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William K. Howard

William K. Howard

Director · 1899–1954 · St. Marys, Ohio, USA

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Biography

William K. Howard (June 16, 1899 in St. Marys, Ohio - February 21, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) was a film director, writer and producer. Howard began his work in Hollywood as an assistant director on the 1920 release The Adorable Savage. The following year, he received his first directing credits, for Get Your Man, Play Square and What Love Will Do. He wrote The One-Man Trail that same year. Some of his better known works as a director are The Thundering Herd, Surrender, Transatlantic, Sherlock Holmes, This Side of Heaven, Fire Over England, When the Lights Go on Again and A Guy Could Change. His film The Power and the Glory, directed by Howard from a screenplay by Preston Sturges, was neglected for decades but in recent years has received significant reappraisal due to recognition that this movie was a major influence on the structure of Citizen Kane. Howard has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article William K. Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Directed 48

1940s

  1. 1946

    A Guy Could Change

    Director

  2. 1944

    When the Lights Go On Again

    Director

  3. 1943

    Johnny Come Lately

    Director

  4. 1942

    Klondike Fury

    Director

  5. 1941

    Bullets for O'Hara

    Director

  6. 1940

    Money and the Woman

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    Back Door to Heaven

    Director

  2. 1937

    The Squeaker

    Director

  3. Fire Over England

    Director

    64
  4. 1936

    The Princess Comes Across

    Director

  5. 1935

    Mary Burns, Fugitive

    Director

  6. Rendezvous

    Director

  7. Vanessa: Her Love Story

    Director

  8. 1934

    Evelyn Prentice

    Director

  9. The Cat and the Fiddle

    Director

  10. This Side of Heaven

    Director

  11. 1933

    The Power and the Glory

    Director

  12. 1932

    Sherlock Holmes

    Director

  13. The First Year

    Director

  14. The Trial of Vivienne Ware

    Director

  15. 1931

    Surrender

    Director

  16. Transatlantic

    Director

  17. Don't Bet on Women

    Director

  18. 1930

    Scotland Yard

    Director

  19. Good Intentions

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    Christina

    Director

  2. Love, Live & Laugh

    Director

  3. The Valiant

    Director

  4. Sin Town

    Director

  5. 1928

    The River Pirate

    Director

  6. A Ship Comes In

    Director

  7. 1927

    The Main Event

    Director

  8. White Gold

    Director

  9. 1926

    Bachelor Brides

    Director

  10. Gigolo

    Director

  11. Volcano

    Director

  12. Red Dice

    Director

  13. 1925

    The Light of Western Stars

    Director

  14. Code of the West

    Director

  15. The Thundering Herd

    Director

  16. 1924

    East of Broadway

    Director

  17. The Border Legion

    Director

  18. 1923

    Let's Go

    Director

  19. Danger Ahead

    Director

  20. 1922

    Captain Fly-by-Night

    Director

  21. Deserted at the Altar

    Director

  22. 1921

    Play Square

    Director

  23. Get Your Man

    Director

Wrote 5

1930s

  1. 1939

    Back Door to Heaven

    Story

1920s

  1. 1929

    Sin Town

    Screenplay

  2. 1922

    The Crusader

    Writer

  3. Trooper O'Neill

    Scenario Writer

  4. 1921

    The One-Man Trail

    Writer

Produced 3

1930s

  1. 1937

    The Green Cockatoo

    Producer

  2. 1935

    Rendezvous

    Producer

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Valiant

    Producer

Acted in 1

1930s

  1. 1939

    Back Door to Heaven

    Prosecutor (uncredited)