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Budd Boetticher (1916–2001)

Brilliant, distinguished American director, particularly of Westerns, whose simple, bleak style disguises a complex artistic temperament. The son of a wealthy hardware retailer, Boetticher attended Culver Military Academy and Ohio State University, where he excelled in football and boxing. Following his schooling Boetticher, something of an ... See full bio »
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Known For

Bullfighter and the Lady
Bullfighter and the Lady Director
(1951)
Comanche Station
Comanche Station Director
(1960)
Ride Lonesome
Ride Lonesome Director
(1959)
Tequila Sunrise
Tequila Sunrise Judge Nizetitch
(1988)
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 1985 My Kingdom For... (Documentary)
 1972 Arruza (Documentary)
 1961 The Rifleman (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Stopover (1961)
 1961 Death Valley Days (TV Series) (1 episode)
- South of Horror Flats (1961)
 1960-1961 Zane Grey Theater (TV Series) (5 episodes)
- The Long Shadow (1961)
- Ambush (1961)
- The Last Bugle (1960)
- Ransom (1960)
- Desert Flight (1960)
 1960 Hong Kong (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Colonel Cat (1960)
 1959 Westbound
 1959 Ride Lonesome
 1957 Maverick (TV Series) (3 episodes)
- According to Hoyle (1957)
- Point Blank (1957)
- War of the Silver Kings (1957)
 1957 The Tall T
 1956 The Count of Monte Cristo (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Affair of the Three Napoleons (1956) ... (as Bud Boetticher)
 1956 Alias Mike Hercules (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Pilot (1956)
 1956 General Electric Summer Originals (TV Series) (1 episode)
- Alias Mike Hercules (1956)
 1954 Public Defender (TV Series) (7 episodes)
- When Credit Is Due (1954)
- The Last Appeal (1954)
- Escape (1954)
- A Call in the Night (1954)
- Out of the Past (1954)
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 1953 Seminole
 1952 Horizons West
 1952 Bronco Buster
 1950 The Magnavox Theater (TV Series) (1 episode)
- The Three Musketeers (1950)
 1950 Killer Shark (as Oscar Boetticher)
 1949 The Wolf Hunters (as Oscar Boetticher)
 1949 Black Midnight (as Oscar Boetticher)
 1948 Behind Locked Doors (as Oscar Boetticher)
 1948 Assigned to Danger (as Oscar Boetticher)
 1945 The Fleet That Came to Stay (Documentary short) (as Oscar Boetticher)
 1945 Escape in the Fog (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.)
 1945 A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.)
 1945 Youth on Trial (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.)
 1944 The Missing Juror (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.)
 1944 One Mysterious Night (as Oscar Boetticher Jr.)
 1944 U-Boat Prisoner (uncredited)
 1942 Submarine Raider (uncredited)
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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

5 Biographical Movies | 2 Print Biographies | 1 Interview | See more »

Alternate Names:

Oscar Boetticher Jr. | Bud Boetticher | Oscar Boetticher

Height:

5' 11" (1.8 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

The characters are more important to me than the ideas, because it's through the mind and the sayings and the actions of the characters that the ideas are born. I'm not concerned with what people stand for, I'm concerned with what they do about it.

Trivia:

Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 32-37. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987. See more »

Trademark:

Frequently depicts alliances between a "good guy" gunslinger and a more morally ambiguous one, who ultimately force the hero to kill them by the end See more »

Star Sign:

Leo
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