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Abraham Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1925 – November 12, 2009) was an American television and film director. [1] Early life and education. Wendkos was born in Philadelphia to parents Simon Wendkos and Judith Wendkos. [1]
Paul Wendkos (1925-2009) was a prolific director and producer of TV movies, especially the "Gidget" films. He also worked on The Burglar (1957), Battle of the Coral Sea (1959) and The Invaders (1967).
Nov 30, 2009 · Paul Wendkos, who has died aged 84, had the misfortune of seeing his first Hollywood film become a massive hit. Gidget (1959) starred Sandra Dee as the eponymous 16-year-old “girl midget”, a...
Nov 14, 2009 · Director Paul Wendkos, whose career spanned 50 years and covered some 100 films and television shows, has died due to a lung infection that followed a stroke. He was 84.
Nov 14, 2009 · Director Paul Wendkos, whose career spanned 50 years and covered some 100 films and television shows including the 1959 surf movie "Gidget," has died due to a lung infection that followed a...
Wendkos was born in Philadelphia to parents Simon Wendkos and Judith Wendkos. [1] Wendkos served in World War II in the United States Navy and went to Columbia University on the G.I. Bill. Paul made his first feature, a documentary on a school for the blind called Dark Interlude in 1953. Columbia Pictures. Wendkos' first feature film was
Nov 12, 2009 · Paul Wendkos (September 20, 1922; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – November 12, 2009; Malibu, California) was an American television and film director.
