![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Director Born: March 13, 1898 in Sacramento, CA Death: February 11, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:"Henry Hathaway", born Henri Leopold de Fiennes, was a child actor in western one-reelers (often for director "Allan Dwan") of the early 1900s, and appeared in numerous films through the teens. An assistant director in the '20s, he became a director with a string of "Randolph Scott" westerns in the early '30s, and soon made his mark with the "Gary Cooper" films "Now and Forever" (1934), "The Lives Of A Bengal Lancer" (1935), and "Peter Ibbetson" (1935). He also directed the "Mae West" comedy "Go West,Young Man" (1936). In the '40s he made several memorable crime films, including "Johnny Apollo" (1940), "Kiss Of Death" (1947), and "Call Northside 777" (1948), as well as two documentary-style espionage thrillers for producer "Louis de Rochemont", "The House on 92nd Street" (1945) and "13 Rue Madeleine" (1946). He continued to make solid and exciting films in a range of genres through the mid '70s, but is... Full Biography
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