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R.L. Hough(1894-1985)

  • Production Manager
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Production Department
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R.L. Hough was born on 15 June 1894 in Kentucky, USA. He was a production manager and assistant director, known for Wild West Romance (1928), The Girl-Shy Cowboy (1928) and The Silent Witness (1932). He died on 11 August 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJune 15, 1894
DiedAugust 11, 1985(91)
BornJune 15, 1894
DiedAugust 11, 1985(91)
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Known for

Rex Bell, Caryl Lincoln, and Neil Neely in Wild West Romance (1928)
Wild West Romance
  • Director(as R. Lee Hough)
  • 1928
Rex Bell, Betty Caldwell, Margaret Coburn, Joan Lyons, Patsy O'Leary, Dorothy Nielsen, and Evelyn Wiltfang in The Girl-Shy Cowboy (1928)
The Girl-Shy Cowboy
  • Director
  • 1928
Lionel Atwill, Bramwell Fletcher, Weldon Heyburn, Greta Nissen, and Wyndham Standing in The Silent Witness (1932)
The Silent Witness
6.2
  • Director
  • 1932
Marguerite Churchill and Edmund Lowe in Good Intentions (1930)
Good Intentions
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1930

Credits

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Production Management

  • Cary Grant, Marilyn Monroe, Ginger Rogers, and Charles Coburn in Monkey Business (1952)
    Monkey Business
    6.9
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Les Miserables (1952)
    Les Miserables
    6.8
    • unit production manager
    • 1952
  • James Mason in The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951)
    The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
    6.9
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Under My Skin (1950)
    Under My Skin
    6.4
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1950
  • Gregory Peck in Twelve O'Clock High (1949)
    Twelve O'Clock High
    7.7
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Linda Darnell, Celeste Holm, and Paul Douglas in Everybody Does It (1949)
    Everybody Does It
    6.6
    • production manager
    • 1949
  • Edward G. Robinson, Susan Hayward, and Richard Conte in House of Strangers (1949)
    House of Strangers
    7.3
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Sterling Holloway, Hugh Herbert, Betty Grable, Cesar Romero, El Brendel, Porter Hall, and Rudy Vallee in The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949)
    The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
    6.0
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1949
  • Kirk Douglas, Linda Darnell, and Cornel Wilde in The Walls of Jericho (1948)
    The Walls of Jericho
    6.8
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Jeanne Crain, Frank Latimore, Mary Nash, and Eugene Pallette in In the Meantime, Darling (1944)
    In the Meantime, Darling
    5.5
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Vincent Price, Charles Coburn, Mary Anderson, William Eythe, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Cedric Hardwicke, Alexander Knox, Thomas Mitchell, and Ruth Nelson in Wilson (1944)
    Wilson
    6.3
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Walter Brennan, Jeanne Crain, Lon McCallister, and Miss Sarah Abbey in Home in Indiana (1944)
    Home in Indiana
    6.5
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Maureen O'Hara and Joel McCrea in Buffalo Bill (1944)
    Buffalo Bill
    6.4
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Kay Francis, Carole Landis, Mitzi Mayfair, and Martha Raye in Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
    Four Jills in a Jeep
    6.2
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, Don 'Red' Barry, John Craven, Farley Granger, Sam Levene, Richard Loo, Kevin O'Shea, and Charles Russell in The Purple Heart (1944)
    The Purple Heart
    6.4
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1944

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Charles Farrell and Janet Gaynor in The First Year (1932)
    The First Year
    6.1
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Joan Bennett in The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932)
    The Trial of Vivienne Ware
    6.9
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Laurence Olivier, Lionel Barrymore, and Elissa Landi in The Yellow Ticket (1931)
    The Yellow Ticket
    6.3
    • assistant director
    • 1931
  • Marion Lessing and George O'Brien in The Seas Beneath (1931)
    The Seas Beneath
    5.9
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1931
  • Edmund Lowe in Scotland Yard (1930)
    Scotland Yard
    5.3
    • assistant director
    • 1930
  • Marguerite Churchill and Edmund Lowe in Good Intentions (1930)
    Good Intentions
    • assistant director
    • 1930
  • Sue Carol and Jack Mulhall in Her Golden Calf (1930)
    Her Golden Calf
    6.8
    • assistant director
    • 1930
  • Helen Chandler, William Janney, and George O'Brien in Salute (1929)
    Salute
    5.0
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1929
  • Warren Hymer, Henry B. Walthall, and Helen Ware in Speakeasy (1929)
    Speakeasy
    5.0
    • assistant director
    • 1929
  • Francis X. Bushman Jr., James Hall, Margaret Mann, George Meeker, and Charles Morton in Four Sons (1928)
    Four Sons
    7.2
    • assistant director (as R. Lee Hough)
    • 1928
  • Olive Borden in The Monkey Talks (1927)
    The Monkey Talks
    6.1
    • assistant director (as R. Lee Hough)
    • 1927
  • Marriage (1927)
    Marriage
    • assistant director (as R. Lee Hough)
    • 1927
  • Nancy Nash in The City (1926)
    The City
    • assistant director (as R. Lee Hough)
    • 1926

Production Department

  • Destination Gobi (1953)
    Destination Gobi
    6.3
    • assistant production manager (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • Stars and Stripes Forever (1952)
    Stars and Stripes Forever
    7.1
    • assistant production manager (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
    The Secret of Convict Lake
    6.9
    • assistant production manager (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Victor Mature in Fury at Furnace Creek (1948)
    Fury at Furnace Creek
    6.8
    • assistant production manager
    • 1948

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Lefty Hough
  • Born
    • June 15, 1894
    • Kentucky, USA
  • Died
    • August 11, 1985
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Robert L. "Lefty" Hough was interviewed by Kevin Brownlow for the documentary series on the silent film era "Hollywood"(1980).
  • Nickname
    • Lefty

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