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Henry Hathaway
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American film director and producer (1898-1985)
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Henry Hathaway was an American film director, producer, actor, and screenwriter. Born in Sacramento, California, on March 13, 1898, he began his work period in 1925. He was a male who wrote in English and spoke the language natively.
Hathaway died of a myocardial infarction on February 11, 1985, in Hollywood. His death was classified as natural causes. He is buried at Holy Cross Cemetery. During his career, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Sacramento, California, United States
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Henry Hathaway (March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer. He is best known as a director of Westerns, especially starring John Wayne. Description above from the Wikipedia article Henry Hathaway, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
- Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff — Self (archive footage)2010
- The Storm Woman1917
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Key facts
- Born
- Henri Léopold de Fiennes , ( 1898-03-13 ) March 13, 1898, Sacramento, California , U.S.
- Died
- February 11, 1985 (1985-02-11) (aged 86), Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Resting place
- Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California
- Occupations
- Film director film producer
- Years active
- 1925–1974
- Spouse
- Elvira Weil ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1919 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1931 ) Blanche "Skip" Gonzales ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1932 )
- Parents
- Rhody Hathaway (father) Jean Hathaway (mother)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Sacramento
- Place of death
- Hollywood
- Occupation
- producer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Image
- Henry Hathaway 1944 press photo (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1898-03-13
- date of death
- 1985-02-11
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- place of burial
- Holy Cross Cemetery
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- Commons category
- Henry Hathaway
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Henry Hathaway
- name in native language
- Henry Hathaway
- start of work period
- 1925-00-00
- writing language
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
Henry Hathaway (born Henri Léopold de Fiennes; March 13, 1898 – February 11, 1985) was an American film director and producer, whose career spanned from the 1930s through the 1970s. He was best known as a director of Western, adventure, and noir films, especially starring John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Randolph Scott, and Gregory Peck. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), starring Cooper.
According to the BFI, Hathaway "epitomised what’s known as the ‘journeyman’ director."
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