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Ernest B. Schoedsack(1893-1979)

  • Director
  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Ernest B. Schoedsack in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Ernest B. Schoedsack was born on 8 June 1893 in Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for Dr. Cyclops (1940), The Most Dangerous Game (1932) and Rango (1931). He was previously married to Ruth Rose. He died on 23 December 1979 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
BornJune 8, 1893
DiedDecember 23, 1979(86)
BornJune 8, 1893
DiedDecember 23, 1979(86)
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Merian C. Cooper, Willis H. O'Brien, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Fay Wray in King Kong (1933)
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack in King Kong (1933)
Merian C. Cooper, Willis H. O'Brien, Ernest B. Schoedsack, and Fay Wray in King Kong (1933)
Ian Batchelor, Primo Carnera, Karl 'Killer' Davis, William 'Wee Willie' Davis, Henry Kulky, Man Mountain Dean, Sammy Menacker, Terry Moore, Willis H. O'Brien, Phil Olafsson, Ivan Rasputin, Ernest B. Schoedsack, Sammy Stein, and Robert Johnson in Mighty Joe Young (1949)
Robert Armstrong, Ben Johnson, and Ernest B. Schoedsack in Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Known for

Albert Dekker in Dr. Cyclops (1940)
Dr. Cyclops
6.4
  • Director
  • 1940
Leslie Banks, Joel McCrea, and Fay Wray in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
The Most Dangerous Game
7.1
  • Director
  • 1932
Rango (1931)
Rango
5.8
  • Director
  • 1931
Richard Arlen and Fay Wray in The Four Feathers (1929)
The Four Feathers
7.0
  • Director
  • 1929

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Director

  • Remastered Version Movie Poster
    This Is Cinerama
    • (prologue only, uncredited)
  • Mighty Joe Young (1949)
    Mighty Joe Young
  • Albert Dekker in Dr. Cyclops (1940)
    Dr. Cyclops
  • Mae Clarke and Jack Holt in Outlaws of the Orient (1937)
    Outlaws of the Orient
  • Mae Clarke, C. Henry Gordon, and Jack Holt in Trouble in Morocco (1937)
    Trouble in Morocco
  • The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
    The Last Days of Pompeii
  • John Barrymore and Helen Chandler in Long Lost Father (1934)
    Long Lost Father
  • Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack in Son of Kong (1933)
    Son of Kong
  • Blind Adventure (1933)
    Blind Adventure
  • King Kong (1933)
    King Kong
    • (uncredited)
  • The Monkey's Paw (1933)
    The Monkey's Paw
    • (uncredited)
  • Leslie Banks, Joel McCrea, and Fay Wray in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
    The Most Dangerous Game
  • Rango (1931)
    Rango
  • Richard Arlen and Fay Wray in The Four Feathers (1929)
    The Four Feathers
  • Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack in Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness

Cinematographer

  • Gow (1931)
    Gow
  • Rango (1931)
    Rango
  • Richard Arlen and Fay Wray in The Four Feathers (1929)
    The Four Feathers
    • (uncredited)
  • Captain Salisbury's Ra-Mu
  • The Lost Empire
  • Gow the Head Hunter (1928)
    Gow the Head Hunter
  • Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack in Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927)
    Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness
    • (uncredited)
  • Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925)
    Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life
    • (recorded for the screen by)
  • Beach of Dreams (1921)
    Beach of Dreams
    • (as Felix Schoedsack)
  • A Dark Room Secret
  • A Love Case
  • His Widow's Might
  • Louise Fazenda and Ford Sterling in Her Torpedoed Love (1917)
    Her Torpedoed Love
    • (as Felix Schoedsack)
  • Her Fame and Shame (1917)
    Her Fame and Shame
    • (as Felix Schoedsack)
  • Louise Fazenda and Charles Murray in Her Marble Heart (1916)
    Her Marble Heart
    • (as Felix Schoedsack)

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Eddie Albert, Leif Erickson, Evelyn Ankers, Diana Barrymore, Nigel Bruce, Jon Hall, and Robert Stack in Eagle Squadron (1942)
    Eagle Squadron
  • Gary Cooper in The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
    The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
    • (uncredited)
  • Robert Armstrong and Helen Mack in Son of Kong (1933)
    Son of Kong
    • (uncredited)
  • King Kong (1933)
    King Kong
    • (uncredited)
  • Greed (1924)
    Greed
    • (uncredited)
  • Charlot, Charlot!

Personal details

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    • June 8, 1893
    • Council Bluffs, Iowa, USA
    • December 23, 1979
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA(undisclosed)
    • Ruth Rose1926 - June 8, 1978 (her death, 1 child)
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    • 1 Biographical Movie
    • 1 Print Biography

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    Schoedsack entered the film industry as a cameraman for Keystone. He served with the U.S. Signal Corps during World War I. After the war, he took on several journalistic assignments and later helped relief efforts in Poland following the Armistice. From 1926, Schoedsack worked in tandem with an old army acquaintance, Captain Merian C. Cooper, under contract to Paramount on the documentary dramas Grass: A Nation's Battle for Life (1925) and Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness (1927), shot respectively in Persia (Iran) and in Siam (Thailand). After going solo on another documentary, Rango (1931), filmed in Sumatra, Schoedsack was hired by RKO from 1932 to 1935 to direct documentaries, starting with The Most Dangerous Game (1932). He then worked (uncredited) with Cooper on King Kong (1933), and later directed the (unofficial) sequel Mighty Joe Young (1949) with the same production team. Schoedsack's sparse output as a director also includes the classic live action/miniature science-fiction drama Dr. Cyclops (1940).

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