William Beaudine
Directing
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.
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movieThe Green Hornet
2005
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movieFury of the Dragon
1976
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movieThe Green Hornet
1974
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tvThe Green Hornet
1966
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movieLook Homeward
1965
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movieLassie: The Wayfarers
1964
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movieDisneyland After Dark
1962
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movieTen Who Dared
1960
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tvNaked City
1958
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movieIn the Money
1958
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movieUp In Smoke
1957
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tvAdventure in Dairyland
1956
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Broken Arrow
1956
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movie3D Jamboree
1956
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movieDesign for Dreaming
1956
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tvCorky and White Shadow
1956
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movieJail Busters
1955
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movieHigh Society
1955
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tvTV Reader's Digest
1955
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tvLassie
1954
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City Story
1954
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moviePride of the Blue Grass
1954
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movieParis Playboys
1954
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movieYukon Vengeance
1954
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movieMurder Without Tears
1953
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movieRoar of the Crowd
1953
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movieBorn to the Saddle
1953
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movieJalopy
1953
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movieNo Holds Barred
1952
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movieFeudin' Fools
1952
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movieYukon Gold
1952
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movieThe Rose Bowl Story
1952
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movieHere Come the Marines
1952
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movieJet Job
1952
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movieHold That Line
1952
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movieRodeo
1952
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movieHavana Rose
1951
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movieCrazy Over Horses
1951
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movieLet's Go Navy!
1951
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tvRacket Squad
1951
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movieGhost Chasers
1951
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movieBowery Battalion
1951
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movieAgain Pioneers
1950
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movieBlues Busters
1950
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movieSecond Chance
1950
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movieCounty Fair
1950
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movieLucky Losers
1950
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movieBlonde Dynamite
1950
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movieBlue Grass of Kentucky
1950
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movieTough Assignment
1949
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movieTrail of the Yukon
1949
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movieForgotten Women
1949
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movieTuna Clipper
1949
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movieThe Lawton Story
1949
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movieThe Feathered Serpent
1948
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movieKidnapped
1948
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movieIncident
1948
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movieSmuggler's Cove
1948
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movieThe Golden Eye
1948
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movieThe Shanghai Chest
1948
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movieJinx Money
1948
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movieAngels' Alley
1948
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movieThe Chinese Ring
1947
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movieBowery Buckaroos
1947
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movieNews Hounds
1947
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movieGas House Kids Go West
1947
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movieKiller at Large
1947
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movieToo Many Winners
1947
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movieHard Boiled Mahoney
1947
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moviePhilo Vance Returns
1947
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movieMr. Hex
1946
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movieSpook Busters
1946
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movieBelow the Deadline
1946
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movieOne Exciting Week
1946
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movieBehind the Mask
1946
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movieThe Shadow Returns
1946
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movieThe Face of Marble
1946
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movieGirl on the Spot
1946
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movieBlack Market Babies
1945
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movieCome Out Fighting
1945
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movieSwingin' on a Rainbow
1945
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movieFashion Model
1945
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movieMom and Dad
1945
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movieCrazy Knights
1944
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movieBowery Champs
1944
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movieShadow of Suspicion
1944
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movieOh, What a Night!
1944
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movieLeave It to the Irish
1944
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movieFollow the Leader
1944
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movieDetective Kitty O'Day
1944
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movieHot Rhythm
1944
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movieVoodoo Man
1944
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movieWhat a Man!
1944
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movieMr. Muggs Steps Out
1943
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movieSpotlight Scandals
1943
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movieHere Comes Kelly
1943
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movieGhosts on the Loose
1943
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movieClancy Street Boys
1943
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movieThe Ape Man
1943
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moviePhantom Killer
1942
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movieThe Living Ghost
1942
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movieOne Thrilling Night
1942
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movieGallant Lady
1942
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movieMen of San Quentin
1942
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movieThe Panther's Claw
1942
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movieProfessor Creeps
1942
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movieLucky Ghost
1942
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movieBroadway Big Shot
1942
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movieDuke of the Navy
1942
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movieBlonde Comet
1941
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movieThe Miracle Kid
1941
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movieMr. Celebrity
1941
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movieDesperate Cargo
1941
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movieFederal Fugitives
1941
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movieEmergency Landing
1941
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movieUp Jumped the Devil
1941
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movieMisbehaving Husbands
1940
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movieFour Shall Die
1940
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movieTorchy Gets Her Man
1938
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movieFeather Your Nest
1937
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movieWindbag the Sailor
1936
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movieWhere There's a Will
1936
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movieMr. Cohen Takes a Walk
1935
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movieBoys Will Be Boys
1935
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movieDandy Dick
1935
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movieSo You Won't Talk
1935
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movieThe Old-Fashioned Way
1934
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movieThe Big Idea
1934
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movieHer Bodyguard
1933
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Dream Stuff
1933
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movieMake Me a Star
1932
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movieThree Wise Girls
1932
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movieMen in Her Life
1931
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moviePenrod and Sam
1931
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movieThe Mad Parade
1931
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movieThe Lady Who Dared
1931
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movieMisbehaving Ladies
1931
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movieFather's Son
1931
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movieA Hollywood Theme Song
1930
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movieRoad to Paradise
1930
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movieThose Who Dance
1930
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movieWedding Rings
1929
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movieHard to Get
1929
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movieTwo Weeks Off
1929
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movieFugitives
1929
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movieDo Your Duty
1928
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movieHome, James
1928
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movieHeart to Heart
1928
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movieThe Irresistible Lover
1927
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movieThe Life of Riley
1927
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movieFrisco Sally Levy
1927
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movieThe Canadian
1926
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movieSparrows
1926
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movieHold That Lion!
1926
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movieThe Social Highwayman
1926
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My Swedie
1925
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movieLittle Annie Rooney
1925
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movieHow Baxter Butted In
1925
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movieA Broadway Butterfly
1925
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movieThe Narrow Street
1925
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movieLovers' Lane
1924
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movieCornered
1924
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movieDaughters of Pleasure
1924
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movieWandering Husbands
1924
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movieDaring Youth
1924
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movieBoy of Mine
1923
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movieThe Country Kid
1923
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movieThe Printer's Devil
1923
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moviePenrod and Sam
1923
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movieCatch My Smoke
1922
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movieHeroes of the Street
1922
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movieWatch Your Step
1922
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movieA Home Spun Hero
1920
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movieWhy Wild Men Go Wild
1920
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movieA Husband in Haste
1920
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movieWho Done It?
1917
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For the Son of the House
1913
Assistant Director
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913
Assistant Director
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movieWhat a Man!
1944
Screenplay
movieMr. Muggs Steps Out
1943
Screenplay
movieDuke of the Navy
1942
Story, Screenplay
movieWhere There's a Will
1936
Screenplay
movieDandy Dick
1935
Writer
Black and White
1913
Scenario Writer
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movieThe First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
1995
Self (archive footage)
movieForgotten Women
1931
Director
Movie-Town
1931
William Beaudine - Director
Papa's Baby
1913
Young Father
movieHot Stuff
1912
Cigar Store Owner
movieThe Engagement Ring
1912
In Park
movieFools of Fate
1909
Extra (uncredited)
Camera3
movieThe Other Man's Wife
1919
Director of Photography
movieReputation
1917
Camera Operator
movieFools of Fate
1909
Assistant Camera
Production2
movieThe Mad Parade
1931
Producer