Ward Wing

Harold Ward Wing (February 18, 1893 or 1894 – June 4 or 5, 1945) was an American actor, director, and screenwriter, from silent film to the early sound film era.

Ward Wing
Born	Harold Ward Wing (1893-02-18)February 18, 1893 or 1894 Greene County, Missouri, U.S.
Died	June 4 or (1945-06-05)June 5, 1945 (aged 51–52) Los Angeles, California, U.S
Burial place	Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary
Occupations	Actor director screenwriter
Years active	1917–1945
Spouse	Lori Bara ​ ​ (m. 1927; div. 1935)​

Early life

Harold Ward Wing was born on February 18, 1893, or 1894, in Springfield, Greene County, to Eva Maria (née Eversull) and Isaac J. Wing.

Personal life

Wing was married to Lori Bara in Mexico, on November 23, 1927. They divorced in 1935.

Career

Wing worked as a comedy writer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In 1933, he traveled with his wife to British Malaya and resided there for six months where they began to filmed Samarang, a romance film with all native cast, in which Wing acted as a director along with his wife.

Filmography

Selected credits as actor and/or director

Title	Year	As actor	Role	As director	Notes	Ref.
Cupid's Thumb Print	1917	Yes	Leonard Prewitt
The Eagle	1918	Yes	Bob
A Mother's Secret	1918	Yes
In His Brother's Place	1919	Yes	Abel Cruck Jr.
Loot	1919	Yes
The Conquering Power	1921	Yes	Adolph des Grassins
Hell's Border	1922	Yes
Eyes of Hollywood	1925	Yes
The Overland Telegraph	1929				Story only
The Big House	1930			Yes	Uncredited
El presidio	1930			Yes
Whippet Racing	1931			Yes
Bone Crushers	1933			Yes
Samarang	1933			Yes
Come On Marines!	1934				Screenplay only, uncredited
Tea Leaves in the Wind	1938			Yes
The Chaser	1938	Yes	Man at Calhoun's Auto		Uncredited
Tell No Tells	1939	Yes	Kammy		Uncredited
20 Mule Team	1940	Yes	Barfly		Uncredited
Seven Sinners	1940	Yes	Sailor		Uncredited
Sandy Gets Her Man	1940	Yes	Driver		Uncredited
The Shark Women	1941			Yes

Death

While working as an extra at Paramount Pictures, Wing collapsed from heart attack and was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. He died there on June 4 or 5, 1945, and was buried at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park and Mortuary on June 6.

References

General and cited sources

• Office, Library of Congress Copyright (1933). Catalogue of Title Entries of Books and Other Articles Entered in the Office of the Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress, at Washington, D.C. U.S. Government Printing Office.</ref>
• Institute, American Film (1993). The 1931-1940: American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07908-3.</ref>
• Kinnard, Roy (1995). Horror in Silent Films: A Filmography, 1896-1929. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0036-2.
• Spehr, Paul C.; Lundquist, Gunnar (1996). American Film Personnel and Company Credits, 1908-1920: Filmographies Reordered by Authoritative Organizational and Personal Names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American Film-index. McFarland, Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-7864-0255-7.
• Lentz, Harris M. (1996). Section I. Actors and actresses. Section II. Directors, producers, and writers. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0217-5.
• Institute, American Film (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20969-5.
• Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-20964-0.
• Langman, Larry (1998). Return to Paradise: A Guide to South Sea Island Films. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-3268-8.
• Golden, Eve (May 5, 1998). Vamp: The Rise and Fall of Theda Bara. Vestal Press. ISBN 978-1-4617-3077-4.
• Drew, Bernard A. (December 4, 2013). Motion Picture Series and Sequels: A Reference Guide. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-92893-5.
• Pollock, Christopher (2013). Reel San Francisco Stories: An Annotated Filmography of the Bay Area. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-0-578-13042-2.

External links

• Ward Wing at IMDb