Frank Wead

Personal Info

Know For

Writing

Gender

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Birthday

1895-10-24 (52 years old)

Deathday

1947-11-15

Place of Birth

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Frank Wead

Biography

From Wikipedia Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead (born October 24, 1895, in Peoria, Illinois – died November 15, 1947, in Santa Monica, California) was a U.S. Navy aviator turned screenwriter who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II.

Production

1938

A Yank at Oxford

as Treatment

1957

1941

Dive Bomber

as Screenplay

1945

1946

1938

The Citadel

as Screenplay

1936

Ceiling Zero

as Theatre Play

1936

Ceiling Zero

as Screenplay

1931

Dirigible

as Story

1929

1936

China Clipper

as Screenplay

1943

Destroyer

as Story

1943

Destroyer

as Screenplay

1937

Sea Devils

as Screenplay

1940

1947

Blaze of Noon

as Screenplay

1938

Test Pilot

as Original Story

1939

Tail Spin

as Writer

1937

1937

Submarine D-1

as Screenplay

1941

Dive Bomber

as Story

1935

1932

Air Mail

as Story

1932

Air Mail

as Screenplay

1935

1935

Stranded

as Story

1941

1932

1939

1935

1933

Midshipman Jack

as Screenplay

1935

Murder in the Fleet

as Screenplay

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