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Derwin Abrahams(1903-1974)

  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Derwin Abrahams was born on 17 August 1903 in New York, USA. He was a director and assistant director, known for Smoky River Serenade (1947), Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways (1946) and Chick Carter, Detective (1946). He died on 5 November 1974 in Yolo County, California, USA.
BornAugust 17, 1903
DiedNovember 5, 1974(71)
BornAugust 17, 1903
DiedNovember 5, 1974(71)
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Known for

Paul Campbell, Gil Taylor, Ruth Terry, Paul Trietsch, Ken Trietsch, Charles Ward, and The Hoosier Hotshots in Smoky River Serenade (1947)
Smoky River Serenade
6.5
  • Director
  • 1947
William Bakewell and Jennifer Holt in Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways (1946)
Hop Harrigan America's Ace of the Airways
5.7
  • Director
  • 1946
Julie Gibson and Lyle Talbot in Chick Carter, Detective (1946)
Chick Carter, Detective
6.2
  • Director
  • 1946
John Crawford in The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
6.5
  • Director(as Derwin Abbe)
  • 1953

Credits

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Director

  • Highway Patrol (1955)
    Highway Patrol
    7.7
    TV Series
    • Director (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1958–1959
  • Richard Carlson in Mackenzie's Raiders (1958)
    Mackenzie's Raiders
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1958–1959
  • Wendell Corey in Harbor Command (1957)
    Harbor Command
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Director
    • directed by (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1958
  • The Silent Service (1957)
    The Silent Service
    8.5
    TV Series
    • Director (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1957
  • Edgar Buchanan in Judge Roy Bean (1955)
    Judge Roy Bean
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1956
  • Adventures of the Falcon (1954)
    Adventures of the Falcon
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Director (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1954–1956
  • Homer Bell
    TV Series
    • Director (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1955
  • Hopalong Cassidy (1952)
    Hopalong Cassidy
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Director (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1952–1954
  • John Crawford in The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd (1953)
    The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
    6.5
    • Director (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1953
  • Summer Theatre
    6.5
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1953
  • The Lady and the Rocket (1952)
    The Lady and the Rocket
    3.1
    Short
    • Director (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1952
  • Kent Taylor in Boston Blackie (1951)
    Front Page Detective
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Director (as Derwin Abbe)
    • 1951
  • Johnny Mack Brown, James Ellison, and Noel Neill in Whistling Hills (1951)
    Whistling Hills
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1951
  • Bill Williams in The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)
    The Adventures of Kit Carson
    6.9
    TV Series
    • Director (as Derwin Abbott)
    • 1951
  • Duncan Renaldo in The Cisco Kid (1950)
    The Cisco Kid
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1950

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, and Lyle Talbot in Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)
    Atom Man vs. Superman
    6.6
    TV Series
    • second unit director
    • 1950
  • Jane Adams, Johnny Duncan, and Robert Lowery in Batman and Robin (1949)
    Batman and Robin
    5.9
    TV Series
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Jon Hall, Adele Jergens, and Patricia Morison in Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1947)
    The Prince of Thieves
    5.2
    • associate director
    • 1948
  • Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, and Johnny Weissmuller in Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)
    Tarzan's Desert Mystery
    6.1
    • assistant director
    • 1943
  • Smiley Burnette, Eddie Dew, and Lorraine Miller in Beyond the Last Frontier (1943)
    Beyond the Last Frontier
    5.7
    • assistant director
    • second unit director (as D. Abrahams)
    • 1943
  • William Boyd in In Old Colorado (1941)
    In Old Colorado
    6.5
    • assistant director
    • 1941
  • Richard Dix, Preston Foster, and Patricia Morison in The Round Up (1941)
    The Round Up
    6.0
    • assistant director
    • 1941
  • William Boyd and Georgia Ellis in Doomed Caravan (1941)
    Doomed Caravan
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1941
  • William Boyd, Andy Clyde, and Russell Hayden in Three Men from Texas (1940)
    Three Men from Texas
    6.8
    • assistant director (as D.M. Abrahams)
    • 1940
  • Richard Dix and Florence Rice in Cherokee Strip (1940)
    Cherokee Strip
    6.2
    • assistant director (as D.M. Abrahams)
    • 1940
  • William Boyd and Russell Hayden in Stagecoach War (1940)
    Stagecoach War
    6.3
    • assistant director (as D.M. Abrahams)
    • 1940
  • William Boyd, Eddie Dean, and Britt Wood in Hidden Gold (1940)
    Hidden Gold
    6.3
    • assistant director (as D.M. Abrahams)
    • 1940
  • Alan Ladd, Noah Beery Jr., Morris Ankrum, Russell Hayden, Victor Jory, and Jo Ann Sayers in The Light of Western Stars (1940)
    The Light of Western Stars
    5.5
    • assistant director (as D.M. Abrahams)
    • 1940
  • William Boyd in The Showdown (1940)
    The Showdown
    6.4
    • assistant director (as D.M. Abrahams)
    • 1940
  • Russell Hayden in Knights of the Range (1940)
    Knights of the Range
    5.5
    • assistant director (as D.M. Abrahams)
    • 1940

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Derwin Abbe
  • Born
    • August 17, 1903
    • New York, USA
  • Died
    • November 5, 1974
    • Yolo County, California, USA

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  • Nickname
    • Derwin M. Abrahams

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