story (1955), 5 Against the House (1955) and The Young Doctors (1961). Phil Karlson was the son of popular Irish actress Lillian O'Brien. He studied painting at Chicago's Art Institute, and law, at his father's request, at Loyola Marymount University in California. Karlson got into the film industry working as a prop man while a law student. After working a number of film jobs, including being an assistant director for a number of Abbott and Costello films, Karlson directed his first film in 1944 and in 1948 directed the first film starring Marilyn Monroe, Ladies of the Chorus. He worked on a number of low-budget projects for Monogram Pictures and Eagle-Lion Films before making his mark in 1950. It was then that he was known for directing tough, realistic and sometimes violent gritty crime films. In the 1960s the quality of his directed films declined, which included working on Kid Galahad (1962) with Elvis Presley and two Dean Martin Matt Helm spy films, including The Wrecking Crew (1969) co-starring Sharon Tate and Elke Sommer. He had his biggest success in 1973 when he directed the hit film, Walking Tall. The film made the director a rich man many times over, thanks to the fact that he owned a huge part of the movie. Description above from the Wikipedia article Phil Karlson, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Birthday: 1908-07-02

Born At: Chicago, Illinois

Crewed In:

The Wrecking Crew
3054
A Time for Killing
4949
Kid Galahad
18684
Kansas City Confidential
21296
The Silencers
21779
Walking Tall
25473
Scandal Sheet
26009
The Brothers Rico
35017
The Phenix City Story
35956
99 River Street
36949
The Secret Ways
37487
5 Against the House
37911
Framed
38201
The Shanghai Cobra
38465
Dark Alibi
38471
Ladies of the Chorus
39949
Ben
42476
Ride the Wild Surf
42789
Gunman's Walk
42871
Hell to Eternity
43034
The Texas Rangers
43382
Swing Parade of 1946
45828
Hell's Island
65637
Tight Spot
76121
Key Witness
86226
Hornet's Nest
87358
Bowery Bombshell
89541
Rampage
104658
Wife Wanted
122205
Live Wires
130886
They Rode West
141978
Behind the Mask
162004
The Missing Lady
162009
The Big Cat
167788
The Scarface Mob
168513
Great Expectations
170582
Mask of the Avenger
174624
The Young Doctors
194146
The Brigand
214200
Kilroy Was Here
215008
G.I. Honeymoon
217159
Lorna Doone
234013
Alexander The Great
279263
Adventures in Silverado
297119
Black Gold
301261
The Iroquois Trail
303325
There Goes Kelly
303945
Thunderhoof
305315
A Wave, a WAC and a Marine
390057
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