caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date yearsactive birthname image article_title name occupation
on , 1952 the set of '' big jim mclain '' 20 august 1982 santa monica , california , u.s. balta , podolia , ukraine 7 october 1899 1921-1963 isidor litwack edludwigfn.jpg edward ludwig
 edward ludwig film director , writer
edward ludwig

edward irving ludwig -lrb- 7 october 1899 -- 20 august 1982 -rrb- was a russian-born american film director and writer .
he directed nearly 100 films between 1921 and 1963 -lrb- some under the names edward luddy and charles fuhr -rrb- .
ludwig was also one of the directors of john payne 's nbc western series `` the restless gun '' -lrb- 1957-1959 -rrb- .
ludwig and erle c. kenton were the principal directors of the cbs television series , `` the texan '' -lrb- 1958-1960 -rrb- , starring rory calhoun as a `` robin hood of the west '' who drifts through the region helping persons in need .
`` the texan '' in its first season ran opposite `` the restless gun '' in its second and last season .
ludwig was born in russia , entered the united states from canada on march 6 , 1911 , became a naturalized citizen december 23 , 1932 , and died in santa monica , california .
