Mack V. Wright
Wright (March 9, 1894 – August 14, 1965) was an American actor and film director. Mack V. Wright was active as a director from 1920 to the late 1940s, he also had an extensive career as an assistant director, second-unit director and production manager. His heyday was in the 1930s, when he directed or co-directed serials for Republic Pictures and made westerns for Monogram Pictures, often with John Wayne.
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- Name
- Mack V.
- Born
- 9 March 1894
- Birthplace
- Princeton, Indiana
- Died
- 14 August 1965
- Place of death
- Boulder City, Nevada
- Occupation
- Actor, film director
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
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Wright (March 9, 1894 – August 14, 1965) was an American actor and film director. Mack V. Wright was active as a director from 1920 to the late 1940s, he also had an extensive career as an assistant director, second-unit director and production manager. His heyday was in the 1930s, when he directed or co-directed serials for Republic Pictures and made westerns for Monogram Pictures, often with John Wayne.
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He was also an actor, appearing in his first film in 1914 and his last in 1934, almost all of them westerns.
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• Name — Mack V. Wright • Born — 9 March 1894 • Birthplace — Princeton, Indiana • Died — 14 August 1965 • Place of death — Boulder City, Nevada • Occupation — Actor, film director • Years Active — 1914–1961
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
Director • Wolf Tracks (1920) • Masked (1920) • Thieves' Clothes (1920) • The Broncho Kid (1920) • Red Blood (1926) • The Texas Terror (1926) • Tarzan and the Golden Lion (1927) • Manhattan Cowboy (1928) • South of the Rio Grande (1932) • Haunted Gold (1932) • The Lone Bandit (1935) • The Outlaw Tamer (1935) • Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1935) • The Big Show (1936) • Roarin' Lead (1936) • Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936) • The Singing Cowboy (1936) • The Vigilantes Are Coming (1936) • Heart of the Rockies (1937) • Hit the Saddle (1937) • Range Defenders (1937) • Riders of the Whistling Skull (1937) • Roaring Six Guns (1937) • Rootin' Tootin' Rhythm (1937) • Spirit of Youth (1938) • Phantom of Chinatown (1940) • Forbidden Trails (1941) • King of the Zombies (1941) • Murder by Invitation (1941) (assistant director) • Gangs, Inc. (1941) • Below the Border (1942) • Dawn on the Great Divide (1942) • Down Texas Way (1942) • Ghost Town Law (1942) • Riders of the West (1942) • West of the Law (1942) • Cobra Woman (1944) • The Mummy's Curse (1944) • Alimony (1949) • The Flying Saucer (1950) • Why Men Leave Home (1951) • Phantom from Space (1953) • The Big Combo (1955) • Five Minutes to Live (1961) (assistant director) Wright also directed the following films that starred John Wayne: • Range Feud (1931) • Haunted Gold (1932) • The Man from Monterey (1933) • Somewhere in Sonora (1933) • Randy Rides Alone (1934) • Winds of the Wasteland (1936) Production Manager • Spirit of Youth (1938) • Crime, Inc. (1941) • King of the Zombies (1941) • Killers from Space (1954) • The Snow Creature (1954) • Ma Barker's Killer Brood (1960) Actor • The Master Key (1914) • The Bar Sinister (1917) • The Lion Man (1919) • Red Courage (1921) • Perils of the Yukon (1922) • Single Handed (1923) • Mistaken Orders (1925) • Riders of Mystery (1925) • Blood and Steel (1925) • Unseen Enemies (1926) • Silent Trail (1928) • West of Santa Fe (1928) • Law of the Mounted (1928) • Headin' Westward (1929) • Haunted Gold (1932) (director cameo) • Randy Rides Alone (1934) (director cameo)
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