Born Sasvrai Farkasfawi Tothfalusi Toth Endre Antai Mihaly in Mako, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary). Although he obtained a law degree from the Royal Hungarian University, André De Toth decided to become an actor and spent several years on the stage. He then entered the Hungarian film industry, obtaining work as a writer, editor, second unit director and an actor before finally becoming a director. He directed a few films just before the outbreak of WW II, when he fled to England. Alexander Korda gave him a job there, and when De Toth emigrated to the U.S. in 1942, Korda gave him a job as a second unit director on JUNGLE BOOK. De Toth made his debut as a director in American films in 1944. He was known for his tough, hard-edged films, whether westerns or urban crime dramas, and showed no compunction about depicting violence in as realistic a manner as possible, an unusual and somewhat controversial attitude for the time. Probably his best known film is 1953's HOUSE OF WAX, a Vincent Price horror film shot in 3-D. As De Toth only had one eye, that put him in the somewhat odd position of shooting a film in a process in which he would never be able to see the result. That didn't seem to matter, though; the film was a critical and financial success, and is generally considered to be the best 3-D film ever made. Some of his other notable directing credits include NONE SHALL ESCAPE (1944), PITFALL (1948), SPRINGFIELD RIFLE (1952), LAST OF THE COMANCHES (1953), CRIME WAVE (1954), THE INDIAN FIGHTER (1955), MONKEY ON MY BACK (1957), THE TWO-HEADED SPY (1958), DAY OF THE OUTLAW and MAN ON A STRING (both 1959), THE MONGOLS (1961), GOLD FOR THE CAESARS (1964), PLAY DIRTY (1987) and his last film, TERROR NIGHT (1987). He also directed segments of US television series, such as "Maverick," "Bronco," "77 Sunset Strip" and "The Westerner." He was married to actress Veronica Lake from 1944 to 1952 and worked primarily in Europe from the late 1950s.  Nominated for Writing (Motion Picture Story) 1950: THE GUNFIGHTER (w. William Bowers) 1 nomination