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William Nigh

American film director, writer and actor (1881-1955)
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William Nigh
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Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
October 12, 1881
Date of death
November 27, 1955
Place of birth
Berlin
Place of death
Burbank
Country of citizenship
United States[11]
Occupation
actor, film director, writer, film actor, screenwriter, film editor, director[13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[18]
Family name
Nigh[16]
Given name
William[17]
Native language
English[12]
Place of burial
Forest Lawn Memorial Park[10]
Writing language
English[19]
🏷️ Also known as
en William Nigh de William Nye de Will Nigh fa ویلیام نای ja ウィリアム・ナイ ru Уильям Най zh 威廉·奈
🔖 Identifiers · 42
ISNI
0000000081493361
VIAF cluster ID
69215864
Library of Congress Authorities ID
no91004574
GND ID
140899898
AllMovie person ID
p104529
AlloCiné person ID
157262
American Film Institute person ID
156157
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
15050696d
CANTIC ID
981058520877706706
Danish National Filmography person ID
173880
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
140899898
Elonet person ID
122965
Show all 42 identifiers +30
FES digital collections entity ID
388388
Film.ru person ID
william-nigh
Filmportal ID
2dcdc2a88e784d75ad741a394985ac81
Find a Grave memorial ID
18357
Freebase ID
/m/027bh6s
George Eastman Museum people ID
99609
HAND ID
BADD-6A00-A17A-1813-25A3
IMDb ID
nm0631438
IdRef ID
132721589
Ivi person ID
uilyam-naj
J9U entity ID
987007317474705171
Kinobox person ID
891997
Kinopoisk person ID
215205
LdiF person ID
8038
MovieMeter person ID
89226
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810537730905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX5006481
Open Library ID
OL7524069A
PARES ID
159570
PORT person ID
517080
Prabook ID
1756386
Related category
Category:Films directed by William Nigh
SBN author ID
UBOV800214
SNAC ARK ID
w6gs0hgk
Swedish Film Database person ID
221022
TMDB person ID
89226
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058520877706706
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpJgvDyJbGhjqPTqbjDMP
Yale LUX ID
person/0a4dc1e4-ef5c-4ba7-a194-ea993f7ad8a9
ČSFD person ID
33423

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🔗 Connections
Films directed 42
Across to Singapore, Mr. Wu, The Ape, Thunder, Four Walls, Salomy Jane, The Kiss of Hate, The Law of the Range +34 more
Films written 6
Wife Number Two, The Child of Destiny, A Yellow Streak, Her Debt of Honor, Notorious Gallagher, Why Girls Leave Home
Occupation 6
actor, writer, film director, screenwriter, film actor, film editor
← Cast member 6
Salomy Jane, The Rainbow Trail, A Royal Family, Her Debt of Honor, My Four Years in Germany, Notorious Gallagher
← Producer 5
Across to Singapore, Mr. Wu, The Ape, Notorious Gallagher, Desert Nights
← Film editor 2
My Four Years in Germany, Kaiser's Finish
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Given name 1
William
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Native language 1
English
Place of birth 1
Berlin
Place of burial 1
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Place of death 1
Burbank
Related category 1
Category:Films directed by William Nigh
Sex or gender 1
male
Writing language 1
English
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Films directed by William Nigh
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Summary

William Nigh was born on October 12, 1881[1], in Berlin[2]. He died on November 27, 1955[3], in Burbank[4]. He worked as an actor[5], film director[6], writer[7], film actor[8], and screenwriter[9].

FAQs

Where was William Nigh born?

William Nigh's place of birth was Berlin[2].

Where did William Nigh die?

William Nigh passed away in Burbank[4].

What did William Nigh do for work?

William Nigh worked as an actor[5], film director[6], writer[7], film actor[8], and screenwriter[9].

Related Entities

United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [1] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 388388
    "Created claim: FES digital collections entity ID: 388388, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782462304762"
  2. 25w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Occupation → actor, film director, writer +1
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #32116: import P21 and P106 from GND (29)"
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