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Edgar G. Ulmer

Austrian film director · United States · On the map · Directors · Lived 1904 to 1972 · aged 68

Edgar Georg Ulmer was an Austrian film director who worked mainly in Hollywood B movies and other low-budget productions, eventually earning the epithet 'The King of PRC', due to his extremely prolific output for the Poverty Row studios.

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A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026

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A life in dates

1972Died30 September 19721964The CavernFilm, Director, Producer1960Beyond the Time BarrierFilm, Director1958Swiss Family Robinson: Lost in the JungleFilm, Director, Producer1956The Perjured FarmerFilm, Producer1955Murder Is My BeatFilm, Director1951St. Benny the DipFilm, Director1949The Pirates of CapriFilm, Director1947Carnegie HallFilm, Director1945Club HavanaFilm, Director1943CorregidorFilm, Writer1942Prisoner of JapanFilm, Writer1939Moon Over HarlemFilm, Director, Producer1933Damaged LivesFilm, Director, Writer1930People on SundayFilm, Director, Producer1904Born17 September 1904

Known for

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  • Detour 1945
  • People on Sunday 1930
  • Tabu: A Story of the South Seas 1931
  • The Black Cat 1934
  • The Man from Planet X 1951

People around Edgar

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Filmography 40

121 credits on file

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About this person

His stylish and eccentric works came to be appreciated by auteur theory-espousing film critics in the years following his retirement. Ulmer's most famous productions include the horror film The Black Cat (1934) and the film noir Detour (1945).

Country
United States
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1904 to 1972 · aged 68

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In the same film or series as Edgar

John AgarAlso in Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957)Attila HörbigerAlso in The Perjured Farmer (1956)Barbara PaytonAlso in Murder Is My Beat (1955)Virginia ChristineAlso in The Wife of Monte Cristo (1946)Amedeo NazzariAlso in Journey Beneath the Desert (1961)