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Leigh Jason
b. 1904 — d. 1979 (aged 75)
Director
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Leigh Jason (born Leigh Jacobson) was an instructor at UCLA before entering the film business in 1924 as an electrician. He turned to screenwriting in 1926, then changed his name to Leigh Jason when he started directing in 1928. He turned out numerous shorts and B pictures, mainly thrillers and light comedies, up to the 1950s, when he began to devote most of his energies to directing TV series, although he still directed a feature every now and then. He was the brother of director Will Jason. Date of Birth 26 July 1904, New York City, New York Date of Death 19 February 1979, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California
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The Choppers
1961 Director
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The Festival Girls
1961 Director
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Lock Up
1959 Writer
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★ 7.1
The Thin Man
1957 Director
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★ 7.6
Richard Diamond, Private Detective
1956 Director
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The Go-Getter
1956 Director
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★ 8.0
Science Fiction Theatre
1955 Director
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★ 7.8
The People's Choice
1955 Director
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★ 7.2
Mr. District Attorney
1954 Director
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★ 7.9
I Led 3 Lives
1953 Director
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★ 7.0
The Man Behind the Badge
1953 Director
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Your Play Time
1953 Director
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Okinawa
1952 Director
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★ 7.2
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 Director
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★ 7.8
Your Jeweler's Showcase
1952 Director
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Footlights Theater
1952 Director
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★ 7.6
Schlitz Playhouse
1951 Director
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★ 7.2
Treasury Men in Action
1950 Director
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★ 5.4
The Man from Texas
1948 Director
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Out of the Blue
1947 Director
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★ 5.7
Lost Honeymoon
1947 Director
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★ 5.5
Meet Me on Broadway
1946 Director
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★ 5.9
Carolina Blues
1944 Director
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★ 6.5
Nine Girls
1944 Director
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★ 6.6
Dangerous Blondes
1943 Director
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★ 6.0
Lady for a Night
1942 Director
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Three Girls About Town
1941 Director
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Model Wife
1941 Director
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The Flying Irishman
1939 Director
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Career
1939 Director
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★ 6.7
The Mad Miss Manton
1938 Director
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★ 6.6
Wise Girl
1937 Director
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★ 5.4
New Faces of 1937
1937 Director
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★ 5.7
The Bride Walks Out
1936 Director
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★ 5.7
That Girl from Paris
1936 Director
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★ 6.8
Love on a Bet
1936 Director
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★ 5.5
Love, Honor and Obey (the Law!)
1935 Director
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Hail, Brother
1935 Director
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★ 7.0
How to Break 90 at Croquet
1935 Director
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The Spirit of 1976
1935 Director
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Metropolitan Nocturne
1935 Director
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A Returned Engagement
1935 Director
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★ 5.2
Bubbling Over
1934 Director
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★ 5.9
Apples to You!
1934 Director
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★ 4.5
The Knife of the Party
1934 Director
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★ 6.4
Nifty Nurses
1934 Director
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★ 5.4
Roamin' Vandals
1934 Director
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★ 5.7
Super Stupid
1934 Director
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If This Isn't Love
1934 Director
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Everybody Likes Music
1934 Director
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★ 5.3
High Gear
1933 Director
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★ 6.7
A Preferred List
1933 Director
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★ 4.6
Signing 'em Up
1933 Director
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Humanettes No. 7
1931 Director
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Humanettes No. 8
1931 Director
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Humanettes No. 11
1931 Director
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Humanettes No. 12
1931 Director
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Humanettes No. 9
1931 Director
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Humanettes No. 10
1931 Director
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Humanettes No. 6
1931 Director
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Humanettes No. 5
1930 Director
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Humanettes No. 4
1930 Director
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Humanettes No. 3
1930 Director
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Humanettes No. 1
1930 Director
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Humanettes No. 2
1930 Director
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Eyes of the Underworld
1929 Director
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The Tip Off
1929 Director
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Wolves of the City
1929 Director
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The Body Punch
1929 Director
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★ 5.3
Anybody Here Seen Kelly?
1928 Writer
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The Price of Fear
1928 Director
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★ 6.2
The Shield of Honor
1927 Writer
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One Glorious Scrap
1927 Writer
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★ 4.6
The Cheerful Fraud
1926 Writer
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★ 5.5
Pep of the Lazy J
1926 Writer
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Grinning Fists
1926 Writer
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Frame Up
1926 Writer
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The Show Cowpuncher
1926 Writer
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★ 6.1
The Crook Buster
1925 Writer