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Alfred L. Werker

Name in Native Language: "Alfred Louis Werker" (English/EN)
Film Director | * 12/02/1896 († 78, 07/28/1975) | Deadwood, South Dakota (United States of America (USA))
Alfred L. Werker (December 2, 1896 – July 28, 1975) was a film director whose work in movies spanned from 1917 through 1957. After a number of film production jobs and assistant directing, Werker co-directed his first film, Ridin' the Wind in 1925 alongside director Del Andrews. He was brought in by Fox Film Corporation executives to re-shoot and re-edit Erich von Stroheim's film Hello, Sister! (1933), co-starring Boots Mallory and ZaSu Pitts. Most of Werker's work is unremarkable, but a few were well received by critics. Those films included House of Rothschild (1934) and The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939); the latter film is considered one of the best in the Sherlock Holmes series. Lost Boundaries, inspired by a true story of a Black doctor passing as white, has grown in critical consensus. During the early 1940s, he directed a number of comedies including Laurel & Hardy's A-Haunting We Will Go (1942). In the late 1940s, Wer... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Western

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Movies with Alfred L. Werker as Crew(52)

Directing/Director1957 The Young Don't Cry
Directing/Director1956 Rebel in Town
Directing/Director1955 Canyon Crossroads
Directing/Director1955 At Gunpoint
Directing/Director1954 Three Hours to Kill
Directing/Director1953 The Last Posse
Directing/Director1953 Devil's Canyon
Directing/Director1952 Walk East on Beacon!
Directing/Director1951 Sealed Cargo
Directing/Director1949 Lost Boundaries
Directing/Director1949 He Walked by Night
Directing/Director1947 Pirates of Monterey
Directing/Director1947 Repeat Performance
Directing/Director1946 Shock
Directing/Director1944 My Pal, Wolf
Directing/Director1942 A-Haunting We Will Go
Directing/Director1942 Whispering Ghosts
Directing/Director1942 The Mad Martindales
Directing/Director1941 Moon Over Her Shoulder
Directing/Director1941 The Reluctant Dragon
Directing/Director1939 News Is Made at Night
Directing/Director1939 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Directing/Director1939 It Could Happen to You
Directing/Director1938 Kidnapped
Directing/Director1938 Up the River
Directing/Director1938 Gateway
Directing/Director1938 City Girl
Directing/Director1937 Big Town Girl
Directing/Director1937 We Have Our Moments
Directing/Director1937 Wild and Woolly
Directing/Director1936 Love in Exile
Directing/Director1935 Stolen Harmony
Directing/Director1934 The House of Rothschild
Directing/Director1934 You Belong to Me
Directing/Director1933 It's Great to Be Alive
Directing/Director1933 Advice to the Lovelorn
Directing/Director1933 Hello, Sister!
Directing/Director1932 Bachelor's Affairs
Directing/Director1932 Rackety Rax
Directing/Director1932 The Gay Caballero
Directing/Director1931 Fair Warning
Directing/Director1931 Annabelle's Affairs
Directing/Director1930 The Last of the Duanes
Directing/Director1930 Double Cross Roads
Directing/Director1929 Blue Skies
Directing/Director1928 The Sunset Legion
Directing/Assistant Director1926 The Tough Guy
Directing/Assistant Director1923 The Love Nest
Directing/Assistant Director1921 The Love Light
Directing/Assistant Director1921 Through The Back Door
Directing/Assistant Director1920 Pollyanna
Directing/Assistant Director1919 The Hoodlum

Full Name: Alfred Louis Werker
Born: Wednesday, 12/02 1896 (December) in Deadwood, South Dakota (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 07/28 1975 (July) in Orange County (aged: 78)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Other names for Alfred L. Werker (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Alfred Louis Werker"
"Albert Werker"
"Alfred Werker"
"Al Werker"
Alfred L. Werker frequently works together with these people:
Mary Pickford (8x, Actress)
Lou Breslow (7x, Crew)
Irving Bacon (6x, Actor)
Whit Bissell (5x, Actor)
Sol M. Wurtzel (5x, Crew)
Frances Marion (5x, Crew)
Darryl F. Zanuck (4x, Crew)
Ernest Pascal (4x, Crew)
Charles Rosher (4x, Crew)
Frank Faylen (3x, Actor)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:774983, Added: 11/06/2018, Last updated: 02/28/2024