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Stuart Heisler

Highest Rated: 100% Whoopee! (1930)

Lowest Rated: 25% The Star (1952)

Birthday: Dec 5, 1896

Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA

With a successful directing career, Stuart Heisler boasts the ability to create compelling screen images. Heisler worked on a variety of projects during his early entertainment career, including "Condemned" (1929), "His Captive Woman" (1929) and "Raffles" (1930) starring Ronald Colman. He also contributed to "The Barker" (1928), "The Greeks Had a Word For Them" (1932) and "The Kid From Spain" (1932). In the thirties and the forties, Heisler devoted his time to various credits, such as "Poppy" with W C Fields (1936), "The Big Broadcast of 1937" with Jack Benny (1936) and "The Biscuit Eater" with Billy Lee (1940). He also worked on "The Monster and the Girl" (1941) starring Ellen Drew. Toward the end of his career, Heisler directed "Storm Warning" (1951), the romance "Saturday Island" (1952) with Linda Darnell and the drama "The Star" (1953) with Bette Davis. He also appeared in "Beachhead" (1954) and the Jack Palance crime adaptation "I Died a Thousand Times" (1955). Heisler was most recently credited in "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982). Heisler passed away in August 1979 at the age of 83.

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Highest rated movies

100% 67% Whoopee!
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90% 83% The Lone Ranger
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88% 71% The Glass Key
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83% 63% Peter Ibbetson
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46% Among the Living
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67% 66% Blue Skies
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40% 52% Along Came Jones
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25% 59% The Star
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Straight From the Shoulder
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33% Palmy Days
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
No Score Yet 33% Hitler Director - 1962
90% 83% The Lone Ranger Director - 1956
No Score Yet 45% The Burning Hills Director - 1956
No Score Yet 60% I Died a Thousand Times Director - 1955
No Score Yet 40% Beachhead Director - 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet This Is My Love Director - 1954
25% 59% The Star Director - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Island of Desire Director,
Screenwriter
- 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Journey Into Light Director - 1951
No Score Yet 63% Storm Warning Director - 1951
No Score Yet 28% Chain Lightning Director - 1950
No Score Yet 53% Dallas Director - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Vendetta Director - 1950
No Score Yet 46% Tulsa Director - 1949
No Score Yet 40% Tokyo Joe Director - 1949
No Score Yet 57% Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman Director - 1947
67% 66% Blue Skies Director - 1946
40% 52% Along Came Jones Director - 1945
No Score Yet 53% The Negro Soldier Director - 1944
88% 71% The Glass Key Director - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Remarkable Andrew Director - 1942
No Score Yet 27% The Monster and the Girl Director - 1941
No Score Yet 46% Among the Living Director - 1941
No Score Yet 100% The Biscuit Eater Director - 1940
No Score Yet 56% Klondike Annie Film Editing - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Straight From the Shoulder Director - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Wedding Night Film Editing - 1935
83% 63% Peter Ibbetson Film Editing - 1935
No Score Yet 67% Roman Scandals Film Editing - 1933
No Score Yet 88% The Kid From Spain Film Editing - 1932
No Score Yet 33% Palmy Days Film Editing - 1931
100% 67% Whoopee! Film Editing - 1930

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet The Virginian Director 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Dakotas Director 1963
No Score Yet No Score Yet Tales of Wells Fargo Director 1962
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rawhide Director 1959-1960
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lawman Director 1958
No Score Yet No Score Yet Screen Directors Playhouse Director 1955