William K. Howard
Directing
William K. Howard (June 16, 1899 in St. Marys, Ohio - February 21, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) was a film director, writer and producer. Howard began his work in Hollywood as an assistant director on the 1920 release The Adorable Savage. The following year, he received his first directing credits, for Get Your Man, Play Square and What Love Will Do. He wrote The One-Man Trail that same year. Some of his better known works as a director are The Thundering Herd, Surrender, Transatlantic, Sherlock Holmes, This Side of Heaven, Fire Over England, When the Lights Go on Again and A Guy Could Change. His film The Power and the Glory, directed by Howard from a screenplay by Preston Sturges, was neglected for decades but in recent years has received significant reappraisal due to recognition that this movie was a major influence on the structure of Citizen Kane. Howard has a "Star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Description above from the Wikipedia article William K. Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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movieA Guy Could Change
1946
Director
movieJohnny Come Lately
1943
Director
movieKlondike Fury
1942
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movieBullets for O'Hara
1941
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movieMoney and the Woman
1940
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movieBack Door to Heaven
1939
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movieThe Squeaker
1937
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movieFire Over England
1937
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movieMary Burns, Fugitive
1935
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movieRendezvous
1935
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movieVanessa: Her Love Story
1935
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movieEvelyn Prentice
1934
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movieThe Cat and the Fiddle
1934
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movieThis Side of Heaven
1934
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movieThe Power and the Glory
1933
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movieSherlock Holmes
1932
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movieThe First Year
1932
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movieSurrender
1931
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movieTransatlantic
1931
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movieDon't Bet on Women
1931
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movieScotland Yard
1930
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movieGood Intentions
1930
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movieChristina
1929
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movieLove, Live & Laugh
1929
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movieThe Valiant
1929
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movieSin Town
1929
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movieThe River Pirate
1928
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movieA Ship Comes In
1928
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movieThe Main Event
1927
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movieWhite Gold
1927
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movieBachelor Brides
1926
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movieGigolo
1926
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movieVolcano
1926
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movieRed Dice
1926
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movieCode of the West
1925
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movieThe Thundering Herd
1925
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movieEast of Broadway
1924
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movieThe Border Legion
1924
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movieLet's Go
1923
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movieDanger Ahead
1923
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movieCaptain Fly-by-Night
1922
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movieDeserted at the Altar
1922
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moviePlay Square
1921
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movieGet Your Man
1921
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movieBack Door to Heaven
1939
Prosecutor (uncredited)