Lew Landers (January 2, 1901 - December 16, 1962) was a prolific American film and television director.
Born Louis Friedlander in New York City, he began his career as an actor. In 1914, he appeared in two features, D. W. Griffith's The Escape and the comedy short Admission -- Two Pins, opposite Glen White, under his birth name. He began making films in the 1930s, one of his first was the Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi film The Raven (1935). After dir...
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Lew Landers (January 2, 1901 - December 16, 1962) was a prolific American film and television director.
Born Louis Friedlander in New York City, he began his career as an actor. In 1914, he appeared in two features, D. W. Griffith's The Escape and the comedy short Admission -- Two Pins, opposite Glen White, under his birth name. He began making films in the 1930s, one of his first was the Boris Karloff/Bela Lugosi film The Raven (1935). After directing a few features, he changed his name and went on to directed many different genres of movies including Westerns, comedy, and horror films. He worked for every major film studio during his career which included over 150 films. In the 1950s, Landers worked on television including two episodes of Adventures of Superman that were shot in black and white in under a week.
On December 16, 1962, Landers died of a heart attack. His grave is located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
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