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Budd Boetticher Biography (1916-2001)

Born Oscar Boetticher, July 29, 1916 (one source cites 1918), in Chicago, Illinois; son of Oscar Boetticher; married; wife's name, Mary. Addresses:Office--P.O. Box 1137, Ramona, CA 92065. Contact--c/o Directors Guild of America, 7950 West Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90046.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Birth Details

July 29, 1916

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Death Details

November 29, 2001

Ramona, California

Famous Works

• Credits; FILM DIRECTOR
• One Mysterious Night, Columbia, 1944.
• The Missing Juror, Columbia, 1944.
• Youth on Trial, Columbia, 1944.
• A Guy, a Gal, and a Pal, Columbia, 1945.
• Escape on the Fog, Columbia, 1945.
• The Fleet That Came to Stay (propaganda film), Paramount, 1946.
• Assigned to Danger, Eagle Lion, 1948.
• Behind Locked Doors, Eagle Lion, 1948.
• Black Midnight, Monogram, 1949.
• The Wolf Hunters, Monogram, 1949.
• Killer Shark, Monogram, 1950.
• The Bullfighter and the Lady (also see below), Republic, 1951.
• The Sword of D'Artagnan, Universal, 1951.
• The Cimarron Kid, Universal, 1951.
• Bronco Buster, Universal, 1952.
• Red Ball Express, Universal, 1952.
• Horizons West, Universal, 1952.
• Blades of the Musketeers, Howco, 1953.
• City beneath the Sea, Universal, 1953.
• The Man from the Alamo, Universal, 1953.
• Wings of the Hawk, Universal, 1953.
• East of Sumatra, Universal, 1953.
• Seminole, Universal, 1953.
• The Magnificent Matador (released in England as The Brave and the Beautiful; also see below), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955.
• The Killer Is Loose, United Artists, 1955.
• Seven Men from Now, Warner Bros., 1956.
• The Tall T, Columbia, 1957.
• Decision at Sundown, Columbia, 1957.
• Buchanan Rides Alone, Columbia, 1958.
• And producer, Ride Lonesome, Columbia, 1959.
• Westbound, Warner Bros., 1959.
• Comanche Station, Columbia, 1960.
• The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond, Warner Bros., 1960.
• A Time for Dying (also see below), Etoile, 1971.
• And producer, Arruza (also see below), Avco Embassy, 1972.
• My Kingdom for a ... (documentary; also see below), Lusitana Productions,1985.
• Also director of A Horse for Mr. Barnum (also see below) and numerous propaganda films.
• Credits; OTHER FILM WORK
• Technical director of bullfight sequences, Blood and Sand, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1941.
• Credits; FILM APPEARANCES
• Judge Nizetitch, Tequila Sunrise, Warner Bros., 1988, TELEVISION WORK; DIRECTOR Maverick (series), ABC, 1958-59.
• Writings;FILM SCREENPLAYS
• (With Ray Nazzaro and James Edward Grant) The Bullfighter and the Lady, Republic, 1951.
• The Magnificent Matador, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1955.
• (With Albert Maltz) Two Mules for Sister Sara, Universal, 1970.
• A Time for Dying, Etoile, 1971.
• Arruza, Avco Embassy, 1972.
• My Kingdom for a ... (documentary), Lusitana Productions, 1982.
• Also author of screenplay for A Horse for Mr. Barnum.
• Writings;BOOKS
• When in Disgrace (memoirs), Neville, 1989.
• Also author of Where Are the Elephants? (memoirs).

Further Reference

BOOKS

• Boetticher, Budd, When in Disgrace, Neville, 1989.
• Kitses, Jim, Horizons West, (Bloomington, IN), 1969.
• Kitses, editor, Budd Boetticher: The Western, (London), 1969.

PERIODICALS

• Cinema (Beverly Hills), December, 1968.
• Cinema (Los Angeles), fall, 1970.
• Film Culture, March/April, 1955; spring, 1963.
• Los Angeles Times, November 29, 1992, pp. 4, 72, 76.
• New Left Review, July/August, 1965.
• Screen (London), July/August, 1969.
• Variety, October 22, 1990, p. 16.