Actor
Frank Wead
Born 1895
From Wikipedia Frank Wilbur "Spig" Wead (born October 24, 1895, in Peoria, Illinois – died November 15, 1947, in Santa Monica, California) was a U.S. Navy aviator turned screenwriter who helped promote United States Naval aviation from its inception through World War II.
Writing

They Were Expendable
Screenplay · 1945

Test Pilot
Original Story · 1938

The Wings of Eagles
Writer · 1957

Dive Bomber
Screenplay · 1941

The Citadel
Screenplay · 1938

Destroyer
Story · 1943

Midshipman Jack
Screenplay · 1933

Ceiling Zero
Theatre Play · 1936

The Beginning or the End
Writer · 1947

The Flying Fleet
Story · 1929

The Great Impersonation
Screenplay · 1935

West Point of the Air
Screenplay · 1935