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Vernon Keays(1900-1964)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Production Manager
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Vernon Keays was born on 27 February 1900 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for The Wolf Man (1941), Trail to Gunsight (1944) and Strictly in the Groove (1942). He was married to Zella Ingraham. He died on 22 May 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornFebruary 27, 1900
DiedMay 22, 1964(64)
BornFebruary 27, 1900
DiedMay 22, 1964(64)
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Known for

Lon Chaney Jr. and Evelyn Ankers in The Wolf Man (1941)
The Wolf Man
7.2
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1941
Eddie Dew, Fuzzy Knight, Lyle Talbot, and Maris Wrixon in Trail to Gunsight (1944)
Trail to Gunsight
4.8
  • Director
  • 1944
Richard Davies, Leon Errol, Mary Healy, and Grace McDonald in Strictly in the Groove (1942)
Strictly in the Groove
6.7
  • Director
  • 1942
Pamela Blake, Edmund MacDonald, and Dennis Moore in The Mysterious Mr. M (1946)
The Mysterious Mr. M
6.5
  • Director
  • 1946

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Half Hour to Kill (1958)
    Half Hour to Kill
    6.8
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 2002
  • Jock Mahoney and Lili St. Cyr in Runaway Girl (1965)
    Runaway Girl
    4.5
    • assistant director
    • 1965
  • Barbara Stanwyck in The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
    The Barbara Stanwyck Show
    7.6
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1961
  • Happy (1960)
    Happy
    6.8
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1961
  • Unsolved (1960)
    Unsolved
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • assistant director
    • 1960
  • Man with a Camera (1958)
    Man with a Camera
    7.3
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1958–1960
  • Beach Patrol
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • assistant director
    • 1959
  • Border Patrol (1959)
    Border Patrol
    6.7
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1959
  • Richard Coogan in The Californians (1957)
    The Californians
    6.6
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1958–1959
  • Yancy Derringer (1958)
    Yancy Derringer
    7.8
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1958–1959
  • Craig Stevens in Peter Gunn (1958)
    Peter Gunn
    8.0
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1958
  • The Adventures of McGraw (1957)
    The Adventures of McGraw
    7.1
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1957–1958
  • Preston Foster in Cavalcade of America (1952)
    Cavalcade of America
    7.9
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1957
  • Wire Service (1956)
    Wire Service
    6.9
    TV Series
    • assistant director
    • 1956
  • Walter Brennan, Steve Cochran, Richard Eyer, Sherry Jackson, and Ann Sheridan in Come Next Spring (1956)
    Come Next Spring
    7.1
    • second assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1956

Director

  • Smiley Burnette, Doye O'Dell, Don Reynolds, Charles Starrett, and The Radio Rangers in Whirlwind Raiders (1948)
    Whirlwind Raiders
    6.8
    • Director
    • 1948
  • Smiley Burnette and Charles Starrett in Landrush (1946)
    Landrush
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Pamela Blake, Edmund MacDonald, and Dennis Moore in The Mysterious Mr. M (1946)
    The Mysterious Mr. M
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Noel Boggs, John Calvert, Tommy Duncan, Joe Holley, Millard Kelso, Charles Starrett, Bob Wills, Jimmy Wyble, Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, and Al Stricklin in Lawless Empire (1945)
    Lawless Empire
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Charles Starrett, Bob Wills, and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in Blazing the Western Trail (1945)
    Blazing the Western Trail
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Ken Curtis, Raymond Hatton, Victor Potel, Gil Taylor, Paul Trietsch, Ken Trietsch, Cheryl Walker, Charles Ward, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, The Hoosier Hotshots, and Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys in Rhythm Round-Up (1945)
    Rhythm Round-Up
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Charles Arnt and Veda Ann Borg in Dangerous Intruder (1945)
    Dangerous Intruder
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Cappy Barra Boys, Spade Cooley, Jay Kirby, Curly Howard, Mary Beth Hughes, Gil Taylor, Paul Trietsch, Ken Trietsch, Charles Ward, The Hoosier Hotshots, and The Three Stooges in Rockin' in the Rockies (1945)
    Rockin' in the Rockies
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Noah Beery, Rosemary Lane, Slim Summerville, Tom Tyler, Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams, and Hal McIntyre's Orchestra in Sing Me a Song of Texas (1945)
    Sing Me a Song of Texas
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Hoot Gibson and Bob Steele in Trigger Law (1944)
    Trigger Law
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Hoot Gibson, Beatrice Gray, Ralph Lewis, and Bob Steele in The Utah Kid (1944)
    The Utah Kid
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Eddie Dew, Fuzzy Knight, Lyle Talbot, and Maris Wrixon in Trail to Gunsight (1944)
    Trail to Gunsight
    4.8
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Al Donahue and His Orchestra in Harmony Highway (1944)
    Al Donahue and His Orchestra in Harmony Highway
    Short
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Fellow on a Furlough
    Short
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Melody Garden
    Short
    • Director
    • 1944

Production Management

  • Jock Mahoney and Lili St. Cyr in Runaway Girl (1965)
    Runaway Girl
    4.5
    • production supervisor
    • 1965
  • California (1963)
    California
    5.2
    • production supervisor
    • 1963
  • Hands of a Stranger (1962)
    Hands of a Stranger
    5.2
    • production manager
    • 1962
  • Unsolved (1960)
    Unsolved
    7.2
    TV Movie
    • production manager
    • 1960
  • Beach Patrol
    7.0
    TV Movie
    • production manager
    • 1959
  • Tom Keene and Karen Morley in Our Daily Bread (1934)
    Our Daily Bread
    7.0
    • production manager (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Dynamite Denny
    5.8
    • production manager
    • 1932
  • Alberta Vaughn and Ethel Wales in Love in High Gear (1932)
    Love in High Gear
    5.2
    • production manager
    • 1932
  • Tyrell Davis and Helen Foster in Temptation's Workshop (1932)
    Temptation's Workshop
    • production manager
    • 1932
  • Erich von Stroheim in The Great Gabbo (1929)
    The Great Gabbo
    6.0
    • production manager
    • 1929

Personal details

  • Born
    • February 27, 1900
    • Ypsilanti, Michigan, USA
  • Died
    • May 22, 1964
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Zella Ingraham
  • Children
    • No Children
  • Relatives
      Joseph Alverth Smith(Niece or Nephew)

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