Cullen Tate
Cullen Tate (born March 10, 1896 in Paducah , Kentucky , † October 12, 1947 in Hollywood , California ) was an American assistant director who was nominated at the Academy Awards in 1935 for the Academy Award for best assistant director .
biography
Tate began his career at Little American in 1917 as an assistant director in the Hollywood film industry and was involved in the creation of around 30 films. At the Academy Awards in 1935, he was nominated for the Oscar for best assistant director in the film Cleopatra (1934). Other well-known films that were made with his collaboration were The Ten Commandments (1923), The Time of the Lilac (1928), The Man with the Iron Mask (1939) and Liebling, zum Dictat (1942). On the films he worked with directors Cecil B. DeMille , James Whale and Mitchell Leisen , among others .
After appearing as a film actor in two silent films in 1923, he himself made the silent films Try and Get It (1924), Cheap Kisses (1924) and The Carnival Girl (1926) as a film director .
Between 1923 and 1928 he was married to the film actress Bess Flowers , who was later called "The Queen of the Hollywood Extras" because of 700 roles in her more than forty-year career.
Web links
- Cullen Tate in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Tate, Cullen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American assistant director |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 10, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paducah , Kentucky |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 12, 1947 |
| Place of death | Hollywood , California |