Millard Webb, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Millard Webb

American film director

Date of Birth: 06-Dec-1893

Place of Birth: Clay City, Kentucky, United States

Date of Death: 21-Apr-1935

Profession: screenwriter, actor, film director

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Millard Webb (6 December 1893 – 21 April 1935), was an American screenwriter and director.
He directed 20 films between 1920 and 1933.
His best-known film is the 1926 silent John Barrymore adventure The Sea Beast, a version of Moby Dick, costarring Dolores Costello.
Webb also directed the early sound Florenz Ziegfeld produced talkie Glorifying the American Girl released by Paramount in 1929.
In 1927 he directed Naughty But Nice, produced by John McCormick and First National Pictures.
His active years were from 1916 to 1933. He was married to Lydia Stocking (1918–1923).
Mary Eaton married Webb in 1929, but they separated.He was born in Clay City, Kentucky, U.S., and died in Los Angeles, California of intestinal ailment at the age of 40.