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Orville O Dull

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Other names
  
O.O. Dull

Years active
  
1925-1951


Name
  
Orville Dull

Role
  
Producer

Born
  
April 25, 1888 (
1888-04-25
)
Lima, Ohio, USA

Occupation
  
assistant director, producer, director and production manager

Died
  
December 29, 1978, Los Angeles, California, United States

Awards
  
Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature

Nominations
  
Academy Award for Best Assistant Director

Movies
  
Stand By for Action, We Were Dancing, Tish, Vacation from Love, Little Mister Jim

Similar People
  
Robert Z Leonard, Cedric Gibbons, Fred Zinnemann, George Fitzmaurice, S Sylvan Simon

Ava Gardner presents Documentary Oscars in 1949


Orville O. Dull (April 25, 1888 – December 29, 1978) was an American producer, director, production manager and assistant director. He was best known for his films produced for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dull was nominated during the 6th Academy Awards for the short lived Best Assistant Director category and won during the 1948 Oscars for the film The Secret Land in the category of Best Documentary He worked on over 40 films from 1925 to 1951.

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Selected filmography

  • The Secret Land (1948) (Producer)
  • Bad Bascomb (1946) (Producer)
  • Barbary Coast Gent (1944) (Producer)
  • Rationing (1944) (Producer)
  • The Man from Down Under (1943) (Producer)
  • Stand By for Action (1942) (Producer)
  • Tish (1942) (producer)
  • We Were Dancing (1942) (Producer)
  • When Ladies Meet (1941) (Producer)
  • Edison, the Man (1940) (associate producer)
  • Young Tom Edison (1940) (Associate Producer)
  • Boys Town (1938) (production associate - uncredited)
  • Vacation from Love (1938) (Producer)
  • Saratoga (1937) (assistant to producer-uncredited)
  • Abraham Lincoln (1930) (production manager - as O.O. Dull)
  • Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930) (production manager)
  • The Lottery Bride (1930) (production manager - as O.O. Dull)
  • Black Jack (1927) (producer and director-as Orville Dull)
  • The Broncho Twister (1927) (Director and producer) - as Orville Dull)
  • The Flying Horseman (1926) (producer and director) (as Orville Dull)

    • References

    Orville O. Dull Wikipedia
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