Director · Cinematographer · 1893 to 1977
William C. McGann
Best rated (directing): In Old California (5.3)
- Directing films
- 13
- Directing avg
- 5.30
Directing films, by TMDB rating
The career
Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.
As a director, films with 25+ votes
William by the numbers
Average
5.30
1 rated films
Vote weighted
5.30
bigger films count more
Median
5.3
half are better
Consistency
n/a
rating spread
Career
12y
1931 to 1942
Total votes
147
across every film
Best
5.3
In Old California
Worst
n/a
too few films
Newest first
Filmography
| 1942 |  American Empire | · | 5 |
| 1942 |  Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die | · | 7 |
| 1942 |  In Old California | 5.3 | 37 |
| 1941 |  A Shot in the Dark | · | 7 |
| 1939 |  Blackwell's Island | · | 8 |
| 1938 |  Girls on Probation | · | 9 |
| 1938 |  When Were You Born | · | 12 |
| 1937 |  Sh! The Octopus | · | 18 |
| 1937 |  Alcatraz Island | · | 12 |
| 1936 |  The Case of the Black Cat | · | 9 |
| 1936 |  Two Against the World | · | 10 |
| 1936 |  Times Square Playboy | · | 6 |
| 1931 |  I Like Your Nerve | · | 7 |
Better together?
William C. McGann's regulars
- Dick PurcellDirector and actor · 3 films
- Heinz RoemheldComposer · 3 films
- L. William O'ConnellCinematographer · 3 films
- Crane WilburWriter · 3 films
- Carlyle Moore Jr.Director and actor · 2 films
- Henry O'NeillDirector and actor · 2 films
- Anthony AverillDirector and actor · 2 films
- Richard DixDirector and actor · 2 films
- Frances GiffordDirector and actor · 2 films
- Jane BryanDirector and actor · 2 films
- June TravisDirector and actor · 2 films
- Bernhard KaunComposer · 2 films
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: William C. McGann and Dick Purcell movies · William C. McGann and Heinz Roemheld movies · William C. McGann and L. William O'Connell movies · William C. McGann and Crane Wilbur movies
Takes
On William C. McGann
1 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Visual Effects · Academy Awards 1947Special Visual Effects by William McGann; Special Audible Effects by Nathan Levinson