第一次世界大战时期威廉·A·韦尔曼(William A. Wellman)（1896-1975）是空军飞行员。战后在波士顿从事羊毛事业。1919年到高尔温片厂当下级演员，后来升为副导演。他是一位属于万能型的导演，任何型态的电影他都能拍，特别是拍他有经验的航空片，更是拿手（第一届奥斯卡最佳金像奖就是他导...
华莱士·比里，美国电影演员，1885年4月1日出生于堪萨斯市。是电影演员诺亚·比里的弟弟。十六岁时到林林兄弟大马戏团驯象，十八岁到纽约的几个音乐杂耍戏里演唱，此后便在百老汇和堪萨斯等歌舞团演出，1913年到好莱坞同受赛耐影片公司签订合同，在初期的从影片生涯中，他参加了一系列喜剧...
ames Gleason was born in New York City to William Gleason and Mina Crolius, who were both in the theatre. He was married to Lucile Gleason (born Lucile Webster), and had a son, Russell Gleason. As a young man James fought in the Spanish-American War. After the war he joined the stock company at the Liberty Theater in Oakland, California, which his parents were running. James and his wife then moved to Portland, Oregon, where they played in stock at the Baker Theater.
美国著名喜剧片编导。生于俄克拉荷马州电影世家，大学毕业后就开始写剧本，以后导演电视剧，1949年曾负责制片，拍了一部西部片，1955年正式当导演。是一名闻名于世的喜剧导演。他的喜剧，是将卓别林时代的滑稽和范明克型态的打斗溶化一...
