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William Francis Claxton (October 22, 1914 – February 11, 1996) was an American film and television producer, editor and director. He made a number of films for Robert L. Lippert . He also directed and produced episodes of Bonanza , [ 1 ] the NBC-TV series Little House on the Prairie , and also directed episodes of the NBC-TV series Father Murphy , The Rifleman , The Twilight Zone , Fame ...
William F. Claxton was born on 22 October 1914 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Half Past Midnight (1948), Desire in the Dust (1960) and The Twilight Zone (1959).
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William F. Claxton (born October 22, 1914 - died February 11, 1996) was a California born director who directed many episodes of Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, of which he also served aa an executive producer. He also served as co-executive producer of the 1988 NBC-TV movie Bonanza: The Next Generation.
William started out as a film editor with Edward Small Productions in 1940. Claxton's first directorial effort was 1951's All That I Can Have. He spent much of the 1950s with 20th Century-Fox's Regal Pictures subsidiary, turning out such worthwhile medium-budget efforts as God is My Partner (1956) and Desire in the Dust (1960); occasionally, as in the cast of Rockabilly Baby (1957), he produced as well as directed.
Though his film credits are extensive, he is best known for his TV work, beginning with his producer/director stint on the religious anthology This is the Life (1951-1980). A favorite of the late Michael Landon, Claxton directed Landon in such weekly TVers as Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy and Highway to Heaven. William also directed the feature-length series pilot TV film Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988).
English. Budget. $100,000 [1] The Quiet Gun is a 1957 American Western film directed by William F. Claxton and written by Eric Norden and Earle Lyon. The film stars Forrest Tucker, Mara Corday, Jim Davis and Kathleen Crowley. It is based on the 1955 novel Lawman by Lauran Paine. [2][3][4]
English. Night of the Lepus (also known as Rabbits) is a 1972 American science fiction horror film directed by William F. Claxton and produced by A.C. Lyles. Based upon Russell Braddon 's 1964 science fiction novel The Year of the Angry Rabbit, the plot concerns an infestation of mutated rabbits. [1][2][3] The film was the first science fiction ...
William Francis Claxton (October 22, 1914 – February 11, 1996) was an American film and television producer, editor and director. He made a number of films for Robert L. Lippert. He also directed and produced episodes of Bonanza, the NBC-TV series Little House on the Prairie, and also directed episodes of the NBC-TV series Father Murphy, The Rifleman, The Twilight Zone, Fame, and The High ...
William F. Claxton. Credits (text only) Hide Show Director (66 credits) 1960 The Unfinished Task (TV Movie) 1988 Bonanza: The Next Generation (TV Movie) 1986 Our ...
