Arthur Lubin

Arthur Lubin July 25 1898 May 12 1995 was an American film director and producer who directed several Abbott Costello films and created the TV series Mr Ed Arthur Lubin was born Arthur William Lubovsky in Los Angeles California in 1898 Lubin created his own film and music studio Lubin Studios in the 1920s where he acted in silent films in the later half of the decade Lubin directed the Abbott and Costello movies Buck Privates 1941 In the Navy 1941 Hold That Ghost 1941 Keep Em Flying 1942 and Ride Em Cowboy 1942 His most successful film at the box office was probably Phantom of the Opera 1943 Another may be Rhubarb 1951 about a cat that inherits a baseball team by proxy Lubin also directed the Francis the Talking Mule series and brought the idea to TV as the series Mr Ed He was the first producer to give a contract to Clint Eastwood Lubin also directed episodic TV shows like Bronco 1958 Maverick 1959 Bonanza 1960 Mister Ed 1961 and The Addams Family 1965 Lubins last work was the TV series called Little Lulu 1978 Lubins career ended in the late 1970s and he lived the rest of his life with his life partner Frank Burfordcitation needed and died in Glendale California of an unspecified cause on May 12 1995 at age 96