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Howard Higgin

b. 1891 — d. 1938 (aged 47) Denver, Colorado, USA
Director Writer

From Wikipedia 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.

Known For

The Wilderness Woman
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★ 7.2
The Wilderness Woman
1926
The Painted Desert
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★ 5.2
The Painted Desert
1931
Hell's House
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★ 5.8
Hell's House
1932
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Marriage on Approval
1933

Filmography

Cafe Hostess
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★ 6.4
Cafe Hostess
1940 Writer
The Gold Racket
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★ 5.5
The Gold Racket
1937 Writer
Battle of Greed
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★ 5.9
Battle of Greed
1937 Director
The Invisible Ray
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★ 6.5
The Invisible Ray
1936 Writer
Revolt of the Zombies
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★ 3.5
Revolt of the Zombies
1936 Writer
I Conquer the Sea!
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★ 5.9
I Conquer the Sea!
1936 Writer
The Crusades
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★ 6.5
The Crusades
1935 Writer
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
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★ 4.8
King Kelly of the U.S.A.
1934 Writer
The Line-Up
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★ 4.8
The Line-Up
1934 Director
Carnival Lady
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★ 6.0
Carnival Lady
1933 Director
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Marriage on Approval
1933 Director Writer
Hell's House
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★ 5.8
Hell's House
1932 Director Writer
The Final Edition
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★ 6.4
The Final Edition
1932 Director
The Last Man
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The Last Man
1932 Director
The Painted Desert
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★ 5.2
The Painted Desert
1931 Director Writer
Her Man
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★ 6.5
Her Man
1930 Writer
The Racketeer
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★ 5.3
The Racketeer
1929 Director
High Voltage
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★ 5.3
High Voltage
1929 Director
The Leatherneck
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★ 5.7
The Leatherneck
1929 Director
Skyscraper
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★ 5.5
Skyscraper
1928 Director
Sal of Singapore
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★ 5.1
Sal of Singapore
1928 Director Writer
Power
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★ 6.3
Power
1928 Director
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The Perfect Sap
1927 Director
The Wilderness Woman
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★ 7.2
The Wilderness Woman
1926 Director
The Great Deception
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The Great Deception
1926 Director
The Reckless Lady
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The Reckless Lady
1926 Director
Smouldering Fires
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★ 6.8
Smouldering Fires
1925 Writer
In the Name of Love
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In the Name of Love
1925 Director
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The New Commandment
1925 Director Writer
Tomorrow's Love
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Tomorrow's Love
1925 Writer
The Trouble with Wives
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The Trouble with Wives
1925 Writer
Changing Husbands
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★ 7.6
Changing Husbands
1924 Writer
Broken Barriers
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Broken Barriers
1924 Writer
Don't Doubt Your Husband
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Don't Doubt Your Husband
1924 Writer
Fashion Row
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Fashion Row
1923 Writer
Rent Free
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Rent Free
1922 Director
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