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William Francis Claxton (October 22, 1914 – February 11, 1996) was an American film and television producer, editor and director. He made a number of films for Robert L. Lippert.
William F. Claxton was born on 22 October 1914 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Half Past Midnight (1948), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Desire in the Dust (1960). He died on 11 February 1996 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Director, Producer, Editor
- October 22, 1914
- William F. Claxton
- February 11, 1996
William F. Claxton was born on October 22, 1914 in Los Angeles County, California, USA. He was a director and producer, known for Half Past Midnight (1948), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Desire in the Dust (1960). He died on February 11, 1996 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
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William F. Claxton (born October 22, 1914 - died February 11, 1996) was a California born director who directed many episodes of Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie, of which he also served aa an executive producer. He also served as co-executive producer of the 1988 NBC-TV movie Bonanza: The Next Generation.
William started out as a film editor with Edward Small Productions in 1940. Claxton's first directorial effort was 1951's All That I Can Have. He spent much of the 1950s with 20th Century-Fox's Regal Pictures subsidiary, turning out such worthwhile medium-budget efforts as God is My Partner (1956) and Desire in the Dust (1960); occasionally, as in the cast of Rockabilly Baby (1957), he produced as well as directed.
Though his film credits are extensive, he is best known for his TV work, beginning with his producer/director stint on the religious anthology This is the Life (1951-1980). A favorite of the late Michael Landon, Claxton directed Landon in such weekly TVers as Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Father Murphy and Highway to Heaven. William also directed the feature-length series pilot TV film Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988).
Desire in the Dust is a 1960 American neo noir crime film released by the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, directed by William F. Claxton, produced by Robert L. Lippert and starring Raymond Burr, Martha Hyer and Joan Bennett.
Feb 11, 1996 · William F. Claxton is known as an Director, Editor, Supervising Editor, Producer, and Creator. Some of his work includes Little House on the Prairie, Dallas, Highway to Heaven, Night of the Lepus, Fame, The High Chaparral, Law of the Lawless, and The Quiet Gun.
director, editor. 81 Year biography, photo, best movies and TV shows, news, birthday and age, Date of Death. «Pay the Piper», «Bonanza: The Next Generation» (1988), «Our House» (1986 – 1988), «Bridges to Cross» (1986), «The Canterville Ghost» (1985)...
