Biography
From Wikipedia Howard Higgin (February 15, 1891 - December 16, 1938) was an American writer and director of motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s. Higgin's first directing job was a 1922 comedy for legendary Wallace Reid, Rent Free. His later films include High Voltage and Skyscraper, and he worked with Wallace Beery, Clark Gable (as writer/director of Gable's screen breakthrough role as the unshaven villain in The Painted Desert), Carole Lombard, Bette Davis (in Hell's House), Pat O'Brien, Alan Hale, Sr., Blanche Sweet, Basil Rathbone, Robert Armstrong and Mae Clarke, among many others. Higgins' movie career spanned 38 years, having begun working on film crews in 1919. He died in Los Angeles at age 47.
Directed 22
1970s
- 1978
1930s
- 1937
Battle of Greed
Director
- 1934
The Line-Up
Director
- 1933
Carnival Lady
Director
Reckless Decision
Director
- 1932
The Last Man
Director
The Final Edition
Director
Hell's House
Director
- 1931
1920s
- 1929
The Racketeer
Director
High Voltage
Director
The Leatherneck
Director
- 1928
Sal of Singapore
Director
Power
Director
Skyscraper
Director
- 1927
The Perfect Sap
Director
- 1926
The Great Deception
Director
The Reckless Lady
Director
- 1925
The New Commandment
Director
In the Name of Love
Director
- 1922
Rent Free
Director
No release date
The Wilderness Woman
Director
Wrote 17
1970s
- 1978
1940s
- 1940
Cafe Hostess
Writer
1930s
- 1937
The Gold Racket
Story
- 1936
The Invisible Ray
Original Story
- 1934
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Story
- 1933
Reckless Decision
Screenplay
- 1932
Hell's House
Story
- 1931
- 1930
Her Man
Screenstory
1920s
- 1925
The New Commandment
Writer
The Trouble With Wives
Screenplay, Story
Smouldering Fires
Screenplay
- 1924
Broken Barriers
Scenario Writer
Changing Husbands
Writer
Don't Doubt Your Husband
Screenplay, Story
- 1923
Fashion Row
Writer
Produced 1
1920s
- 1920
Why Change Your Wife?
Production Manager
Art department 1
1920s
- 1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair
Art Direction