H. Bruce Humberstone
Directing

H. Bruce Humberstone

Born 1901-11-18 · Buffalo, New York, USA · Died 1984-10-11

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. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article H. Bruce Humberstone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known for

Sugarfoot★ 5.2Viewing moment
Sugarfoot
1957 · Series
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis★ 6.3Viewing moment
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
1959 · Series
Sun Valley Serenade★ 6.6Viewing moment
Sun Valley Serenade
1941
I Wake Up Screaming★ 6.7Viewing moment
I Wake Up Screaming
1941
If I Had a Million★ 6.7Viewing moment
If I Had a Million
1932
Street Scene★ 6.8Viewing moment
Street Scene
1931
Wonder Man★ 6.7Viewing moment
Wonder Man
1945
Charlie Chan at the Opera★ 6.6Viewing moment
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936
Tarzan and the Trappers★ 3.9Viewing moment
Tarzan and the Trappers
1958
Tall, Dark and Handsome★ 5.4Viewing moment
Tall, Dark and Handsome
1941
Happy Go Lovely★ 5.9Viewing moment
Happy Go Lovely
1951
Fury at Furnace Creek★ 5.7Viewing moment
Fury at Furnace Creek
1948
Charlie Chan at the Olympics★ 6.8Viewing moment
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937
King of the Jungle★ 4Viewing moment
King of the Jungle
1933
The Temptress★ 6.5Viewing moment
The Temptress
1926
Tarzan and the Lost Safari★ 4.6Viewing moment
Tarzan and the Lost Safari
1957
Tarzan's Fight for Life★ 4.6Viewing moment
Tarzan's Fight for Life
1958
To the Shores of Tripoli★ 6.1Viewing moment
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942
Ten Wanted Men★ 5.6Viewing moment
Ten Wanted Men
1955
Bird of Paradise★ 5Viewing moment
Bird of Paradise
1932
Pack Up Your Troubles★ 6.2Viewing moment
Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
Hello, Frisco, Hello★ 6.2Viewing moment
Hello, Frisco, Hello
1943
Pin Up Girl★ 6.4Viewing moment
Pin Up Girl
1944
Charlie Chan at the Race Track★ 7.3Viewing moment
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936
Charlie Chan in Honolulu★ 6.5Viewing moment
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
Iceland★ 6Viewing moment
Iceland
1942
Valentine's Day★ 8Viewing moment
Valentine's Day
1964 · Series
The Devil DancerViewing moment
The Devil Dancer
1927
Two LoversViewing moment
Two Lovers
1928
Within These Walls★ 5Viewing moment
Within These Walls
1945
Madison Avenue★ 6Viewing moment
Madison Avenue
1961
Raffles★ 6.2Viewing moment
Raffles
1930
The HomestretchViewing moment
The Homestretch
1947
Silk Hat Kid★ 6Viewing moment
Silk Hat Kid
1935
Merry Wives of Reno★ 6Viewing moment
Merry Wives of Reno
1934
The Purple Mask★ 5Viewing moment
The Purple Mask
1955
Pardon Our NerveViewing moment
Pardon Our Nerve
1939
While New York SleepsViewing moment
While New York Sleeps
1938
South Sea Sinner★ 5Viewing moment
South Sea Sinner
1950
RascalsViewing moment
Rascals
1938

Frequent collaborators