William Wright

William Wright

Birthday: 1911-01-06

Deathday: 1949-01-20

Place of birth: Ogden, Utah, USA

Also known as:

imdb_id: nm0942929

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Reveille with Beverly

Score: 7.0

A Night to Remember

Score: 6.6

Fly By Night

Score: 6.4

Lover Come Back

Score: 6.2

Glamour Boy

Score: 6.0

A Man's World

Score: 6.0

Gas House Kids Go West

Score: 6.0

Dancing in Manhattan

Score: 6.0

Not a Ladies' Man

Score: 6.0

Impact

Score: 6.0

One Mysterious Night

Score: 5.9

China Clipper

Score: 5.6

Escape in the Fog

Score: 5.3

Eve Knew Her Apples

Score: 5.2

World Premiere

Score: 5.0

Parachute Nurse

Score: 5.0

Philo Vance Returns

Score: 5.0

The Mask of Diijon

Score: 4.9

Air Hostess

Score: 4.7

Murder in Times Square

Score: 4.6

Meet the Stewarts

Score: 4.3

Saddles and Sagebrush

Score: 4.3

The Daring Young Man

Score: 4.3

Daughter of the Jungle

Score: 4.3

Eadie Was a Lady

Score: 4.0

Night in New Orleans

Score: 4.0

Devil Pays Off

Score: 3.8

Doctor Jim

Score: 0.0

True to the Army

Score: 0.0

Lucky Legs

Score: 0.0

Down Missouri Way

Score: 0.0

Rose of the Yukon

Score: 0.0

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