Wendell Willkie(1892-1944)

Wendell Willkie was born on 18 February 1892 in Elwood, Indiana, USA. He was married to Edith Willkie. He died on 8 October 1944 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

World Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Buddy Baer

Self - Guest

1942

Manchester Took It, Too

Short

Self

1940

Information Please: Series 2, No. 5

Short

Self - Guest Expert

1940

Information Please: Series 1, No. 12

Short

Self - Guest Expert

1940

Credits

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Self

World Heavyweight Championship: Joe Louis vs. Buddy Baer
- Self - Guest
- 1942
The March of Time, Vol. 7, No. 13: Peace - by Adolph Hitler
Short
- Self
- 1941
Manchester Took It, Too
Short
- Self
- 1940
Information Please: Series 2, No. 5
Short
- Self - Guest Expert
- 1940
Information Please: Series 1, No. 12
Short
- Self - Guest Expert
- 1940

Archive Footage

The U.S. and the Holocaust
8.7
TV Mini Series
- Self - Republican Presidential Nominee 1940 (archive footage)
- 2022
Trenches
4.0
Short
- Self (archive footage)
- 2022
The Roosevelts: An Intimate History
8.8
TV Mini Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 2014
FDR: A Presidency Revealed
8.8
TV Movie
- Self (archive footage)
- 2005
The Blitz on the Midlands
6.8
Video
- Self - U.S. Statesman (archive footage)
- 2001
Biography
7.7
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 1994
Brother Can You Spare a Dime
7.0
- Self (archive footage)
- 1975
The World at War
9.2
TV Series
- Self - Presidential Nominee 1940 (archive footage, uncredited)
- 1973
Men of Our Time
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 1963–1964
Biography
8.1
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 1961
The Twentieth Century
8.0
TV Series
- Self (archive footage)
- 1961
War Comes to America
6.8
- Self (archive footage)
- 1945
The Autobiography of a 'Jeep'
6.3
Short
- Self - Talking to a Soldier in a Jeep (archive footage)
- 1943
Why We Fight
7.0
- Self (archive footage, unconfirmed, uncredited)
- 1942

Personal details

Height
- 6′ 2½″ (1.89 m)
Born
- February 18, 1892
- Elwood, Indiana, USA
Died
- October 8, 1944
- New York City, New York, USA(complications from heart attack)
Spouse
- Edith WillkieJanuary 14, 1918 - October 8, 1944 (his death, 1 child)
Other works
Book (ed., w/Norman Foerster et al.): "The Humanities After the War".
Publicity listings

Did you know

Trivia
As the Republican nominee for president in 1940, he ran on a platform that vigorously opposed Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal policies, especially the creation of the Tennessee Valley Authority.