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Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award , as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild ; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938.
Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and director who worked with John Ford, George Cukor and others. He won an Oscar for The Informer and wrote classics like Stagecoach, Bringing Up Baby and For Whom the Bell Tolls.
Dudley Nichols was born on 6 April 1895 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Sister Kenny (1946), The Informer (1935) and Stagecoach (1939). He was married to Esther "Esta" Varez.
- January 1, 1
- Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
- January 1, 1
- Hollywood, California, USA
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Dudley Nichols was a writer and producer who worked on thirteen scripts for John Ford and refused the Oscar for The Informer (1935). He was born in Ohio in 1895 and died in Hollywood in 1960.
- April 6, 1895
- January 4, 1960
Vic Morrow to Lennie Niehaus. Dudley Nichols Biography (1895-1960) Born April 6, 1895, in Wapakoneta, OH; died of cancer, January 4, 1960, in Hollywood, CA; son of Dr. Grant Byron and Mary Nichols; married Esta Vacez Gooch-Collins, 1924. Career: Screenwriter, director, producer and lyricist.
Founded: 1815 in Dudley, Massachusetts. Enrollment: 1265 (undergraduate); 385 (graduate) Majors/Minors: 27/25. Bison Near and Far: Students from 30 states and 10 countries. Financial Aid: 98% of students receive financial aid (average aid package = $26,515) After Nichols: 95% of graduates employed or in graduate school within six months of ...
He received three more Academy Award nominations for The Long Voyage Home, Air Force (1943), and The Tin Star (1957). One of the first writers to direct and produce, Nichols also formed an independent production company. He received the WGA Screen Laurel Award in 1954. Nichols was born in Ohio in 1895, and died in Hollywood on January 4, 1960.
