Personal Info
Birth date
1910-08-29 (114 Years)
Day of death
1981-05-11
Gender
Male
Known for
Directing
Place of birth
Baldwin, Louisiana, USA
Also known as
-Ron Ormond
Biography
Ron Ormond (August 29, 1910 – May 11, 1981) was an American author, showman, screenwriter, film producer, and film director of Western, musical, and exploitation films. Following his survival of a 1968 plane crash, Ormond began making Christian films.
Filmography
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
5.7
Overview:
Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.Mesa of Lost Women
2.4
Overview:
A mad scientist, Dr. Aranya (Jackie Coogan), has created giant spiders in his Mexican lab in Zarpa Mesa to create a race of superwomen by injecting spiders with human pituitary growth hormones. Women develop miraculous regenerative powers, but men mutate into disfigured dwarves. Spiders grow to human size and intelligence.Naked Gun
6.8
Overview:
Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir...Outlaw Women
4.6
Overview:
A old west town run by women. All the town's business is controlled by a woman gambler who tries not to succumb to the allure of a handsome and persistent cowboy.Son of Billy the Kid
5
Overview:
Jack Garrett interrupts a stagecoach holdup where he meets Fuzzy (The town's stagecoach driver, station agent, baggage agent, and sheriff) and banker Jim Thorn. The trio team up to prevent robberies of Thorn's bank by Clem Yantis's large gang.The Black Panther
NYR
Overview:
Principal scenes from this kids' film, minus all shots featuring Sabu, were also used in the semi-adult film "Untamed Mistress", made and released by the same people in the same year.If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?
3.9
Overview:
Based on the preachings of Reverend Estus W. Pirkle, this film warns what will happen to America if the citizens do not give up their depraved ways and turn to God and Jesus for salvation. Communist infiltrators, the "footmen", will pave the way for an all out invasion by weakening our will through TV, dance, rock music and alcohol. Once the invasion begins, the new Communist government will proceed to round up all Christians, and either execute them or force them to undergo re-education. Only by putting their faith in the bible where it belongs, says Rev. Pirkle, can America resist the coming Red Menace.Red Desert
NYR
Overview:
A Government agent is sent to track an outlaw who has stolen gold boulion. The chase leads into a desolate desert region where the agent is forced to utilize his survival skills.The Burning Hell
4.4
Overview:
Pastor Estus W. Pirkle preaches about hell, where all non-Christians will suffer eternal torment. He's also visited by two self-professed “Christians” who don't believe in hell.Sunset Carson Rides Again
4.1
Overview:
Sunset Carson is trying to raise money for a new school and his partner Sam Webster is out to stop him. When Carson plans a benefit prize-fight, Webster plans to make off with the proceeds.The Believer's Heaven
3.8
Overview:
The third and final evangelical cinema collaboration between Rev. Estus Pirkle and directors Ron and June Ormond depicts the glory of Heaven - with a clear warning for what awaits sinners.39 Stripes
4.3
Overview:
Former chain gang convict Ed Martin converts to Christianity in prison in 1944 and forms the HopeAglow Prison Ministries.Forty Acre Feud
6
Overview:
Overlooked when the Tennessee legislature reapportioned the state, the 40-acre community of Shagbottom is discovered and notified to elect a state representative. The feud between Pa Culpepper and Uncle Foxey Calhoun resurfaces, with several incidents occurring at Postmaster Amos Quint's general store between Simon Crumb and Uncle Foxey, while at the Culpepper farm Ma Culpepper is trying to persuade Pa not to run for office. Lovers Nancy Calhoun and Del Culpepper are separated by the hostilities until the Smokey Mountain Jamboree arrives to televise the election and their country music revue.Square Dance Jubilee
4
Overview:
Two talent scouts for a New York-based country music TV show called "Square Dance Jubilee" are sent out West to get authentic western singing acts. They find what they're looking for, but also get mixed up in cattle rustling and murder.Untamed Mistress
4.5
Overview:
Two men search the jungle for a woman who has been captured by a tribe of murderous gorillas. When they finally find her, they must fight off attacks by the gorillas, who are determined to keep her.The Dalton Gang
3
Overview:
Deputy Marshall Larry West goes undercover to find out who has been terrorizing the territory, Navajos or the Dalton Gang.Fast on the Draw
NYR
Overview:
As a boy, Shamrock's parents were killed. He took possession of a pistol belonging to his father, a famous marshal. Now that he is grown, he takes the job of marshal and uses the same gun, but he still has to solve the mystery of what happened to his parents.Mark of the Lash
5
Overview:
There's a dispute over water rights, and every lawman that arrives to settle the score is killed. It's up to Lash to settle the score and find out who is behind all the killings.Please Don't Touch Me!
5.8
Overview:
A woman who is unable to have sex with her husband goes to a psychiatrist for help. He sends her to a hypnotist, who finds out she has a deep, dark secret.The Frontier Phantom
4
Overview:
Lash Larue seeks to arrest his twin brother, known as the Frontier PhantomThe Black Lash
NYR
Overview:
Having sent Deuce Rago to prison in Frontier Revenge (1948), Lash finds he's out and his outlaw gang are at it again. This time he has the Lawyer Leonard and Joan to help him out and Lash and Fuzzy must bring him in once more.The Thundering Trail
4
Overview:
Lash and Fuzzy have been sent to escort the new Governor to the Capitol City. West and his outlaw gang are out to stop them. When Lash's first attempt is foiled, he realizes the Governor's supposedly deaf and dumb servant is the informant and sets a trap for the gang.Yes Sir, Mr. Bones
4.333
Overview:
A young boy finds himself in a home for retired minstrel acts. He's anxious to find out as much as he can about them, and flashbacks show what it was like back in the days of the minstrel shows.Dead Man's Gold
4
Overview:
When rancher Jim Thornton discovers gold in Gold Valley, he sends for Lash and Fuzzy to protect his treasure from a band of gunslingers.Girl from Tobacco Row
3.5
Overview:
Born into an impoverished family in a Southern community of tobacco growers, Nadine Bolton tries to escape from the only life she knows. But her abundance of persistent and shiftless boyfriends makes that endeavor difficult. When an escaped convict arrives on the scene, however, everything changes. Singing cowboy Tex Ritter plays Nadine's father, Preacher Bolton. Ron and June Ormond produced this drive-in staple.Hostile Country
2
Overview:
In this remake of No Man's Range (1935), Shamrock travels to the ranch of his stepfather who he has never met and finds himself caught in the middle of a range war.The Exotic Ones
5.3
Overview:
A trio of hunters in the Louisiana bayous capture a monster called the Swamp Thing. They take it to New Orleans where (naturally) they display it in a strip joint. When the monster's favorite stripper gets into a fight with another stripper, he breaks loose and starts killing.Acting
1968The Exotic Ones as Nemo
1966Girl from Tobacco Row as Crime Boss (as Vic Naro)
1964White Lightnin' Road as Unknown
1959Please Don't Touch Me! as Anton Mesmer
1954The Eternal Question as Narrator
1948Sunset Carson Rides Again as Henchman Jim Pizor
Directing
TBAJoseph and His Brothers ... Director
1984The Sacred Symbol ... Director
1980It's About the Second Coming ... Director
197939 Stripes ... Director
1977The Believer's Heaven ... Director
1976The Grim Reaper ... Director
1975The Land Where Jesus Walked ... Director
1974The Burning Hell ... Director
1971If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? ... Director
1968The Exotic Ones ... Director
1966Girl from Tobacco Row ... Director
1965Forty Acre Feud ... Director
1964White Lightnin' Road ... Director
1961Edge of Tomorrow ... Director
1959Please Don't Touch Me! ... Director
1956Frontier Woman ... Director
1956The Black Panther ... Director
1953Mesa of Lost Women ... Director
1952Outlaw Women ... Director
1952The Frontier Phantom ... Director
1952The Black Lash ... Director
1951The Vanishing Outpost ... Director
1951Varieties on Parade ... Director
1951Yes Sir, Mr. Bones ... Director
1951The Thundering Trail ... Director
1951Untamed Mistress ... Director
1951Kentucky Jubilee ... Director
1950King of the Bullwhip ... Director
Writing
1980It's About the Second Coming ... Writer
197939 Stripes ... Writer
1976The Grim Reaper ... Writer
1974The Burning Hell ... Writer
1971If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? ... Screenplay
1966Girl from Tobacco Row ... Writer
1959Please Don't Touch Me! ... Story, Screenplay
1956Naked Gun ... Writer
1955Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1 Episode) ... Writer
1951Varieties on Parade ... Writer
1951Yes Sir, Mr. Bones ... Writer
1951Untamed Mistress ... Screenplay
1951Kentucky Jubilee ... Writer
1950Fast on the Draw ... Screenplay
1950Crooked River ... Screenplay
1950West of the Brazos ... Writer
1950Colorado Ranger ... Screenplay
1950Marshal of Heldorado ... Writer
1950Hostile Country ... Writer
1950The Daltons' Women ... Writer
1949Square Dance Jubilee ... Writer
1949Ringside ... Screenplay
1949Son of a Badman ... Screenplay
1949Son of Billy the Kid ... Screenplay
1949Rimfire ... Screenplay
1949Outlaw Country ... Screenplay, Story
1948Mark of the Lash ... Writer
1948Dead Man's Gold ... Story
Camera
197939 Stripes ... Director of Photography
Editing
197939 Stripes ... Editor
1976The Grim Reaper ... Editor
1974The Burning Hell ... Editor
1973The Shrink ... Editor
1971If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? ... Editor
Production
197939 Stripes ... Producer
1977The Believer's Heaven ... Producer
1974The Burning Hell ... Producer
1968The Exotic Ones ... Producer
1966Girl from Tobacco Row ... Producer
1959Please Don't Touch Me! ... Producer
1956Naked Gun ... Producer
1956The Black Panther ... Producer
1952Outlaw Women ... Producer
1952The Frontier Phantom ... Producer
1951The Vanishing Outpost ... Producer
1951Varieties on Parade ... Producer
1951Yes Sir, Mr. Bones ... Producer
1951The Thundering Trail ... Producer
1951Kentucky Jubilee ... Producer
1950Fast on the Draw ... Producer
1950Crooked River ... Producer
1950West of the Brazos ... Producer
1950Marshal of Heldorado ... Producer
1949Red Desert ... Producer
1949The Dalton Gang ... Producer
1949Ringside ... Producer
1949Outlaw Country ... Producer
1948Frontier Revenge ... Producer
1948Shep Comes Home ... Producer
Crew
1976The Grim Reaper ... Cinematography
1974The Burning Hell ... Cinematography
1971If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? ... Cinematography