Carl Dudley

Carl Ward Dudley
Born December 31, 1910 (1910-12-31)
Little Rock, Arkansas
Died September 2, 1973 (1973-09-03) (aged 62)
Hong Kong
Resting place Ventura Calif
Residence Beverly Hills, Calif
Education UCLA
Occupation Film director and producer
Employer Self
Known for Short films, documentaries
Spouse(s) Eleanor Murphy
Children 6 daughters
Relatives Richard Murphy (brother-in-law)
Gabriel Katzka (son-in-law)

Carl Ward Dudley (1910-1973) was an American film director and producer. He was best known for directing and producing short travelogues.

Biography

Early life

Carl Ward Dudley was born on December 31, 1910 in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1][2]

Career

He became a film director and producer. Indeed, in 1944, he founded the Dudley Pictures Corporation, a film production company.[2]

In the 1950s, he produced thirty documentary shorts in the This World of Ours series.[3] In 1958, he directed and produced the Cinerama feature South Seas Adventure.[1][4]

Personal life

He married Eleanor Murphy, the sister of screenwriter Richard Murphy (1912-1993).[1] One of their daughters, Carol Ward Dudley, married producer Gabriel Katzka (1931–1990).[1]

Death

He died on September 2, 1973 in Hong Kong.[1][2]

Filmography

As a director

As a producer

As an executive producer

External links

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Carl Dudley at the Internet Movie Database
  2. 1 2 3 NorthEast Historic Film: Stanley Johnson Collection
  3. Len D. Martin, The Republic Pictures Checklist: Features, Serials, Cartoons, Short Subjects and Training Films of Republic Pictures Corporation, 1935-1959, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2006, p. 1043
  4. Sanya Shoilevska Henderson, Alex North, Film Composer: A Biography, with Musical Analyses of A Streetcar Named Desire, Spartacus, The Misfits, Under the Volcano, and Prizzi's Honor, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2003, p. 221


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