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Oscar Boetticher Jr. (/ ˈ b ɛ t ɪ k ər / BET-i-kər; July 29, 1916 – November 29, 2001), known as Budd Boetticher, was an American film director. He is best remembered for a series of low-budget Westerns he made in the late 1950s starring Randolph Scott.
- Film director
- 1942–1985
- Oscar Boetticher
Budd Boetticher. Director: Bullfighter and the Lady. Brilliant, distinguished American director, particularly of Westerns, whose simple, bleak style disguises a complex artistic temperament. The adopted son of a wealthy hardware retailer, Boetticher attended Culver Military Academy and Ohio State University, where he excelled in football and ...
- January 1, 1
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- January 1, 1
- Ramona, California, USA
Overview. Born. July 29, 1916 · Chicago, Illinois, USA. Died. November 29, 2001 · Ramona, California, USA (multiple organ failure) Birth name. Oscar Boetticher Jr. Height. 5′ 11″ (1.80 m) Mini Bio. Brilliant, distinguished American director, particularly of Westerns, whose simple, bleak style disguises a complex artistic temperament. The.
- July 29, 1916
- November 29, 2001
Apr 23, 2024 · Budd Boetticher (born July 29, 1916, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died November 29, 2001, Ramona, California) was an American film director who was best known for a series of classic westerns that starred Randolph Scott. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) Early life and work.
- Michael Barson
Dec 1, 2001 · Budd Boetticher, who directed a series of stark, low-budget westerns regarded by film scholars as classics of the genre, died on Thursday at his home in Ramona, Calif. He was 85.
The five briskly entertaining, vividly performed westerns made by director Budd Boetticher and strapping star Randolph Scott in the second half of the 1950s transcend their B-movie origins to become rich, unexpectedly profound explorations of loyalty, greed, honor, and revenge.
Feb 7, 2006 · February 2006. Feature Articles, Revisiting Budd Boetticher. Issue 38. Issue 83. Budd Boetticher stumbled into the movies in the fluky way so many of Hollywood’s two-fisted directors of the silent days landed in the director’s chair, but with a high society twist only Hollywood could have written.
