William F. Claxton
Directing
Born: 1914-10-22 · Los Angeles County, California, USA
Died: 1996-02-11
Biography
William Francis Claxton (October 22, 1914 – February 11, 1996) was an American film and television producer, editor and director. He made a number of films for Robert L. Lippert. He also directed and produced episodes of Bonanza, the NBC-TV series Little House on the Prairie, and also directed episodes of the NBC-TV series Father Murphy, The Rifleman, The Twilight Zone, Fame, and The High Chaparral. Claxton got his start in Hollywood as a film editor in the 1940s, where he was employed an edito
🎬 Movies (30)
Little House on the Prairie: A Merry Ingalls Christmas
2014
Director
Bonanza: The Next Generation
1988
Director
The Canterville Ghost
1985
Director
Territorial Men
1976
Director
Night of the Lepus
1972
Director
A Letter to Nancy
1965
Director
Stage to Thunder Rock
1964
Director
Law of the Lawless
1964
Director
Young Jesse James
1960
Director
Desire in the Dust
1960
Director
I'll Give My Life
1960
Director
God's Christmas Gift
1958
Director
Teenage Challenge
1958
Director
The Quiet Gun
1957
Director
Young and Dangerous
1957
Director
God Is My Partner
1957
Director
Rockabilly Baby
1957
Director
Stagecoach To Fury
1956
Director
The Christmas Spirit
1956
Director
Fangs of the Wild
1954
Director
This My Son
1954
Director
Giving Thanks Always
1953
Director
Home Town Story
1951
Editor
All That I Have
1951
Director
Does Christ Live in Your Home?
1951
Director
Tucson
1949
Director
Miss Mink of 1949
1949
Supervising Editor
Half Past Midnight
1948
Director
Fighting Back
1948
Editor
Night Wind
1948
Editor
📺 TV Shows (14)
Highway to Heaven
1984
Director
Fame
1982
Director
Father Murphy
1981
Director
Shirley
1979
Director
Dallas
1978
Director
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Director
The Cowboys
1974
Director
The Rookies
1972
Director
The High Chaparral
1967
Director
Route 66
1960
Director
Law of the Plainsman
1959
Director
Black Saddle
1959
Director
The Twilight Zone
1959
Director
The Rifleman
1958
Director