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Actor, screenwriter and director Crane Wilbur was born Erwin Crane Wilbur on November 17, 1886, in Athens, NY. The nephew of the great stage actor 'Tyrone Power Sr.' . Wilbur died on October 18, 1973, in Toluca Lake, CA, of complications following a stroke.
He was the nephew of Tyrone Power Sr. and cousin of Tyrone Power and Anne Power.
He died in his home in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, CA.
He was the son of Henry Wilber, who built and repaired yachts to well-to-do families, and Carrie Crane, a former actress.
He changed the spelling of his surname to Wilbur.
