Howard Higgin

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1891-02-15

Deathday 1938-12-16 (47 years old)

Place of Birth Denver, Colorado, USA

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

Director

1978
1937
Battle of Greed

as Director

1933
Carnival Lady

as Director

1933
Reckless Decision

as Director

1932
The Final Edition

as Director

1932
Hell's House

as Director

1931
The Painted Desert

as Director

1929
The Racketeer

as Director

1929
High Voltage

as Director

1929
The Leatherneck

as Director

1928
Sal of Singapore

as Director

1928
Skyscraper

as Director

1928
Power

as Director

1926
1926
The Reckless Lady

as Director

1925
1925
1922
Rent Free

as Director

Writer

1978
1940
Cafe Hostess

as Writer

1937
1936
The Invisible Ray

as Original Story

1936
1933
Reckless Decision

as Screenplay

1932
Hell's House

as Story

1931
1930
Her Man

as Screenstory

1925
Smouldering Fires

as Screenplay

1925
1925
1924
1924
Broken Barriers

as Scenario Writer

Producer

1920
Why Change Your Wife?

as Production Manager

Art

1923
The Famous Mrs. Fair

as Art Direction