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William A. Wellman

William A. Wellman

Actor · Director · Writer

William A. Wellman. Director: Ein Stern geht auf. William Wellman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter-director of the original Ein Stern geht auf (1937), was called "Wild Bill" during his World War I service as an aviator, a nickname that persisted in Hollywood due to his larger-than-life personality and lifestyle. A leap-year baby born in 1896 on the 29th of February in Brookline, MA, Wellman was the great-great-great grandson of Francis Lewis, one of...

William A. Wellman. Director: Ein Stern geht auf. William Wellman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter-director of the original Ein Stern geht auf (1937), was called "Wild Bill" during his World War I service as an aviator, a nickname that persisted in Hollywood due to his larger-than-life personality and lifestyle. A leap-year baby born in 1896 on the 29th of February in Brookline, MA, Wellman was the great-great-great grandson of Francis Lewis, one of...

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