Biography: life and films
William A. Wellman was an American film director and screenwriter whose birth name was William Augustus Wellman. He was born in Brookline, Mass., U.S. on 29th February 1896 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 9th December 1975, aged 79.His best films as a film director include Beggars of Life (1928), The Public Enemy (1931), Female (1933), Wild Boys of the Road (1933) and Westward the Women (1951), and whose best work as a screenwriter include Nothing Sacred (1937), Edward Ludwig's crime-thriller The Last Gangster (1937) and George Cukor's A Star Is Born (1954).
William A. Wellman directed 83 films, scripted 9 films and appeared in 3 films.
His most frequent genres include: drama (54 films), romance (20), Western (17), comedy-romance (12), comedy (11), comedy-drama (9), War (8), Biography (6), history (4), Thriller (3) and crime-thriller (2).
Our average rating for William A. Wellman over all films is: 3.0
Filmography
Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor
Evangeline (1919) [a]
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo (1919) [a]
The Twins of Suffering Creek (1920) [d]
Big Dan (1923) [d]
Cupid's Fireman (1923) [d]
Second Hand Love (1923) [d]
The Man Who Won (1923) [d]
Not a Drum Was Heard (1924) [d]
The Circus Cowboy (1924) [d]
The Vagabond Trail (1924) [d]
When Husbands Flirt (1925) [d]
The Boob (1926) [d]
The Cat's Pajamas (1926) [d]
You Never Know Women (1926) [d]
Wings (1927) [d]
Beggars of Life (1928) [d]
Ladies of the Mob (1928) [d]
The Legion of the Condemned (1928) [d]
Chinatown Nights (1929) [d]
The Man I Love (1929) [d]
Woman Trap (1929) [d]
Dangerous Paradise (1930) [d]
Maybe It's Love (1930) [d]
Young Eagles (1930) [d]
Night Nurse (1931) [d]
Other Men's Women (1931) [d]
The Star Witness (1931) [a,d]
Love Is a Racket (1932) [d]
So Big! (1932) [d]
The Conquerors (1932) [d]
The Hatchet Man (1932) [d]
The Purchase Price (1932) [d]
Central Airport (1933) [d]
College Coach (1933) [d]
Female (1933) [d]
Heroes for Sale (1933) [d]
Midnight Mary (1933) [d]
Wild Boys of the Road (1933) [d]
Looking for Trouble (1934) [d]
Stingaree (1934) [d]
The President Vanishes (1934) [d]
Viva Villa! (1934) [d]
The Call of the Wild (1935) [d]
Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936) [d,w]
Small Town Girl (1936) [d]
Tarzan Escapes (1936) [d]
A Star Is Born (1937) [d,w]
Nothing Sacred (1937) [d,w]
The Last Gangster (1937) [w]
Men with Wings (1938) [d]
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938) [d]
Beau Geste (1939) [d]
The Light That Failed (1939) [d]
Reaching for the Sun (1941) [d]
Roxie Hart (1942) [d]
The Great Man's Lady (1942) [d]
Thunder Birds (Soldiers of the Air) (1942) [d]
Lady of Burlesque (1943) [d]
The Ox-Bow Incident (1943) [d]
Buffalo Bill (1944) [d]
Story of G.I. Joe (1945) [d]
This Man's Navy (1945) [d]
Gallant Journey (1946) [d,w]
The Iron Curtain (1948) [d]
Yellow Sky (1948) [d]
Battleground (1949) [d]
The Happy Years (1950) [d]
The Next Voice You Hear... (1950) [d]
Across the Wide Missouri (1951) [d]
It's a Big Country (1951) [d]
Westward the Women (1951) [d]
My Man and I (1952) [d]
Island in the Sky (1953) [d]
Ring of Fear (1954) [d]
The High and the Mighty (1954) [d]
Track of the Cat (1954) [d]
Blood Alley (1955) [d]
Good-bye, My Lady (1956) [d]
Darby's Rangers (1958) [d]
Lafayette Escadrille (1958) [d,w]
A Star Is Born (1976) [w]
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