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
- Beauty and the Bandit ... (Director)
- The Gay Cavalier ... (Director)
- South of Monterey ... (Director)
- Partners in Time ... (Director)
1945
- Forever Yours ... (Director)
- Allotment Wives ... (Director)
- Divorce ... (Director)
1944
- Are These Our Parents? ... (Director)
- Trocadero ... (Director)
1943
- Where Are Your Children? ... (Director)
- The Ghost and the Guest ... (Director)
- Corregidor ... (Director)
- The Underdog ... (Director)
1942
- Tough as They Come ... (Director)
- The Strange Case of Doctor Rx ... (Director)
- Black Dragons ... (Director)
- Mr. Wise Guy ... (Director)
- City of Silent Men ... (Director)
- Escape from Hong Kong ... (Director)
- Lady from Chungking ... (Director)
1941
- The Kid from Kansas ... (Director)
- Mob Town ... (Director)
- No Greater Sin ... (Director)
- Zis Boom Bah ... (Director)
- Secret Evidence ... (Director)
1940
- Son of the Navy ... (Director)
- The Fatal Hour ... (Director)
- Doomed to Die ... (Director)
- The Ape ... (Director)
1939
- The Mystery of Mr. Wong ... (Director)
- Mr. Wong in Chinatown ... (Director)
- Mutiny in the Big House ... (Director)
- Streets of New York ... (Director)
1938
- Rose of the Rio Grande ... (Director)
- Boy of the Streets ... (Director)
- I Am a Criminal ... (Director)
- Romance of the Limberlost ... (Director)
- Female Fugitive ... (Director)
- Mr. Wong, Detective ... (Director)
- Gangster's Boy ... (Director)
1937
- A Bride for Henry ... (Director)
- Bill Cracks Down ... (Director)
- The Law Commands ... (Director)
- Atlantic Flight ... (Director)
- The 13th Man ... (Director)
- Hoosier Schoolboy ... (Director)
1936
- Don’t Get Personal ... (Director)
- Crash Donovan ... (Director)
- North of Nome ... (Director)
1935
- The Mysterious Mr. Wong ... (Director)
- Sweepstake Annie ... (Director)
- She Gets Her Man ... (Director)
- His Night Out ... (Director)
- Without Children ... (Director)
- The Old Homestead ... (Director)
- The Headline Woman ... (Director)
- Dizzy Dames ... (Director)
1934
- Once to Every Bachelor ... (Director)
- Two Heads on a Pillow ... (Director)
- School for Girls ... (Director)
- City Limits ... (Director)
- House of Mystery ... (Director)
- Monte Carlo Nights ... (Director)
- Mystery Liner ... (Director)
1933
- He Couldn't Take It ... (Director)
1932
- Men Are Such Fools ... (Director)
- Without Honor ... (Director)
- Border Devils ... (Director)
1931
- The Lightning Flyer ... (Director)
- The Sea Ghost ... (Director)
- The Single Sin ... (Director)
1930
- Lord Byron of Broadway ... (Director)
- Today ... (Director)
- Fighting Thru ... (Director)
1929
- Desert Nights ... (Director)
- Thunder ... (Director)
1928
- The Law of the Range ... (Director)
- Across to Singapore ... (Director)
- Four Walls ... (Director)
1927
- Mr. Wu ... (Director)
1926
- Casey of the Coast Guard ... (Director)
- The Fire Brigade ... (Director)
- The Little Giant ... (Director)
1924
- Born Rich ... (Writer)
1923
- Marriage Morals ... (Director)
1922
- Rags to Riches ... (Writer)
- Your Best Friend ... (Director)
- Notoriety ... (Director)
1921
- Skinning Skinners ... (Director)
- Why Girls Leave Home ... (Director)
- The Soul of Man as David Fortune
- School Days ... (Director)
1920
- Democracy: The Vision Restored as David Fortune
1919
- Beware! as German Officer
- The Fighting Roosevelts ... (Director)
1918
- My Four Years in Germany as Socialist
- The Rainbow Trail as Shad
- Kaiser's Finish ... (Editor)
1917
- The Slave ... (Director)
- Thou Shalt Not Steal ... (Director)
- The Blue Streak as The Blue Streak
- Wife Number Two ... (Scenario Writer)
1916
- The Child of Destiny ... (Director)
- Her Debt of Honor as Olin Varcoe
- Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph as Buttsy Gallagher
- The Kiss of Hate ... (Director)
- Life's Shadows as Martin Bradley
1915
- Emmy of Stork's Nest ... (Director)
- A Yellow Streak ... (Writer)
- Story of Jewel City ... (Director)
- A Royal Family as Minister of Police
1914
- The Star Boarder as Boarder (uncredited)
- Salomy Jane as Rufe Waters
1913
- The Waiters' Picnic as The Head Waiter