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Apr 15, 2024 · William Wellman, American film director whose more than 80 movies included Hollywood classics of documentary-like realism and who was ranked as an action director alongside Howard Hawks and John Ford. His movies included Wings (1927), The Public Enemy (1931), A Star Is Born (1937), and The Ox-Bow Incident (1943).
William Augustus Wellman was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and military pilot. He was known for his work in crime, adventure, and action genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion. He also directed several well-regarded satirical comedies.
William Augustus Wellman was an American film director. Although Wellman began his film career as an actor, he worked on over 80 films, as director, producer and consultant but most often as a director, notable for his work in crime, adventure and action genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion.
December 09, 1975. Cause of Death. Leukemia. Biography. Read More. Having directed nearly 80 motion pictures throughout his career, William Wellman was an extraordinarily prolific director whose output contained a number of cinematic gems amidst a rather unexceptional canon.
Jan 27, 2017 · William A. Wellman, Two-Fisted Director With Heart, in Six Takes. Share full article. From left, Marcia Mae Jones, Betty Jane Graham and Barbara Stanwyck in William A. Wellman’s...
Feb 10, 2012 · The director William Wellman, right, shooting “Young Eagles” in 1930. Paramount Pictures. By Terrence Rafferty. Feb. 10, 2012. THEY called him, not always affectionately, Wild Bill. William...
Dec 11, 1975 · William A. Wellman, the nearly legendary Hollywood director who made 82 movies, including “Wings,” “Beau Geste,” the original “A Star Is Born,” “Public Enemy” and the classic anti‐lynching...
