Biography
William Forest Crouch (January 16, 1904 β March, 1968) was an American director and writer of film, mostly shorts. His work includes Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947) made with an all-African-American cast. He was active during the 1940s.
He was born in Boone, Iowa, with most of his family emigrating to Australia in the early 1960s, incentivised by the Australian government, who were optimistic about the emerging film industry. In Australia at the time, there was an undercurrent of racism that Crouch had to overcome as half of an interracial couple with children.
Crouch and his family escaped the cold of Australia's Southern region by spending William's final years in the Northern New South Wales and Gold Coast region with their large extended family of grandchildren.
Filmography
all 88
Movies 88
Director 73
Producer 14
Writer 1
Judo Jymnastics (1947)
Open the Door Richard (1947)
Everybody's Jumpin' Now (1947)
Rhumba Swing (1947)
Reet, Petite, and Gone (1947)
Sizzle with Sissle (1946)
A Collection of Carols (1946)
Time Takes Care of Everything (1946)
You Never Know! (1946)
Cowboy Calypso (1946)
But What Are These? (1946)
Does You Do or Does You Don't (1946)
Oh, Noah (1946)
Come to Baby, Do (1946)
Errand Boy for Rhythm (1946)
Got a Penny, Benny? (1946)
Aquafun (1946)
They Raided the Joint (1946)
Back Door Man (1946)
Adventure in Boogie Woogie (1946)
Southern Scandal (1946)
Swingtime Jamboree (1946)
Stone Cold Dead in the Market (1946)
Acrobantics (1945)
We the Cats Shall Hep Ya (1945)
Five Salted Peanuts (1945)
The Preacher & the Bear (1945)
Blowtop Blues (1945)
Tampico (1945)
I Was Here When You Left Me (1945)
Foo a Little Bally-Hoo (1945)
Brother Bill (1945)
Frim Fram Sauce (1945)
Romance Without Finance (1945)
Walking with My Honey (1945)
Caldonia (1945)
After a While (1945)
Rigoletto (1945)
The Story of Two Cigarettes (1945)
Faust (1945)
Pumpa Pumpa (1945)
Buzz Me (1945)
Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1945)
Penthouse Party (1945)
Doin' You Good (1945)
Side by Side (1944)
Dance Impressions (1944)
Ain't She Pretty (1944)
Canine Capers (1944)
Gee! The Jeep Jumps (1944)
Too Many Sailors (1944)
I'm Tired (1944)
Hey! Tojo Count Yo' Men (1944)
Ration Blues (1944)
Ruff and Tuff (1944)
Jumpin' at the Jubilee (1944)
Dance Revels (1944)
Pin-Ups on Parade (1944)
G.I. Jive (1944)
Rhumboogie (1944)
Rock It For Me (1943)
Chatter (1943)
Love's Gonna Be Rationed (1943)
Navy Yard (1943)
Do I Worry? (1943)
Strolling Thru The Park (1943)
When Hitler Kicks the Bucket (1943)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1943)
Wham (1943)
Don't Be an Absentee (1943)
Babbling Bess (1943)
Johnny Zero (1943)
Plant a Little Garden in Your Own Back Yard (1943)
Down, Down, Down (1943)
Rosie the Riveter (1943)
Keep Smiling (1943)
Five Guys Named Moe (1943)
I Wanna Be a Fireman (1943)
Block Party Revels (1943)
Don't Get Around Much Anymore (1943)
Dispossessed Blues (1943)
Backstage Blues (1943)
Strum Fun (1943)
Tiger Rag (1943)
This Love of Mine (1942)
You're Unfair to Me (1941)
Legs Ain't No Good
Can Can Capers
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GenderMale
Birthday1904-01-16
Deathday1968-01-01 (63 years old)
Also Known AsWilliam Forest
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