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)
- South of Monterey ... (Director)
- The Gay Cavalier ... (Director)
- Partners in Time ... (Director)
1945
- Forever Yours ... (Director)
- Divorce ... (Director)
- Allotment Wives ... (Director)
1944
- Are These Our Parents? ... (Director)
- Trocadero ... (Director)
1943
- The Underdog ... (Director)
- Where Are Your Children? ... (Director)
- Corregidor ... (Director)
- The Ghost and the Guest ... (Director)
1942
- Black Dragons ... (Director)
- Mr. Wise Guy ... (Director)
- Tough as They Come ... (Director)
- The Strange Case of Doctor Rx ... (Director)
- Lady from Chungking ... (Director)
- City of Silent Men ... (Director)
- Escape from Hong Kong ... (Director)
1941
- Mob Town ... (Director)
- Secret Evidence ... (Director)
- The Kid from Kansas ... (Director)
- No Greater Sin ... (Director)
- Zis Boom Bah ... (Director)
1940
- The Fatal Hour ... (Director)
- Doomed to Die ... (Director)
- The Ape ... (Director)
- Son of the Navy ... (Director)
1939
- The Mystery of Mr. Wong ... (Director)
- Mutiny in the Big House ... (Director)
- Mr. Wong in Chinatown ... (Director)
- Streets of New York ... (Director)
1938
- Female Fugitive ... (Director)
- Rose of the Rio Grande ... (Director)
- Mr. Wong, Detective ... (Director)
- Gangster's Boy ... (Director)
- I Am a Criminal ... (Director)
- Boy of the Streets ... (Director)
- Romance of the Limberlost ... (Director)
1937
- The 13th Man ... (Director)
- Hoosier Schoolboy ... (Director)
- Atlantic Flight ... (Director)
- Bill Cracks Down ... (Director)
- The Law Commands ... (Director)
- A Bride for Henry ... (Director)
1936
- Don’t Get Personal ... (Director)
- Crash Donovan ... (Director)
- North of Nome ... (Director)
1935
- Sweepstake Annie ... (Director)
- His Night Out ... (Director)
- She Gets Her Man ... (Director)
- The Old Homestead ... (Director)
- The Headline Woman ... (Director)
- The Mysterious Mr. Wong ... (Director)
- Dizzy Dames ... (Director)
- Without Children ... (Director)
1934
- School for Girls ... (Director)
- House of Mystery ... (Director)
- Monte Carlo Nights ... (Director)
- Once to Every Bachelor ... (Director)
- Mystery Liner ... (Director)
- City Limits ... (Director)
- Two Heads on a Pillow ... (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
- Across to Singapore ... (Director)
- The Law of the Range ... (Director)
- Four Walls ... (Director)
1927
- Mr. Wu ... (Director)
1926
- The Fire Brigade ... (Director)
- Casey of the Coast Guard ... (Director)
- The Little Giant ... (Director)
1924
- Born Rich ... (Director)
1923
- Marriage Morals ... (Director)
1922
- Notoriety ... (Director)
- Rags to Riches ... (Writer)
- Your Best Friend ... (Director)
1921
- Why Girls Leave Home ... (Director)
- Skinning Skinners ... (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
- Kaiser's Finish ... (Editor)
- The Rainbow Trail as Shad
1917
- The Slave ... (Scenario Writer)
- The Blue Streak as The Blue Streak
- Wife Number Two ... (Scenario Writer)
- Thou Shalt Not Steal ... (Director)
1916
- Her Debt of Honor as Olin Varcoe
- The Child of Destiny ... (Director)
- Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph as Buttsy Gallagher
- The Kiss of Hate ... (Director)
- Life's Shadows as Martin Bradley
1915
- A Yellow Streak ... (Director)
- A Royal Family as Minister of Police
- Emmy of Stork's Nest ... (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