List of films shot in Thousand Oaks

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This is an incomplete list of films shot in City of Thousand Oaks in the U.S. state of California.

Several productions made use of the unusual appearance of the old Thousand Oaks Civic Center. It was the building that housed Proteus IV in the 1977 movie 'Demon Seed', and the bunker Steve Austin crossed a mine field to reach in a Season 2 episode of 'The Six Million Dollar Man' called 'The Return of the Robot Maker'. [1] [2]

Films

Film titleYear releasedLocation(s) usedRef(s)
Spartacus 1960California Lutheran University [3] [4] [5]
Welcome to Hard Times 1967California Lutheran University
Wildwood Regional Park
[6] [7]
Hollywood or Bust 1956Live Oak Street [6]
It Happened One Night 1934 Thousand Oaks Boulevard [6]
Wuthering Heights 1939Wildwood Regional Park
California Lutheran University
[8] [9] [10] [11] [5]
Dodge City 1939Wildwood Regional Park [8]
The Rifleman 1958-63Wildwood Regional Park [8] [12]
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier 1955Wildwood Regional Park [13] [14] [10]
The Grapes of Wrath 1940Wildwood Regional Park [15]
We Bought a Zoo 2011Greenfield Ranch [16] [17]
It's Complicated 2009 Hidden Valley [18]
True Blood 2008-2014Greenfield Ranch
JMJ Ranch
[19] [20]
Monk 2002-2009Greenfield Ranch [19]
Bones 2005-2017Greenfield Ranch
JMJ Ranch
[19] [20]
Criminal Minds 2005-Greenfield Ranch [19]
Memoirs of a Geisha 2005 [21]
Come On, Tarzan 1932Hidden Valley [22]
The Dukes of Hazzard 1979-85Hidden Valley [23]
Texas Across the River 1966North Ranch [24]
The New Adventures of Tarzan 1935 Jungleland USA [25]
Doctor Dolittle 1967 Jungleland USA [25]
Poltergeist 1982Holiday Inn [26]
Hondo and the Apaches1967Metro Goldwyn Mayer Ranch [27]
Fury 1955-1960 Jungleland USA [28]
The Adventures of Robin Hood 1938 Jungleland USA [29]
The Birth of a Nation 1915 Jungleland USA [29]
The Paleface 1948 Conejo Valley Airport
Deerwood Stock Farm
[30] [31]
Riders of the Whistling Pines 1949Conejo Valley Airport
Wildwood Regional Park
[30] [14] [10]
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World 1963 Rancho Conejo Airport [32]
The Ballad of Josie 1968North Ranch
Wildwood Regional Park
[33] [14]
Firecreek 1968North Ranch [33]
Rainbow Over Texas 1946Hidden Valley (426 W. Potrero Road) [34]
Trail to San Antone 1947Deerwood Stock Farm [31]
Down Argentine Way 1940Greenfield Ranch [35]
The Great Man's Lady 1942 Joel McCrea Ranch, Moorpark Road [36]
Sleeper 1973 [37]
Bonanza 1959-1973Wildwood Regional Park [12] [38]
Wagon Train 1940Wildwood Regional Park [12] [39]
Gunsmoke 1955–1975Wildwood Regional Park
California Lutheran University
[12] [40] [41] [11]
Duel in the Sun 1946Wildwood Regional Park [15]
The Big Valley 1965–69Wildwood Regional Park [15]
Clearing the Range 1931Wildwood Regional Park [15]
Flaming Frontier 1958Wildwood Regional Park [15]

[10]

The Horse Soldiers 1959Wildwood Regional Park [15]
Flaming Star 1960Wildwood Regional Park [15] [42]
Heart and Souls 1993Greenfield Ranch [19]
Bitter Harvest 1993Greenfield Ranch [19]
Lassie Come Home 1943Hidden Valley
Wildwood Regional Park [43]
[23] [10]
To the Shores of Iwo Jima 1945Wildwood Regional Park [23] [10]
The Guns of Will Sonnett 1967-69Wildwood Regional Park [23]
Bedtime Stories 2008 Newbury Park [44]
In Old Kentucky 1935Deerwood Stock Farm
Borchard Ranch
[31] [45]
Westworld 2016 Ventura Farms [46]
Under Fiesta Stars 1941Deerwood Stock Farm [31]
San Fernando Valley 1944Deerwood Stock Farm [31]
My Pal Trigger 1946Deerwood Stock Farm [31] [47]
Never a Dull Moment 1950Deerwood Stock Farm [31]
Sons of New Mexico 1950Deerwood Stock Farm [31]
Dynasty 1981-89JMJ Ranch [20]
Teen Wolf 2011-JMJ Ranch [20]
Dallas 1978-1991JMJ Ranch [20]
Walk on the Wild Side 1962Thousand Oaks Meat Locker [48]
Wichita 1955 [49]
The Bridges at Toko-Ri 1954Thousand Oaks Ranch [50]
The Gay Ranchero 1948Wildwood Regional Park [14] [10]
Gunsight Ridge 1957Wildwood Regional Park [14] [10]
The Ride Back 1957Wildwood Regional Park [14]
Westward Ho the Wagons! 1957Wildwood Regional Park [14] [10]
The Left Handed Gun 1958Wildwood Regional Park [14]
Wild Heritage 1958Wildwood Regional Park [14]
Escort West 1959Wildwood Regional Park [14]
American Horror Story 2011-Hidden Valley [51]
Bridesmaids 2011Sherwood Country Club [52] [53]
Thelma & Louise 1991DuPar Restaurant [54]
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962Wildwood Regional Park [14] [10]
Advance to the Rear 1964Wildwood Regional Park [14]
Stage to Thunder Rock 1964Wildwood Regional Park [14]
Shenandoah 1965Wildwood Regional Park [14] [10]
The Plainsman 1966Wildwood Regional Park [14] [10]
Click 2006 [55]
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday 1993Tire shop [56]
Demolition Man 1993 [57]
I'm No Angel 1933Jungleland USA [58]
FBI: The Untold Stories 1991-93 [59]
Robin Hood 1922Hidden Valley [60]
Francis 1950Conejo Valley Airport [61] [62] [63]
Shiner 2004 [64]
Roaring Ranch 1930 Stagecoach Inn [65]
Cruel Intentions 1999 [64]
Road to the Open2014Sunset Hills Country Club [66]
Destry Rides Again 1932French Ranch [67]
Law and Lawless 1932French Ranch [67]
The Last Trail 1933French Ranch [67]
Rainbow Riders1934French Ranch [67]
Thunder Over Texas 1934French Ranch [67]
Sunset of Power 1935French Ranch [67]
The Californian 1937French Ranch [67]
Cattle Raiders 1938French Ranch [67]
Hawaiian Buckaroo 1938French Ranch [67]
Dude Cowboy 1941French Ranch [67]
Song of Nevada 1944French Ranch [67]
Lights of Old Santa Fe 1944French Ranch [67]
Frisco Sal 1945French Ranch [67]
Don Ricardo Returns 1946French Ranch [67]
Under Nevada Skies 1946French Ranch [67]
The Vigilante 1947French Ranch [67]
Border Outlaws 1950French Ranch [67]
Man in the Saddle 1951French Ranch [67]
Conquest of Cochise 1953French Ranch [67]
Tall Man Riding 1955French Ranch [67]
The Lone Ranger 1956French Ranch [67]
Marcus Welby, M.D. 1969-1976Newbury Park [68]
The Lash 1930Russell Ranch [69]
Where the Action Is 1965-67Jungleland USA [41]
State Fair 1945Russell Ranch [69]
How the West Was Won 1962Wildwood Regional Park [40] [70]
Hop 2011 [71]
The Biggest Loser 2004-2016Hidden Valley
Potrero Road
[71]
The Office 2005-2013Baxter Way [71]
Beverly Hills, 90210
Episode: "Wild Horses" (1992)
1990-2000 [72]
How Green Was My Valley 1941 Norwegian Colony [73]
Man Without a Star 1955 [45]
Cattle Town 1952 [45]
Overland Stage Raiders 1938 Conejo Valley Airport [74]
Lassie 1954 California Lutheran University [4]
Tammy and the T-Rex 1994 Newbury Park High School [75]
The Clonus Horror 1979 California Lutheran University [76] [77]

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