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Ford Beebe

 
Director: Ford I. Beebe
  • Born: Nov 26, 1888 in Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Died: 1978 in California
  • Occupation: Director, Writer
  • Active: '20s-'50s
  • Major Genres: Action, Western
  • Career Highlights: Fantasia, The Phantom Creeps, The Green Hornet
  • First Major Screen Credit: No Man's Woman (1921)

Biography

Workhorse director Ford Beebe tackled literally every film genre during his 50-year career; he even supervised the live-action footage used as reference for the "Pastorale" sequence in the Disney cartoon feature Fantasia (1940). For the most part, Beebe called the shots on westerns, detective pictures, and (especially) serials. The best of Beebe's nearly 200 chapter plays include Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars (1938), Buck Rogers (1939), The Green Hornet (1940) and Don Winslow of the Navy (1942). Hardly pausing for breath as he entered the 1950s, Ford Beebe directed all twelve installments of Monogram's Bomba the Jungle Boy "B"-series, splicing generous stock footage from the 1930 documentary Africa Speaks into each film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Ford Beebe
Born 26 November 1888
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Died 26 November 1978
Lake Elsinore, California
Other name(s) Ford I. Beebe
Ford L. Beebe
Occupation Screenwriter
Film director
Years active 1916 - 1977

Ford Beebe (26 November 1888 in Grand Rapids, Michigan – 26 November 1978 in Lake Elsinore, California) was a screenwriter and director of several movies. He is sometimes credited with an I. or L. as his middle initial.

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