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William Wright is a Actor American born on 6 january 1911

William Wright

William Wright
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 january 1911
Death 20 january 1949 (at 38 years)

William Wright (January 5, 1911 - January 19, 1949) was an American leading man in films who was most popular in the 1940s when he was typically compared to Clark Gable, whose career was temporarily derailed by World War II. Wright even played Gable's part in a 1945 musical comedy remake of It Happened One Night entitled Eve Knew Her Apples. He also played Philo Vance in Philo Vance Returns (1947) and the title role in King of the Gamblers (1948). Wright's other films include Eadie Was a Lady (1945), Rose of the Yukon (1949), Daughter of the Jungle (1949), and Impact (1949). Wright died from cancer in 1949 at the age of 38.

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Filmography of William Wright (18 films)

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Actor

Impact
Impact (1949)
, 1h51
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Brian Donlevy, Ella Raines, Charles Coburn, Helen Walker, Mae Marsh, Robert Warwick
Roles Prosecutor
Rating69% 3.4943.4943.4943.4943.494
Millionaire industrialist Walter Williams (Brian Donlevy) has a young wife, Irene (Helen Walker), who is trying to kill him with the help of her young lover, Jim Torrance (Tony Barrett). The plan falls apart when Williams survives a hit on the head from the would-be killer. Attempting to flee the scene in Williams' Packard Clipper convertible, Torrance dies in a fiery head-on collision. The body is mistakenly identified as Williams.
Gas House Kids Go West
Gas House Kids Go West (1947)
, 1h2
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Western
Actors Emory Parnell, Carl Switzer, Vince Barnett, William Wright, Benny Bartlett, Tommy Bond
Roles Jim Kingsley
Rating55% 2.794512.794512.794512.794512.79451
The Gas House Kids travel west to California for a basketball competition.
Philo Vance Returns
Philo Vance Returns (1947)
, 1h4
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Action, Noir, Crime
Actors William Wright, Clara Blandick, Ramsay Ames, Damian O'Flynn, Frank Wilcox, Iris Adrian
Roles Philo Vance
Rating57% 2.8600252.8600252.8600252.8600252.860025
Vance investigates the murders of a newly-engaged couple.
The Mask of Diijon
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
, 1h13
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about magic and magicians
Actors Erich von Stroheim, Jeanne Bates, William Wright, Edward Van Sloan, Denise Vernac, George Chandler
Roles Tony Holiday
Rating56% 2.802022.802022.802022.802022.80202
Diijon, a tired magician, gives up his act to study the power of the mind. His wife Victoria, once supportive, now is struggling to pay bills. She urges her stubborn and older husband to return to the magic field where Diijon was considered one of the greats. He refuses but does reluctantly agree to do a hypnotism nightclub act at Victoria's urging. The act goes bad and he's laughed off the stage. He's convinced this is the handiwork of Victoria's ex-lover Tony Holliday. Later, Diijon finds that he does indeed have the power to control men's minds and begins to take revenge on the people he felt made him look like a fool. He hypnotizes his young wife to kill the man. Unfortunately for Diijon, things go horribly wrong.
Escape in the Fog
Escape in the Fog (1945)
, 1h5
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Noir, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright, Konstantin Shayne, Ernie Adams, Ivan Triesault
Roles Barry Malcolm
Rating58% 2.9441652.9441652.9441652.9441652.944165
During World War II, a San Francisco nurse dreams of a murder and then meets the "victim" in real life. What she saw in the dream helps her in an effort to thwart enemy spies.
One Mysterious Night
One Mysterious Night (1944)
, 1h1
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Chester Morris, Janis Carter, Richard Lane, William Wright, George E. Stone, Mark Roberts
Roles Paul Martens
Rating60% 3.048813.048813.048813.048813.04881
The Blue Star of the Nile is stolen from an exhibition guarded by the police under Inspector Farraday. Under intense pressure from the police commissioner to recover the diamond, Farraday tells reporters, among them Dorothy Anderson, that he is sure Boston Blackie is responsible. However, he does not really believe that; it is only a ruse. When Blackie walks into Farraday's office, the inspector is so desperate he deputizes his old nemesis to get the jewel back, using his own methods.
Reveille with Beverly
Reveille with Beverly (1943)
, 1h18
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Political films
Actors Ann Miller, William Wright, Dick Purcell, Franklin Pangborn, Frank Sinatra, Larry Parks
Roles Barry Lang
Rating65% 3.2934653.2934653.2934653.2934653.293465
Beverly Ross (Ann Miller) wants to be a radio personality, but has to run the switchboard at a local station. The blustery station owner Mr. Kennedy (Tim Ryan) wants no part of programming jive that she loves", preferring the classics.
Fly-By-Night
Fly-By-Night (1942)
, 1h14
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Actors Richard Carlson, Nancy Kelly, Albert Bassermann, Miles Mander, Edward Gargan, Walter Kingsford
Roles Intern (Uncredited)
Rating64% 3.242163.242163.242163.242163.24216
Geoffrey Burton, interne en médecine, se fait prendre en otage par un évadé d'asile. Ce dernier est assassiné et le docteur Burton est accusé du meurtre. Il s'échappe et emmène dans sa fuite sa voisine de chambre d'hôtel.
A Night to Remember
A Night to Remember (1942)
, 1h31
Directed by Richard Wallace
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Loretta Young, Brian Aherne, Jeff Donnell, William Wright, Sidney Toler, Gale Sondergaard
Roles Scott Carstairs
Rating65% 3.296213.296213.296213.296213.29621
Nancy (Loretta Young) and Jeff Troy (Brian Aherne) move into a somber-looking basement apartment building on 13 Gay Street, Greenwich Village, where the residents all act very strangely. Nancy recognizes one of the residents, Anne Carstairs, who acts very odd and not at all the way Nancy remembers her. At dinner, Nancy overhears a man, later identified as Louis Kaufman, talking on the telephone telling someone to meet him in the basement apartment. Louis goes to the basement apartment and is later found dead in the backyard, after having been drowned in the apartment's bathtub.
Parachute Nurse
Parachute Nurse (1942)
, 1h3
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Marguerite Chapman, William Wright, Louise Allbritton, Frank Sully, Shirley Patterson, Douglas Wood
Roles Lt. Woods
Rating56% 2.8010252.8010252.8010252.8010252.801025
A cross section of American nurses enlists in the Aerial Nurse Corps during World War II. The film shows their training including being dropped by parachute to provide aid to wounded soldiers.