Arthur Lubin

Birthday: 1898-07-25
Deathday: 1995-05-12
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, USA
Gender: Male

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.

Credits

Year Title
1971-09-22 Rain for a Dusty Summer
1966-06-22 Hold On!
1964-03-28 The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1961-03-23 The Thief of Baghdad
1957-12-23 Escapade in Japan
1956-08-01 The First Traveling Saleslady
1955-11-02 Lady Godiva of Coventry
1955-09-14 Footsteps in the Fog
1955-08-24 Francis in the Navy
1954-07-30 Francis Joins the WACS
1954-01-02 Star of India
1953-06-27 South Sea Woman
1953-06-10 Francis Covers the Big Town
1952-09-02 It Grows on Trees
1952-07-01 Francis Goes to West Point
1951-08-29 Rhubarb
1951-07-07 Queen for a Day
1951-05-01 Francis Goes to the Races
1950-02-08 Francis
1949-03-20 Impact
1947-04-18 New Orleans
1946-05-03 Night in Paradise
1946-03-22 The Spider Woman Strikes Back
1945-03-31 Delightfully Dangerous
1944-04-16 To the People of the United States
1944-01-14 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1943-08-12 Phantom of the Opera
1943-04-23 White Savage
1942-10-26 Keeping Fit
1942-06-16 Eagle Squadron
1942-02-13 Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941-11-27 Keep 'Em Flying
1941-08-08 Hold That Ghost
1941-05-30 In the Navy
1941-01-31 Buck Privates
1941-01-03 Where Did You Get That Girl?
1940-12-25 San Francisco Docks
1940-11-01 Who Killed Aunt Maggie?
1940-10-22 Meet the Wildcat
1940-10-19 I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now
1940-05-18 Gangs of Chicago
1940-02-29 Black Friday
1939-12-22 The Big Guy
1939-11-03 Call a Messenger
1939-07-03 Mickey the Kid
1939-05-03 Big Town Czar
1939-03-03 Risky Business
1938-12-24 Newsboys' Home
1938-12-02 Secrets of a Nurse
1938-07-12 Prison Break
1938-04-30 The Beloved Brat
1938-02-06 Midnight Intruder
1937-12-05 Adventure's End
1937-09-30 Idol of the Crowds
1937-07-04 I Cover the War!
1937-04-16 California Straight Ahead
1936-12-27 Mysterious Crossing
1936-09-01 Yellowstone
1936-04-02 The House of a Thousand Candles
1935-12-03 Frisco Waterfront
1935-09-12 Two Sinners
1935-07-01 Honeymoon Limited
1935-04-14 Great God Gold
1934-10-14 A Successful Failure