William Augustus Wellman (February 29, 1896 – December 9, 1975) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor and military pilot. He was...
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series. Wellman was born in Los Angeles, California, and is the son of actress Dorothy Wellman (née Coonan) and director William A. Wellman, about whose...
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The High and the Mighty (film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
The High and the Mighty is a 1954 American aviation disaster film, directed by William A. Wellman, and written by Ernest K. Gann, who also wrote the 1953...
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Wings (1927 film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
World War I combat pilots in a romantic rivalry over a woman. It was produced by Lucien Hubbard, directed by William A. Wellman, and released by Paramount...
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The Public Enemy (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
in the UK) is a 1931 American pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman, and starring...
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A Star Is Born is a 1937 American Technicolor drama film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by William A. Wellman from a script by Wellman, Robert...
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The Story of G.I. Joe (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
in prints as Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe, is a 1945 American war film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Burgess Meredith and Robert Mitchum...
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Carson, Dorothy Parker and Alan Campbell, and from the same story by William A. Wellman and Carson, with uncredited input from six additional writers—David...
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Nothing Sacred (film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
Nothing Sacred is a 1937 American Technicolor screwball comedy film directed by William A. Wellman, produced by David O. Selznick, and starring Carole...
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Lester Cowan for a prominent supporting actor role in The Story of G.I. Joe (1945), directed by William A. Wellman. He portrayed a war-weary officer...
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Lassie, and as the unfortunate young man who drank The Fatal Glass of Beer in a 1933 short comedy starring W.C. Fields. He was born in Waukegan, Illinois...
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Island in the Sky (1953 film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
is a 1953 American aviation adventure drama film written by Ernest K. Gann based on his 1944 novel of the same name, directed by William A. Wellman and...
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The Ox-Bow Incident (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
is a 1943 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman, starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews and Mary Beth Hughes, with Anthony Quinn, William Eythe...
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Battleground (film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
Battleground is a 1949 American war film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Van Johnson, John Hodiak, Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy, and James...
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Lafayette Escadrille (film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
the final film in the career of director William A. Wellman and is based on his original story. Thad Walker, a spoiled, rich kid from Boston who had gotten...
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Batjac Productions (redirect from A Batjac Production)
an independent film production company co-founded by John Wayne in 1952 as a vehicle for Wayne to both produce and star in movies. The first Batjac production...
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Call of the Wild (1935 film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
is a 1935 American adventure western film an adaptation of Jack London's 1903 novel The Call of the Wild. The film is directed by William A. Wellman, and...
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Roxie Hart (film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
a 1942 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou and George Montgomery. A film adaptation of a 1926...
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Yellow Sky (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
Yellow Sky is a 1948 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Gregory Peck, Richard Widmark, and Anne Baxter. The story is believed...
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Blood Alley (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
Blood Alley is a 1955 American seafaring Cold War adventure film produced by John Wayne, directed by William A. Wellman, and starring Wayne and Lauren...
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Hitchcock. Wild Boys of the Road (1933), directed by William A. Wellman. City Limits (1934), directed by William Nigh. Modern Times (1936), directed by Charlie...
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Frank Pierson, the film updates the original story and screenplay of William A. Wellman and Robert Carson with additional contributions by Pierson, John Gregory...
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Wellman is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Holbrook Wellman (1855–1948), Massachusetts state senator Barry Wellman...
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during World War II, he left acting, but was persuaded by director William Wellman in the 1950s to resume his film career. He’s perhaps best known for...
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William Franklin Sater Benedict (April 16, 1917 – November 25, 1999) was an American actor, perhaps best known for playing "Whitey" in Monogram Pictures'...
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for him. Wayne's early period as a star would be brief, as Fox dropped him after only three leads. He then appeared in a string of low-budget action films...
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Night Nurse (1931 film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
Night Nurse is a 1931 American pre-Code crime drama mystery film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. directed by William A. Wellman, and starring...
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Beau Geste (1939 film) (category Films directed by William A. Wellman)
Preston, Brian Donlevy, and Susan Hayward. Directed and produced by William A. Wellman, the screenplay was adapted by Robert Carson, based on the 1924 novel...
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added their names to this list. William Wyler has the most nominations, with 12, including a record four years in a row. Martin Scorsese is currently...
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film director William Wellman, to whom she was married from 1934 until his death in 1975. Wellman cast her in several of his films. Wellman was born Dorothy...
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