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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1889-03-21 (136 years old)

Place of Birth

San Diego, California, USA

W.S. Van Dyke

Biography:

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Woodbridge Strong "W. S." Van Dyke II (Woody) (March 21, 1889 – February 5, 1943) was an American film director and writer who made several successful early sound films, including Tarzan the Ape Man in 1932, The Thin Man in 1934, San Francisco in 1936, and six popular musicals with Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald. He received two Academy Award nominations for Best Director for The Thin Man and San Francisco, and directed four actors to Oscar nominations: William Powell, Spencer Tracy, Norma Shearer, and Robert Morley. Known as a reliable craftsman who made his films on schedule and under budget, he earned the name "One Take Woody" for his quick and efficient style of filming.

Known For

Acting

1940

1938

Another Romance of Celluloid as Self (uncredited)

1933

Eskimo as Inspector White (uncredited)

1916

Oliver Twist as Charles Dickens

Production

1936

San Francisco as Producer

1935

Naughty Marietta as Producer

1934

Hide-Out as Producer
Laughing Boy as Producer

1933

Eskimo as Producer

Directing

1942

Cairo as Director
I Married an Angel as Director

1941

Rage in Heaven as Director
The Feminine Touch as Director

1940

I Love You Again as Director
New Moon as Director
Bitter Sweet as Director
I Take This Woman as Director

1938

Marie Antoinette as Director
Sweethearts as Director

1937

Rosalie as Director
Personal Property as Director
The Prisoner of Zenda as Co-Director

1936

After the Thin Man as Director
Love on the Run as Director
Rose Marie as Director
San Francisco as Director
His Brother's Wife as Director

1935

Naughty Marietta as Director
I Live My Life as Director

1934

The Thin Man as Director
Hide-Out as Director
Laughing Boy as Director

1933

Penthouse as Director
Eskimo as Director

1932

Tarzan the Ape Man as Director
Night Court as Director

1931

Trader Horn as Director
Guilty Hands as Director

1929

The Pagan as Director

1927

Foreign Devils as Director
California as Director

1926

The Gentle Cyclone as Director
War Paint as Director

1925

The Trail Rider as Director
Hearts and Spurs as Director
The Desert's Price as Director
The Timber Wolf as Director

1924

Gold Heels as Director
Winner Take All as Director
The Battling Fool as Director
Loving Lies as Director

1922

According to Hoyle as Director
The Boss of Camp 4 as Director
Forget Me Not as Director

1921

Double Adventure as Director

1919

The Hawk's Trail as Director

1918

1917

On Trial as Director
Men of the Desert as Director

1916

1915

The Birth of a Nation as Assistant Director

Writing

1920

1916

Orphan Joyce as Writer