He was a dialogue director in five films, including "To Have and Have Not" (1944). His first film directing job was "Too Young to Know" (1945) for Warner Brothers. He directed 23 movies. One of the better known was "Bedtime for Bonzo" (1951) starring future President Ronald Reagan and a chimpanzee. He also directed Rock Hudson, Errol Flynn, Tony Curtis, Audie Murphy, Yvonne de Carlo, Bob Hope and Humphrey Bogart. Much of his career was at Universal Studios, where he was known for turning out entertaining pictures quickly, even with difficult actors, and on a low budget. His last film was "Frankie and Johnny" (1966) with Elvis Presley.