(From Old Corral collection) Above from left to right are Rin-Tin-Tin Jr., Victoria Vinton, Bob Custer, John Elliott - and prone on the floor is Wally West - in a still from Custer's VENGEANCE OF RANNAH (Reliable, 1936). (Courtesy of the Robert Webb Family) A pause in the action on the Bob Steele western SMOKY TRAILS (Metropolitan, 1939). Above are: 1. James Aubrey 2. producer/director Harry S. Webb 3. Eddie Saeta 4. Bob Steele 5. producer/director Bernard B. Ray (he directed SMOKY TRAILS) 6. Rose Gordon, wife of Harry S. Webb 7. Gordon Webb (first son of Harry and Rose) 8. Sammy Gordon. The leading lady (center) is Jean Carmen. (Courtesy of the Robert Webb Family) Above is the cover of the pressbook for Bob Steele's SMOKY TRAILS (Metropolitan, 1939), one of eight films that Bob starred in for Harry S. Webb's Metropolitan Pictures company in 1939-1940. That's Steele mixing it up with Bob Terry at the top. Frank Larue is wearing the badge in the lower left. And Ted Adams and George Chesebro are beatin' up on Steele in the bottom right. The heroine is incorrectly listed as Joan Carmen - she's Jean Carmen and is best remembered as the rider of the paint horse in Republic's 1937 serial THE PAINTED STALLION. (From Old Corral collection) Above from L-to-R are Carleton Young (hand on door handle) followed by Ted Adams and behind him is Robert Walker in a lobby card from THE PAL FROM TEXAS (Metropolitan, 1939). On the right side of the door are Steele and Betty Mack. Steele made a series of 8 oaters which were released during 1939-1940 for Metropolitan Pictures company, which was run/owned by Harry S. Webb. Harry's brother Ira Webb directed a pair of the Steele Metropolitans. After the Metropolitan group, Steele went to work at PRC in the 'Billy the Kid' series, and soon after, became 'Tucson Smith' in the Three Mesquiteers films for Republic Pictures. (From Old Corral collection) Above is the title lobby card from this 1940 Jack Randall film. Randall was the younger brother of western film hero Bob Livingston. After shutting down Metropolitan Pictures, Webb moved to Monogram Pictures and assumed control over the Jack Randall westerns from producer Maurice Conn. Bernard B. Ray went to Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC). An interesting twist of fate is shared by Randall and the Webbs --- Jack would close out his starring career at Monogram under the auspices of Harry. After WW2 duty, Randall was trying to revive his career and was working at Universal on a serial called THE ROYAL MOUNTED RIDES AGAIN (1945). It was during the making of this cliffhanger that Randall was killed during a horse riding mishap. Ira Webb was at Universal during the first half of the 1940s, and he was part of the production team at work on that chapterplay. (From Old Corral collection) Ira Webb was still working in various capacities at the tail end of the B western era, including the Lash LaRue yarns for Ron Ormond's Western Adventures production unit. While at Universal in the first half of the 1940s, Ira was nominated several times for an Oscar in Interior Design/Decoration (for ARABIAN NIGHTS (1942) and IMPACT (1944)). He (and Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman and Russell A. Gausman) won the 1943 Oscar for Interior Decoration (color) for PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. You can search the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) database for the Oscars award at: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/awards-databases-0 |
Webb Family Filmographies Sound Films Only Primarily Serials & Westerns Special thanks to Les Adams for providing this filmography info. |
Harry S. Webb | ||||
Release Date |
Title | Company | Star | Job/Function |
1/27/29 | Untamed Justice | Biltmore Prod | Virginia Brown Faire | Director / Co-Producer |
5/28/29 | The Phantom of the North | Biltmore Prod | Edith Roberts | Director / Co-Producer |
12/10/29 | Dark Skies | Biltmore Prod | Wallace MacDonald | Director / Co-Producer |
1/1/30 | Bar L Ranch | Big 4 Prod. | Buffalo Bill, Jr. (Jay Wilsey) | Director /Co-Producer |
4/12/30 | Beyond the Rio Grande | Big 4 Prod. | Jack Perrin | Director /Co-Producer |
5/24/30 | Ridin' Law | Big 4 /Biltmore Prod | Jack Perrin | Director / Co-Producer |
8/26/30 | Canyon Hawks | Big 4 Prod. | Yakima Canutt | Co-Producer |
11/1/30 | Phantom of the Desert | Syndicate Pictures | Jack Perrin | Director / Co-Producer |
1/5/31 | The Mystery Trooper (Serial) | Syndicate Pictures | Robert Frazer | Co-Producer |
1/25/31 | Westward Bound | Syndicate Pictures | Buffalo Bill, Jr. (Jay Wilsey) | Director / Co-Producer |
3/1/31 | West of Cheyenne | Syndicate Pictures | Tom Tyler | Director / Co-Producer |
3/15/31 | Swanee River | World Wide/Sono Art | Grant Withers | Co-Producer |
4/1/31 | Air Police | World Wide/Sono Art | Kenneth Harlan | Co-Producer |
4/12/31 | The Pueblo Terror | Cosmos Prod. | Buffalo Bill, Jr. (Jay Wilsey) | Co-Producer |
5/1/31 | The Sign of the Wolf (serial) | Metropolitan | Rex Lease | Co-Director / Co-Producer |
5/24/31 | In Old Cheyenne | World Wide/Sono Art | Rex Lease | Co-Producer |
8/9/31 | Law of the Rio Grande | Syndicate Pictures | Bob Custer | Co-Producer |
12/1/31 | Mounted Fury | World Wide/Sono Art | John Bowers | Co-Producer |
3/1/32 | The Lone Trail | Syndicate Pictures | Rex Lease | Co-Director / Co- Producer |
3/28/32 | Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Universal Pictures | George Sidney | Editor |
7/26/33 | Riot Squad | Mayfair Pictures | Pat O'Malley | Director / Assoc. Producer |
1/1/34 | Arizona Nights | B&B Prod./ Reliable | Jack Perrin & Ben Corbett | Assoc. Producer |
2/1/34 | Girl Trouble | Karmel Prod./Reliable | Jack Perrin & Ben Corbett | Assoc. Producer |
3/1/34 | Potluck Pards | B&B Prod./ Reliable | Wally Wales & Ben Corbett | Assoc. Producer |
3/1/34 | Romance Revier | B&B Prod./ Reliable | Fred Humes & Ben Corbett | Director / Story (Henri Samuels)/ Assoc. Prod. |
3/15/34 | Nevada Cyclone | Astor/ Reliable | Fred Humes & Ben Corbett | Assoc. Producer |
4/1/34 | The West on Parade | B&B Prod./ Reliable | Dennis Moore & Ben Corbett | Assoc. Producer |
4/12/34 | Mystery Ranch | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Assoc. Producer |
4/15/34 | Arizona Nights | B&B Prod. | Jack Perrin & Ben Corbett | Assoc. Producer |
6/1/34 | Rawhide Mail | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Assoc. Producer |
6/15/34 | Rainbow Riders | B&B Prod./ Reliable | Jack Perrin & Ben Corbett | Assoc. Producer |
7/17/34 | Fighting Hero | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director- Assoc.Producer |
8/15/34 | Ridin' Gents | B&B Prod./ Reliable | Jack Perrin & Ben Corbett | Assoc. Producer |
11/26/34 | Ridin' Thru | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director / Assoc. Producer |
1/1/35 | The Cactus Kid | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Director- Assoc.Producer |
1/8/35 | Unconquered Bandit | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director / Assoc. Prod. |
2/1/35 | Coyote Trails | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Assoc. Producer |
2/1/35 | Loser's End | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Story (Harry Samuels)-Assoc. Producer |
2/1/35 | Step On It | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Director (Henri Samuels)-Assoc.Producer |
2/1/35 | North of Arizona | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Assoc. Producer |
2/26/35 | Tracy Rides | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director- Assoc.Producer |
4/1/35 | Born To Battle | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director- Assoc.Producer |
5/1/35 | The Live Wire | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Assoc. Producer |
5/1/35 | Wolf Riders | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Director- Assoc.Producer |
5/2/35 | Silent Valley | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Assoc. Producer |
5/11/35 | The Silver Bullet | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Assoc. Producer |
6/1/35 | The Laramie Kid | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director- Assoc.Producer |
6/1/35 | The Test | Reliable | Grant Withers & Rin-Tin-Tin Jr. | Assoc. Producer |
6/27/35 | Terror of the Plains | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director- Assoc.Producer |
7/9/35 | Now or Never | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Assoc. Producer |
8/5/35 | Rio Rattler | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Assoc. Producer |
11/21/35 | The Midnight Phantom | Reliable | Reginald Denny | Assoc. Producer |
11/27/35 | Never Too Late | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Assoc. Producer |
12/1/35 | Frontier Justice | Diversion | Hoot Gibson | Co-screenplay (with W. Scott Darling & Rose Gordon) |
12/15/35 | Texas Jack | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Assoc. Producer |
12/15/35 | Trigger Tom | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director (Henri Samuels)-Assoc. Producer |
1/1/36 | Caryl of the Mountains | Reliable | Francis X. Bushman, Jr. | Assoc. Producer |
1/5/36 | Skull and Crown | Reliable | Regis Toomey, Rin Tin Tin, Jr. | Assoc. Producer |
1/29/36 | Ridin' On | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Assoc. Producer |
2/24/36 | Fast Bullets | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director (Henri Samuels)-Assoc. Producer |
4/4/36 | The Millionaire Kid | Reliable | Charles Delaney | Assoc. Producer |
4/29/36 | Roamin' Wild | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Assoc. Producer |
5/14/36 | The Speed Reporter | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Story (Henri Samuels)- Assoc.Producer |
5/14/36 | Pinto Rustlers | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director (Henri' Samuels)- Assoc. Producer |
8/15/36 | Santa Fe Bound | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director (Henri Samuels) /Assoc. Prod. |
11/1/36 | Ambush Valley | Reliable | Bob Custer | Assoc. Producer |
11/6/36 | Vengeance of Rannah | Reliable | Bob Custer & Rin-Tin-Tin Jr. | Co-Director (Raymond Samuels) / Assoc.Prod. |
2/25/37 | Santa Fe Rides | Reliable | Bob Custer | Co-Director (Raymond Samuels) / Assoc.Prod. |
2/27/37 | The Silver Trail | Reliable | Rex Lease | Co-Director (Raymond Samuels) / Assoc.Prod. |
3/1/38 | Great Adv. Of Wild Bill Hickok | Columbia | Gordon Elliott | Assoc. Producer |
3/29/38 | It's All In Your Mind | Metropolitan | Byron Foulger | Assoc. Producer |
1/15/39 | Feud of the Range | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Director-Producer |
2/5/39 | In Old Montana | Spectrum | Fred Scott | Co-screenplay (Raymond K. Johnson & Rose Gordon) |
3/3/39 | Smoky Trails | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Producer |
5/10/39 | Mesquite Buckaroo | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Director / Producer |
6/16/39 | Law of the Wolf | Metropolitan | Dennis Moore | Producer |
7/1/39 | Fangs of the Wild | Metropolitan | Dennis Moore | Producer |
8/10/39 | Riders of the Sage | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Director - Producer |
8/22/39 | Port of Hate | Metropolitan | Polly Ann Young | Director - Producer |
11/10/39 | The Pal From Texas | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Director - Producer |
12/12/39 | El Diablo Rides | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Co-story (H.Gordon)-Producer |
1/25/40 | Pioneer Days | Monogram | Jack Randall | Director / Producer |
2/20/40 | The Cheyenne Kid | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer |
3/13/40 | Wild Horse Valley | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Co-story (H.Gordon)-Producer |
4/10/40 | Covered Wagon Trails | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer |
5/1/40 | Pinto Canyon | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Producer |
5/9/40 | Land of the Six Guns | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer |
5/23/40 | The Kid From Santa Fe | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer |
5/30/40 | Riders From Nowhere | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer |
6/26/40 | Wild Horse Range | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer |
9/4/57 | The Parson and the Outlaw | Columbia | Anthony Dexter | Assistant Director |
Rose Gordon | ||||
Release Date |
Title | Company | Star | Job/Function |
1/1/34 | Romance Revier | B&B/Reliable | Fred Humes & Ben Corbett | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
4/12/34 | Mystery Ranch | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
6/1/34 | Rawhide Mail | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Co-screenplay (with Betty Burbridge) |
7/17/34 | Fighting Hero | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
11/26/34 | Ridin' Thru | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
1/1/35 | The Cactus Kid | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
1/1/35 | Wolf Riders | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Co-screenplay (with Lew C. Borden) |
1/8/35 | Unconquered Bandit | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Lew C. Borden) |
2/1/35 | Loser's End | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
2/1/35 | North of Arizona | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
2/1/35 | Coyote Trails | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Louie L. Baraden) |
2/26/35 | Tracy Rides | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Betty Burbridge) |
4/1/35 | Born To Battle | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
5/2/35 | Silent Valley | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Screenplay |
5/11/35 | The Silver Bullet | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
6/1/35 | The Laramie Kid | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
6/27/35 | Terror of the Plains | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Story |
12/1/35 | Frontier Justice | Diversion | Hoot Gibson | Co-screenplay (with W. Scott Darling & H. Webb) |
12/15/35 | Texas Jack | Reliable | Jack Perrin | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
2/24/36 | Fast Bullets | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Co-screenplay (with Carl Krusada) |
5/14/36 | The Speed Reporter | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Screenplay |
8/15/36 | Santa Fe Bound | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Story |
6/6/37 | Smoke Tree Range | Universal | Buck Jones | Co-story/ Screenplay (with Harry S. Webb) |
2/5/39 | In Old Montana | Spectrum | Fred Scott | Co-screenplay (Raymond K. Johnson & H. Webb) |
12/12/39 | El Diablo Rides | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Co-story (with Harry S. Webb) |
3/13/40 | Wild Horse Valley | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Co-screenplay (with Harry S. Webb) |
Ira S. Webb | ||||
Release Date |
Title | Company | Star | Job/Function |
1/1/35 | The Live Wire | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Production Manager |
11/21/35 | The Midnight Phantom | Reliable | Reginald Denny | Production Manager |
11/27/35 | Never Too Late | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Assistant Director |
1/1/36 | Caryl of the Mountains | Reliable | Francis X. Bushman, Jr. | Production Manager |
1/5/36 | Skull and Crown | Reliable | Regis Toomey, Rin Tin Tin, Jr. | Production Manager |
1/29/36 | Ridin' On | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Director |
4/4/36 | The Millionaire Kid | Reliable | Charles Delaney | Production Manager |
5/14/36 | The Speed Reporter | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Production Manager |
7/1/36 | Step On It | Reliable | Richard Talmadge | Production Manager |
8/15/36 | Santa Fe Bound | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Assistant Director |
12/12/39 | El Diablo Rides | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Director |
3/13/40 | Wild Horse Valley | Metropolitan | Bob Steele | Director |
10/23/45 | The Royal Mounted Rides Again | Universal | Bill Kennedy | Assistant Director |
6/28/47 | Pioneer Justice | PRC | Lash LaRue | Assistant Director |
7/26/47 | Ghost Town Renegades | PRC | Lash LaRue | Assistant Director |
8/1/47 | Last of the Redmen | Columbia | Jon Hall | Co-Camera credit |
9/13/47 | Stage To Mesa City | PRC | Lash LaRue | Assistant Director |
10/11/47 | Return of the Lash | PRC | Lash LaRue | Assistant Director |
10/25/47 | Black Hills | PRC | Eddie Dean | Assistant Director |
11/15/47 | The Fighting Vigilantes | PRC | Lash LaRue | Assistant Director |
12/13/47 | Cheyenne Takes Over | PRC | Lash LaRue | Assistant Director |
1/1/48 | Dead Man's Gold | Screen Guild | Lash LaRue | Co-story/co-screenplay /co-Associate Producer |
1/24/48 | Check Your Guns | PRC | Eddie Dean | Assistant Director |
4/10/48 | The Hawk of Powder River | PRC | Eddie Dean | Assistant Director |
10/15/48 | Mark of the Lash | Screen Guild | Lash LaRue | Co-story/co-screenplay /co-Associate Producer |
12/26/48 | Frontier Revenge | Screen Guild | Lash LaRue | Co-Associate Producer |
1/7/49 | Outlaw Country | Screen Guild | Lash LaRue | Co-story/co-screenplay /co-Associate Producer |
3/25/49 | Rimfire | Screen Guild | James Millican | Production Manager |
4/2/49 | Son of Billy the Kid | Screen Guild | Lash LaRue | Co-story/co-screenplay /co-Associate Producer |
5/16/49 | Son of a Badman | Screen Guild | Lash LaRue | Co-story/co-screenplay /co-Associate Producer |
10/21/49 | The Dalton Gang | Screen Guild | Don Barry | Co-Associate Producer |
11/11/49 | Square Dance Jubilee | Screen Guild | Don Barry | Co-Associate Producer |
12/17/49 | Red Desert | Screen Guild | Don Barry | Co-Associate Producer |
2/25/50 | The Daltons' Women | Western Adventure | Lash LaRue | Production Manager |
3/24/50 | Hostile Country | Lippert | Jimmy Ellison & Russell Hayden | Production Manager |
5/12/50 | Colorado Ranger | Lippert | Jimmy Ellison & Russell Hayden | Production Manager |
6/9/50 | Crooked River | Lippert | Jimmy Ellison & Russell Hayden | Production Manager |
6/10/50 | West of the Brazos | Lippert | Jimmy Ellison & Russell Hayden | Production Manager |
6/30/50 | Fast on the Draw | Lippert | Jimmy Ellison & Russell Hayden | Production Manager |
2/1/51 | King of the Bullwhip | Western Adventure | Lash LaRue | Co-Story/Screenplay / Associate Producer |
4/21/51 | Marshal of Heldorado | Lippert | Jimmy Ellison & Russell Hayden | Production Manager |
6/18/51 | Little Big Horn | Lippert | Lloyd Bridges | Assistant Director |
8/1/51 | The Thundering Trail | Western Adventure | Lash LaRue | Co-screenplay / Production Manager |
11/1/51 | The Vanishing Outpost | Western Adventure | Lash LaRue | Production Manager |
1/2/52 | The Black Lash | Western Adventure | Lash LaRue | Production Manager |
2/1/52 | The Frontier Phantom | Western Adventure | Lash LaRue | Production Manager |
8/8/56 | Kentucky Rifle | Howco Prod. | Chill Wills | Co-Associate Producer |
While at Universal in the first half of the 1940s, Ira Webb was nominated several times for an Oscar in Interior Design/Decoration (for ARABIAN NIGHTS (1942) and IMPACT (1944)). He (and Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman and Russell A. Gausman) won the 1943 Oscar for Interior Decoration (color) for PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. You can search the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) database for the Oscars award at: https://www.oscars.org/oscars/awards-databases-0 |
The Webb/Gordon Hollywood Connection Continues ...
The youngest son of Harry Webb and Rose Gordon is Gordon Webb and he's shown as a child in the Bob Steele photo above. Gordon grew up and became an important figure in films and TV --- he had various jobs as producer, co-producer, director, production manager, et al, and his credits include SIX DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS (1998), GHOSTBUSTERS II (1989), TWINS (1988), more, as well as TV work on WILD, WILD WEST, PERRY MASON, more.
Bob's son Mark Webb has directed underwater photography for the TV series BAYWATCH and currently serves as a producer and production manager. Bob's other son, Chris Webb is a property person in the film business.
Harry S. Webb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0916125/ |
The Family Search website and the death certificate provide more on Harry Samuel Webb and wife Rose Gordon:
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