Irvin Willat

Irvin Willat
Willat in 1920
Born	November 18, 1890 Stamford, Connecticut
Died	April 17, 1976 (aged 85) Santa Monica, California
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1917–1937
Spouse(s)	Billie Dove (m.1923-1929; divorced)

Irvin Willat (November 18, 1890 – April 17, 1976) was an American film director of the silent film era.^[1] He directed 39 films between 1917 and 1937. Early in his career Willat worked as a cinematographer on several films.

Selected filmography

• The False Faces (1919)
• The Grim Game (1919)
• Behind the Door (1919)
• The Siren Call (1922)
• On the High Seas (1922)
• Heritage of the Desert (1924)
• Wanderer of the Wasteland (1924)
• North of 36 (1924)
• The Air Mail (1925)
• Rugged Water (1925)
• Paradise (1926)
• The Cavalier (1928)
• The Isle of Lost Ships (1929)
• The Luck of Roaring Camp (1937)

Further reading

• Menefee, David Sweet Memories (Menefee Publishing Inc., 2012) ISBN 1469966956

References

1. "Irvin V. Willat". silentgents. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2013-03-02. A short biography reprinted from Blue Book of the Screen (1923).

External links

• Irvin Willat at the Internet Movie Database
• Irvin Willat at AllMovie