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Screenwriter Born: April 6, 1895 in Wapakoneta, OH Death: January 4, 1960 Biography:An Oscar-winning screenwriter and sometime director, "Dudley Nichols" started out as a reporter for the New York World and ventured to Hollywood in 1929 when the film capital began drawing in writers to work with the new medium of talking pictures. He began an early association with "John Ford" in "Men Without Women" (1930), and subsequently wrote or co-authored the screenplays for some of Ford's best-known films, including "The Lost Patrol", "Judge Priest", "The Informer" (which earned Oscars for writer and director), "Stagecoach", "The Long Voyage Home", and "The Fugitive". Nichols' other screenwriting credits include "Howard Hawks"' "Bringing Up Baby" and "Air Force"; the scripts for "Jean Renoir"'s two best English-language films, "Swamp Water" and "This Land Is Mine"; "Fritz Lang"'s "Man Hunt" and "Scarlet Street"; and "Leo McCarey"'s "The Bells of St. Mary's". At its best, Nichols'... Full Biography
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