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William Wellman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter-director of the original... moreAwards:
Won Oscar. Another 4 wins & 5 nominations moreAlternate Names:
William WellmanFilmography
Jump to filmography as: Director, Producer, Writer, Actor, Second Unit Director or Assistant Director, Self, Archive Footage
Director:
- Lafayette Escadrille (1958)
... aka C'est la guerre (USA)
... aka Hell Bent for Glory (UK)
... aka With You in My Arms (USA: alternative title) - Darby's Rangers (1958)
... aka The Young Invaders (UK)
... aka William A.Wellman's Darby's Rangers (USA: complete title) - Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
... aka Goodbye, My Lady (USA: cable TV title) - Blood Alley (1955)
... aka William A. Wellman's Blood Alley (UK: complete title) (USA: complete title) - Track of the Cat (1954)
... aka William A. Wellman's Track of the Cat (USA: complete title) - Light's Diamond Jubilee (1954) (TV)
- Ring of Fear (1954) (uncredited)
- The High and the Mighty (1954)
- Island in the Sky (1953)
- My Man and I (1952)
- Westward the Women (1951)
- It's a Big Country (1951)
- Across the Wide Missouri (1951)
- The Happy Years (1950)
- The Next Voice You Hear... (1950)
- Battleground (1949)
- Yellow Sky (1948)
- The Iron Curtain (1948)
... aka Behind the Iron Curtain (USA: reissue title) - Magic Town (1947)
- Gallant Journey (1946)
- Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
... aka Ernie Pyle's Story of G.I. Joe (USA: complete title)
... aka G.I. Joe (USA: short title)
... aka War Correspondent - This Man's Navy (1945)
- Buffalo Bill (1944)
- The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
... aka Strange Incident (UK) - Lady of Burlesque (1943)
... aka Striptease Lady (UK)
... aka The G-String Murders - Thunder Birds (1942)
- The Great Man's Lady (1942)
- Roxie Hart (1942)
- Reaching for the Sun (1941)
- The Light That Failed (1939)
- Beau Geste (1939)
- Men with Wings (1938)
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) (some scenes: retakes) (uncredited)
- Nothing Sacred (1937)
- A Star Is Born (1937)
- Tarzan Escapes (1936) (uncredited)
- Small Town Girl (1936)
... aka One Horse Town (USA: TV title) - The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)
- The Call of the Wild (1935) (as William Wellman)
- The President Vanishes (1934)
... aka Strange Conspiracy (UK) - Stingaree (1934) (as William Wellman)
- Viva Villa! (1934) (uncredited)
- Looking for Trouble (1934) (as William Wellman)
- Female (1933) (uncredited) (17 scenes)
- College Coach (1933)
... aka Football Coach (UK) - Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
... aka Dangerous Days (UK) - Midnight Mary (1933) (as William Wellman)
- Heroes for Sale (1933)
- Lilly Turner (1933)
- Central Airport (1933)
- Frisco Jenny (1932)
- The Conquerors (1932)
... aka Pioneer Builders (USA: TV title) - The Purchase Price (1932)
- Love Is a Racket (1932)
... aka Such Things Happen (UK) - So Big! (1932)
- The Hatchet Man (1932)
... aka The Honourable Mr. Wong (UK) - Safe in Hell (1931)
- The Star Witness (1931)
- Night Nurse (1931)
- The Public Enemy (1931)
... aka Enemies of the Public (UK) - Other Men's Women (1931)
... aka The Steel Highway - Maybe It's Love (1930)
... aka Eleven Men and a Girl (USA: TV title) - Young Eagles (1930)
- Dangerous Paradise (1930)
... aka Two Against Death (USA: alternative title) - Woman Trap (1929)
- The Man I Love (1929)
- Chinatown Nights (1929)
... aka Tong War (USA) - Beggars of Life (1928)
- Ladies of the Mob (1928)
- The Legion of the Condemned (1928)
- Wings (1927)
- The Cat's Pajamas (1926)
- You Never Know Women (1926)
- The Boob (1926)
... aka The Yokel (UK) - When Husbands Flirt (1925) (as William Wellman)
- The Circus Cowboy (1924) (as William Wellman)
- The Vagabond Trail (1924)
- Not a Drum Was Heard (1924)
- Cupid's Fireman (1923)
- Big Dan (1923)
- The Man Who Won (1923)
- Second Hand Love (1923) (as William Wellman)
- The Twins of Suffering Creek (1920) (uncredited)
Producer:
- Lafayette Escadrille (1958) (producer)
... aka C'est la guerre (USA)
... aka Hell Bent for Glory (UK)
... aka With You in My Arms (USA: alternative title) - Magic Town (1947) (producer) (uncredited)
- Gallant Journey (1946) (producer)
- The Great Man's Lady (1942) (producer)
- Reaching for the Sun (1941) (producer)
- The Light That Failed (1939) (producer)
- Beau Geste (1939) (producer)
- Men with Wings (1938) (producer)
- Ladies of the Mob (1928) (producer)
- The Legion of the Condemned (1928) (producer)
Writer:
- A Star Is Born (1976) (1937 story)
- Lafayette Escadrille (1958) (story)
... aka C'est la guerre (USA)
... aka Hell Bent for Glory (UK)
... aka With You in My Arms (USA: alternative title) - A Star Is Born (1954) (1937 story)
- Gallant Journey (1946) (written by)
- The Last Gangster (1937) (story)
- A Star Is Born (1937) (story)
- The Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) (screenplay)
Actor:
- Lafayette Escadrille (1958) (uncredited) .... Narrator
... aka C'est la guerre (USA)
... aka Hell Bent for Glory (UK)
... aka With You in My Arms (USA: alternative title) - Frisco Jenny (1932) (uncredited) .... Reporter
- The Star Witness (1931) (uncredited) .... Company Workman
- Wings (1927) (uncredited) .... Doughboy
- Evangeline (1919) .... British lieutenant
- The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919) (as William Wellman) .... Henry
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director:
- China Seas (1935) (second unit director: pirate scenes) (uncredited)
Self:
- "Hollywood" (1980) TV mini-series .... Himself (1973 TV interview)
... aka Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film (USA: video box title) - Gable: The King Remembered (1975) (TV) (as William Wellman) .... Himself
- The Men Who Made the Movies: William A. Wellman (1973) (TV) .... Himself
- "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1972)
- Joel McCrea (1972) TV episode .... Himself - "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (2 episodes, 1954-1960)
- Robert Stack (1960) TV episode .... Himself
- William Wellman (1954) TV episode .... Himself - Challenge the Wilderness (1951) .... Himself
- 1925 Studio Tour (1925) .... Himself - a Director
Archive Footage:
- Cineastes en acció (2005) .... Himself
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1996) .... Himself
Additional Details
Other Works:
Wellman was a fighter pilot in the French Air Force's Lafayette Escadrille, a unit of American pilots, in WW 1. morePublicity Listings:
2 Biographical Movies | 4 Print Biographies | 4 Articles moreSTARmeter: 
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