William Keighley
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William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - June 24, 1984, New York, New York) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director.
After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s, he was acting and directing on Broadway. With the advent of talking pictures, he relocated to Hollywood. He eventually signed with Warner Bros., where he proved adept at directing in a wide variety of genres. He was the initial director of The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn, but was replaced by Michael Curtiz. During World War II, he supervised the U.S. Army Signal Corp's motion picture unit. He retired in 1953 and moved to Paris with his actress wife Genevieve Tobin.
The Adventures of Robin Hood
The Man Who Came to Dinner
'G' Men
Each Dawn I Die
Bullets or Ballots
The Street with No Name
Jewel Robbery
Ladies They Talk About
The Prince and the Pauper
The Bride Came C.O.D.
The Master of Ballantrae
The Fighting 69th