F. McGrew Willis
Personal Info
Know For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-08-18 (66 years old)
Deathday
1957-10-13
Place of Birth
Pleasanton, Iowa, USA
Also known As
Anthony F. McGrew Willis
Frank McGrew Willis
Willis Woods
F. McGrew Willis
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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 ...
Production
1914
as Story
1914
as Scenario Writer
1918
as Scenario Writer
1915
as Scenario Writer
1915
as Story
1916
as Writer
1925
as Writer
1916
as Writer
1928
as Director
1939
as Writer
1926
as Writer
1919
as Writer
1925
as Screenplay
1928
as Writer
1931
as Writer
1926
as Writer
1918
as Scenario Writer
1932
as Writer
1927
as Adaptation
1933
as Story
1933
as Dialogue
1941
as Story
1921
as Writer
1920
as Writer
1925
as Writer
1915
as Scenario Writer
1926
as Screenplay
1918
as Writer
1928
as Writer
1928
as Producer
1916
as Screenplay
1934
as Screenplay
1917
as Writer
1929
as Writer
1929
as Screenplay
1931
as Continuity
1930
as Screenplay
1930
as Dialogue
1930
as Story
1936
as Adaptation
1933
as Story
1925
as Adaptation
1931
as Screenplay
1923
as Adaptation
1916
as Scenario Writer
1916
as Scenario Writer
1933
as Screenplay
1917
as Story
1916
as Scenario Writer
1916
as Scenario Writer
1924
as Writer
1918
as Writer
1916
as Story
1918
as Writer
1916
as Screenplay
1920
as Writer
1932
as Screenplay
1916
as Writer
1916
as Story
1916
as Writer
1923
as Screenplay
1917
as Story
1933
as Story
1919
as Writer
1938
as Writer
1915
as Writer
1918
as Scenario Writer
1925
as Adaptation
1917
as Scenario Writer
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