Biography
Donald Siegel (October 26, 1912 - April 20, 1991) was an influential American film director and producer.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The portrait of the last cowboy Hollywood legend dives into the 65 years of an extraordinary career in Hollywood, highlighted iconic films like The Go...

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'
2015
as Self (archive footage)
Don Siegel’s classic crime thriller "Charley Varrick," made in 1972 in the wake of the immensely successful "Dirty Harry," stars Walter Matthau in wh...

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story
2013
as Self
With a focus on Clint Eastwood's career as a director, this documentary features movie clips, behind-the-scenes footage, interviews with people with w...

Unmasking Zorro
2001
Director of Photography
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film The Mask of Zorro (1998), including a brief history of the iconic character.

The Beguiled, Misty, Don & Clint
2001
as Self (archive footage)
Short featurette showcasing Clint Eastwood, film historian and critic Richard Schickel and producer Robert Daley, who speak about Eastwood’s work as a...

Unforgiven
1992
Thanks
William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one las...

Into the Night
1985
as Embarrassed Man
Ed Okin used to have a boring life. He used to have trouble getting to sleep. Then one night, he met Diana. Now, Ed's having trouble staying alive.

Jinxed!
1982
as Owner Adult Bookstore
Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer, around the western U.S. Harold ha...

Jinxed!
1982
Director
Harold, a professional gambler, and his girlfriend Bonita, a lounge singer, follow Willie, a young blackjack dealer, around the western U.S. Harold ha...

Rough Cut
1980
Director
Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.

Don Siegel: Last of the Independents
1980
as Himself
Documentary about director Don Siegel including interviews with Siegel and clips from his movies.

Escape from Alcatraz
1979
Director, Producer
San Francisco Bay, January 18, 1960. Frank Lee Morris is transferred to Alcatraz, a maximum security prison located on a rocky island. Although no one...

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1978
as Taxi Driver
The residents of San Francisco are becoming drone-like shadows of their former selves, and as the phenomenon spreads, two Department of Health workers...

Telefon
1977
Director
Nicolai Dalchimski, a mad KGB agent steals a notebook full of names of "sleeping" undercover KGB agents sent to the U.S. in the 1950's. These agents g...

The Man with No Name
1977
as Self
Profile of Clint Eastwood.

The Shootist
1976
Director
Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from...

The Black Windmill
1974
Director, Producer
A British agent's son is kidnapped and held for a ransom of diamonds. The agent finds out that he can't even count on the people he thought were on hi...

Charley Varrick
1973
as Murphy
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large ...

Charley Varrick
1973
Producer, Director
Charley Varrick robs a bank in a small town with his friends, but instead of obtaining a small amount of money, they discover they stole a very large ...
Dirty Harry's Way
1971
as Self
A promotional short on the movie Dirty Harry (1971) , which compares it to such classics as 'G' Men (1935) or The Big Sleep (1946) focusing on the tou...

Dirty Harry
1971
as Pedestrian Passing Harry's Car (uncredited)
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement...

Dirty Harry
1971
Producer, Director
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement...

Play Misty for Me
1971
as Murphy
A brief fling between a male disc jockey and an obsessed female fan takes a frightening, and perhaps even deadly turn when another woman enters the pi...

The Beguiled: The Storyteller
1971
as Self
The Beguiled: The Storyteller is the first documentary short ever directed by Clint Eastwood. Shot in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, under the Malpaso Produc...

The Beguiled
1971
Director, Producer
Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, ...

Two Mules for Sister Sara
1970
Director
When a wandering mercenary named Hogan rescues a nun called Sister Sara from the unwanted attentions of a band of rogues on the Mexican plains, he has...

Death of a Gunfighter
1969
Director
In the turn-of-the century Texas town of Cottownwood Springs, marshal Frank Patch is an old-style lawman in a town determined to become modern. When h...

Faces
1968
as Extra at Whiskey A-Go-Go (uncredited)
Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a...

Coogan's Bluff
1968
as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads int...

Coogan's Bluff
1968
Director, Producer
Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads int...

Madigan
1968
Director
NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. ...

Stranger on the Run
1967
Director
A drifter finds himself wrongly accused of murder by a power-crazed sheriff. The sheriff gives him a horse, some supplies, and a one-hour head start i...

The Hanged Man
1964
Director
A gunman whose best friend has been murdered enacts a plan to blackmail the corrupt labor union leader responsible but finds he isn't the only one aft...

The Killers
1964
Director, Producer
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.

The Solid Gold Girl
1964
Director
While searching for the man who framed him for a crime he didn't commit, Harrison Destry (John Gavin) stumbles into a town where an old cell mate of h...

Hell Is for Heroes
1962
Director
World War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. ...

Flaming Star
1960
Director
Sam Burton's second wife is a Kiowa, and their son is therefore born mixed-race. When a struggle starts between the whites and the native Kiowas, the ...

Hound-Dog Man
1959
Director
A rustic drama set in the early 20th century, Hound Dog Man is the simple story of a young man, Spud Kinney constantly in hot water for disobeying his...

Edge of Eternity
1959
Director, Associate Producer
Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O'Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the...

The Silent Kill
1959
Director
Retired football player and current P. I. Brock Callahan (Ken Clark) is hired to investigate the death of a decorator. The police think it's a suicide...

The Gun Runners
1958
Director
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled i...

The Lineup
1958
Director
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.

Baby Face Nelson
1957
Director
Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll (Carolyn Jones).

Spanish Affair
1957
Director
Merritt Blake, an American architect who is travelling in Spain, contracts the services of beautiful local interpreter Mari Zarubia. Sensing there may...

The Hired Man
1957
Director
The LA County sheriff's department is on the hunt for a man who approaches his victims as a prospective used car buyer. Directed by Don Siegel for the...

Crime in the Streets
1956
Director
A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers
1956
Director
A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

An Annapolis Story
1955
Director
Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.

Private Hell 36
1954
Director
In New York City, a bank robbery of $300,000 goes unsolved for a year, until some of the marked bills are found in a Los Angeles drugstore theft. Poli...

Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
Director
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

China Venture
1953
Director
American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.

Count the Hours!
1953
Director
A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

No Time for Flowers
1952
Director
A young girl's loyalty to the Communist Party is tested in Prague when she falls in love with an attache who has just arrived from the United States.

The Duel at Silver Creek
1952
Director
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free ...

All the King's Men
1949
Second Unit, Second Unit Director
A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore clas...

The Big Steal
1949
Director
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlf...

Night Unto Night
1949
Director
A bleak mansion sits ominously on a cliff above the sea somewhere on Florida's east coast. In its shadows, two people meet: a scientist haunted by inc...

The Verdict
1946
Director
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key w...

Devotion
1946
Editorial Services
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev. Arthur Nicholls. Along with their sister Anne, Em...

Hitler Lives
1945
Director
This short film, produced at the end of WWII, warns that although Adolf Hitler is dead, his ideas live on.

Star in the Night
1945
Director
Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by a kindly stranger on Christmas Eve. The motel's guests...

To Have and Have Not
1945
Assistant Director
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

Northern Pursuit
1943
Second Unit Director, Editorial Staff
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the...

Casablanca
1943
Other
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

The Hard Way
1943
Editorial Services
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

Gentleman Jim
1942
Editorial Services
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the...

George Washington Slept Here
1942
Other
New Yorkers Bill and Connie Fuller have to move from their apartment. Without Bill's knowledge, Connie purchases a delapidated old farmhouse in Pennsy...

Now, Voyager
1942
Other
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man she meets on a cruise.

Sergeant York
1941
Second Unit
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep rel...