W.S. Van Dyke
Born: 1889-03-21 in San Diego, California, USA
Died: 1943-02-05
Known For: Directing
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Woodbridge Strong "W. S." Van Dyke II (Woody) (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including Tarzan the Ape Man in 1932, The Thin Man in 1934, San Francisco in 1936, and six popular musicals with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director for The Thin Man and San Francisco, and directed four actors to Oscar nominations: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, and Robert Morley. Known as a reliable craftsman who made his films on schedule and under budget, he earned the name "One Take Woody" for his quick and efficient style of filming.
Filmography
1976
- That's Entertainment, Part II ... (Thanks)
1942
- Dr. Kildare's Victory ... (Director)
- I Married an Angel ... (Director)
- Cairo ... (Director)
- Journey for Margaret ... (Director)
1941
- Shadow of the Thin Man ... (Director)
- Rage in Heaven ... (Director)
- The Feminine Touch ... (Director)
1940
- I Love You Again ... (Director)
- A New Romance of Celluloid: The Miracle of Sound as Self
- I Take This Woman ... (Director)
- Bitter Sweet ... (Director)
1939
- It's a Wonderful World ... (Director)
- Another Thin Man ... (Director)
- Stand Up and Fight ... (Director)
- Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever ... (Director)
1938
- Marie Antoinette ... (Director)
- Sweethearts ... (Director)
- Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)
1937
- The Prisoner of Zenda ... (Co-Director)
- Rosalie ... (Director)
- They Gave Him a Gun ... (Director)
- Personal Property ... (Director)
1936
- After the Thin Man ... (Director)
- San Francisco ... (Director)
- Rose Marie ... (Director)
- His Brother's Wife ... (Director)
- The Devil Is a Sissy ... (Director)
- Love on the Run ... (Director)
1935
- Broadway Melody of 1936 ... (Co-Director)
- Naughty Marietta ... (Director)
- I Live My Life ... (Director)
1934
- The Thin Man ... (Director)
- Manhattan Melodrama ... (Director)
- Forsaking All Others ... (Director)
- Hide-Out ... (Producer)
- Laughing Boy ... (Director)
1933
- The Prizefighter and the Lady ... (Director)
- Penthouse ... (Director)
- Eskimo as Inspector White (uncredited)
1932
- Tarzan the Ape Man ... (Director)
- Night Court ... (Director)
1931
- The Cuban Love Song ... (Director)
- Trader Horn ... (Director)
- Never the Twain Shall Meet ... (Director)
- Guilty Hands ... (Director)
1929
- The Pagan ... (Director)
1928
- White Shadows in the South Seas ... (Director)
- Under the Black Eagle ... (Director)
- The Adventurer ... (Director)
- Wyoming ... (Director)
1927
- California ... (Director)
- The Heart of the Yukon ... (Director)
- The Eyes of the Totem ... (Director)
- Winners of the Wilderness ... (Director)
- Spoilers of the West ... (Director)
- Foreign Devils ... (Director)
1926
- The Gentle Cyclone ... (Director)
- War Paint ... (Director)
1925
- Ranger of the Big Pines ... (Director)
- The Desert's Price ... (Director)
- The Trail Rider ... (Director)
- Barriers Burned Away ... (Director)
- Hearts and Spurs ... (Director)
- The Timber Wolf ... (Director)
1924
- Half-a-Dollar Bill ... (Director)
- Gold Heels ... (Director)
- The Battling Fool ... (Director)
- Winner Take All ... (Director)
- Loving Lies ... (Director)
- The Beautiful Sinner ... (Director)
1923
- Ruth of the Range ... (Director)
- The Little Girl Next Door ... (Director)
- The Destroying Angel ... (Director)
- The Miracle Makers ... (Director)
1922
- White Eagle ... (Director)
- The Boss of Camp 4 ... (Director)
- According to Hoyle ... (Director)
- Forget Me Not ... (Director)
1921
- The Avenging Arrow ... (Director)
- Double Adventure ... (Director)
1920
- The Adventures of Daredevil Jack ... (Scenario Writer)
1919
- The Hawk's Trail ... (Director)
- The Forbidden Room ... (Story)
1918
- The Lady of the Dugout ... (Director)
1917
- Open Places ... (Director)
- Sadie Goes to Heaven ... (Director)
- The Land of Long Shadows ... (Writer)
- Men of the Desert ... (Director)
- Gift o' Gab ... (Director)
- On Trial ... (Director)
1916
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Cana Wedding Guest
- Oliver Twist as Charles Dickens
- Orphan Joyce ... (Writer)
1915
- The Birth of a Nation ... (Assistant Director)
- A Daughter of the City ... (Writer)