A Wisconsin-born actor-turned-director, Nigh entered the movie business in 1911 and made his directorial debut in two-reel comedies for Mack Sennett. He made his first feature film in 1915, and entered the sound era as a specialist in thrillers and action films, including westerns. One of Nigh's early talkies, Lord Byron of Broadway (co-directed with Harry Beaumont), was made for MGM, but after that he generally confined himself to work for the smaller studios, including Columbia and Monogram, and as a B-picture specialist at Universal. He hit his full stride during the '40s, with the juvenile delinquency drama Mob Town (1941), the mystery thriller The Strange Case of Dr. Rx (1942), the East Side Kids' crime drama Mr. Wise Guy (1942), and the topical thriller Black Dragons (1942). His most widely seen film was probably the wartime romantic drama Corregidor (1943). Nigh also directed two of the late entries in the Cisco Kid series, The Gay Cavalier and Beauty and the Bandit, starring Gilbert Roland. Never noted as a stylist -- with the budgets and schedules that he worked under, he could hardly have had the chance to develop a style -- Nigh was known for his fast-paced action scenes and quick, naturalistic approach to crowd scenes.
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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Director |
1948 | |||
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Stage Struck
Director |
1948 | |||
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Riding the California Trail
Director |
1947 | |||
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South of Monterey
Director |
1947 | |||
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Beauty and the Bandit
Director |
1946 | |||
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Partners in Time
Director |
1946 | |||
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The Gay Cavalier
Director |
1946 | |||
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Divorce
Director |
1945 | |||
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Once There Was a Girl
Director |
1945 | |||
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Are These Our Parents?
Director |
1944 | |||
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Forever Yours
Director, Screenwriter |
1944 | |||
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Trocadero
Director |
1944 | |||
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Allotment Wives, Inc.
Director |
1943 | |||
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Corregidor
Director |
1943 | |||
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Lady from Chungking
Director |
1943 | |||
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The Ghost and the Guest
Director |
1943 | |||
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The Underdog
Director |
1943 | |||
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Where Are Your Children?
Director |
1943 | |||
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Black Dragons
Director |
1942 | |||
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City of Silent Men
Director |
1942 | |||
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College Sweethearts
Director |
1942 | |||
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Escape from Hong Kong
Director |
1942 | |||
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Mr. Wise Guy
Director |
1942 | |||
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The Strange Case of Dr. Rx
Director |
1942 | |||
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Tough As They Come
Director |
1942 | |||
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Zis Boom Bah
Director |
1942 | |||
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Mob Town
Director |
1941 | |||
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No Greater Sin
Director |
1941 | |||
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Secret Evidence
Director |
1941 | |||
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The Kid from Kansas
Director |
1941 | |||
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Doomed to Die
Director |
1940 | |||
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Son of the Navy
Director |
1940 | |||
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The Ape
Director |
1940 | |||
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The Fatal Hour
Director |
1940 | |||
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I Am a Criminal
Director |
1939 | |||
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Mr. Wong in Chinatown
Director |
1939 | |||
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Mutiny in the Big House
Director |
1939 | |||
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Streets of New York
Director |
1939 | |||
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The Mystery of Mr. Wong
Director |
1939 | |||
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Female Fugitive
Director |
1938 | |||
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Gangster's Boy
Director |
1938 | |||
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Mr. Wong, Detective
Director |
1938 | |||
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Romance of the Limberlost
Director |
1938 | |||
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Rose of the Rio Grande
Director |
1938 | |||
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The Law Commands
Director |
1938 | |||
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A Bride for Henry
Director |
1937 | |||
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Atlantic Flight
Director |
1937 | |||
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Bill Cracks Down
Director |
1937 | |||
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Boy of the Streets
Director |
1937 | |||
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Hoosier Schoolboy
Director |
1937 | |||
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North of Nome
Director |
1937 | |||
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The Thirteenth Man
Director |
1937 | |||
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Crash Donovan
Director |
1936 | |||
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Dizzy Dames
Director |
1936 | |||
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Don't Get Personal
Director |
1936 | |||
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Penthouse Party
Director |
1936 | |||
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His Night Out
Director |
1935 | |||
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School for Girls
Director |
1935 | |||
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She Gets Her Man
Director |
1935 | |||
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Sweepstake Annie
Director |
1935 | |||
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The Headline Woman
Director |
1935 | |||
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Director |
1935 | |||
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The Old Homestead
Director |
1935 | |||
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City Limits
Director |
1934 | |||
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He Couldn't Take It
Director |
1934 | |||
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House of Mystery
Director |
1934 | |||
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Monte Carlo Nights
Director |
1934 | |||
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Mystery Liner
Director |
1934 | |||
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Once to Every Bachelor
Director |
1934 | |||
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Two Heads on a Pillow
Director |
1934 | |||
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Men Are Such Fools
Director |
1933 | |||
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Border Devils
Director |
1932 | |||
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The Night Rider
Director |
1932 | |||
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Without Honors
Director |
1932 | |||
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Lightning Flyer
Director |
1931 | |||
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Single Sin
Director |
1931 | |||
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The Sea Ghost
Director, Screenwriter |
1931 | |||
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Fighting Thru
Director |
1930 | |||
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Lord Byron of Broadway
Director |
1930 | |||
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Today
Director |
1930 | |||
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Desert Nights
Director |
1929 | |||
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Thunder
Director |
1929 | |||
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Across to Singapore
Director |
1928 | |||
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Four Walls
Director |
1928 | |||
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The Law of the Range
Director |
1928 | |||
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Mr. Wu
Director |
1927 | |||
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The Nest
Director |
1927 | |||
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Fire Brigade
Director |
1926 | |||
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The Little Giant
Director |
1926 | |||
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Fear-Bound
Director, Screenwriter |
1925 | |||
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Born Rich
Director, Screenwriter |
1924 | |||
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Marriage Morals
Director, Screenwriter |
1923 | |||
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Notoriety
Director, Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Rags to Riches
Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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Your Best Friend
Director, Screenwriter |
1922 | |||
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School Days
Director, Screenwriter |
1921 | |||
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Democracy
Director |
1920 | |||
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My Four Years in Germany
Director |
1918 | |||
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Blue Streak
Actor, Director, Screenwriter |
1917 | |||
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Slave
Director |
1917 | |||
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Thou Shalt Not Steal
Director |
1917 | |||
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Child of Destiny
Director |
1916 | |||
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Life's Shadows
Director |
1916 | |||
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A Royal Family
Actor, Director |
1915 | |||
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The Stork's Nest
Director |
1915 | |||
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Yellow Streak
Director, Screenwriter |
1915 | |||
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Salomy Jane
Actor |
1914 |