Directing
William F. Claxton
- Born
- Oct 22, 1914 · Aged 81
- Died
- Feb 11, 1996
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles County, California, USA
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 0
- TV credits
- 0
- Directing credits
- 41
Also known as (2)
- Bill Claxton
- William Claxton
Biography
William Francis Claxton (October 22, 1914 – February 11, 1996) was an American film and television producer, editor and director. He made a number of films for Robert L. Lippert. He also directed and produced episodes of Bonanza, the NBC-TV series Little House on the Prairie, and also directed episodes of the NBC-TV series Father Murphy, The Rifleman, The Twilight Zone, Fame, and The High Chaparral. Claxton got his start in Hollywood as a film editor in the 1940s, where he was employed an editor for Edward Small Productions, as he would move into directing of second feature films by 1950s…