William F. Claxton






















William F. Claxton
Born
William Francis Claxton


(1914-10-22)October 22, 1914

Los Angeles County, California, U.S.

Died February 11, 1996(1996-02-11) (aged 81)

Santa Monica, California, U.S.

Occupation Film/Television producer, editor, & director
Years active 1940-1988

William F. (Francis) Claxton (October 22, 1914 - February 11, 1996) was an American film and television producer, editor and director. He made a number of films for Robert L. Lippert. He also directed and produced episodes of Bonanza,[1] the NBC-TV series Little House on the Prairie, and also directed episodes of the NBC-TV series Father Murphy, The Rifleman, The Twilight Zone, Fame, and The High Chaparral.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Selected filmography


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Career


Claxton got his start in Hollywood as a film editor in the 1940s, where he was employed an editor for Edward Small Productions,[3] as he would move into directing of second feature films by 1950s and 1960s, and also delve into television directing during this period. Claxton's very first directorial effort was 1951's All That I Can Have.[3] Claxton, who is best known for his TV work, enojyed a long stint as producer/director of the syndicated Christian anthology series This is the Life[3] (which was his first work in TV) from 1951 to 1980.


He spent much of the 1950s with 20th Century Fox's Regal Pictures subsidiary, turning out medium-budget films which included the films God Is My Partner (1956) and Desire in the Dust (1960); occasionally, as in the cast of Rockabilly Baby (1957), he produced as well as directed.[3]


Claxton was a close friend to actor Michael Landon,[3] with whom he worked on the NBC-TV series Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie and then Highway to Heaven, and who also enjoyed the This is the Life series, which Claxton was involved with. Claxton also directed the feature-length series pilot Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988).[3]



Selected filmography




  • Young and Dangerous (1957)


  • God Is My Partner (1957)


  • Rockabilly Baby (1957)


  • Desire in the Dust (1960)


  • I'll Give My Life (The Unfinished Task) (1960)


  • Night of the Lepus (1972)



References





  1. ^ Zsa Zsa guests on Bonanza. (1967, Mar 13). Los Angeles Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/155575411?accountid=13902.


  2. ^ "Syfy Wire: OCTOBER 22 In Twilight Zone History: Celebrating the Birth of Director William F. Claxton (1914-1996)". syfy.com. Retrieved September 7, 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  3. ^ abcdef "William F. Claxton Biography". allmovie.com. Retrieved September 7, 2018.




External links




  • William F. Claxton on IMDb


  • William F Claxton at TCMDB












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