Edward Arthur Killy (January 26, 1903 – July 2, 1981) was an American director, assistant director and production manager in films and television. He was one of the few individuals to be nominated for the short-lived

Academy Award for Best Assistant Director The Academy Award for Best Assistant Director was awarded from 1933 through 1937. In the first year of this award, it referred to no specific film. * 1933: ** Charles Barton (Paramount) - winner ** Scott Beal (Universal) - winner **Charles Dorian ( ...

. During his 30-year career he worked on over 75 films and television shows.

Life and career

Killy was born on January 26, 1903 in Connecticut. He entered the film industry as an assistant director at RKO Pictures, his first film being the 1931 musical comedy, '' Caught Plastered'', directed by

William Seiter William Alfred Seiter (June 10, 1890 – July 26, 1964) was an American film director. Life and career Seiter was born in New York City. After attending Hudson River Military Academy, Seiter broke into films in 1915 as a bit player at Mack Senne ...

, and starring the comedy duo of

Bert Wheeler Albert Jerome Wheeler (April 7, 1895 – January 18, 1968) was an American comedian who performed in Broadway theatre, American comedy feature films, and vaudeville acts. He was the comedy partner of Robert Woolsey, and together they formed ...

and

Robert Woolsey Robert Rollie Woolsey (August 14, 1888 – October 31, 1938) was an American stage and screen comedian and half of the 1930s comedy team Wheeler & Woolsey. Early life Robert Rollie (sometimes spelled Rolla or even Raleigh) was born on Aug ...

. Over the next five years he assisted on over a dozen films, many of them notable films. In 1932 he was one of two assistants to

George Cukor George Dewey Cukor (; July 7, 1899 – January 24, 1983) was an American film director and film producer. He mainly concentrated on comedies and literary adaptations. His career flourished at RKO when David O. Selznick, the studio's Head ...

on the drama ''

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'', starring

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and

Lowell Sherman Lowell J. Sherman (October 11, 1888 – December 28, 1934) was an American actor and film director. In an unusual practice for the time, he served as both actor and director on several films in the early 1930s. He later turned exclusively to d ...

. In 1933 he was one of several assistants to

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on the melodrama ''

Christopher Strong ''Christopher Strong'' (also known as ''The Great Desire'' and ''The White Moth'') is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film produced by RKO and directed by Dorothy Arzner. It is a tale of illicit love among the English aristocracy and s ...

'', which featured Katharine Hepburn in her first starring role. He worked with Hepburn on two more films in 1933, ''

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'' (one of three assisting

), and one of two assisting Cukor on the classic, '' Little Women''. That year he also assisted Seiter again on another Wheeler & Woolsey comedy, ''

Diplomaniacs ''Diplomaniacs'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film starring Wheeler and Woolsey. The film in noted for its absurdist political satire, somewhat in the manner of '' Million Dollar Legs'' or '' Duck Soup'', both of which were released within ...

'', as well as being one of three assistants to

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on the RKO musical ''

Flying Down to Rio ''Flying Down to Rio'' is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among the ...

'', which featured the first on-screen pairing of

Fred Astaire Fred Astaire (born Frederick Austerlitz; May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) was an American dancer, choreographer, actor, and singer. He is often called the greatest dancer in Hollywood film history. Astaire's career in stage, film, and tele ...

and

Ginger Rogers Ginger Rogers (born Virginia Katherine McMath; July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) was an American actress, dancer and singer during the Classical Hollywood cinema, Golden Age of Hollywood. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress for her starri ...

. The following year Killy assisted

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on the classic drama ''

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'', the first talking version of the novel, starring

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and John Boles. He worked with Hepburn again, being one of three assistants to Richard Wallace on '' The Little Minister''. It was during the filming of this movie when Killy gained notoriety by telling off Hepburn. She was acting up on set one day and refusing to take her place on set, so he told her, "Get on the set before you're sent back to New York to do another ''

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''." However, he soon became one of her favorite assistant directors. In 1935 Killy became part of a concerted effort on RKO's part to build a cadre of young directors. His first assignment as the main man behind the camera was as co-director with William Hamilton, on the 1935 film

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, based on the 1904 novel of the same name. The two would again pair up to direct the 1935 version of '' Seven Keys to Baldpate'', starring

Gene Raymond Gene Raymond (born Raymond Guion; August 13, 1908 – May 3, 1998) was an American film, television, and stage actor of the 1930s and 1940s. In addition to acting, Raymond was also a singer, composer, screenwriter, director, producer, and decorat ...

and

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. The pair co-directed two more films before Killy was given his first solo directing assignment, 1936's '' Second Wife'', starring Gertrude Michael and

Walter Abel Walter Abel (June 6, 1898 – March 26, 1987) was an American film, stage and radio actor. Life Abel was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, the son of Christine (née Becker) and Richard Michael Abel. Abel graduated from the American Academy of ...

. Over the next ten years, he directed another 20 films, mostly B movie Westerns, and being the chief director for

Tim Holt Charles John "Tim" Holt III (February 5, 1919 – February 15, 1973) was an American actor. He was a popular Western star during the 1940s and early 1950s, appearing in forty-six B westerns released by RKO Pictures. In a career spanning mo ...

's Westerns. Some of the oater collaborations between Killy and Holt include: ''

The Fargo Kid ''The Fargo Kid'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Edward Killy starring Tim Holt. It was the second in Holt's series of Westerns for RKO. The film was shot in Kanab Canyon, Cave Lakes, and Johnson Canyon. The script was based on a ...

'' (1940), ''

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'' (1940), ''

Along the Rio Grande ''Along the Rio Grande'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Edward Killy and starring Tim Holt. The female lead was Betty Jane Rhodes. Plot A young cowhand and two friends join forces to avenge the murder of their former boss.Richard J ...

'' (1941), and ''

Land of the Open Range ''Land of the Open Range'' is a 1942 Western film. It uses out takes from ''Cimarron'' (1931). Plot Luke Archer's will stipulates that his huge land holding will be open for filing, but only to ex-convicts who served at least two years in priso ...

'' (1942). In the mid-1940s, a young actor,

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, was signed to a seven-year contract with RKO, with the intent of making B-Westerns based on

Zane Grey Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American author and dentist. He is known for his popular adventure novels and stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he idealized the American fronti ...

novels. Killy was assigned the first of these films, 1944's ''

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''. He would also direct Mitchum in another film adaptation of a Grey novel, 1945's '' West of the Pecos'', which was also Killy's last credit as the director of a film. Even after getting the opportunity to take the helm of films, Killy was one of the rare people to continue to work at the assistant director level. As an assistant he worked on several notable features including: ''

Roberta ''Roberta'' is a musical from 1933 with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics and book by Otto Harbach. The musical is based on the novel ''Gowns by Roberta'' by Alice Duer Miller. It features the songs " Yesterdays", "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes", "Let ...

'', directed by Seiter, and starring

, and Randolph Scott; again with Hepburn on '' Alice Adams'' (1935), with

George Stevens George Cooper Stevens (December 18, 1904 – March 8, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer.Obituary '' Variety'', March 12, 1975, page 79. Films he produced were nominated for the Academy Award for ...

directing; the classic war film '' Gunga Din'', again directed by Stevens, and starring

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, and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.; ''

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'' (1939), assisting

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, and starring Charles Laughton as Quasimodo and Maureen O'Hara as Esmeralda;

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's '' Primrose Path'', starring Ginger Rogers and

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; '' Bombardier'' (1943), directed by Richard Wallace, and starring

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and Randolph Scott; 1944's romantic comedy, also directed by Wallace, ''

Bride by Mistake ''Bride by Mistake'' (1944) is an American romantic comedy film directed by Richard Wallace, and starring Alan Marshal and Laraine Day. The screenplay is by Phoebe Ephron and Henry Ephron, based on a story by Norman Krasna, and is a remake of ...

'', starring Alan Marshal and

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; '' Susan Slept Here'' (1954), a romantic comedy directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Debbie Reynolds and Dick Powell in his final film performance; and the

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' production of '' The Conqueror'', directed by Dick Powell, and starring John Wayne. In the late 1940s through the 1950s, Killy would also occasionally work as a production manager on such films as: ''

Blood on the Moon ''Blood on the Moon'' is a 1948 RKO black-and-white "psychological" Western film noir starring Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston and Walter Brennan. Directed by Robert Wise, the cinematography is by Nicholas Musuraca. The ...

'' (1948), ''

The Big Steal ''The Big Steal'' is a 1949 American black-and-white film noir reteaming '' Out of the Past'' stars Robert Mitchum and Jane Greer. The film was directed by Don Siegel, based on the short story "The Road to Carmichael's" by Richard Wormser. Pl ...

'' (1949), '' Angel Face'', '' Jet Pilot'', and ''

All Mine to Give ''All Mine to Give'' (British title: ''The Day They Gave Babies Away'') is a 1957 Technicolor melodrama film directed by Allen Reisner and starring Glynis Johns, Cameron Mitchell, and Rex Thompson. When first one parent, then the other, dies, th ...

'' (1958). Killy married Pauline Watkins, and would remain married to her until his death in 1981. The two adopted a daughter in the 1930s, Audrey K. Killy. Killy died July 2, 1981 in Orange County, California.

Filmography

(Per

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database) *'' Caught Plastered'' (1931) - Assistant director *'' Too Many Cooks'' (1931) - Assistant director *''

'' (1932) - Assistant director *''

'' (1933) - Assistant director *''

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'' (1933) - Assistant director *''

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'' (1933) - Assistant director *''

'' (1933) - Assistant director *'' Little Women'' (1933) - Assistant director *''

'' (1933) - Assistant director *'' Finishing School'' (1934) - Assistant director *''

Sing and Like It ''Sing and Like It'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by William A. Seiter from a screenplay by Marion Dix and Laird Doyle, based on the unpublished short story ''So You Won't Sing, Eh?'' by Aben Kandel. The film stars ZaSu Pi ...

'' (1934) - Assistant director *'' The Little Minister'' (1934) - Assistant director *''

Down to Their Last Yacht ''Down to Their Last Yacht'' is a 1934 comic adventure produced and distributed by RKO Pictures. Plot After the stock market crash of 1929, the Colt-Stratton family is forced to rent their yacht to the nouveau riche at the behest of Nella Fitzg ...

'' (1934) - Assistant director *''

Hips, Hips, Hooray! ''Hips, Hips, Hooray!'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code slapstick comedy starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee. During its initial theatrical run, it was preceded by the two-color Technicolor short ''Not ...

'' (1934) - Assistant director *''

'' (1934) - Assistant director *'' Break of Hearts'' (1935) - Assistant director *'' Seven Keys to Baldpate'' (1935) - Director *'' Alice Adams'' (1935) - Assistant director *''

'' (1935) - Director *''

'' (1935) - Assistant director *'' The Big Game'' (1936) - Director *''

Murder on a Bridle Path ''Murder on a Bridle Path'' is a 1936 mystery film directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy, starring James Gleason and Helen Broderick. This film was the fourth production in the Hildegarde Withers series, and the only one in which Broder ...

'' (1936) - Director *''

Bunker Bean ''Bunker Bean'' is a 1936 American black-and-white comedy film adapted from a novel by Harry Leon Wilson and the subsequent play adapted by Lee Wilson Dodd. It was directed by William Hamilton and Edward Killy, produced by William Sistrom, and s ...

'' (1936) - Director *'' Second Wife'' (1936) - Director *''

Wanted! Jane Turner ''Wanted! Jane Turner'' is a 1936 American crime drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qual ...

'' (1936) - Director *''

Criminal Lawyer A criminal defense lawyer is a lawyer (mostly barristers) specializing in the defense of individuals and companies charged with criminal activity. Some criminal defense lawyers are privately retained, while others are employed by the various ...

'' (1937) - Director *''

Saturday's Heroes ''Saturday's Heroes'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Paul Yawitz, Charles Kaufman, and David Silverstein based on George Templeton's story. Produced and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures, the film ...

'' (1937) - Director *''

Quick Money ''Quick Money'' is a 1937 film. It lost $37,000. Plot summary Cast * Fred Stone as Mayor Jonas Tompkins * Gordon Jones as Bill Adams * Dorothy Moore as Alice Tompkins * Berton Churchill as Bluford H. Smythe * Paul Guilfoyle as Ambrose Ames * H ...

'' (1937) - Director *'' The Big Shot'' (1937) - Director *'' China Passage'' (1937) - Director *''

5th Avenue Girl ''Fifth Avenue Girl'', sometimes stylized as ''5th Ave Girl'', is a 1939 RKO Radio Pictures comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale, and James Ellison. The screenplay was written by Al ...

'' (1939) - Assistant director *''

Bachelor Mother ''Bachelor Mother'' (1939) is an American romantic comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Ginger Rogers, David Niven, and Charles Coburn. The screenplay was written by Norman Krasna from an Academy Award-nominated story by Felix Jac ...

'' (1939) - Assistant director *''

'' (1939) - Assistant director *'' Gunga Din'' (1939) - Assistant director *''

The Flying Irishman ''The Flying Irishman'' (aka ''Born to Fly'') is a 1939 biographical Drama (film and television), drama film produced by RKO Pictures about Douglas Corrigan's unofficial transatlantic flight the previous year in a dilapidated Curtiss Robin light a ...

'' (1939) - Assistant director *'' Primrose Path'' (1940) - Assistant director *''

'' (1940) - Director *''

Triple Justice ''Triple Justice'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by David Howard and starring George O'Brien, Virginia Vale and Peggy Shannon. The supporting cast includes Paul Fix and Glenn Strange. Plot Cast * George O'Brien as Brad Henderson ...

'' (1940) - Assistant director *''

Stage to Chino ''Stage to Chino'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by Edward Killy from a screenplay by Morton Grant and Arthur V. Jones, based on a story by Norton S. Parker. The film was released by RKO Radio Pictures on July 26, 1940, who also p ...

'' (1940) - Director *''

'' (1941) - Director *''

The Bandit Trail ''The Bandit Trail'' is a 1941 Western film.. Plot A cowboy helps rob a bank to get revenge on an unscrupulous banker. Cast * Tim Holt as Steve Haggerty * Ray Whitley as Smokey * Janet Waldo as Ellen Grant * Lee 'Lasses' White as Whopper * Mo ...

'' (1941) - Director *''

Come on Danger ''Come on Danger'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Edward Killy. It was a remake of a 1932 Tom Keene film. The story was bought for Holt in June 1941. Plot summary Cast * Tim Holt as Jack Mason * Frances E. Neal as Ann Jordan (as ...

'' (1941) - Director *'' Cyclone on Horseback'' (1941) - Director *''

Robbers of the Range ''Robbers of the Range'' is a 1941 American Western film directed by Edward Killy and starring Tim Holt, Virginia Vale, Ray Whitley, and Emmett Lynn Emmett Earl Lynn (February 14, 1897 – October 20, 1958) was an American actor of th ...

'' (1941) - Director *''

'' (1942) - Director *''

The Navy Comes Through ''The Navy Comes Through'' is a 1942 American World War II film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. It stars Pat O'Brien, George Murphy and Jane Wyatt. Vernon L. Walker and James G. Stewart were nominated for an Oscar for Best Special Effects. Th ...

'' (1942) - Assistant director *''

Riding the Wind ''Riding the Wind'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Edward Killy Edward Arthur Killy (January 26, 1903 – July 2, 1981) was an American director, assistant director and production manager in films and television. He was one ...

'' (1942) - Director *''

The Tuttles of Tahiti ''The Tuttles of Tahiti'' is a 1942 American adventure comedy romance film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Charles Laughton and Jon Hall. It was based on the novel ''No More Gas'' by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff. Plot When mer ...

'' (1942) - Assistant director *''

The Iron Major ''The Iron Major'' is a 1943 American biographical film about the famed college football coach and World War I hero, Frank Cavanaugh. Directed by Ray Enright, the screenplay was written by Aben Kandel and Warren Duff, based on Florence E. Cavana ...

'' (1943) - Assistant director *'' Bombardier'' (1943) - Assistant director *''

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'' (1944) - Assistant director *''

'' (1944) - Director *''

'' (1944) - Assistant director *'' Wanderer of the Wasteland'' (1945) - Director *'' West of the Pecos'' (1945) - Director *''

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'' (1947) - Production assistant *''

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'' (1947) - Production assistant *''

'' (1948) - Production manager *''

Adventure in Baltimore ''Adventure in Baltimore '' is a 1949 American drama film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Robert Young and Shirley Temple. Dinah Sheldon (Shirley Temple) is a student at an exclusive girls' school who starts campaigning for women's r ...

'' (1949) - Production manager *''

'' (1949) - Production manager *'' The Set-Up'' (1949) - Assistant director *''

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'' (1950) - Production manager *''

The Lusty Men ''The Lusty Men '' is a 1952 Western film released by Wald-Krasna Productions and RKO Radio Pictures starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, Arthur Kennedy and Arthur Hunnicutt. The picture was directed by Nicholas Ray and produced by Jerry Wal ...

'' (1952) - Assistant director *'' Androcles and the Lion'' (1953) - Production manager *'' Angel Face'' (1953) - Unit manager *'' She Couldn't Say No'' (1954) - Unit production manager *''

Dangerous Mission ''Dangerous Mission'' is a 1954 American Technicolor thriller film starring Victor Mature, Piper Laurie, Vincent Price and William Bendix. The film was produced by Irwin Allen, directed by Louis King and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It is reme ...

'' (1954) - Unit production manager *'' Susan Slept Here'' (1954) - Assistant director *''

The Girl Rush ''The Girl Rush'' is a 1955 American musical comedy film starring Rosalind Russell, filmed in Technicolor and VistaVision, and released by Paramount Pictures.

'' (1955) - Assistant director *'' The Conqueror'' (1956) - Assistant director *''

Run for the Sun ''Run for the Sun'' is a 1956 Technicolor thriller adventure film released by United Artists, the third film to officially be based on Richard Connell's classic 1924 suspense story, "The Most Dangerous Game", after both RKO's ''The Most Dangerous ...

'' (1956) - Assistant director *''

Tension at Table Rock ''Tension at Table Rock'' is a 1956 American Western (genre), Western Drama (genre), drama film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and starring Richard Egan (actor), Richard Egan and Dorothy Malone. Wes Tancred (Richard Egan (actor), Richard Eg ...

'' (1956) - Unit manager *'' Jet Pilot'' (1957) - Unit production manager *''

Gunsight Ridge ''Gunsight Ridge'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Francis D. Lyon and written by Talbot Jennings and Elisabeth Jennings. The film stars Joel McCrea, Mark Stevens, Joan Weldon, Addison Richards, Darlene Fields and Carolyn Craig. ...

'' (1957) - Assistant director *''

'' (1958) - Unit manager

References

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