- Highly respected Broadway director, actor producer and stage manager. Active from 1930 up to shortly before his untimely death at 54, his directorial resume includes such huge hits as "State of the Union" (1945) (765 performances) and "Finian's Rainbow" (1947) (725 performances).
- Educated at Princeton University, where he, Joshua Logan and Charles Crane Leatherbee founded the University Players theater group in 1932.
- The last television program that he directed, an episode of Leave It To Beaver (1960) was televised on February 20,1960 right before his death.
- Under contract to Warner Brothers, 1947-1951, initially as dialogue director.
- Son of English violinist Ernest Joseph Windust. Attended Columbia and Princeton University, where he first developed an interest in the theatre. Assistant stage manager with the New York Theatre Guild from 1929.
- Co-founder of the Cape Cod University Players in 1928.
- Fluent in German (his first language) and French.
- Father of Penelope Windust.
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