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William Wellman Jr. (born January 20, 1937) is an American former actor. In a career spanning 65 years, he appeared in about 77 films and television series.
Actor: Image of the Beast. Rangy, sturdy-looking actor William Wellman Jr., was born in Los Angeles on January 20, 1937, one of seven children born to legendary director William A. Wellman and his fourth wife, one-time actress Dorothy Coonan Wellman, who appeared in a few of her husband's pictures.
Decades after Wellman's death, William Jr. wrote two biographies about his father, The Man and His Wings: William A. Wellman and the Making of the First Best Picture (2006) and Wild Bill Wellman—Hollywood Rebel (2015).
Jan 8, 2016 · William Wellman, Jr.: “Directors like my father brought their life experiences to the screen”. Irene Mayer Selznick, daughter of studio mogul Louis B. Mayer and wife of independent Hollywood producer David O. Selznick, once described film director William Wellman (1896-1975) as a ‘shoot-up-the-town fellow, trying to be a great ...
May 8, 2015 · Like Wellman in the ’30s, though without his virtuoso’s timing and inventiveness, Wellman Jr. uses any means at hand — letters, excerpts from the director’s incisive script notes and ...
Well, my father, William Wellman, who directed seventy six films and he directed six films for John Wayne’s production company in the 1950s, several of them starring John Wayne.
Jan 16, 2023 · As a youngster, William Wellman, Jr went on location with his father as often as possible. His father was the director known as “Wild” Bill Wellman because…he was a hell raiser! Director ...
William Wellman Jr. is known as an Actor, Producer, Associate Producer, and Writer. Some of his work includes It's Alive, The Born Losers, Black Caesar, Image of the Beast, Sayonara, How the West Was Won, The Happiest Millionaire, and The Prodigal Planet.
May 20, 2024 · William Wellman, American film director whose more than 80 movies included Hollywood classics of documentary-like realism and who was ranked as an action director alongside Howard Hawks and John Ford.
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Apr 7, 2015 · Now William Wellman, Jr., drawing on his father’s unpublished letters, diaries, and unfinished memoir, gives us the first full portrait of the man—boy, flyer, husband, father, director, artist. Here is a portrait of a profoundly American spirit and visionary, a man’s man who was able to put into cinematic storytelling the most ...
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