- Worked almost exclusively on low-budget quickies and was an efficient workman who could churn out films and television episodes on time and on or under budget.
- Became a master of the technique of "editing in the camera." Instead of shooting full coverage of scenes, he would shoot only what he knew was absolutely necessary. This saved both production time and raw stock, an important factor at the Poverty Row studios where he worked.
- In 1947 he was hired to direct a religious-themed film for the Protestant Film Commission. It was successful and they were so impressed with his work they hired him on a regular basis, and from 1947-55 he directed ten more films for the organization--an evangelical Christian group--all of which were designed to spread the word of God and try to convert non-believers to Christianity. Ironically, Beaudine himself was an atheist.
- The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences' Special Collections houses the William Beaudine Collection. The collection, which covers his career from 1912-73, encompasses 5.8 linear feet of documents and other items, including scripts (film, television and unproduced); scrapbooks and loose clippings; correspondence; contracts; photographs; and books and periodicals. There are scripts for 54 of his feature films and 27 of his television episodes. Items of particular interest include two original caricature sketches of him; several files of his directing contracts from 1916-34; "Bill Beaudine's Box Score," a nine-page typed list prepared by Beaudine of his directing credits from 1915-69; two issues of "Film Follies" (the Christie Film Company house organ), five issues of the "Kalem Kalendar", and five "Biograph Bulletins" from 1912 and 1914. The collection was donated to AMPAS by William Beaudine Jr. and Lucille Beaudine Warden in February 1992.
- Brother of Harold Beaudine.
- Father of William Beaudine Jr.
- Father of Helen Beaudine, Margaret Beaudine.
- Contrary to popular opinion, he was never nicknamed "One-Shot" during his lifetime. The nickname was given to him years after his death and is actually inaccurate, as he did in fact shoot retakes when absolutely necessary.
- He and James Flood had been friends since they grew up as children in the same neighborhood in New York City. In fact, Flood's wife was the sister of Beaudine's wife.
- His filmography includes two theatrical-release films he did not direct---"Fury of the Dragon(1976)" and "The Green Hornet(1974)" ---for two reasons: He died in 1970 and both of these films were compiled and crunched together from television episodes of a series, after his death. Consequently, those are Archive Footage, and while the actors correctly have Archive Footage as an attribute, the site rules dictate that crew people can not be so tagged; consequently, Beaudine, incorrectly, gets double-dipping directing credit he already had for the series episodes. The only person who deserves a crew credit on those two "movies" would be the unknown in-house editor who spliced-and-crunched the Archive Footage.
- First cousin of Chester W. Schaeffer.
- Directed over half of the Bowery Boys films.
- Uncle of Robert J. Anderson.
- Grandfather of Skip Beaudine.
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