Directing
Robert De Lacey
Born — Died
1892-06-07 — 1976-03-03
Place of birth
Illinois, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
26 titles
Known for
5.5Ted is riding for Pa Martin against Cooper in the big race. When Cooper has his men capture Ted, Peggy overhears them and sets out to free Ted in time for the race.
Pardon My Gun
1930
9.0Idaho Red is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey.
Idaho Red
1929
8.0The Driscolls learn that the Brown family's homestead has valuable marble deposits under it, and they scheme to acquire the property. They and the Browns all learn that the land title was never filed with the county registration office, and it becomes a break-neck race between them and their henchmen, and the Browns' friend Tom O'Brien to get to the land-office first.
Gun Law
1929
10.0John O'Connor and Jim Rollins, rival ranchmen, each has a baseball team, though Rollins' usually wins because O'Connor's foreman and pitcher, Bide Goodrich, is paid by Rollins to throw the game. When Tom Hanley and his grandmother settle on O'Connor's ranch, the boss discovers that he is a good pitcher; and Rollins, who has bet heavily on the Fourth of July game, plots to eliminate Tom.
Out of the West
1926
Wells Fargo agent, Kirk Stockwood, is sent to put a stop to put a stop to the stagecoach robberies by a band of outlaws known as the Wolves.
The Pride of Pawnee
1929
9.0Tom Duffy, whose father is the half-owner of the Flying-U Ranch, spends half his time reading movie magazines and the other half with Mary Smith. Mary and her kid-brother, Frankie, are heirs to the other half of the Flying U, and wards of Tom's Father. Tom's interest in movie magazines is Pandora Golden, the movie vamp. Tom is thrilled when he learns that Pandora's next film will be shot on the ranch.
Tom and His Pals
1926
Behind the camera
5.5Ted is riding for Pa Martin against Cooper in the big race. When Cooper has his men capture Ted, Peggy overhears them and sets out to free Ted in time for the race.
Pardon My Gun
1930
9.0Idaho Red is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey.
Idaho Red
1929
8.0The Driscolls learn that the Brown family's homestead has valuable marble deposits under it, and they scheme to acquire the property. They and the Browns all learn that the land title was never filed with the county registration office, and it becomes a break-neck race between them and their henchmen, and the Browns' friend Tom O'Brien to get to the land-office first.
Gun Law
1929
10.0John O'Connor and Jim Rollins, rival ranchmen, each has a baseball team, though Rollins' usually wins because O'Connor's foreman and pitcher, Bide Goodrich, is paid by Rollins to throw the game. When Tom Hanley and his grandmother settle on O'Connor's ranch, the boss discovers that he is a good pitcher; and Rollins, who has bet heavily on the Fourth of July game, plots to eliminate Tom.
Out of the West
1926
Wells Fargo agent, Kirk Stockwood, is sent to put a stop to put a stop to the stagecoach robberies by a band of outlaws known as the Wolves.
The Pride of Pawnee
1929
9.0Tom Duffy, whose father is the half-owner of the Flying-U Ranch, spends half his time reading movie magazines and the other half with Mary Smith. Mary and her kid-brother, Frankie, are heirs to the other half of the Flying U, and wards of Tom's Father. Tom's interest in movie magazines is Pandora Golden, the movie vamp. Tom is thrilled when he learns that Pandora's next film will be shot on the ranch.
Tom and His Pals
1926
7.01928 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey.
When the Law Rides
1928
Migual Garcia, a somewhat arrogant Spaniard, alienates pretty much all of the residents of the Flying U Ranch except the owner's young son, Chip Bennett. Dunk Whitaker, who owns a neighboring ranch, has secretly been rustling Flying U cattle and steals a contract guaranteeing the Flying U's rights to a particular waterhole. Not only that, he decides that he wants Bennett's pretty niece, Sally, for himself. Just when things look their darkest, it turns out that Miguel is not quite what he seems to be.
The Flying U Ranch
1927
A gang working on behalf of a foreign government use slave labor to exploit a secret mine.
Tyrant of Red Gulch
1928
9.0Vic Stanley, a wandering cowboy, is found by Clint Taggart and his daughter, Amy, after he has escaped from a band of rustlers. Upon recovering his sight from a desert sandstorm, he sees and falls in love with Amy and becomes resolute in his decision to uncover the identity of the rustlers and particularly their leader, "The Eagle." Though blind during his capture, he nevertheless recognizes the voice of The Eagle in McElroy, a leading banker. After another escape from the gang, Vic manages to save Taggart and Amy from The Eagle's sticky clutches, exposes their operation, and proceeds on course with Amy.
Trail of the Horse Thieves
1929
7.0Dave Collins is a young man who is bequeathed a ranch on the condition that he marry the late owner's granddaughter Lucille. But when he arrives at the ranch with young sidekick Spuds in tow, Dave finds that a distant relative of Lucille's, Ray Foster, has taken his place. Foster hires tough Bart Haywood to kill his rival, and soon our hero is hogtied to a handcar in the path of an approaching train.
Tom's Gang
1927
10.0Cowboy Tom Gallagher, escaping from a saloon fight with Black Carter and Thug Peters, rescues Little Joey and his dog--who have been sent "parcel post" to Dorothy Manning's Bar M Ranch by her sister--from an approaching train. Tom completes the delivery and is hired by Dorothy as foreman. There he finds Carter and Peters, who have been rustling Dorothy's cattle and stealing right and left from the Bar M. Peters buys up the mortgage and then kidnaps Dorothy when Tom goes away to get the money to pay it off. Tom effects her rescue with the aid of Little Joey and Bendy Mulligan, a rheumatic old cowpuncher. The mortgage is paid off, and Bendy's accidental discovery of oil while taking a mud bath solves Dorothy's financial problems. Dorothy and Tom wed.
Let's Go, Gallagher
1925
8.0Splitting the Breeze is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Robert De Lacey.
Splitting the Breeze
1927
A cowboy searches for the man who killed his brother.
Cyclone of the Range
1927
Returning to his hometown, Bill Duncan conceals his identity due to a longstanding feud with the Flynne family. He is soon found out and arrested for the murder of rancher Red Flynne. Flynne's estate is bequeathed jointly to his foreman Rolfe McPherson and his daughter Helen. Helen believes her father wished her to marry Rolfe, unaware that he plotted the murder. Clued in by the housekeeper of Rolfe's guilt, Bill escapes and pursues Rolfe who has kidnapped Helen and is headed for the Mexican border. Bill comes to the rescue, brings the villain to justice, and wins Helen.
The Cherokee Kid
1927
8.0Tom Blake, en route to the bank to draw money to pay off the mortgage for Felton, his boss, is intercepted by Trumbull, acting for Purdy (who holds the mortgage). Blake escapes and swims ashore to a private school for girls. There he meets Marjorie, Felton's daughter, and on their way to the ranch they are kidnapped by Trumbull and taken to a deserted cabin.
Wild to Go
1926
When heavyweight contender Battling Jack Riley uses the Bar X Ranch for his training quarters, foreman Tom Buckely becomes concerned over Riley's attentions to Frances Morris, the owner's daughter, whom Tom loves. Gerald, Frances' twin brother, confesses to a theft of money from the bank in which he works, and to retrieve the money Tom agrees to fight Riley for three rounds, to the disgust of Frances.
Red Hot Hoofs
1926
7.0A cowboy joins the Low Angeles mounted police unit.
The Cowboy Cop
1926
7.0Following a political coup in the Balkan kingdom of Roxenburg, young King Alexis and his American governess Janet Holbrooke flee to America. Out west, Tom Potter, a rancher, gives them shelter.
Lightning Lariats
1927
Elmer and Fannie Blue (Ray Hughes and Dorothy Gulliver) are happy that their neighbors in the duplex apartment next door, that shares an interior wall, have vacated and are looking forward to having newer and nicer neighbors. Then, Oscar Black and his wife (Harry Gribbon and Vivien Oakland, who was billed as Vivian Oakland) move in
Big Hearted
1930
9.0Silent cowboy western starring Tom Mix, Bernard Bolden, Dorothy Dwan, Barney Furey, Albert J. Smith, and Ernest Wilson. Also, note that this is a "lost" film, which means that no surviving copies are thought to exist.
The Drifter
1929
7.0Dennis Terhune, ranch foreman for John Morgan, an eastern capitalist, discovers that there is oil on Morgan's ranch shortly after Morgan has deeded the ranch to Daley, western manager for the Morgan properties. Dennis rides after Daley and retrieves the deed, saving Morgan's ranch and securing for himself the love of the financier's daughter, Eunice.
Born to Battle
1926
10.0The story is set in Africa, where a band of cowboys, headed by Mix, embark on a search for their missing employer. They are accompanied in this venture by the boss' daughter, played by Sally Blane (sister of actress Loretta Young).
King Cowboy
1928
8.0Cowboy Phil Stone gets a job as foreman on a ranch owned by pretty young Isabel Hastings. He discovers that ruthless rancher Jeff Kopp has a claim on Isabel's ranch, and that if she dies unmarried before she turns 21, Kopp will get her ranch. When Isabel turns down a marriage proposal by Kopp's son Rudy, Kopp decides to kill her and get the ranch for himself, and hires a notorious killer, "Cyclops", to do the deed.
The Wyoming Wildcat
1925
10.0A cowboy saves his female employer from a villainous foreman.
The Cowboy Musketeer
1925
9.0A young woman, Molly Marble, is enmeshed in a train robbery by her crooked step-father. She meets a stranger, Jeff Morton, and suspects he knows where the loot is hidden. For the sake of her relatives, she must try to 'vamp' this information from him but, instead, she falls in love with him.
The Masquerade Bandit
1926
