William Keighley
American actor and film director (1889-1984)
1.25body-of-work score · ranked #743 of 2631 directors · 2 films in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- August 4, 1889 · Philadelphia
- Died
- June 24, 1984 · New York City
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- film director, actor, screenwriter, stage actor
Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1938 · United States · action, adventure, drama
Oscar Best Picture nominee 1938 · National Film Registry (inducted 1995) · NYT Best 1,000 Movies
1.095 citations - 20.171 citation
Complete filmography
All 40 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1932The Match King
- 1933Ladies They Talk About
- 1934Babbitt
- 1934Big Hearted Herbert
- 1934Dr. Monica
- 1934Easy to Love
- 1934Journal of a Crime
- 1934Kansas City Princess
- 1935G Men
- 1935Mary Jane's Pa
- 1935Special Agent
- 1935Stars Over Broadway
- 1935The Right to Live
- 1936Bullets or Ballots
- 1936The Green Pastures
- 1936The Singing Kid
- 1937God's Country and the Woman
- 1937The Prince and the Pauper
- 1937Varsity Show
- 1938Brother Rat
- 1938Secrets of an Actress
- 1938The Adventures of Robin Hood
- 1938Valley of the Giants
- 1939Each Dawn I Die
- 1939Yes, My Darling Daughter
- 1940'Til We Meet Again
- 1940No Time for Comedy
- 1940The Fighting 69th
- 1940Torrid Zone
- 1941Four Mothers
- 1941The Bride Came C.O.D.
- 1942George Washington Slept Here
- 1942The Man Who Came to Dinner
- 1944Target for Today
- 1944Target Tokyo
- 1947Honeymoon
- 1948The Street with No Name
- 1950Rocky Mountain
- 1951Close to My Heart
- 1953The Master of Ballantrae