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Abraham Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1925 – November 12, 2009) was an American television and film director. [1] Early life and education. Wendkos was born in Philadelphia to parents Simon Wendkos and Judith Wendkos. [1]
Paul Wendkos was born on 20 September 1925 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was a director and producer, known for The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970), Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) and Gidget (1959). He was married to Ruth Burnat and Lin Bolen. He died on 12 November 2009 in 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 Nov. 12 at his home in...
Dec 1, 2009 · Paul Wendkos obituary. Film and TV director made famous by his ‘Gidget’ surf movies. Ronald Bergan. Tue 1 Dec 2009 13.13 EST. Despite a long and varied career, in which he made several ...
Nov 14, 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...
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...
Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director. Following wartime service in the US Navy and attending Columbia University on the GI Bill Wendkos made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called Dark Interlude in 1953.
