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
- South of Monterey ... (Director)
- Beauty and the Bandit ... (Director)
- The Gay Cavalier ... (Director)
- Partners in Time ... (Director)
1945
- Forever Yours ... (Director)
- Allotment Wives ... (Director)
- Divorce ... (Director)
1944
- Trocadero ... (Director)
- Are These Our Parents? ... (Director)
1943
- Where Are Your Children? ... (Director)
- The Underdog ... (Director)
- Corregidor ... (Director)
- The Ghost and the Guest ... (Director)
1942
- Black Dragons ... (Director)
- Mr. Wise Guy ... (Director)
- Tough as They Come ... (Director)
- Lady from Chungking ... (Director)
- The Strange Case of Doctor Rx ... (Director)
- Escape from Hong Kong ... (Director)
- City of Silent Men ... (Director)
1941
- Mob Town ... (Director)
- No Greater Sin ... (Director)
- The Kid from Kansas ... (Director)
- Secret Evidence ... (Director)
- Zis Boom Bah ... (Director)
1940
- Doomed to Die ... (Director)
- The Fatal Hour ... (Director)
- The Ape ... (Director)
- Son of the Navy ... (Director)
1939
- Streets of New York ... (Director)
- Mutiny in the Big House ... (Director)
- The Mystery of Mr. Wong ... (Director)
- Mr. Wong in Chinatown ... (Director)
1938
- Mr. Wong, Detective ... (Director)
- Female Fugitive ... (Director)
- Rose of the Rio Grande ... (Director)
- Romance of the Limberlost ... (Director)
- I Am a Criminal ... (Director)
- Gangster's Boy ... (Director)
- Boy of the Streets ... (Director)
1937
- The 13th Man ... (Director)
- A Bride for Henry ... (Director)
- Bill Cracks Down ... (Director)
- Hoosier Schoolboy ... (Director)
- Atlantic Flight ... (Director)
- The Law Commands ... (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 Headline Woman ... (Director)
- The Mysterious Mr. Wong ... (Director)
- The Old Homestead ... (Director)
- Without Children ... (Director)
- Dizzy Dames ... (Director)
1934
- School for Girls ... (Director)
- House of Mystery ... (Director)
- Mystery Liner ... (Director)
- Once to Every Bachelor ... (Director)
- Monte Carlo Nights ... (Director)
- Two Heads on a Pillow ... (Director)
- City Limits ... (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)
- Fighting Thru ... (Director)
- Today ... (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 ... (Producer)
1923
- Marriage Morals ... (Director)
1922
- Rags to Riches ... (Writer)
- Notoriety ... (Director)
- Your Best Friend ... (Director)
1921
- Skinning Skinners ... (Director)
- Why Girls Leave Home ... (Director)
- School Days ... (Director)
- The Soul of Man as David Fortune
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 ... (Director)
- Thou Shalt Not Steal ... (Director)
- The Blue Streak as The Blue Streak
- Wife Number Two ... (Director)
1916
- The Child of Destiny ... (Director)
- Life's Shadows as Martin Bradley
- Her Debt of Honor as Olin Varcoe
- Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph as Buttsy Gallagher
- The Kiss of Hate ... (Director)
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