Carl Dudley

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

Carl Ward Dudley
BornDecember 31, 1910 (1910-12-31)
Little Rock, Arkansas
DiedSeptember 2, 1973 (1973-09-03) (aged 62)
Hong Kong
Resting placeVentura Calif
EducationUCLA
Occupation(s)Film director and producer
EmployerSelf
Known forShort films, documentaries
SpouseEleanor Murphy
Children6 daughters
RelativesRichard Murphy (brother-in-law)
Gabriel Katzka (son-in-law)

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
  • Our African Frontier (documentary, short film, 1943).
  • Our Alaskan Frontier (documentary, short film, 1943).
  • Star Spangled City (documentary, short film, 1946).
  • All Aboard (short film, 1946).
  • Rhythm of a Big City (documentary, short film, 1948).
  • Pigskin Skill (short film, 1948).
  • Cradle of the Republic (documentary, short film, 1949).
  • Hawaiian Sports (short film, 1951).
  • Aloha Nui (documentary, short film, 1953).
  • Fish Tales (short film, 1954).
  • Coney Island Holiday (documentary, short film, 1954).
  • Below the Rio Grande (documentary, short film, 1954).
  • Valley of the Sun (documentary, short film, 1954).
  • Sportsman's Holiday (documentary, short film, 1955).
  • Journey to the Sea (documentary, short film, 1955).
  • Heart of an Empire (documentary, short film, 1955).
  • VistaVision Visits Gibraltar (documentary, short film, 1956).
  • VistaVision Visits Panama (documentary, short film, 1956).
  • Viva! Cuba (documentary, short film, 1956).
  • Magic in the Sun (documentary, short film, 1956).
  • Under Carib Skies (documentary, short film, 1957).
  • South Seas Adventure (1958)

As a producer
  • This World of Ours: Norway (documentary, short film, 1950).
  • This World of Ours: Denmark (documentary, short film, 1950).
  • This World of Ours: Glacier National Park (documentary, short film, 1950).
  • This World of Ours: Sweden (documentary, short film, 1950).
  • This World of Ours: France (documentary, short film, 1950).
  • This World of Ours: Holland (documentary, short film, 1950).
  • This World of Ours: London (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: Portugal (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: Spain (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: England (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: Hawaii (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: Greece (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: Belgium (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: Switzerland (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: Italy (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: Egypt (documentary, short film, 1951).
  • This World of Ours: Puerto Rico (documentary, short film, 1952).
  • This World of Ours: Chile (documentary, short film, 1952).
  • This World of Ours: India (documentary, short film, 1952).
  • This World of Ours: Ceylon (documentary, short film, 1953).
  • This World of Ours: Singapore (documentary, short film, 1953).
  • This World of Ours: Germany (documentary, short film, 1953).
  • This World of Ours: Japan (documentary, short film, 1953).
  • This World of Ours: Hong Kong (documentary, short film, 1954).
  • This World of Ours: Formosa (documentary, short film, 1954).
  • This World of Ours: Ireland (documentary, short film, 1954).
  • This World of Ours: Thailand (documentary, short film, 1954).
  • This World of Ours: Bali (documentary, short film, 1954).
  • This World of Ours: Venezuela (documentary, short film, 1955).
  • The Mississippi Traveler (documentary, short film, 1955).
  • This World of Ours: Caribbean Sky Cruise (documentary, short film, 1955).
  • This World of Ours: Turkey (documentary, short film, 1955).
  • VistaVision Visits Gibraltar (documentary, short film, 1956).
  • Hero on Horseback (documentary, short film, 1956).
  • VistaVision Visits Panama (documentary, short film, 1956).
  • VistaVision Visits Austria (documentary, short film, 1956).
  • South Seas Adventure (1958).

As an executive producer
  • Tobor the Great (1954).
  • The Days of Our Years (short film, documentary, 1955).
  • "Carl Dudley Dies; Film Producer, 63." New York Times, September 4, 1973.
  • Slide, Anthony. "Dudley Pictures Corporation," The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry, p. 60. London: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 1135925542.

References
  1. Carl Dudley at IMDb
  2. 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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