 (Courtesy of Les Adams) Above is the pressbook cover from LURE OF THE WASTELAND (Al Lane Pictures, 1939) which starred Grant Withers. Withers and Le Roy Mason are shown in the left inset. "Al Lane" was another of Bob Tansey's aliases.  Robert Emmett Tansey produced and directed this 1941 Tom Keene oater for Monogram under his 'Robert Emmett' and 'Robert Tansey' name variations ... and Tansey and Frances Kavanaugh collaborated on the story. Keene is wrestling a Winchester away from Rocky Camron (Gene Alsace), and Camron was a frequent player in films crafted by Robert Tansey. Stuntwoman and great rider Betty Miles is shown in the bottom right corner of this lobby card.  From L-to-R are: Sarah Padden, Emmett Lynn, Eddie Dean, Jennifer Holt and Al LaRue in his days before becoming 'Lash' in this 1945 PRC Cinecolor oater. This was Dean's first starring western. Note the "produced and directed by Robert Emmett" at the bottom center of this lobby card. |
| ROBERT EMMETT TANSEY (aka Robert Emmett/Robert Tansey/Bob Tansey/Al Lane/Bobby Lane) Sound films only Filmography provided by Les Adams | ||||
| Date | Film | Company | Star | Credit |
| 8/10/30 | Romance of the West | Capitol Pictures | Jack Perrin | Director-Story-Screenplay-Editor-Production Manager |
| 12/1/30 | Riders of the Rio | Round-Up Pictures | Lane Chandler | Producer-Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 12/30/32 | Galloping Kid, The | Imperial | Little Buck Dale | Director-Story-Screenplay-Production Manager-Performer |
| 4/1/34 | Pals of the Prairie | Imperial | Buffalo Bill, Jr. | Screenplay |
| 4/1/34 | Badge of Honor | Mayfair Pictures | Buster Crabbe | Story-Assistant Director |
| 5/1/34 | Arizona Cyclone | Imperial | Wally Wales | Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 6/1/34 | Sundown Trail | Imperial | Wally Wales | Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 7/1/34 | Carrying the Mail | Imperial | Wally Wales | Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 8/1/34 | Desert Man, The | Imperial | Wally Wales | Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 9/1/34 | Pals of the West | Imperial | Wally Wales | Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 10/1/34 | Lone Rider, The | Imperial | Wally Wales | Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 11/1/34 | West of the Law | Imperial | Wally Wales | Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 12/1/34 | Courage of the North | Empire | John Preston | Producer-Director |
| 6/20/35 | Dawn Rider, The | Lone Star | John Wayne | Assistant Director (?) |
| 7/20/35 | Paradise Canyon | Lone Star | John Wayne | Screenplay |
| 8/19/35 | Westward Ho | Republic | John Wayne | Screenplay |
| 10/5/35 | New Frontier, The | Republic | John Wayne | Story-Screenplay |
| 10/15/35 | Way of the West, The | Superior Pictures | Wally Wales | Producer-Director-Screenplay |
| 11/12/35 | Timber Terrors | Empire | John Preston | Producer-Director-Screenplay |
| 12/1/35 | Law of the 45's, The | Normandy | Big Boy Williams | Screenplay |
| 1/15/36 | Oregon Trail, The | Republic | John Wayne | Story-Screenplay |
| 4/29/36 | Roamin' Wild | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Story-Screenplay |
| 5/14/36 | Pinto Rustlers | Reliable | Tom Tyler | Story-Screeplay |
| 8/6/36 | Idaho Kid | Colony Pictures | Rex Bell | Assistant Director |
| 9/29/36 | Men of the Plains | Colony Pictures | Rex Bell | Story-Screenplay-Assistant Director |
| 11/22/36 | Song of the Gringo | Grand National | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Assistant Director |
| 12/20/36 | Headin' For the Rio Grande | Grand National | Tex Ritter | Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 1/30/37 | Arizona Days | Grand National | Tex Ritter | Assistant Director |
| 3/6/37 | Trouble in Texas | Grand National | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Assistant Director |
| 4/3/37 | Hittin' the Trail | Grand National | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Assistant Director |
| 5/22/37 | Sing, Cowboy, Sing | Grand National | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Assistant Director |
| 7/2/37 | Riders of the Rockies | Grand National | Tex Ritter | Screenplay-Assistant Director |
| 9/2/37 | God's Country and the Man | Monogram | Tom Keene | Screenplay- Production Manager |
| 9/9/37 | Riders of the Dawn | Monogram | Jack Randall | Story-Screenplay |
| 9/22/37 | Stars Over Arizona | Monogram | Jack Randall | Story-Screenplay-Assistant Director-Production Manager |
| 10/13/37 | Where Trails Divide | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 11/3/37 | Danger Valley | Monogram | Jack Randall | Story-Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 12/2/37 | Two-Gun Man From Harlem | Merit Pictures | Herb Jeffries | Assistant Director |
| 12/15/37 | Romance of the Rockies | Monogram | Tom Keene | Story-Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 1/12/38 | West of Rainbow's End | Monogram | Tim McCoy | Story-Production Manager |
| 1/21/38 | Tex Rides With the Boy Scouts | Grand National | Tex Ritter | Assistant Director |
| 2/20/38 | Painted Trail, The | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 3/18/38 | Lure of the Wasteland | Al Lane Prod. | Grant Withers | Producer |
| 3/30/38 | Land of Fighting Men, The | Monogram | Jack Randall | Production Manager |
| 4/27/38 | Gunsmoke Trail | Monogram | Jack Randall | Story-Production Manager |
| 6/6/38 | Man's Country, A | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 7/8/38 | Rollin' Plains | Grand National | Tex Ritter | Assistant Director |
| 9/7/38 | Starlight Over Texas | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Production Manager |
| 9/14/38 | Mexicali Kid, The | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 10/19/38 | Where the Buffalo Roam | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 11/16/38 | Gun Packer | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 12/21/38 | Wild Horse Canyon | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 1/25/39 | Drifting Westward | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 3/22/39 | Trigger Smith | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 4/19/39 | Man From Texas, The | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Assistant Director |
| 4/30/39 | Across the Plains | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 10/29/39 | Overland Mail | Monogram | Jack Randall | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 12/15/39 | Westbound Stage | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Story (uncredited) - Screenplay-Assistant Director |
| 3/2/40 | Rhythm of the Rio Grande | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 4/20/40 | Pals of the Silver Sage | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Screenplay- Assistant Director (uncredited)-Production Manager |
| 5/9/40 | Cowboy From Sundown, The | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 7/3/40 | Golden Trail, The | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 7/29/40 | Rainbow Over the Range | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 8/19/40 | Arizona Frontier | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 11/11/40 | Take Me Back to Oklahoma | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Assistant Director-Production Manager |
| 1/31/41 | Pride of the Bowery | Monogram | East Side Kids | Production Manager |
| 2/25/41 | Ridin' the Cherokee Trail | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Production Manager |
| 5/10/41 | Pioneers, The | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Assistant Director (uncredited) |
| 5/28/41 | Silver Stallion, The | Monogram | David Sharpe | Story-Screenplay-Assistant Director |
| 7/25/41 | Wanderers of the West | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Story-Screenplay |
| 8/8/41 | Dynamite Canyon | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 10/17/41 | Driftin' Kid, The | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 10/31/41 | Riding the Sunset Trail | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 12/5/41 | Lone Star Lawmen | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 12/30/41 | Rollin' Home To Texas | Monogram | Tex Ritter | Story-Screenplay-Production Manager |
| 2/13/42 | Western Mail | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 3/6/42 | Arizona Roundup | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Director-Story-Screenplay |
| 4/1/42 | Where Trails End | Monogram | Tom Keene | Producer-Director-Story |
| 10/16/42 | Texas to Bataan | Monogram | Range Busters | Director |
| 12/4/42 | Trail Riders | Monogram | Range Busters | Director-Story |
| 1/8/43 | Two Fisted Justice | Monogram | Range Busters | Director |
| 2/19/43 | Haunted Ranch | Monogram | Range Busters | Director |
| 4/16/43 | Wild Horse Stampede | Monogram | Trail Blazers | Producer-Story (uncredited)-Assistant Director |
| 8/6/43 | Law Rides Again, The | Monogram | Trail Blazers | Story (uncredited)-Producer |
| 10/8/43 | Blazing Guns | Monogram | Trail Blazers | Producer-Director-Story |
| 12/3/43 | Death Valley Rangers | Monogram | Trail Blazers | Producer-Director-Story |
| 1/17/44 | Westward Bound | Monogram | Trail Blazers | Producer-Director-Story |
| 3/18/44 | Arizona Whirlwind | Monogram | Trail Blazers | Producer-Director-Story |
| 4/18/44 | Outlaw Trail | Monogram | Trail Blazers | Producer-Director-Story (uncredited) |
| 6/10/44 | Sonora Stagecoach | Monogram | Trail Blazers | Producer-Director-Story (uncredited) |
| 7/1/44 | Harmony Trail (White Stallion) | Mattox Prod. | Ken Maynard | Director-Story-Production Manager |
| 7/19/45 | Wildfire | Screen Guild | Bob Steele | Director-Production Manager |
| 11/12/45 | Song of Old Wyoming | P.R.C. | Eddie Dean | Producer-Director-Story |
| 3/20/46 | Romance of the West | P.R.C. | Eddie Dean | Producer-Director- Story (uncredited) |
| 4/15/46 | God's Country | Screen Guild | Robert Lowery | Director |
| 4/20/46 | Caravan Trail | P.R.C. | Eddie Dean | Producer-Director-Story |
| 6/30/46 | Colorado Serenade | P.R.C. | Eddie Dean | Producer-Director-Story |
| 10/28/46 | Tumbleweed Trail | P.R.C. | Eddie Dean | Producer-Director-Story |
| 11/1/46 | Driftin' River | P.R.C. | Eddie Dean | Producer-Director-Story-Song |
| 11/18/46 | Stars Over Texas | P.R.C. | Eddie Dean | Producer-Director-Story |
| 12/1/46 | Wild West | P.R.C. | Eddie Dean | Producer-Director-Story |
| 1/1/48 | Prairie Outlaws (from Wild West) | P.R.C. | Eddie Dean | Producer-Director-Story |
| 3/27/48 | Enchanted Valley | P.R.C. | Alan Curtis | Director |
| 6/11/48 | Shaggy | Paramount | Brenda Joyce | Director |
| 11/13/49 | Riders of the Dusk | Monogram | Whip Wilson | Story-Screenplay |
| 11/25/49 | Man-Eater of Kumaon | Universal | Sabu | Second Unit Director |
| 3/1/50 | Forbidden Jungle | Eagle-Lion | Don Harvey | Director |
| 3/23/50 | Fighting Stallion, The | Eagle-Lion | Bill Edwards | Director-Production Manager |
| 6/1/50 | Federal Man | Eagle-Lion | William Henry | Director |
| 1/1/51 | Cattle Queen | United Int'l. | Maria Hart | Director-Story-Screenplay-Bit Player |
| 4/3/51 | Badman's Gold | Eagle-Lion | John Carpenter | Producer-Director-Story-Screenplay |