Dudley Nichols
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- April 6, 1895
- Died
- January 4, 1960 (aged 64)
- Birthplace
- Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and director. Dudley Nichols was born April 6, 1895, in Wapakoneta, Ohio. He studied at the University of Michigan where he was active member of the Sigma Chapter of Theta Xi fraternity. After working as a reporter for the New York World, Nichols moved to Hollywood in 1929 and became one of the most highly regarded screenwriters of the 1930s and 1940s. He collaborated on many films over many years with director John Ford, and was also noted for his work with George Cukor, Howard Hawks, Fritz Lang and Jean Renoir. Nichols wrote or co-wrote the screenplays for films including Bringing Up Baby (1938), Stagecoach (1939), For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943), Scarlet Street (1945), And Then There Were None (1945), The Bells of St. Mary's (1945), Pinky (1949) and The Tin Star (1957). Nichols initially declined the Academy Award he received for The Informer, due to a dispute between the Screen Writers Guild, of which he was a founder, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. He collected the award at the 1938 Oscar ceremony. He served as president of the Screen Writers Guild in 1937 and 1938. He also co-wrote the documentary The Battle of Midway, which won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Nichols produced and directed three films—Government Girl (1943), Sister Kenny (1946) and Mourning Becomes Electra (1947)—for which he also wrote the screenplay. In 1954 he received the Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement from the Writers Guild of America. He died in Hollywood of cancer in 1960 and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
Known For
Filmography
Stagecoach
Movie · Writer
Ten Little Indians
Movie · Screenplay
Escape from Zahrain
Movie · Writer
Heller in Pink Tights
Movie · Screenplay
The Hangman
Movie · Writer
The Tin Star
Movie · Screenplay
Run for the Sun
Movie · Screenplay
Prince Valiant
Movie · Screenplay
The Big Sky
Movie · Screenplay
Return of the Texan
Movie · Screenplay
Rawhide
Movie · Writer
Pinky
Movie · Screenplay
Mourning Becomes Electra
Movie · Writer
The Fugitive
Movie · Screenplay
Sister Kenny
Movie · Screenplay
The Bells of St. Mary's
Movie · Screenplay
Scarlet Street
Movie · Screenplay
And Then There Were None
Movie · Screenplay
It Happened Tomorrow
Movie · Adaptation, Screenplay
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Movie · Screenplay
This Land Is Mine
Movie · Screenplay
Air Force
Movie · Screenplay
Government Girl
Movie · Screenplay
Bataan
Movie · Writer
The Battle of Midway
Movie · Writer
Man Hunt
Movie · Screenplay
Swamp Water
Movie · Writer
The Long Voyage Home
Movie · Screenplay
Stagecoach
Movie · Screenplay
The Marshal Of Mesa City
Movie · Story
The 400 Million
Movie · Writer
Bringing Up Baby
Movie · Screenplay
Carefree
Movie · Story, Adaptation
The Toast of New York
Movie · Screenplay
The Hurricane
Movie · Screenplay
Mary of Scotland
Movie · Screenplay
The Plough and the Stars
Movie · Screenplay
The Informer
Movie · Screenplay
Steamboat Round the Bend
Movie · Screenplay
The Three Musketeers
Movie · Screenplay
The Crusades
Movie · Screenplay
Life Begins at Forty
Movie · Screenplay
The Arizonian
Movie · Screenplay
Mystery Woman
Movie · Story
The Lost Patrol
Movie · Screenplay
Judge Priest
Movie · Screenplay
Hold That Girl
Movie · Writer
Call It Luck
Movie · Screenplay
You Can't Buy Everything
Movie · Screenplay
The Man Who Dared
Movie · Writer
Hot Pepper
Movie · Story
Pilgrimage
Movie · Dialogue
This Sporting Age
Movie · Screenplay
Robbers' Roost
Movie · Adaptation
Three Rogues
Movie · Writer
Skyline
Movie · Writer
Seas Beneath
Movie · Screenplay
Born Reckless
Movie · Screenplay
A Devil with Women
Movie · Writer
One Mad Kiss
Movie · Writer
Men Without Women
Movie · Screenplay
On the Level
Movie · Screenplay