Tay Garnett

Tay Garnett

American film director and writer (1894–1977)

William Taylor "Tay" Garnett was an American film director, writer, and producer. He made nearly 50 films in various genres during his 55-year career, The Postman Always Rings Twice and China Seas being two of the most commercially successful. In his later years, he focused mainly on television.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 43 films (1922–1970) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 20 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1970 The Delta Factor Tay Garnett 91 min Color
1963 Cattle King. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. & Missouri Productions Inc. 88 min 35mm Color sound
1960 A Terrible Beauty Tay Garnett 87 min B&W
1956 Seven Wonders Of The World. Stanley Warner Cinerama Corp. 128 min 35mm Color sound
1953 Main Street To Broadway. Cinema Productions Inc. 101 min 35mm B&W sound
1952 One Minute To Zero Tay Garnett 1:05 B&W
1951 Soldiers three. Loew's Inc. 91 min. 35mm B&W sound
1950 Fireball Tay Garnett
1949 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Tay Garnett 106 min Color
1949 A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court. Universal 16 107 min 35mm Color sound
1947 Wild Harvest. Tay Garnett 92 min. 35mm B&W sound
1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice. Tay Garnett 11 reels. B&W sound
1945 The Valley Of Decision. Tay Garnett 12 reels B&W sound
1944 MRS. PARKINGTON. Tay Garnett 12 reels B&W sound
1944 See Here, Private Hargrove. Wesley Ruggles, Tay Garnett 10 reels B&W sound
1943 Bataan. Tay Garnett 11 reels. B&W sound
1943 The Cross Of Lorraine. Tay Garnett 9 reels B&W sound
1942 My Favorite Spy. Tay Garnett 86 min. B&W
1941 CHEERS FOR MISS BISHOP Tay Garnett 95 min B&W
1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop. Tay Garnett 10 reels 16mm B&W sound
1941 Unexpected Uncle. Peter Godfrey 66 min. B&W
1940 Seven Sinners Tay Garnett 83 min B&W
1940 Slightly Honorable. Tay Garnett 9 reels B&W
1939 ETERNALLY YOURS Tay Garnett 87 min B&W
1939 Slightly Honorable LCA 88 min. 16mm B&W
1937 LOVE IS NEWS. Fox Film Corp 77 min B&W
1937 Slave ship. Fox Film Corp 3150 16mm B&W sound
1935 China seas. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. 9 reels 16mm B&W sound
1933 DESTINATION UNKNOWN. Universal Pictures Corp. 7 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1933 S.O.S. Eisberg Universal Pictures Corporation 1:17:00 16mm B&W sound
1932 OKAY AMERICA. Universal Pictures Corp. 8 reels
1932 One Way Passage Tay Garnett 69 min 16mm B&W sound
1932 PRESTIGE. RKO Pathe Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1930 Her man. Pathe Exchange Inc. 8 reels 16mm B&W sound
1930 OFFICER O'BRIEN. Pathe Exchange Inc. 8 reels
1929 THE FLYING FOOL. Pathe Exchange Inc. 7 reels B&W
1928 CELEBRITY. Pathe Exchange Inc. 7 reels B&W
1928 THE COP. Pathe Exchange Inc. 8 reels B&W
1926 The Strong Man First National Pictures Inc 1:00:00 16mm B&W silent
1926 THE STRONG MAN. First National Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1926 UP IN MABEL'S ROOM. Christie Film Co 7 reels B&W
1925 Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde ▶ Julie Leonard; Scott Pembroke; Stan Laurel; Joe Rock; Tay Garnett; Pete the Dog 20 min B&W
1922 BROKEN CHAINS. Goldwyn Pictures Corp. 7 reels B&W