William Wright
William Wright (January 5, 1911 – January 19, 1949) was an American leading man in films who was most popular in the 1940s when he was typically compared to Clark Gable, whose career was temporarily derailed by World War II. Wright even played Gable's part in a 1945 musical comedy remake of It Happened One Night entitled Eve Knew Her Apples. He also played Philo Vance in Philo Vance Returns (1947) and the title role in King of the Gamblers (1948). Wright's other films include Eadie Was a Lady (1945), Rose of the Yukon (1949), Daughter of the Jungle (1949), and Impact (1949). Wright died from cancer in 1949 at the age of 38.
Impact
as ProsecutorAfter surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the...
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Reveille with Beverly
as Barry LangBeverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the...
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Philo Vance Returns
as Philo VancePlayboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer...
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Escape in the Fog
as Barry MalcolmA military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she...
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Fly-By-Night
as Intern (Uncredited)Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns...
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Rose of the Yukon
as Tom ClarkMajor Geoffrey Barnett, U. S. Army Intelligence Service, is sent to Alaska, to apprehend a...
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Meet the Stewarts
as Winkie Rogers (uncredited)A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
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World Premiere
as Luther ShinkleyA movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create...
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A Night to Remember
as Scott CarstairsA woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the...
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The Mask of Diijon
as Tony HolidayA stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.
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Night in New Orleans
as George WallaceA policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under...
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Lucky Legs
as 'Pinkie' ConnorsChorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle....
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Murder in Times Square
as Detective Lieutenant TaborAn actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.
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True to the Army
as Lt. DanversA wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.
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Eadie Was a Lady
as Tommy FoleyIn this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by...
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Daughter of the Jungle
as Carl EastonAn airplane carrying a pair of police officers escorting gangsters to prison crash-lands in the...
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Devil Pays Off
as Christopher WaringA former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the...
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One Mysterious Night
as Paul MartensAfter a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to...
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Saddles and Sagebrush
as Krag SavinKrag Sabine has aroused the wrath of all the ranchers by stealing their land with the aid of his...
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Down Missouri Way
as Mike BurtonWhen an agricultural professor returns home to the farm with her scientifically-raised mule for...
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Gas House Kids Go West
as Jim KingsleyThe second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing...
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China Clipper
as PilotAn aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
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The Daring Young Man
as Sam LongJonathan Peckinpaw feels he's failed in his patriotic duty when he's rejected by the army, but...
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A Man's World
as Dan O'DriscollSomewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions,...
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Glamour Boy
as Hank LandonFormer child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He...
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Air Hostess
as Fred MacCoyThe Hansen School for Air Hostesses, operated by Celia Hansen, welcomes a new group of students;...
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Not a Ladies' Man
as John KeenA recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.
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Dancing in Manhattan
as Steve CrawfordIn this comedy, a garbage truck driver stumbles across $5,000. He decides to use the money for a...
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