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Abraham Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1925 – November 12, 2009) was an American television and film director.
Paul Wendkos (1925-2009) was a filmmaker who specialized in made-for-TV movies, such as Gidget, The Burglar and The Chase. He was born in Philadelphia, married twice and died in Malibu, California.
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- Malibu, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Nov 22, 2009 · Paul Wendkos, a movie and television director best known for the frothy surfer film “Gidget,” but whose other productions ranged from thrillers to historical dramas, died...
Paul Wendkos was a versatile filmmaker who worked on comedies, dramas, westerns and documentaries. He directed Sandra Dee in the 1959 surf movie "Gidget" and later helmed "Guns of the Magnificent Seven" and "The Legend of Lizzie Borden".
Nov 30, 2009 · Paul Wendkos, who has died aged 84, had the misfortune of seeing his first Hollywood film become a massive hit. Gidget (1959) starred Sandra Dee as the eponymous 16-year-old “girl midget”, a...
Nov 15, 2009 · Director Paul Wendkos, whose career spanned 50 years and covered some 100 films and television shows, including the 1959 surf movie “Gidget,” has died due to a lung infection that followed a...
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Nov 12, 2009 · Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director.