Howard Higgin
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 15, 1891
- Place of birth
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Died
- December 16, 1938
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.
Movies directed by Howard Higgin
- Hell's House 1932 · ★ 5.2
- The Painted Desert 1931 · ★ 5.2
- The Racketeer 1929 · ★ 5.1
- The Leatherneck 1929 · ★ 5.7
- Skyscraper 1928 · ★ 5.8
- High Voltage 1929 · ★ 5.2
- The Final Edition 1932 · ★ 6.5
- The Line-Up 1934 · ★ 3.5
- Sal of Singapore 1928 · ★ 5.7
- Reckless Decision 1933 · ★ 5.3
- Battle of Greed 1937 · ★ 6.5
- Carnival Lady 1933 · ★ 6.0
- Power 1928 · ★ 8.0
- The New Commandment 1925 · ★ 10.0
- Rent Free 1922 · ★ 9.0
- In the Name of Love 1925 · ★ 10.0
- The Great Deception 1926 · ★ 7.0
- The Reckless Lady 1926 · ★ 10.0
- The Perfect Sap 1927 · ★ 7.0
- The Last Man 1932 · ★ 9.0