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Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and film director. He was the first person to decline an Academy Award, as part of a boycott to gain recognition for the Screen Writers Guild; he would later accept his Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1938.
Dudley Nichols was born on 6 April 1895 in Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA. He was a writer and producer, known for Sister Kenny (1946), The Informer (1935) and Stagecoach (1939). He was married to Esther "Esta" Varez. He died on 4 January 1960 in Hollywood, California, USA.
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- Wapakoneta, Ohio, USA
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- Hollywood, California, USA
Dudley Nichols was a writer and producer who worked on thirteen scripts for John Ford and refused the Oscar for The Informer (1935). He was born in Ohio in 1895 and died in Hollywood in 1960.
- April 6, 1895
- January 4, 1960
Dudley Nichols was an American screenwriter and director who worked with John Ford, George Cukor and others. He won an Oscar for The Informer and co-wrote The Battle of Midway.
Dudley Nichols Biography (1895-1960) Born April 6, 1895, in Wapakoneta, OH; died of cancer, January 4, 1960, in Hollywood, CA; son of Dr. Grant Byron and Mary Nichols; married Esta Vacez Gooch-Collins, 1924. Career: Screenwriter, director, producer and lyricist.
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.
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