Lester Orlebeck (June 26, 1907 – August 2, 1970) was an American

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who worked on more than 100 films and television shows between 1935 and 1970.

Biography

Lester was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to John Orlebeke and Mary Ellen Boyd. According to census records, his father's family was from Holland, and his mother's family hailed from Ireland. Lester moved to Los Angeles as a young man and found employment as a film editor and occasional director at

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. He helped make training films for the U.S. Air Force during World War II, during which time he was stationed in Dayton, Ohio. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles, California, in 1970, at the age of 63.

Selected filmography

* '' Ghost-Town Gold'' (1936) * ''

Range Defenders ''Range Defenders'' is a 1937 American Western " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Mack V. Wright. Plot Set in modern times, Stony Brooke's kid brother George rides into town saying that he is wanted for murder, a charge he denies. Ston ...

'' (1937) * '' Come on, Cowboys'' (1937) * '' The Old Barn Dance'' (1938) * ''

Billy the Kid Returns '' Billy the Kid Returns '' is a 1938 American Western (genre), Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Plot Following the shooting of Billy the Kid by his former friend Sheriff Pat Garrett, lookalike deputy sheriff Roy R ...

'' (1938) * '' The Arizona Kid'' (1939) * ''

Rough Riders' Round-up ''Rough Riders' Round-up'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Plot At the end of the Spanish–American War, Rogers and several of his comrades in arms from the Rough Riders become US Border Patrol ...

'' (1939) * ''

Southward Ho ''Southward Ho'' is a 1939 American Western film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers. Plot Towards the end of the War Between the States, Roy and Gabby are two Confederate cavalrymen who lure away a Union Army cavalry patrol in ord ...

'' (1939) * '' Heroes of the Saddle'' (1940) * '' The Ranger and the Lady'' (1940) * '' Young Bill Hickok'' (1940) * '' Pioneers of the West'' (1940) * ''

Prairie Pioneers ''Prairie Pioneers'' is a 1941 American western film directed by Lester Orlebeck and starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele and Esther Estrella. It was part of the " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie series released by Republic Pictures. Location ...

'' (1941) * '' Pals of the Pecos'' (1941) * '' Saddlemates'' (1941) * '' Outlaws of Cherokee Trail'' (1941) * '' Gauchos of El Dorado'' (1941) * '' West of Cimarron'' (1941) * '' Nevada City'' (1941) * '' Sunset on the Desert'' (1942) * '' Shadows on the Sage'' (1942) * ''

Stagecoach to Denver ''Stagecoach to Denver'' is a 1946 American Western film and one of the Republic Pictures Red Ryder film series directed by R. G. Springsteen. Plot Red is working as a stagecoach driver with one of his passengers being Dickie, a recently orpha ...

'' (1946) * '' Apache Rose'' (1947) * '' Bells of San Angelo'' (1947) * '' Teaserama'' (1955)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Orlebeck, Lester 1907 births 1970 deaths People from Sheboygan, Wisconsin Film directors from Wisconsin American film editors