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'.
Film title | Year released | Location(s) used | Ref(s) |
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Spartacus | 1960 | California Lutheran University | [1] [2] [3] |
Welcome to Hard Times | 1967 | California Lutheran University Wildwood Regional Park | [4] [5] |
Hollywood or Bust | 1956 | Live Oak Street | [4] |
It Happened One Night | 1934 | Thousand Oaks Boulevard | [4] |
Wuthering Heights | 1939 | Wildwood Regional Park California Lutheran University | [6] [7] [8] [9] [3] |
Dodge City | 1939 | Wildwood Regional Park | [6] |
The Rifleman | 1958-63 | Wildwood Regional Park | [6] [10] |
Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | 1955 | Wildwood Regional Park | [11] [12] [8] |
The Grapes of Wrath | 1940 | Wildwood Regional Park | [13] |
We Bought a Zoo | 2011 | Greenfield Ranch | [14] [15] |
It's Complicated | 2009 | Hidden Valley | [16] |
True Blood | 2008-2014 | Greenfield Ranch JMJ Ranch | [17] [18] |
Monk | 2002-2009 | Greenfield Ranch | [17] |
Bones | 2005-2017 | Greenfield Ranch JMJ Ranch | [17] [18] |
Criminal Minds | 2005- | Greenfield Ranch | [17] |
Memoirs of a Geisha | 2005 | [19] | |
Come On, Tarzan | 1932 | Hidden Valley | [20] |
The Dukes of Hazzard | 1979-85 | Hidden Valley | [21] |
Texas Across the River | 1966 | North Ranch | [22] |
The New Adventures of Tarzan | 1935 | Jungleland USA | [23] |
Doctor Dolittle | 1967 | Jungleland USA | [23] |
Poltergeist | 1982 | Holiday Inn | [24] |
Hondo and the Apaches | 1967 | Metro Goldwyn Mayer Ranch | [25] |
Fury | 1955-1960 | Jungleland USA | [26] |
The Adventures of Robin Hood | 1938 | Jungleland USA | [27] |
The Birth of a Nation | 1915 | Jungleland USA | [27] |
The Paleface | 1948 | Conejo Valley Airport Deerwood Stock Farm | [28] [29] |
Riders of the Whistling Pines | 1949 | Conejo Valley Airport Wildwood Regional Park | [28] [12] [8] |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | 1963 | Rancho Conejo Airport | [30] |
The Ballad of Josie | 1968 | North Ranch Wildwood Regional Park | [31] [12] |
Firecreek | 1968 | North Ranch | [31] |
Rainbow Over Texas | 1946 | Hidden Valley (426 W. Potrero Road) | [32] |
Trail to San Antone | 1947 | Deerwood Stock Farm | [29] |
Down Argentine Way | 1940 | Greenfield Ranch | [33] |
The Great Man's Lady | 1942 | Joel McCrea Ranch, Moorpark Road | [34] |
Sleeper | 1973 | [35] | |
Bonanza | 1959-1973 | Wildwood Regional Park | [10] [36] |
Wagon Train | 1940 | Wildwood Regional Park | [10] [37] |
Gunsmoke | 1955–1975 | Wildwood Regional Park California Lutheran University | [10] [38] [39] [9] |
Duel in the Sun | 1946 | Wildwood Regional Park | [13] |
The Big Valley | 1965–69 | Wildwood Regional Park | [13] |
Clearing the Range | 1931 | Wildwood Regional Park | [13] |
Flaming Frontier | 1958 | Wildwood Regional Park | [13] |
The Horse Soldiers | 1959 | Wildwood Regional Park | [13] |
Flaming Star | 1960 | Wildwood Regional Park | [13] [40] |
Heart and Souls | 1993 | Greenfield Ranch | [17] |
Bitter Harvest | 1993 | Greenfield Ranch | [17] |
Lassie Come Home | 1943 | Hidden Valley Wildwood Regional Park [41] | [21] [8] |
To the Shores of Iwo Jima | 1945 | Wildwood Regional Park | [21] [8] |
The Guns of Will Sonnett | 1967-69 | Wildwood Regional Park | [21] |
Bedtime Stories | 2008 | Newbury Park | [42] |
In Old Kentucky | 1935 | Deerwood Stock Farm Borchard Ranch | [29] [43] |
Westworld | 2016 | Ventura Farms | [44] |
Under Fiesta Stars | 1941 | Deerwood Stock Farm | [29] |
San Fernando Valley | 1944 | Deerwood Stock Farm | [29] |
My Pal Trigger | 1946 | Deerwood Stock Farm | [29] [45] |
Never a Dull Moment | 1950 | Deerwood Stock Farm | [29] |
Sons of New Mexico | 1950 | Deerwood Stock Farm | [29] |
Dynasty | 1981-89 | JMJ Ranch | [18] |
Teen Wolf | 2011- | JMJ Ranch | [18] |
Dallas | 1978-1991 | JMJ Ranch | [18] |
Walk on the Wild Side | 1962 | Thousand Oaks Meat Locker | [46] |
Wichita | 1955 | [47] | |
The Bridges at Toko-Ri | 1954 | Thousand Oaks Ranch | [48] |
The Gay Ranchero | 1948 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] [8] |
Gunsight Ridge | 1957 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] [8] |
The Ride Back | 1957 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] |
Westward Ho the Wagons! | 1957 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] [8] |
The Left Handed Gun | 1958 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] |
Wild Heritage | 1958 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] |
Escort West | 1959 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] |
American Horror Story | 2011- | Hidden Valley | [49] |
Bridesmaids | 2011 | Sherwood Country Club | [50] [51] |
Thelma & Louise | 1991 | DuPar Restaurant | [52] |
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance | 1962 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] [8] |
Advance to the Rear | 1964 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] |
Stage to Thunder Rock | 1964 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] |
Shenandoah | 1965 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] [8] |
The Plainsman | 1966 | Wildwood Regional Park | [12] [8] |
Click | 2006 | [53] | |
Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday | 1993 | Tire shop | [54] |
Demolition Man | 1993 | [55] | |
I'm No Angel | 1933 | Jungleland USA | [56] |
FBI: The Untold Stories | 1991-93 | [57] | |
Robin Hood | 1922 | Hidden Valley | [58] |
Francis | 1950 | Conejo Valley Airport | [59] [60] [61] |
Shiner | 2004 | [62] | |
Roaring Ranch | 1930 | Stagecoach Inn | [63] |
Cruel Intentions | 1999 | [62] | |
Road to the Open | 2014 | Sunset Hills Country Club | [64] |
Destry Rides Again | 1932 | French Ranch | [65] |
Law and Lawless | 1932 | French Ranch | [65] |
The Last Trail | 1933 | French Ranch | [65] |
Rainbow Riders | 1934 | French Ranch | [65] |
Thunder Over Texas | 1934 | French Ranch | [65] |
Sunset of Power | 1935 | French Ranch | [65] |
The Californian | 1937 | French Ranch | [65] |
Cattle Raiders | 1938 | French Ranch | [65] |
Hawaiian Buckaroo | 1938 | French Ranch | [65] |
Dude Cowboy | 1941 | French Ranch | [65] |
Song of Nevada | 1944 | French Ranch | [65] |
Lights of Old Santa Fe | 1944 | French Ranch | [65] |
Frisco Sal | 1945 | French Ranch | [65] |
Don Ricardo Returns | 1946 | French Ranch | [65] |
Under Nevada Skies | 1946 | French Ranch | [65] |
The Vigilante | 1947 | French Ranch | [65] |
Border Outlaws | 1950 | French Ranch | [65] |
Man in the Saddle | 1951 | French Ranch | [65] |
Conquest of Cochise | 1953 | French Ranch | [65] |
Tall Man Riding | 1955 | French Ranch | [65] |
The Lone Ranger | 1956 | French Ranch | [65] |
Marcus Welby, M.D. | 1969-1976 | Newbury Park | [66] |
The Lash | 1930 | Russell Ranch | [67] |
Where the Action Is | 1965-67 | Jungleland USA | [39] |
State Fair | 1945 | Russell Ranch | [67] |
How the West Was Won | 1962 | Wildwood Regional Park | [38] [68] |
Hop | 2011 | [69] | |
The Biggest Loser | 2004-2016 | Hidden Valley Potrero Road | [69] |
The Office | 2005-2013 | Baxter Way | [69] |
Beverly Hills, 90210 Episode: "Wild Horses" (1992) | 1990-2000 | [70] | |
How Green Was My Valley | 1941 | Norwegian Colony | [71] |
Man Without a Star | 1955 | [43] | |
Cattle Town | 1952 | [43] | |
Overland Stage Raiders | 1938 | Conejo Valley Airport | [72] |
Lassie | 1954 | California Lutheran University | [2] |
Tammy and the T-Rex | 1994 | Newbury Park High School | [73] |
The Clonus Horror | 1979 | California Lutheran University | [74] [75] |
Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, located in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles. Approximately 15 miles (24 km) from the city of Los Angeles and 40 miles (64 km) from Downtown Los Angeles, it is named after the many oak trees present in the area.
Westlake Village is a city in Los Angeles County, California on its western border with Ventura County. Upon its incorporation in 1981, Westlake Village became the 82nd municipality of Los Angeles County. The population of the city was 8,029 at the 2020 census, down from 8,270 at the 2010 census.
Newbury Park is a populated place in Ventura County, California, United States. Most of it lies within the western Thousand Oaks city limits, while unincorporated areas include Casa Conejo and Ventu Park. The town is located in Southern California around 8 miles (13 km) from the Pacific Ocean and has a mild year-round climate, scenic mountains, and environmental preservation. About 28,000 residents of Thousand Oaks reside in Newbury Park.
The Stagecoach Inn Museum in Newbury Park, California, originally known as the Grand Union Hotel, was used as a resting area for people who traveled from Los Angeles to Santa Barbara. Besides a hotel and stagecoach stop, it has also been used as a post office, church, restaurant and military school. It is California Historical Landmark No. 659 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. It played a major role in the development of the stage line transportation network in California. The hotel was also the first business venture in the Conejo Valley.
The Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza is a performing arts center and city hall for the city of Thousand Oaks, California. Across Thousand Oaks Boulevard from Gardens of the World, the site is considered the downtown core of the city. City hall includes Planning and Building Department, Public Works and other city departments. A park within the site is named for Richard Carpenter and his wife Mary.
Lake Sherwood is an unincorporated community in the Santa Monica Mountains, in Ventura County, California overlooking Lake Sherwood reservoir. It is a body contact lake, located south of the Conejo Valley and city of Thousand Oaks, and west of Westlake Village. The lake is naturally fed by thousand of acres of open-space, watershed mountains and natural springs.
Thousand Oaks High School (TOHS) is a high school in Thousand Oaks, California, United States. Established in 1962, it is part of the Conejo Valley Unified School District. It has a suburban campus with one story buildings, connected by external sidewalks, lawn areas and overhanging roofs. The campus was originally built in the 1960s, however some of the campus has undergone renovation and construction, including the addition of a Performing Arts Center in 1999. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school has an enrollment of 2,042 out of a planned capacity of 2,886; graduating classes typically number between 450 and 500.
Fury is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1960. It stars Peter Graves as Jim Newton, who operates the Broken Wheel Ranch in California; Bobby Diamond as Jim's adopted son, Joey Clark Newton, and William Fawcett as ranch hand Pete Wilkey. Roger Mobley co-starred in the two final seasons as Homer "Packy" Lambert, a friend of Joey's.
Riders of the Whistling Pines is a 1949 American Western film directed by John English and starring Gene Autry, Patricia Barry, and Jimmy Lloyd. Written by Jack Townley, the film is about a gang of outlaws who are destroying the timberland and who frame a singing cowboy on a cattle-poisoning charge, setting him up for murder.
In Old Kentucky is a 1935 American comedy film starring Will Rogers, Dorothy Wilson and Russell Hardie. Two feuding families decide to settle a dispute with a horse race. It was Rogers' last film and was released posthumously after he was killed in a plane crash on August 15, 1935. The picture's supporting cast features Bill "Bojangles" Robinson as Wash Jackson.
Wildwood Regional Park is a suburban regional park in the western Simi Hills and Conejo Valley, in Ventura County, California. It is located in western Thousand Oaks, northern Newbury Park, and southern Moorpark.
Arroyo Conejo carries part of the longest creek in the Conejo Valley which sprawls past the cities of Thousand Oaks and Camarillo, and the communities of Newbury Park, Casa Conejo and Santa Rosa Valley. Arroyo Conejo is the primary drainage for the City of Thousand Oaks. Its watershed covers 57 square miles (150 km2) of which 43 square miles (110 km2) are in the Conejo Valley and 14 square miles (36 km2) in the Santa Rosa Valley.
The Conejo Canyons Open Space consists of 1,628 acres (659 ha) of open-space areas in northernmost Newbury Park, Ventura County, California. It consists of deeply eroded canyons, numerous ridgelines and plateaus in the northwestern portion of the Conejo Valley. The area consists of diverse natural features such as deep canyons with perennial streams, prominent ridgelines, volcanic mountains, and a variety of natural habitats. While some of the flora includes chaparral, riparian habitats, oak woodlands and coastal sage, fauna includes mountain lions, coyotes, mule deer, and bobcats.
Borchard Community Park is a public park located in western Newbury Park, CA. Situated adjacent to both the Newbury Park High School and the Borchard Maintenance Shop, the park is situated at the corner of Reino Road and Borchard Road at the foothills of the Santa Monica Mountains. The park encompasses 29 acres, which is home to various courts for recreational sports, fitness area, community rooms, a farm themed playground, picnic areas, several fields, and a skate park. The park was established by the Conejo Recreation & Park District (CRPD) in 1969. It has two volleyball courts, four tennis courts, two stages, three softball fields, a basketball court, barbecue grills, two bocci courts, a gymnasium, horseshoe pits, a kitchen, a soccer field, two playgrounds, and more.
Dos Vientos Open Space is a 1,216 acres (492 ha) open space area in western Newbury Park, California. It contains more than 41 miles (66 km) of trails used for cycling, hiking and equestrians. Originally a part of the Rancho Guadalasca Spanish Land Grant of 1836, the area is now an important wildlife movement corridor into the Santa Monica Mountains through the Point Mugu State Park. It provides a habitat for a variety of wildlife, including bobcats, mule deer, coyotes, eagles, hawks, barn owls, mountain lions, and more. It provides regional and internal trail connections, many trails offering panoramic views of the Conejo Valley, Oxnard Plain, Topatopa Mountains, Channel Islands, and the Pacific Ocean. Some of the endangered plant species found here include Conejo buckwheat, Verity's liveforever, and Conejo dudleya. The landscape is undeveloped, and dominated by coastal sage scrub, grassy hillsides, oak woodlands, and chaparral habitats.
Mount Clef Ridge is a 1,076 ft volcanic mountain in Thousand Oaks, California. It is a volcanic outcrop that resulted from lava eruptions 30 million years ago. The ridge was formerly under ownership by the Janss Corporation, but was acquired by the Conejo Recreation and Park District (CRPD) in 1967. Trails here are available from Santa Rosa Valley, Newbury Park and Wildwood Regional Park. Although being a major feature of Wildwood, it occupies its own open-space area bordering Wildwood's northern boundaries. Mount Clef Ridge Open Space Area occupies 212 acres. From the ridge are great panoramic views of Santa Rosa Valley, Conejo Valley, Hill Canyon, as well as the Santa Susana-, Santa Monica- and Topatopa Mountains. The open-space area is home to plants such as coastal sage scrub, chaparral, Lyon's pentachaeta and Conejo dudleya. The fauna includes mountain lions, deer, coyotes, gray foxes, and more.
Conejo Valley Airport, also known as Janss Airport, was an airport in Thousand Oaks, California. It had a 2,600 ft (790 m) runway and was located adjacent to Thousand Oaks Boulevard. The airport opened in 1926, but was relocated in the early 1960s. The new airport, known as Rancho Conejo Airport, was established on the north side of State Highway 101. Various movies were filmed at Conejo Valley Airport, including The Paleface (1948), Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949) and Overland Stage Raiders (1938). Rancho Conejo Airport appeared in the film It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963).
Norwegian Colony was a Norwegian community in Thousand Oaks, California, in the 1890s and early 20th century. They were among the first pioneers to settle in the Conejo Valley, and was perhaps the most successful colony in Ventura County at the time. The group of Norwegians had emigrated from Norway due to lack of land and widespread starvation, and had first settled in Santa Barbara in 1885. After being told about the cheap land in the Conejo Valley, they relocated to what became the Norwegian Colony in 1890-91. The colony consisted of five families: the Olsen, Andersen (Anderson), Pedersen (Pederson), Nilsen and Hansen families.
The Newbury Park Post Office was the first post office in the Conejo Valley, established on July 16, 1875, by the valley's first postmaster, Egbert Starr Newbury.
Ventura Farms, formally known as Deerwood Stock Farm and Kentucky Park Farms, is a historic estate that is located in the Hidden Valley near Thousand Oaks, California. Known for being a film location, the 2,200-acre (890 ha) ranch has been featured in a number of Western films and is still used for filming. Historically recognized for breeding thoroughbred horses, the ranch is situated at the east end of Lake Sherwood near the entrance to the Hidden Valley.
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