Byron Haskin
Known for: Directing
Born: April 22, 1899
Died: April 16, 1984
Place of birth: Portland, Oregon, USA
Byron Conrad Haskin was an American film and television director. He was born in Portland, Oregon. He is remembered today for directing 1953's The War of the Worlds, one of many films where he teamed with producer George Pal. In his early career, he was a special effects artist, with a number of credits on Warner Bros. films, an asset when directing the killer ants film The Naked Jungle and the science fiction film Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Haskin also worked as a cinematographer and producer. His career in television included directing six episodes of the original The Outer Limits, including two highly regarded episodes, "The Architects of Fear" and "Demon with a Glass Hand". He also co-produced the original Star Trek pilot episode, "The Cage". Haskin appeared as an interviewee on-screen in the 1980 documentary Hollywood series by Kevin Brownlow. Haskin died in Montecito, California six days before his 85th birthday.
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Filmography
86 movies · 11 TV shows, newest first
8.4
Hollywood
1980
5.7
The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1968
6.3
The Power
1968
8.0
Star Trek
1966
7.5
Tales to Keep You Awake
1966
6.3
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
1964
7.8
The Outer Limits
1963
4.9
Captain Sindbad
1963
5.5
Armored Command
1961
5.6
September Storm
1960
6.0
Jet Over The Atlantic
1959
6.3
World of Giants
1959
5.5
The Little Savage
1959
5.3
From the Earth to the Moon
1958
7.0
Alcoa Theatre
1957
7.0
The Adventures of Long John Silver
1957
5.9
The Boss
1956
6.7
The First Texan
1956
NR
Affair in Sumatra
1956
7.0
Screen Director's Playhouse
1955
5.6
Conquest of Space
1955
5.9
Long John Silver
1954
7.9
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954
7.5
Studio 57
1954
6.6
The Naked Jungle
1954
6.4
His Majesty O'Keefe
1954
6.8
The War of the Worlds
1953
5.6
Denver and Rio Grande
1952
6.6
Silver City
1951
6.0
Warpath
1951
5.5
Tarzan's Peril
1951
6.6
Treasure Island
1950
6.8
Too Late for Tears
1949
5.6
Man-Eater of Kumaon
1948
6.6
I Walk Alone
1947
7.6
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944
6.6
Passage to Marseille
1944
6.6
Across the Pacific
1942
6.1
Wings for the Eagle
1942
6.9
In This Our Life
1942
6.3
Always in My Heart
1942
6.5
Bullet Scars
1942
6.4
Captains of the Clouds
1942
6.3
Dive Bomber
1941
6.5
Manpower
1941
6.5
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
7.0
The Great Lie
1941
7.2
The Sea Wolf
1941
5.8
Santa Fe Trail
1940
4.6
South of Suez
1940
6.2
Knute Rockne All American
1940
6.9
City for Conquest
1940
6.7
Flowing Gold
1940
7.2
The Sea Hawk
1940
6.9
They Drive by Night
1940
5.7
Gambling on the High Seas
1940
7.0
Torrid Zone
1940
5.8
It All Came True
1940
6.3
Virginia City
1940
7.0
Castle on the Hudson
1940
6.2
Invisible Stripes
1939
6.3
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
1939
6.5
Dust Be My Destiny
1939
6.9
Dodge City
1939
5.0
Submarine D-1
1937
6.7
Green Light
1937
5.3
Stage Struck
1936
5.3
I Married a Doctor
1936
5.8
Colleen
1936
6.4
Personal Maid's Secret
1935
6.4
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935
6.3
Black Fury
1935
5.6
As the Earth Turns
1934
6.2
The Guilty Generation
1931
9.0
Canaries Sometimes Sing
19309.0
On Approval
1930
8.0
Rookery Nook
1930
9.0
Glad Rag Doll
1929
8.0
Black Waters
1929
7.0
The Redeeming Sin
1929
7.0
On Trial
1928
5.0
The Singing Fool
1928
9.0
Caught in the Fog
1928
3.0
The Siren
1927
10.0
Ginsberg the Great
1927
6.3
When a Man Loves
1927
10.0
Irish Hearts
1927
9.0
Matinee Ladies
1927
10.0
Wolf's Clothing
1927
5.0
Across the Pacific
1926
6.6
Don Juan
1926
6.7
The Sea Beast
1926
10.0
The Golden Cocoon
19258.0
Where the Worst Begins
1925
7.0
On Thin Ice
1925
7.0
Slander the Woman
1923
9.0
Broken Chains
1922