Biography

W. Lee Wilder was born on August 22, 1904 in Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Sucha Beskidzka, Malopolskie, Poland]. W. Lee was a director and producer, known for Once a Thief (1950), The Big Bluff (1955) and Killers from Space (1954). W. Lee died on February 14, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Long estranged from his younger, famous brother Billy Wilder, who jokingly dismissed him as "a dull son of a bitch".

Had been a NY-based maker of purses, Wm. Wilder Co., Inc. Original Handbags, before heading to Hollywood in 1945 to produce movies.

Brother of director Billy Wilder, father of Myles Wilder.