Don Siegel

Don Siegel

1912-10-26 Chicago, Illinois, USA 69 Credits

Biography

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

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Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

Clint Eastwood: The Last Legend

2022

as Self (archive footage)

7.4
Acting

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'

Last of the Independents: Don Siegel and the Making of 'Charley Varrick'

2015

as Self (archive footage)

5.0
Acting

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

Eastwood Directs: The Untold Story

2013

as Self

6.0
Acting

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

Unmasking Zorro

2001

Director of Photography

6.0
Directing

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

The Beguiled, Misty, Don & Clint

2001

as Self (archive footage)

1.0
Acting

Short featurette showcasing Clint Eastwood, film historian and critic Richard Schickel and producer Robert Daley, who speak about Eastwood’s work as a...

Unforgiven

Unforgiven

1992

Thanks

7.9

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

Into the Night

1985

as Embarrassed Man

6.5
Acting

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!

Jinxed!

1982

as Owner Adult Bookstore

4.5
Acting

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!

Jinxed!

1982

Director

4.5
Directing

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

Rough Cut

1980

Director

5.8
Directing

Two sophisticated jewel thieves join forces to steal $30 million in uncut jewels.

Don Siegel: Last of the Independents

Don Siegel: Last of the Independents

1980

as Himself

Acting

Documentary about director Don Siegel including interviews with Siegel and clips from his movies.

Escape from Alcatraz

Escape from Alcatraz

1979

Director, Producer

7.5
Directing Producing

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

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1978

as Taxi Driver

7.2
Acting

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

Telefon

1977

Director

6.6
Directing

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

The Man with No Name

1977

as Self

Acting

Profile of Clint Eastwood.

The Shootist

The Shootist

1976

Director

7.1
Directing

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

The Black Windmill

1974

Director, Producer

6.2
Directing Producing

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

Charley Varrick

1973

as Murphy

7.4
Acting

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

Charley Varrick

1973

Producer, Director

7.4
Producing Directing

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

Acting

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

Dirty Harry

1971

as Pedestrian Passing Harry's Car (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

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

Dirty Harry

1971

Producer, Director

7.4
Producing Directing

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

Play Misty for Me

1971

as Murphy

6.6
Acting

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

The Beguiled: The Storyteller

1971

as Self

7.0
Acting

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

The Beguiled

1971

Director, Producer

7.0
Directing Producing

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

Two Mules for Sister Sara

1970

Director

7.0
Directing

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

Death of a Gunfighter

1969

Director

6.4
Directing

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

Faces

1968

as Extra at Whiskey A-Go-Go (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

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

Coogan's Bluff

1968

as Elevator Passenger (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

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

Coogan's Bluff

1968

Director, Producer

6.4
Directing Producing

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

Madigan

1968

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Stranger on the Run

1967

Director

5.4
Directing

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

The Hanged Man

1964

Director

4.6
Directing

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

The Killers

1964

Director, Producer

6.9
Directing Producing

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

The Solid Gold Girl

1964

Director

Directing

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

Hell Is for Heroes

1962

Director

6.5
Directing

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

Flaming Star

1960

Director

6.5
Directing

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

Hound-Dog Man

1959

Director

4.4
Directing

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

Edge of Eternity

1959

Director, Associate Producer

6.6
Directing Producing

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

The Silent Kill

1959

Director

Directing

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

The Gun Runners

1958

Director

6.0
Directing

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

The Lineup

1958

Director

7.1
Directing

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

Baby Face Nelson

Baby Face Nelson

1957

Director

5.6
Directing

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

Spanish Affair

Spanish Affair

1957

Director

5.5
Directing

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

The Hired Man

1957

Director

Directing

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

Crime in the Streets

1956

Director

6.0
Directing

A social worker tries to end juvenile crime by getting involved with a street gang.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

Director

7.5
Directing

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

An Annapolis Story

An Annapolis Story

1955

Director

3.3
Directing

Two brothers, both cadets at Annapolis, fall in love with the same girl.

Private Hell 36

Private Hell 36

1954

Director

6.2
Directing

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

Riot in Cell Block 11

1954

Director

7.0
Directing

A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.

China Venture

China Venture

1953

Director

7.3
Directing

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

Count the Hours!

Count the Hours!

1953

Director

5.5
Directing

A lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.

No Time for Flowers

No Time for Flowers

1952

Director

Directing

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

The Duel at Silver Creek

1952

Director

6.9
Directing

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

All the King's Men

1949

Second Unit, Second Unit Director

7.0
Directing

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

The Big Steal

1949

Director

6.5
Directing

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

Night Unto Night

1949

Director

5.1
Directing

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

The Verdict

1946

Director

6.6
Directing

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

Devotion

1946

Editorial Services

6.0

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

Hitler Lives

1945

Director

5.1
Directing

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

Star in the Night

Star in the Night

1945

Director

7.4
Directing

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

To Have and Have Not

1945

Assistant Director

7.5
Directing

A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.

Northern Pursuit

Northern Pursuit

1943

Second Unit Director, Editorial Staff

5.9
Directing

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

Casablanca

1943

Other

8.2

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

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

1943

Editorial Services

6.6

Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

Gentleman Jim

Gentleman Jim

1942

Editorial Services

7.2

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

George Washington Slept Here

1942

Other

6.3

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

Now, Voyager

1942

Other

7.4

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

Sergeant York

1941

Second Unit

7.2

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