William A. Wellman

Mini-Biography:
William A. Wellman was born under the given name William Augustus Wellman on Februar 29, 1896 in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA. He was an American Regisseur, Autor, Produzent, known for Across the wide Missouri (1951), Buffalo Bill (1943), Westward the Women (1951), William A. Wellman's first movie on record is from 1919. He was married to Helene Chadwick (1918-1923), Margery Chapin (1925-1926), Marjorie Crawford (1931-1933), Dorothy Coonan (1934-1975). William A. Wellman died on Dezember 9, 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1976.
Biographical Notes in German: Studium an der Newton High School 1908-1915, 1915 als Freiwilliger zur FranzÃ¶sischen Armee, damm im Dezember 1916 zur Fremdenlegion. Als im Juni 1917 die USA in den Krieg eintreten, kommt Wellman zur Fliegertruppe und zur "Escadrille Lafayette". 1918 wird er abgeschossen und schliesslich mit Auszeichnungen entlassen.
ZurÃ¼ck in den USA trifft er auf Douglas Fairbanks und wird zuerst Schauspieler, bis er sich entscheidet, Regisseur zu werden. Nachdem er bei Goldwyn in verschiedenen Funktionen arbeitete, dreht Wellman schliesslich seine ersten Filme bei Fox.
Zu den exemplarischen Filmen von Wellman zÃ¤hlen der frÃ¼he Fliegerfilm "Wings", die Western "Across the wide Missouri", "The Ox-Bow Incident" und "Yellow Sky" sowie der Kriegfilm "The Story of G.I.Joe".

William A. Wellman Filmography [Auszug]
1976: [12.17] A Star Is Born (Story ), Directed by Frank Pierson, with , Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey,
1958: [/ /1] Darby's Rangers (Von Panzern Ã¼berrollt) (Regisseur), with Corey Allen, Edward Ashley, Raymond Bailey,
1958: [] Lafayette Escadrille (Regisseur), with Raymond Bailey, Etchika Choureau, Marcel Dalio,
1956: [] Goodbye my Lady (Regisseur), with Louise Beavers, Walter Brennan, Brandon de Wilde,
1955: [] Blood alley (Der gelbe Strom) (Regisseur), with John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Paul Fix,
1954: [11.27] Track of the Cat (Spur in den Bergen, Die Spur der Katze) (Regisseur), with Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Diana Lynn,
1954: [10.16] A star is born (Ein neuer Stern am Himmel) (Nach einer Vorlage von), Directed by George Cukor, with Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson,
1954: [/ /1] The High and the Mighty (Es wird immer wieder Tag) (Regisseur), with Doe Avedon, Julie Bishop, Sidney Blackmer,
1954: [] Track of a Cat (Regisseur),
1953: [/ /1] Island in the Sky (Das letzte Signal) (Regisseur), with Guy Anderson, James Arness, Hal Baylor,
1952: [/ /1] It's a big country (Regisseur), Directed by Clarence Brown, Don Hartman, with Leon Ames, Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle,
1952: [/ /1] My man and I (Regisseur), with Robert Burton, George Chandler, Carlos Conde,
1951: [01.11] Westward the Women (Karawane der Frauen) (Regisseur), with Julie Bishop, Denise Darcel, Beverly Dennis,
1951: [10/26] Across the wide Missouri (Colorado) (Regisseur), with Richard Anderson, George Chandler, Frankie Darro,
1950: [/ /1] The Happy Years (Wilde Jahre in Lawrenceville) (Regisseur), with Leon Ames, Claudia Barret, Scotty Beckett,
1950: [/ /1] The Next Voice You Hear... (Regisseur), with Lillian Bronson, Jeff Corey, Tom d'Andrea,
1949: [/ /1] Battleground (Kesselschlacht) (Regisseur), with Leon Ames, Guy Anderson, Jim Arness,
1948: [01.14] Yellow Sky (Herrin der toten Stadt, Nevada) (Regisseur), with Gregory Peck, Anne Baxter, Richard Widmark,
1947: [/ /1] The Magic Town (Die Modellstadt) (Regisseur), with E.J. Ballantine, Ann Doran, Frank Fenton,
1946: [/ /1] Gallant Journey (Regisseur), with Fernando Alvarado, Conrad Binyon, Janet Blair,
1946: [/ /1] The Iron Curtain (Der Eiserne Vorhang) (Regisseur), with Dana Andrews, Leslies Barrie, Edna Best,
1945: [/ /1] This Man's Navy (Regisseur), with Wallace Beery, Steve Brodie, Paul Cavanaugh,
1945: [/ /1] Story of G.I. Joe (Schlachtgewitter am Monte Cassino) (Regisseur), with Gene Garrick, Yolanda Lacca, Billy Murphy,
1944: [/ /1] Air Ship Squadron No. 4 (Regisseur: documentary),
1943: [/ /1] Buffalo Bill (Buffalo Bill, der weisse Indianer) (Regisseur), with Evelyn Beresford, Sidney Blackmer, Matt Briggs,
1943: [05.01] Lady of Burlesque (Regisseur), with Barbara Stanwyck, Michael O'Shea, J. Edward Bromberg,
1942: [] The Ox-Bow Incident (Der Ritt zum Ox-bow, Zwischenfall am Ox-Bow) (Regisseur), with Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Matt Bridges,
1942: [/ /1] Thunder Birds (Regisseur), with Iris Adrian, George Barbier, Nana Bryant,
1941: [/ /1] The Great Man's Lady (Regisseur), with George Chandler, Lloyd Corrigan, William Davidson,
1941: [/ /1] Roxie Hart (Regisseur), with Iris Adrian, Sara Allgood, Morris Ankrum,
1940: [/ /1] Reaching for the Sun (Auf Fischfang in der Grosstadt) (Regisseur), with Joel McCrea, Ellen Drew, Eddie Bracken,
1939: [/ /1] Beau Geste (Drei FremdenlegionÃ¤re) (Regisseur), with Stanley Andrews, Arthur Aylesworth, Henry Brandin,
1939: [] The Light That Failed (Regisseur), with Muriel Angelus, Ferike Borros, Ronald Colman,
1938: [07.16] Men with wings (Regisseur), with Donald O'Connor, Joan Leslie, Walter Abel,
1937: [] Nothing Sacred (Denen ist nichts heilig, Nichts ist ihnen heilig) (Regisseur), with Carole Lombard, Fredric March, Charles Winniger,
1937: [04.20] A Star is born (Ein Stern ist geboren, Ein Stern geht auf) (Regisseur), with Janet Gaynor, Fredric March, Adolphe Menjou,
1936: [/ /1] The Robin Hood of El Dorado (Gier nach Gold) (Regisseur), with Warner Baxter, Bruce Cabot, Carlos de Woldaz,
1936: [] Tarzan escapes (Tarzans Rache) (Regisseur: /xx/), Directed by Richard Thorpe, John Farrow, with , Maureen O'Sullivan, ,
1936: [04.10] The small town girl (KleinstadtmÃ¤del) (Regisseur), Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with Janet Gaynor, Robert Taylor, Binnie Barnes,
1935: [/ /1] The call of the wild (Goldfieber in Alaska) (Regisseur), with Herman Bing, Tyler Brooks, James Burke,
1935: [] Exclusive Story (Der letzte Gangster) (Drehbuch), Directed by Edward Ludwig, with James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson, J. Carrol Naish,
1934: [/ /1] Heroes for sale (Regisseur), with Robert Barrat, Richard Barthelmess, Ward Bond,
1934: [] Looking for Trouble (Regisseur), with Franklyn Ardell, Morgan Conway, Constance Cummings,
1934: [/ /1] Stingaree (Regisseur), with George Barraud, Mary Boland, Andy Devine,
1934: [/ /1] The President vanishes (Regisseur), with Edwin Arnold, Janet Beecher, Sidney Blackmer,
1934: [] Viva Villa ! (Schrei der Gehetzten) (Regisseur: (/xx/)), Directed by Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, with Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Ã‰mile Chautard,
1933: [/ /1] Frisco Jenny (Regisseur), with Louis Calhern, Ruth Chatterton, Donald Cook,
1933: [/ /1] Central Airport (Der Weg ins Ungewisse) (Regisseur), with Richard Barthelmess, Tom Brown, Sally Eilers,
1933: [] Midnight Mary (Regisseur), with Loretta Young, Ricardo Cortez, Franchot Tone,
1933: [/ /1] Lilly Turner (Regisseur), with Robert Barrat, George Brent, Mae Busch,
1933: [/ /1] College Coach (Regisseur), with Herman Bing, Arthur Byron, Ann Dvorak,
1933: [/ /1] Wild boys of the road (Kinder auf den Strassen) (Regisseur), with Robert Barrat, Ward Bond, Frankie Darro,
1932: [07.23] The Purchase Price (Einsame Herzen) (Regisseur), with Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Lyle Talbot,
1932: [/ /1] Hatchet Man (Der RÃ¤cher des Tong) (Regisseur), with Edmund Breese, Duddley Digges, Leslie Fenton,
1932: [] Love is a Racket (Regisseur), with William Burress, Cecil Cunningham, Frances Dee,
1932: [] The Conquerors (Regisseur), with Edna May Oliver, Wally Albright, Donald Cook,
1932: [04.30] So big! (Regisseur), with Hardie Albright, Lionel Belmore, Harry Beresford,
1931: [08.08] Night Nurse (Regisseur), with Barbara Stanwyck, Ben Lyon, Joan Blondell,
1931: [] Public Enemy (Der Staatsfeind, Der Ã¶ffentliche Feind) (Regisseur), with Robert Emmett O'Connor, James Cagney, Jean Harlow,
1931: [] Star Witness (Regisseur), with Sally Blane, Guy d'Ennery, Edgar Deering,
1931: [] Safe in Hell (Regisseur), with Dorothy Mackaill, Donald Cook, Ralph Harolde,
1930: [/ /1] Dangerous Paradise (Regisseur), with Richard Arlen, Nancy Carroll, Willie Fung,
1930: [] Young Eagles (Regisseur), with Virginia Bruce, Jean Arthur, Stanley Blystone,
1930: [/ /1] May be it's love (Regisseur), with Joan Bennett, Geo Bickel, Joe E. Brown,
1930: [/ /1] Other men's women (Die Frau meines Freundes) (Regisseur), with Mary Astor, Joan Blondell, James Cagney,
1929: [] Chinatown Nights (Weisse Asiaten) (Regisseur), with Wallace Beery, Tetsu Komai, Frank McHugh,
1929: [/ /1] The man I love (Regisseur), with Richard Arlen, Olga Baclanova, Mary Brian,
1929: [/ /1] Woman Trap (Regisseur), with Evelyn Brent, William Davidson, Effie Ellsler,
1928: [/ /1] Ladies of the Mob (Steckbrieflich verfolgt!) (Regisseur), with Mary Alden, Richard Arlen, Clara Bow,
1928: [] Beggars of Life (Bettler des Lebens) (Regisseur), with Richard Arlen, Wallace Beery, Louise Brooks,
1928: [03.10] The Legion of the Condemned (Die Todeslegion) (Regisseur), with Gary Cooper, Fay Wray, Barry Norton,
1927: [08.12] Wings (Regisseur), with Clara Bow, Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Richard Arlen,
1926: [09.20] You never know women (Regisseur), with Florence Vidor, Lowell Sherman, Clive Brook,
1926: [/ /1] The Boob (Der TÃ¶lpel) (Regisseur), with George K. Arthur, Edythe Chapman, Joan Crawford,
1926: [/ /1] The Cat's Pajamas (Regisseur), with Betty Bronson, Ricardo Cortez, Arlette Marchal,
1925: [/ /1] When Husbands flirt (Regisseur),
1924: [/ /1] Not a drum was heard (Regisseur),
1924: [05.11] The Circus Cow-Boy (Regisseur), with Buck Jones, Marguerite Clayton, Marian Nixon,
1924: [03.09] The Vagabond Trail (Regisseur), with Buck Jones, Marian Nixon, Charles Coleman,
1923: [12.16] Cupid's Fireman (Regisseur),
1923: [/ /1] The Man who won (Regisseur),
1923: [/ /1] Second Love (Regisseur),
1923: [/ /1] Big Dan (Regisseur), with Lydia Yeamans Titus,
1922: [/ /1] Dust in Fonham (Regisseur),
1919: [08.19] Evangeline (Darsteller: British lieutenant ), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Miriam Cooper, Alan Roscoe, Spottiswoode Aitken,
1919: [/ /1] A Knicker-bocker Buckaroo (Darsteller: Henry), Directed by Albert Parker, with Ernest Butterworth, Frank Campeau, Edythe Chapman,
1919: [05.19] The Unwritten Code (Regieassistent), Directed by Bernard J. Durning, with Shirley Mason, Ormi Hawley, Matt Moore,