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American film director (1890–1969)

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Howard Bretherton Born (1890-02-13)February 13, 1890 Tacoma, Washington, U.S. Died April 12, 1969(1969-04-12) (aged 79) San Diego, California, U.S. Occupations Film director, editor Children David Bretherton

**Howard Bretherton** (13 February 1890 – 12 April 1969) was an American film director and editor.

## Career

He began his career as a propman and then became a film editor during the early 1920s for [MGM](/source/MGM). He directed his first film, *[While London Sleeps](/source/While_London_Sleeps)*, in 1926, and thereafter spent more than three decades working mostly as a film director. Of the roughly 100 pictures he directed, most of them were westerns and action/adventure films. The final film he directed was *[Night Raiders](/source/Night_Raiders_(1952_film))* in 1952.[1] Afterwards, he occasionally worked as a director in television through 1958.

## Filmography

### As director

- *[While London Sleeps](/source/While_London_Sleeps)* (1926)

- *[Hills of Kentucky](/source/Hills_of_Kentucky)* (1927)

- *[The Black Diamond Express](/source/The_Black_Diamond_Express)* (1927)

- *[The Bush Leaguer](/source/The_Bush_Leaguer)* (1927)

- *[One-Round Hogan](/source/One-Round_Hogan)* (1927)

- *[The Silver Slave](/source/The_Silver_Slave)* (1927)

- *[Across the Atlantic](/source/Across_the_Atlantic)* (1928)

- *[Turn Back the Hours](/source/Turn_Back_the_Hours)* (1928)

- *[The Chorus Kid](/source/The_Chorus_Kid)* (1928)

- *[Caught in the Fog](/source/Caught_in_the_Fog)* (1928)

- *[The Greyhound Limited](/source/The_Greyhound_Limited)* (1929)

- *[The Redeeming Sin](/source/The_Redeeming_Sin_(1929_film))* (1929)

- *[From Headquarters](/source/From_Headquarters_(1929_film))* (1929)

- *[The Time, the Place and the Girl](/source/The_Time%2C_the_Place_and_the_Girl_(1929_film))* (1929)

- *[The Argyle Case](/source/The_Argyle_Case_(1929_film))* (1929)

- *[Second Choice](/source/Second_Choice)* (1930)

- *[Isle of Escape](/source/Isle_of_Escape)* (1930)

- *[The Match King](/source/The_Match_King)* (1932)

- *[Ladies They Talk About](/source/Ladies_They_Talk_About)* (1933)

- *[Return of the Terror](/source/Return_of_the_Terror)* (1934)

- *[The Singer of Naples](/source/The_Singer_of_Naples)* (1935)

- *[Dinky](/source/Dinky_(film))* (1935)

- *[Hop-Along Cassidy](/source/Hop-Along_Cassidy)* (1935)

- *[The Eagle's Brood](/source/The_Eagle's_Brood)* (1935)

- *[Bar 20 Rides Again](/source/Bar_20_Rides_Again)* (1935)

- *[The Leathernecks Have Landed](/source/The_Leathernecks_Have_Landed)* (1936)

- *[Heart of the West](/source/Heart_of_the_West_(film))* (1936)

- *[Call of the Prairie](/source/Call_of_the_Prairie)* (1936)

- *[Three on the Trail](/source/Three_on_the_Trail_(film))* (1936)

- *[The Girl from Mandalay](/source/The_Girl_from_Mandalay)* (1936)

- *[King of the Royal Mounted](/source/King_of_the_Royal_Mounted_(film))* (1936)

- *[Wild Brian Kent](/source/Wild_Brian_Kent)* (1936)

- *[Secret Valley](/source/Secret_Valley_(film))* (1937)

- *[It Happened Out West](/source/It_Happened_Out_West)* (1937)

- *[Western Gold](/source/Western_Gold)* (1937)

- *[County Fair](/source/County_Fair_(1937_film))* (1937)

- *[Wanted by the Police](/source/Wanted_by_the_Police)* (1938)

- *[Tough Kid](/source/Tough_Kid)* (1938)

- *[Navy Secrets](/source/Navy_Secrets)* (1939)

- *[Star Reporter](/source/Star_Reporter)* (1939)

- *[Undercover Agent](/source/Undercover_Agent)* (1939)

- *[Boys' Reformatory](/source/Boys'_Reformatory)* (1939)

- *[Irish Luck](/source/Irish_Luck_(1939_film))* (1939)

- *[Sky Patrol](/source/Sky_Patrol)* (1939)

- *[Danger Flight](/source/Danger_Flight)* (1939)

- *[Hidden Enemy](/source/Hidden_Enemy)* (1940)

- *[Chasing Trouble](/source/Chasing_Trouble)* (1940)

- *[The Showdown](/source/The_Showdown_(1940_film))* (1940)

- *[Midnight Limited](/source/Midnight_Limited)* (1940)

- *[On the Spot](/source/On_the_Spot_(film))* (1940)

- *[Laughing at Danger](/source/Laughing_at_Danger_(1940_film))* (1940)

- *[Up in the Air](/source/Up_in_the_Air_(1940_film))* (1940)

- *[You're Out of Luck](/source/You're_Out_of_Luck)* (1941)

- *[In Old Colorado](/source/In_Old_Colorado)* (1941)

- *[Sign of the Wolf](/source/Sign_of_the_Wolf)* (1941)

- *[Twilight on the Trail](/source/Twilight_on_the_Trail)* (1941)

- *[Outlaws of the Desert](/source/Outlaws_of_the_Desert)* (1941)

- *[Riders of the Badlands](/source/Riders_of_the_Badlands)* (1941)

- *[West of Tombstone](/source/West_of_Tombstone)* (1942)

- *[Below the Border](/source/Below_the_Border)* (1942)

- *[Ghost Town Law](/source/Ghost_Town_Law)* (1942)

- *[Down Texas Way](/source/Down_Texas_Way)* (1942)

- *[Riders of the West](/source/Riders_of_the_West)* (1942)

- *[West of the Law](/source/West_of_the_Law)* (1942)

- *[Pirates of the Prairie](/source/Pirates_of_the_Prairie)* (1942)

- *[Rhythm Parade](/source/Rhythm_Parade)* (1942)

- *[Dawn on the Great Divide](/source/Dawn_on_the_Great_Divide)* (1942)

- *[Carson City Cyclone](/source/Carson_City_Cyclone)* (1943)

- *[Santa Fe Scouts](/source/Santa_Fe_Scouts)* (1943)

- *[Riders of the Rio Grande](/source/Riders_of_the_Rio_Grande)* (1943)

- *[Bordertown Gun Fighters](/source/Bordertown_Gun_Fighters)* (1943)

- *[Fugitive from Sonora](/source/Fugitive_from_Sonora)* (1943)

- *[Wagon Tracks West](/source/Wagon_Tracks_West)* (1943)

- *[Beyond the Last Frontier](/source/Beyond_the_Last_Frontier)* (1943)

- *[The Man from the Rio Grande](/source/The_Man_from_the_Rio_Grande_(1943_film))* (1943)

- *[Whispering Footsteps](/source/Whispering_Footsteps)* (1943)

- *[Hidden Valley Outlaws](/source/Hidden_Valley_Outlaws)* (1944)

- *[Outlaws of Santa Fe](/source/Outlaws_of_Santa_Fe)* (1944)

- *[The Girl Who Dared](/source/The_Girl_Who_Dared)* (1944)

- *[The San Antonio Kid](/source/The_San_Antonio_Kid)* (1944)

- *[Law of the Valley](/source/Law_of_the_Valley)* (1944)

- *[The Navajo Trail](/source/The_Navajo_Trail)* (1945)

- *[The Big Show-Off](/source/The_Big_Show-Off)* (1945)

- *[The Topeka Terror](/source/The_Topeka_Terror)* (1945)

- *[Gun Smoke](/source/Gun_Smoke_(1945_film))* (1945)

- *[The Monster and the Ape](/source/The_Monster_and_the_Ape)* (1945)

- *[Renegades of the Rio Grande](/source/Renegades_of_the_Rio_Grande)* (1945)

- *[Who's Guilty?](/source/Who's_Guilty%3F)* (1945)

- *[The Trap](/source/The_Trap_(1946_film))* (1946)

- *[Ridin' Down the Trail](/source/Ridin'_Down_the_Trail)* (1947)

- *[Trail of the Mounties](/source/Trail_of_the_Mounties)* (1947)

- *[The Prince of Thieves](/source/The_Prince_of_Thieves)* (1948)

- *[Triggerman](/source/Triggerman_(film))* (1948)

- *[The Story of Birth](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Story_of_Birth&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1948)

- *[Because of Eve](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Because_of_Eve&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1948)

- *[Night Raiders](/source/Night_Raiders_(1952_film))* (1952)

#### Short films

- *[More Sinned Against Than Usual](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=More_Sinned_Against_Than_Usual&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1930)

- *[A Matter of Ethics](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=A_Matter_of_Ethics&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1930)

- *[Model Women](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Model_Women&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1930)

- *[In Again, Out Again](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=In_Again,_Out_Again_(1930_film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1930)

- *[It's All Over](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=It%27s_All_Over_(film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1930)

- *[Pulling a Bone](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pulling_a_Bone&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[Laugh It Off](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laugh_It_Off_(1931_film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[The Headache](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Headache&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[All for the Band](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=All_for_the_Band&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[Once Over, Light](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Once_Over,_Light&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[Thou Shalt Not](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thou_Shalt_Not_(1931_film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[The S.S. Malaria](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_S.S._Malaria&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[Via Express](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Via_Express&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[Cheaper to Rent](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cheaper_to_Rent&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[Easy to Get](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Easy_to_Get_(1931_film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1931)

- *[Stop That Run](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stop_That_Run&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1932)

- *[Good Badminton](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Good_Badminton&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1934)

- *[Here Comes the Circus](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Here_Comes_the_Circus&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1946)

- *[Where the North Begins](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Where_the_North_Begins_(1947_film)&action=edit&redlink=1)* (1947)

### As editor

- *[One Week of Love](/source/One_Week_of_Love)* (1922)

- *[Children of Dust](/source/Children_of_Dust)* (1923)

- *[Beau Brummel](/source/Beau_Brummel_(1924_film))* (1924)

- *[A Self-Made Failure](/source/A_Self-Made_Failure)* (1924)

- *[A Successful Calamity](/source/A_Successful_Calamity)* (1932)

- *[Heroes for Sale](/source/Heroes_for_Sale_(film))* (1933)

- *[Baby Face](/source/Baby_Face_(film))* (1933)

- *[The House on 56th Street](/source/The_House_on_56th_Street)* (1933)

- *[Heat Lightning](/source/Heat_Lightning_(film))* (1934)

- *[Smarty](/source/Smarty_(film))* (1934) (uncredited)

### As associate producer

- *[Identity Unknown](/source/Identity_Unknown_(1945_film))* (1945)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Howard Bretherton"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110928160211/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/21959%7C71190/Howard-Bretherton/). *Turner Classic Movies*. Archived from [the original](https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/21959%7C71190/Howard-Bretherton) on September 28, 2011. Retrieved 2023-06-13.

## Further reading

- Price, Michael H. (2003). [*Forgotten Horrors 3: Dr. Turner's House of Horrors*](https://books.google.com/books?id=cX5SDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT181). Midnight Marquee & BearManor Media. p. 181. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781887664370](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781887664370). [OCLC](/source/OCLC_(identifier)) [53481193](https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/53481193). Howard Bretherton was a silent-era veteran who became the favorite editor of directors including William Wellman, ... They collaborated on *Heroes for Sale* (1933).

## External links

- [Works by or about Howard Bretherton](https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%28subject%3A%22Bretherton%2C%20Howard%22%20OR%20subject%3A%22Howard%20Bretherton%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Bretherton%2C%20Howard%22%20OR%20creator%3A%22Howard%20Bretherton%22%20OR%20title%3A%22Howard%20Bretherton%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Bretherton%2C%20Howard%22%20OR%20description%3A%22Howard%20Bretherton%22%29%20OR%20%28%221890-1969%22%20AND%20Bretherton%29%29%20AND%20%28-mediatype:software%29) at the [Internet Archive](/source/Internet_Archive)

- [Howard Bretherton](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0107854/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

v t e Films directed by Howard Bretherton While London Sleeps (1926) Hills of Kentucky (1927) The Black Diamond Express (1927) The Bush Leaguer (1927) One-Round Hogan (1927) The Silver Slave (1927) Across the Atlantic (1928) Turn Back the Hours (1928) The Chorus Kid (1928) Caught in the Fog (1928) The Greyhound Limited (1929) The Redeeming Sin (1929) From Headquarters (1929) The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929) The Argyle Case (1929) Second Choice (1930) Isle of Escape (1930) The Match King (1932) Ladies They Talk About (1933) Return of the Terror (1934) The Singer of Naples (1935) Dinky (1935) Hop-Along Cassidy (1935) The Eagle's Brood (1935) Bar 20 Rides Again (1935) The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936) Heart of the West (1936) Call of the Prairie (1936) Three on the Trail (1936) The Girl from Mandalay (1936) King of the Royal Mounted (1936) Wild Brian Kent (1936) Secret Valley (1937) It Happened Out West (1937) Western Gold (1937) County Fair (1937) Wanted by the Police (1938) Tough Kid (1938) Navy Secrets (1939) Star Reporter (1939) Undercover Agent (1939) Boys' Reformatory (1939) Irish Luck (1939) Sky Patrol (1939) Danger Flight (1939) Hidden Enemy (1940) Chasing Trouble (1940) The Showdown (1940) Midnight Limited (1940) On the Spot (1940) Laughing at Danger (1940) Up in the Air (1940) You're Out of Luck (1941) In Old Colorado (1941) Sign of the Wolf (1941) Twilight on the Trail (1941) Outlaws of the Desert (1941) Riders of the Badlands (1941) West of Tombstone (1942) Below the Border (1942) Ghost Town Law (1942) Down Texas Way (1942) Riders of the West (1942) West of the Law (1942) Pirates of the Prairie (1942) Rhythm Parade (1942) Dawn on the Great Divide (1942) Carson City Cyclone (1943) Santa Fe Scouts (1943) Riders of the Rio Grande (1943) Bordertown Gun Fighters (1943) Fugitive from Sonora (1943) Wagon Tracks West (1943) Beyond the Last Frontier (1943) The Man from the Rio Grande (1943) Whispering Footsteps (1943) Hidden Valley Outlaws (1944) Outlaws of Santa Fe (1944) The Girl Who Dared (1944) The San Antonio Kid (1944) Law of the Valley (1944) The Navajo Trail (1945) The Big Show-Off (1945) The Topeka Terror (1945) Gun Smoke (1945) The Monster and the Ape (1945) Renegades of the Rio Grande (1945) Who's Guilty? (1945) The Trap (1946) Ridin' Down the Trail (1947) Trail of the Mounties (1947) The Prince of Thieves (1948) Triggerman (1948) The Story of Birth (1948) Because of Eve (1948) Night Raiders (1952)

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