William K. Howard
Directing
- Born
- June 16, 1899 · St. Marys, Ohio, USA
- Died
- February 21, 1954 (age 54)
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.
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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.
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Known for
Fire Over England
March 5, 1937
Evelyn Prentice
November 9, 1934
Johnny Come Lately
September 3, 1943
The Princess Comes Across
May 22, 1936
The Power and the Glory
October 6, 1933
The Valiant
May 19, 1929
Transatlantic
August 19, 1931
The Green Cockatoo
December 1, 1937
Rendezvous
October 25, 1935
A Ship Comes In
January 4, 1928
White Gold
February 24, 1927
Sherlock Holmes
November 5, 1932
Behind the camera52
- 1946A Guy Could Change Director
- 1944When the Lights Go On Again Director
- 1943Johnny Come Lately Director
- 1942Klondike Fury Director
- 1941Bullets for O'Hara Director
- 1940Money and the Woman Director
- 1939Back Door to Heaven Director, Story
- 1937The Green Cockatoo Producer
- 1937The Squeaker Director
- 1937Fire Over England Director