Howard Winchester Hawks

1896 - 1977  (81 years)    Has 10 ancestors and one descendant in this family tree.

• Name	Howard Winchester Hawks
  Relationship	with Francis Fox
  Born	30 May 1896	Goshen, Indiana, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	26 Dec 1977	Palm Springs, California, USA
  Person ID	I372579	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002

  
  

  Father	Frank Winchester Hawks
  Mother	Helen Howard
  Siblings	4 siblings
  1. Kenneth Hawks,   b. 12 Aug 1898, Goshen, Indiana, USA ,   d. 2 Jan 1930  (Age 31 years)   2. William B. Hawks,   b. 1902   3. Grace Hawks   4. Helen Hawks,   b. 1906
  Family ID	F147745	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Athole Shearer,   b. 20 Nov 1900, Montréal, QC, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1985, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California  (Age 84 years)
  Married	28 May 1928
  Divorced	1940
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002
  Family ID	F147743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Nancy Gross,   b. Salinas, California ,   d. 1990
  Married	11 Dec 1941
  Divorced	1947
  Children	1. NN Hawks
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002
  Family ID	F147610	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	Living
  Last Modified	2 Apr 2002
  Family ID	F147744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  debuted as director in 1926 after having worked as plane pilot and as car-racing driver. After his first eight silent movies he became a principal base of cinema in Hollywood. Being his own producer he had success in all types of genre but mainly with comedies and westerns. His most important films were Scarface (1932), 0034167, To Have and Have Not (1944) and Big Sleep, The (1946).