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.
Directed 203
2000s
- 2005
The Green Hornet
Director
1970s
- 1976
Fury of the Dragon
Director
- 1974
The Green Hornet
Director
1960s
- 1968
The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show
Director
- 1967
Lassie and the Flight of the Cougar
Director
- 1966
- 1965
- 1964
Lassie: The Wayfarers
Director
- 1963
Lassie's Greatest Adventure
Director
Lassie's Great Adventure
Director
- 1962
Disneyland After Dark
Director
- 1960
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
Director
Ten Who Dared
Director
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
Director
1950s
- 1959
Moochie of the Little League
Director
- 1958
In the Money
Director
- 1957
Up In Smoke
Director
- 1956
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
Director
Further Adventures of Spin and Marty
Director
Adventure in Dairyland
Director
Design for Dreaming
Director
Corky and White Shadow
Director
- 1955
Jail Busters
Director
High Society
Director
TV Reader's Digest
Director
- 1954
Pride of the Blue Grass
Director
Paris Playboys
Director
Yukon Vengeance
Director
- 1953
Murder Without Tears
Director
Roar of the Crowd
Director
Jalopy
Director
- 1952
No Holds Barred
Director
Feudin' Fools
Director
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Director
Yukon Gold
Director
The Rose Bowl Story
Director
Here Come the Marines
Director
Jet Job
Director
Hold That Line
Director
Rodeo
Director
- 1951
Havana Rose
Director
Crazy Over Horses
Director
Let's Go Navy!
Director
Ghost Chasers
Director
Bowery Battalion
Director
- 1950
Again Pioneers
Director
Blues Busters
Director
Second Chance
Director
County Fair
Director
Lucky Losers
Director
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
Director
Blonde Dynamite
Director
Blue Grass of Kentucky
Director
1940s
- 1949
Tough Assignment
Director
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters
Director
Trail of the Yukon
Director
Forgotten Women
Director
Tuna Clipper
Director
The Lawton Story
Director
- 1948
The Feathered Serpent
Director
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Director
Kidnapped
Director
Incident
Director
Smuggler's Cove
Director
The Golden Eye
Director
The Shanghai Chest
Director
Jinx Money
Director
Angels' Alley
Director
- 1947
The Chinese Ring
Director
Bowery Buckaroos
Director
News Hounds
Director
Gas House Kids Go West
Director
Killer at Large
Director
Too Many Winners
Director
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Director
Philo Vance Returns
Director
- 1946
Mr. Hex
Director
Spook Busters
Director
Below the Deadline
Director
Don't Gamble with Strangers
Director
One Exciting Week
Director
Behind the Mask
Director
The Shadow Returns
Director
The Face of Marble
Director
Girl on the Spot
Director
- 1945
Black Market Babies
Director
Come Out Fighting
Director
Swingin' on a Rainbow
Director
Fashion Model
Director
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Director
Mom and Dad
Director
- 1944
Crazy Knights
Director
Bowery Champs
Director
Shadow of Suspicion
Director
Oh, What a Night!
Director
Follow the Leader
Director
Detective Kitty O'Day
Director
Hot Rhythm
Director
What a Man!
Director
- 1943
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
Director
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Director
Spotlight Scandals
Director
Here Comes Kelly
Director
Clancy Street Boys
Director
The Ape Man
Director
- 1942
Phantom Killer
Director
The Living Ghost
Director
One Thrilling Night
Director
Men of San Quentin
Director
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
Director
The Panther's Claw
Director
Professor Creeps
Director
Broadway Big Shot
Director
- 1941
Blonde Comet
Director
The Miracle Kid
Director
Mr. Celebrity
Director
Desperate Cargo
Director
Federal Fugitives
Director
Emergency Landing
Director
Up Jumped the Devil
Director
- 1940
Misbehaving Husbands
Director
Four Shall Die
Director
1930s
- 1939
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Director
- 1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
Director
- 1937
Feather Your Nest
Director
- 1936
Windbag the Sailor
Director
Where There's a Will
Director
- 1935
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
Director
Boys Will Be Boys
Director
Dandy Dick
Director
So You Won't Talk
Director
- 1934
The Old-Fashioned Way
Director
The Big Idea
Director
- 1933
Her Bodyguard
Director
The Crime of the Century
Director
- 1932
Make Me a Star
Director
Three Wise Girls
Director
- 1931
Men in Her Life
Director
The Great Junction Hotel
Director
Penrod and Sam
Director
The Mad Parade
Director
The Lady Who Dared
Director
Misbehaving Ladies
Director
Father's Son
Director
- 1930
A Hollywood Theme Song
Director
Those Who Dance
Director
1920s
- 1929
Wedding Rings
Director
The Girl from Woolworth's
Director
Hard to Get
Director
Two Weeks Off
Director
Fugitives
Director
- 1928
Do Your Duty
Director
Home, James
Director
Heart to Heart
Director
- 1927
The Irresistible Lover
Director
The Life of Riley
Director
Frisco Sally Levy
Director
- 1926
The Canadian
Director
Sparrows
Director
Hold That Lion!
Director
The Social Highwayman
Director
- 1925
Little Annie Rooney
Director
How Baxter Butted In
Director
A Broadway Butterfly
Director
The Narrow Street
Director
- 1924
Lovers' Lane
Director
Cornered
Director
Daughters of Pleasure
Director
Wandering Husbands
Director
Daring Youth
Director
- 1923
Boy of Mine
Director
The Country Kid
Director
The Printer's Devil
Director
Penrod and Sam
Director
- 1922
Catch My Smoke
Director
Heroes of the Street
Director
Watch Your Step
Director
- 1920
A Home Spun Hero
Director
Why Wild Men Go Wild
Director
A Husband in Haste
Director
1910s
- 1917
Who Done It?
Director
Wrote 8
1950s
- 1956
Corky and White Shadow
Writer
1940s
- 1944
Follow the Leader
Writer
What a Man!
Screenplay
- 1943
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Screenplay
Spotlight Scandals
Story
- 1942
1930s
- 1936
Where There's a Will
Screenplay
- 1935
Dandy Dick
Writer
Acted in 6
1930s
- 1931
Forgotten Women
Director
1910s
- 1913
The Tenderfoot's Money
In Bar
- 1912
Hot Stuff
Cigar Store Owner
The Engagement Ring
In Park
1900s
- 1909
To Save Her Soul
Movie
Fools of Fate
Extra (uncredited)
Camera 3
1910s
- 1919
The Other Man's Wife
Director of Photography
- 1917
Reputation
Camera Operator
1900s
- 1909
Fools of Fate
Assistant Camera
Produced 2
1970s
- 1972
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
Producer
1930s
- 1931
The Mad Parade
Producer
Appearances2
1990s
- 1995
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Self (archive footage)
1970s
- 1975
D.W. Griffith: An American Genius
Self