Biography
Tim Whelan (November 2, 1893 - August 12, 1957) was an American film director, writer, producer and actor. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Complete Filmography

Look Who's Back
2015
as Comedy Writer
When Adolf Hitler reawakens at the site of his former bunker in present-day Berlin, he is mistaken for a comedian and quickly becomes a media phenomen...

Texas Lady
1955
Director
Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. He...

Rage at Dawn
1955
Director
In this film's version of the story, four of the Reno Brothers are corrupt robbers and killers while a fifth, Clint is a respected Indiana farmer. A s...

Utopia
1951
Co-Director
Stan and Ollie are marooned on an island in the south pacific island.

This Was a Woman
1948
Director
The woman here is Sylvia Russell: power mad with set goals. In order to achieve those goals she is sadistically devoted to her son and daughter, able ...

Badman's Territory
1946
Director
After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law s...

Step Lively
1944
Director
Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.

Higher and Higher
1943
Director, Producer
A valet to a bankrupt millionaire plans to rebuild his boss's fortune by passing a scullery maid off as a high-society debutante.

Swing Fever
1943
Director
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

Seven Days' Leave
1942
Director, Producer
Soldier Johnny Grey is engaged to marry singer Mapy Cortes, but his plans go awry when he learns that he is the heir to $100,000 from his great-grandf...

Nightmare
1942
Director
An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and saboteurs.

Twin Beds
1942
Director
Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.

International Lady
1941
Director
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a...

The Mad Doctor
1940
Director
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.

Ten Days in Paris
1940
Director
Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true b...

The Thief of Bagdad
1940
Director
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, a...

Q Planes
1939
Director
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraf...

St. Martin's Lane
1938
Director, Additional Writing
On the sidewalks of the London theater district the buskers (street performers) earn enough coins for a cheap room. Charles, who recites dramatic mono...

The Divorce of Lady X
1938
Director
The morning after a London barrister lets a mystery woman stay in his suite, a friend files for divorce.

Smash and Grab
1937
Director, Story
John Forrest, an insurance investigator with a weakness for model railways, is on the trail of a gang of smash-and-grab thieves targeting Europe's mos...

Action for Slander
1937
Director
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.

The Mill on the Floss
1937
Director
Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owne...

Farewell Again
1937
Director
Farewell Again is a multiplotted British comedy/drama about soldiers on leave and the people they've left. Given a six-hour pass after a tour of duty ...
Two's Company
1936
Director
The son of a stodgy British earl falls in love with the daughter of an American millionaire businessman. The fathers oppose the relationship.

The Perfect Gentleman
1935
as Usher (uncredited)
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.

The Perfect Gentleman
1935
Director
A strait-laced country vicar is very embarrassed by his father's naughty exploits with a lively actress.

The Murder Man
1935
Director, Screenplay
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his...

The Camels Are Coming
1934
Director
A British officer in the Camel Corps in Egypt goes undercover to investigate a gang of drug smugglers. He enlists the aid of a female pilot to help br...

Aunt Sally
1934
Director, Story
An ambitious girl who wants to be a cabaret star poses as "Zaza", a French chanteuse, to get a job in a prestigious nightclub. Unfortunately, she find...
It's a Boy
1934
Director
"It's a Boy" stars Horton as Dudley Leake, who is betrothed to Mary Bogle (the very pretty Wendy Barrie). Shortly before the wedding, Dudley blurts a ...

Out All Night
1933
Story
A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.

Hold 'Em Jail
1932
Story
Two yokels are framed and sent to prison, but wind up playing football on the warden's championship team.

Girl Crazy
1932
Screenplay
New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very dangerous, to keep away from girls, but he decides to...

Peach-o-Reno
1931
Writer, Adaptation
After a quarrel at their 25th wedding anniversary, Joe and Aggie Bruno decide to divorce each other, and both leave for Reno. So do their daughters Pr...

Everything’s Rosie
1931
Screenplay
A little orphan girl walks into the life of a hand-to-mouth carnival huckster. He teaches her the ropes and raises her as his own.

Hook, Line and Sinker
1930
Screenplay
Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and they agree to help her run a hotel that she owns. When...

The Fall Guy
1930
Screenplay
Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob. Meanwhile, his beleaguered wife has to deal with her bizarre,...

Adam's Apple
1928
Director, Writer
An American on his honeymoon in Paris, organises the kidnapping of his interfering mother-in-law.

My Best Girl
1927
Screenplay
Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his fathe...

Exit Smiling
1926
Scenario Writer
The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams of stepping in as their melodramatic production's (Fla...

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926
Story
A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company that has nearly bankrupted his father. He also ha...

The Freshman
1925
Story
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way...

Hot Water
1924
Story
Lloyd's look at married life and the issues of the in-law. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey; A wild spin in a new aut...

Girl Shy
1924
Story
Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young ...

Why Worry?
1923
Writer
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.

Safety Last!
1923
Writer
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.