Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. He is best known as a director of
Westerns
The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...
, especially starring
Randolph Scott and
John Wayne. He directed
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, ...
in seven films.
Background
Born Henri Léopold de Fiennes Hathaway in
Sacramento, California
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[
*a "Born March 13, 1898 in Sacramento, California."] he was the son of an American actor and stage manager, Rhody Hathaway (1868–1944), and a
Hungarian-born
Belgian
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* Something of, or related to, Belgium
* Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent
* Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German
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aristocrat, the Marquise Lillie de Fiennes (
Budapest
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, 1876–1938), who acted under the name Jean Hathaway.
This branch of the De Fiennes family came to America in the 19th century on behalf of
King Leopold I of Belgium
* nl, Leopold Joris Christiaan Frederik
* en, Leopold George Christian Frederick
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and was part of the negotiations with the Belgian Prime Minister,
Charles Rogier
Charles Latour Rogier (; 17 August 1800 – 27 May 1885) was a Belgian liberal statesman and a leader in the Belgian Revolution of 1830. He served as the prime minister of Belgium on two occasions: from 1847 to 1852, and again from 1857 to ...
(1800–1885), to secure the 1862 treaty between Belgium and what was then known as the
Sandwich Islands
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and is now called
Hawaii
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.
The title Marquis, commissioned by the King of the Belgians, comes from his grandfather, Marquis Henri Léopold de Fiennes, who settled in
San Francisco
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after failing to acquire the
Sandwich Islands
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for his King.
Hathaway served in the United States Army during World War I.
Early career
In 1925, Hathaway began working in
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
s as an assistant to directors such as
Victor Fleming and
Josef von Sternberg and made the transition to sound with them. He was the assistant director to
Fred Niblo
Fred Niblo (born Frederick Liedtke; January 6, 1874 – November 11, 1948) was an American pioneer film actor, director and producer.
Biography
He was born Frederick Liedtke (several sources give "Frederico Nobile", apparently erroneously) in Yo ...
in the 1925 version of ''
Ben-Hur'' starring
Francis X. Bushman and
Ramon Novarro
José Ramón Gil Samaniego (February 6, 1899 – October 30, 1968), known professionally as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican-American actor. He began his career in silent films in 1917 and eventually became a leading man and one of the top box ...
. During the remainder of the 1920s, Hathaway continued as an assistant, helping direct actors such as Gary Cooper,
Marlene Dietrich
Marie Magdalene "Marlene" DietrichBorn as Maria Magdalena, not Marie Magdalene, according to Dietrich's biography by her daughter, Maria Riva ; however Dietrich's biography by Charlotte Chandler cites "Marie Magdalene" as her birth name . (, ; ...
,
Adolphe Menjou
Adolphe Jean Menjou (February 18, 1890 – October 29, 1963) was an American actor. His career spanned both silent films and talkies. He appeared in such films as Charlie Chaplin's ''A Woman of Paris'', where he played the lead role; Stanley K ...
,
Fay Wray
Vina Fay Wray (September 15, 1907 – August 8, 2004) was a Canadian/American actress best known for starring as Ann Darrow in the 1933 film ''King Kong''. Through an acting career that spanned nearly six decades, Wray attained international r ...
,
,
Clara Bow
Clara Gordon Bow (; July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent film era of the 1920s and successfully made the transition to "talkies" in 1929. Her appearance as a plucky shopgirl in the ...
, and
Noah Beery
Noah Nicholas Beery (January 17, 1882 – April 1, 1946) was an American actor who appeared in films from 1913 until his death in 1946. He was the older brother of Academy Award-winning actor Wallace Beery as well as the father of prominen ...
.
First films as director
Randolph Scott Westerns
Henry Hathaway made his directorial debut with a
Western film
The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...
production at Paramount, ''
Heritage of the Desert'' (1932). Based on a
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 frontie ...
novel, Hathaway gave Randolph Scott his first starring role in the film leading to his lengthy career in cowboy roles.
It began a series of Hathaway-directed Scott Westerns from Grey novels, ''
Wild Horse Mesa'' (1932), ''
The Thundering Herd'' (1933), ''
Sunset Pass'' (1933), ''
To the Last Man'' (1933), ''
Man of the Forest'' (1933) and ''
The Last Round-Up'' (1934).
Hathaway directed an action film set in the Philippines, ''
Come On Marines!
''Come On Marines!'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Richard Arlen and Ida Lupino.Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen (born Sylvanus Richard Mattimore, September 1, 1899 – March 28, 1976) was an American actor of film and television.
Biography
Born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Arlen attended the University of Pennsylvania. He served in Canada as a ...
and
Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in ''Births Mar 1918'' Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was an English-American actress, singer, director, writer, and producer. T ...
, followed by a drama ''
The Witching Hour'' (1934), and an early
Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple;While Temple occasionally used "Jane" as a middle name, her birth certificate reads "Shirley Temple". Her birth certificate was altered to prolong her babyhood shortly after she signed with Fox in ...
film, ''
Now and Forever'' (1934). The latter also starred
Carole Lombard and
Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper (born Frank James Cooper; May 7, 1901May 13, 1961) was an American actor known for his strong, quiet screen persona and understated acting style. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor twice and had a further three nominations, ...
''Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' (1935) and Action Films
Hathaway's next film was with Cooper, ''
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' (1935). Hathaway spent some time in India supervising filming of scenes. The movie was a hit and received seven
Academy Award
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nominations, including
Best Picture
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Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
and for which Hathaway won his only nomination for the
Academy Award for Directing
The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibit ...
.
Hathaway was now established as one of the main directors on the Paramount lot. He made another with Cooper, ''
Peter Ibbetson
''Peter Ibbetson'' is a 1935 American black-and-white drama/ fantasy film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and Ann Harding. The film is loosely based on the 1891 novel of the same name by George du Maurier. A tale of a love th ...
'' (1935). This was followed by ''
The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' (1936), his first color movie. He also worked on the troubled ''
I Loved a Soldier'' (1936) which was never finished, and did a
Mae West
Mae West (born Mary Jane West; August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven decades. She was known for her breezy ...
movie, ''
Go West, Young Man Go west, young man may refer to:
* "Go West, young man", a quote often attributed to American author Horace Greeley concerning America's expansion westward
Film and television
* ''Go West, Young Man'' (1918 film), an American comedy western film ...
'' (1936).
Hathaway was back with Cooper for the anti-slaving adventure story, ''
Souls at Sea
''Souls at Sea'' is a 1937 American adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Gary Cooper and George Raft. Based on a story by Ted Lesser, the film is about a first mate on a slave ship who frees the slaves on the ship after a mutiny ...
'' (1937), co-starring
George Raft. With Raft and Henry Fonda he made ''
Spawn of the North
''Spawn of the North'' is a 1938 American adventure film about rival fishermen in Alaska starring George Raft and featuring Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff and John Barrymore. The picture was directed by Henry Hathaway and was an ...
'' (1938).
''
The Real Glory'' (1939), with Cooper, was a reprise of ''Bengal Lancers'' set in the Philippines.
20th Century Fox
Hathaway worked for 20th Century Fox directing the studio's biggest male star,
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Edmund Power III (May 5, 1914 – November 15, 1958) was an American actor. From the 1930s to the 1950s, Power appeared in dozens of films, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads. His better-known films include ''Jesse James'', ' ...
, in ''
Johnny Apollo'' (1940) and ''
Brigham Young
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'' (1940).
He returned to Paramount to direct
John Wayne in ''
The Shepherd of the Hills'' (1941). For
Walter Wanger
Walter Wanger (born Walter Feuchtwanger; July 11, 1894 – November 18, 1968) was an American film producer active from the 1910s, his career concluding with the turbulent production of '' Cleopatra,'' his last film, in 1963. He began at Para ...
, he made another Imperial action film, ''
Sundown'' (1941).
Back at Fox he made ''
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
''Ten Gentlemen from West Point'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring George Montgomery, Maureen O'Hara and John Sutton. Its cinematography was nominated for an Academy Award in 1943. George Montgomery replac ...
'' (1942), ''
China Girl China Girl may refer to:
Music
*China Girl (song), "China Girl" (song), a 1977 song by David Bowie and Iggy Pop, rerecorded and released as a single by Bowie in 1983
*"China Girl", a song by John Cougar, released in 1982 on the album ''American Foo ...
'' (1942), ''
Wing and a Prayer
''Wing and a Prayer, The Story of Carrier X'' (also known as ''Queen of the Flat Tops '' and ''Torpedo Squadron Eight'') is a black-and-white 1944 war film about the heroic crew of an American aircraft carrier in the desperate early days of Wor ...
'' (1944), ''
Home in Indiana'' (1944) and ''
Nob Hill
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'' (1945).
During the 1940s, Hathaway began making films in the
semidocumentary
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Characteristics
Stylistically, it ...
genre, often using the
film noir style. These included ''
The House on 92nd Street
''The House on 92nd Street'' is a 1945 black-and-white American spy film directed by Henry Hathaway. The movie, shot mostly in New York City, was released shortly after the end of World War II. ''The House on 92nd Street'' was made with the full c ...
'' (1945), for which he was nominated for a Best Director award by the
New York Film Critics Circle
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, ''
The Dark Corner
''The Dark Corner'' is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball, Clifton Webb, William Bendix and Mark Stevens.. The film was not a commercial success but has since been described as a "Grade A exampl ...
'' (1946), ''
13 Rue Madeleine'' (1947), ''
Kiss of Death'' (1947) and ''
Call Northside 777
''Call Northside 777'' is a 1948 reality-based newspaper drama directed by Henry Hathaway. The film parallels the true story of a Chicago reporter who proved that a man jailed for murder was wrongly convicted 11 years before. James Stewart stars ...
'' (1948), in which Hathaway presented one of the first on-screen uses of a
Fax machine
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.
Hathaway returned to adventure films with ''
Down to the Sea in Ships'' (1949). He was reunited with Power for ''
The Black Rose
''The Black Rose'' is a 1950 American-British adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Tyrone Power and Orson Welles.
Talbot Jennings' screenplay was loosely based on a 1945 novel of the same name by Canadian author Thomas B. C ...
'' (1950).
''
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel'' (1951) was a biopic of
General Rommel
Johannes Erwin Eugen Rommel () (15 November 1891 – 14 October 1944) was a German field marshal during World War II. Popularly known as the Desert Fox (, ), he served in the ''Wehrmacht'' (armed forces) of Nazi Germany, as well as servi ...
. It was followed by ''
Fourteen Hours
''Fourteen Hours'' is a 1951 American drama directed by Henry Hathaway, which tells the story of a New York City police officer trying to stop a despondent man from jumping to his death from the 15th floor of a hotel.
The film won critical accla ...
'' (1951), a noir about a man going to commit suicide, ''
You're in the Navy Now
''You're in the Navy Now'' is a 1951 American war drama film about the United States Navy in the first months of World War II. The film was directed by Henry Hathaway and stars Gary Cooper as a new officer wanting duty at sea but who is instead a ...
'' (1951), a military comedy with Cooper, and two with Power: ''
Rawhide'' (1951), a Western, and ''
Diplomatic Courier'' (1952).
Hathaway directed the film noir ''
Niagara'' (1953) which was
Marilyn Monroe
Marilyn Monroe (; born Norma Jeane Mortenson; 1 June 1926 4 August 1962) was an American actress. Famous for playing comedic " blonde bombshell" characters, she became one of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and early 1960s, as wel ...
's breakthrough role and ''
White Witch Doctor
''White Witch Doctor'' is a 1953 Technicolor adventure film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Susan Hayward, Robert Mitchum, and Walter Slezak. Made by 20th Century Fox, it was produced by Otto Lang (film producer), Otto Lang from a screenp ...
'' (1953) with
Susan Hayward and
Robert Mitchum
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. He was reunited with Cooper on ''
Garden of Evil
''Garden of Evil'' is a 1954 American CinemaScope Western film directed by Henry Hathaway, about three somewhat disreputable 19th-century soldiers of fortune, played by Gary Cooper as an ex-lawman, Richard Widmark as a gambler, and Cameron M ...
'' (1954), a Western, then did the swashbuckler ''
Prince Valiant
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'' (1954).
After ''
The Racers
''The Racers'' is a 1955 film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Kirk Douglas and Bella Darvi. The film is based on the book by Hans Ruesch entitled ''The Racer'', based on the life of Rudolf Caracciola.Automobile Quarterly 2005 "In 1953, 2 ...
'' (1955), with Zanuck's mistress
Bella Darvi, Hathaway left Fox.
Post-Fox career
He made two thrillers with
Van Johnson
Charles Van Dell Johnson (August 25, 1916 – December 12, 2008) was an American film, television, theatre and radio actor. He was a major star at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer during and after World War II.
Johnson was described as the embodiment o ...
: ''
The Bottom of the Bottle
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'' (1956) and ''
23 Paces to Baker Street'' (1956).
John Wayne hired him to make ''
Legend of the Lost
''Legend of the Lost'' is a 1957 Italian-American adventure film produced and directed by Henry Hathaway, shot in Technirama and Technicolor by Jack Cardiff, and starring John Wayne, Sophia Loren, and Rossano Brazzi. The location shooting fo ...
'' (1957) for Wayne's company. Back at Fox he made the Western, ''
From Hell to Texas
''From Hell to Texas'' is a 1958 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Don Murray and Diane Varsi.
Plot
Ruthless cattle baron Hunter Boyd orders his riders to capture a former ranch-hand, Tod Lohman, suspected of murder ...
'' (1958). During the movie,
Dennis Hopper attempted to assert himself artistically on the set. Perhaps influenced by his recent experience with fellow actor
James Dean
James Byron Dean (February 8, 1931September 30, 1955) was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, ''Rebel Without a Cause' ...
's rebellious attitude on the sets of ''
Rebel Without a Cause
''Rebel Without a Cause'' is a 1955 American coming-of-age drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers. Filmed in the then recently introduced CinemaScope format and directed by Nicholas Ray, it offered both social com ...
'' (1955) and ''
Giant
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'' (1956), Hopper forced Hathaway to shoot more than 80 takes of a scene before he acquiesced to Hathaway's demands. After the shoot, Hathaway reportedly told the young actor that his career in Hollywood was over. Hopper later admitted he was wrong to have disrespected Hathaway as a youth and called him "the finest director I have ever worked with", working again with Hathaway on ''
The Sons of Katie Elder
''The Sons of Katie Elder'' is a 1965 American Western film in Panavision, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. It was filmed principally in Mexico.
Plot
The four adult sons of Katie Elder – John, who is a fa ...
'' (1965) and ''
True Grit
True Grit may refer to:
Fiction
* ''True Grit'' (novel), a 1968 novel by Charles Portis
** ''True Grit'' (1969 film), a film adaptation by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne
** ''True Grit'' (2010 film), a film adaptation by the Coen Brothers, ...
'' (1969).
Hathaway then made a melodrama ''
Woman Obsessed
''Woman Obsessed'' is a 1959 romantic drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Susan Hayward, Stephen Boyd, Barbara Nichols, Dennis Holmes, Theodore Bikel, Ken Scott, James Philbrook, and Florence MacMichael. The screenplay concerns th ...
'' (1959) and thriller ''
Seven Thieves
''Seven Thieves'' is a 1960 American film noir heist crime drama film shot in CinemaScope. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins and Eli Wallach.
Directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Sydney Boehm, it was adapted for th ...
'' (1960). He was reunited with Wayne on the comedy-action "northern", ''
North to Alaska
''North to Alaska'' is a 1960 comedic Western/Northern film directed by Henry Hathaway and John Wayne (uncredited). The picture stars Wayne along with Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, and Capucine. The script is based on the 1939 play ' ...
'' (1960).
Later career
Hathaway was one of three directors on the
Cinerama
Cinerama is a widescreen process that originally projected images simultaneously from three synchronized 35mm projectors onto a huge, deeply curved screen, subtending 146° of arc. The trademarked process was marketed by the Cinerama corporati ...
Western, ''
How the West Was Won'' (1962), directing the bulk of the film, including the river, prairie, and train robbery sequences. He visited Spain to work with Wayne again on ''
Circus World'' (1964). Wayne asked Hathaway to cast
John Smith in the role of Steve McCabe in the film; Smith from 1959 to 1963 had played the part of rancher Slim Sherman on
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters are l ...
's ''
Laramie'' series. According to Smith's Internet biography, Hathaway developed an intense dislike for Smith and stopped him from landing choice roles thereafter in Hollywood.
''Circus World'' was a box-office disappointment but Wayne and Hathaway's next movie together, ''
The Sons of Katie Elder
''The Sons of Katie Elder'' is a 1965 American Western film in Panavision, directed by Henry Hathaway and starring John Wayne and Dean Martin. It was filmed principally in Mexico.
Plot
The four adult sons of Katie Elder – John, who is a fa ...
'' (1965), was a hit. So too was ''
Nevada Smith
''Nevada Smith'' is a 1966 American Western film directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith, Arthur Kennedy and Suzanne Pleshette. The film was made by Embassy Pictures and Solar Productions, in association ...
'' (1966), a Western starring
Steve McQueen that was extrapolated from a brief section of
Harold Robbins
Harold Robbins (May 21, 1916 – October 14, 1997) was an American author of popular novels. One of the best-selling writers of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages.
Early life
Robbins was b ...
' novel ''
The Carpetbaggers
''The Carpetbaggers'' is a 1961 bestselling novel by Harold Robbins, which was adapted into a 1964 film of the same title. The prequel '' Nevada Smith'' (1966) was also based on a character in the novel.
In the United States, the term "car ...
''.
He visited Africa to make ''
The Last Safari'' (1967), then did the Western ''
5 Card Stud'' (1968) with
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". M ...
and Robert Mitchum. It was a mild success but ''
True Grit
True Grit may refer to:
Fiction
* ''True Grit'' (novel), a 1968 novel by Charles Portis
** ''True Grit'' (1969 film), a film adaptation by Henry Hathaway, starring John Wayne
** ''True Grit'' (2010 film), a film adaptation by the Coen Brothers, ...
'' (1969), produced by
Hal B. Wallis
Harold Brent Wallis (born Aaron Blum Wolowicz; October 19, 1898 – October 5, 1986) was an American film producer. He is best known for producing '' Casablanca'' (1942), '' The Adventures of Robin Hood'' (1938), and ''True Grit'' (1969), along ...
, was a success at the box-office, and won John Wayne a Best Actor Oscar.
He may have stepped in for
George Seaton
George Seaton (April 17, 1911 – July 28, 1979) was an American screenwriter, playwright, film director and producer, and theatre director.
Life and career Early life
Seaton was born George Edward Stenius in South Bend, Indiana, of Swedish des ...
in directing some winter outdoor scenes for the all-star ''
Airport
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'' (1970), which stars
Burt Lancaster
Burton Stephen Lancaster (November 2, 1913 – October 20, 1994) was an American actor and producer. Initially known for playing tough guys with a tender heart, he went on to achieve success with more complex and challenging roles over a 45-yea ...
and
Dean Martin
Dean Martin (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, actor and comedian. One of the most popular and enduring American entertainers of the mid-20th century, Martin was nicknamed "The King of Cool". M ...
.
He made a war movie with Richard Burton, ''
Raid on Rommel
''Raid on Rommel'' is an American B movie in Technicolor from 1971, directed by Henry Hathaway and set in North Africa during the Second World War. It stars Richard Burton as a British commando attempting to destroy German gun emplacements in Tob ...
'' (1971), then made another Western for Wallis, ''
Shoot Out
A shootout, also called a firefight or gunfight, is a fight between armed combatants using firearms. The term can be used to describe any such fight, though it is typically used to describe those that do not involve military forces or only invo ...
'' (1971). Hathaway's 65th and final film was ''
Hangup
''Hangup'', also called '' Hang Up'' and later released under the name ''Super Dude'', is a 1974 film directed by Henry Hathaway. It stars William Elliott and Marki Bey. This was the last film directed by Hathaway.
The film falls in the blaxplo ...
'' (1974), a blaxploitation movie.
Death
Hathaway died from a
heart attack
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in 1985 in Hollywood and is interred at
Holy Cross Cemetery in
Culver City, California. His body of work earned him a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame
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at 1638 Vine Street.
Filmography
References
External links
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1898 births
1985 deaths
American people of Belgian descent
American Roman Catholics
Burials at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City
Businesspeople from Sacramento, California
Western (genre) film directors
Film directors from California
20th-century American businesspeople