William K. Howard

Born: 1899-06-16 in St. Marys, Ohio, USA

Died: 1954-02-21

Known For: Directing

Biography

William K. Howard (June 16, 1899 in St. Marys, Ohio - February 21, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) was a film director, writer and producer. Howard began his work in Hollywood as an assistant director on the 1920 release The Adorable Savage. The following year, he received his first directing credits, for Get Your Man, Play Square and What Love Will Do. He wrote The One-Man Trail that same year. Some of his better known works as a director are The Thundering Herd, Surrender, Transatlantic, Sherlock Holmes, This Side of Heaven, Fire Over England, When the Lights Go on Again and A Guy Could Change. His film The Power and the Glory, directed by Howard from a screenplay by Preston Sturges, was neglected for decades but in recent years has received significant reappraisal due to recognition that this movie was a major influence on the structure of Citizen Kane. Howard has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article William K. Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1942

Klondike Fury ... (Director)

1941

Bullets for O'Hara ... (Director)

1940

Money and the Woman ... (Director)

1939

Back Door to Heaven as Prosecutor (uncredited)

1937

Fire Over England ... (Director)
The Squeaker ... (Director)
The Green Cockatoo ... (Producer)

1936

The Princess Comes Across ... (Director)

1935

Rendezvous ... (Director)
Vanessa: Her Love Story ... (Director)
Mary Burns, Fugitive ... (Director)

1934

Evelyn Prentice ... (Director)
This Side of Heaven ... (Director)
The Cat and the Fiddle ... (Director)

1933

The Power and the Glory ... (Director)

1932

The Trial of Vivienne Ware ... (Director)
Sherlock Holmes ... (Director)
The First Year ... (Director)

1931

Don't Bet on Women ... (Director)
Transatlantic ... (Director)
Surrender ... (Director)

1930

Good Intentions ... (Director)
Scotland Yard ... (Director)

1929

Christina ... (Director)
Sin Town ... (Director)
The Valiant ... (Director)
Love, Live & Laugh ... (Director)

1928

A Ship Comes In ... (Director)
The River Pirate ... (Director)

1927

White Gold ... (Director)
The Main Event ... (Director)

1926

Red Dice ... (Director)
Gigolo ... (Director)
Volcano ... (Director)
Bachelor Brides ... (Director)

1925

The Thundering Herd ... (Director)
Code of the West ... (Director)
The Light of Western Stars ... (Director)

1924

The Border Legion ... (Director)
East of Broadway ... (Director)

1923

Let's Go ... (Director)
Danger Ahead ... (Director)

1922

Captain Fly-by-Night ... (Director)
The Crusader ... (Writer)
Deserted at the Altar ... (Director)
Trooper O'Neill ... (Scenario Writer)

1921

The One-Man Trail ... (Writer)
Play Square ... (Director)
Get Your Man ... (Director)