Ford Beebe (1888–1978)

Writer | Director | Producer

Ford Beebe was born on November 26, 1888 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA as Ford Ingalsbe Beebe. He ...

Born: November 26, 1888
Died: November 26, 1978 (age 90)

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Filmography

Known For

The Invisible Man's Revenge Director (1944)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe Director (1940)
The Golden Idol Writer (1954)
Known For

Trouble at Midnight Writer (1937)
Writer

King of the Wild Stallions (1959)
Lord of the Jungle (1955)
Killer Leopard (1954)
The Golden Idol (1954)
Safari Drums (1953)
Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952)
African Treasure (1952)
Elephant Stampede (1951)
The Lion Hunters (1951)
The Girl from San Lorenzo (1950)
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout (1950)
Bomba on Panther Island (1949)
Red Desert (1949)
The Dalton Gang (1949)
Shep Comes Home (1948)
Courtin' Trouble (1948)
My Dog Shep (1946)
Riders of Pasco Basin (1940)
The Stranger from Texas (1939)
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
Riders of Black River (1939)
Trouble at Midnight (1937)
West Bound Limited (1937)
Stampede (1936)
Code of the Range (1936)
The Mysterious Avenger (1936)
Gallant Defender (1935)
Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935)
The Man from Guntown (1935)
Riding Wild (1935)
The Outlaw Deputy (1935)
Justice of the Range (1935)
Fighting Shadows (1935)
The Revenge Rider (1935)
Law Beyond the Range (1935)
The Prescott Kid (1934)
Law of the Wild (1934)
Laughing at Life (1933)
The Pride of the Legion (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
The Lightning Warrior (1931)
The Galloping Ghost (1931)
Alias the Bad Man (1931)
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
King of the Wild (1931)
The Phantom of the West (1930)
The Lightning Express (1930)
Brothers (1929)
Tarzan the Tiger (1929)
Overland Bound (1929)
Come Across (1929)
.45 Calibre War (1929)
Yellow Contraband (1928)
The Black Ace (1928)
The Code of the Scarlet (1928)
The Upland Rider (1928)
The Canyon of Adventure (1928)
The Bronc Stomper (1928)
The Wagon Show (1928)
The Apache Raider (1928)
The Boss of Rustler's Roost (1928)
The Devil's Twin (1927)
Border Blackbirds (1927)
Two-Gun of the Tumbleweed (1927)
Don Desperado (1927)
The Man from Hard Pan (1927)
The Long Loop on the Pecos (1927)
The Outlaw Express (1926)
The High Hand (1926)
Without Orders (1926)
The Blind Trail (1926)
Luck and Sand (1925)
Win, Lose or Draw (1925)
The Blood Bond (1925)
Flash o' Lightning (1925)
Across the Deadline (1925)
The Shield of Silence (1925)
The Trouble Buster (1925)
Headin' Through (1924)
Battling Bunyan (1924)
The Loser's End (1924)
Not Built for Runnin' (1924)
The Perfect Alibi (1924)
Riding Double (1924)
The Law Forbids (1924)
Payable on Demand (1924)
Huntin' Trouble (1924)
King's Creek Law (1923)
In Wrong Right (1923)
Steel-Shod Evidence (1923)
The Unsuspecting Stranger (1923)
100% Nerve (1923)
Double Cinched (1923)
Lost, Strayed or Stolen (1923)
Smoked Out (1923)
Border Law (1923)
Under Suspicion (1923)
Here's Your Man (1922)
His Enemy's Friend (1922)
The Bar Cross War (1922)
Too Much Business (1922)
Nine Points of the Law (1922)
Winners of the West (1921)
The White Horseman (1921)
No Man's Woman (1921)
The Grip of the Law (1921)
Kickaroo (1921)
Sweet Revenge (1921)
The Driftin' Kid (1921)
The Saddle King (1921)
The Trail of the Hound (1920)
Fight It Out (1920)
Superstition (1920)
Tipped Off (1920)
The Two-Fisted Lover (1920)
Double Danger (1920)
'In Wrong' Wright (1920)
One Law for All (1920)
The Grinning Granger (1920)
A Gamblin' Fool (1920)
The Big Catch (1920)
The Railroad Raiders (1917)
A Lass of the Lumberlands (1916)
A Youth of Fortune (1916)
Writer

The Girl and the Game (1916)
Director

The Green Hornet Movie Edition (2011)
The Green Hornet (1990)
Buck Rogers (1977)
Destination Saturn (1966)
Deadly Ray from Mars (1966)
The Indian Raiders (1956)
The Adventures of Champion (1955)
Lord of the Jungle (1955)
Killer Leopard (1954)
The Golden Idol (1954)
Planet Outlaws (1953)
Dogs 'n Ducks (1953)
Safari Drums (1953)
Bomba and the Jungle Girl (1952)
Wagons West (1952)
African Treasure (1952)
Elephant Stampede (1951)
The Lion Hunters (1951)
Bomba and the Hidden City (1950)
The Lost Volcano (1950)
Bomba on Panther Island (1949)
Red Desert (1949)
Squadron of Doom (1949)
The Dalton Gang (1949)
Satan's Cradle (1949)
Bomba, the Jungle Boy (1949)
Shep Comes Home (1948)
Courtin' Trouble (1948)
Six-Gun Serenade (1947)
My Dog Shep (1946)
Easy to Look At (1945)
Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Frontier Badmen (1943)
Night Monster (1942)
Overland Mail (1942)
Donald's Decision (1942)
Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)
The Thrifty Pig (1941)
The Masked Rider (1941)
Sea Raiders (1941)
Riders of Death Valley (1941)
Sky Raiders (1941)
The Green Hornet Strikes Again! (1940)
Junior G-Men (1940)
Son of Roaring Dan (1940)
Winners of the West (1940)
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe (1940)
The Green Hornet (1940)
Oklahoma Frontier (1939)
The Oregon Trail (1939)
Buck Rogers (1939)
The Phantom Creeps (1939)
Mars Attacks the World (1938)
Red Barry (1938)
Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)
Tim Tyler's Luck (1937)
Trouble at Midnight (1937)
Radio Patrol (1937)
West Bound Limited (1937)
Wild West Days (1937)
Secret Agent X-9 (1937)
Jungle Jim (1937)
Rocket Ship (1936)
Stampede (1936)
Ace Drummond (1936)
The Man from Guntown (1935)
The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
Law Beyond the Range (1935)
Laughing at Life (1933)
The Pride of the Legion (1932)
The Last of the Mohicans (1932)
The Shadow of the Eagle (1932)
The Vanishing Legion (1931)
Warned in Advance (1923)
In Wrong Right (1923)
Yellow Gold and Men (1923)
Steel-Shod Evidence (1923)
Tom, Dick and Harry (1923)
Hyde and Zeke (1923)
The Unsuspecting Stranger (1923)
Wings of the Storm (1923)
100% Nerve (1923)
When Fighting's Necessary (1923)
The Extra Seven (1923)
Partners Three (1923)
Double Cinched (1923)
Lost, Strayed or Stolen (1923)
Smoked Out (1923)
Border Law (1923)
Under Suspicion (1923)
Here's Your Man (1922)
One Jump Ahead (1922)
Man Tracker (1922)
His Enemy's Friend (1922)
The Drifter (1922)
Out o' My Way (1922)
The Bar Cross War (1922)
Rough Going (1922)
Laramie and Me (1922)
Deputized (1922)
Come and Get Me (1922)
His Own Law (1922)
The Test (1922)
Director

The White Horseman (1921)
Producer

Lord of the Jungle (1955)
Killer Leopard (1954)
The Golden Idol (1954)
Safari Drums (1953)
Enter Arsene Lupin (1944)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Son of Dracula (1943)
Frontier Badmen (1943)
The Adventures of Smilin' Jack (1943)
Night Monster (1942)
Gang Busters (1942)
The Blind Trail (1926)
Producer

In Wrong Right (1923)
Actor

The Railroad Raiders Henchman (1917)
Additional Crew

Purple Death from Outer Space (1966)
Peril from the Planet Mongo (1966)
Western Feud! (1949)
Additional Crew

The Phantom Creeps (1949)
The Girl and the Game (1916)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Son of Dracula (1943)
Arabian Nights (1942)
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Tower of London (1939)
Script and Continuity Department

The Indians Are Coming (1930)

Awards

2 nominations.

Did You Know

Trivia

Had one son, Ford Beebe Jr., and four daughters by his first wife Frances Caroline Willey, whom he married in 1912; and one son, Michael, by his second wife Kitty Delevanti, whom he married in 1933.

[on J.P. McGowan] He was the toughest man, physically, I have ever known . . . He wrote his own scripts, directed them and played the character lead in most of them. Then when he washed up for the day and the rest went home, he'd go in the cutting ...