Known for
Directing
Credits
86
Gender
—
Birthday
28 Sept 1895
Day of death
14 Sept 1968 (72)
Place of birth
Memphis - Tennessee - USA
Also known as
Richard Shier
John Melville
Melville Shyer
Biography
From Wikipedia Melville Jacob Shyer (September 28, 1895 – September 14, 1968) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer and one of the founders of the Directors Guild of America. His career spanned over 50 years, during which he worked with Mack Sennett and D. W. Griffith. Shyer was born in Chattanooga, Tennessee, the son of Hattie (Schwarzenberg) and Charles Richard Shyer. His family was of German Jewish background. His son is writer and director Charles Shyer.
Known for
Credits
Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
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1957 | Beginning of the End | Assistant Director |
1955 | The Night Holds Terror | Assistant Director |
1952 | Montana Incident | Assistant Director |
1952 | The Maverick | Assistant Director |
1951 | The Longhorn | Assistant Director |
1951 | Man from Sonora | Assistant Director |
1950 | I Shot Billy the Kid | Assistant Director |
1950 | Arizona Territory | Assistant Director |
1950 | Cherokee Uprising | Assistant Director |
1949 | Arson, Inc. | Assistant Director |
1948 | Jungle Goddess | Assistant Director |
1948 | Smart Woman | Assistant Director |
1948 | Smart Politics | Assistant Director |
1946 | The Killers | Assistant Director |
1946 | Terror by Night | Assistant Director |
1946 | The Cat Creeps | Assistant Director |
1945 | Scarlet Street | Assistant Director |
1945 | The Woman in Green | Assistant Director |
1945 | Gun Smoke | Assistant Director |
1944 | Jungle Woman | Assistant Director |
1944 | Gypsy Wildcat | Assistant Director |
1943 | Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man | Assistant Director |
1943 | Son of Dracula | Assistant Director |
1943 | Captive Wild Woman | Assistant Director |
1943 | Confessions of a Vice Baron | Director |
1943 | It Comes Up Love | Assistant Director |
1943 | All by Myself | Assistant Director |
1942 | Bombay Clipper | Assistant Director |
1941 | South of Panama | Associate Producer |
1940 | Mad Youth | Director |
1940 | Souls in Pawn | Director |
1938 | Slander House | Associate Producer |
1937 | Smashing the Vice Trust | Director |
1936 | The Dark Hour | Assistant Director |
1936 | Below the Deadline | Assistant Director |
1936 | It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) | Assistant Director |
1936 | Murder at Glen Athol | Assistant Director |
1936 | Tango | Assistant Director |
1936 | The Bridge of Sighs | Assistant Director |
1935 | Condemned to Live | Assistant Director |
1935 | Death from a Distance | Assistant Director |
1935 | The Girl Who Came Back | Assistant Director |
1935 | Symphony of Living | Assistant Director |
1935 | A Shot in the Dark | Assistant Director |
1935 | The Lady in Scarlet | Assistant Director |
1935 | Circumstantial Evidence | Assistant Director |
1935 | Happiness C.O.D. | Assistant Director |
1935 | False Pretenses | Assistant Director |
1935 | Gun Smoke | Assistant Director |
1934 | The Ghost Walks | Assistant Director |
1934 | The Road to Ruin | Director |
1934 | The Murder in the Museum | Director |
1934 | Green Eyes | Assistant Director |
1934 | Stolen Sweets | Assistant Director |
1934 | The Man from Hell | Screenplay |
1934 | Fifteen Wives | Assistant Director |
1934 | In Love with Life | Assistant Director |
1934 | Sons of Steel | Assistant Director |
1934 | Port of Lost Dreams | Assistant Director |
1934 | Fugitive Road | Assistant Director |
1934 | City Park | Assistant Director |
1933 | Sucker Money | Director |
1933 | By Appointment Only | Assistant Director |
1933 | Murder on the Campus | Assistant Director |
1933 | Twin Husbands | Assistant Director |
1933 | Notorious But Nice | Assistant Director |
1933 | Dance, Girl, Dance | Assistant Director |
1933 | In the Money | Assistant Director |
1933 | Forgotten | Assistant Director |
1933 | I Have Lived | Assistant Director |
1933 | A Man of Sentiment | Assistant Director |
1932 | Cross-Examination | Assistant Director |
1932 | The Midnight Lady | Assistant Director |
1932 | The King Murder | Assistant Director |
1932 | Probation | Assistant Director |
1932 | A Scarlet Week-End | Assistant Director |
1932 | The Wyoming Whirlwind | Assistant Director |
1932 | The Drifter | Second Unit |
1932 | The Drifter | Assistant Director |
1932 | The Secrets of Wu Sin | Assistant Director |
1932 | Women Won't Tell | Assistant Director |
1931 | Grief Street | Assistant Director |
1931 | The Lady from Nowhere | Assistant Director |
1931 | The Hurricane Horseman | Assistant Director |
1930 | Ladies in Love | Assistant Director |
1930 | Today | Assistant Director |