John Rawlins
Age: N/A | From: Long Beach, California, USA
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: John Rawlings , J.R. Rawlins , Jack Rawlins , Jack Rollins
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Long Beach, California, USA
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Movie Involvements: 63
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
Director John Rawlins started in films in 1918 as an actor, stunt man, gag writer and assistant director. For a while he sidelined as a comedy writer, then became an editor and later directed second features for First National in Britain from the early 1930s. Returning to the US, he joined Universal (1938-46), where he turned out "B" pictures and serials, including installments of the "Dick Tracy" and "Sherlock Holmes" series. He had similar assignments at RKO (1947-48) and United Artists (1951-53), before branching out into television dramas.
Most Famous Work
Arabian Nights
(1942) Director
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
(1942) Director
Pennies from Heaven
(1936) Editor
Dick Tracy's Dilemma
(1947) Director
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
(1947) Director
Sudan
(1945) Director
Hoi Polloi
(1935) Editor
Unseen Enemy
(1942) DirectorActing
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Directing
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Production
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Writing
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Editing
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| 1937 | Editor | |
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