Biography
An assistant director by the '40s, Hibbs helmed his first film in 1953, the football drama
The All-American. Over the '50s he specialized in westerns, most notably the
Audie Murphy oaters
Ride Clear of Diablo,
Walk the Proud Land, and
Ride a Crooked Trail; he also directed Murphy in an adaptation of the actor's autobiography
To Hell and Back, the boxing drama
World in My Corner, and the postwar adventure tale
Joe Butterfly. By the end of the '50s Hibbs switched his attention to television, where he helmed numerous episodes of
Perry Mason,
Ironside, and
The FBI. ~ All Movie Guide