Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1911-01-06
Place of Birth
Ogden, Utah, USA
William Wright
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.
Known For
as Barry Malcolm
as Scott Carstairs
as Dan O'Driscoll
as Tommy Foley
as Detective Lieutenant Tabor
as Ward Williams
as Prosecutor
as Tom Clark
as Philo Vance
as Dave Fowler
as Lt. Woods
as Barry Lang
as Jim Kingsley
as George Wallace
as Tony Holiday
as Carl Easton
as 'Pinkie' Connors
as Christopher Waring
as Fred MacCoy
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