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Cullen Tate(1896-1947)

  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
  • Director
  • Actor
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Cullen Tate was born on 10 March 1896 in Paducah, Kentucky, USA. He was an assistant director and director, known for The Carnival Girl (1926), The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1923) and Try and Get It (1924). He was married to Frances H. Tate and Bess Flowers. He died on 12 October 1947 in Hollywood, California, USA.
BornMarch 10, 1896
DiedOctober 12, 1947(51)
BornMarch 10, 1896
DiedOctober 12, 1947(51)
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  • Nominated for 1 Oscar
    • 1 nomination total

Known for

The Carnival Girl
  • Director
  • 1926
Mary Miles Minter, Antonio Moreno, and Ernest Torrence in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1923)
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
5.2
  • Dave Tolliver
  • 1923
Edward Everett Horton, Lionel Belmore, Rose Dione, Billie Dove, Joseph Kilgour, Carl Stockdale, Cullen Tate, and Bryant Washburn in Try and Get It (1924)
Try and Get It
  • Director
  • 1924
Cullen Landis, Vera Reynolds, Lillian Rich, and Phillips Smalley in Cheap Kisses (1924)
Cheap Kisses
  • Director
  • 1924

Credits

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Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Morocco (1942)
    Road to Morocco
    7.0
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Susan Hayward, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, and Lynne Overman in The Forest Rangers (1942)
    The Forest Rangers
    6.7
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Robert Benchley, Fred MacMurray, and Rosalind Russell in Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
    Take a Letter, Darling
    6.8
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • Madeleine Carroll, Carolyn Lee, and Fred MacMurray in Virginia (1941)
    Virginia
    6.6
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Claudette Colbert and Ray Milland in Arise, My Love (1940)
    Arise, My Love
    6.8
    • second unit director (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Joan Bennett and Louis Hayward in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
    The Man in the Iron Mask
    7.0
    • second unit director
    • 1939
  • Dolores Costello, Roger Daniel, and Adolphe Menjou in King of the Turf (1939)
    King of the Turf
    4.9
    • second unit director
    • 1939
  • Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy, and Myrna Loy in Test Pilot (1938)
    Test Pilot
    6.8
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Walter C. Kelly in The Virginia Judge (1935)
    The Virginia Judge
    4.8
    • assistant director
    • 1935
  • Claudette Colbert, Henry Wilcoxon, and Warren William in Cleopatra (1934)
    Cleopatra
    6.8
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Claudette Colbert and William Gargan in Four Frightened People (1934)
    Four Frightened People
    6.1
    • first assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, George Cukor, David O. Selznick, Marie Dressler, Madge Evans, Edna Ferber, Jean Hersholt, Phillips Holmes, George S. Kaufman, Edmund Lowe, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, Karen Morley, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)
    Dinner at Eight
    7.5
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Clark Gable, Victor Fleming, Helen Hayes, and Lewis Stone in The White Sister (1933)
    The White Sister
    6.1
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Ethel Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Tad Alexander, and Ralph Morgan in Rasputin and the Empress (1932)
    Rasputin and the Empress
    6.5
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1932
  • Maureen O'Sullivan and Warren William in Skyscraper Souls (1932)
    Skyscraper Souls
    7.2
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1932

Director

  • Richard Carlson, Frances Gifford, and Martha O'Driscoll in My Heart Belongs to Daddy (1942)
    My Heart Belongs to Daddy
    6.1
    • co-director (uncredited)
    • 1942
  • The Carnival Girl
    • Director
    • 1926
  • Cullen Landis, Vera Reynolds, Lillian Rich, and Phillips Smalley in Cheap Kisses (1924)
    Cheap Kisses
    • Director
    • 1924
  • Edward Everett Horton, Lionel Belmore, Rose Dione, Billie Dove, Joseph Kilgour, Carl Stockdale, Cullen Tate, and Bryant Washburn in Try and Get It (1924)
    Try and Get It
    • Director
    • 1924

Actor

  • Walter Hiers and Jacqueline Logan in Sixty Cents an Hour (1923)
    Sixty Cents an Hour
    • Crook
    • 1923
  • Mary Miles Minter, Antonio Moreno, and Ernest Torrence in The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1923)
    The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
    5.2
    • Dave Tolliver
    • 1923

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Cullen B. Tate
  • Born
    • March 10, 1896
    • Paducah, Kentucky, USA
  • Died
    • October 12, 1947
    • Hollywood, California, USA
  • Spouses
      Frances H. Tate1930 - ?
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He was at one-time at assistant to Cecil B. DeMille.
  • Nickname
    • Hezi

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