William Wright

Acting

William Wright

Born January 6, 1911 · Ogden, Utah, USA

Died January 20, 1949 · aged 38

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)…

Known For

A Night to RememberA Night to Remember · 1942
A Night to Remember
6.71942
MovieComedyMystery
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.
ImpactImpact · 1949
Impact
6.11949
MovieThrillerDrama
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
One Mysterious NightOne Mysterious Night · 1944
One Mysterious Night
6.21944
MovieMysteryCrime
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Along with his assistant, "The Runt", Blackie focuses his investigation on the hotel manager, George Daley, and his sister, Eileen. Through disguises and ruses, Blackie and the Runt try to trick their way to discovering the thieves.
A Man's WorldA Man's World · 1942
A Man's World
7.01942
MovieActionAdventure
Somewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, women reveal no past and spies neither receive nor expect any mercy, a giant Chromite plant is working full blast to supply the United Nations with the precious war-metal. This is the story of that mine and the people working it in a land the law forget, but the evil and devious Nazis remembered.
Lucky LegsLucky Legs · 1942
Lucky Legs
9.01942
MovieComedyCrime
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. Unfortunately, the money has "made the rounds" prior to reaching Gloria and several less-than-scrupulous characters set out to separate Gloria from her inheritance.
China ClipperChina Clipper · 1936
China Clipper
5.81936
MovieDrama
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
Daughter of the JungleDaughter of the Jungle · 1949
Daughter of the Jungle
5.01949
MovieAdventure
An airplane carrying a pair of police officers escorting gangsters to prison crash-lands in the African jungle. They are rescued from an attack by savage natives by a white woman who appears out of nowhere, and it turns out she is a lost heiress who herself crash-landed in the jungle years before.
Night in New OrleansNight in New Orleans · 1942
Night in New Orleans
4.21942
MovieMysteryCrime
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.

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