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William Wright

William Wright
  • Name: William Wright
  • Birthday: 1911-01-06
  • Place of birth: Ogden, Utah, USA
  • Popularity: 1.668
Biography: 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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Title Release date
Air Hostess   as  Fred MacCoy 1949-08-25
Impact   as  Prosecutor 1949-03-20
Daughter of the Jungle   as  Carl Easton 1949-02-08
Rose of the Yukon   as  Tom Clark 1949-01-05
Gas House Kids Go West   as  Jim Kingsley 1947-06-12
Philo Vance Returns   as  Philo Vance 1947-04-14
Doctor Jim   as  Doctor Sylvester 1947-01-01
Down Missouri Way   as  Mike Burton 1946-08-15
The Mask of Diijon   as  Tony Holiday 1946-03-11
Eve Knew Her Apples   as  Ward Williams 1945-04-12
Escape in the Fog   as  Barry Malcolm 1945-04-05
Eadie Was a Lady   as  Tommy Foley 1945-01-24
Dancing in Manhattan   as  Steve Crawford 1944-12-14
One Mysterious Night   as  Paul Martens 1944-10-21
Saddles and Sagebrush   as  Krag Savin 1943-04-26
Murder in Times Square   as  Detective Lieutenant Tabor 1943-04-01
Reveille with Beverly   as  Barry Lang 1943-02-04
A Night to Remember   as  Scott Carstairs 1942-12-10
The Daring Young Man   as  Sam Long 1942-10-08
Lucky Legs   as  'Pinkie' Connors 1942-10-01
A Man's World   as  Dan O'Driscoll 1942-09-17
Parachute Nurse   as  Lt. Woods 1942-08-06
Night in New Orleans   as  George Wallace 1942-07-01
Meet the Stewarts   as  Winkie Rogers (uncredited) 1942-05-21
Not a Ladies' Man   as  John Keen 1942-05-14
True to the Army   as  Lt. Danvers 1942-03-21
Fly-By-Night   as  Intern (Uncredited) 1942-01-19
Glamour Boy   as  Hank Landon 1941-12-05
Devil Pays Off   as  Christopher Waring 1941-11-10
World Premiere   as  Luther Shinkley 1941-08-21
China Clipper   as  Pilot 1936-08-11