Biography: life and films
Don Siegel was an American film director and producer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, USA on 26th October 1912 and died in Nipomo, California, USA on 20th April 1991, aged 78.His best films as a film director include Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956), The Lineup (1958), Edge of Eternity (1959), Dirty Harry (1971) and Charley Varrick (1973), and whose best work as an actor include John Cassavetes's Faces (1968), Clint Eastwood's Play Misty for Me (1971) and Philip Kaufman's Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978).
Don Siegel directed 34 films, appeared in 6 films and was cinematographer on 1 film.
His most frequent genres include: drama (21 films), Thriller (12), crime-thriller (7), Western (6), War (4), comedy (3), comedy-drama (2) and Horror (2).
Our average rating for Don Siegel over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: d = director; a = actor
The Verdict (1946) [d]
Night Unto Night (1949) [d]
No Time for Flowers (1952) [d]
The Duel at Silver Creek (1952) [d]
China Venture (1953) [d]
Count the Hours (1953) [d]
Private Hell 36 (1954) [d]
Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) [d]
An Annapolis Story (1955) [d]
Crime in the Streets (1956) [d]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) [d]
Baby Face Nelson (1957) [d]
Spanish Affair (1957) [d]
The Gun Runners (1958) [d]
The Lineup (1958) [d]
Edge of Eternity (1959) [a,d]
Hound-Dog Man (1959) [d]
Flaming Star (1960) [d]
Hell Is for Heroes (1962) [d]
The Killers (1964) [a,d]
Coogan's Bluff (1968) [d]
Faces (1968) [a]
Madigan (1968) [d]
Death of a Gunfighter (1969) [d]
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) [d]
Play Misty for Me (1971) [a]
The Beguiled (1971) [d]
Charley Varrick (1973) [d]
The Shootist (1976) [d]
Telefon (1977) [d]
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) [a]
Escape from Alcatraz (1979) [d]
Rough Cut (1980) [d]
Jinxed! (1982) [a,d]
The Carry On films, from the heyday of British film comedy
The history of French cinema
The brighter side of Franz Kafka
