H. Bruce Humberstone

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1901-11-18 (83 years old)

Deathday

1984-10-11

Place of Birth

Buffalo, New York, USA

H. Bruce Humberstone

Biography

H. Bruce 'Lucky' Humberstone (b. November 18, 1901, Buffalo, New York - d. October 11, 1984, Los Angeles, California) was a movie actor (as a child), a script clerk, an assistant director, working with directors such as King Vidor, Edmund Goulding and Allan Dwan and, ultimately, a director. One of twenty-eight founders of the Directors Guild of America, Humberstone worked on several silent movie films for 20th Century Fox. Humberstone did not specialize; he worked on comedies, dramas, and melodramas. Humberstone is best known today for his work on some of the Charlie Chan films. In the 1950s, Humberstone worked mostly on TV. He retired in 1...

Production

1941

1945

Wonder Man

as Director

1944

Pin Up Girl

as Director

1942

Iceland

as Director

1941

1955

Ten Wanted Men

as Director

1934

1961

Madison Avenue

as Director

1961

Madison Avenue

as Producer

1938

1932

1934

1951

Happy Go Lovely

as Director

1948

1950

South Sea Sinner

as Director

1955

The Purple Mask

as Director

1938

1932

1936

1945

1940

Lucky Cisco Kid

as Director

1933

Good-bye Love

as Director

1926

The Temptress

as Assistant Director

1935

1953

The Desert Song

as Director

1947

The Homestretch

as Director

1939

1927

The Devil Dancer

as Assistant Director

1928

Two Lovers

as Assistant Director

1930

Raffles

as Assistant Director

1933

1932

Bird of Paradise

as Assistant Director

1939

Pardon Our Nerve

as Director

1938

Rascals

as Director

1940

The Quarterback

as Director

1932

Hot Spot

as Director

1943

1935

Silk Hat Kid

as Director

1927

Camille

as Assistant Director

1927

My Best Girl

as Assistant Director

1937

Checkers

as Director

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