William Nigh October 12 1881 November 27 1955 was an American film director writer and actor His film work sometimes lists him as either Will Nigh or William Nye He was born in Berlin Wisconsin His film career began with acting in 17 films in 1913 and 1914 he also directed one of these Salomy Jane He acted in 8 more films in the 1910s and two more in the 1920s but directed a total of 119 films the last in 1948 His filmwriting 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 He died in Burbank California at the age of 74 Description above from the Wikipedia article William Nigh licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia