From Wikipedia Crane Wilbur (November 17, 1886 – October 18, 1973) was an American writer, actor and director for stage, radio and screen. He was born in Athens, New York and died in Toluca Lake, California.
Biography from TMDB.
- November 17, 1886
- October 18, 1973 (aged 86)
- Athens, New York, USA
- Writer, director and actor
- 26 on MovieCove · 95 credits in all
What are Crane Wilbur's films like?
Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 3 · Earnest 23
A split, not a type: Light 7 · Serious 8 · Dark 11
A split, not a type: Grounded 14 · Stylized 10 · Heightened 2
Gentle 5 · Charged 14 · Intense 7
Steady 6 · Shifting 19 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 20 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 3
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 19 · Relentless 0
Casual 12 · Engaged 14 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 11 · Affecting 11 · Heavy 4
Resolved 24 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
- Mentoras Biology Teacher (Carl Bryson) in High School Girl (1934)
Moods and endings
- Happy11
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Crane Wilbur's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 26 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (10).
- He Walked by Night (1948) · writer · free
- Mysterious Island (1961) · writer · free
- The Mad Magician (1954) · writer · free
- The Amazing Mr. X (1948) · writer · free
- Solomon and Sheba (1959) · writer · free
- The Monster (1925) · writer · free
- The Bat (1959) · director, writer · free
- The Devil on Horseback (1936) · director, writer · free
- We're in the Legion Now (1936) · director, writer · free
- Captain Calamity (1936) · actor, writer · free
Subscription and free streaming for Crane Wilbur's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
95 credits, 26 with a MovieCove page.
House of Women(1962)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Mysterious Island(1961)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The George Raft Story(1961)
Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films
Solomon and Sheba(1959)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
The Bat(1959)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Monkey on My Back (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)
Battle Stations (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)
The Phenix City Story(1955)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Women's Prison(1955)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Mad Magician(1954)
Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films
Crime Wave(1953)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
House of Wax(1953)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
The Lion and the Horse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Outside the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)
The Story of Molly X (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)
He Walked by Night(1948)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
The Amazing Mr. X(1948)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films
Canon City(1948)
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
Adventures of Casanova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)
Power Behind the Nation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
The Red Stallion(1947)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
The Devil On Wheels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
Born to Speed (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)
I Am an American (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
I Won't Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
Proudly We Serve (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
Roger Touhy, Gangster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
A Night of Adventure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)
King of the Lumberjacks(1940)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Monroe Doctrine (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Ride, Cowboy, Ride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
The Bill of Rights (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Hell's Kitchen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Quiet, Please (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
The Right Way (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
The Man Who Dared (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Sons of Liberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Blackwell's Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)
Swingtime in the Movies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
The Declaration of Independence (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Girls on Probation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Penrod's Double Trouble(1938)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Out Where the Stars Begin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Crime School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
Over the Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
The Invisible Menace (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
The Patient in Room 18 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)
The Man Without a Country (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
West of Shanghai (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Alcatraz Island (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Romance of Louisiana (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Dance Charlie Dance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
A Day at Santa Anita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
The Romance Of Robert Burns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Navy Spy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)
Her Husband's Secretary(1937)
Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films
We're in the Legion Now(1936)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
El carnaval del diablo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
Captain Calamity(1936)
Midcredits score: 1st percentile of all films
Yellow Cargo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)
The Devil on Horseback(1936)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The People's Enemy(1935)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
Unwelcome Stranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
On Probation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Public Opinion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)
Name the Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
Tomorrow's Children (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)
High School Girl(1934)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Trial of Vivienne Ware (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)
Children of Pleasure (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
Lord Byron of Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)
It's a Great Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)
The Monster(1925)
Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all filmsThe Heart of Maryland (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1921)
The Finger of Justice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)
The Eye of Envy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)
The Painted Lie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)
The Spite Husband (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
For Her Good Name (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
The Haunting Symphony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
The Fool's Game (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
A King o' Make-Believe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
The Wasted Years (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
The Conscience of John David (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
The Love Liar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
Vengeance Is Mine! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)
The Protest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)
The Road o' Strife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)
All Love Excelling (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)
The Perils of Pauline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)
Revolution in a Bachelors' Club (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)
For Massa's Sake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1911)
Career shape
A full career of 94 titles from 1911 to 1962.
Biggest box office
House of Wax (1953)
Highest rated
Crime Wave (1953)
Most popular right now
House of Wax (1953)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Crane Wilbur's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 46th percentile, the median of all 26; across their 26 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 51st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up4
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th8
- Below 25th6
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 26 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Panned1
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Broadly Agreed4
- Mixed9
Reviewers score the dialogue 46/100 and the plot and story 46/100 in their films, across 25 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Crane Wilbur work with?
People who share at least 2 of Crane Wilbur's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bryan Foy shares the most, 13.
Directors
- Lewis SeilerShared titles: Women's Prison (1955), Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)See all 2 shared titles with Lewis Seiler
- John BrahmShared titles: The Mad Magician (1954), The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)See all 2 shared titles with John Brahm
- André De TothShared titles: Crime Wave (1953), House of Wax (1953)See all 2 shared titles with André De Toth
Writers
- Daniel MainwaringShared titles: The George Raft Story (1961), The Phenix City Story (1955)See all 2 shared titles with Daniel Mainwaring
- Robert E. KentShared titles: The Red Stallion (1947), King of the Lumberjacks (1940)See all 2 shared titles with Robert E. Kent
Actors
- Vincent PriceShared titles: The Bat (1959), The Mad Magician (1954), House of Wax (1953)See all 3 shared titles with Vincent Price
- Jay NovelloShared titles: The Mad Magician (1954), Crime Wave (1953), The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)See all 3 shared titles with Jay Novello
- Paul PicerniShared titles: House of Wax (1953), I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)See all 3 shared titles with Paul Picerni
- Roy RobertsShared titles: House of Wax (1953), I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951), He Walked by Night (1948)See all 3 shared titles with Roy Roberts
Composers and cinematographers
- Howard JacksonShared titles: House of Women (1962), Penrod's Double Trouble (1938), Her Husband's Secretary (1937)See all 3 shared titles with Howard Jackson
- Bert GlennonShared titles: The Mad Magician (1954), Crime Wave (1953), House of Wax (1953)See all 3 shared titles with Bert Glennon
- Edwin B. DuParShared titles: The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952), I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)See all 3 shared titles with Edwin B. DuPar
- John AltonShared titles: Canon City (1948), He Walked by Night (1948), The Amazing Mr. X (1948)See all 3 shared titles with John Alton
Producers
- Bryan FoyShared titles: House of Women (1962), Women's Prison (1955), The Mad Magician (1954), Crime Wave (1953), House of Wax (1953), The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952), I Was a Communist for the F.B.I. (1951), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951), Canon City (1948), He Walked by Night (1948), King of the Lumberjacks (1940), Penrod's Double Trouble (1938) and 1 moreSee newest 12 of 13 shared titles with Bryan Foy
- Hal B. WallisShared titles: King of the Lumberjacks (1940), Penrod's Double Trouble (1938), Her Husband's Secretary (1937)See all 3 shared titles with Hal B. Wallis
- Jack L. WarnerShared titles: King of the Lumberjacks (1940), Penrod's Double Trouble (1938), Her Husband's Secretary (1937)See all 3 shared titles with Jack L. Warner
- Charles J. HuntShared titles: Captain Calamity (1936), The Devil on Horseback (1936), We're in the Legion Now (1936)See all 3 shared titles with Charles J. Hunt