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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 4.35 |
| Birthday | 1911-01-06 |
| Place of Birth | Ogden, Utah, USA |
| Also Known As |
1945
Escape in the Fog
5.197/33
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a m...
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Escape in the Fog
1949
Impact
6.1/53
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.
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Impact
1946
The Mask of Diijon
4.9/15
A stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.
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The Mask of Diijon
1944
One Mysterious Night
5.9/8
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone. Al...
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One Mysterious Night
1942
A Night to Remember
6.3/13
A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to creat...
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A Night to Remember
1943
Reveille with Beverly
7/5
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a n...
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Reveille with Beverly
1943
Murder in Times Square
4.6/5
An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.
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Murder in Times Square
1947
Philo Vance Returns
5/2
Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. Despite Larry's record of broken roman...
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Philo Vance Returns
1942
Night in New Orleans
4/3
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.
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Night in New Orleans
1941
Devil Pays Off
3.3/7
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.
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Devil Pays Off
1945
Eve Knew Her Apples
5.2/4
Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She r...
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Eve Knew Her Apples
1949
Daughter of the Jungle
4.3/3
An airplane carrying a pair of police officers escorting gangsters to prison crash-lands in the African jungle. They are rescued from an attack by sav...
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Daughter of the Jungle
1942
The Daring Young Man
4.3/3
Jonathan Peckinpaw feels he's failed in his patriotic duty when he's rejected by the army, but he sees a chance to redeem himself by exposing a secret...
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The Daring Young Man
1946
Down Missouri Way
0/0
When an agricultural professor returns home to the farm with her scientifically-raised mule for a needed rest, they find themselves caught up in a mov...
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Down Missouri Way
1942
Parachute Nurse
5/1
Nurses parachuting.
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Parachute Nurse
1944
Dancing in Manhattan
6/1
In this comedy, a garbage truck driver stumbles across $5,000. He decides to use the money for a wild night on the town. He and his girlfriend do not...
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Dancing in Manhattan
1947
Gas House Kids Go West
6/1
The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing Corporation.
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Gas House Kids Go West
1942
Lucky Legs
0/0
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the...
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Lucky Legs
1943
Saddles and Sagebrush
4.3/3
Krag Sabine has aroused the wrath of all the ranchers by stealing their land with the aid of his henchmen, led by Ace Barco; when Lafe Martin objects,...
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Saddles and Sagebrush
1945
Eadie Was a Lady
4/3
In this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by performing in the chorus line in a burlesque house. But tro...
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Eadie Was a Lady
1942
True to the Army
0/0
A wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.
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True to the Army
1949
Air Hostess
4.7/3
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Air Hostess
1947
Doctor Jim
0/0
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Doctor Jim
1936
China Clipper
5.6/8
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
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China Clipper
1941
World Premiere
5/1
A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity for his latest project. He decides to have three m...
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World Premiere
1942
A Man's World
6/1
Somewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, women reveal no past and spies neither receive nor exp...
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A Man's World
1942
Fly-By-Night
6.4/5
Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just escap...
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Fly-By-Night
1942
Meet the Stewarts
6/2
A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
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Meet the Stewarts
1941
Glamour Boy
6/1
Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living...
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Glamour Boy
1942
Not a Ladies' Man
6/2
A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.
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Not a Ladies' Man
1949
Rose of the Yukon
0/0
Major Geoffrey Barnett, U. S. Army Intelligence Service, is sent to Alaska, to apprehend a deserter, Tom Clark, who was presumed to be dead as a membe...
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