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
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
Street Scene★ 6.8Viewing moment
Street Scene
1931
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
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 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
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
Strangers of the Evening★ 5.3Viewing moment
Strangers of the Evening
1932
CamilleViewing moment
Camille
1927
Lucky Cisco Kid★ 4.7Viewing moment
Lucky Cisco Kid
1940
My Best Girl★ 7.5Viewing moment
My Best Girl
1927
She's Working Her Way Through College★ 4.8Viewing moment
She's Working Her Way Through College
1952
CheckersViewing moment
Checkers
1937
Good-bye Love★ 5Viewing moment
Good-bye Love
1933
Ladies Love DangerViewing moment
Ladies Love Danger
1935
Three Live GhostsViewing moment
Three Live Ghosts
1936
The Desert Song★ 6.5Viewing moment
The Desert Song
1953
The QuarterbackViewing moment
The Quarterback
1940
Three Little Girls in BlueViewing moment
Three Little Girls in Blue
1946
The Dragon Murder Case★ 5.7Viewing moment
The Dragon Murder Case
1934

Frequent collaborators