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William Clemens(1905-1980)

  • Director
  • Editor
  • Producer
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William Clemens was born on 10 September 1905 in Saginaw, Michigan, USA. He was a director and editor, known for Missing Witnesses (1937), Talent Scout (1937) and The Night of January 16th (1941). He died on 29 April 1980 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
BornSeptember 10, 1905
DiedApril 29, 1980(74)
BornSeptember 10, 1905
DiedApril 29, 1980(74)
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Known for

Virginia Dale, John Litel, and Dick Purcell in Missing Witnesses (1937)
Missing Witnesses
5.5
  • Director
  • 1937
Fred Lawrence, Jeanne Madden, and Donald Woods in Talent Scout (1937)
Talent Scout
5.2
  • Director
  • 1937
Ellen Drew, Robert Preston, and Alice White in The Night of January 16th (1941)
The Night of January 16th
6.2
  • Director
  • 1941
Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields, and John Payne in King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
King of the Lumberjacks
5.5
  • Director
  • 1940

Credits

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Director

  • Richard Dix, Bernadene Hayes, John Kellogg, and Karen Morley in The Thirteenth Hour (1947)
    The Thirteenth Hour
    6.3
    • Director
    • 1947
  • Musical Shipmates (1946)
    Musical Shipmates
    Short
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Jane Wyman in Crime by Night (1944)
    Crime by Night
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Tom Conway, Joan Barclay, Carole Gallagher, and Barbara Hale in The Falcon Out West (1944)
    The Falcon Out West
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1944
  • Tom Conway and Jean Brooks in The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
    The Falcon and the Co-eds
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Tom Conway, Jean Brooks, and Elaine Shepard in The Falcon in Danger (1943)
    The Falcon in Danger
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Eddie Albert and Anne Shirley in Lady Bodyguard (1943)
    Lady Bodyguard
    6.0
    • Director
    • 1943
  • Albert Dekker, Preston Foster, and Patricia Morison in Night in New Orleans (1942)
    Night in New Orleans
    5.9
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Eddie Bracken and June Preisser in Sweater Girl (1942)
    Sweater Girl
    6.7
    • Director
    • 1942
  • Tomorrow Always Comes (1941)
    Tomorrow Always Comes
    Short
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Ellen Drew, Robert Preston, and Alice White in The Night of January 16th (1941)
    The Night of January 16th
    6.2
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Anthony Quinn, Arthur Kennedy, and Jack Mower in Knockout (1941)
    Knockout
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1941
  • Eve Arden and Roger Pryor in She Couldn't Say No (1940)
    She Couldn't Say No
    6.4
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields, and John Payne in King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
    King of the Lumberjacks
    5.5
    • Director
    • 1940
  • Sheila Bromley, Edward Brophy, Jimmy Conlin, Donald Douglas, Ralph Forbes, Henry O'Neill, James Stephenson, and Margot Stevenson in Calling Philo Vance (1939)
    Calling Philo Vance
    5.8
    • Director
    • 1939

Editor

  • Mary Astor and Ricardo Cortez in The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
    The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
    5.7
    • Editor
    • 1936
  • Kay Francis, Ian Hunter, Sybil Jason, and Paul Lukas in I Found Stella Parish (1935)
    I Found Stella Parish
    6.7
    • Editor
    • 1935
  • Pat O'Brien, Marion Davies, and Dick Powell in Page Miss Glory (1935)
    Page Miss Glory
    6.7
    • Editor
    • 1935
  • Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)
    Oil for the Lamps of China
    6.4
    • Editor
    • 1935
  • James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, and Margaret Lindsay in Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
    Devil Dogs of the Air
    5.9
    • Editor
    • 1935
  • Josephine Hutchinson and Dick Powell in Happiness Ahead (1934)
    Happiness Ahead
    6.6
    • Editor
    • 1934
  • Joan Blondell, Hugh Herbert, Robert Armstrong, Hobart Cavanaugh, Glenda Farrell, William Keighley, Osgood Perkins, and Gordon Westcott in Kansas City Princess (1934)
    Kansas City Princess
    6.1
    • Editor
    • 1934
  • Kay Francis in Dr. Monica (1934)
    Dr. Monica
    6.1
    • Editor
    • 1934
  • Ruth Chatterton, Claire Dodd, and Adolphe Menjou in Journal of a Crime (1934)
    Journal of a Crime
    6.1
    • Editor
    • 1934
  • Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton, Patricia Ellis, Guy Kibbee, Adolphe Menjou, and Genevieve Tobin in Easy to Love (1934)
    Easy to Love
    6.6
    • Editor
    • 1934
  • Hugh Herbert, Robert Barrat, George Brent, Dorothy Burgess, William Dieterle, Margaret Lindsay, Henry O'Neill, and Eugene Pallette in From Headquarters (1933)
    From Headquarters
    6.4
    • Editor
    • 1933
  • John Wayne and Ruth Hall in The Man from Monterey (1933)
    The Man from Monterey
    5.3
    • Editor (as Wm. Clemens)
    • 1933
  • John Wayne and Shirley Palmer in Somewhere in Sonora (1933)
    Somewhere in Sonora
    5.4
    • Editor (as Wm. Clemens)
    • 1933
  • John Wayne in The Telegraph Trail (1933)
    The Telegraph Trail
    5.7
    • Editor (as Wm. Clemens)
    • 1933
  • John Wayne and Sheila Terry in Haunted Gold (1932)
    Haunted Gold
    5.4
    • film editor (as Wm. Clemens)
    • 1932

Producer

  • Gloria Dickson, Stanley Fields, and John Payne in King of the Lumberjacks (1940)
    King of the Lumberjacks
    5.5
    • producer (uncredited)
    • 1940

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Wm. Clemens
  • Born
    • September 10, 1905
    • Saginaw, Michigan, USA
  • Died
    • April 29, 1980
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA(undisclosed)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    American director of second features. A former editor, he was signed to a five-year contract at Warner Brothers in 1936, during which he handled several of the Nancy Drew mysteries. After 1941 he worked at Paramount and RKO, for the latter notably on four installments of "The Falcon"' series starring Tom Conway.

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