Directing
William Beaudine
EN, FR, ES, XX cinema · 241 credits
Born
14 January 1892
Died
18 March 1970 (aged 78)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as William Washington Beaudine · William "One-Shot" Beaudine · William Beaudine Sr. · W.W. Beaudine · William X. Crowley · William Crowley
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
Filmography
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
as Self (archive footage)
Fury of the Dragon
Director
The Green Hornet
Director
Look Homeward
Director
Ten Who Dared
Director
In the Money
Director
Up In Smoke
Director
3D Jamboree
Director
Design for Dreaming
Director
High Society
Director
Jail Busters
Director
Paris Playboys
Director
Yukon Vengeance
Director
Murder Without Tears
Director
Jalopy
Director
Born to the Saddle
Director
Roar of the Crowd
Director
Hold That Line
Director
No Holds Barred
Director
Feudin' Fools
Director
Jet Job
Director
Rodeo
Director
The Rose Bowl Story
Director
Yukon Gold
Director
Ghost Chasers
Director
Let's Go Navy!
Director
Bowery Battalion
Director
Crazy Over Horses
Director
Havana Rose
Director
Blues Busters
Director
Second Chance
Director
Blonde Dynamite
Director
Lucky Losers
Director
County Fair
Director
Again Pioneers
Director
Tough Assignment
Director
Tuna Clipper
Director
The Lawton Story
Director
Trail of the Yukon
Director
Forgotten Women
Director
Incident
Director
The Shanghai Chest
Director
Jinx Money
Director
The Golden Eye
Director
Kidnapped
Director
Angels' Alley
Director
Smuggler's Cove
Director
The Chinese Ring
Director
Bowery Buckaroos
Director
Philo Vance Returns
Director
Too Many Winners
Director
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Director
News Hounds
Director
Killer at Large
Director
Below the Deadline
Director
Spook Busters
Director
The Face of Marble
Director
The Shadow Returns
Director
Behind the Mask
Director
Girl on the Spot
Director
Mr. Hex
Director
One Exciting Week
Director
Fashion Model
Director
Black Market Babies
Director
Mom and Dad
Director
Come Out Fighting
Director
Voodoo Man
Director
Shadow of Suspicion
Director
Crazy Knights
Director
What a Man!
Screenplay, Director
Hot Rhythm
Director
Follow the Leader
Writer, Director
Bowery Champs
Director
Oh, What a Night!
Director
The Ape Man
Director
Ghosts on the Loose
Director
Here Comes Kelly
Director
Clancy Street Boys
Director
Spotlight Scandals
Director, Story
Mr. Muggs Steps Out
Director, Screenplay
The Living Ghost
Director
The Panther's Claw
Director
Lucky Ghost
Director
Phantom Killer
Director
Broadway Big Shot
Director
One Thrilling Night
Director
Men of San Quentin
Director
Professor Creeps
Director
Duke of the Navy
Screenplay, Director, Story
Gallant Lady
Director
Emergency Landing
Director
Federal Fugitives
Director
Mr. Celebrity
Director
The Miracle Kid
Director
Blonde Comet
Director
Desperate Cargo
Director
Up Jumped the Devil
Director
Misbehaving Husbands
Director
Four Shall Die
Director
Torchy Gets Her Man
Director
Feather Your Nest
Director
Where There's a Will
Director, Screenplay
Windbag the Sailor
Director
Boys Will Be Boys
Director
Dandy Dick
Director, Writer
So You Won't Talk
Director
The Big Idea
Director
Her Bodyguard
Director
Make Me a Star
Director
Three Wise Girls
Director
Movie-Town
1931
Movie-Town
as William Beaudine - Director
Forgotten Women
as Director
The Lady Who Dared
Director
Men in Her Life
Director
Penrod and Sam
Director
The Mad Parade
Producer, Director
Father's Son
Director
Misbehaving Ladies
Director
Road to Paradise
Director
Those Who Dance
Director
Wedding Rings
Director
Two Weeks Off
Director
Fugitives
Director
Hard to Get
Director
Heart to Heart
Director
Home, James
Director
Do Your Duty
Director
Frisco Sally Levy
Director
The Life of Riley
Director
Sparrows
Director
The Canadian
Director
Hold That Lion!
Director
Little Annie Rooney
Director
The Narrow Street
Director
A Broadway Butterfly
Director
Daring Youth
Director
Lovers' Lane
Director
Cornered
Director
Wandering Husbands
Director
Penrod and Sam
Director
The Country Kid
Director
Boy of Mine
Director
The Printer's Devil
Director
Catch My Smoke
Director
Heroes of the Street
Director
A Home Spun Hero
Director
Why Wild Men Go Wild
Director
A Husband in Haste
Director
The Other Man's Wife
Director of Photography
Reputation
Camera Operator
Who Done It?
Director
The Tenderfoot's Money
as In Bar
Papa's Baby
1913
Papa's Baby
as Young Father
For the Son of the House
1913
For the Son of the House
Assistant Director
Black and White
1913
Black and White
Scenario Writer
The Suffragette Minstrels
1913
The Suffragette Minstrels
Assistant Director
Hot Stuff
as Cigar Store Owner
The Engagement Ring
as In Park
Fools of Fate
as Extra (uncredited), Assistant Camera