- Born
- Died
- Birth nameWilhelm ("Willie") Wilder
- W. Lee Wilder was born on August 22, 1904 in Sucha, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Sucha Beskidzka, Malopolskie, Poland]. W. Lee was a director and producer, known for Once a Thief (1950), The Big Bluff (1955) and Killers from Space (1954). W. Lee died on February 14, 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Children
- RelativesBilly Wilder(Sibling)
- Long estranged from his younger, famous brother Billy Wilder, who jokingly dismissed him as "a dull son of a bitch".
- Had been a NY-based maker of purses, Wm. Wilder Co., Inc. Original Handbags, before heading to Hollywood in 1945 to produce movies.
- Brother of director Billy Wilder, father of Myles Wilder.
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