About

Known credits:
69
Birthday:
1895-04-06
Place of birth:
Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
Website:
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Dudley Nichols

Overview

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Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and director.

Dudley Nichols was born April 6, 1895, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He studied at the University of Michigan where he was active member of the Sigma Chapter of Theta Xi fraternity.

After working as a reporter for the New York World, Nichols moved to Hollywood in 1929 and became one of the most highly regarded screenwriters of the 1930s and 1940s. He collaborated on many films over many years with director John Ford, and was also noted for his work with George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Fritz Lang and Jean Renoir.

Nichols wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for films including Bringing Up Baby (1938), Stagecoach (1939), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Scarlet Street (1945), And Then There Were None (1945), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), Pinky (1949) and The Tin Star (1957).

Nichols initially declined the Academy Award he received for The Informer, due to a dispute between the Screen Writers Guild, of which he was a founder, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He collected the award at the 1938 Oscar ceremony. He served as president of the Screen Writers Guild in 1937 and 1938.

He also co-wrote the documentary The Battle of Midway, which won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.

Nichols produced and directed three films—Government Girl (1943), Sister Kenny (1946) and Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)—for which he also wrote the screenplay.

In 1954 he received the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America.

He died in Hollywood of cancer in 1960 and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Known for

Directing
1947 Mourning Becomes Electra Directing Director 59
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1946 Sister Kenny Directing Director 59
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1943 Government Girl Directing Director 58
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Writing
1966 Stagecoach Writing Writer 59
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1965 Ten Little Indians Writing Screenplay 59
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1962 Escape from Zahrain Writing Writer 59
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1960 Heller in Pink Tights Writing Screenplay 58
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1959 The Hangman Writing Writer 59
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1957 The Tin Star Writing Screenplay 61
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1956 Run for the Sun Writing Screenplay 59
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1954 Prince Valiant Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 The Big Sky Writing Screenplay 59
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1952 Return of the Texan Writing Screenplay 59
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1951 Rawhide Writing Writer 59
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1949 Pinky Writing Screenplay 59
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1947 Mourning Becomes Electra Writing Writer 59
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1947 The Fugitive Writing Screenplay 59
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1946 Sister Kenny Writing Screenplay 59
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1945 The Bells of St. Mary's Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1945 Scarlet Street Writing Screenplay 66
Fair
1945 And Then There Were None Writing Screenplay 63
Fair
1944 It Happened Tomorrow Writing Screenplay 59
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1944 It Happened Tomorrow Writing Adaptation 59
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1943 Government Girl Writing Screenplay 58
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1943 For Whom the Bell Tolls Writing Screenplay 60
Fair
1943 Bataan Writing Writer 59
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1943 This Land Is Mine Writing Screenplay 60
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1943 Air Force Writing Screenplay 59
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1942 The Battle of Midway Writing Writer 58
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1941 Swamp Water Writing Writer 59
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1941 Man Hunt Writing Screenplay 61
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1940 The Long Voyage Home Writing Screenplay 59
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1939 The Marshal Of Mesa City Writing Story 59
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1939 The 400 Million Writing Writer 59
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1939 Stagecoach Writing Screenplay 70
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1938 Carefree Writing Story 59
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1938 Carefree Writing Adaptation 59
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1938 Bringing Up Baby Writing Screenplay 69
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1937 The Hurricane Writing Screenplay 59
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1937 The Toast of New York Writing Screenplay 59
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1936 The Plough and the Stars Writing Screenplay 58
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1936 Mary of Scotland Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 The Three Musketeers Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 Steamboat Round the Bend Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 The Crusades Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 The Arizonian Writing Screenplay N/A
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1935 The Informer Writing Screenplay 60
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1935 Life Begins at Forty Writing Screenplay N/A
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1934 Judge Priest Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 Call It Luck Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 Hold That Girl Writing Writer N/A
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1934 The Lost Patrol Writing Screenplay 59
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1934 You Can't Buy Everything Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 Pilgrimage Writing Dialogue 59
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1933 The Man Who Dared Writing Writer 59
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1933 Hot Pepper Writing Story 58
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1932 Robbers' Roost Writing Adaptation 59
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1932 This Sporting Age Writing Screenplay N/A
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1931 Skyline Writing Writer N/A
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1931 Three Rogues Writing Writer N/A
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1930 A Devil with Women Writing Writer 59
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1930 One Mad Kiss Writing Writer N/A
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1930 On the Level Writing Screenplay N/A
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1930 Born Reckless Writing Screenplay 59
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1930 Men Without Women Writing Screenplay 59
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Production
1947 Mourning Becomes Electra Production Producer 59
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1943 Government Girl Production Producer 58
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1943 This Land Is Mine Production Producer 60
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Crew
1935 She Crew Additional Dialogue 58
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