Biography
Henry Levin (5 June 1909 - 1 May 1980) began as a stage actor and director but was most notable as an American film director of over fifty feature films. He broke into film in 1943 as a dialogue director for the films Dangerous Blondes and Appointment in Berlin for Columbia Pictures. He then was contracted to Columbia Pictures as a director along with several other "potentials" who began as dialogue directors: Fred Sears, William Castle, Mel Ferrer and Robert Gordon. At the end of his career, h...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Cinerama Adventure
2002
as Self
A nostalgic and compelling look into the legendary three camera, three projector process that revolutionized motion pictures and led the industry into...

Scout's Honor
1980
Director
Gary Coleman stars as little Joey Seymour, a clever but lonely orphan shuffled from one foster home to the next, who is also determined to be the best...

Jamaican Gold
1979
Director
A chance meeting leads two former college friends into a search for sunken treasure, a search which involves them with the double dealing Landers, sup...

Run for the Roses
1977
Director
Juanito, a boy from Puerto Rico, finds himself in Kentucky and drawn to a thoroughbred horse. He believes the horse can win the Derby and eventually o...

That Man Bolt
1973
Director
Fred Williamson chop-sockeys his way through this popular blaxploitation adventure as Jefferson Bolt, a Kung Fu expert assigned to deliver a cool $1 m...

The Desperados
1969
Director
A Confederate and his sons become postwar marauders and face another son who left them, in Texas.

The Ambushers
1967
Director
When an experimental flying saucer crashes, secret agent Matt Helm has to bring back the secret weapons hidden on board.

Murderers' Row
1966
Director
The handsome top agent Matt dies a tragic death in his bath tub - the women mourn about the loss. However it's just faked for his latest top-secret mi...

Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die
1966
Director
In this spoof of spy films, CIA agent, Kelly, is in Rio De Janeiro spying on a wealthy industrialist, David Ardonian, who secretly plans to turn the w...

Genghis Khan
1965
Director
This is the story of the shy Mongol boy Temujin who,during the 13th century, becomes the fearless Mongol leader Genghis Khan that unites all Mongol tr...

Hollywood in Deliblatska Pescara
1965
as Self
Short documentary on the making of Henry Levin's Genghis Khan, which filmed on location in Yugoslavia. The final film's epic battle scenes are contras...

Honeymoon Hotel
1964
Director
A man left at the alter goes on his honeymoon trip anyway, taking his best man along instead.

Come Fly with Me
1963
Director
Three airline hostesses combine their work crossing the Atlantic with searching for a rich handsome man to marry.

If a Man Answers
1962
Director
Rich socialite Chantal marries photographer Eugene and everything seems blissful until her envious friend attempts to break them up. In desperation, s...

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
1962
Director
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write s...

The Wonders of Aladdin
1961
Director
Young Aladdin has a series of wild adventures after he discovers a magic lamp containing a genie.

Where the Boys Are
1960
Director
Good girls Merritt, Melanie, Tuggle and Angie - all students at mid-western Penmore University - are planning on going to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for...

Journey to the Center of the Earth
1959
Director
An Edinburgh professor and assorted colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Holiday for Lovers
1959
Director
Clifton Webb as a strict, conservative father heads the cast of this 1959 comedy, about an American family vacationing in South America. Directed by H...

The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker
1959
Director
In early 1900s' Pennsylvania, Mr. Pennypacker has two company offices and two families with a combined total of 17 children. With an office in Harrisb...

A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed
1958
Director
Two bunglers (Tom Ewell, Mickey Rooney) rob a bank and buy a racehorse, then try to rob another bank.

April Love
1957
Director
A teenager, recently in trouble with the police, is sent to live with his aunt and uncle on their Kentucky farm in order to rediscover life's values.

Bernardine
1957
Director
A teenager pines for (and sings about) his dream girl.

The Lonely Man
1957
Director
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his...

Let's Be Happy
1957
Director
On receiving an inheritance from her grandfather, Canadian Jeannie MacLean decides to visit the family's Scottish roots. On the plane she meets busine...

The Dark Avenger
1955
Director
Edward, Prince of Wales, son and heir to his father King Edward III of England, leads an English army to the French province of Aquitaine to protect t...

Three Young Texans
1954
Director
A Texan robs a train in an effort to prevent his father from committing the crime. A young girl attempts to help him after learning about the theft. A...

The Gambler from Natchez
1954
Director
A discharged army Captain returns home to New Orleans to take revenge on the men who murdered his father.

Mister Scoutmaster
1953
Director
Snobby TV star, Robert Jordan, worries that he is out of touch with the younger generation and that's why his TV show is failing. He becomes a Boy Sco...

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1953
Director
Erie Canal, N.Y., 1850: Molly Larkins, cook on Jotham Klore's canal boat, has a love-hate relationship with her boss. She hires handsome new haul-hors...

The President's Lady
1953
Producer, Director
The story of president Andrew Jackson from his early years, through his meeting with and subsequent marriage to Rachel Donelson Robards. The plot conc...

Belles on Their Toes
1952
Director
The "Cheaper by the Dozen" crew is back, sans Clifton Webb. Lillian is struggling to make ends meet without her husband's income, while Anne, Martha, ...

The Family Secret
1951
Director
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.

Two of a Kind
1951
Director
A con woman and a lawyer get a carnival grifter to pose as an elderly rich couple's long-lost son.

The Flying Missile
1950
Director
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.

The Petty Girl
1950
Director
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his ...

Convicted
1950
Director
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.

And Baby Makes Three
1949
Director
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.

Jolson Sings Again
1949
Director
In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has...

Mr. Soft Touch
1949
Director
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's...

The Gallant Blade
1948
Director
Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.

The Man from Colorado
1948
Director
Two friends return home after their discharge from the army after the Civil War. However, one of them has had deep-rooted psychological damage due to ...

The Mating of Millie
1948
Director
Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt orphan...

The Corpse Came C.O.D.
1947
Director
Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.

The Guilt of Janet Ames
1947
Director
A hard-drinking reporter tries to help the embittered widow of the soldier who had saved his life during the war.

The Return of Monte Cristo
1946
Director
Louis Hayward, star of 1940's Son of Monte Cristo, returns to Alexandre Dumas territory in Columbia's Return of Monte Cristo. This time, Hayward plays...

The Unknown
1946
Director
"The Unknown" was the final entry in Columbia’s I Love A Mystery series. A woman hires two detectives to keep her alive long enough to claim her inher...

The Devil's Mask
1946
Director
A San Francisco airplane bound for South America crashes, and among the scorched debris is found a shrunken native human head, neatly packaged. The pe...

Night Editor
1946
Director
A daily news editor recalls a married detective and the deadly woman behind his downfall.

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946
Director
Robin Hood's swashbuckling son comes to the rescue when England's boy-king is captured by the evil, power-hungry William of Pembroke.

The Negro Sailor
1945
Director
US Navy produced short stars Joel Fluellen as a draftee from his civilian job at a black newspaper through boot camp and an assignment in the Pacific....

The Fighting Guardsman
1945
Director
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.

I Love a Mystery
1945
Director
In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson Monk who believes someone is following him with the ai...

Dancing in Manhattan
1944
Director
In this comedy, a garbage truck driver stumbles across $5,000. He decides to use the money for a wild night on the town. He and his girlfriend do not ...

Sergeant Mike
1944
Director
A soldier becomes quite upset when he is transferred from the highly coveted machine-gun unit to the canine corps. He begins to change his opinion whe...

Cry of the Werewolf
1944
Director
A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies.

Dangerous Blondes
1943
Dialogue Coach
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance wh...