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Ellwood Kieser

Ellwood Kieser

Actor, Producer, Writer

Born March 27, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died September 16, 2000

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Born in Philadelphia on March 27, 1929, Ellwood Kieser graduated from La Salle High School and College in 1950, and entered the Paulists the following September. He made his first profession on September 8, 1951 and was ordained in May 3, 1956.

After a brief summer assignment at New York City's Good Shepherd parish, he reported to Los Angeles where he spent the rest of his life. He joined the parish staff of St. Paul the Apostle there and the popularity of his inquiry classes led an early program director at a local TV station to put "Fr. Bud" on the air. The televised inquiry classes evolved into "Insight," a TV series featuring many of America's finest writers, actors and directors that produced new shows for 23 years. It ran on over 200 stations and won 6 Emmy Awards for excellence.

In 1974 Fr. Bud created the Humanitas Prize to encourage the communication of human values through entertainment writing. Changing Federal Regulations brought down the curtain on "Insight" and moved Bud and Paulist Productions into commercial and full length movie production.

He broke new ground by producing movies of the week, "After School Specials," and the feature films "Romero," the life of the martyred Archbishop of San Salvador, and "Entertaining Angels," the story of Catholic Worker founder Dorothy Day.

While at the Paulist retreat at Lake George, New York, in July, 2000, Fr. Bud fell ill and flew home to Los Angeles to see his doctors. Diagnosed with intestinal cancer he died only six weeks later at the UCLA Medical Center. At the time of his death he was 71 years old and been a Paulist priest for 44 years.

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Filmography

Actor

7

Type

Year

Hollywood Priest: The Story of Fr. Bud Kieser Feature Film2021

Bicentennial Minutes Poster

Bicentennial Minutes TV Series1974

The David Frost Show Poster

The David Frost Show TV Series1969

The Merv Griffin Show Poster

The Merv Griffin Show TV Series1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Poster

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV Series1962

The Mike Douglas Show Poster

The Mike Douglas Show TV Series1961

Insight TV Series1960

Producer

22

Type

Year

The Apostle Paul: The Man Who Turned the World Upside Down Poster

The Apostle Paul: The Man Who Turned the World Upside Down TV Movie2001

The Twelve Apostles Poster

The Twelve Apostles Documentary1999

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story Poster

Entertaining Angels: The Dorothy Day Story Feature Film1996

Romero Feature Film1989

We Are the Children Poster

We Are the Children TV Movie1987

Rocco's Star TV Movie1985

The Fourth Wise Man Poster

The Fourth Wise Man TV Movie1985

Buchanan High TV Series1984

Clay Feet TV Movie1984

Safe Harbor TV Movie1984

The Pilot Poster

The Pilot TV Movie1984

Weekend TV Movie1984

Young People's Specials Poster

Young People's Specials TV Series1984

Josie TV Movie1983

High Powder Poster

High Powder TV Movie1982

Leadfoot Poster

Leadfoot TV Movie1982

The Juggler of Notre Dame Poster

The Juggler of Notre Dame TV Movie1982

To Climb a Mountain Poster

To Climb a Mountain TV Movie1982

Girl on the Edge of Town Poster

Girl on the Edge of Town TV Movie1981

Blessed Be... TV Short1979

My Main Man Short Film1975

Insight TV Series1960

Writer

1

Insight TV Series1960

Other Crew

1

God, the Devil and Bob Poster

God, the Devil and Bob TV Series2000

Thanks

1

The Apostle Paul: The Man Who Turned the World Upside Down Poster

The Apostle Paul: The Man Who Turned the World Upside Down TV Movie2001

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