William Christy Cabanne (April 16, 1888 – October 15, 1950) was an American film director, screenwriter and silent film actor.
Known For
The Birth of a Nation
(1915)
Assistant Director
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(1916)
Second Assistant Director
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Second Unit Director
The Mummy's Hand
(1940)
Director
Full Filmography
Directing
The Adopted Brother
(1913)
Director
An Indian's Loyalty
(1913)
Director
During the Round-Up
(1913)
Director
The Conscience of Hassan Bey
(1913)
Director
So Runs the Way
(1913)
Director
The Blue or the Gray
(1913)
Director
By Man's Law
(1913)
Director
Arms and the Gringo
(1914)
Director
The Life of General Villa
(1914)
Director
The Sisters
(1914)
Director
The Quicksands
(1914)
Director
The Hunchback
(1914)
Director
The Rebellion of Kitty Belle
(1914)
Director
The City Beautiful
(1914)
Director
Down by the Sounding Sea
(1914)
Director
Moonshine Molly
(1914)
Director
Her Awakening
(1914)
Director
The Odalisque
(1914)
Director
The Suffragette's Battle in Nuttyville
(1914)
Director
A Lesson in Mechanics
(1914)
Director
Granny
(1914)
Director
The Saving Grace
(1914)
Director
The Better Way
(1914)
Director
Martyrs of the Alamo
(1915)
Director
Enoch Arden
(1915)
Director
Double Trouble
(1915)
Director
The Lamb
(1915)
Director
The Birth of a Nation
(1915)
Assistant Director
The Failure
(1915)
Director
The Three Brothers
(1915)
Director
The Lost House
(1915)
Director
The Craven
(1915)
Director
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish
(1916)
Director
Flirting with Fate
(1916)
Director
Reggie Mixes In
(1916)
Director
Daphne and the Pirate
(1916)
Director
The Flying Torpedo
(1916)
Director
Diane of the Follies
(1916)
Director
Sold for Marriage
(1916)
Director
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
(1916)
Second Assistant Director
Pathways of Life
(1916)
Director
Draft 258
(1917)
Director
One of Many
(1917)
Director
The Great Secret
(1917)
Director
National Red Cross Pageant
(1917)
Director
The Pest
(1919)
Director
The Triflers
(1920)
Director
The Stealers
(1920)
Director
Burnt Wings
(1920)
Director
Life's Twist
(1920)
Director
Live and Let Live
(1921)
Director
Beyond the Rainbow
(1922)
Director
The Sixth Commandment
(1924)
Director
The Average Woman
(1924)
Director
Youth for Sale
(1924)
Director
Is Love Everything?
(1924)
Director
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
(1925)
Second Unit Director
The Midshipman
(1925)
Director
The Masked Bride
(1925)
Director
Dreams of Monte Carlo
(1926)
Director
Altars of Desire
(1927)
Director
Annapolis
(1928)
Director
Restless Youth
(1928)
Director
Conspiracy
(1930)
Director
The Dawn Trail
(1930)
Director
Convicted
(1931)
Director
Graft
(1931)
Director
Carne de Cabaret
(1931)
Director
Red Haired Alibi
(1932)
Director
Hotel Continental
(1932)
Director
Hearts of Humanity
(1932)
Director
Western Limited
(1932)
Director
The Midnight Patrol
(1932)
Director
The Unwritten Law
(1932)
Director
The World Gone Mad
(1933)
Director
Daring Daughters
(1933)
Director
Midshipman Jack
(1933)
Director
Money Means Nothing
(1934)
Director
Jane Eyre
(1934)
Director
A Girl of the Limberlost
(1934)
Director
One Frightened Night
(1935)
Director
Behind the Green Lights
(1935)
Director
The Keeper of the Bees
(1935)
Director
Another Face
(1935)
Director
Rendezvous at Midnight
(1935)
Director
Storm Over the Andes
(1935)
Director
The Last Outlaw
(1936)
Director
Don't Tell the Wife
(1937)
Director
You Can't Beat Love
(1937)
Director
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
(1937)
Director
Annapolis Salute
(1937)
Director
Criminal Lawyer
(1937)
Director
We Who Are About to Die
(1937)
Director
The Westland Case
(1937)
Director
This Marriage Business
(1938)
Director
Everybody's Doing It
(1938)
Director
Night Spot
(1938)
Director
Smashing the Spy Ring
(1938)
Director
The Man from Montreal
(1939)
Director
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
(1939)
Director
Tropic Fury
(1939)
Director
Legion of Lost Flyers
(1939)
Director
The Mummy's Hand
(1940)
Director
The Devil's Pipeline
(1940)
Director
Alias the Deacon
(1940)
Director
Danger On Wheels
(1940)
Director
Black Diamonds
(1940)
Director
Hot Steel
(1940)
Director
Scattergood Meets Broadway
(1941)
Director
Scattergood Baines
(1941)
Director
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
(1941)
Director
Scattergood Survives a Murder
(1942)
Director
Drums of the Congo
(1942)
Director
Top Sergeant
(1942)
Director
Timber!
(1942)
Director
Scattergood Rides High
(1942)
Director
Cinderella Swings It
(1943)
Director
Keep 'Em Slugging
(1943)
Director
Dixie Jamboree
(1944)
Director
The Man Who Walked Alone
(1945)
Director
Sensation Hunters
(1945)
Director
Scared to Death
(1947)
Director
King of the Bandits
(1947)
Director
Robin Hood of Monterey
(1947)
Director
Silver Trails
(1948)
Director
Back Trail
(1948)
Director
Acting
The Battle
(1911)
A Union soldier (uncredited)
The Old Actor
(1912)
at audition
So Near, Yet So Far
(1912)
In Club / On Street
The Musketeers of Pig Alley
(1912)
At Dance (uncredited)
Lena and the Geese
(1912)
A Lodging for the Night
(1912)
First Mexican Couple - the Man (as W. Christy Cabanne)
A Beast at Bay
(1912)
A Temporary Truce
(1912)
An Indian (uncredited)
The Goddess of Sagebrush Gulch
(1912)
A Villain (uncredited)
Two Daughters of Eve
(1912)
The Driver
A Cry for Help
(1912)
Witness to Accident
Heredity
(1912)
Indian
The God Within
(1912)
On Street (as W. Christy Cabanne)
Tragedy of the Dress Suit
(1912)
At Party
Under Burning Skies
(1912)
Emily's Beau
For His Son
(1912)
One of the Son's Friends / At Soda Fountain
The Wanderer
(1913)
The Brother
The House of Darkness
(1913)
Attack Victim
Near To Earth
(1913)
A Businessman
The Sorrowful Shore
(1913)
The Widowed Father's Son
His Lesson
(1915)
Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)
Writing
The Adopted Brother
(1913)
Writer
A Timely Interception
(1913)
Writer
A Misunderstood Boy
(1913)
Writer
During the Round-Up
(1913)
Writer
So Runs the Way
(1913)
Writer
The Blue or the Gray
(1913)
Writer
An Adventure in the Autumn Woods
(1913)
Writer
A Chance Deception
(1913)
Writer
The Sorrowful Shore
(1913)
Writer
His Mother's Son
(1913)
Writer
The Quicksands
(1914)
Scenario Writer
The Sisters
(1914)
Writer
The Better Way
(1914)
Writer
Double Trouble
(1915)
Scenario Writer
Martyrs of the Alamo
(1915)
Writer
The Failure
(1915)
Writer
The Lamb
(1915)
Screenplay
One of Many
(1917)
Writer
The Great Secret
(1917)
Writer
Draft 258
(1917)
Writer
The Stealers
(1920)
Screenplay and Story
Burnt Wings
(1920)
Writer
Live and Let Live
(1921)
Writer
Beyond the Rainbow
(1922)
Writer
Is Love Everything?
(1924)
Story
Storm Over the Andes
(1935)
Story
Annapolis Salute
(1937)
Story
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
(1941)
Writer
The Man Who Walked Alone
(1945)
Screenplay
King of the Bandits
(1947)
Story
Production