Tay GarnettAKA:
William Taylor Garnett
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
06/13/1894 Birthplace:
Los Angeles, California Death Date:
10/03/1977 Celeb News
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biography
A prolific, skillful director of adventure films, westerns and other hard-hitting fare, Tay Garnett began in films around 1920 as a writer. Becoming as a director near the end of the silent period, Garnett quickly demonstrated the narrative verve and technical competence typical of his work with the early talkie landmarks, the rough-housing romance, "Her Man" (1930) and the intriguing gangster film, "Bad Company" (1931). Though his output is variable, Garnett was a reliable and very talented craftsman who helmed such fine genre fare as "One Way Passage" (1932), a lovely romantic duet for Kay
Credits
milestones
Year
Milestone
Served as a pilot for the Navy during and shortly after WWI
1920
Became a screenwriter; wrote screenplays and comic material for, among others, Hal Roach and Mack Sennett
1927
Joined the DeMille unit at Pathe
1928
Began as a film director at Pathe; first films, "Celebrity" (for which he also co-wrote the screenplay) and "The Spieler" (which he also co-wrote)
Directed mainly for TV beginning in the late 1950s
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