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William Washington Beaudine, William "One-Shot" Beaudine, William Beaudine Sr., W.W. Beaudine, William X. Crowley, William Crowley
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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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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1892-01-14
- event Death Date 1970-03-18
- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2
- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by William Beaudine
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To Save Her Soul
1909-12-27
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The Tenderfoot's Money
1913-05-05
2.5
Movie-Town
1931-07-04
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Papa's Baby
1913-08-14
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Forgotten Women
1931-11-25
4.2
Hot Stuff
1912-03-21
4
The Engagement Ring
1912-03-10
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Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter
1966-04-09
4
The Mickey Mouse Anniversary Show
1968-12-22
4
Frisco Sally Levy
1927-04-02
4
Voodoo Man
1944-02-21
4
Catch My Smoke
1922-12-31
4
The Living Ghost
1942-08-11
4
The Ape Man
1943-03-05
4
Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946-06-22
4
Below the Deadline
1946-08-03
4
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
1952-09-04
4
Incident
1948-10-30
4
Murder Without Tears
1953-06-14
4
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
1960-11-20
4
The Chinese Ring
1947-12-06
4
The Panther's Claw
1942-03-03
4
Sparrows
1926-09-19
4
Fury of the Dragon
1976-10-14
4
Ghosts on the Loose
1943-07-30
4
Shanghai Chest
1948-07-11
4
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula
1966-04-10
4
The Feathered Serpent
1948-12-19
4
Jinx Money
1948-06-27
4
Fashion Model
1945-03-02
4
The Golden Eye
1948-08-29
4
Detective Kitty O'Day
1944-05-13
4
Lucky Ghost
1942-02-10
4
Spook Busters
1946-08-24
4
Bowery Buckaroos
1947-11-22
4
Foreign Agent
1942-10-09
4
Kidnapped
1948-11-28
4
Where There's a Will
1936-08-10
4
The Crime of the Century
1933-02-18
4
The Face of Marble
1946-01-19
4
Angels' Alley
1948-03-07
4
3D Jamboree
1956-06-16
4
Pride of the Blue Grass
1954-04-04
4
Ghost Chasers
1951-04-29
4
Little Annie Rooney
1925-10-18
4
Philo Vance Returns
1947-04-14
4
Windbag the Sailor
1936-12-01
4
Boys Will Be Boys
1935-07-01
4
Tough Assignment
1949-11-15
4
The Canadian
1926-11-27
4
Hold That Line
1952-03-23
4
Phantom Killer
1942-10-02
4
Jalopy
1953-02-15
4
Paris Playboys
1954-03-07
4
Emergency Landing
1941-03-07
4
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
1945-01-19
4
Shadow of Suspicion
1944-09-23
4
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943-11-05
4
Let's Go Navy!
1951-07-29
4
Make Me a Star
1932-07-01
4
Here Comes Kelly
1943-09-19
4
No Holds Barred
1952-11-23
4
Feudin' Fools
1952-09-21
4
The Shadow Returns
1946-02-16
4
Behind the Mask
1946-05-25
4
City Story
1954-05-05
4
In the Money
1958-02-16
4
Road to Paradise
1930-07-20
4
Won By a Fowl
1917-11-24
4
A Home Spun Hero
1920-10-02
4
Dandy Dick
1935-03-01
4
One Yard to Go
1931-02-01
4
Torchy Gets Her Man
1938-11-12
4
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939-02-02
4
The Great Junction Hotel
1931-10-26
4
Girl on the Spot
1946-01-11
4
High Society
1955-04-17
4
Dream Stuff
1933-05-11
4
The Inspector's Double
1916-09-30
4
The Big Idea
1934-05-12
4
Bowery Battalion
1951-01-24
4
Blues Busters
1950-10-29
4
Jail Busters
1955-09-18
4
When Damon Fell for Pythias
1917-01-11
4
Broadway Big Shot
1942-02-06
4
The Lady Who Dared
1931-05-29
4
Ten Who Dared
1960-11-01
4
Lassie's Great Adventure
1963-08-01
4
Feather Your Nest
1937-03-12
4
Federal Fugitives
1941-03-29
4
Mr. Celebrity
1941-10-10
4
The Miracle Kid
1941-11-14
4
Mr. Washington Goes to Town
1942-05-09
4
Three Wise Girls
1932-02-10
4
Lassie: Peace Is Our Profession
1972-01-28
4
Wedding Rings
1929-12-29
4
Tuna Clipper
1949-04-11
4
Blonde Comet
1941-12-26
4
Black Market Babies
1945-12-15
4
Here Come the Marines
1952-06-29
4
Crazy Knights
1944-12-08
4
Second Chance
1950-09-06
4
Leave It to the Irish
1944-08-26
4
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948-12-12
4
Lassie and the Flight of the Cougar
1967-01-02
4
Men in Her Life
1931-11-10
4
Blonde Dynamite
1950-02-12
4
Desperate Cargo
1941-07-04
4
Misbehaving Husbands
1940-12-20
4
For the Son of the House
1913-09-20
4
Why Wild Men Go Wild
1920-08-27
4
Strictly Modern
1922-06-11
4
Watch Your Step
1922-02-16
4
Almost a Wild Man
1913-06-19
4
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk
1935-12-13
4
Penrod and Sam
1931-10-01
4
One Thrilling Night
1942-06-05
4
Jet Job
1952-04-06
4
Rodeo
1952-03-09
4
Heart to Heart
1928-07-22
4
Mom and Dad
1945-01-03
4
Too Many Winners
1947-05-24
4
Daring Youth
1924-02-01
4
Daughters of Pleasure
1924-06-15
4
Lovers' Lane
1924-08-10
4
The Life of Riley
1927-09-03
4
Give and Take
1928-12-23
4
The Mad Parade
1931-09-18
4
The Mad Parade
1931-09-18
4
Where There's a Will
1936-08-10
4
Lucky Losers
1950-05-14
4
Look Homeward
1965-02-21
4
A Wonderful Life
1950-08-10
4
A Hollywood Theme Song
1930-12-07
4
A Husband in Haste
1920-05-07
4
What a Man!
1944-01-31
4
What a Man!
1944-01-31
4
Men of San Quentin
1942-05-15
4
Hot Rhythm
1944-04-22
4
Mr. Hex
1946-11-09
4
Up In Smoke
1957-12-22
4
Crazy Over Horses
1951-09-09
4
Up Jumped the Devil
1941-01-01
4
Professor Creeps
1942-02-28
4
The Old-Fashioned Way
1934-07-13
4
Get Off My Foot
1935-10-28
4
Black and White
1913-08-27
4
Design for Dreaming
1956-03-31
4
Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947-05-10
4
Follow the Leader
1944-06-03
4
Follow the Leader
1944-06-03
4
Born to the Saddle
1953-03-15
4
Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945-09-01
4
One Exciting Week
1946-06-08
4
The Plausible Impossible
1956-10-31
4
Those Who Dance
1930-04-18
4
The Green Hornet
1974-03-21
4
The Congregation
1952-01-01
4
Clancy Street Boys
1943-04-23
4
Blonde Ransom
1945-05-01
4
Smuggler's Cove
1948-10-10
4
Spotlight Scandals
1943-09-24
4
The Lawton Story
1949-03-31
4
Spotlight Scandals
1943-09-24
4
Four Shall Die
1940-10-15
4
Duke of the Navy
1942-01-23
4
Duke of the Navy
1942-01-23
4
Duke of the Navy
1942-01-23
4
The Other Man's Wife
1919-06-29
4
Gas House Kids Go West
1947-06-12
4
Westward Ho, The Wagons!
1956-12-20
4
Cuban Fireball
1951-03-05
4
The Rose Bowl Story
1952-08-24
4
Trail of the Yukon
1949-07-31
4
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943-10-29
4
Come Out Fighting
1945-09-29
4
Bowery Champs
1944-11-25
4
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
1943-10-29
4
News Hounds
1947-08-13
4
Killer at Large
1947-05-31
4
Father's Son
1931-03-07
4
Misbehaving Ladies
1931-04-16
4
Jiggs and Maggie Out West
1950-04-23
4
Yukon Gold
1952-08-30
4
Said O'Reilly to McNab
1937-07-30
4
That's My Baby
1926-04-19
4
Yukon Vengeance
1954-01-17
4
Two Weeks Off
1929-05-11
4
Educated Evans
1936-09-01
4
See You Tonight
1933-06-02
4
So You Won't Talk
1935-03-01
4
The Girl from Woolworth's
1929-10-27
4
County Fair
1950-07-30
4
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters
1949-08-27
4
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950-01-22
4
Forgotten Women
1949-07-17
4
Again Pioneers
1950-11-01
4
Disneyland After Dark
1962-04-15
4
Home, James
1928-10-03
4
Her Bodyguard
1933-07-21
4
Transatlantic Trouble
1937-01-01
4
Gallant Lady
1942-05-29
4
A Sanitarium Scandal
1917-12-17
4
Step Forward
1922-04-13
4
Punch the Clock
1922-06-04
4
Havana Rose
1951-09-15
4
Penrod and Sam
1923-06-18
4
The Country Kid
1923-10-29
4
The Narrow Street
1925-01-04
4
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris
1928-01-15
4
A Broadway Butterfly
1925-03-29
4
Dandy Dick
1935-03-01
4
Boy of Mine
1923-12-30
4
Cornered
1924-08-01
4
Moochie of the Little League
1959-10-02
4
Fugitives
1929-01-27
4
Heroes of the Street
1922-12-24
4
Oh, What a Night!
1944-09-02
4
Her Fatal Millions
1923-04-09
4
Fresh from the Farm
1921-11-27
4
The Story of the Animated Drawing
1955-11-30
4
The Printer's Devil
1923-08-23
4
Roar of the Crowd
1953-05-31
4
Hard to Get
1929-08-04
4
What'll We Do with Uncle?
1917-10-22
4
The Green Hornet
2005-01-06
4
A Shadowed Shadow
1916-11-04
4
Wandering Husbands
1924-04-20
4
Easy Payments
1919-01-26
4
A Tribute to Joel Chandler Harris
1956-01-18
4
Rapids Ahead/Bear Country
1960-10-16
4
Reputation
1917-09-03
4
Lassie
1954-09-12
4
Naked City
1958-09-30
4
The Wonderful World of Disney
1954-10-27
4
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954-10-15
4
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951-04-15
4
Broken Arrow
1956-09-25
4
Racket Squad
1951-06-07
4
TV Reader's Digest
1955-01-17
4
The Green Hornet
1966-09-09
4
Adventure in Dairyland
1956-11-05
4
Corky and White Shadow
4
Corky and White Shadow