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Alexis Thurn-Taxis(1892-1979)

  • Director
  • Producer
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Alexis Thurn-Taxis was born on 27 May 1892 in Massachusetts, USA. Alexis was a director and producer, known for The Yanks Are Coming (1942), Prison Ship (1945) and Into No Man's Land (1928). Alexis died on 26 July 1979 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornMay 27, 1892
DiedJuly 26, 1979(87)
BornMay 27, 1892
DiedJuly 26, 1979(87)
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Known for

The Yanks Are Coming (1942)
The Yanks Are Coming
4.2
  • Director
  • 1942
Nina Foch, Doris Houck, Richard Loo, Adelle Roberts, and Erik Rolf in Prison Ship (1945)
Prison Ship
6.1
  • Producer
  • 1945
Into No Man's Land
  • Director(as Cliff Wheeler)
  • 1928
James Ellison, Wanda McKay, Franklin Pangborn, and Daisy in Hollywood and Vine (1945)
Hollywood and Vine
5.5
  • Director
  • 1945

Credits

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Director

  • The Stork Club
    TV Series
    • Director
    • 1951
  • James Ellison, Wanda McKay, Franklin Pangborn, and Daisy in Hollywood and Vine (1945)
    Hollywood and Vine
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1945
  • Glenda Farrell, Ralph Sanford, Lynn Starr, and Lyle Talbot in A Night for Crime (1943)
    A Night for Crime
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Barton MacLane, Lyle Talbot, Forrest Taylor, and Charlotte Wynters in Man of Courage (1943)
    Man of Courage
    5.1
    • Director
    • 1943
  • The Yanks Are Coming (1942)
    The Yanks Are Coming
    4.2
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Into No Man's Land
    • Director (as Cliff Wheeler)
    • 1928

Producer

  • Dusty Anderson, Hillary Brooke, Bob Haymes, Sheldon Leonard, and Osa Massen in The Gentleman Misbehaves (1946)
    The Gentleman Misbehaves
    • producer
    • 1946
  • Nina Foch, Doris Houck, Richard Loo, Adelle Roberts, and Erik Rolf in Prison Ship (1945)
    Prison Ship
    6.1
    • producer
    • 1945
  • Vanessa Brown, Dorinda Clifton, Ruth Nelson, and Loren Tindall in The Girl of the Limberlost (1945)
    The Girl of the Limberlost
    6.3
    • producer
    • 1945
  • Nina Foch, Steve Cochran, Richard Lane, and Chester Morris in Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)
    Boston Blackie's Rendezvous
    6.3
    • producer
    • 1945
  • Veda Ann Borg, Victor McLaglen, Chester Morris, and Jean Rogers in Rough, Tough and Ready (1945)
    Rough, Tough and Ready
    6.2
    • producer
    • 1945
  • Leon Errol and Anne Rooney in Slightly Terrific (1944)
    Slightly Terrific
    6.8
    • associate producer
    • 1944

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Robert Armstrong, Carita Crawford, Vivian Hart, and Irene Hervey in The Girl Said No (1937)
    The Girl Said No
    5.7
    • assistant director
    • 1937

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Cliff Wheeler
  • Born
    • May 27, 1892
    • Massachusetts, USA
  • Died
    • July 26, 1979
    • Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

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