William K. Howard

Director William K. Howard was born in St. Marys, OH, in 1893. He studied engineering and law at Ohio State University but gravitated towards film distribution when he took a job as sales manager for Vitagraph. After serving in an artillery unit with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I, he relocated to Hollywood and trained as an assistant director at Universal. Howard began directing films in 1921, first for Fox, then at Famous Players-Lasky --before calling it quits in 1946. He died in February 1954 at the age of 60. There is a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Vine Street that bears his name.