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Del Andrews
Fred Humes and Del Andrews on the set of The Yellow Back (1926)
Born	Udell Endrows (1894-10-05)October 5, 1894 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
Died	October 27, 1942(1942-10-27) (aged 48) Tonopah, Nevada, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter

Del Andrews (October 5, 1894 – October 27, 1942), born Udell Endrows, was an American film director and screenwriter in the 1920s. He primarily worked on low budget westerns, writing and directing films starring Hoot Gibson, Fred Thomson, and Bob Custer.

He shared an Academy Award nomination with Maxwell Anderson for the script to Universal's 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front.

Selected filmography

• Judgment of the Storm (1924)
• His Forgotten Wife (1924)
• The Wild Bull's Lair (1925)
• Ridin' the Wind (1925)
• The Ridin' Streak (1925)
• Collegiate (1926)
• Lone Hand Saunders (1926)
• The Yellow Back (1926) - as director
• The Hero on Horseback (1927)
• The Racket (1928)
• The Rawhide Kid (1928)
• Betrayal (1929)
• All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

References

1. Bloom, Harold, ed. (2009). Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. Infobase Publishing. p. 44. ISBN 9781604134025.
2. ^ Rausch, Andrew J. (2002). The Hundred Greatest American Films: A Quiz Book. Citadel Press. p. 149. ISBN 9780806523378.
3. Munden, Kenneth White, ed. (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press. p. 930. ISBN 9780520209695.

External links

• Del Andrews at IMDb
• Allmovie bio

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