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Edward Irving Ludwig (7 October 1899〔According to his 1931 petition for citizenship〕 – 20 August 1982) was a Russian-born American film director and writer. He directed nearly 100 films between 1921 and 1963 (some under the names Edward Luddy and Charles Fuhr). Ludwig was also one of the directors of John Payne's NBC western series ''The Restless Gun'' (1957-1959). Ludwig and Erle C. Kenton were the principal directors of the CBS television 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.〔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 Review'', Vol. 89 (2013), p. 111〕 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. ==Selected filmography== * ''Rip Van Winkle'' (1921) * ''The Irresistible Lover'' (1927) * ''The Girl from Woolworth's'' (1929) * ''See America Thirst'' (1930) * ''Fatal Lady'' (1936) * ''The Last Gangster'' (1937) * ''Swiss Family Robinson'' (1940) * ''They Came to Blow Up America'' (1943) * ''Bomber's Moon'' (co-director credited as "Charles Fuhr"; 1943) * ''The Fighting Seabees'' (1944) with John Wayne * ''Three Is a Family'' (1944) * ''Wake of the Red Witch'' (1948) with John Wayne * ''The Big Wheel'' (1949) with Mickey Rooney and Thomas Mitchell * ''Big Jim McLain'' (1952) with John Wayne and James Arness * ''Sangaree'' (1953) * ''The Black Scorpion'' (1957) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edward Ludwig」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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