Acting credits
30
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
William Wright
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 30Series: 0
TMDB ID: 105794
IMDb ID: nm0942929
Known for: Acting
Born: January 6, 1911
Died: January 20, 1949
Age: 38
Place of birth: Ogden, Utah, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1936 - 1949
Years active: 14
Average TMDB rating: 5.63
Wikidata: Q15997883
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.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with William Wright.
4.8
Air Hostess
as Fred MacCoy
1949 Movie
6.0
Impact
as Prosecutor
1949 Movie
4.0
Daughter of the Jungle
as Carl Easton
1949 Movie
Rose of the Yukon
as Tom Clark
1949 Movie
6.0
Gas House Kids Go West
as Jim Kingsley
1947 Movie
5.0
Philo Vance Returns
as Philo Vance
1947 Movie
Down Missouri Way
as Mike Burton
1946 Movie
6.2
Lover Come Back
as Jimmy Hennessey
1946 Movie
4.6
The Mask of Diijon
as Tony Holiday
1946 Movie
5.3
Escape in the Fog
as Barry Malcolm
1945 Movie
3.3
Eadie Was a Lady
as Tommy Foley
1945 Movie
6.0
Dancing in Manhattan
as Steve Crawford
1944 Movie
5.9
One Mysterious Night
as Paul Martens
1944 Movie
4.0
Saddles and Sagebrush
as Krag Savin
1943 Movie
4.3
Murder in Times Square
as Detective Lieutenant Tabor
1943 Movie
7.0
Reveille with Beverly
as Barry Lang
1943 Movie
6.6
A Night to Remember
as Scott Carstairs
1942 Movie
4.3
The Daring Young Man
as Sam Long
1942 Movie
Lucky Legs
as 'Pinkie' Connors
1942 Movie
6.0
A Man's World
as Dan O'Driscoll
1942 Movie
5.0
Parachute Nurse
as Lt. Woods
1942 Movie
3.6
Night in New Orleans
as George Wallace
1942 Movie
4.3
Meet the Stewarts
as Winkie Rogers (uncredited)
1942 Movie
6.0
Not a Ladies' Man
as John Keen
1942 Movie