Carl Dudley


Carl Ward Dudley was an American film director and producer. He was best known for directing and producing short travelogues.

Biography

Early life

Carl Ward Dudley was born on December 31, 1910, in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Career

He became a film director and producer. Indeed, in 1944, he founded the Dudley Pictures Corporation, a film production company.
In the 1950s, he produced thirty documentary shorts in the This World of Ours series. In 1958, he directed and produced the Cinerama feature South Seas Adventure.

Personal life

He married Eleanor Murphy, the sister of screenwriter Richard Murphy. One of their daughters, Carol Ward Dudley, married producer Gabriel Katzka.

Death

He died on September 2, 1973, in Hong Kong.

Filmography

As a director

  • Our African Frontier.
  • Our Alaskan Frontier.
  • Star Spangled City.
  • All Aboard.
  • Rhythm of a Big City.
  • Pigskin Skill.
  • Cradle of the Republic.
  • Hawaiian Sports.
  • Aloha Nui.
  • Fish Tales.
  • Coney Island Holiday.
  • Below the Rio Grande.
  • Valley of the Sun.
  • Sportsman's Holiday.
  • Journey to the Sea.
  • Heart of an Empire.
  • VistaVision Visits Gibraltar.
  • VistaVision Visits Panama.
  • Viva! Cuba.
  • Magic in the Sun.
  • Under Carib Skies.
  • ''South Seas Adventure''

    As a producer

  • This World of Ours: Norway.
  • This World of Ours: Denmark.
  • This World of Ours: Glacier National Park.
  • This World of Ours: Sweden.
  • This World of Ours: France.
  • This World of Ours: Holland.
  • This World of Ours: London.
  • This World of Ours: Portugal.
  • This World of Ours: Spain.
  • This World of Ours: England.
  • This World of Ours: Hawaii.
  • This World of Ours: Greece.
  • This World of Ours: Belgium.
  • This World of Ours: Switzerland.
  • This World of Ours: Italy.
  • This World of Ours: Egypt.
  • This World of Ours: Puerto Rico.
  • This World of Ours: Chile.
  • This World of Ours: India.
  • This World of Ours: Ceylon.
  • This World of Ours: Singapore.
  • This World of Ours: Germany.
  • This World of Ours: Japan.
  • This World of Ours: Hong Kong.
  • This World of Ours: Formosa.
  • This World of Ours: Ireland.
  • This World of Ours: Thailand.
  • This World of Ours: Bali.
  • This World of Ours: Venezuela.
  • The Mississippi Traveler.
  • This World of Ours: Caribbean Sky Cruise.
  • This World of Ours: Turkey.
  • VistaVision Visits Gibraltar.
  • Hero on Horseback.
  • VistaVision Visits Panama.
  • VistaVision Visits Austria.
  • South Seas Adventure.

    As an executive producer

  • Tobor the Great.
  • The Days of Our Years.

    As a writer

  • Portrait of a Genius, 1943