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William K. Howard (1893–1954)

Director | Producer | Writer

Howard studied engineering and law at Ohio State University, but gravitated towards film distribution when he took a job as sales manager for Vitagraph. After serving in an artillery unit with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, he relocated to Hollywood and trained as an assistant director at Universal... See full bio »

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in St. Marys, Ohio, USA

Died:

(age 60) in Los Angeles, California, USA
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1946 A Guy Could Change
 
1944 When the Lights Go on Again
 
1943 Johnny Come Lately
 
1942 Klondike Fury
 
1941 Bullets for O'Hara
 
1940 Knute Rockne All American (uncredited)
 
1940 Money and the Woman
 
1939 Back Door to Heaven
 
1939 Over the Moon (uncredited)
 
1937 Murder on Diamond Row
 
1937 Fire Over England
 
1936 The Princess Comes Across
 
1935 Mary Burns, Fugitive
 
1935 Rendezvous
 
1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story
 
1934 Evelyn Prentice
 
1934 The Cat and the Fiddle
 
1934 This Side of Heaven
 
1933 The Power and the Glory
 
1932 Sherlock Holmes
 
1932 The First Year
 
1932 The Trial of Vivienne Ware
 
1931 Surrender
 
1931 Transatlantic
 
1931 All Women are Bad
 
1930 Scotland Yard
 
1930 Good Intentions
 
1929 Christina
 
1929 Love, Live and Laugh
 
1929 The Valiant
 
1929 Sin Town
 
1928 The River Pirate
 
1928 A Ship Comes In
 
1927 The Main Event
 
1927 White Gold
 
1926 Gigolo
 
1926 Volcano
 
1926 Bachelor Brides
 
1926 Red Dice
 
1925 The Light of Western Stars
 
1925 Code of the West
 
1925 The Thundering Herd
 
1924 East of Broadway
 
1924 The Border Legion
 
1923 Let's Go
 
1923 Danger Ahead
 
1923 The Fourth Musketeer
 
1922 Captain Fly-by-Night
 
1922 Deserted at the Altar
 
1922 Lucky Dan
 
1922 Extra! Extra!
 
1921 What Love Will Do
 
1921 Play Square
 
1921 Get Your Man
 
Show ShowProducer (7 titles)
1946 A Guy Could Change (associate producer)
 
1939 Back Door to Heaven (producer - uncredited)
 
1937 The Green Cockatoo (producer)
 
1935 Rendezvous (producer)
 
1934 This Side of Heaven (producer - uncredited)
 
1932 Sherlock Holmes (producer)
 
1929 The Valiant (producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1939 Back Door to Heaven (story)
 
1930 Good Intentions (original story)
 
1929 Sin Town (screenplay / story)
 
1922 The Crusader
 
1922 Trooper O'Neill (scenario)
 
1921 The One-Man Trail
 
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1940 'Til We Meet Again (director: some scenes - uncredited)
 
Show ShowActor (1 title)
1939 Back Door to Heaven
Prosecutor (uncredited)
 
1920 The Adorable Savage (assistant director)
 

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Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 479-484. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987. See more »

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