Wallace Fox (March 9, 1895 – June 30, 1958) was an American

film director A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...

. He directed more than 80 films between 1927 and 1953. He was born in

Purcell, Oklahoma Purcell is a city in and the county seat of McClain County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 6,651. Founded in 1887, Purcell was a railroad town named after Edward B. Purcell, who was an official with th ...

, and died in

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Selected filmography

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Trail of Courage ''Trail of Courage'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bob Steele, Marjorie Bonner, and Thomas G. Lingham. Cast * Bob Steele as Tex Reeves * Marjorie Bonner as Ruth Tobin * Thomas G. Lingham as J ...

'' (1928) * '' The Ridin' Renegade'' (1928) * ''

The Avenging Rider ''The Avenging Rider'' is a 1943 American Western film directed by Sam Nelson and starring 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 1940 ...

'' (1928) * ''

Driftin' Sands ''Driftin' Sands'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bob Steele, Nina Quartero, and William H. Turner. Cast * Bob Steele as 'Driftin' Sands * Nina Quartero as Nita Aliso * William H. Turner as Do ...

'' (1928) * '' Partners of the Trail'' (1931) * ''

Devil on Deck ''Devil on Deck'' is a 1932 Pre-code talking film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Reed Howes and Molly O'Day. It was produced and distributed by Sono Art-World Wide Pictures, a B-movie studio that turned out occasionally some successful pict ...

'' (1932) * '' Cannonball Express'' (1932) * ''

Bowery Blitzkrieg ''Bowery Blitzkrieg'' is a 1941 film and the sixth installment of the East Side Kids series. The film "introduced" Huntz Hall in his first of the East Side Kids film series. It was released in the United Kingdom under the title ''Stand and Deliv ...

'' (1941) * ''

The Corpse Vanishes ''The Corpse Vanishes'' is a 1942 American mystery horror film starring Bela Lugosi, directed by Wallace Fox, and written by Harvey Gates. Lugosi portrays a mad scientist who injects his aging wife (played by Elizabeth Russell) with fluids fro ...

'' (1942) * ''

Let's Get Tough! ''Let's Get Tough!'' is a 1942 film and the ninth film in the East Side Kids series, starring Leo Gorcey (as Muggs), Huntz Hall (as Glimpy), Bobby Jordan (as Danny), and Robert Armstrong (as "Pops" the Cop). Released in early 1942, it was direct ...

'' (1942) * ''

Bowery at Midnight ''Bowery at Midnight'' is a 1942 American Monogram Pictures horror film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Bela Lugosi and John Archer. The film was re-released by Astor Pictures in 1949. Plot Lugosi plays a psychology professor by day who, ...

'' (1942) * '' 'Neath Brooklyn Bridge'' (1942) * ''

Bullets for Bandits ''Bullets for Bandits'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by Wallace W. Fox, starring Wild Bill Elliott, Tex Ritter, and Frank Mitchell. Plot Queen Katey is the owner of a large ranch. There is the beginning of a movement among the ...

'' (1942) * ''

The Girl from Monterrey ''The Girl from Monterrey'' is a 1943 American film directed by Wallace Fox starring Armida Vendrell as PRCs version of the Mexican Spitfire. The film is also known as ''The Girl from Monterey'' (American alternative spelling). Plot summary In ...

'' (1943) * ''

The Great Mike ''The Great Mike'' is a 1944 American film directed by Wallace Fox. The film is also known as ''Great Mike Wins'' (American TV title). Plot summary Young Jimmy Dolan, who sounds like he's about to burst into tears any minute throughout the film ...

'' (1944) * '' Brenda Starr, Reporter'' (1945) * ''

Docks of New York : ''See The Docks of New York for the 1928 George Bancroft film directed by Josef von Sternberg.'' ''Docks of New York'' is a 1945 film directed by Wallace Fox and starring the East Side Kids. Plot Late one night on New York's poor East Side, a ...

'' (1945) * ''

Pillow of Death ''Pillow of Death'' is a 1945 film noir mystery horror film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Lon Chaney, Jr. and Brenda Joyce. The last of the Inner Sanctum mystery films, it is based on a story by Dwight V. Babcock. The "Inner Sanctum" f ...

'' (1945) * ''

The Vigilante ''The Vigilante'' is a 1947 American Western film serial directed by Wallace Fox. The 33rd serial released by Columbia Pictures, it was based on the comic book cowboy Vigilante, who first appeared in ''Action Comics'', published by DC Comics. ...

'' (1947) * ''

The Gay Amigo '' The Gay Amigo '' is a 1949 American Western film starring Duncan Renaldo in the lead role of The Cisco Kid. This film was one entry in a series of Cisco Kid B Westerns produced by Philip N. Krasne. Ziv Television Programs later advanced m ...

'' (1949) * ''

West of Wyoming ''West of Wyoming'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Gail Davis and Myron Healey.Stephens p.526 Plot Cast * Johnny Mack Brown as Johnny Mack Brown * Gail Davis as Jennifer Draper * Myro ...

'' (1950) * ''

Gunslingers Gunfighters, also called gunslingers (), or in the 19th and early 20th centuries gunmen, were individuals in the American Old West who gained a reputation of being dangerous with a gun and participated in gunfights and shootouts. Today, the t ...

'' (1950) * ''

Blazing Bullets ''Blazing Bullets'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Wallace Fox and starring Johnny Mack Brown, Lois Hall and Stanley Price.Magers & Fitzgerald p.108 Plot Cast * Johnny Mack Brown as Marshal Johnny Mack Brown * Lois Hall as Carol ...

'' (1951)

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* * 1895 births 1958 deaths People from Purcell, Oklahoma Film directors from Oklahoma {{US-film-director-1890s-stub