JOSEPH KANE BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:
Jasper Joseph Inman Kane was born March 19, 1894 in San Diego, California. He originally had a career as a professional cellist, but in 1926 he moved into editing films. Kane edited mainly westerners, like “The Blind Trail” (1926) and “The Forty-Five Caliber War” (1928). He began directing movies in the mid thirties for Mascot and Republic Pictures, eventually becoming their best western director. His first credited directing job was “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” (1935). After filming “The Fighting Marines” (1935), Mascot and lots of other small production companies became absorbed by Republic, and Kane was put in charge as staff director. In 1939, he embarked on the production side of films, his debut being “Rough Riders’ Roundup”. In all, he produced over sixty films for the studio. The director/producer continued making films for Republic until 1958, when it closed down.
Throughout his career, he worked many times with western staples Gene Autry and Roy Rogers. However, sometimes he was given an assignment to work on 'A' films such as John Wayne’s “Flame of the Barbary Coast” (1944) or Joseph Schildkraut’s “The Cheaters” (1945). Even after his departure from Republic, Kane continued directing. He worked on a number of television shows like “Man Without a Gun” (1958), “Rawhide” (1960), and “Laramie” (1960-1963). He did also manage to squeeze in a few movies into his later years, including the thriller “The Search for the Evil One” (1967), the action/drama “Track of Thunder” (1967), and his final effort, the western “Smoke in the Wind” (1975). He died shortly after the release of the latter, on August 25, 1975, in Santa Monica, California. He was survived by his only wife, Margaret Kane, and their three children.
Filmography
Year Title
1975 Smoke in the Wind
1968 In Enemy Country
1967 Tobruk
1967 Track of Thunder
1967 The Search for the Evil One
1966 Beau Geste
1966 Country Boy
1966 The Iron Horse
1960 Laramie
1960 Rawhide
1959 Bonanza
1958 The Man Who Died Twice
1958 Broken Arrow
1958 Man Without a Gun
1958 The Notorious Mr. Monks
1957 Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957 The Crooked Circle
1957 The Last Stagecoach West
1957 The Lawless Eighties
1957 Spoilers of the Forest
1957 Cheyenne
1957 Duel at Apache Wells
1957 26 Men
1957 Whirlybirds
1956 Accused of Murder
1956 Thunder Over Arizona
1956 The Maverick Queen
1955 The Vanishing American
1955 The Road to Denver
1955 Timberjack
1954 Hell's Outpost
1954 Jubilee Trail
1953 Sea of Lost Ships
1953 Fair Wind to Java
1953 San Antone
1952 Jumping Jacks
1952 Ride the Man Down
1952 Woman of the North Country
1952 Hoodlum Empire
1951 The Sea Hornet
1951 Fighting Coast Guard
1951 Oh! Susanna
1950 California Passage
1950 The Savage Horde
1950 Rock Island Trail
1949 Brimstone
1949 The Last Bandit
1948 The Plunderers
1948 The Gallant Legion
1948 Old Los Angeles
1947 Wyoming
1946 Plainsman and the Lady
1946 In Old Sacramento
1945 Dakota
1945 The Cheaters
1945 Flame of Barbary Coast
1944 Song of Nevada
1944 The Yellow Rose of Texas
1944 Cowboy and the Senorita
1944 Hands Across the Border
1943 The Man from Music Mountain
1943 Silver Spurs
1943 Song of Texas
1943 King of the Cowboys
1943 Idaho
1942 Ridin' Down the Canyon
1942 Heart of the Golden West
1942 Sunset Serenade
1942 Sons of the Pioneers
1942 Romance on the Range
1942 Sunset on the Desert
1942 South of Santa Fe
1942 Man from Cheyenne
1941 Red River Valley
1941 Jesse James at Bay
1941 Bad Man of Deadwood
1941 Rags to Riches
1941 Nevada City
1941 Sheriff of Tombstone
1941 In Old Cheyenne
1941 The Great Train Robbery
1941 Robin Hood of the Pecos
1940 The Border Legion
1940 Young Bill Hickok
1940 Colorado
1940 The Ranger and the Lady
1940 The Carson City Kid
1940 Young Buffalo Bill
1940 Dark Command
1939 Days of Jesse James
1939 Saga of Death Valley
1939 The Arizona Kid
1939 In Old Monterey
1939 Wall Street Cowboy
1939 In Old Caliente
1939 Frontier Pony Express
1939 Southward Ho
1939 Rough Riders' Round-up
1938 Shine On, Harvest Moon
1938 Come On, Rangers
1938 Billy the Kid Returns
1938 Man from Music Mountain
1938 Gold Mine in the Sky
1938 Under Western Stars
1938 Arson Gang Busters
1938 Born to Be Wild
1938 The Old Barn Dance
1937 Springtime in the Rockies
1937 Boots and Saddles
1937 Heart of the Rockies
1937 Public Cowboy No. 1
1937 Yodelin' Kid from Pine Ridge
1937 Come on, Cowboys
1937 Gunsmoke Ranch
1937 Git Along Little Dogies
1937 Round-Up Time in Texas
1937 Paradise Express
1936 The Old Corral
1936 The Big Show
1936 Ghost-Town Gold
1936 Ride Ranger Ride
1936 Oh, Susanna!
1936 Guns and Guitars
1936 Undersea Kingdom
1936 The Lonely Trail
1936 King of the Pecos
1936 The Lawless Nineties
1936 Darkest Africa
1935 The Fighting Marines
1935 Sagebrush Troubadour
1935 Melody Trail
1935 The Headline Woman
1935 McFadden's Flats
1934 Little Men
1934 No More Women
1935 Tumbling Tumbleweeds
1934 In Old Santa Fe
1933 Laughing at Life
1933 Song of the Eagle
1933 Strictly Personal
1932 Young Bride
1932 Prestige
1931 Suicide Fleet
1931 The Big Gamble
1931 Sweepstakes
1931 Lonely Wives
1930 Big Money
1930 Her Man
1930 Carnival Revue
1930 Night Work
1930 Half Pint Polly
1929 What a Day!
1929 The Black Book
1929 The Forty-Five Caliber War
1929 Overland Bound
1929 The Pride of Pawnee
1928 Yellow Contraband
1928 The Black Ace
1928 The Bronc Stomper
1928 The Boss of Rustler's Roost
1927 The Cherokee Kid
1926 The Blind Trail
1926 Riding for Life
