Biography
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Howard Higgin (February 15, 1891 - December 16, 1938) was an American writer and director of motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s.
Higgin's first directing job was a 1922 comedy for legendary Wallace Reid, Rent Free. His later films include High Voltage and Skyscraper, and he worked with Wallace Beery, Clark Gable (as writer/director of Gable's screen breakthrough role as the unshaven villain in The Painted Desert), Carole Lombard, Bette Davis (in Hell's House), Pat O'Brien, Alan Hale, Sr., Blanche Sweet, Basil Rathbone, Robert Armstrong and Mae Clarke, among many others.
Higgins' movie career spanned 38 years, having begun working on film crews in 1919. He died in Los Angeles at age 47.
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Filmography
all 34
Movies 33
Director 20
Writer 12
TV Shows 1
Director / Story
Western von gestern (1978)
TV
Writer
Cafe Hostess (1940)
Movie
Writer
The Gold Racket (1937)
Movie
Director
Battle of Greed (1937)
Movie
Writer
Revolt of the Zombies (1936)
Movie
Writer
I Conquer the Sea! (1936)
Movie
Writer
The Invisible Ray (1936)
Movie
5
Writer
The Crusades (1935)
Movie
Writer
King Kelly of the U.S.A. (1934)
Movie
Director
The Line-Up (1934)
Movie
Director
Carnival Lady (1933)
Movie
Director
Reckless Decision (1933)
Movie
Director
The Last Man (1932)
Movie
Director
The Final Edition (1932)
Movie
Director
Hell's House (1932)
Movie
7.38
Director
The Painted Desert (1931)
Movie
Writer
Her Man (1930)
Movie
Director
The Racketeer (1929)
Movie
Director
High Voltage (1929)
Movie
Director
The Leatherneck (1929)
Movie
Director
Sal of Singapore (1928)
Movie
Director
Power (1928)
Movie
Director
Skyscraper (1928)
Movie
Director
The Great Deception (1926)
Movie
Director
The Reckless Lady (1926)
Movie
Director
The New Commandment (1925)
Movie
Writer
The Trouble With Wives (1925)
Movie
Director
In the Name of Love (1925)
Movie
Writer
Smouldering Fires (1925)
Movie
Writer
Broken Barriers (1924)
Movie
Writer
Changing Husbands (1924)
Movie
Art Direction
The Famous Mrs. Fair (1923)
Movie
Director
Rent Free (1922)
Movie
Production Manager
Why Change Your Wife? (1920)
Movie
Ratings
Average 4.22
Based on 12.8 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1920
1926
1930
1929
1978
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Information
Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1891-02-15
Deathday1938-12-16 (47 years old)
Birth PlaceDenver, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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