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Crane Wilbur

Writing

Born November 17, 1886 · Athens, New York, USA

Died October 18, 1973

Also known as Erwin Crane Wilbur

Biography

Crane Wilbur was an American writer, actor and director for stage, radio and screen. He was born in Athens, New York. Wilbur portrayed Harry Marvin in The Perils of Pauline. He died in Toluca Lake, California. He directed partriotic shorts as well as edgy noir and exploitation films.

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Filmography28 titles

The Red Stallion

1947Screenplay

Born to Speed

1947Screenplay

Penrod's Double Trouble

1938Screenplay

Crime Wave

1953Writer

The People's Enemy

1935Director

The Mad Magician

1954Screenplay, Story

House of Wax

1953Screenplay

Monkey on My Back

1957Screenplay

He Walked by Night

1948Screenplay, Story

Mysterious Island

1961Screenplay

Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison

1951Director, Screenplay

The Phenix City Story

1955Screenplay

Solomon and Sheba

1959Writer

Canon City

1948Director, Writer

The Amazing Mr. X

1948Story

The Bat

1959Director, Screenplay, Screenstory

The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima

1952Writer

The George Raft Story

1961Screenplay

The Monster

1925Theatre Play

I Was a Communist for the F.B.I.

1951Screenplay

House of Women

1962Director, Screenplay

Tomorrow's Children

1935as Father O'Brien (uncredited)

Yellow Cargo

1936as Montie Brace

High School Girl

1934as Carl Bryson

The Devil On Wheels

1947Director, Screenplay, Story

We're in the Legion Now

1936Additional Dialogue, Director

The Devil on Horseback

1936Director, Screenplay, Writer

Captain Calamity

1936as Dr. Kelkey