William Beaudine
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1892-01-14
Day of Death
1970-03-18 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
William Beaudine
Biography
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)
Movie-Town
as William Beaudine - Director
(1931)
Forgotten Women
as Director
(1913)
The Tenderfoot's Money
as In Bar
(1913)
Papa's Baby
as Young Father
(1912)
Hot Stuff
as Cigar Store Owner
(1912)
The Engagement Ring
as In Park
(1909)
(1909)
Fools of Fate
as Extra (uncredited)
Crew
(2005)
The Green Hornet
Director
(1976)
Fury of the Dragon
Director
(1974)
The Green Hornet
Director
(1972)
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
Producer
(1968)
(1967)
(1966)
(1966)
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
Director
(1965)
Look Homeward
Director
(1963)
Lassie's Great Adventure
Director
(1962)
Disneyland After Dark
Director
(1960)
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
Director
(1960)
Ten Who Dared
Director
(1960)
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
Director
(1959)
Moochie of the Little League
Director
(1958)
In the Money
Director
(1957)
Up In Smoke
Director
(1956)
3D Jamboree
Director
(1956)
Design for Dreaming
Director
(1956)
The Plausible Impossible
Director
(1956)
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
Director
(1956)
(1955)
High Society
Director
(1955)
Jail Busters
Director
(1955)
(1954)
Pride of the Blue Grass
Director
(1954)
Paris Playboys
Director
(1954)
City Story
Director
(1954)
Yukon Vengeance
Director
(1953)
Murder Without Tears
Director
(1953)
Jalopy
Director
(1953)
Born to the Saddle
Director
(1953)
Roar of the Crowd
Director
(1952)
(1952)
Hold That Line
Director
(1952)
No Holds Barred
Director
(1952)
Feudin' Fools
Director
(1952)
Here Come the Marines
Director
(1952)
Jet Job
Director
(1952)
Rodeo
Director
(1952)
The Congregation
Director
(1952)
The Rose Bowl Story
Director
(1952)
Yukon Gold
Director
(1951)
Ghost Chasers
Director
(1951)
Let's Go Navy!
Director
(1951)
Bowery Battalion
Director
(1951)
Crazy Over Horses
Director
(1951)
Cuban Fireball
Director
(1951)
Havana Rose
Director
(1950)
Blues Busters
Director
(1950)
Second Chance
Director
(1950)
Blonde Dynamite
Director
(1950)
Lucky Losers
Director
(1950)
A Wonderful Life
Director
(1950)
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
Director
(1950)
County Fair
Director
(1950)
Blue Grass of Kentucky
Director
(1950)
Again Pioneers
Director
(1949)
Tough Assignment
Director
(1949)
Tuna Clipper
Director
(1949)
The Lawton Story
Director
(1949)
Trail of the Yukon
Director
(1949)
(1949)
Forgotten Women
Director
(1948)
Incident
Director
(1948)
The Feathered Serpent
Director
(1948)
The Shanghai Chest
Director
(1948)
Jinx Money
Director
(1948)
The Golden Eye
Director
(1948)
Kidnapped
Director
(1948)
Angels' Alley
Director
(1948)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Director
(1948)
Smuggler's Cove
Director
(1947)
The Chinese Ring
Director
(1947)
Bowery Buckaroos
Director
(1947)
Philo Vance Returns
Director
(1947)
Too Many Winners
Director
(1947)
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Director
(1947)
Gas House Kids Go West
Director
(1947)
News Hounds
Director
(1947)
Killer at Large
Director
(1946)
Don't Gamble with Strangers
Director
(1946)
Below the Deadline
Director
(1946)
Spook Busters
Director
(1946)
The Face of Marble
Director
(1946)
Behind the Mask
Director
(1946)
The Shadow Returns
Director
(1946)
Girl on the Spot
Director
(1946)
Mr. Hex
Director
(1946)
One Exciting Week
Director
(1945)
Fashion Model
Director
(1945)
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Director
(1945)
Black Market Babies
Director
(1945)
Mom and Dad
Director
(1945)
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Director
(1945)
Blonde Ransom
Director
(1945)
Come Out Fighting
Director
(1944)
Voodoo Man
Director
(1944)
Detective Kitty O'Day
Director
(1944)
Shadow of Suspicion
Director
(1944)
Crazy Knights
Director
(1944)
Leave It to the Irish
Director
(1944)
What a Man!
Screenplay, Director
(1944)
Hot Rhythm
Director
(1944)
Follow the Leader
Director, Writer
(1944)
Bowery Champs
Director
(1944)
Oh, What a Night!
Director
(1943)
The Ape Man
Director
(1943)
Ghosts on the Loose
Director
(1943)
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Director
(1943)
Here Comes Kelly
Director
(1943)
Clancy Street Boys
Director
(1943)
Spotlight Scandals
Director, Story
(1943)
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Screenplay, Director
(1942)
The Living Ghost
Director
(1942)
The Panther's Claw
Director
(1942)
Lucky Ghost
Director
(1942)
Foreign Agent
Director
(1942)
Phantom Killer
Director
(1942)
Broadway Big Shot
Director
(1942)
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
Director
(1942)
One Thrilling Night
Director
(1942)
Men of San Quentin
Director
(1942)
Professor Creeps
Director
(1942)
Duke of the Navy
Screenplay, Story, Director
(1942)
Gallant Lady
Director
(1941)
Emergency Landing
Director
(1941)
Federal Fugitives
Director
(1941)
Mr. Celebrity
Director
(1941)
The Miracle Kid
Director
(1941)
Blonde Comet
Director
(1941)
Desperate Cargo
Director
(1941)
Up Jumped the Devil
Director
(1940)
Misbehaving Husbands
Director
(1940)
Four Shall Die
Director
(1939)
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Director
(1938)
Torchy Gets Her Man
Director
(1937)
Feather Your Nest
Director
(1937)
Said O'Reilly to McNab
Director
(1937)
Transatlantic Trouble
Director
(1936)
Where There's a Will
Director, Screenplay
(1936)
Windbag the Sailor
Director
(1936)
Educated Evans
Director
(1935)
Boys Will Be Boys
Director
(1935)
Dandy Dick
Director, Writer
(1935)
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Director
(1935)
Get Off My Foot
Director
(1935)
So You Won't Talk
Director
(1934)
The Big Idea
Director
(1934)
The Old-Fashioned Way
Director
(1933)
The Crime of the Century
Director
(1933)
Dream Stuff
Director
(1933)
See You Tonight
Director
(1933)
Her Bodyguard
Director
(1932)
Make Me a Star
Director
(1932)
Three Wise Girls
Director
(1931)
One Yard to Go
Director
(1931)
The Great Junction Hotel
Director
(1931)
The Lady Who Dared
Director
(1931)
Men in Her Life
Director
(1931)
Penrod and Sam
Director
(1931)
The Mad Parade
Producer, Director
(1931)
Misbehaving Ladies
Director
(1931)
Father's Son
Director
(1930)
Road to Paradise
Director
(1930)
A Hollywood Theme Song
Director
(1930)
Those Who Dance
Director
(1929)
Wedding Rings
Director
(1929)
Two Weeks Off
Director
(1929)
The Girl from Woolworth's
Director
(1929)
Fugitives
Director
(1929)
Hard to Get
Director
(1928)
Heart to Heart
Director
(1928)
Give and Take
Director
(1928)
Home, James
Director
(1928)
(1927)
Frisco Sally Levy
Director
(1927)
The Life of Riley
Director
(1926)
Sparrows
Director
(1926)
The Canadian
Director
(1926)
That's My Baby
Director
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
Director
(1925)
The Narrow Street
Director
(1925)
A Broadway Butterfly
Director
(1925)
How Baxter Butted In
Director
(1924)
Lovers' Lane
Director
(1924)
Daring Youth
Director
(1924)
Daughters of Pleasure
Director
(1924)
Cornered
Director
(1924)
Wandering Husbands
Director
(1923)
Penrod and Sam
Director
(1923)
The Country Kid
Director
(1923)
Boy of Mine
Director
(1923)
Her Fatal Millions
Director
(1923)
The Printer's Devil
Director
(1922)
Catch My Smoke
Director
(1922)
Strictly Modern
Director
(1922)
Watch Your Step
Director
(1922)
Punch the Clock
Director
(1922)
Step Forward
Director
(1922)
Heroes of the Street
Director
(1921)
Fresh from the Farm
Director
(1920)
A Home Spun Hero
Director
(1920)
Why Wild Men Go Wild
Director
(1920)
A Husband in Haste
Director
(1919)
The Other Man's Wife
Director of Photography
(1919)
Easy Payments
Director
(1917)
Won By a Fowl
Director
(1917)
When Damon Fell for Pythias
Director
(1917)
A Sanitarium Scandal
Director
(1917)
What'll We Do with Uncle?
Director
(1917)
Reputation
Camera Operator
(1917)
Uneasy Money
Director
(1916)
The Inspector's Double
Director
(1916)
A Shadowed Shadow
Director
(1913)
For the Son of the House
Assistant Director
(1913)
Almost a Wild Man
Writer
(1913)
Black and White
Scenario Writer
(1913)
The Suffragette Minstrels
Assistant Director
(1909)
Fools of Fate
Assistant Camera