Edward Killy

Edward Killy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edward Killy (January 26, 1903 – July 2, 1981) was an American director, assistant director and production manager in films and television. He was one of the few individuals to be nominated for the short-lived Academy Award for Best Assistant Director. During his 30-year career he worked on over 75 films and television shows. Killy was born on January 26, 1903 in Connecticut. He entered the film industry as an assistant director at RKO Pictures, his first film being the 1931 musical comedy, Caught Plastered, directed by William Seiter, and starring the comedy duo of Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey. Over the next five years he assisted on over a dozen films, many of them notable films. In 1932 he was one of two assistants to George Cukor on the drama What Price Hollywood?, starring Constance Bennett and Lowell Sherman. In 1933 he was one of several assistants to Dorothy Arzner on the melodrama Christopher Strong, which featured Katharine Hepburn in her first starring role. He'd work with Hepburn on two more films in 1933, Morning Glory (one of three assisting Lowell Sherman), and one of two assisting Cukor on the classic, Little Women. That year he also assisted Seiter again on another Wheeler & Woolsey comedy, Diplomaniacs, as well as being one of three assistants to Thornton Freeland on the RKO musical Flying Down to Rio, which featured the first on-screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The following year Killy assisted Philip Moeller on the classic drama The Age of Innocence, the first talking version of the novel, starring Irene Dunne and John Boles. He would also work with Hepburn again, being one of three assistants to Richard Wallace on The Little Minister. It was during the filming of this movie when Killy gained notoriety by telling off Hepburn. She was acting up on set one day and refusing to take her place on set, so he told her, "Get on the set before you're sent back to New York to do another 'Lake'." However, he soon became one of her favorite assistant directors. In 1935 Killy became part of a concerted effort on RKO's part to build a cadre of young directors. His first assignment as the main man behind the camera was as co-director with William Hamilton, on the 1935 film Freckles, based on the 1904 novel of the same name. The two would again pair up to direct the 1935 version of Seven Keys to Baldpate, starring Gene Raymond and Margaret Callahan. The pair would co-direct two more films before Killy was given his first solo directing assignment, 1936's Second Wife, starring Gertrude Michael and Walter Abel. Over the next ten years, he'd direct another 20 films, mostly B movie Westerns, and being the chief director for Tim Holt's Westerns. Some of the oater collaborations between Killy and Holt include: The Fargo Kid (1940), Wagon Train (1940), Along the Rio Grande (1941), and Land of the Open Range (1942). In the mid-1940s, a young actor, Robert Mitchum, was signed to a seven-year contract with RKO, with the intent of making B-Westerns based on Zane Grey novels. Killy was assigned the first of these films, 1944's Nevada. He would also direct Mitchum in another film adaptation of a Grey novel, 1945's West of the Pecos, which was also Killy's last credit as the director of a film.

  • Title: Edward Killy
  • Popularity: 0.925
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1903-01-26
  • Place of Birth: Connecticut, USA
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  • Also Known As: Edward Arthur Killy, Ed Killy, Eddie Killy, Edward Killey, Edward A. Killy
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Edward Killy Movies

  • 1939
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    Fifth Avenue Girl

    Fifth Avenue Girl

    7 1939 HD

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  • 1936
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    Murder on a Bridle Path

    Murder on a Bridle Path

    5 1936 HD

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  • 1940
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    The Fargo Kid

    The Fargo Kid

    6.5 1940 HD

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  • 1945
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    West of the Pecos

    West of the Pecos

    4.1 1945 HD

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  • 1941
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    Along the Rio Grande

    Along the Rio Grande

    6.3 1941 HD

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  • 1937
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    China Passage

    China Passage

    5.5 1937 HD

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  • 1940
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    Wagon Train

    Wagon Train

    6 1940 HD

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  • 1936
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    Bunker Bean

    Bunker Bean

    4.6 1936 HD

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    Saturday's Heroes

    Saturday's Heroes

    7 1937 HD

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    The Big Game

    The Big Game

    5.8 1936 HD

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  • 1937
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    Criminal Lawyer

    Criminal Lawyer

    5.9 1937 HD

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  • 1936
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    Wanted: Jane Turner

    Wanted: Jane Turner

    5.3 1936 HD

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    Quick Money

    Quick Money

    4 1937 HD

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  • 1944
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    Nevada

    Nevada

    5.6 1944 HD

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  • 1943
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    Bombardier

    Bombardier

    5.4 1943 HD

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  • 1942
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    The Navy Comes Through

    The Navy Comes Through

    5.6 1942 HD

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  • 1956
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    Tension at Table Rock

    Tension at Table Rock

    5.8 1956 HD

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  • 1933
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    Morning Glory

    Morning Glory

    6.1 1933 HD

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  • 1937
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    The Big Shot

    The Big Shot

    5 1937 HD

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  • 1942
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    Land of the Open Range

    Land of the Open Range

    1 1942 HD

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    Freckles

    Freckles

    1 1935 HD

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  • 1942
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    Come on Danger

    Come on Danger

    5.7 1942 HD

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  • 1936
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    Second Wife

    Second Wife

    1 1936 HD

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  • 1952
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    The Lusty Men

    The Lusty Men

    6.6 1952 HD

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  • 1942
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    Riding the Wind

    Riding the Wind

    1 1942 HD

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  • 1941
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    Robbers of the Range

    Robbers of the Range

    7 1941 HD

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  • 1945
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    Wanderer of the Wasteland

    Wanderer of the Wasteland

    7.5 1945 HD

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  • 1954
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    Susan Slept Here

    Susan Slept Here

    6.1 1954 HD

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  • 1949
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    The Set-Up

    The Set-Up

    7.3 1949 HD

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  • 1949
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    Adventure in Baltimore

    Adventure in Baltimore

    4.9 1949 HD

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  • 1932
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    What Price Hollywood?

    What Price Hollywood?

    6.721 1932 HD

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  • 1941
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    The Bandit Trail

    The Bandit Trail

    6.5 1941 HD

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  • 1933
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    Christopher Strong

    Christopher Strong

    5.9 1933 HD

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    Bachelor Mother

    Bachelor Mother

    7.052 1939 HD

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  • 1956
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    The Conqueror

    The Conqueror

    3.4 1956 HD

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  • 1957
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    Gunsight Ridge

    Gunsight Ridge

    6 1957 HD

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  • 1934
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    Sing and Like it

    Sing and Like it

    4.3 1934 HD

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    Hips, Hips, Hooray!

    Hips, Hips, Hooray!

    5.8 1934 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Age of Innocence

    The Age of Innocence

    5.4 1934 HD

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  • 1941
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    Cyclone on Horseback

    Cyclone on Horseback

    5.8 1941 HD

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  • 1933
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    Diplomaniacs

    Diplomaniacs

    7 1933 HD

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  • 1933
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    Emergency Call

    Emergency Call

    5.8 1933 HD

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  • 1940
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    Triple Justice

    Triple Justice

    6 1940 HD

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  • 1940
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    Stage to Chino

    Stage to Chino

    4.8 1940 HD

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  • 1933
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    Bed of Roses

    Bed of Roses

    6.308 1933 HD

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  • 1944
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    Bride by Mistake

    Bride by Mistake

    6.1 1944 HD

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  • 1934
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    The Little Minister

    The Little Minister

    5.9 1934 HD

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  • 1939
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    Gunga Din

    Gunga Din

    6.48 1939 HD

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  • 1940
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    Primrose Path

    Primrose Path

    6.5 1940 HD

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