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William Wright is a Actor American born on 6 january 1911
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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Impact (1949)
, 1h51Directed 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%
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.
King of the Gamblers (1948)
, 1hDirected by George Blair
Origin USA
Actors Janet Martin, William Wright, Thurston Hall
Roles Dave Fowler
Gas House Kids Go West (1947)
, 1h2Directed 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%
The Gas House Kids travel west to California for a basketball competition.
Philo Vance Returns (1947)
, 1h4Directed 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%
Vance investigates the murders of a newly-engaged couple.
Lover Come Back (1946)
, 1h30Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors George Brent, Lucille Ball, Vera Zorina, Charles Winninger, Carl Esmond, Raymond Walburn
Roles Jimmy Hennessey
Rating61%
Kay Williams (played by Ball) is anxious to provide feminine companionship to her war correspondent husband (Brent) upon his return from service, but is jealous when she notices her husband with a beautiful combat photographer (Zorina). The couple divorces but eventually makes amends; hence, "lovers come back".
The Mask of Diijon (1946)
, 1h13Directed 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%
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 (1945)
, 1h5Directed 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%
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.
Eadie Was a Lady (1945)
, 1h7Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Ann Miller, Joe Besser, William Wright, Jeff Donnell, Jimmy Little, Marion Martin
Roles Tommy Foley
Rating63%
One Mysterious Night (1944)
, 1h1Directed 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%
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 (1943)
, 1h18Directed 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%
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 (1942)
, 1h14Directed 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%
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 (1942)
, 1h31Directed 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%
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 (1942)
, 1h3Directed 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%
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.
True to the Army (1942)
, 1h17Directed by Albert S. Rogell
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Allan Jones, Ann Miller, Jerry Colonna, Clarence Kolb, Edward Pawley, William Wright
Roles Lt. Danvers
Rating65%
Night in New Orleans (1942)
, 1h15Directed by William Clemens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Preston Foster, Patricia Morison, Albert Dekker, Charles Butterworth, Dooley Wilson, Paul Hurst
Roles George Wallace
Rating59%