As per our current Database, Sidney Lanfield has been died on 20 June, 1972 at Marina del Rey, California, USA.
When Sidney Lanfield die, Sidney Lanfield was 74 years old.
| Popular As | Sidney Lanfield |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 74 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Aries |
| Born | April 20, 1898 (Chicago, Illinois, USA) |
| Birthday | April 20 |
| Town/City | Chicago, Illinois, USA |
| Nationality | USA |
Sidney Lanfield’s zodiac sign is Aries. According to astrologers, the presence of Aries always marks the beginning of something energetic and turbulent. They are continuously looking for dynamic, speed and competition, always being the first in everything - from work to social gatherings. Thanks to its ruling planet Mars and the fact it belongs to the element of Fire (just like Leo and Sagittarius), Aries is one of the most active zodiac signs. It is in their nature to take action, sometimes before they think about it well.
Sidney Lanfield was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
After a stint as a jazz musician and a vaudeville entertainer, Sidney Lanfield was hired by Fox Film Corp. in 1926 as a gag writer and brought to Hollywood. Making his debut as a director in 1930, he specialized in romances and light comedies, directing many of Bob Hope's films in the 1930s and 1940s.
One of his most successful films, however, was also one of his most atypical: The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939), a brooding, atmospheric thriller that introduced Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes. Lanfield divided the rest of his career between 20th Century-Fox and Paramount; while none of his films were particularly memorable, they were well-crafted, solid entertainment.
In the early 1950s he was one of the first major directors to turn to series television, and he ended his career there in the mid-'60s, directing episodes of, among others, McHale's Navy (1962) and The Addams Family (1964).
