William Keighley | |
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_(cropped).jpg) Keighley in 1937 | |
| Born | William Jackson Keighley August 4, 1889 |
| Died | June 24, 1984 (aged 94) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Burial place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, U.S. |
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William Jackson Keighley (August 4, 1889 – June 24, 1984) was an American stage actor and Hollywood film director.
After graduating from the Ludlum School of Dramatic Art, Keighley began acting at the age of 23. By the 1910s and 1920s, he was acting and directing on Broadway. With the advent of talking pictures, he relocated to Hollywood. He eventually signed with Warner Bros. He was the initial director of The Adventures of Robin Hood, starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, but was replaced by Michael Curtiz. During World War II, he supervised the First Motion Picture Unit of the United States Army Air Forces.
He retired in 1953 at the age of 64 and moved to Paris with his wife, Genevieve Tobin. In retirement, he became a photographer.[1] He died of a stroke in New York City.[2]
