Charles Vidor

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1900-07-26

Deathday 1959-06-04 (58 years old)

Place of Birth Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Also Known As Károly Vidor, Karoly Vidor

Charles Vidor

Biography

Charles Vidor (July 27, 1900 – June 4, 1959) was a film director. Born Károly Vidor to a Jewish family in Budapest, Hungary, he served in the Hungarian Army during World War I. He first came to prominence during the final years of the silent film era. Among his film successes are The Bridge (1929), Cover Girl (1944), A Song to Remember (1945), Gilda (1946), The Loves of Carmen (1948), Love Me or Leave Me (1955), The Swan (1956), The Joker Is Wild (1957), and A Farewell to Arms (1957). He was married four times, to Frances Varone (1927–1931), actress Karen Morley (1932–1943), actress Evelyn Keyes (1943–1945), and Doris Warner (1945-1959, until his death), daughter of Warner Bros. President Harry Warner.

Known For

Director

1960
Song Without End

as Director

1957
A Farewell to Arms

as Director

1957
The Joker is Wild

as Director

1956
The Swan

as Director

1955
1954
Rhapsody

as Director

1952
1952
1951
It's a Big Country

as Director

1948
1946
Gilda

as Director

1945
Over 21

as Director

1945
A Song to Remember

as Director

1944
Cover Girl

as Director

1944
Together Again

as Director

1943
The Desperadoes

as Director

1942
1941
1941
New York Town

as Director

1940
1940
My Son, My Son!

as Director

1939
Blind Alley

as Director

1939
1939
1937
She's No Lady

as Director

1937
The Great Gambini

as Director

1937
A Doctor's Diary

as Director

1936
Muss 'em Up

as Director

1935
Strangers All

as Director

1935
The Arizonian

as Director

1935
His Family Tree

as Director

1934
Double Door

as Director

1933
Sensation Hunters

as Director

1929
The Bridge

as Director

Writer

1932
Me and My Gal

as Writer

1931
Good Sport

as Writer

1929
The Bridge

as Screenplay

Producer

1948
1932

Actor

1954