Edward Ludwig
| Edward Ludwig | |
|---|---|
 On the set of Big Jim McLain, 1952 | |
| Born |
Isidor Litwack 7 October 1899 Balta, Podolia Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died |
20 August 1982 (aged 82) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation |
Film director Writer |
| Years active | 1921-1963 |
Edward Irving Ludwig (7 October 1899[1] – 20 August 1982) was a Russian-born American film director and writer. He directed nearly 100 films between 1921 and 1963 (some under the names Edward Luddy and Charles Fuhr).
Ludwig was also one of the directors of John Payne's NBC western series The Restless Gun (1957-1959). Ludwig and Erle C. Kenton were the principal directors of the CBS television series, The Texan (1958-1960), starring Rory Calhoun as a "Robin Hood of the West" who drifts through the region helping persons in need. The Texan in its first season ran opposite The Restless Gun in its second and last season.[2]
Ludwig was born in Russia, entered the United States from Canada on March 6, 1911, became a naturalized citizen December 23, 1932, and died in Santa Monica, California.
Partial filmography
- Rip Van Winkle (1921)
- The Irresistible Lover (1927)
- The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)
- See America Thirst (1930)
- Fatal Lady (1936)
- The Last Gangster (1937)
- Her Husband Lies (1937)
- Swiss Family Robinson (1940)
- The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)
- They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
- Bomber's Moon (co-director credited as "Charles Fuhr"; 1943)
- The Fighting Seabees (1944) with John Wayne
- Three Is a Family (1944)
- Wake of the Red Witch (1948) with John Wayne
- The Big Wheel (1949) with Mickey Rooney and Thomas Mitchell
- Big Jim McLain (1952) with John Wayne and James Arness
- Sangaree (1953)
- The Vanquished (1953)
- The Black Scorpion (1957)
References
- ↑ According to his 1931 petition for citizenship
- ↑ Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", West Texas Historical Review, Vol. 89 (2013), p. 111