Biography
David Ross Lederman (December 12, 1894 β August 24, 1972) was an American film director noted for his Western/action/adventure films of the 1930s and 1940s.
Starting out as an extra in Mack Sennett's Keystone Cops series, Lederman worked his way through the ranks of film production, and first made his mark as a second-unit director. He directed several B-Western serials in the early 1930s, such as Two-Fisted Law and Texas Cyclone both 1932, in which he worked with Tim McCoy and a young John Wayne. Becoming a full feature director in the late 1930s, Lederman specialized in action films and especially westerns, continuing to produce films with McCoy at Columbia Pictures.
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Filmography
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Director 92
Movies 90
TV Shows 4
Producer 1
Director
Overland Trail (1960)
TV
Director
State Trooper (1956)
TV
Director
Captain Midnight (1954)
TV
Associate Producer
Ring of Fear (1954)
Movie
Director
The Gene Autry Show (1950)
TV
Director
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang (1950)
Movie
Director
The Return of the Whistler (1948)
Movie
6
Director
Key Witness (1947)
Movie
Director
The Lone Wolf in Mexico (1947)
Movie
Director
Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
Movie
Director
Sing While You Dance (1946)
Movie
Director
Dangerous Business (1946)
Movie
Director
The Phantom Thief (1946)
Movie
Director
The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946)
Movie
Director
Out of the Depths (1945)
Movie
Director
The Last Ride (1944)
Movie
Director
Three of a Kind (1944)
Movie
Director
The Racket Man (1944)
Movie
Director
Gun to Gun (1944)
Movie
Director
Find the Blackmailer (1943)
Movie
Director
Adventure in Iraq (1943)
Movie
Director
The Gorilla Man (1943)
Movie
Director
Busses Roar (1942)
Movie
Director
Escape from Crime (1942)
Movie
Director
I Was Framed (1942)
Movie
Director
Bullet Scars (1942)
Movie
Director
The Body Disappears (1941)
Movie
Director
Passage from Hong Kong (1941)
Movie
Director
Strange Alibi (1941)
Movie
Director
Shadows on the Stairs (1941)
Movie
Director
Across the Sierras (1941)
Movie
Director
Father's Son (1941)
Movie
Director
Thundering Frontier (1940)
Movie
Director
Glamour for Sale (1940)
Movie
Director
Military Academy (1940)
Movie
Second Unit
Rebecca (1940)
Movie
5.76
Director
Racketeers of the Range (1939)
Movie
Director
North of Shanghai (1939)
Movie
Director
The Little Adventuress (1938)
Movie
Director
Adventure in Sahara (1938)
Movie
Director
Juvenile Court (1938)
Movie
Director
Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
Movie
Director
The Game That Kills (1937)
Movie
Director
A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
Movie
Director
The Frame-Up (1937)
Movie
Director
I Promise to Pay (1937)
Movie
Director
Motor Madness (1937)
Movie
Director
Counterfeit Lady (1936)
Movie
Director
Come Closer, Folks (1936)
Movie
Director
Alibi for Murder (1936)
Movie
Director
The Final Hour (1936)
Movie
Director
Panic on the Air (1936)
Movie
Director
Pride of the Marines (1936)
Movie
Director
Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)
Movie
Director
Too Tough to Kill (1935)
Movie
Director
Moonlight on the Prairie (1935)
Movie
Director
Case of the Missing Man (1935)
Movie
Director
Dinky (1935)
Movie
Director
Red Hot Tires (1935)
Movie
Director
Murder in the Clouds (1934)
Movie
Director
Girl in Danger (1934)
Movie
Director
Beyond the Law (1934)
Movie
Director
A Man's Game (1934)
Movie
Director
Hell Bent for Love (1934)
Movie
Director
The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
Movie
Director
Rusty Rides Alone (1933)
Movie
Director
The Whirlwind (1933)
Movie
Director
Soldiers of the Storm (1933)
Movie
Director
Silent Men (1933)
Movie
Director
State Trooper (1933)
Movie
Director
End of the Trail (1932)
Movie
Director
Speed Demon (1932)
Movie
Director
McKenna of the Mounted (1932)
Movie
Director
Daring Danger (1932)
Movie
Director
Two-Fisted Law (1932)
Movie
Director
The Riding Tornado (1932)
Movie
Director
High Speed (1932)
Movie
Director
Texas Cyclone (1932)
Movie
Director
Ridin' for Justice (1932)
Movie
Director
The Fighting Marshal (1931)
Movie
Director
The Range Feud (1931)
Movie
Director
Branded (1931)
Movie
Director
The Texas Ranger (1931)
Movie
Director
The Phantom of the West (1930)
Movie
Director
The Man Hunter (1930)
Movie
Director
The Million Dollar Collar (1929)
Movie
Director
Shadows of the Night (1928)
Movie
Director
Rinty of the Desert (1928)
Movie
Director
A Race for Life (1928)
Movie
Assistant Director
Ham and Eggs at the Front (1927)
Movie
Director
A Dog of the Regiment (1927)
Movie
Assistant Director
The Heart of Maryland (1927)
Movie
Assistant Director
The First Auto (1927)
Movie
Assistant Director
Across the Pacific (1926)
Movie
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1933
1937
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1894-12-12
Deathday1972-08-24 (77 years old)
Birth PlaceLancaster, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsDavid R. Lederman, Ross D. Lederman, Ross Lederman
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