Cast & creator
Budd Boetticher
Best known for Maverick, The Rifleman, Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Oscar "Budd" Boetticher, Jr. (July 29, 1916 in Chicago – November 29, 2001 in Ramona, California) was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood. He is best remembered for the series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s, starring Randolph Scott. Known for their sparse style, dramatic rocky locations near Lone Pine, California, and recurring stories of a lone man seeking vengeance amidst a brutal and abstract landscape, the films have, decades after their release, come to be known as some of the most significant Westerns ever made, often compared to the works of existential writers or to narratives from the Old Testament.
Also known as: Oscar Boetticher, Oscar Boetticher Jr.
64
film credits
8
television credits
15
1941–2022 · acting roles
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Filmography (72)
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Maverick
Director
1957
The Rifleman
Director
1958
Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre
Director
1956
Public Defender
Director
1954
The Count of Monte Cristo
Director
1956
Hong Kong
Director
1960
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Story
1970
Dead for a Dollar
In Memory Of
2022
Tequila Sunrise
Judge Nizetitch
1988
American Cinema
Self
1994
Ride Lonesome
Director
1959Ride Lonesome
Producer
1959
7 Men from Now
Director
1956
Decision at Sundown
Director
1957
The Man from the Alamo
Director
1953
The More the Merrier
Assistant Director
1943
Cover Girl
Assistant Director
1944
The Tall T
Director
1957
The Killer Is Loose
Director
1956
Comanche Station
Director
1960Comanche Station
Producer
1960
Blood and Sand
Choreographer
1941
The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Director
1960General Electric Summer Originals
Director
1956
The Red Ball Express
Director
1952
Horizons West
Director
1952
Escape in the Fog
Director
1945
A Time for Dying
Screenplay
1969A Time for Dying
Director
1969
Buchanan Rides Alone
Director
1958
Blades of the Musketeers
Director
1950
City Beneath the Sea
Director
1953
Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story
Self
2007
Wings of the Hawk
Director
1953
The Cimarron Kid
Director
1952
Bullfighter and the Lady
Story
1951Bullfighter and the Lady
Director
1951Bullfighter and the Lady
Associate Producer
1951
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
Self (archive footage)
2005
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
Self
1997
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Hocoy McManus
1943Hollywood Gangster
Self (archive footage)
2008
Westbound
Director
1959
The Magnificent Matador
Story
1955The Magnificent Matador
Director
1955
Black Midnight
Director
1949
Seminole
Director
1953
East of Sumatra
Director
1953
Arruza
Director
1972Arruza
Writer
1972
Return of the Dead
Director
1954John Wayne's 'The Alamo'
Self
1992
The Missing Juror
Director
1944
Western Legenden - Made in Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
2009
A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
Director
1945
Behind Locked Doors
Director
1948
One Mysterious Night
Director
1944
Internet Love
Self
1998
Killer Shark
Director
1950
U-Boat Prisoner
Co-Director
1944
Submarine Raider
Co-Director
1942Visiting Budd Boetticher
Himself
2000Budd Boetticher: A Study in Self-Determination
1971
Bronco Buster
Director
1952My Kingdom For...
1985My Kingdom For...
Director
1985Budd Boetticher: One on One
1989
The Fleet That Came to Stay
Director
1945
The Wolf Hunters
Director
1949
Made in Hollywood: The World of Budd Boetticher
(archive footage)
2017
Assigned to Danger
Director
1948
Youth on Trial
Director
1945