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H. Bruce Humberstone

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H. Bruce Humberstone

Born November 18, 1901 in Buffalo, New York, USADied October 11, 198446 films

H. Bruce 'Lucky' Humberstone (b. November 18, 1901, Buffalo, New York - d. October 11, 1984, Los Angeles, California) was a movie actor (as a child), a script clerk, an assistant director, working with directors such as King Vidor, Edmund Goulding and Allan Dwan and, ultimately, a director.

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One of twenty-eight founders of the Directors Guild of America, Humberstone worked on several silent movie films for 20th Century Fox. Humberstone did not specialize; he worked on comedies, dramas, and melodramas. Humberstone is best known today for his work on some of the Charlie Chan films. In the 1950s, Humberstone worked mostly on TV.

He retired in 1962, and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He died in 1984, aged 82.

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If I Had a Million poster6.5If I Had a Million1932

Filmography

46 films as director
  1. 1961Madison AvenueDirector
  2. 1960Tarzan and the TrappersDirector
  3. 1958Tarzan's Fight for LifeDirector
  4. 1957Tarzan and the Lost SafariDirector
  5. 1955The Purple MaskDirector
  6. 1955Ten Wanted MenDirector
  7. 1953The Desert SongDirector
  8. 1952She's Working Her Way Through CollegeDirector
  9. 1951Happy Go LovelyDirector
  10. 1950South Sea SinnerDirector
  11. 1948Fury at Furnace CreekDirector
  12. 1947The HomestretchDirector
  13. 1946Three Little Girls in BlueDirector
  14. 1945Within These WallsDirector
  15. 1945Wonder ManDirector
  16. 1944Pin Up GirlDirector
  17. 1943Hello, Frisco, HelloDirector
  18. 1942IcelandDirector
  19. 1942To the Shores of TripoliDirector
  20. 1941I Wake Up ScreamingDirector
  21. 1941Sun Valley SerenadeDirector
  22. 1941Tall, Dark and HandsomeDirector
  23. 1940The QuarterbackDirector
  24. 1940Lucky Cisco KidDirector
  25. 1939Pack Up Your TroublesDirector
  26. 1939Pardon Our NerveDirector
  27. 1938Charlie Chan in HonoluluDirector
  28. 1938While New York SleepsDirector
  29. 1938Time Out for MurderDirector
  30. 1938RascalsDirector
  31. 1937CheckersDirector
  32. 1937Charlie Chan at the OlympicsDirector
  33. 1936Charlie Chan at the OperaDirector
  34. 1936Charlie Chan at the Race TrackDirector
  35. 1936Three Live GhostsDirector
  36. 1935Silk Hat KidDirector
  37. 1935Ladies Love DangerDirector
  38. 1934The Dragon Murder CaseDirector
  39. 1934Merry Wives of RenoDirector
  40. 1933Good-bye LoveDirector
  41. 1933King of the JungleDirector
  42. 1932If I Had a MillionDirector
  43. 1932The Crooked CircleDirector
  44. 1932Hot SpotDirector
  45. 1932Strangers of the EveningDirector
  46. 1924The City of Stars: A Reporters Visit to the Universal StudiosDirector