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Line 1: {{short description\|American film director}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=~~January~~May ~~2018~~2020}} {{Infobox person \| name = Edward Ludwig Line 8 ⟶ 9: \| death_date = {{death date and age\|1982\|8\|20\|1899\|10\|7}} \| death_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S. \| yearsactive = ~~1921-1963~~1921–1963 \| birthname = Isidor Litwack \| occupation = {{hlist\|Film director~~<br>Writer~~\|writer}} }} '''Edward Irving Ludwig''' (October 7, 1899<ref>According to his 1931 petition for citizenship</ref> – August 20, 1982) was a Russian-born American [[film director]] and writer. He directed nearly 100 films between 1921 and 1963 (some under the names Edward I. Luddy and Charles Fuhr). Edward Ludwig was born Isidor Litwack in [[~~Russia~~Ukraine]], then part of the [[Russian Empire]], entered the United States from Canada on March 6, 1911, became a naturalized citizen December 23, 1932, and died in 1982 in [[Santa Monica, California\|Santa Monica]], [[California]], at age 82.▼ Ludwig was also one of the directors of [[John Payne (actor)\|John Payne]]'s [[NBC]] [[Western (genre)\|western series]] ''[[The Restless Gun]]'' (1957-1959). Ludwig and [[Erle C. Kenton]] were the principal directors of the [[CBS]] [[television series]], ''[[The Texan (TV series)\|The Texan]]'' (1958-1960), starring [[Rory Calhoun]] as a "Robin Hood of the West" who drifts through the region helping persons in need. ''The Texan'' in its first season ran opposite ''The Restless Gun'' in its second and last season.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "Roy Bean, Temple Houston, Bill Longley, Ranald Mackenzie, Buffalo Bill, Jr., and the Texas Rangers: Depictions of West Texans in Series Television, 1955 to 1967", ''[[West Texas Historical Association\|West Texas Historical Review]]'', Vol. 89 (2013), p. 111</ref> ▲Ludwig was born in [[Russia]], entered the United States from Canada on March 6, 1911, became a naturalized citizen December 23, 1932, and died in [[Santa Monica, California\|Santa Monica]], [[California]]. ==Partial filmography== {{Div col\|colwidth=~~30em~~25em}} * ''[[Rip Van Winkle (1921 film)\|Rip Van Winkle]]'' (1921) * ''[[The Man Who Waited]]'' (1922) ''What an Eye'' (1924) a haunted house comedy for Universal Pictures<ref>Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". Midnight Marquee Press. p. 282. {{ISBN\|978-1936168-68-2}}.</ref> ''[[The Irresistible Lover]]'' (1927) * ''[[Spuds (film)\|Spuds]]'' (1927) * ''[[Jake the Plumber]]'' (1927) * ''[[The Girl from Woolworth's]]'' (1929) * ''[[See America Thirst]]'' (1930) * ''[[Steady Company (1932 film)\|Steady Company]]'' (1932) * ''[[They Just Had to Get Married]]'' (1932) * ''[[A Woman's Man]]'' (1934) * ''[[Let's Be Ritzy]]'' (1934) * ''[[Friends of Mr. Sweeney]]'' (1934) * ''[[The Man Who Reclaimed His Head]]'' (1934) * ''[[Age of Indiscretion]]'' (1935) Line 61 ⟶ 60: * ''[[Flame of the Islands]]'' (1956) * ''[[The Black Scorpion (film)\|The Black Scorpion]]'' (1957) * ''[[New Comedy Showcase]]'' (TV series, 1960, Season 1 Episode 7: "Maisie") * ''Maisie'' (1960) * ''[[The Gun Hawk]]'' (1963) {{div col end}} Line 77 ⟶ 76: [[Category:1899 births]] [[Category:1982 deaths]] [[Category:~~American film~~Film directors from California]] [[Category:American male screenwriters]] [[Category:~~Imperial~~Emigrants from the Russian ~~emigrants~~Empire to the United States]] [[Category:20th-century American male writers]] [[Category:20th-century American screenwriters]] ~~{{US-film-director-1890s-stub}}~~