Howard Bretherton (13 February 1890, in Tacoma, Washington – 12 April 1969, in San Diego, California) was an American film director, film editor.
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Born | February 13, 1890 Tacoma, Washington, United States |
Died | April 12, 1969 San Diego, California, United States |
Occupation | Film editor |
Children | David Bretherton |
He began his career as a propman and then became a film editor during the early 1920s for MGM. He directed his first film, While London Sleeps, in 1926, and thereafter spent more than three decades working mostly as a film director. Of the roughly 100 pictures he directed, most of them were westerns and action/adventure films. The final film he directed was Night Raiders in 1952.[1] Afterwards, he occasionally worked as a director in television through 1958.
Howard Bretherton was a silent-era veteran who became the favorite editor of directors including William Wellman, ...They collaborated on Heroes for Sale (1933).