1. Jack Hively was an American film editor and film and television director whose career lasted from the 1930s through the 1980s.
11 Facts About Jack Hively
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Jack Hively began as a film editor, before moving on to direct features.
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Jack Hively's career was interrupted by his enlistment in the US Army following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
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Jack Hively began his career in the film industry as an editor at RKO in 1933, working as an assistant editor on the Richard Dix film, No Marriage Ties.
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Between 1939 and the outbreak of World War II, Jack Hively directed 14 features.
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Jack Hively joined the Army Signal Corps in late 1941, and remained in the service for the duration of World War II, rising to the rank of Major.
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Jack Hively served under General MacArthur in the Pacific Theater, along with screenwriter Jesse Lasky Jr.
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Jack Hively worked sparingly during the 1950s, before becoming active in the 1960s and 1970s.
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Jack Hively worked regularly on several television series, including Death Valley Days, Lassie, and The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, as well as directing several TV movies.
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Jack Hively's final directorial credit was a television film entitled California Gold Rush.
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Jack Hively died on December 19,1995, in Hollywood, California, and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.