About

Known credits:
237
Birthday:
1892-01-14
Place of birth:
New York City, New York, USA
Website:
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William Beaudine

Overview

From Wikipedia

William Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres.

In 1915 he was hired as an actor and director by the Kalem Company. He was an assistant to director D.W. Griffith on The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. By the time he was 23 Beaudine had directed his first picture, a short called Almost a King (1915). He would continue to direct shorts exclusively until 1922, when he shifted his efforts into making feature-length films.

Beaudine directed silent films for Goldwyn Pictures (before it became part of MGM), Metro Pictures (also before MGM), First National Pictures, Principal and Warner Brothers. In 1926 he made Sparrows, the story of orphans imprisoned in a swamp farm starring Mary Pickford. Beaudine had at least 30 pictures to his credit before the sound era began. Among his first sound films were short Mack Sennett comedies; he made at least one film for Sennett while contractually bound elsewhere, resulting in his adopting the pseudonym "William Crowley." He would occasionally use the pseudonym in later years, usually as "William X. Crowley."

He ground out several movies annually for Fox Films, Warner Brothers, Paramount, and Universal Pictures. His most famous credit of the early 1930s is The Old-Fashioned Way, a comedy about old-time show folks starring W. C. Fields.

Beaudine was one of a number of experienced directors (including Raoul Walsh and Allan Dwan) who were brought to England from Hollywood in the 1930s to work on what were in all other respects very British productions. Beaudine directed four films there starring Will Hay, including Boys Will Be Boys (1935) and Where There's a Will (1936).

Beaudine was often entrusted with series films, including the Torchy Blane, The East Side Kids, Jiggs and Maggie, The Shadow, Charlie Chan and The Bowery Boys series. His efficiency was so well known that Walt Disney hired him to direct some of his television projects of the 1950s and had him direct a feature western, Ten Who Dared (1960). Beaudine became even busier in TV, directing Naked City, The Green Hornet, and dozens of Lassie episodes.

His last two feature films, both released in 1966, were the horror-westerns Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (with John Carradine) and Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter. By the end of the decade he was the industry's oldest working professional, having started in 1909.

Beaudine died of uremic poisoning in 1970 in California and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood.

Known for

Acting
1931 Forgotten Women Actor Director N/A
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1931 Movie-Town Actor William Beaudine - Director 59
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1913 Papa's Baby Actor Young Father N/A
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1913 The Tenderfoot's Money Actor In Bar N/A
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1912 Hot Stuff Actor Cigar Store Owner 58
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1912 The Engagement Ring Actor In Park 58
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1909 To Save Her Soul Actor 58
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Directing
2005 The Green Hornet Directing Director N/A
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1976 Fury of the Dragon Directing Director 58
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1974 The Green Hornet Directing Director 59
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1968 The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show Directing Director N/A
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1967 Lassie and the Flight of the Cougar Directing Director 58
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1966 Billy the Kid Versus Dracula Directing Director 57
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1966 Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter Directing Director 58
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1965 Look Homeward Directing Director N/A
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1963 Lassie's Great Adventure Directing Director 58
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1962 Disneyland After Dark Directing Director 59
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1960 Moochie of Pop Warner Football Directing Director 59
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1960 Ten Who Dared Directing Director 59
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1960 Rapids Ahead/Bear Country Directing Director N/A
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1959 Moochie of the Little League Directing Director N/A
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1958 In the Money Directing Director 59
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1957 Up In Smoke Directing Director 59
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1956 Westward Ho, The Wagons! Directing Director 58
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1956 Adventure in Dairyland Directing Director 70
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1956 The Plausible Impossible Directing Director 58
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1956 3D Jamboree Directing Director N/A
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1956 Design for Dreaming Directing Director 58
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1956 A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris Directing Director N/A
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1955 The Story of the Animated Drawing Directing Director 59
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1955 Jail Busters Directing Director 59
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1955 High Society Directing Director 59
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1954 City Story Directing Director N/A
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1954 Pride of the Blue Grass Directing Director N/A
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1954 Paris Playboys Directing Director 59
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1954 Yukon Vengeance Directing Director 58
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1953 Murder Without Tears Directing Director 58
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1953 Roar of the Crowd Directing Director N/A
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1953 Born to the Saddle Directing Director 58
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1953 Jalopy Directing Director 58
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1952 No Holds Barred Directing Director 58
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1952 Feudin' Fools Directing Director 59
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1952 Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla Directing Director 57
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1952 Yukon Gold Directing Director 58
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1952 The Rose Bowl Story Directing Director 58
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1952 Here Come the Marines Directing Director 59
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1952 Jet Job Directing Director 58
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1952 Hold That Line Directing Director 59
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1952 Rodeo Directing Director N/A
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1952 The Congregation Directing Director N/A
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1951 Havana Rose Directing Director N/A
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1951 Crazy Over Horses Directing Director 59
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1951 Let's Go Navy! Directing Director 59
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1951 Ghost Chasers Directing Director 59
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1951 Cuban Fireball Directing Director 58
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1951 Bowery Battalion Directing Director 59
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1950 Again Pioneers Directing Director 58
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1950 Blues Busters Directing Director 59
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1950 Second Chance Directing Director N/A
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1950 A Wonderful Life Directing Director N/A
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1950 County Fair Directing Director N/A
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1950 Lucky Losers Directing Director 59
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1950 Jiggs and Maggie Out West Directing Director 58
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1950 Blonde Dynamite Directing Director 59
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1950 Blue Grass of Kentucky Directing Director N/A
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1949 Tough Assignment Directing Director 59
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1949 Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters Directing Director N/A
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1949 Trail of the Yukon Directing Director 59
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1949 Forgotten Women Directing Director N/A
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1949 Tuna Clipper Directing Director 59
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1949 The Lawton Story Directing Director N/A
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1948 The Feathered Serpent Directing Director 59
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1948 Jiggs and Maggie in Court Directing Director N/A
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1948 Kidnapped Directing Director 59
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1948 Incident Directing Director 58
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1948 Smuggler's Cove Directing Director 58
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1948 The Golden Eye Directing Director 58
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1948 The Shanghai Chest Directing Director 58
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1948 Jinx Money Directing Director 58
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1948 Angels' Alley Directing Director 59
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1947 The Chinese Ring Directing Director 58
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1947 Bowery Buckaroos Directing Director 59
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1947 News Hounds Directing Director 59
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1947 Gas House Kids Go West Directing Director 59
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1947 Killer at Large Directing Director N/A
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1947 Too Many Winners Directing Director 59
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1947 Hard Boiled Mahoney Directing Director 59
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1947 Philo Vance Returns Directing Director 59
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1946 Mr. Hex Directing Director 59
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1946 Spook Busters Directing Director 59
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1946 Below the Deadline Directing Director 58
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1946 Don't Gamble with Strangers Directing Director 58
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1946 One Exciting Week Directing Director 59
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1946 Behind the Mask Directing Director 58
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1946 The Shadow Returns Directing Director 58
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1946 The Face of Marble Directing Director 58
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1946 Girl on the Spot Directing Director N/A
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1945 Black Market Babies Directing Director 58
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1945 Come Out Fighting Directing Director 59
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1945 Swingin' on a Rainbow Directing Director N/A
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1945 Blonde Ransom Directing Director N/A
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1945 Fashion Model Directing Director 59
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1945 Adventures of Kitty O'Day Directing Director 58
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1945 Mom and Dad Directing Director 58
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1944 Crazy Knights Directing Director 58
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1944 Bowery Champs Directing Director 59
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1944 Shadow of Suspicion Directing Director 59
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1944 Oh, What a Night! Directing Director N/A
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1944 Leave It to the Irish Directing Director 58
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1944 Follow the Leader Directing Director 59
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1944 Detective Kitty O'Day Directing Director 58
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1944 Hot Rhythm Directing Director 58
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1944 Voodoo Man Directing Director 58
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1944 What a Man! Directing Director N/A
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1943 The Mystery of the 13th Guest Directing Director 58
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1943 Mr. Muggs Steps Out Directing Director N/A
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1943 Spotlight Scandals Directing Director N/A
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1943 Here Comes Kelly Directing Director 58
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1943 Ghosts on the Loose Directing Director 57
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1943 Clancy Street Boys Directing Director 59
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1943 The Ape Man Directing Director 57
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1942 Foreign Agent Directing Director 59
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1942 Phantom Killer Directing Director 58
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1942 The Living Ghost Directing Director 58
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1942 One Thrilling Night Directing Director 58
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1942 Gallant Lady Directing Director 58
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1942 Men of San Quentin Directing Director N/A
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1942 Mr. Washington Goes to Town Directing Director 58
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1942 The Panther's Claw Directing Director 59
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1942 Professor Creeps Directing Director N/A
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1942 Lucky Ghost Directing Director 59
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1942 Broadway Big Shot Directing Director N/A
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1942 Duke of the Navy Directing Director 58
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1941 Blonde Comet Directing Director 58
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1941 The Miracle Kid Directing Director 58
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1941 Mr. Celebrity Directing Director 59
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1941 Desperate Cargo Directing Director 58
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1941 Federal Fugitives Directing Director 59
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1941 Emergency Landing Directing Director 59
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1941 Up Jumped the Devil Directing Director N/A
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1940 Misbehaving Husbands Directing Director 59
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1940 Four Shall Die Directing Director N/A
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1939 Torchy Blane in Chinatown Directing Director 59
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1938 Torchy Gets Her Man Directing Director 59
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1937 Said O'Reilly to McNab Directing Director 58
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1937 Feather Your Nest Directing Director N/A
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1937 Transatlantic Trouble Directing Director N/A
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1936 Windbag the Sailor Directing Director 59
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1936 Educated Evans Directing Director N/A
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1936 Where There's a Will Directing Director 59
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1935 Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk Directing Director 58
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1935 Get Off My Foot Directing Director N/A
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1935 Boys Will Be Boys Directing Director 59
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1935 So You Won't Talk Directing Director N/A
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1935 Dandy Dick Directing Director 59
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1934 The Old-Fashioned Way Directing Director 59
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1934 The Big Idea Directing Director 58
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1933 Her Bodyguard Directing Director N/A
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1933 See You Tonight Directing Director N/A
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1933 Dream Stuff Directing Director 59
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1933 The Crime of the Century Directing Director 58
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1932 Make Me a Star Directing Director 59
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1932 Three Wise Girls Directing Director 58
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1931 Men in Her Life Directing Director 59
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1931 The Great Junction Hotel Directing Director N/A
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1931 Penrod and Sam Directing Director 59
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1931 The Mad Parade Directing Director 59
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1931 The Lady Who Dared Directing Director 59
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1931 Misbehaving Ladies Directing Director N/A
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1931 Father's Son Directing Director N/A
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1931 One Yard to Go Directing Director N/A
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1930 A Hollywood Theme Song Directing Director N/A
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1930 Road to Paradise Directing Director 58
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1930 Those Who Dance Directing Director 59
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1929 Wedding Rings Directing Director N/A
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1929 The Girl from Woolworth's Directing Director N/A
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1929 Hard to Get Directing Director N/A
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1929 Two Weeks Off Directing Director N/A
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1929 Fugitives Directing Director N/A
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1928 Give and Take Directing Director N/A
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1928 Home, James Directing Director N/A
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1928 Heart to Heart Directing Director N/A
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1928 The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris Directing Director N/A
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1927 The Life of Riley Directing Director N/A
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1927 Frisco Sally Levy Directing Director N/A
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1926 The Canadian Directing Director 58
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1926 Sparrows Directing Director 59
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1926 That's My Baby Directing Director N/A
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1925 Little Annie Rooney Directing Director 59
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1925 How Baxter Butted In Directing Director N/A
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1925 A Broadway Butterfly Directing Director N/A
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1925 The Narrow Street Directing Director N/A
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1924 Lovers' Lane Directing Director N/A
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1924 Cornered Directing Director N/A
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1924 Daughters of Pleasure Directing Director N/A
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1924 Wandering Husbands Directing Director 58
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1924 Daring Youth Directing Director N/A
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1923 Boy of Mine Directing Director N/A
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1923 The Country Kid Directing Director N/A
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1923 The Printer's Devil Directing Director N/A
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1923 Penrod and Sam Directing Director 58
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1923 Her Fatal Millions Directing Director N/A
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1922 Catch My Smoke Directing Director N/A
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1922 Heroes of the Street Directing Director N/A
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1922 Strictly Modern Directing Director N/A
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1922 Punch the Clock Directing Director 58
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1922 Step Forward Directing Director N/A
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1922 Watch Your Step Directing Director N/A
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1921 Fresh from the Farm Directing Director N/A
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1920 A Home Spun Hero Directing Director N/A
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1920 Why Wild Men Go Wild Directing Director 59
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1920 A Husband in Haste Directing Director 59
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1919 Easy Payments Directing Director 59
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1917 A Sanitarium Scandal Directing Director N/A
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1917 Won By a Fowl Directing Director N/A
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1917 What'll We Do with Uncle? Directing Director N/A
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1917 Uneasy Money Directing Director N/A
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1917 When Damon Fell for Pythias Directing Director N/A
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1916 A Shadowed Shadow Directing Director 58
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1916 The Inspector's Double Directing Director 59
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1913 For the Son of the House Directing Assistant Director N/A
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Corky and White Shadow Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1944 Follow the Leader Writing Writer 59
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1944 What a Man! Writing Screenplay N/A
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1943 Mr. Muggs Steps Out Writing Screenplay N/A
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1943 Spotlight Scandals Writing Story N/A
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1942 Duke of the Navy Writing Story 58
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1942 Duke of the Navy Writing Screenplay 58
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1936 Where There's a Will Writing Screenplay 59
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1935 Dandy Dick Writing Writer 59
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1913 Black and White Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1913 Almost a Wild Man Writing Writer N/A
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Corky and White Shadow Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1972 Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession Production Producer 58
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1931 The Mad Parade Production Producer 59
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Camera
1919 The Other Man's Wife Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1917 Reputation Camera Camera Operator N/A
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