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Crane Wilbur (1886–1973)

Actor | Writer | Director

Actor, screenwriter and director Crane Wilbur was born Erwin Crane Wilbur on November 17, 1886, in Athens, New York. The nephew of the great stage actor Tyrone Power Sr., Wilbur first took to the boards as an actor, making his Broadway debut as Erwin Crane Wilbur on June 3, 1903, in a trilogy of William Butler Yeats plays... See full bio »

Born:

Erwin Crane Wilbur
in Athens, New York, USA

Died:

(age 86) in Toluca Lake, California, USA
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1936 Yellow Cargo
Montie Brace
 
1936 Captain Calamity
Dr. Kelkey
 
1935 Public Opinion
Paul Arnold
 
1934 Tomorrow's Children
Father O'Brien (uncredited)
 
1934 Name the Woman
Blake
 
1934 High School Girl
Carl Bryson
 
1929 It's a Great Life
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1921 The Heart of Maryland
Alan Kendrick
 
1920 Something Different
Don Luis Vargas
 
1919 Stripped for a Million
Stanley Warren
 
1919 Devil McCare
Devil McCare
 
1919 Breezy Jim
Breezy Jim
 
1918 The Finger of Justice (short)
Noel Delaney
 
1917 Unto the End
Jim O'Neill
 
1917 The Blood of His Fathers
Morgan Gray/Abel Gray
 
1917 The Eye of Envy
Ambition, the Blacksmith
 
1917 The Single Code
Hugh Carrington
 
1917 The Painted Lie
Lieutenant David Graton
 
1916 The Spite Husband (short)
 
1916 For Her Good Name (short)
 
1916 The Haunting Symphony (short)
 
1916 The Fool's Game (short)
 
1916 A King o' Make-Believe (short)
 
1916 The Wasted Years
Old Weatherby/Harry Weatherby
 
1916 The Conscience of John David
John David
 
1916 The Love Liar
David McCare
 
1916 A Law Unto Himself
Allan Dwight/Jean Belleau
 
1916 Vengeance Is Mine!
John Loring
 
1915 The Mystery of Carter Breene (short)
Alan Dare
 
1915 Could a Man Do More? (short)
 
1915 The Blood of Our Brothers (short)
Kinheart - a Shepherd
 
1915 The Protest (short)
Roger Hackett - District Attorney
 
1915 The Mirror (short)
The Mountaineer
 
1915 Polly of the Pots and Pans (short)
Rodman - the Author
 
1915 The Call of Motherhood (short)
Dr. Henry Farrell
 
1915 No Other Way (short)
 
1915 The Road o' Strife
Robert Dane
 
1914 The Corsair (short)
The Corsair
 
1914 All Love Excelling (short)
Duc de St. Claire
 
1914 The Ghost (short)
Gabriel Whitten - the Younger Son
 
1914 The Perils of Pauline
Harry Marvin
 
1913 The Couple Next Door (short)
Dr. Prentiss
 
1913 Uncle John to the Rescue (short)
Paul Bret - the Husband
 
1913 The Shadow of Shame (short)
Young Denham - the Sheriff
 
1913 Unmasked (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1913 The President's Pardon (short)
 
1913 Gypsy Love (short)
 
1913/II The Smuggler (short)
The Smuggler
 
1913 The Merrill Murder Mystery (short)
Detective Byrnes
 
1913 Across the Chasm (short)
Dan Crockett
 
1913/I The Climax (short)
Walter Briggs
 
1913 $1,000 Reward (short)
 
1913/III The Haunted House (short)
 
1913 The Mad Sculptor (short)
Paul Wilbur - the Mad Sculptor
 
1913 The Miner's Destiny (short)
Crane Wilkins - the Father
 
1913 The Second Shot (short)
The American
 
1913 The Secret Formula (short)
Paul Shafter
 
1913 A Woman Scorned (short)
Phil Burton
 
1913 The Count's Will (short)
Count Heinrich von Baum
 
1913 In the Days of War (short)
Maj. James Adams
 
1913 God Is Love (short)
The Shoemaker
 
1913 The Moonshiner's Last Stand (short)
The Revenue Agent
 
1913 The Infernal Pig (short)
Pietro
 
1913 The Artist's Trick (short)
Dunbar Crane - the Artist
 
1913 Through Fire and Air
 
1912 Dynamited Love (short)
The Successful Suitor
 
1912 A Simple Maid (short)
The Butler
 
1912 The Receiving Teller (short)
Basil Brady - Bank Teller
 
1912 The Compact (short)
John Blair/Gary - the Lawyer (dual role)
 
1912 The Three Bachelors' Turkey (short)
 
1912/I Pals (short)
Dan Richards
 
1912 Gee! My Pants! (short)
Dr. Gibbs
 
1912 Anona's Baptism (short)
A Missionary of the Forest
 
1912 His Second Love (short) (unconfirmed)
 
1912 On the Brink of the Chasm (short)
2nd Settler
 
1912 Where Jealousy Leads (short)
The Grocer (unconfirmed)
 
1912 A Nation's Peril (short)
Captain Porter
 
1912 Texan Twins (short)
Jack & Jim - the Texan Twins
 
1912 The Salvationist (short)
The Racing Driver
 
1912 Jimmy's Misfortune (short)
The Husband
 
1912 Phantom Lovers (short)
The Artist
 
1911 The Doll (short)
The Husband
 
1911 The Fatal Portrait (short)
William
 
1911 The Power of Love (short)
Benham
 
1911 Love Molds Labor (short)
The Young Foreman
 
1911 For Massa's Sake (short)
 
1911 A Western Memory (short)
Tom
 
1910 The Girl from Arizona (short)
 
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1962 House of Women
 
1961 The George Raft Story (screenplay)
 
1961 Mysterious Island (screenplay)
 
1960 The Texan (TV series)
– 24 Hours to Live (1960) (story)
 
1959 Solomon and Sheba (story)
 
1959 The Bat (screen story / screenplay)
 
1958 Casey Jones (TV series)
– Dangerous Hours (1958) (writer)
 
1957 Monkey on My Back
 
1956 Battle Stations
 
1955 The Phenix City Story (screenplay)
 
1955 Women's Prison (screenplay)
 
1954 The Mad Magician (screenplay / story)
 
1954 Crime Wave (screen play)
 
1953 House of Wax (screenplay)
 
1952 The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (written by)
 
1952 The Lion and the Horse
 
1951 Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (original screenplay)
 
1951 I Was a Communist for the FBI (screenplay)
 
1950 Outside the Wall (screenplay)
 
1949 The Story of Molly X (writer)
 
1948 He Walked by Night (screenplay / story)
 
1948 The Amazing Mr. X (original story)
 
1948 Canon City (writer)
 
1948 Adventures of Casanova (screenplay / story)
 
1947 The Red Stallion (screenplay)
 
1947 The Devil on Wheels (screenplay / story)
 
1947 Born to Speed (screenplay)
 
1944 Proudly We Serve (short)
 
1944 Roger Touhy, Gangster (screenplay / story)
 
1944 A Night of Adventure (screenplay)
 
1944 I Am an American (short) (written by)
 
1940 King of the Lumberjacks (screenplay)
 
1939 Old Hickory (short) (uncredited)
 
1939 Ride, Cowboy, Ride (short) (original screenplay)
 
1939 Hell's Kitchen (from an original story by / screenplay)
 
1939 Quiet, Please (short) (story and screenplay)
 
1939 Sons of Liberty (short) (original screenplay)
 
1939 Blackwell's Island (screenplay / story)
 
1938 Girls on Probation (original screen play by)
 
1938 Sons of the Plains (short) (screenplay)
 
1938 Penrod's Double Trouble (screen play)
 
1938 Crime School (from a story by / screen play)
 
1938 Out Where the Stars Begin (short) (original screenplay)
 
1938 Over the Wall (original screen play by)
 
1938 The Invisible Menace (screen play)
 
1938 Swingtime in the Movies (short) (original screenplay)
 
1937 West of Shanghai (screen play)
 
1937 Alcatraz Island (original screen play)
 
1937 Dance Charlie Dance
 
1937 A Day at Santa Anita (short) (original screenplay)
 
1937 Navy Spy (original screenplay)
 
1937 Romance of Louisiana (short) (written by)
 
1937 Her Husband's Secretary (story)
 
1936 We're in the Legion Now (additional dialogue)
 
1936 El carnaval del diablo (story)
 
1936 Yellow Cargo (original story / screenplay)
 
1936 The Devil on Horseback (play "The Tiger Smiles" / screenplay)
 
1936 El capitan Tormenta
 
1936 Captain Calamity (screenplay)
 
1935 Unwelcome Stranger (screenplay)
 
1935 On Probation (story)
 
1934 Tomorrow's Children (uncredited)
 
1932 The Trial of Vivienne Ware (contributing writer - uncredited)
 
1930 Children of Pleasure (play and dialogue)
 
1930 Lord Byron of Broadway (dialogue continuity)
 
1925 The Monster (stage play)
 
1917 The Blood of His Fathers
 
1917 The Eye of Envy
 
1917 The Single Code (story)
 
1917 The Painted Lie (screenplay / story)
 
1916 For Her Good Name (short)
 
1916 The Fool's Game (short)
 
1916 A King o' Make-Believe (short)
 
1916 The Conscience of John David (scenario)
 
1916 The Love Liar
 
1916 Vengeance Is Mine! (scenario)
 
1915 The Mystery of Carter Breene (short) (story)
 
1915 Could a Man Do More? (short) (story)
 
1915 The Blood of Our Brothers (short) (story)
 
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1962 House of Women (uncredited)
 
1959 The Bat
 
1952 No Pets Allowed (short)
 
1951 Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
 
1950 Outside the Wall
 
1949 The Story of Molly X
 
1948 Canon City
 
1947 Power Behind the Nation (documentary short)
 
1947 The Devil on Wheels
 
1945 It Happened in Springfield (short)
 
1944 I Won't Play (short)
 
1944 Proudly We Serve (short)
 
1944 I Am an American (short)
 
1939 The Monroe Doctrine (short)
 
1939 The Bill of Rights (short)
 
1939 Quiet, Please (short)
 
1939 The Right Way (short)
 
1939 The Man Who Dared
 
1938 The Declaration of Independence (short)
 
1938 Sons of the Plains (short)
 
1938 The Patient in Room 18
 
1938 Swingtime in the Movies (short)
 
1937 The Man Without a Country (short)
 
1937 The Romance of Robert Burns (short)
 
1937 Navy Spy
 
1937 Romance of Louisiana (short)
 
1936 We're in the Legion Now
 
1936 El carnaval del diablo
 
1936 Yellow Cargo
 
1936 The Devil on Horseback
 
1935 The People's Enemy
 
1934 Tomorrow's Children
 
1934 High School Girl
 
1917 The Blood of His Fathers
 
1917 The Painted Lie
 
1916 The Conscience of John David
 
1916 The Love Liar
 
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1939 Land of Liberty
 

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(1925) Stage: Wrote and appeared in (as "Dr. Alexander G. Torrance") "Easy Terms", produced on Broadway. Comedy. Directed by Frank McCormack. National Theatre, 21 Sep 1925-Oct 1925 (closing date unknown/15 performances). Cast: Homer Barton, Suzanne Caubet, Walter Davis, Frank Fanning... See more »

Height:

5' 10" (1.78 m)
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Personal Quote:

I'm going to give people what they want. Sensation, horror, shock. Send them out into the streets to tell their friends how wonderful it is to be scared to death. See more »

Trivia:

Nephew of Tyrone Power Sr. See more »

Star Sign:

Scorpio