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Carl Ward Dudley (1910–1973) was an American film director and producer. He was best known for directing and producing short travelogues.

Carl Ward Dudley
Born	December 31, 1910 (1910-12-31) Little Rock, Arkansas
Died	September 2, 1973 (1973-09-03) (aged 62) Hong Kong
Resting place	Ventura Calif
Education	UCLA
Occupation	Film director and producer
Employer	Self
Known for	Short films, documentaries
Spouse	Eleanor Murphy
Children	6 daughters
Relatives	Richard Murphy (brother-in-law) Gabriel Katzka (son-in-law)

Biography

Early life

Carl Ward Dudley was born on December 31, 1910 in Little Rock, Arkansas.[1][2]

Career

He became a film director and producer. Indeed, in 1944, he founded the Dudley Pictures Corporation, a film production company.[2]

In the 1950s, he produced thirty documentary shorts in the This World of Ours series.[3] In 1958, he directed and produced the Cinerama feature South Seas Adventure.[1][4]

Personal life

He married Eleanor Murphy, the sister of screenwriter Richard Murphy (1912-1993).[1] One of their daughters, Carol Ward Dudley, married producer Gabriel Katzka (1931–1990).[1]

Death

He died on September 2, 1973 in Hong Kong.[1][2]

Filmography

As a director

• Our African Frontier (documentary, short film, 1943).
• Our Alaskan Frontier (documentary, short film, 1943).
• Star Spangled City (documentary, short film, 1946).
• All Aboard (short film, 1946).
• Rhythm of a Big City (documentary, short film, 1948).
• Pigskin Skill (short film, 1948).
• Cradle of the Republic (documentary, short film, 1949).
• Hawaiian Sports (short film, 1951).
• Aloha Nui (documentary, short film, 1953).
• Fish Tales (short film, 1954).
• Coney Island Holiday (documentary, short film, 1954).
• Below the Rio Grande (documentary, short film, 1954).
• Valley of the Sun (documentary, short film, 1954).
• Sportsman's Holiday (documentary, short film, 1955).
• Journey to the Sea (documentary, short film, 1955).
• Heart of an Empire (documentary, short film, 1955).
• VistaVision Visits Gibraltar (documentary, short film, 1956).
• VistaVision Visits Panama (documentary, short film, 1956).
• Viva! Cuba (documentary, short film, 1956).
• Magic in the Sun (documentary, short film, 1956).
• Under Carib Skies (documentary, short film, 1957).
• South Seas Adventure (1958)

As a producer

• This World of Ours: Norway (documentary, short film, 1950).
• This World of Ours: Denmark (documentary, short film, 1950).
• This World of Ours: Glacier National Park (documentary, short film, 1950).
• This World of Ours: Sweden (documentary, short film, 1950).
• This World of Ours: France (documentary, short film, 1950).
• This World of Ours: Holland (documentary, short film, 1950).
• This World of Ours: London (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: Portugal (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: Spain (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: England (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: Hawaii (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: Greece (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: Belgium (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: Switzerland (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: Italy (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: Egypt (documentary, short film, 1951).
• This World of Ours: Puerto Rico (documentary, short film, 1952).
• This World of Ours: Chile (documentary, short film, 1952).
• This World of Ours: India (documentary, short film, 1952).
• This World of Ours: Ceylon (documentary, short film, 1953).
• This World of Ours: Singapore (documentary, short film, 1953).
• This World of Ours: Germany (documentary, short film, 1953).
• This World of Ours: Japan (documentary, short film, 1953).
• This World of Ours: Hong Kong (documentary, short film, 1954).
• This World of Ours: Formosa (documentary, short film, 1954).
• This World of Ours: Ireland (documentary, short film, 1954).
• This World of Ours: Thailand (documentary, short film, 1954).
• This World of Ours: Bali (documentary, short film, 1954).
• This World of Ours: Venezuela (documentary, short film, 1955).
• The Mississippi Traveler (documentary, short film, 1955).
• This World of Ours: Caribbean Sky Cruise (documentary, short film, 1955).
• This World of Ours: Turkey (documentary, short film, 1955).
• VistaVision Visits Gibraltar (documentary, short film, 1956).
• Hero on Horseback (documentary, short film, 1956).
• VistaVision Visits Panama (documentary, short film, 1956).
• VistaVision Visits Austria (documentary, short film, 1956).
• South Seas Adventure (1958).

As an executive producer

• Tobor the Great (1954).
• The Days of Our Years (short film, documentary, 1955).

External links

• "Carl Dudley Dies; Film Producer, 63." New York Times, September 4, 1973.
• Slide, Anthony. "Dudley Pictures Corporation," The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry, p. 60. London: Routledge, 2013. ISBN 1135925542.

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