Howard Higgin

Biography

From Wikipedia

Howard Higgin (February 15, 1891 - December 16, 1938) was an American writer and director of motion pictures in the 1920s and 1930s.

Higgin's first directing job was a 1922 comedy for legendary Wallace Reid, Rent Free. His later films include High Voltage and Skyscraper, and he worked with Wallace Beery, Clark Gable (as writer/director of Gable's screen breakthrough role as the unshaven villain in The Painted Desert), Carole Lombard, Bette Davis (in Hell's House), Pat O'Brien, Alan Hale, Sr., Blanche Sweet, Basil Rathbone, Robert Armstrong and Mae Clarke, among many others.

Higgins' movie career spanned 38 years, having begun working on film crews in 1919. He died in Los Angeles at age 47.

Known For

Power 1928 ★ 8.0
The Line-Up 1934 ★ 3.5
Battle of Greed 1937 ★ 6.5
Skyscraper 1928 ★ 5.8
The Reckless Lady 1926 ★ 10.0
Hell's House 1932 ★ 5.3
The Racketeer 1929 ★ 5.1
Carnival Lady 1933 ★ 6.0
High Voltage 1929 ★ 5.2
Revolt of the Zombies 1936 ★ 3.4
The Painted Desert 1931 ★ 5.2
The Perfect Sap 1927 ★ 7.0
The Last Man 1932 ★ 9.0
In the Name of Love 1925 ★ 10.0
The Great Deception 1926 ★ 7.0
The New Commandment 1925 ★ 10.0
The Wilderness Woman ★ 7.0
Reckless Decision 1933 ★ 5.3
Fashion Row 1923 ★ 7.0
Cafe Hostess 1940 ★ 5.4
The Leatherneck 1929 ★ 5.7