William K. Howard

Actor · Director · Producer· St. Marys, Ohio, USA

William K. Howard (June 16, 1899 in St. Marys, Ohio - February 21, 1954 in Los Angeles, California) was a film director, writer and producer.

Howard began his work in Hollywood as an assistant director on the 1920 release The Adorable Savage. The following year, he received his first directing credits, for Get Your Man, Play Square and What Love Will Do. He wrote The One-Man Trail that same year.

Some of his better known works as a director are The Thundering Herd, Surrender, Transatlantic, Sherlock Holmes, This Side of Heaven, Fire Over England, When the Lights Go on Again and A Guy Could Change.

Filmography

24 credits across 3 departments.

Year	Title	Role	Type
1944	When the Lights Go On Again	Director	Film
1943	Johnny Come Lately	Director	Film
1942	Klondike Fury	Director	Film
1941	Bullets for O'Hara	Director	Film
1940	Money and the Woman	Director	Film
1939	Back Door to Heaven	Prosecutor (uncredited)	Film
1939	Back Door to Heaven	Director	Film
1937	The Squeaker	Director	Film
1937	Fire Over England	Director	Film
1937	The Green Cockatoo	Producer	Film
1936	The Princess Comes Across	Director	Film
1935	Vanessa: Her Love Story	Director	Film
1935	Rendezvous	Director	Film
1935	Mary Burns, Fugitive	Director	Film
1935	Rendezvous	Producer	Film
1934	Evelyn Prentice	Director	Film
1934	The Cat and the Fiddle	Director	Film
1933	The Power and the Glory	Director	Film
1932	The First Year	Director	Film
1932	Sherlock Holmes	Director	Film
1931	Transatlantic	Director	Film
1929	The Valiant	Director	Film
1929	The Valiant	Producer	Film
1928	A Ship Comes In	Director	Film

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