Robert J. Horner
Robert J. Horner | |
|---|---|
| Born | September 14, 1894 Spring Valley, Illinois, United States |
| Died | July 29, 1942 (aged 47) El Paso, Texas, United States |
| Other names | Royal Hampton Bob Horner Robert Hoyt R.J. Renroh |
| Occupation | Film producer Film director Screenwriter |
| Years active | 1920-1935 |
Robert J. Horner (September 14, 1894 – July 29, 1942) was an American film producer, director and screenwriter.[1] He produced 44 films between 1922 and 1935. He also directed 38 films between 1921 and 1935. Horner died on July 29, 1942, at the El Paso, Texas City-County Hospital, and the cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver.[2]
Selected filmography[]
- The Champion Liar (1920) (writer)
- The Smilin' Kid (1920) (writer)
- Midnight Secrets (1924) (producer, writer)
- Virginian Outcast (1924) (producer, director)
- The Pell Street Mystery (1924) (producer)
- Pony Express Rider (1926) (writer, director, producer)
- Walloping Kid (1926) (writer, director, producer)
- Across the Plains (1928) (writer, director, producer)
- The Mystery Rider (1928) (writer)
- Trails of Treachery (1928) (director)
- Cheyenne Trails (1928) (director, producer)
- Fighters of the Saddle (1929) (director)
- The White Outlaw (1929) (director)
- The Cheyenne Kid (1930) (producer)
- The Apache Kid's Escape (1930) (writer, producer and director)
- Trails of the Golden West (1931) (producer)
- Wild West Whoopee (1931) (writer, producer and director)
- Pueblo Terror (1931) (producer)
- The Kid from Arizona (1931) (co-writer, producer and director)
- The Sheriff's Secret (1931) (producer)
- Lariats and Six-Shooters (1931) (producer)
- Riders of Golden Gulch (1932) (producer)
- 45 Calibre Echo (1932) (producer)
- Tex Takes a Holiday (1932) (producer)
- The Whirlwind Rider (1933) (producer and director)
- Trails of Adventure (1933) (producer)
- Border Guns (1934) (producer and director)
- The Border Menace (1934) (writer and co-producer)
- Western Racketeers (1934) (co-producer and director)
- Racketeer Roundup (AKA: Gunners and Guns) (1934) (co-producer and director)
- The Phantom Cowboy (1935) (co-producer and director)
- Defying The Law (1935) (co-producer and director)
References[]
- ^ Pitts, Michael R. (September 17, 2015). Poverty Row Studios, 1929-1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland. ISBN 9781476610368 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Robert J. Horner". B Westerns. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
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- Deaths from cirrhosis
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