
Acting
Community Rating
5.2
TMDB estimate
Born
January 6, 1911
Died
January 20, 1949 (age 38)
Born in
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.

Air Hostess
as Fred MacCoy
1949

Impact
as Prosecutor
1949

Daughter of the Jungle
as Carl Easton
1949

Rose of the Yukon
as Tom Clark
1949

King of the Gamblers
as Dave Fowler
1948

Gas House Kids Go West
as Jim Kingsley
1947

Philo Vance Returns
as Philo Vance
1947
Doctor Jim
as Doctor Sylvester
1947

Down Missouri Way
as Mike Burton
1946

Lover Come Back
as Jimmy Hennessey
1946

The Mask of Diijon
as Tony Holiday
1946
Eve Knew Her Apples
as Ward Williams
1945

Escape in the Fog
as Barry Malcolm
1945

Eadie Was a Lady
as Tommy Foley
1945

Dancing in Manhattan
as Steve Crawford
1944

One Mysterious Night
as Paul Martens
1944

Saddles and Sagebrush
as Krag Savin
1943

Murder in Times Square
as Detective Lieutenant Tabor
1943

Reveille with Beverly
as Barry Lang
1943

A Night to Remember
as Scott Carstairs
1942