Ernest B. Schoedsack

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Known For

Dr. Cyclops Director

(1940)

The Most Dangerous Game Director

(1932)

Rango Director

(1931)

The Four Feathers Director

(1929)

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Filmography

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Director (16 credits)

1952 This Is Cinerama (Documentary) (prologue only, uncredited)

1949 Mighty Joe Young

1940 Dr. Cyclops

1937 Outlaws of the Orient

1937 Trouble in Morocco

1935 The Last Days of Pompeii

1934 Long Lost Father

1933 Son of Kong

1933 Blind Adventure

1933 King Kong (uncredited)

1933 The Monkey's Paw (uncredited)

1932 The Most Dangerous Game

1931 Rango

1929 The Four Feathers

1927 Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (Documentary)

1925 Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (Documentary) (uncredited)

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Cinematographer (15 credits)

1931 Gow the Killer (Documentary)

1931 Rango

1929 The Four Feathers (uncredited)

1929 Captain Salisbury's Ra-Mu (Documentary)

1928 Gow the Head Hunter (Documentary)

1927 Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (Documentary) (uncredited)

1925 Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (Documentary) (recorded for the screen by)

1921 Beach of Dreams (as Felix Schoedsack)

1917 A Dark Room Secret (Short)

1917 A Love Case (Short)

1917 His Widow's Might (Short)

1917 Her Torpedoed Love (Short) (as Felix Schoedsack)

1917 Her Fame and Shame (Short) (as Felix Schoedsack)

1916 Her Marble Heart (Short) (as Felix Schoedsack)

1915 Her Painted Hero (Short) (as Felix Schoedsack)

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Camera and Electrical Department (6 credits)

1942 Eagle Squadron (background photography)

1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (camera operator: background shots, India - uncredited) / (director of photography: background shots, India - uncredited)

1933 Son of Kong (camera operator - uncredited)

1933 King Kong (camera operator - uncredited)

1924 Greed (camera operator - uncredited)

1919 Charlot, Charlot! (Short) (assistant camera)

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Producer (7 credits)

1933 Son of Kong (producer - uncredited)

1933 King Kong (producer - uncredited)

1932 The Most Dangerous Game (A Cooper and Schoedsack Production)

1931 Rango (producer)

1929 The Four Feathers (producer)

1927 Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (Documentary) (producer)

1925 Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (Documentary) (producer - uncredited)

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Writer (3 credits)

1931 Rango (story)

1927 Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (Documentary) (uncredited)

1919 Charlot, Charlot! (Short) (writer)

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Editor (2 credits)

1931 Rango

1929 The Four Feathers (uncredited)

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Actor (1 credit)

1933 King Kong
Machine-Gunner on Plane That Kills Kong (uncredited)

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Additional Crew (1 credit)

1952 This Is Cinerama (Documentary) (prologue contribution - uncredited)

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Thanks (2 credits)

2014 Nosferatu vs. Father Pipecock & Sister Funk (special thanks)

2005 King Kong (dedicatee)

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Self (1 credit)

1925 Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (Documentary)
Self

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Archive footage (3 credits)

2005 I'm King Kong!: The Exploits of Merian C. Cooper (Documentary)
Self

1999 Hollywood Stuntmakers (TV Series)
Machine-gunner on plane that kills Kong

- King Kong und andere Kuscheltiere (1999) ... Machine-gunner on plane that kills Kong (uncredited)

- Episode #1.0 (1999) ... Machine-gunner on plane that kills Kong (uncredited)

1987 Hollywood the Golden Years: The RKO Story (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Birth of a Titan (1987) ... Self (uncredited)

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Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | See more »

Alternate Names:

E.B. Schoedsack | Felix Schoedsack

Height:

6' 6" (1.98 m)

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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Appears as a character (usually brooding) in the 1998 novel Dinosaur Summer by Greg Bear, who establishes his novel to be a quasi-sequel to both the 1912 novel The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle and the Harry Hoyt-directed The Lost World (1925), treating Doyle's novel as though it were factual and adding the filmmakers involved with King Kong (1933) into the adventure. In Bear's novel, ... See more »