He wrote a modernization of The Bat, a play by Mary Roberts Rinehart and Avery Hopwood.
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When the company planned to make a serial, The Perils of Pauline, in 1914, Wilbur wanted the lead male role that would pair him with Pearl White.
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As an actor he played his last on-screen part in Jungle Queen (1945).
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Outstanding successes, many of which are still shown today, include the screenplay for House of Wax (1953).
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Crane Wilbur was a prolific writer and director of at least 67 films from the silent era into the sound era, but it was as an actor that he found lasting recognition, particularly playing opposite Pearl White in the iconoclastic serial, The Perils of Pauline.
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Wilbur is best remembered for playing Harry Marvin in The Perils of Pauline.
Her last appearance on stage was in October of the previous year playing Mrs. Schenck in Crane Wilbur's play, Easy Terms at New York's National Theater.
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The Phenix City Story is a 1955 film noir directed by Phil Karlson for Allied Artists and written by Daniel Mainwaring and Crane Wilbur.