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- Falecido(a) em24 de junho de 1984 · Nova Iorque, Nova Iorque, EUA (pulmonary embolism)
- Nome de nascimentoWilliam Jackson Keighley
- Apelido
- Billy
- William Keighley nasceu o 4 de agosto de 1889 em Filadélfia, Pensilvânia, EUA. Era diretor e ator e foi conhecido pelo seu trabalho em As Aventuras de Robin Hood (1938), Zona Tórrida (1940) e A Rua Sem Nome (1948). Foi casado com Genevieve Tobin e Elda Voelkel. Morreu o 24 de junho de 1984 em Nova Iorque, Nova Iorque, EUA.
- CônjugesGenevieve Tobin(20 de setembro de 1938 - 24 de junho de 1984) (sua morte)Elda Voelkel(1931 - outubro de 1936) (divorciado (a))
- The original director of As Aventuras de Robin Hood (1938), he was replaced by Michael Curtiz when the production--Warners' most expensive up to that time--fell behind schedule and the studio didn't like the way the action sequences were turning out.
- Although he was born in Philadelphia, he joined a British theatrical company, the Ben Greet players, which had a three-week engagement in town. After playing some Shakespearean parts, Greet helped him acquire a British accent, which he retained for the rest of his life.
- He has directed one film that has been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: As Aventuras de Robin Hood (1938).
- His father was born in Keighly, England.
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume One, 1890-1945". Pages 531-535. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1987.
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