Bide Dudley

Dudley's parents were J. Todd Dudley and Ida Bronson Dudley. He was born in Minneapolis, but grew up primarily in Leavenworth, Kansas. == Career ==

Dudley's early career included newspaper work in Denver, Kansas City, and St. Joseph, Missouri. For five years he wrote a humor column in The Denver Post. He moved to New York, where he wrote about drama for The New York Telegraph. In 1914 he became the drama critic for The Evening World. ==Personal life and death==

Dudley was married to the former Taney Keplinger; they were divorced in 1942. He died on January 4, 1944, aged 66, in Polyclinic Hospital in New York City. ==References==