Del Andrews
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.
Del Andrews

Universal Pictures · Motion Picture News (May - Jun. 1926), on the Internet Archive · Public domain
- Name
- Del Andrews
- Birth Name
- Udell Endrows
- Born
- 5 October 1894
- Birthplace
- St.
- Died
- 27 October 1942
- Place of death
- Tonopah, Nevada, U.S.
- Occupation
- Film director, screenwriter
- Nationality
- United States
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• Name — Del Andrews • Birth Name — Udell Endrows • Born — 5 October 1894 • Birthplace — St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. • Died — 27 October 1942 • Place of death — Tonopah, Nevada, U.S. • Occupation — Film director, screenwriter
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• Illustration — Fred Humes and Del Andrews on the set of The Yellow Back (1926) • 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)
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- 1.Infobase Publishing. Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front. 44. 2009. 9781604134025.
- 2.Rausch, Andrew J. The Hundred Greatest American Films: A Quiz Book. Citadel Press. 149. 2002. 9780806523378.
- 3.University of California Press. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. 930. 1997. 9780520209695.
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