06/10/1890
New York City, New York, USA:
William A. Seiter (10. Juni 1890 – 26. Juli 1964) war ein US-amerikanischer Filmregisseur. Er wurde in New York City geboren. Nach seinem Besuch der Hudson River Military Academy begann Seiter 1915 seine Filmkarriere als Statist in Mack Sennetts Keystone Studios, wo er einen Cowboy doubelte. 1918 wurde er zum Regisseur befördert. Mitte der 1920er-Jahre war Seiter bei den Universal Studios Hauptregisseur der beliebten Reginald-Denny-Filme, in denen meist seine damalige Ehefrau Laura La Plante (seine zweite Ehefrau war die Schauspielerin Marian Nixon) mitwirkte. In dieser Zeit entstanden auch „The Beautiful and Damned“ und „The Family Secret“. In der Frühzeit des Tonfilms förderte Seiter das Talent des RKO-Komikerduos Wheeler & Woolsey in so turbulenten Filmen wie „Caught Plastered“ (1931) und „Diplomaniacs“ (1933). Er führte auch Regie bei dem Laurel-und-Hardy-Film „Sons of the Desert“ (1933), ihrem einzigen gemeinsamen Film. Zu seinen weiteren Filmen zählen „Sunny“, „Going Wild“, „Kiss Me Again“, „Hot Saturday“, „Way Back Home“, „Girl Crazy“, „Rafter Romance“, „Roberta“, „Room Service“, „Susannah of the Mounties“, „Allegheny Uprising“, „You Were Never Lovelier“, „Up in Central Park“ und „One Touch of Venus“. Zu den vielen Stars, die Seiter im Laufe seiner langen Karriere inszenierte, gehörten Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Margaret Sullavan, Jack Haley, Deanna Durbin, Jean Arthur, John Wayne, Fred MacMurray, Lucille Ball, Rita Hayworth und die Marx Brothers. Obwohl viele seiner Filme kleine Glanzstücke waren, produzierte Seiter hin und wieder auch weniger gelungene Filme. Wenn es beispielsweise zu Reibereien mit seinem Star kam – wie im Fall von Lou Costello bei „Little Giant“ (1946) –, rächte sich Seiter, indem er sich penibel an das Drehbuch hielt und jegliche Nuancen oder Kreativität verweigerte (diese Kleinlichkeit mag der Grund dafür gewesen sein, dass eine prominente Schauspielerin der 1930er-Jahre Seiter als den einfallslosesten Regisseur bezeichnete, mit dem sie je zusammengearbeitet hatte). Bei seinen letzten vier Filmen vor seinem Ruhestand 1954 fungierte Seiter sowohl als Produzent als auch als Regisseur. Zu diesen Filmen gehörte „The Lady Wants Nerz“ (1953), eine sanfte Satire auf die damals aktuelle Mode, sich den Mantel selbst zu verdienen. Er starb im Alter von 74 Jahren in Beverly Hills, Kalifornien, an einem Herzinfarkt.
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Pierre of the North (1913) as The Mail Carrier |
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Want Ad Wedding (1955) Director |
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The Wild Bunch (1955) Director |
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Make Haste to Live (1954) Director |
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Champ for a Day (1953) Director |
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Champ for a Day (1953) Producer |
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The Lady Wants Mink (1953) Director |
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The Lady Wants Mink (1953) Associate Producer |
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Dear Brat (1951) Director |
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Borderline (1950) Director |
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One Touch of Venus (1948) Director |
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Up in Central Park (1948) Director |
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I'll Be Yours (1947) Director |
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Lover Come Back (1946) Director |
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Little Giant (1946) Director |
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That Night with You (1945) Director |
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The Affairs of Susan (1945) Director |
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It's a Pleasure (1945) Director |
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Belle of the Yukon (1944) Director |
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Belle of the Yukon (1944) Producer |
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Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) Director |
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Destroyer (1943) Director |
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A Lady Takes a Chance (1943) Director |
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You Were Never Lovelier (1942) Director |
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Broadway (1942) Director |
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Appointment for Love (1941) Director |
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Nice Girl? (1941) Director |
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Hired Wife (1940) Director |
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Hired Wife (1940) Producer |
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It's a Date (1940) Director |
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Allegheny Uprising (1939) Director |
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Susannah of the Mounties (1939) Director |
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Thanks for Everything (1938) Director |
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Room Service (1938) Director |
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Three Blind Mice (1938) Director |
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Sally, Irene and Mary (1938) Director |
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Life Begins in College (1937) Director |
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The Life of the Party (1937) Director |
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This Is My Affair (1937) Director |
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Stowaway (1936) Director |
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Dimples (1936) Director |
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The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) Director |
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The Moon's Our Home (1936) Director |
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If You Could Only Cook (1935) Director |
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In Person (1935) Director |
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Orchids to You (1935) Director |
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The Daring Young Man (1935) Director |
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Roberta (1935) Director |
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The Richest Girl in the World (1934) Director |
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We're Rich Again (1934) Director |
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Love Birds (1934) Director |
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Sing and Like It (1934) Director |
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Sons of the Desert (1933) Director |
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Sons of the Desert (1933) Writer |
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Chance at Heaven (1933) Director |
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Rafter Romance (1933) Director |
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Professional Sweetheart (1933) Director |
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Diplomaniacs (1933) Director |
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Hello, Everybody! (1933) Director |
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If I Had a Million (1932) Director |
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Hot Saturday (1932) Director |
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Is My Face Red? (1932) Director |
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Young Bride (1932) Director |
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Girl Crazy (1932) Director |
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Peach-o-Reno (1931) Director |
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Way Back Home (1931) Director |
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Caught Plastered (1931) Director |
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Too Many Cooks (1931) Director |
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Big Business Girl (1931) Director |
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Big Business Girl (1931) Producer |
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L'aviateur (1931) Director |
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Kiss Me Again (1931) Director |
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Going Wild (1930) Director |
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Sunny (1930) Director |
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The Truth About Youth (1930) Director |
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Back Pay (1930) Director |
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The Flirting Widow (1930) Director |
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The Flirting Widow (1930) Producer |
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Strictly Modern (1930) Director |
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The Love Racket (1929) Producer |
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Footlights and Fools (1929) Director |
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Smiling Irish Eyes (1929) Director |
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Prisoners (1929) Director |
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Why Be Good? (1929) Director |
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Synthetic Sin (1929) Director |
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Outcast (1928) Director |
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Waterfront (1928) Director |
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Happiness Ahead (1928) Director |
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Good Morning, Judge (1928) Director |
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Thanks for the Buggy Ride (1928) Director |
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The Small Bachelor (1927) Director |
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Out All Night (1927) Director |
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The Cheerful Fraud (1926) Director |
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Take It from Me (1926) Director |
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Rolling Home (1926) Director |
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Skinner's Dress Suit (1926) Director |
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Skinner's Dress Suit (1926) Producer |
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What Happened to Jones? (1926) Director |
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The Teaser (1925) Director |
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Where Was I? (1925) Director |
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Dangerous Innocence (1925) Director |
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The Mad Whirl (1925) Director |
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The Fast Worker (1924) Director |
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Helen's Babies (1924) Director |
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The Family Secret (1924) Director |
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Listen Lester (1924) Director |
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Listen Lester (1924) Adaptation |
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His Forgotten Wife (1924) Director |
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The White Sin (1924) Director |
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Daddies (1924) Director |
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Little Church Around the Corner (1923) Director |
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Bell Boy 13 (1923) Director |
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When Love Comes (1922) Director |
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Up and at 'Em (1922) Director |
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Up and at 'Em (1922) Story |
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The Understudy (1922) Director |
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Gay and Devilish (1922) Director |
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Boy Crazy (1922) Director |
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Eden and Return (1921) Director |
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The Foolish Age (1921) Director |
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The Foolish Age (1921) Writer |
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Passing Through (1921) Director |
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The Kentucky Colonel (1920) Director |
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Camouflage (1918) Director |
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Oh! What a Day (1918) Director |
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Oh! What a Day (1918) Writer |