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William Nigh

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Nigh (October 12, 1881 – November 27, 1955) was an American film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye". He was born in Berlin, Wisconsin. His film career began with acting in 17 films in 1913 and 1914; he also directed one of these, Salomy Jane. He acted in 8 more films in the 1910s and two more in the 1920s, but directed a total of 119 films, the last in 1948. His film-writing credits numbered 18, mostly concentrated early in his career. His films included Mr. Wise Guy, Thunder, Black Dragons, Corregidor, Mr. Wong, Detective, The Mystery of Mr. Wong, Mr. Wong in Chinatown, Lady from Chungking, The Fatal Hour, The Ape, Doomed to Die, Lord Byron of Broadway, and Casey of the Coast Guard. He died in Burbank, California at the age of 74. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Nigh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Oct 12, 1881 In Berlin, Wisconsin, USA
Movie/TV Credits:
10
First Appeared:
In the movie The Waiters' Picnic 1913-06-16
Latest Project:
Movie The Soul of Man 1921-06-01
Known For
Poster of My Four Years in Germany
Poster of Salomy Jane
Poster of The Star Boarder
Poster of The Waiters' Picnic
Filmography
Movie The Soul of Man David Fortune 1921-06-01
Movie Democracy: The Vision Restored David Fortune 1920-08-24
Movie Beware! German Officer 1919-06-01
Movie My Four Years in Germany Socialist 1918-03-10
Movie The Rainbow Trail Shad 1918-10-27
Movie Her Debt of Honor Olin Varcoe 1916-01-26
Movie Notorious Gallagher; or, His Great Triumph Buttsy Gallagher 1916-05-22
Movie The Star Boarder Boarder (uncredited) 1914-04-04
Movie Salomy Jane Rufe Waters 1914-11-02
Movie The Waiters' Picnic The Head Waiter 1913-06-16