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William K. Howard

Directing

  • Born
  • June 16, 1899
  • Died
  • February 21, 1954
  • Place of birth
  • St. Marys, Ohio, USA

Biography

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.

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Sin Town poster
Sin Town
1929
Evelyn Prentice poster
Evelyn Prentice
1934
Love, Live & Laugh poster
Love, Live & Laugh
1929
The Princess Comes Across poster
The Princess Comes Across
1936
The Crusader poster
The Crusader
1922
Fire Over England poster
Fire Over England
1937
Sherlock Holmes poster
Sherlock Holmes
1932
Red Dice poster
Red Dice
1926
Deserted at the Altar poster
Deserted at the Altar
1922
This Side of Heaven poster
This Side of Heaven
1934
The Trial of Vivienne Ware poster
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932
Money and the Woman poster
Money and the Woman
1940
Play Square poster
Play Square
1921
Rendezvous poster
Rendezvous
1935
Gigolo poster
Gigolo
1926
The Power and the Glory poster
The Power and the Glory
1933
Captain Fly-by-Night poster
Captain Fly-by-Night
1922
Back Door to Heaven poster
Back Door to Heaven
1939
The Thundering Herd poster
The Thundering Herd
1925
The Valiant poster
The Valiant
1929
East of Broadway poster
East of Broadway
1924
Transatlantic poster
Transatlantic
1931
Surrender poster
Surrender
1931
Code of the West poster
Code of the West
1925
Bullets for O'Hara poster
Bullets for O'Hara
1941
Get Your Man poster
Get Your Man
1921
Klondike Fury poster
Klondike Fury
1942
A Ship Comes In poster
A Ship Comes In
1928
The Squeaker poster
The Squeaker
1937
Christina poster
Christina
1929
Vanessa: Her Love Story poster
Vanessa: Her Love Story
1935
White Gold poster
White Gold
1927
Johnny Come Lately poster
Johnny Come Lately
1943
Mary Burns, Fugitive poster
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
The Green Cockatoo poster
The Green Cockatoo
1937
Bachelor Brides poster
Bachelor Brides
1926
A Guy Could Change poster
A Guy Could Change
1946
The One-Man Trail poster
The One-Man Trail
1921
Scotland Yard poster
Scotland Yard
1930
Trooper O'Neill poster
Trooper O'Neill
1922
The River Pirate poster
The River Pirate
1928
The Cat and the Fiddle poster
The Cat and the Fiddle
1934
Danger Ahead poster
Danger Ahead
1923
The Border Legion poster
The Border Legion
1924
The First Year poster
The First Year
1932
Good Intentions poster
Good Intentions
1930
Don't Bet on Women poster
Don't Bet on Women
1931
Let's Go poster
Let's Go
1923
When the Lights Go On Again poster
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
The Light of Western Stars poster
The Light of Western Stars
1925
Volcano poster
Volcano
1926
The Main Event poster
The Main Event
1927