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Arthur Lubin
Los Angeles, California, USA
Arthur Lubin (July 25, 1898 – May 12, 1995) was an American film director and producer who directed several Abbott & Costello films and created the TV series Mr. Ed. Arthur Lubin…
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Arthur Lubin (July 25, 1898 – May 12, 1995) was an American film director and producer who directed several Abbott & Costello films and created the TV series Mr. Ed. Arthur Lubin was born Arthur William Lubovsky in Los Angeles, California in 1898. Lubin created his own film and music studio, Lubin Studios, in the 1920s, where he acted in silent films in the later half of the decade. Lubin directed the Abbott and Costello movies Buck Privates (1941), In the Navy (1941), Hold That Ghost (1941), Keep 'Em Flying (1942) and Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942). His most successful film at the box office was probably Phantom of the Opera (1943). Another may be Rhubarb (1951) about a cat that inherits a baseball team by proxy. Lubin also directed the "Francis the Talking Mule" series and brought the idea to TV as the series Mr. Ed. He was the first producer to give a contract to Clint Eastwood. Lubin also directed episodic TV shows like Bronco (1958), Maverick (1959), Bonanza (1960), Mister Ed (1961) and The Addams Family (1965). Lubin's last work was the TV series called Little Lulu (1978). Lubin's career ended in the late 1970s, and he lived the rest of his life with his life partner Frank Burford[citation needed] and died in Glendale, California of an unspecified cause on May 12, 1995 at age 96.
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1977
ABC Weekend Specials
TV show Director
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1971
Rain for a Dusty Summer
Movie Director
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1966
The Pruitts of Southampton
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1966
Hold On!
Movie Director
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1964
The Addams Family
TV show Director
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1964
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
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1961
The Thief of Baghdad
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1961
Mister Ed
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1960
New Comedy Showcase
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1959
Bonanza
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1959
The Deputy
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1958
77 Sunset Strip
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1958
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
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1958
The Ed Wynn Show
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1958
Bronco
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1957
Escapade in Japan
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1957
Maverick
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1956
The First Traveling Saleslady
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1955
Lady Godiva of Coventry
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1955
Cheyenne
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1955
Footsteps in the Fog
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1955
Francis in the Navy
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1954
Francis Joins the WACS
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1954
Star of India
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1953
South Sea Woman
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1953
Francis Covers the Big Town
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1952
It Grows on Trees
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1952
Francis Goes to West Point
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1951
Rhubarb
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1951
Queen for a Day
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1951
Francis Goes to the Races
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1950
Francis
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1949
Impact
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1947
New Orleans
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1946
Night in Paradise
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1946
The Spider Woman Strikes Back
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1945
Delightfully Dangerous
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1944
To the People of the United States
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1944
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
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1943
Phantom of the Opera
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