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Director
Frank Wead
Writing
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Directed movies: 0Directed series: 0All crew credits: 29
TMDB ID: 135362
IMDb ID: nm0915693
Known for: Writing
Born: October 24, 1895
Died: November 15, 1947
Age: 52
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1929 - 1957
Years active: 29
Average TMDB rating: 6.32
Wikidata: Q2815496
Frequent jobs
Screenplay (11)Story (9)Writer (6)Original Story (1)Theatre Play (1)Treatment (1)
Biography
From Wikipedia Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead (born October 24, 1895, in Peoria, Illinois – died November 15, 1947, in Santa Monica, California) was a U.S. Navy aviator turned screenwriter who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Frank Wead.
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Story
Dirigible
1931 • Movie
Screenplay
The Citadel
1938 • Movie
Screenplay
They Were Expendable
1945 • Movie
Writer
The Wings of Eagles
1957 • Movie
Writer
The All-American
1932 • Movie
Story
I Wanted Wings
1941 • Movie
Story
I'll Tell the World
1934 • Movie
Screenplay
Dive Bomber
1941 • Movie
Treatment
A Yank at Oxford
1938 • Movie
Original Story
Test Pilot
1938 • Movie
Screenplay
Murder in the Fleet
1935 • Movie
Writer
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 • Movie
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Frank Wead.
Writer
The Wings of Eagles
1957 • Movie
Screenplay
Blaze of Noon
1947 • Movie
Writer
The Beginning or the End
1947 • Movie
Writer
The Hoodlum Saint
1946 • Movie
Screenplay
They Were Expendable
1945 • Movie
Story
Destroyer
1943 • Movie
Screenplay
Dive Bomber
1941 • Movie
Story
I Wanted Wings
1941 • Movie
Writer
Moon Over Burma
1940 • Movie
Story
20,000 Men a Year
1939 • Movie
Writer
Tail Spin
1939 • Movie
Screenplay
The Citadel
1938 • Movie
Original Story
Test Pilot
1938 • Movie
Treatment
A Yank at Oxford
1938 • Movie
Story
Submarine D-1
1937 • Movie
Screenplay
Sea Devils
1937 • Movie