Lew Landers

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Lew Landers January 2 1901 December 16 1962 was a prolific American film and television director Born Louis Friedlander in New York City Lew Landers began his movie career as an actor In 1914 he appeared in two features D W Griffiths drama The Escape and the comedy short Admission Two Pins opposite Glen White under his birth name He began making films in the 1930s one of his first being the Boris Karloff Bela Lugosi thriller The Raven 1935 After directing a few more features he changed his name to Lew Landers and went on to direct more than 100 films in a variety of genres including westerns comedy and horror films He worked for every major film studioand many minor onesduring his career In the 1950s he began to alternate his film work with directing television series including two episodes of Adventures of Superman that were shot in black and white in under a week On December 16 1962 Landers died of a heart attack His grave is located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory Description above from the Wikipedia article Lew Landers licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia