Wilson Leahy was born on 24 June 1894 in Walla Walla, Washington, USA. He is known for The Lawton Story (1949). He was married to Elsie Leahy. He died on 4 July 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
In July of 1944, his son, 1st. Lt. Wilson Leahy, was shot down while on a bombing raid over Munich. All ten crew members survived and spent the rest of the war in a German POW camp.