William Nigh
Born: 1881-10-12 in Berlin, Wisconsin, USA
Died: 1955-11-27
Known For: Directing
Biography
William Nigh (October 12, 1881 – November 27, 1955) was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye". He was born in Berlin, Wisconsin. His film career began with acting in 17 films in 1913 and 1914; he also directed one of these, Salomy Jane. He acted in 8 more films in the 1910s and two more in the 1920s, but directed a total of 119 films, the last in 1948. His film-writing credits numbered 18, mostly concentrated early in his career. His films included Mr. Wise Guy, Thunder, Black Dragons, Corregidor, Mr. Wong, Detective, The Mystery of Mr. Wong, Mr. Wong in Chinatown, Lady from Chungking, The Fatal Hour, The Ape, Doomed to Die, Lord Byron of Broadway, and Casey of the Coast Guard. He died in Burbank, California at the age of 74. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Nigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1948
- I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes ... (Director)
- Stage Struck ... (Director)
1947
- Riding the California Trail ... (Director)
1946
- The Gay Cavalier ... (Director)
- South of Monterey ... (Director)
- Partners in Time ... (Director)
- Beauty and the Bandit ... (Director)
1945
- Forever Yours ... (Director)
- Divorce ... (Director)
- Allotment Wives ... (Director)
1944
- Trocadero ... (Director)
- Are These Our Parents? ... (Director)
1943
- Corregidor ... (Director)
- The Underdog ... (Director)
- Where Are Your Children? ... (Director)
- The Ghost and the Guest ... (Director)
1942
- Black Dragons ... (Director)
- The Strange Case of Doctor Rx ... (Director)
- Tough as They Come ... (Director)
- Lady from Chungking ... (Director)
- City of Silent Men ... (Director)
- Mr. Wise Guy ... (Director)
- Escape from Hong Kong ... (Director)
1941
- Zis Boom Bah ... (Director)
- Secret Evidence ... (Director)
- Mob Town ... (Director)
- No Greater Sin ... (Director)
- The Kid from Kansas ... (Director)
1940
- Doomed to Die ... (Director)
- The Ape ... (Director)
- The Fatal Hour ... (Director)
- Son of the Navy ... (Director)
1939
- Streets of New York ... (Director)
- The Mystery of Mr. Wong ... (Director)
- Mr. Wong in Chinatown ... (Director)
- Mutiny in the Big House ... (Director)
1938
- Romance of the Limberlost ... (Director)
- Mr. Wong, Detective ... (Director)
- Female Fugitive ... (Director)
- Rose of the Rio Grande ... (Director)
- Gangster's Boy ... (Director)
- Boy of the Streets ... (Director)
- I Am a Criminal ... (Director)
1937
- Atlantic Flight ... (Director)
- The 13th Man ... (Director)
- The Law Commands ... (Director)
- A Bride for Henry ... (Director)
- Bill Cracks Down ... (Director)
- Hoosier Schoolboy ... (Director)
1936
- Crash Donovan ... (Director)
- North of Nome ... (Director)
- Don’t Get Personal ... (Director)
1935
- Sweepstake Annie ... (Director)
- The Headline Woman ... (Director)
- She Gets Her Man ... (Director)
- Without Children ... (Director)
- The Mysterious Mr. Wong ... (Director)
- The Old Homestead ... (Director)
- His Night Out ... (Director)
- Dizzy Dames ... (Director)
1934
- House of Mystery ... (Director)
- Monte Carlo Nights ... (Director)
- City Limits ... (Director)
- School for Girls ... (Director)
- Two Heads on a Pillow ... (Director)
- Mystery Liner ... (Director)
- Once to Every Bachelor ... (Director)
1933
- He Couldn't Take It ... (Director)
1932
- Border Devils ... (Director)
- Without Honor ... (Director)
- Men Are Such Fools ... (Director)
1931
- The Sea Ghost ... (Director)
- The Single Sin ... (Director)
- The Lightning Flyer ... (Director)
1930
- Lord Byron of Broadway ... (Director)
- Today ... (Director)
- Fighting Thru ... (Director)
1929
- Desert Nights ... (Director)
- Thunder ... (Director)
1928
- Across to Singapore ... (Director)
- The Law of the Range ... (Director)
- Four Walls ... (Director)
1927
- Mr. Wu ... (Director)
1926
- The Little Giant ... (Director)
- The Fire Brigade ... (Director)
- Casey of the Coast Guard ... (Director)
1924
- Born Rich ... (Director)
1923
- Marriage Morals ... (Director)
1922
- Notoriety ... (Director)
- Rags to Riches ... (Writer)
- Your Best Friend ... (Director)
1921
- School Days ... (Director)
- Why Girls Leave Home ... (Director)
- The Soul of Man as David Fortune
- Skinning Skinners ... (Director)
1920
- Democracy: The Vision Restored as David Fortune
1919
- The Fighting Roosevelts ... (Director)
- Beware! as German Officer
1918
- The Rainbow Trail as Shad
- Kaiser's Finish ... (Editor)
- My Four Years in Germany as Socialist
1917
- The Slave ... (Scenario Writer)
- Wife Number Two ... (Scenario Writer)
- The Blue Streak as The Blue Streak
- Thou Shalt Not Steal ... (Director)
1916
- The Child of Destiny ... (Director)
- Her Debt of Honor as Olin Varcoe
- The Kiss of Hate ... (Director)
- Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph as Buttsy Gallagher
- Life's Shadows as Martin Bradley
1915
- A Royal Family as Minister of Police
- Emmy of Stork's Nest ... (Director)
- A Yellow Streak ... (Director)
- Story of Jewel City ... (Director)
1914
- The Star Boarder as Boarder (uncredited)
- Salomy Jane as Rufe Waters
1913
- The Waiters' Picnic as The Head Waiter