Willis Goldbeck

WriterProducerDirector
Born
October 24, 1898
Died
September 17, 1979
Awards
1 wins, 1 nominations

A former journalist, Willis Goldbeck entered films as a screenwriter in the early 1920s. He wrote most of the "Dr. Kildare" series for MGM, starting with the first one, Young Dr. Kildare (1938), and directed several of them. Although he directed several more films after that--including one of Burt…

Biography

A former journalist, Willis Goldbeck entered films as a screenwriter in the early 1920s. He wrote most of the "Dr. Kildare" series for MGM, starting with the first one, Young Dr. Kildare (1938), and directed several of them. Although he directed several more films after that--including one of Burt Lancaster's more enjoyable early swashbucklers, Ten Tall Men (1951)--he mainly concentrated on screenwriting, and in the mid-'50s turned to producing. He retired from films in 1962.

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Olga Baclanova, Tod Browning, Harry Earles, Wallace Ford, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Leila Hyams, and Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins in Freaks (1932)Roscoe Ates, Olga Baclanova, Edward Brophy, Tod Browning, Rose Dione, Daisy Earles, Harry Earles, Wallace Ford, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton, Leila Hyams, Koo Koo, Matt McHugh, Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins, Angelo Rossitto, Henry Victor, and Prince Randian in Freaks (1932)Roscoe Ates, Olga Baclanova, Tod Browning, Rose Dione, Wallace Ford, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Daisy Hilton, Violet Hilton, Leila Hyams, Clarence Aaron 'Tod' Robbins, Schlitze, and Elvira Snow in Freaks (1932)