William Nigh (October 12, 1881 â€" November 27, 1955) was an American
film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as
either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye".Nigh was born Emil Kreuske in
Berlin, Wisconsin. He began his film career as an actor, appearing in
17 films in 1913 and 1914; he also directed one of these, Salomy Jane.
He acted in eight more films in the 1910s and two more in the 1920s,
but he is known mainly as a director, and an extremely prolific one at
that, with a total output of 119 films, the last in 1948. Most of his
directorial output was in the "B"-movie category, and he worked mainly
for lower-rung studios such as Monogram Pictures (where he directed
several "Charlie Chan" and "East Side Kids" films) and Producers
Releasing Corporation, although he did occasionally work for such
"majors" as RKO Pictures and such "mini-majors" and "minors" as
Universal and Republic Pictures. His film-writing credits numbered 18,
mostly concentrated early in his career.His films included Mr. Wise
Guy, Thunder, Black Dragons, Corregidor, Mr. Wong, Detective, The
Mystery of Mr. Wong, Mr. Wong in Chinatown, Lady from Chungking, The
Fatal Hour, The Ape, Doomed to Die, Lord Byron of Broadway, and Casey
of the Coast Guard.
film director, writer, and actor. His film work sometimes lists him as
either "Will Nigh" or "William Nye".Nigh was born Emil Kreuske in
Berlin, Wisconsin. He began his film career as an actor, appearing in
17 films in 1913 and 1914; he also directed one of these, Salomy Jane.
He acted in eight more films in the 1910s and two more in the 1920s,
but he is known mainly as a director, and an extremely prolific one at
that, with a total output of 119 films, the last in 1948. Most of his
directorial output was in the "B"-movie category, and he worked mainly
for lower-rung studios such as Monogram Pictures (where he directed
several "Charlie Chan" and "East Side Kids" films) and Producers
Releasing Corporation, although he did occasionally work for such
"majors" as RKO Pictures and such "mini-majors" and "minors" as
Universal and Republic Pictures. His film-writing credits numbered 18,
mostly concentrated early in his career.His films included Mr. Wise
Guy, Thunder, Black Dragons, Corregidor, Mr. Wong, Detective, The
Mystery of Mr. Wong, Mr. Wong in Chinatown, Lady from Chungking, The
Fatal Hour, The Ape, Doomed to Die, Lord Byron of Broadway, and Casey
of the Coast Guard.
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