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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.
- April 6, 1895, Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States
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.
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 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.
- April 6, 1895
- January 4, 1960
Dudley Nichols started his Hollywood career in 1930, and collaborated with John Ford on his films of the 1930s and early 1940s. While these films are somewhat dated, they are still highly valued. Nichols did other scripts, but the ones he wrote for Ford constitute the real contributions to cinema.
Fugitive, The (1947) -- (Movie Clip) First Told In The Bible Opening narration by Ward Bond, John Ford directing from Dudley Nichols’ sanitized adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, Henry Fonda the title character, with Dolores Del Rio, clear from the start that Ford’s chief interest is Gabriel Figueroa’s virtuosic cinematography, from The Fugitive, 1947.
