William A. Seiter

William A. Seiter was born on Jun 10, 1890 in USA. William A. Seiter's big-screen debut came with Bell Boy 13 directed by William A. Seiter in 1923. William A. Seiter is known for You Were Never Lovelier directed by William A. Seiter, Fred Astaire stars as Robert Davis and Rita Hayworth as Maria Acuña. William A. Seiter has got 1 awards and 3 nominations so far. The most recent award William A. Seiter achieved is Walk of Fame. The upcoming new movie William A. Seiter plays is Make Haste to Live which will be released on Apr 19, 1954.

Originally a writer and artist, William A. Seiter entered films with Selig. He worked from 1915 as a stunt double and bit player at Keystone and quickly graduated to directing comedy shorts. He moved up to features in the 1920s. He married actress Laura La Plante, who he directed in several films, such as L'habit fait le moine (1926), He was at his best, though, in charge of comic teams such as Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey, Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy (he directed what many believe to be their finest film, Les compagnons de la Nouba (1933)), Bud Abbott and Lou Costello (Deux nigauds vendeurs (1946)) and The Marx Brothers.Most of his early work was under contract to Universal (1924-28) and Warner Brothers (1928-29). He successfully made the transition to sound and remained much in demand for light comedy, working for RKO (1931-34), 20th Century-Fox (1934-38), Universal (1939-41 and again from 1945-49). He retired in 1954. He is perhaps best remembered for "Sons of the Desert" and the musical Roberta (1935) with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.