Writing
Dudley Nichols
Born Apr 6, 1895 · Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA · Died Jan 4, 1960
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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.
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Written
Stagecoach
1966
Western
Ten Little Indians
1965
Crime · Mystery · Thriller
Escape from Zahrain
1962
Action · Adventure · Drama
Heller in Pink Tights
1960
Adventure · Romance · Western
The Hangman
1959
Western
The Tin Star
1957
Western
Run for the Sun
1956
Adventure · Thriller
Prince Valiant
1954
Adventure · Action · Romance
The Big Sky
1952
Adventure · Western · Romance
Return of the Texan
1952
Drama
Rawhide
1951
Western
Pinky
1949
Drama
The Fugitive
1947
Drama
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945
Drama · Comedy
Scarlet Street
1945
Drama · Crime
And Then There Were None
1945
Crime · Drama · Mystery
It Happened Tomorrow
1944
Fantasy · Comedy · Romance
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943
War · Romance · History
Bataan
1943
Action · Drama · War
This Land Is Mine
1943
Drama · War
Air Force
1943
Action · Drama · War
The Battle of Midway
1942
Documentary · War
Swamp Water
1941
Crime · Drama
Man Hunt
1941
Thriller · War
The Long Voyage Home
1940
Drama · War
The Marshal Of Mesa City
1939
Western
The 400 Million
1939
Documentary
Stagecoach
1939
Western
Carefree
1938
Music · Comedy · Romance
Bringing Up Baby
1938
Comedy · Romance
The Hurricane
1937
Action · Adventure · Drama
The Toast of New York
1937
Comedy · Drama · History
The Plough and the Stars
1936
Drama
Mary of Scotland
1936
Drama · History · Romance
The Three Musketeers
1935
Action · Adventure · History
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935
Comedy · Drama · Romance
The Crusades
1935
Drama · History · War
The Arizonian
1935
Western · Adventure · Music
The Informer
1935
Crime · Drama
Life Begins at Forty
1935
Comedy
Mystery Woman
1935
Thriller · Mystery
Judge Priest
1934
Comedy · Drama · Romance
Hold That Girl
1934
Comedy
The Lost Patrol
1934
Action · War
You Can't Buy Everything
1934
Drama
Pilgrimage
1933
Drama · War · Romance
The Man Who Dared
1933
Drama
Hot Pepper
1933
Comedy
Robbers' Roost
1932
Action · Adventure · Romance
This Sporting Age
1932
Action · Drama
Skyline
1931
Drama
Three Rogues
1931
Western
Seas Beneath
1931
Action · Drama · War
A Devil with Women
1930
Adventure
On the Level
1930
Action · Comedy · Crime
Born Reckless
1930
Crime · Comedy · Drama
Men Without Women
1930
Drama · Action
