William Nigh

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Born Rich Director

(1924)

The Lightning Flyer Director

(1931)

Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph Director

(1916)

School Days Director

(1921)

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Director (120 credits)

1948 Stage Struck

1948 I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes

1947 Riding the California Trail

1946 Beauty and the Bandit

1946 South of Monterey

1946 Partners in Time

1946 The Gay Cavalier

1945 Allotment Wives

1945 Divorce

1945 Forever Yours

1944 Are These Our Parents?

1944 Trocadero

1943 Where Are Your Children?

1943 The Underdog

1943 The Ghost and the Guest

1943 Corregidor

1942 Lady from Chungking

1942 City of Silent Men

1942 Tough As They Come

1942 Escape from Hong Kong

1942 The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

1942 Black Dragons (directed by)

1942 Mr. Wise Guy

1941 Zis Boom Bah

1941 Mob Town

1941 The Kid from Kansas

1941 No Greater Sin

1941 Secret Evidence

1940 The Ape

1940 Doomed to Die

1940 Son of the Navy

1940 The Fatal Hour

1939 Mutiny in the Big House

1939 Mr. Wong in Chinatown

1939 Streets of New York

1939 The Mystery of Mr. Wong

1938 I Am a Criminal

1938 Gangster's Boy

1938 Mr. Wong, Detective

1938 Romance of the Limberlost

1938 Female Fugitive

1938 Rose of the Rio Grande

1937 Boy of the Streets

1937 A Bride for Henry

1937 Atlantic Flight

1937 Hoosier Schoolboy

1937 The 13th Man

1937 The Law Commands

1937 Bill Cracks Down

1936 North of Nome

1936 Crash Donovan

1936 Don't Get Personal

1935 The Old Homestead

1935 His Night Out

1935 She Gets Her Man

1935 Dizzy Dames

1935 The Headline Woman

1935 Without Children

1935 Sweepstake Annie

1934 The Mysterious Mr. Wong

1934 Two Heads on a Pillow

1934 Once to Every Bachelor

1934 Monte Carlo Nights

1934 City Limits

1934 House of Mystery

1934 School for Girls

1934 Mystery Liner

1933 He Couldn't Take It

1932 Men Are Such Fools

1932 The Night Rider (uncredited)

1932 Border Devils

1932 Without Honors

1931 The Sea Ghost

1931 The Lightning Flyer

1931 Dangerous Daze (Short)

1931 The Single Sin

1930 Fighting Thru; or, California in 1878

1930 Today

1930 Lord Byron of Broadway

1929 Thunder

1929 Desert Nights (directed by)

1928 Four Walls

1928 Across to Singapore

1928 The Law of the Range

1927 Mr. Wu

1927 The Nest

1926 The Fire Brigade

1926 Free Kisses

1926 Casey of the Coast Guard

1926 The Little Giant

1925 Fear-Bound

1924 Born Rich

1924 Her Memory (Short)

1924 The Guest (Short)

1923 Among the Missing

1923 Marriage Morals

1922 Notoriety

1922 Your Best Friend

1921/II School Days

1921 Why Girls Leave Home

1921 The Soul of Man

1921 Skinning Skinners

1920 Democracy: The Vision Restored

1919 Beware!

1919 The Fighting Roosevelts

1918 My Four Years in Germany

1917 Thou Shalt Not Steal

1917 Wife Number Two

1917/I The Slave

1917 The Blue Streak

1916 Life's Shadows

1916 The Child of Destiny

1916 Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph

1916 The Kiss of Hate

1916 Her Debt of Honor

1915 Story of Jewel City (Short)

1915 A Yellow Streak

1915 Emmy of Stork's Nest

1915 A Royal Family

1914 Salomy Jane

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Actor (36 credits)

1925 Fear-Bound
Jim Tumble (as Will Nigh)

1923 Among the Missing
The Deserter

1920 Democracy: The Vision Restored
David Fortune

1919 Beware!
German Officer

1918 The Rainbow Trail
Shad (as William Nye)

1918 My Four Years in Germany
Socialist

1917 The Blue Streak
The Blue Streak

1916 Life's Shadows
Martin Bradley

1916 Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph
Buttsy Gallagher

1916 Her Debt of Honor
Olin Varcoe

1915 A Royal Family
Minister of Police

1914 Salomy Jane
Rufe Waters

1914 The Passing of Izzy (Short)
Izzy (as Bill Nye)

1914/II The Star Boarder (Short)
Boarder (uncredited)

1914 In the Spider's Web (Short)
Jack - the Ex-Convict

1914 Atonement (Short)
Felix

1914 The Rival Barbers (Short)

1914 The Reform Candidate (Short)

1914/II The Higher Law (Short)
Jack Byrnes - a Detective

1914 The Clerk (Short)
John Grey - the Clerk

1914 A Turn of the Cards (Short)
Billy Taylor - Richards' Assistant

1914 Mary Magdalene (Short)
Syrius Superbus (as William Nye)

1914 The Vengeance of Najerra (Short)
Leandro

1914 The Power of the Mind (Short)
Henry Graham

1914 The Lackey (Short)
The Escaped Prisoner

1914 Educating His Daughters (Short)

1913 The Pride of the Force (Short)
The Escaped Lunatic

1913 Mrs. Brown's Burglar (Short)
Weary - the Tramp

1913 The God of Tomorrow (Short)
The Chinese Man (as K. Yamamoto)

1913 The Rival Pitchers (Short)
Mike - the Pitcher

1913 A Warm Welcome (Short)

1913 Levinsky's Holiday (Short)
Ike Levinsky

1913 The Oath of Tsuru San (Short)
Yokosawa

1913 A Mix-Up in Pedigrees (Short)
Paul Devere

1913 The Firebugs (Short)
Izzy, the Firebug

1913 The Waiters' Picnic (Short)
The Head Waiter

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Writer (21 credits)

1945 Forever Yours (screenplay) / (story)

1931 The Sea Ghost (dialogue)

1925 Fear-Bound

1924 Born Rich (scenario)

1923 Marriage Morals (writer)

1922 Notoriety

1922 Rags to Riches

1922 Your Best Friend (screenplay) / (story)

1921/II School Days (screenplay) / (story)

1921 Why Girls Leave Home

1918 My Four Years in Germany (scenario)

1917 Wife Number Two (scenario)

1917/I The Slave (scenario)

1917 The Blue Streak

1916 Life's Shadows (scenario)

1916 The Child of Destiny

1916 Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph (scenario)

1916 Her Debt of Honor (scenario)

1915 Story of Jewel City (Short) (story)

1915 A Yellow Streak (scenario)

1913 The Oath of Tsuru San (Short) (story)

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Producer (5 credits)

1929 Desert Nights (producer - uncredited)

1928 Across to Singapore (producer - uncredited)

1927 Mr. Wu (producer - uncredited)

1924 Born Rich (producer)

1916 Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph (producer)

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Editor (2 credits)

1918 Kaiser's Finish

1918 My Four Years in Germany

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Miscellaneous Crew (1 credit)

1918 Kaiser's Finish (supervisor)

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Will Nigh | Bill Nye | William Nye | K. Yamamoto

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American writer/director, who started in films as an actor in 1911 and later advanced to directing comedy shorts for Mack Sennett. He worked in the rarefied atmosphere of MGM from 1926-29, but his career took a dive when sound came in and he wound up as one of the more prolific and longest-lasting (20-year-long career) directors of "B"-grade (and lower) films for such Poverty Row studios as ... See more »

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