William K. Howard
| William K. Howard | |
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from a 1920 magazine
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| Born |
June 16, 1899 St. Marys, Ohio, USA |
| Died | February 21, 1954 (aged 54) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Film director, writer, producer |
William K. Howard (June 16, 1899 – February 21, 1954) was an American film director, writer, and producer. Considered one of Hollywood's leading directors, he directed over 50 films from 1921 to 1946, including The Thundering Herd (1925), The Power and the Glory (1933), Fire Over England (1937), and Johnny Come Lately (1943).
William K. Howard was born on June 16, 1899 in St. Marys, Ohio. After serving in Europe during World War I, he graduated from Ohio State University with a degree in engineering law.
In 1920, Howard began working in Hollywood as an assistant director on The Adorable Savage. The following year, at the age of twenty-two, he directed his first film, Get Your Man. That same year he directed two additional films—Play Square and What Love Will Do—and write The One-Man Trail. Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Howard completing two or three films each year. In the 1920s his directorial work included The Border Legion (1924), The Thundering Herd (1925), White Gold (1927), The Valiant (1929), and Christina (1929). In the 1930s he directed such films as Sherlock Holmes (1932), Rendezvous (1935), Fire Over England (1937), and Back Door to Heaven (1939).
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