Elmer Clifton

Director

Born: March 12, 1890
Died: October 15, 1949 (age 59)
From: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Born in Chicago, he was an actor in touring stock companies before making his screen debut in 1912. Joining D.W. Griffith's Fine Arts Studio in 1914, he was cast as Union officer Phil Stoneman in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as The Rhapsodie in the Babylonian story of "Intolerance" (1916). He was also a second-unit director for those films. Promoted to director in 1917, Clifton supervised…

Filmography (112)

I Am Not a Racist (2019)
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The Silver Bandit (1950)
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Red Rock Outlaw (1949)
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Not Wanted (1949)
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The Judge (1949)
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Swing, Cowboy, Swing (1946)
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Marked for Murder (1945)
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The Whispering Skull (1944)
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Dead or Alive (1944)
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Youth Aflame (1944)
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Gangsters of the Frontier (1944)
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Seven Doors to Death (1944)
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Spook Town (1944)
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The Pinto Bandit (1944)
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Guns of the Law (1944)
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Captain America (1944)
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Boss of Rawhide (1943)
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The Return of the Rangers (1943)
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Frontier Law (1943)
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Days of Old Cheyenne (1943)
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The Blocked Trail (1943)
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The Sundown Kid (1942)
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The Old Chisholm Trail (1942)
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Deep in the Heart of Texas (1942)
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Swamp Woman (1941)
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Hard Guy (1941)
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I'll Sell My Life (1941)
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City of Missing Girls (1941)
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Isle Of Destiny (1940)
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Crashing Thru (1939)
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