H. Bruce "Lucky" Humberstone (November 18, 1901 â€" October 11, 1984)
was a movie actor (as a child), a script clerk, an assistant director,
working with directors such as King Vidor, Edmund Goulding and Allan
Dwan and, ultimately, a director.Humberstone was born in Buffalo, New
York, and attended Miami Military Academy in Miami, Florida.One of 28
founders of the Directors Guild of America, Humberstone worked on
several silent movie films for 20th Century Fox. Humberstone did not
specialize; he worked on comedies, dramas, and melodramas. Humberstone
is best known today for the seminal film noir I Wake Up Screaming
(1941) and his work on some of the Charlie Chan films. In the 1950s,
Humberstone worked mostly on TV. He retired in 1966.Humberstone has a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
was a movie actor (as a child), a script clerk, an assistant director,
working with directors such as King Vidor, Edmund Goulding and Allan
Dwan and, ultimately, a director.Humberstone was born in Buffalo, New
York, and attended Miami Military Academy in Miami, Florida.One of 28
founders of the Directors Guild of America, Humberstone worked on
several silent movie films for 20th Century Fox. Humberstone did not
specialize; he worked on comedies, dramas, and melodramas. Humberstone
is best known today for the seminal film noir I Wake Up Screaming
(1941) and his work on some of the Charlie Chan films. In the 1950s,
Humberstone worked mostly on TV. He retired in 1966.Humberstone has a
star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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