William A. Wellman Age, Birthday, Biography, Wiki, Movies & More

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William Augustus Wellman was an American film director. Although Wellman began his film career as an actor, he worked on over 80 films, as director, producer and consultant but most often as a director, notable for his work in crime, adventure and action genre films, often focusing on aviation themes, a particular passion. He also directed several well regarded satirical comedies.

Wellman directed the 1927 film Wings, which became the first film to win an Academy Award for Best Picture at the 1st Academy Awards ceremony.

William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman Biography / Wiki

NameWilliam A. Wellman
Also KnowWilliam Augustus Wellman, William Wellman
GenderMale
Known ForDirecting
Place of BirthBrookline, Massachusetts, USA
Date of Birth1896-02-29
Age(as in 2022)79
Deathday1975-12-09

William A. Wellman Acting Movies

Movie NameCharacterRelease DateOverview
The Knickerbocker BuckarooHenry1919-05-25A lost film. Teddy Drake is a pleasure-seeking aristocrat who ends up expelled from his exclusive Fifth Avenue club for playing practical jokes and ot…
Gable: The King RememberedHimself1975-01-01Friends and co-workers recall the life of Hollywood screen star Clark Gable….
EvangelineBritish lieutenant1919-08-19In the Canadian province of Acadia, young Evangeline is betrothed to Gabriel. But before their wedding can take place, the British imprison the men an…
1925 Studio TourHimself1925-04-09A tour of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio in 1925 shows the people who make the movies there, and gives viewers a glimpse at how movies are made….
WingsDoughboy (uncredited)1927-08-12Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces du…
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. StoryHimself (archive footage)2008-05-15Jack L. Warner, Harry Warner, Albert Warner and Sam Warner were siblings who were born in Poland and emigrated to Canada near the turn of the century….
Screen Snapshots (Series 10, No. 8)Self1931-06-01Pola Negri, Bebe Daniels, Mitzi Green, Polly Moran, Mack Sennett and Marjorie Beebe are seen relaxing at Palm Springs, a California winter resort; Bar…
The Star WitnessCompany Workman (uncredited)1931-08-22A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals…
Island in the SkyNarrator (voice) (uncredited)1953-09-05A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane’s pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep h…
Filmmakers in ActionSelf (archive footage)2006-09-15What is the state of cinema and what being a filmmaker means? What are the measures taken to protect authors’ copyright? What is their legal status in…

William A. Wellman Directing Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
The Ox-Bow IncidentDirector1942-12-04Gil Carter and Art Croft ride into a small Nevada town plagued by cattle thieves. Initially suspected of being the rustlers themselves, Carter and Cro…
Yellow SkyDirector1948-12-24In 1867, a gang led by James “Stretch” Dawson robs a bank and flees into the desert. Out of water, the outlaws come upon a ghost town called Yellow Sk…
A Star Is BornDirector1937-04-27Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her ido…
BattlegroundDirector1949-11-09The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops as they ready for the big offensive. Told in a taut narrative, the men o…
Other Men’s WomenDirector1931-01-17The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife….
The Iron CurtainDirector1948-06-16The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to t…
Across the Wide MissouriDirector1951-10-12In the 1830’s beaver trapper Flint Mitchell and other white men hunt and trap in the then unnamed territories of Montana and Idaho. Flint marries a Bl…
Island in the SkyDirector1953-09-05A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, and the plane’s pilot, Captain Dooley, must keep h…
WingsDirector1927-08-12Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces du…
Blood AlleyDirector1955-10-01A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is “shanghaied” into transporting the whole village to Hong Kong on …
Beau GesteDirector1939-07-24Academy Award winners Gary Cooper and Ray Milland star along with Robert Preston in the epic adventure Beau Geste. When three brothers join the Foreig…
Buffalo BillDirector1944-04-02Scout William F. Cody (Joel McCrea) marries a U.S. senator’s daughter (Maureen O’Hara), fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show….
Nothing SacredDirector1937-11-25When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine….
The Next Voice You Hear…Director1950-06-29The Next Voice You Hear… (1950) is a drama film in which a voice claiming to be that of God preempts all radio programs for days all over the world….
Darby’s RangersDirector1958-02-12Stationed in Scotland, Maj. William Darby and the men under his command are trained by British commandos, becoming the U.S. Army’s 1st Ranger Battalio…
Story of G.I. JoeDirector1945-07-13War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to…
The High and the MightyDirector1954-07-03Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-t…
The Public EnemyDirector1931-04-23Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blo…
Heroes for SaleDirector1933-06-17Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his batt…
Lady of BurlesqueDirector1943-05-01After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike a…
Wild Boys of the RoadDirector1933-10-07At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy’s mother has been out of work for months when Eddie’s father loses his job. Eager not to burden their par…
Night NurseDirector1931-07-16Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small chil…
Midnight MaryDirector1933-06-30A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager — a mistaken arrest and prison term f…
Safe in HellDirector1931-12-12To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the …
Frisco JennyDirector1932-12-30Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he…
It’s a Big CountryDirector1951-11-20Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios’ best director…
Magic TownDirector1947-10-07Rip Smith’s opinion-poll business is a failure…until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country….
The Star WitnessDirector1931-08-22A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals…
The Purchase PriceDirector1932-07-23Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationshi…
Roxie HartDirector1942-02-20A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was j…
Beggars of LifeDirector1928-09-22After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, qu…
Track of the CatDirector1954-11-19A family saga: In a stunning mountain valley ranch setting near Aspen, complex and dangerous family dynamics play out against the backdrop of the firs…
Lilly TurnerDirector1933-05-13One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival’s barker and then falling for a young engine…
Love Is a RacketDirector1932-06-18A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who’s beholden to a penthouse gangster….
Robin Hood of El DoradoDirector1936-03-17In the 1840’s Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and…
Westward the WomenDirector1951-12-16There’s a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order b…
The Great Man’s LadyDirector1942-04-15In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is…
This Man’s NavyDirector1945-01-04During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized a…
So Big!Director1932-04-30A farmer’s widow takes on the land and her late husband’s tempestuous son….
Thunder BirdsDirector1942-10-28On a secluded base in Arizona, veteran World War I pilot Steve Britt trains flyers to fight in World War II. One of his trainees, Englishman Peter Sta…
The Man I LoveDirector1929-05-25Wellman’s first all-talkie, scripted by Herman Mankiewicz, with arrogant boxer Richard Arlen romancing Mary Brian, then falling for temptress Olga …
Central AirportDirector1933-04-15Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins….
The Happy YearsDirector1950-07-07Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink “Dink” Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whos…
Small Town GirlDirector1936-04-10Kay is a girl living in a small rural town whose life is just too dull and repetitious to bear. One night, she meets young, handsome, and rich Bob Dak…
Lafayette EscadrilleDirector1958-02-28A hotshot young flyer falls for a French sex worker during World War I….
The Hatchet ManDirector1932-02-06When he’s forced to kill his best friend, a Chinese hit man adopts the man’s daughter….
Call of the WildDirector1935-08-09Jack Thornton has trouble winning enough at cards for the stake he needs to get to the Alaska gold fields. His luck changes when he pays $250 for Buck…
College CoachDirector1933-11-13Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a g…
Looking for TroubleDirector1934-03-28Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes’s girl Ethel’s boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and lef…
Maybe It’s LoveDirector1930-10-04A very young Joan Bennett tops the cast as Nan Sheffield, the daughter of a college president (George Irving). The nominal leading man is Tommy Nelson…
StingareeDirector1934-05-24A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dreams of being a great singer. An upcoming visit by Si…
The BoobDirector1926-05-17To impress the girl he loves, a naive country boy tries to capture a group of local bootleggers….
The Light That FailedDirector1939-12-24A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind….
Woman TrapDirector1929-09-28In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters. The revelation that D…
The Legion of the CondemnedDirector1928-03-10Finding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air Legion. Christine is later revealed to be the spy whom …
Ladies of the MobDirector1928-06-30A dead criminal’s daughter falls in love with a small-time crook and tries to get him to reform before he winds up like her father….
Men with WingsDirector1938-07-16Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. …
The ConquerorsDirector1932-11-18A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire….
Dangerous ParadiseDirector1930-02-13Heyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma. Danger looms……
My Man and IDirector1952-09-05In California, a Mexican-American is falsely accused of killing the farmer he was working for after the racist farmer stiffed his immigrant employee w…
Reaching for the SunDirector1941-05-01Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line….
The Man Who WonDirector1923-08-26Bill is a gambler, whose friend Scipio goes in search of his wife Jessie. Jessie, fed up with her life of poverty, has run off with the wealthy and vi…
You Never Know WomenDirector1926-09-20You Never Know Women is a thrilling romance that constructs a combustible love triangle between a Russian dancer, a handsome escape artist, and a weal…
Young EaglesDirector1930-03-20Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who lives abroad, but their romance is cut short by hi…
Gallant JourneyDirector1946-09-24Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford…
Good-bye, My LadyDirector1956-05-12An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog….
Chinatown NightsDirector1929-03-29Joan Fry, a society woman, falls in love with Chuck Riley, the white-leader of a powerful gang in Chinatown, and he quickly drags her down into the de…
The President VanishesDirector1934-11-17The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman a…
FemaleAssistant Director1933-11-11Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man’s world of business until she meets an independent design engin…
Tarzan EscapesDirector1936-11-06White hunter Captain Fry tries to take Tarzan back to civilization, caged for public display. He arrives in the jungle with Jane’s cousins, Eric and R…
Big DanDirector1923-10-13Dan O’Hara, known as “Big Dan,” returns from the war, and finding that his wife has left him, turns his home into a boys’ camp and begins to train box…
China SeasSecond Unit Director1935-08-09Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That’s not the only ris…
The Cat’s PajamasDirector1926-08-29
The Vagabond TrailDirector1924-03-09Searching for his wayward brother, saddle tramp Donnegan (Buck Jones) gets in trouble with a bully and is thrown off a freight train…
Second Hand LoveDirector1923-08-26Andy Hanks is an itinerant fix-it man who comes to town with his horse and dog as his only pals. He falls in love with Angela Trent, a young woman wit…
Cupid’s FiremanDirector1923-12-16McGee becomes a fireman over the protests of his mother, who doesn’t want to see her son sacrifice his life the way his father did. When she dies, McG…
Not a Drum Was HeardDirector1924-01-27Jack Mills comes to the aid of a friend, Bud Loupel (William Scott), who has robbed a bank to keep up his house payments….
The Circus CowboyDirector1924-05-11After a 2-year absence, Buck Saxon returns home to find his girl, Norma, married to the town’s wealthiest citizen, Ezra Bagley, yet professing to love…

William A. Wellman Production Movies

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
Beau GesteProducer1939-07-24Academy Award winners Gary Cooper and Ray Milland star along with Robert Preston in the epic adventure Beau Geste. When three brothers join the Foreig…
The Great Man’s LadyProducer1942-04-15In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is…
The Legion of the CondemnedProducer1928-03-10Finding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air Legion. Christine is later revealed to be the spy whom …
Ladies of the MobProducer1928-06-30A dead criminal’s daughter falls in love with a small-time crook and tries to get him to reform before he winds up like her father….
Men with WingsProducer1938-07-16Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright take their first airplane flight. …
Magic TownProducer1947-10-07Rip Smith’s opinion-poll business is a failure…until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country….
The Light That FailedProducer1939-12-24A London artist struggles to complete one last painting before going blind….
Lafayette EscadrilleProducer1958-02-28A hotshot young flyer falls for a French sex worker during World War I….

Writing

Movie NameJobRelease DateOverview
A Star Is BornStory1937-04-27Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her ido…
The Last GangsterStory1937-11-12A crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has other plans though, and use the child to try and m…
Robin Hood of El DoradoScreenplay1936-03-17In the 1840’s Mexico has ceded California to the United States, making life nearly impossible for the Mexican population due to the influx of land and…
A Star Is BornStory1976-12-17Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer, Esther Hoffman, after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing…
Gallant JourneyWriter1946-09-24Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford…
A Star Is BornStory2018-10-03Seasoned musician Jackson Maine discovers — and falls in love with — struggling artist Ally. She has just about given up on her dream to make it b…
A Star Is BornStory1954-10-01A movie star helps a young singer/actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral….
Lafayette EscadrilleStory1958-02-28A hotshot young flyer falls for a French sex worker during World War I….

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