Howard Higgin
Born: 1891-02-15 in Denver, Colorado, USA
Died: 1938-12-16
Known For: Directing
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.
Filmography
1978
- Western von gestern ... (Story)
1940
- Cafe Hostess ... (Writer)
1937
- The Gold Racket ... (Story)
- Battle of Greed ... (Director)
1936
- The Invisible Ray ... (Original Story)
- Revolt of the Zombies ... (Writer)
1934
- King Kelly of the U.S.A. ... (Story)
- The Line-Up ... (Director)
1933
- Reckless Decision ... (Director)
- Carnival Lady ... (Director)
1932
- Hell's House ... (Director)
- The Final Edition ... (Director)
- The Last Man ... (Director)
1931
- The Painted Desert ... (Story)
1930
- Her Man ... (Screenstory)
1929
- High Voltage ... (Director)
- The Leatherneck ... (Director)
- The Racketeer ... (Director)
1928
- Power ... (Director)
- Sal of Singapore ... (Director)
- Skyscraper ... (Director)
1927
- The Perfect Sap ... (Director)
1926
- The Reckless Lady ... (Director)
- The Great Deception ... (Director)
1925
- Smouldering Fires ... (Screenplay)
- The Trouble With Wives ... (Story)
- The New Commandment ... (Writer)
- In the Name of Love ... (Director)
- Tomorrow's Love ... (Screenplay)
1924
- Broken Barriers ... (Scenario Writer)
- Changing Husbands ... (Writer)
- Don't Doubt Your Husband ... (Screenplay)
1923
- The Famous Mrs. Fair ... (Art Direction)
- Fashion Row ... (Writer)
1922
- Rent Free ... (Director)
1920
- Why Change Your Wife? ... (Production Manager)