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Director, Producer Born: October 26, 1912 in Chicago, IL Death: April 29, 1991 in Nipomo, CA Biography:Coming out of a musical family and trained as a stage actor, "Don Siegel" became one of the most respected directors of action films in Hollywood. He began his career as a film librarian and advanced through the editing department at Warner Bros., where he frequently directed transition and linking footage in the early '40s, making two Oscar-winning short films during this same period.
"Siegel" became a feature director in 1946 with an offbeat mystery called "The Verdict", starring "Sydney Greenstreet" and "Peter Lorre". His second film, the much-underrated "Night Unto Night", proved so difficult a subject -- as a psychological drama about a dying man ("Ronald Reagan") and a suicidal woman ("Viveca Lindfors", who was then "Siegel"'s wife) -- that its release was delayed for more than two years. During the early '50s, "Siegel" made his reputation as an efficient, reliable, often inspired maker of... Full Biography
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