About

Known credits:
67
Birthday:
1891-08-18
Place of birth:
Pleasanton, Iowa, USA
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F. McGrew Willis

Overview

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F. McGrew Willis (August 18, 1891 – October 13, 1957) was an American screenwriter of the silent and early sound film eras. Born Frank McGrew Willis on August 18, 1891, in Pleasanton, Iowa, he broke into the film industry writing film shorts in 1914 and 1915 as a freelance screenwriter. His first feature credit came in 1915, with The Quest, the first of three features he would pen in 1915. Over the next fourteen years he would write the scripts or stories for 43 silent films, three of which, The Girl in the Pullman (1927), Annapolis (1928), and A Blonde for a Night (1928), he also produced for either De Mille Pictures and/or Pathé Exchange. He would also produce another three films in 1928. In 1929, and through the next 6 years of the blossoming talking picture era, he would write the screenplays or stories for another 18 films. In the late 1930s he would work in England, where he scripted 6 films during the remainder of the decade. His final screenwriting credit would come on 1941's Sis Hopkins, for which he wrote the story. Willis died on October 13, 1957, in Menlo Park, California, and was buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California.

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Directing
1931 Suicide Fleet Directing Continuity 58
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1928 A Blonde for a Night Directing Director 58
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Writing
1941 Sis Hopkins Writing Story 59
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1939 Murder in Soho Writing Writer 59
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1938 Premiere Writing Writer 58
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1936 The Man in the Mirror Writing Adaptation 59
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1934 Keep 'Em Rolling Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 Secret Sinners Writing Story 59
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1933 Secret Sinners Writing Dialogue 59
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1933 Midshipman Jack Writing Screenplay 59
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1933 Kiss of Araby Writing Story 58
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1933 When a Man Rides Alone Writing Story 59
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1932 The Gambling Sex Writing Screenplay N/A
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1932 The Forty-Niners Writing Writer N/A
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1931 The Big Gamble Writing Screenplay 59
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1931 Meet the Wife Writing Writer N/A
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1930 The Costello Case Writing Story N/A
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1930 The Costello Case Writing Screenplay N/A
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1930 The Costello Case Writing Dialogue N/A
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1929 Twin Beds Writing Screenplay N/A
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1929 Two Weeks Off Writing Writer N/A
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1928 Annapolis Writing Writer 58
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1928 A Blonde for a Night Writing Writer 58
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1927 Getting Gertie's Garter Writing Adaptation 59
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1926 The Nervous Wreck Writing Writer 58
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1926 Almost a Lady Writing Writer N/A
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1926 Up in Mabel's Room Writing Screenplay 59
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1925 Madame Behave Writing Screenplay 58
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1925 The Midshipman Writing Writer 58
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1925 Welcome Home Writing Writer N/A
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1925 The Million Dollar Handicap Writing Adaptation N/A
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1924 Reckless Romance Writing Writer N/A
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1923 The Light That Failed Writing Adaptation N/A
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1923 The Light That Failed Writing Screenplay N/A
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1921 Everyman's Price Writing Writer N/A
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1920 The Common Sin Writing Writer N/A
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1920 The Phantom Melody Writing Writer N/A
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1919 The Pagan God Writing Writer N/A
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1919 The End of the Game Writing Writer 58
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1918 The Velvet Hand Writing Writer N/A
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1918 Modern Love Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1918 Playthings Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1918 The Empty Cab Writing Writer N/A
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1918 $5,000 Reward Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1918 The Bride's Awakening Writing Writer N/A
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1917 The Flame of Youth Writing Story 58
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1917 American Methods Writing Writer N/A
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1917 Even as You and I Writing Story N/A
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1916 The Devil's Bondwoman Writing Story N/A
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1916 A Stranger from Somewhere Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1916 A Stranger from Somewhere Writing Writer N/A
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1916 The Whirlpool of Destiny Writing Writer N/A
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1916 The Whirlpool of Destiny Writing Story N/A
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1916 The Pool of Flame Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1916 The Beckoning Trail Writing Writer N/A
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1916 The Silent Battle Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1916 The Silent Battle Writing Screenplay N/A
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1916 The Way of the World Writing Screenplay 58
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1916 The Iron Hand Writing Writer N/A
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1916 The Gay Lord Waring Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1915 The Road to Paradise Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1915 The Burden Bearer Writing Writer N/A
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1915 The Quest Writing Scenario Writer 58
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1915 The Quest Writing Story 58
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1914 The Den of Thieves Writing Scenario Writer N/A
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1914 Regeneration Writing Story N/A
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Production
1928 Annapolis Production Producer 58
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