Alan Crosland Jr.

American film editor and director

Eileen Florence Dougherty

(m. 1940; div. 1955)

Bettie Jane Brown

(m. 1957; div. 1962)

Leatrice Bernard

(m. 1963; div. 1971)

Donna Ruth Hanor

(m. 1972; div. 1978)

Jean Margaret Smith

(m. 1982; died 1993)

Martha Villasenor

(m. 1998)

Children3Parents

Alan Crosland (father)
Juanita Fletcher (mother)

Frederick Alan Crosland Jr. (June 19, 1918 – December 18, 2001) was a prolific director and editor of film and television from the 1940s to the 1980s. Crosland directed nearly 70 films and television episodes between 1954 and 1984.^[1]^[2] The son of noted director Alan Crosland, he is best known for directing the two-part pilot of The Bionic Woman in 1976 and episodes of The Twilight Zone in 1963.^[3] Crosland served in the US Navy.^[1]

Biography

Crosland was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 19 July 1918 to Frederick Alan Crosland and Juanita Fletcher.^[1] In 1927, Crosland's mother was granted custody following his parents' divorce. According to the terms of the divorce, Crosland's father agreed to fund his education as well as a monthly child support payment.^[4] Between 1940 and his death in 2001, Crosland was married 5 times, 3 of which ended in divorce.^[3] Crosland died on 18 December 2001 in Palm Desert, California.^[1]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1961	Fury River	Director	^[5]
1960	Natchez Trace	Director	^[5]
1958	All Mine to Give	Editing Supervisor	^[5]
1958	The Last of the Fast Guns	Editor	^[5]
1957	Sweet Smell of Success	Editing Supervisor	^[5]
1955	Marty	Editing Supervisor	^[5]
1954	Vera Cruz	Editing Supervisor	^[5]
1954	Apache	Editing Supervisor	^[5]
1953	Blowing Wild	Director	^[5]
1953	The Jazz Singer	Editing Supervisor	^[5]
1952	The Winning Team	Editor	^[5]
	Room for One More	Editor	^[5]
	The Iron Mistress	Editor	^[5]
1951	Tomorrow Is Another Day (1951 film)	Editor	^[5]
	Come Fill the Cup	Editor	^[5]
	Operation Pacific	Editor	^[5]
1950	The Flame and the Arrow	Editor	^[5]
	The Breaking Point	Editor	^[5]
	Young Man with a Horn	Editor	^[5]
1949	Adventures of Don Juan	Editor	^[5]
1949	Task Force	Editor	^[5]
1948	Silver River	Editor	^[5]
1947	The Unfaithful	Editor	^[5]
1946	Deception	Editor	^[5]
1945	Pillow to Post	Editor	^[5]
1944	The Very Thought of You	Editor	^[5]

Short films

Year	Title	Role	Ref.
1944	United States Coast Guard Band	Editor	^[5]
1944	The Birds and the Beasts Were There	Editor	^[5]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Alan Crosland Jr". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on August 24, 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
^ "Frederick Crosland, Jr". The Desert Sun. 23 December 2001. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Alan Crosland Jr". IMDB. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
^ "Film Director Divorced". The Los Angeles Times. 13 April 1927. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab "Alan Crosland Jr. Filmography". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 29 August 2022.