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unusual facts about Harry R. Wellman


Harry R. Wellman

Harry and his siblings initially moved to his maternal grandparents' ranch in Montana, and then to a family wheat farm in Umapine, Oregon.


Carl Switzer

In 1953 and 1954, Switzer co-starred in three William A. Wellman-directed films: Island in the Sky and The High and the Mighty, both starring John Wayne, and Track of the Cat starring Robert Mitchum.

Cupid's Fireman

Cupid's Fireman is a 1920s American film directed by William A. Wellman.

Delmar Watson

He had five brothers and three sisters who also acted in films, including Billy, Coy Jr., Garry, Harry, Bobs, and Louise Watson Roberts.

Excellence Without a Soul

Excellence Without a Soul is a book by Harry R. Lewis, the former Dean of Harvard College, that examines the state of America's universities and colleges with particular reference to Harvard.

Francis Lewis

His great-great-great grandson was Hollywood director William A. Wellman, and his great-granddaughter was author and actress Anna Cora Mowatt.

Gordon Westcott

After appearing in a string of pre-code productions, and working with such well-known directors as William A. Wellman, Busby Berkeley and William Dieterle, his film career ended with his death from head injuries sustained in a polo accident.

Harry R. Jackson, Jr.

Jackson's family moved to the Washington, D.C. area in 1973, eventually settling in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Harry R. Lewis

and Mark Zuckerberg, whose website "Six Degrees to Harry Lewis" was a precursor to Facebook.

Harry R. Sheppard

Sheppard was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fifth and to the thirteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1965).

He was not a candidate for renomination in 1964 to the Eighty-ninth Congress.

Helene Chadwick

In January 1919, Chadwick became engaged to Lieutenant William A. Wellman, an American pilot with the Lafayette Flying Corps.

John Qualen

As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954).

Justice Sunday

Speakers included Tony Perkins, James Dobson, Robert H. Bork, Tom DeLay, Zell Miller, Chuck Colson, Phyllis Schlafly, William A. Donohue, Harry R. Jackson, Jr., and Dr. Jerry Sutton.

Not a Drum Was Heard

Not a Drum Was Heard is a 1920s American film directed by William A. Wellman.

Otto Pommerening

The film, directed by William A. Wellman, was a genre football comedy starring Joan Bennett, Joe E. Brown, and members of the 1928 and 1929 All-American football teams and USC coach Howard Jones.

Same-sex marriage in the District of Columbia

Bishop Harry R. Jackson, Jr., the pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, Maryland, sued the District after the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics refused to approve a ballot initiative on the issue of same-sex marriage.

Second Hand Love

Second Hand Love is a 1920s American film directed by William A. Wellman.

The Circus Cowboy

The Circus Cowboy is a 1920s American film directed by William A. Wellman.

The Man Who Won

The Man Who Won is a 1920s American film directed by William A. Wellman.

The Vagabond Trail

The Vagabond Trail is a 1924 American film directed by William A. Wellman.

Watson family

Family members included Coy Watson Jr., Bobs, Delmar, Harry, Garry Watson, Billy Watson, Vivian, Gloria, and Louise Watson, all of whom acted in motion pictures.


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