Biography: life and films
William Wyler was an American film director, producer and actor whose birth name was Willi Wyler. He was born in Mülhausen, Alsace, Germany on 1st July 1902 and died in Los Angeles, California, USA on 27th July 1981, aged 79.His best films as a film director include Dodsworth (1936), Wuthering Heights (1939), The Letter (1940), Roman Holiday (1953) and Ben-Hur (1959), and whose best work as an actor include The Shakedown (1929) and Her First Mate (1933).
William Wyler directed 63 films (including 15 shorts), appeared in 2 films, was cinematographer on 1 film and scripted 1 film.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Howard Hawks (2 films).
His most frequent genres include: drama (30 films), Western (29), romance (13), comedy (7), War (5), comedy-romance (4), Documentary (3), history (2), comedy-drama (2) and Thriller (2).
Our average rating for William Wyler over all films is: 3.2
Filmography
Key: d = director; a = actor; c = cinematographer; w = writer
Lazy Lightning (1926) [d]
The Stolen Ranch (1926) [d]
Blazing Days (1927) [d]
Desert Dust (1927) [d]
Hard Fists (1927) [d]
Shooting Straight (1927) [d]
The Border Cavalier (1927) [d]
Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928) [d]
Thunder Riders (1928) [d]
The Love Trap (1929) [d]
The Shakedown (1929) [a,d]
Hell's Heroes (1930) [d]
The Storm (1930) [d]
A House Divided (1931) [d]
Tom Brown of Culver (1932) [d]
Counsellor at Law (1933) [d]
Her First Mate (1933) [a,d]
Glamour (1934) [d]
The Gay Deception (1935) [d]
The Good Fairy (1935) [d]
Come and Get It (1936) [d]
Dodsworth (1936) [d]
These Three (1936) [d]
Dead End (1937) [d]
Jezebel (1938) [d]
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938) [d]
The Westerner (1940) [d]
The Little Foxes (1941) [d]
Mrs. Miniver (1942) [d]
The Fighting Lady (1944) [d]
The Memphis Belle: A Story of a Flying Fortress (1944) [d,w,c]
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) [d]
Carrie (1952) [d]
The Desperate Hours (1955) [d]
Friendly Persuasion (1956) [d]
The Big Country (1958) [d]
Ben-Hur (1959) [d]
The Children's Hour (1961) [d]
How to Steal a Million (1966) [d]
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970) [d]
The best of British film comedies
The very best period film dramas
The best of Indian cinema
