André de Toth

André de Toth (born Sasvári Farkasfalvi Tóthfalusi Tóth Endre Antal Mihály on May 15 1912 ["The Los Angeles Times" indicated in de Toth's obituary that had found some birth listings as early as 1910] cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D00E2DD1E3FF932A35752C1A9649C8B63
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title=Andre De Toth, the Director Of Noted 3-D Film, Is Dead
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author=Rick Lyman Lists birth as 1913.] - died October 27 2002) was an American filmmaker born and raised in Makó, Csongrád, Austria-Hungary. [imdb name|id=0211964|name=André de Toth.] He directed the 3-D film "House of Wax", despite being unable to see in 3-D himself, having lost an eye at an early age. He is known for his gritty B movies in the western and crime genres.

Biography

De Toth was married seven times, including to Veronica Lake from 1944 to 1952, and had 19 children in total.

He died in 2002 in Burbank, California of an aneurysm and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Hollywood Hills.

elected Filmography

* "Ramrod" (1947)
* "Pitfall" (1948)
* "The Gunfighter" (1950) (writer only. Nominated for Oscar for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story) [cite web|url=http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/BasicSearch?action=searchLink&displayType=1&BSFromYear=23
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* "Man in the Saddle" (1951)
* "Springfield Rifle" (1952)
* "Carson City" (1952)
* "House of Wax" (1953) (3D)
* "The Stranger Wore a Gun" (1953) (3D)
* "Thunder Over the Plains" (1953)
* "Crime Wave" (1954)
* "Riding Shotgun" (1954)
* "The Bounty Hunter" (1954)
* "The Indian Fighter" (1955)

Further reading

*Anthony Slide (editor), "De Toth on De Toth: Putting the Drama in front of the Camera" (Faber, 1996)

References

External links

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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=6895741&pt Find-A-Grave profile for André De Toth] .