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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
H. Humberstone

Other names
  
Lucky Humberstone

Role
  
Movie director

Occupation
  
Employer
  
20th Century Fox

Years active
  
1924–1966


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Born
  
November 18, 1901 (
1901-11-18
)
Buffalo, New York, USA

Notable work
  
Sun Valley SerenadeI Wake Up ScreamingTo the Shores of Tripoli

Died
  
October 11, 1984, Woodland Hills, California, United States

Movies
  
I Wake Up Screaming, Sun Valley Serenade, Tarzan and the Lost Safari, Ten Wanted Men, Tarzan's Fight for Life

Similar People
  
John Payne, Laird Cregar, Eve Brent, Gordon Scott, Lynn Bari

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H. Bruce "Lucky" Humberstone (November 18, 1901 – October 11, 1984) was a movie actor (as a child), a script clerk, an assistant director, working with directors such as King Vidor, Edmund Goulding and Allan Dwan and, ultimately, a director.

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Early years

Humberstone was born in Buffalo, New York, and attended Miami Military Academy in Miami, Florida.

Film

One of twenty-eight founders of the Directors Guild of America, Humberstone worked on several silent movie films for 20th Century Fox. Humberstone did not specialize; he worked on comedies, dramas, and melodramas. Humberstone is best known today for the seminal Film noir I Wake Up Screaming (1941) and his work on some of the Charlie Chan films. In the 1950s, Humberstone worked mostly on TV. He retired in 1966.

Recognition

Humberstone has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Death

Humberstone died of pneumonia in Woodland Hills, California, on October 11, 1984, aged 82, and was buried at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, California.

References

H. Bruce Humberstone Wikipedia