William Wright
Actor/Actriz
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William Wright (January 5, 1911 – January 19, 1949) was an American leading man in films who was most popular in the 1940s when he was typically compared to Clark Gable, whose career was temporarily derailed by World War II. Wright even played Gable's part in a 1945 musical comedy remake of It Happened One Night entitled Eve Knew Her Apples. He also played Philo Vance in Philo Vance Returns (1947) and the title role in King of the Gamblers (1948). Wright's other films include Eadie Was a Lady (1945), Rose of the Yukon (1949), Daughter of the Jungle (1949), and Impact (1949). Wright died from cancer in 1949 at the age of 38.
As Actor/Actress
Impact
Prosecutor
China Clipper
Pilot
Escape in the Fog
Barry Malcolm
Murder in Times Square
Detective Lieutenant Tabor
The Daring Young Man
Sam Long
Fly By Night
Intern (Uncredited)
One Mysterious Night
Paul Martens
Meet the Stewarts
Winkie Rogers (uncredited)
Parachute Nurse
Lt. Woods
Lover Come Back
Jimmy Hennessey
Down Missouri Way
Mike Burton
A Night to Remember
Scott Carstairs
Air Hostess
Fred MacCoy
Glamour Boy
Hank Landon
Night in New Orleans
George Wallace
Dancing in Manhattan
Steve Crawford
Daughter of the Jungle
Carl Easton
Reveille with Beverly
Barry Lang
Devil Pays Off
Christopher Waring
Eadie Was a Lady
Tommy Foley
A Man's World
Dan O'Driscoll
Rose of the Yukon
Tom Clark
Saddles and Sagebrush
Krag Savin
World Premiere
Luther Shinkley
Philo Vance Returns
Philo Vance
Lucky Legs
'Pinkie' Connors
Gas House Kids Go West
Jim Kingsley
The Mask of Diijon
Tony Holiday
True to the Army
Lt. Danvers
Not a Ladies' Man
John Keen