William Wright

William Wright

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.

  • Title: William Wright
  • Popularity: 1.56
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1911-01-06
  • Place of Birth: Ogden, Utah, USA
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William Wright Movies

  • 1945
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    Escape in the Fog

    Escape in the Fog

    5.206 1945 HD

    A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a...

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  • 1949
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    Impact

    Impact

    6.1 1949 HD

    After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.

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  • 1946
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    The Mask of Diijon

    The Mask of Diijon

    4.9 1946 HD

    A stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.

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  • 1942
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    Not a Ladies' Man

    Not a Ladies' Man

    6 1942 HD

    A recently divorced district attorney falls for his troubled son's schoolteacher.

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  • 1944
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    One Mysterious Night

    One Mysterious Night

    5.9 1944 HD

    After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit former thief Boston Blackie to find the stone....

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    A Night to Remember

    A Night to Remember

    6.3 1942 HD

    A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to...

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    Reveille with Beverly

    Reveille with Beverly

    7 1943 HD

    Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a...

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    Murder in Times Square

    Murder in Times Square

    4.6 1943 HD

    An actor becomes a suspect in the murders of four New Yorkers injected with rattlesnake venom.

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  • 1947
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    Philo Vance Returns

    Philo Vance Returns

    5 1947 HD

    Playboy Larry Blendon introduces his grandmother Stella Blendon to his fiancée, radio singer Virginia Berneaux. Despite Larry's record of...

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  • 1942
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    Night in New Orleans

    Night in New Orleans

    4 1942 HD

    A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.

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    Devil Pays Off

    Devil Pays Off

    3.3 1941 HD

    A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.

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  • 1945
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    Eve Knew Her Apples

    Eve Knew Her Apples

    5.2 1945 HD

    Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She...

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  • 1949
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    Rose of the Yukon

    Rose of the Yukon

    1 1949 HD

    Major Geoffrey Barnett, U. S. Army Intelligence Service, is sent to Alaska, to apprehend a deserter, Tom Clark, who was presumed to be dead as a...

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    Daughter of the Jungle

    Daughter of the Jungle

    4.3 1949 HD

    An airplane carrying a pair of police officers escorting gangsters to prison crash-lands in the African jungle. They are rescued from an attack by...

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  • 1942
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    The Daring Young Man

    The Daring Young Man

    4.3 1942 HD

    Jonathan Peckinpaw feels he's failed in his patriotic duty when he's rejected by the army, but he sees a chance to redeem himself by exposing a...

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  • 1946
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    Down Missouri Way

    Down Missouri Way

    1 1946 HD

    When an agricultural professor returns home to the farm with her scientifically-raised mule for a needed rest, they find themselves caught up in a...

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    Parachute Nurse

    Parachute Nurse

    5 1942 HD

    Nurses parachuting.

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  • 1944
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    Dancing in Manhattan

    Dancing in Manhattan

    6 1944 HD

    In this comedy, a garbage truck driver stumbles across $5,000. He decides to use the money for a wild night on the town. He and his girlfriend do not...

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  • 1947
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    Gas House Kids Go West

    Gas House Kids Go West

    6 1947 HD

    The second of three "Bowery Boys" rip-offs produced by bargain-basement Producers Releasing Corporation.

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  • 1942
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    Lucky Legs

    Lucky Legs

    1 1942 HD

    Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the...

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  • 1943
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    Saddles and Sagebrush

    Saddles and Sagebrush

    4.3 1943 HD

    Krag Sabine has aroused the wrath of all the ranchers by stealing their land with the aid of his henchmen, led by Ace Barco; when Lafe Martin...

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  • 1945
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    Eadie Was a Lady

    Eadie Was a Lady

    4 1945 HD

    In this amiable Columbia B musical, society girl Ann Miller escapes her Back Bay family by performing in the chorus line in a burlesque house. But...

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  • 1942
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    True to the Army

    True to the Army

    1 1942 HD

    A wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.

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  • 1949
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    Air Hostess

    Air Hostess

    4.7 1949 HD

    The Hansen School for Air Hostesses, operated by Celia Hansen, welcomes a new group of students; a librarian named Ruth Jackson; Lorraine Carter, a...

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  • 1947
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    Doctor Jim

    Doctor Jim

    1 1947 HD

    Dr. Jim Gateson, a country doctor who has counselled and ministered to his community for 30 years, is being honored with a surprise testimonial...

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  • 1936
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    China Clipper

    China Clipper

    5.6 1936 HD

    An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

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  • 1941
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    World Premiere

    World Premiere

    5 1941 HD

    A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity for his latest project. He decides to have three...

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  • 1942
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    A Man's World

    A Man's World

    6 1942 HD

    Somewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, women reveal no past and spies neither receive nor...

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    Fly-By-Night

    Fly-By-Night

    6.4 1942 HD

    Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns out that Jeff's passenger is an inventor has just...

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  • 1942
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    Meet the Stewarts

    Meet the Stewarts

    6 1942 HD

    A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

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  • 1941
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    Glamour Boy

    Glamour Boy

    6 1941 HD

    Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living...

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