Arthur Lubin (1898–1995)

Director | Producer | Actor

A graduate of Carnegie Tech, Arthur Lubin entered films as an actor in the 1920s, and after ...

Born: July 25, 1898
Died: May 12, 1995 (age 96)

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Filmography

Known For

Phantom of the Opera Director (1943)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet Director (1964)
Black Friday Director (1940)
Known For

Yellowstone Director (1936)
Director

Abbott and Costello Meet Castle Films (2019)
ABC Weekend Specials (1978-1981)
Rain for a Dusty Summer (1971)
Mr. Terrific (1967)
The Phyllis Diller Show (1967)
Hold On! (1966)
The Double Life of Henry Phyfe (1966)
Mister Ed (1961-1966)
The World of Abbott and Costello (1965)
The Addams Family (1965)
The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
The Jim Backus Show (1961)
The Thief of Baghdad (1961)
Bonanza (1960)
New Comedy Showcase (1960)
Lawman (1960)
Maverick (1959-1960)
Cheyenne (1960)
The Deputy (1959-1960)
77 Sunset Strip (1959)
Bronco (1959)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1959)
The Loretta Young Show (1958)
The Ed Wynn Show (1958)
Escapade in Japan (1957)
The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
Lady Godiva of Coventry (1955)
Francis in the Navy (1955)
Footsteps in the Fog (1955)
Francis Joins the WACS (1954)
Star of India (1954)
Gobs in a Mess (1953)
Francis Covers the Big Town (1953)
South Sea Woman (1953)
It Grows on Trees (1952)
Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
Rhubarb (1951)
Queen for a Day (1951)
Francis Goes to the Races (1951)
Francis (1950)
Impact (1949)
New Orleans (1947)
Night in Paradise (1946)
The Spider Woman Strikes Back (1946)
Delightfully Dangerous (1945)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
To the People of the United States (1943)
Phantom of the Opera (1943)
White Savage (1943)
Keeping Fit (1942)
Eagle Squadron (1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
In the Navy (1941)
Buck Privates (1941)
Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941)
San Francisco Docks (1940)
Who Killed Aunt Maggie? (1940)
Meet the Wildcat (1940)
I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940)
Gangs of Chicago (1940)
Black Friday (1940)
The Big Guy (1939)
Call a Messenger (1939)
Mickey the Kid (1939)
Big Town Czar (1939)
Risky Business (1939)
Newsboys' Home (1938)
Secrets of a Nurse (1938)
Prison Break (1938)
The Beloved Brat (1938)
Midnight Intruder (1938)
Adventure's End (1937)
Idol of the Crowds (1937)
I Cover the War! (1937)
California Straight Ahead! (1937)
Mysterious Crossing (1936)
Yellowstone (1936)
The House of a Thousand Candles (1936)
Frisco Waterfront (1935)
Two Sinners (1935)
Honeymoon Limited (1935)
Great God Gold (1935)
Director

A Successful Failure (1934)
Actor

Times Square Russ Glover / Benjamin Lederwitski (1929)
Eyes of the Underworld Gang Leader (1929)
The Bushranger Arthur (1928)
The Wedding March Mountain Guide (1928)
Afraid to Love Rafael (1927)
Millionaires Lew (1926)
Bardelys the Magnificent King Louis XIII (1926)
His People Morris Cominsky (1925)
Actor

The Woman on the Jury Juror (1924)
Producer

Mister Ed (1961-1966)
Escapade in Japan (1957)
Producer

The First Traveling Saleslady (1956)
Additional Crew

Western Melodies (1949)
She Done Him Wrong (1933)

Awards

1 win & 1 nomination.

Did You Know

Possible victim of Efren Saldivar, a respiratory therapist and self-described mercy-killer and "angel of death," who confessed to killing dozens of seriously ill hospital patients by lethal injection at the Adventist Medical Center in Glendale, CA, ...

Quotes

[on directing Bud Abbott and Lou Costello] Because Lou never did a scene the same way twice, I shot all their scenes simultaneously: a close-up of Lou, because he had such a dollface, and a close two-shot. I usually tried to have a camera on a dolly...