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Birthday
January 6, 1911
Day of Death
1949-01-20
(38 years old)
Place of Birth
Ogden, Utah, USA
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.
1949
1947
1946
1945
1944
1943
1942
A Night to Remember
as Scott Carstairs
The Daring Young Man
as Sam Long
Lucky Legs
as 'Pinkie' Connors
A Man's World
as Dan O'Driscoll
Parachute Nurse
as Lt. Woods
Night in New Orleans
as George Wallace
Meet the Stewarts
as Winkie Rogers (uncredited)
Not a Ladies' Man
as John Keen
True to the Army
as Lt. Danvers
Fly By Night
as Intern (Uncredited)
1941
1936
