About

Known credits:
156
Birthday:
1894-03-19
Place of birth:
San Diego, California, USA
Website:
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Joseph Kane

Overview

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Jasper Joseph Inman Kane (19 March 1894, San Diego – 25 August 1975, Santa Monica, California) was a prolific American film director, film producer, film editor and screenwriter. He is best known for his extensive directorship and focus on western films.

Kane began his career as a professional cellist. In 1934 he took an interest in film directing and, starting in 1935, he co-directed serials for Mascot Pictures and Republic Pictures. He soon became Republic's top Western film director.

Kane's first directorial credit was for The Fighting Marines (1935). When Mascot Pictures and several other small film companies amalgamated into Republic Pictures in 1935, Kane became staff director, remaining at the studio until it ceased production in 1958. He piloted many Gene Autry and Roy Rogers movies and directed John Wayne in films such as The Lawless Nineties (1936) and Flame of Barbary Coast (1944), and Joseph Schildkraut on The Cheaters (1945). Between 1935 and his death in 1975 he directed 119 films and numerous television series episodes.

Unlike most Republic house directors, Kane was also credited as associate producer on many of his films. Between 1939-57 he was a major film producer, producing over 60 films. Kane was also a film editor and screenwriter responsible for the editing process of over 20 of his films, and he had a brief stint as an actor.

During the 1950s Kane worked steadily in television, with emphasis on Westerns and action series. He spent the last decade of his life as a second-unit director on such productions as Universal Studios Beau Geste (1966) and In Enemy Country (1968).

Kane died on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California.

Known for

Directing
1975 Smoke In The Wind Directing Director 58
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1968 In Enemy Country Directing Second Unit Director 59
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1968 Track Of Thunder Directing Director 58
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1967 The Search for the Evil One Directing Director N/A
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1966 Country Boy Directing Director N/A
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1966 Bat Men of Africa Directing Director N/A
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1958 The Man Who Died Twice Directing Director 58
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1958 The Notorious Mr. Monks Directing Director N/A
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1957 Gunfire at Indian Gap Directing Director 59
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1957 The Crooked Circle Directing Director N/A
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1957 Last Stagecoach West Directing Director 58
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1957 The Lawless Eighties Directing Director N/A
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1957 Spoilers of the Forest Directing Director N/A
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1957 Duel at Apache Wells Directing Director 58
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1956 Accused of Murder Directing Director 58
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1956 Thunder Over Arizona Directing Director 59
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1956 The Maverick Queen Directing Director 58
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1955 The Vanishing American Directing Director 58
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1955 The Road to Denver Directing Director 59
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1955 Timberjack Directing Director 58
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1954 Hell's Outpost Directing Director 58
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1954 Jubilee Trail Directing Director 58
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1953 Sea of Lost Ships Directing Director N/A
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1953 San Antone Directing Director 58
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1953 Fair Wind to Java Directing Director 58
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1952 Ride the Man Down Directing Director 59
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1952 Woman of the North Country Directing Director 58
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1952 Hoodlum Empire Directing Director 58
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1951 The Sea Hornet Directing Director 58
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1951 Fighting Coast Guard Directing Director 59
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1951 Oh! Susanna Directing Director 59
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1950 California Passage Directing Director 58
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1950 The Savage Horde Directing Director 59
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1950 Rock Island Trail Directing Director 58
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1949 Brimstone Directing Director 59
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1949 The Last Bandit Directing Director 58
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1948 The Plunderers Directing Director 58
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1948 The Gallant Legion Directing Director 59
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1948 Old Los Angeles Directing Director 58
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1947 Wyoming Directing Director 59
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1946 The Plainsman and the Lady Directing Director 58
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1946 In Old Sacramento Directing Director 59
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1945 Dakota Directing Director 58
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1945 The Cheaters Directing Director 58
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1945 Flame of Barbary Coast Directing Director 58
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1944 Song of Nevada Directing Director 58
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1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas Directing Director 58
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1944 Cowboy and the Senorita Directing Director 58
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1944 Hands Across the Border Directing Director 58
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1943 Man from Music Mountain Directing Director 58
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1943 Silver Spurs Directing Director 58
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1943 Song of Texas Directing Director 58
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1943 King of the Cowboys Directing Director 58
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1943 Idaho Directing Director 58
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1942 Ridin' Down the Canyon Directing Director 58
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1942 Heart of the Golden West Directing Director 58
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1942 Sunset Serenade Directing Director 58
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1942 Sons of the Pioneers Directing Director N/A
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1942 Romance on the Range Directing Director 58
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1942 Sunset on the Desert Directing Director 58
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1942 South of Santa Fe Directing Director 58
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1942 Man from Cheyenne Directing Director 58
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1941 Red River Valley Directing Director 58
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1941 Jesse James at Bay Directing Director 58
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1941 Bad Man of Deadwood Directing Director 58
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1941 Rags to Riches Directing Director 59
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1941 Nevada City Directing Director 58
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1941 Sheriff of Tombstone Directing Director 58
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1941 In Old Cheyenne Directing Director 58
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1941 The Great Train Robbery Directing Director 59
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1941 Robin Hood of the Pecos Directing Director 59
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1940 The Border Legion Directing Director 58
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1940 Young Bill Hickok Directing Director 58
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1940 Colorado Directing Director 58
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1940 The Ranger and the Lady Directing Director 58
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1940 The Carson City Kid Directing Director 58
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1940 Young Buffalo Bill Directing Director 58
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1939 Days of Jesse James Directing Director 58
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1939 Saga of Death Valley Directing Director 58
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1939 The Arizona Kid Directing Director 58
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1939 In Old Monterey Directing Director 58
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1939 Wall Street Cowboy Directing Director 58
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1939 In Old Caliente Directing Director 58
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1939 Frontier Pony Express Directing Director 58
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1939 Southward Ho! Directing Director 59
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1939 Rough Riders' Round-up Directing Director 58
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1938 Shine On Harvest Moon Directing Director 58
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1938 Come On, Rangers Directing Director 59
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1938 Billy The Kid Returns Directing Director 58
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1938 Man from Music Mountain Directing Director 58
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1938 Gold Mine in the Sky Directing Director N/A
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1938 Under Western Stars Directing Director 58
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1938 Arson Racket Squad Directing Director N/A
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1938 Born to Be Wild Directing Director 58
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1938 The Old Barn Dance Directing Director 58
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1937 Springtime in the Rockies Directing Director 58
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1937 Boots and Saddles Directing Director 59
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1937 Heart of the Rockies Directing Director 59
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1937 Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge Directing Director 58
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1937 Public Cowboy No. 1 Directing Director 58
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1937 Come on, Cowboys Directing Director 58
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1937 Gunsmoke Ranch Directing Director 58
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1937 Git Along Little Dogies Directing Director 58
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1937 Round-Up Time in Texas Directing Director 58
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1937 Paradise Express Directing Director 59
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1936 The Old Corral Directing Director 58
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1936 Ride, Ranger, Ride Directing Director 58
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1936 Ghost-Town Gold Directing Director 58
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1936 Oh, Susanna Directing Director 58
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1936 Guns and Guitars Directing Director 58
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1936 Sharad of Atlantis Directing Director 58
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1936 The Lonely Trail Directing Director 58
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1936 King of the Pecos Directing Director 58
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1936 Darkest Africa Directing Director 59
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1936 The Lawless Nineties Directing Director 58
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1935 The Sagebrush Troubadour Directing Director 58
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1935 The Fighting Marines Directing Director 59
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1935 Melody Trail Directing Director 58
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1935 Tumbling Tumbleweeds Directing Director 58
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Writing
1940 The Carson City Kid Writing Story 58
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1925 Riding for Life Writing Story N/A
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The Cherokee Kid Writing Story N/A
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Production
1957 Spoilers of the Forest Production Producer N/A
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1956 Accused of Murder Production Producer 58
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1955 The Road to Denver Production Associate Producer 59
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1953 Sea of Lost Ships Production Associate Producer N/A
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1953 Fair Wind to Java Production Associate Producer 58
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1952 Ride the Man Down Production Associate Producer 59
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1951 Oh! Susanna Production Producer 59
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1950 The Savage Horde Production Producer 59
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1948 The Plunderers Production Associate Producer 58
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1945 Dakota Production Associate Producer 58
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1945 The Cheaters Production Associate Producer 58
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1942 Heart of the Golden West Production Producer 58
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1942 Sunset on the Desert Production Producer 58
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1942 South of Santa Fe Production Producer 58
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1942 Man from Cheyenne Production Producer 58
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1941 Red River Valley Production Producer 58
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1941 Bad Man of Deadwood Production Producer 58
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1941 In Old Cheyenne Production Producer 58
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1941 Robin Hood of the Pecos Production Associate Producer 59
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1940 The Border Legion Production Producer 58
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1940 Young Bill Hickok Production Associate Producer 58
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1940 The Ranger and the Lady Production Producer 58
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1939 Days of Jesse James Production Associate Producer 58
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1939 The Arizona Kid Production Producer 58
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1939 Southward Ho! Production Producer 59
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1939 Rough Riders' Round-up Production Producer 58
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Editing
1933 I Love That Man Editing Editor N/A
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1933 Strictly Personal Editing Editor 59
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1932 70,000 Witnesses Editing Editor 58
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1932 Young Bride Editing Editor 58
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1931 Suicide Fleet Editing Editor 58
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1931 The Big Gamble Editing Editor 59
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1931 Lonely Wives Editing Editor 58
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1930 Her Man Editing Editor 59
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