As Actor
Love & Money
1981
4.9
King Vidor
Acting
Birth date
February 8, 1894
Birth place
Galveston, Texas, USA
Death date
November 1, 1982
Biography
King Wallis Vidor (February 8, 1894 – November 1, 1982) was an American film director, film producer, and screenwriter whose career spanned nearly seven decades. In 1979, he was awarded an Honorary Academy Award for his "incomparable achievements as a cinematic creator and innovator." He was nominated five times for the Academy Award for Best Director, and won eight international film awards during his career. Vidor's best known films include The Big Parade (1925), The Crowd (1928), Stella Dallas (1937), and Duel in the Sun (1946).
Featured in
As Actor
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
6.0
As Director
Solomon and Sheba
1959
6.4
As Director, As Writer
War and Peace
1956
6.7
As Director
Man Without a Star
1955
6.4
As Director
Ruby Gentry
1952
6.4
As Director
Japanese War Bride
1952
5.5
As Director
Lightning Strikes Twice
1951
5.7
As Director
Beyond the Forest
1949
6.8
As Director
The Fountainhead
1949
6.8
As Director
On Our Merry Way
1948
5.5
As Director
Duel in the Sun
1946
6.4
As Director
An American Romance
1944
5.9
As Director, As Writer
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
7.1
As Director
Northwest Passage
1940
6.5
As Director
Stella Dallas
1937
6.9
As Director
The Texas Rangers
1936
6.3
As Director, As Writer
Our Daily Bread
1934
6.9
As Director
Bird of Paradise
1932
5.0
As Director
Billy the Kid
1930
4.3