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William Beaudine was an American film actor and director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out films in remarkable numbers and in a wide variety of genres. Born in New York City, Beaudine began his career as an actor in 1909 with American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.... He married Marguerite Fleischer in 1914, to whom he stayed married until his death. In 1915 he was hired as an actor and director by the Kalem Company. He was an assistant to director D.W. Griffith on The Birth of a Nation and Intolerance. By the time he was 23 Beaudine had directed his first picture, a short called Almost a King . He would continue to direct shorts exclusively until 1922, when he shifted his efforts into making feature-length films. Beaudine directed silent films for Goldwyn Pictures , Metro Pictures , First National Pictures, Principal and Warner Brothers. In 1926 he made Sparrows, the story of orphans imprisoned in a swamp farm starring Mary Pickford. Beaudine had at least 30 pictures to his credit before the sound era began.
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John Putch is an American actor, director and screenwriter. He is best known for his recurring role as Bob Morton on the 1980s sitcom One Day at a Time and as Sean Brody in the film Jaws 3-D. Putch was born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. He began his career as an actor at the age of five in summer... theater company, The Totem Pole Playhouse, run by his father William H. Putch . He is the son of actress Jean Stapleton. After guest starring on his mother's series All in the Family, he was remembered by producer Norman Lear who cast him in a recurring role as Bob Morton on the sitcom One Day at a Time, appearing in fourteen episodes from 1976–1983. Putch's next notable role was in the film Jaws 3-D co-starring as Sean Brody the son of Roy Scheider's character, Martin Brody. For much of the 1980s into the 1990s he guest starred in a number of notable television series namely, Family Ties, The Fall Guy, The Love Boat, Hill Street Blues, Newhart, Star Trek: The Next Generation, 21 Jump Street, Seinfeld, Home Improvement as well as a starring role in the sitcom Room for Two.
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