William B. Davidson

Born: 1888-06-15

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia William B. Davidson (June 16, 1888 – September 28, 1947) was an American film actor. Davidson attended Columbia University where he played football. He became a popular football star. This fame eventually led to his foray into motion pictures after he had spent some time as a lawyer. He started in films in 1914 with Vitagraph and supported well known stage and film actresses such as Ethel Barrymore, Mabel Taliaferro, Charlotte Walker, Olga Petrova, Viola Dana, June Caprice, Edna Goodrich, and Mae West. He appeared in 318 films between 1915 and 1949. He was born in Dobbs Ferry, New York, and died in Santa Monica, California. His first Hollywood film was For the Honor of the Crew. Afterward, he appeared in many films, his best-known role was perhaps the Ship's captain in The Most Dangerous Game. He remained in show business until his sudden death after surgery in 1947.


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Scarface

as Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
Released: 1932-04-09

In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way...

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My Darling Clementine

as Saloon Owner (uncredited)
Released: 1946-10-17

Wyatt Earp and his brothers Morgan and Virgil ride into Tombstone and leave brother James in...

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Sweet Music

as Billie Madison
Released: 1935-02-23

A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success...

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The Most Dangerous Game

as Captain (uncredited)
Released: 1932-09-16

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a...

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Gentleman Jim

as Donovan (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-14

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...

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They Were Expendable

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1945-12-07

Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy...

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Marked Woman

as Bob Crandall
Released: 1937-04-10

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful...

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I'm No Angel

as Ernest Brown
Released: 1933-10-06

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money,...

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In This Our Life

as Jim Purdy
Released: 1942-05-08

An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining...

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Mystery of the Wax Museum

as Detective (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-18

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

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Hell's Angels

as Staff Major
Released: 1930-11-15

When World War I breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford university,...

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Mission to Moscow

as Senator (uncredited)
Released: 1943-04-29

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns...

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Larceny, Inc.

as McCarthy
Released: 1942-04-24

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they...

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Upperworld

as City Editor (uncredited)
Released: 1934-04-19

A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go...

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Housewife

as Nan's Attorney
Released: 1934-08-11

Nan Reynolds encourages her copywriter husband Bill to open his own agency. Nearly out of...

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Imitation of Life

as Man Buying Cigar (uncredited)
Released: 1934-11-23

A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter....

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My Little Chickadee

as Sheriff of Little Bend (uncredited)
Released: 1940-02-09

While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a...

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They Made Me a Criminal

as Ennis
Released: 1939-01-21

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

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Dangerous

as Reed Walsh
Released: 1935-12-25

Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his...

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Hold That Ghost

as Moose Matson
Released: 1941-08-08

Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will....

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Central Park

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-10

Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get...

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Earthworm Tractors

as Mr. Jackson
Released: 1936-07-24

A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.

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Midnight Court

as Alfred H. Kruger
Released: 1937-03-06

After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of...

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The Hurricane

as Abusive Drunk (uncredited)
Released: 1937-11-09

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending...

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The Intruder

as Det. Lt. Samson
Released: 1933-03-13

A murder is committed aboard a cruise ship just before it sinks in a storm. The survivors,...

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Easy Living

as Mr. Hyde
Released: 1937-07-16

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's...

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Hollywood Hotel

as Director Kelton
Released: 1938-01-15

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall...

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Dishonored

as uncredited
Released: 1931-04-04

The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.

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Lady Killer

as Director Williams
Released: 1933-12-09

An ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally...

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Dangerously Yours

as George Carr
Released: 1933-02-24

A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.

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Female

as Department Head (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-11-11

Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world...

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Racket Busters

as Trucking Chairman (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-16

A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

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Sun Valley Serenade

as Jack Murray
Released: 1941-08-29

When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a...

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Road Gang

as Attorney General Mardsen
Released: 1936-03-28

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed...

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Seven Sinners

as Police Chief
Released: 1940-10-25

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her...

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Invisible Stripes

as Montgomery (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-30

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.

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Truck Busters

as Stephen S. Gray
Released: 1943-01-28

An independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked...

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Bordertown

as Dr. Carter
Released: 1935-01-23

An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.

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Blockade

as Commandant
Released: 1938-06-17

A simple peasant is forced to take up arms to defend his farm during the Spanish Civil War....

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Lady with Red Hair

as Stock Company Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-30

An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.

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Gold Diggers of 1937

as Andy Callahan
Released: 1936-12-28

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist...

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Woman Trap

as Watts
Released: 1929-09-28

In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to...

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Up in Arms

as Maxwell
Released: 1944-02-17

Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his...

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Private Detective

as Inspector Evans
Released: 1939-12-09

A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder...

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Sudden Money

as Sam
Released: 1939-03-31

Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father...

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Each Dawn I Die

as Bill Mason
Released: 1939-08-19

A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism...

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Meet the Baron

as General Broadcasting Representative
Released: 1933-10-20

A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.

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Woman Wanted

as Collins
Released: 1935-08-02

Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...

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Circumstantial Evidence

as Board of Appeals Chairman
Released: 1945-04-20

A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer...

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Blondie Meets the Boss

as Elderly Man in Café (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-08

Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods...

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Dust Be My Destiny

as Work Farm Warden
Released: 1939-09-16

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail,...

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In Society

as Parker
Released: 1944-08-16

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets...

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Indianapolis Speedway

as Duncan Martin
Released: 1939-08-05

A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession...

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In the Navy

as Capt. Richards (uncredited)
Released: 1941-05-30

Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias,...

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That's My Man

as Steward
Released: 1947-06-01

A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when...

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That Hagen Girl

as Mr. Bowman (uncredited)
Released: 1947-11-01

Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has...

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Greenwich Village

as Dance Director
Released: 1944-09-27

In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

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Man-Made Monster

as District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley
Released: 1941-03-28

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.

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The Great Man's Lady

as Sen. Knobs
Released: 1942-04-15

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt...

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Letter of Introduction

as Mr. Raleigh (uncredited)
Released: 1938-08-05

An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter...

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The Animal Kingdom

as Chess Player
Released: 1932-12-28

Tom Collier has had a great relationship with Daisy, but when he decides to marry, it is not...

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Blonde Alibi

as Police Captain Hurley (Uncredited)
Released: 1946-03-01

Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered....

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Ever Since Eve

as Henderson
Released: 1937-07-15

Madge Winton (Marion Davies), a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid...

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Satan Met a Lady

as City Fathers Committee Spokesman (uncredited)
Released: 1936-07-22

In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying...

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Hers to Hold

as Al
Released: 1943-07-16

Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls"...

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Lillian Russell

as President Cleveland
Released: 1940-05-24

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

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Smashing the Money Ring

as Warden Denby
Released: 1939-10-21

T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up...

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Something to Sing About

as Mr. Richards (as William Davidson)
Released: 1937-09-30

James Cagney has a rare chance to show his song-and-dance-man roots in this low-budget tale of a...

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Tail Spin

as Sales Manager (Uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-19

Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race,...

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Thieves Fall Out

as Harrison "Harry" Eckles
Released: 1941-05-03

Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his...

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1975-08-06

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...

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Dick Tracy's Dilemma

as Peter Premium
Released: 1947-05-20

Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and...

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Three Smart Girls Grow Up

as Stock Broker
Released: 1939-03-24

Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together,...

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Sing Your Way Home

as F.T. Johnson
Released: 1945-11-14

In this musical comedy, an arrogant war journalist is sailing back to the Big Apple after the...

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Illegal Traffic

as Dalton
Released: 1938-11-02

G-Man Charles Bent Martin is sent out to break up a nationwide racket. A transport company is...

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Scarlet Pages

as Jackson
Released: 1930-09-27

Nora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her...

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Special Agent

as Charlie Young - Carston's Lawyer
Released: 1935-09-14

Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career...

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Murder by an Aristocrat

as Bayard Thatcher (as William Davidson)
Released: 1936-06-13

A wealthy family is blackmailed. Murder results. And a nurse at the scene of the crime is...

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Torch Singer

as Jarrett
Released: 1933-09-08

When she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption...

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Three Girls About Town

as Labor Leader
Released: 1941-10-23

Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next...

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Highway West

as Gorman
Released: 1941-08-07

A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.

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See My Lawyer

as Judge
Released: 1945-03-09

Ole and Chic are comedians employed in a nightclub, but seeking to be released from their...

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It Happened in Hollywood

as Al Howard
Released: 1937-09-07

A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

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You May Be Next!

as Official (uncredited)
Released: 1936-02-05

Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.

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Uncle Joe

as Mr. Day
Released: 1941-10-18

A pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her...

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The Lost Squadron

as Lelewer
Released: 1932-03-12

When World War I comes to an end, three pilots find themselves on hard times. They wind up in...

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There Goes My Heart

as Skipper Jackson (uncredited)
Released: 1938-10-14

An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.

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Sky Devils

as Captain
Released: 1932-03-12

Wilkie and Mitchell, trying to desert their draft into the army, stow away on a ship which takes...

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Fatal Lady

as Detective (uncredited)
Released: 1936-05-15

On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the...

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Remember the Day

as Committeeman
Released: 1941-12-25

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls...

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Laughing Boy

as Hartshone (as William Davidson)
Released: 1934-04-13

A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast.

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Friends of Mr. Sweeney

as Stephen Prime
Released: 1934-07-28

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone...

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Charter Pilot

as Mr. Wentworth
Released: 1940-12-06

US-to-Central-America freight service pilot gets engaged to radio broadcaster and promises to...

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The Secret Bride

as Representative McPherson
Released: 1934-12-22

Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can...

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The Silver Horde

as Tom Hilliard
Released: 1930-10-24

A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.

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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1994-08-09

As the first "blonde bombshell," Mae West reigned supreme and changed the nation's view of...

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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

as Cyrus Ballard
Released: 1942-03-27

A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to...

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Keep 'Em Flying

as Gonigle
Released: 1941-11-27

When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants...

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Tell It to a Star

as Brannigan
Released: 1945-08-16

Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the...

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Love on Toast

as Jonathan
Released: 1937-12-03

The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for...

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The Menace

as John Utterson
Released: 1932-01-29

A man framed for murder escapes from prison in order to prove his innocence.

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Granny Get Your Gun

as Fitzgerald
Released: 1940-02-10

An elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges.

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The Dragon Murder Case

as Greeff
Released: 1934-08-25

Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone...

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Cocoanut Grove

as Hawtrey
Released: 1938-05-20

Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.

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The Sport Parade

as Kendricks (uncredited)
Released: 1932-11-11

Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.

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The Pride of the Legion

as Sgt. Arnold
Released: 1932-10-17

After suffering a traumatic injury, a policeman resigns from the force and, after he's saved...

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The Thirteenth Guest

as Police Captain Brown (Uncredited)
Released: 1932-08-09

Thirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the...

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The Affairs of Martha

as Homer Jacell
Released: 1942-06-21

Members of a well-to-do small community become worried when it is revealed that one of their...

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Her Mad Night

as District Attorney
Released: 1932-10-12

A woman is accused of murdering a man who molested her young daughter.

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Hired Wife

as Mumford (as William Davidson)
Released: 1940-09-13

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect...

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Fog Over Frisco

as Editor Joe Hogue
Released: 1934-06-02

Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance...

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Paradise Isle

as Hoener
Released: 1937-07-21

Stranded on an island, a blind artist (Warren Hull) falls in love with a native (Movita).

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A Man from Wyoming

as Major
Released: 1930-07-12

A story about a man from Wyoming who enlists in the Army and is sent to the front during World...

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Tin Pan Alley

as Hotel Manager
Released: 1940-11-29

Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to...

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Maryland

as John Addison
Released: 1940-07-19

A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do...

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Love on a Bet

as A.W. Hutchinson
Released: 1936-03-06

Aspiring Producer Michael McCreigh convinces Uncle Carlton to finance a play on the condition...

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Cradle Snatchers

as Roy Ladd
Released: 1927-05-28

To cure their flirtatious husbands of consorting with flappers, three wives-- Susan Martin,...

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The Judge Steps Out

as Colonel Bright (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-15

A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.

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The St. Louis Kid

as Joe Hunter
Released: 1934-11-10

Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and...

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Blackwell's Island

as Hempel
Released: 1939-01-24

A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.

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Go Into Your Dance

as Tom McGee
Released: 1935-04-20

An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.

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Devil Dogs of the Air

as Adjutant
Released: 1935-02-09

Two Marine pilots vie for romance and glory.

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Sergeant Murphy

as Maj. Gruff (uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-01

An Army private proves his horse is fit for service and wins his colonel's daughter.

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Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Mr. 'W.P.' Alvey
Released: 1938-07-09

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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Week-End in Havana

as Captain Moss
Released: 1941-10-17

A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships...

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The Big Noise

as Welford Andrews
Released: 1936-06-22

The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet...

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The Male Animal

as Alumnus
Released: 1942-03-12

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being...

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Hello, Everybody!

as Mr. Parker
Released: 1933-02-17

The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the...

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The Vice Squad

as Magistrate Tom Morrison
Released: 1931-05-29

A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.

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Always Faithful

as George W. Mason
Released: 1929-12-29

The wife and secretary of a mine operator attempt to conceal their romantic affair.

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Calaboose

as Sheriff George Lane (as William Davidson)
Released: 1943-01-29

A love-smitten cowpoke acciidentally causes a horse stampede.

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Let Them Live

as The Editor
Released: 1937-04-25

A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.

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For the Defense

as Dist. Atty. Stone
Released: 1930-07-19

William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing...

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No Limit

as Wilkie
Released: 1931-01-15

Theater usherette Bunny O'Day (Clara Bow) inadvertently becomes hostess of a private gambling...

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Florian

as Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Released: 1940-06-05

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...

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The Big Shakedown

as District Attorney (uncredited)
Released: 1934-01-06

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making...

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The Man Who Reclaimed His Head

as Charles (as William Davidson)
Released: 1934-12-24

A writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.

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Girl in 313

as George Grayson
Released: 1940-05-31

A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is...

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Hidden Power

as Foster
Released: 1939-09-07

Dr. Garfield gets so involved in his research for an antitoxin for severe burns that he...

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Honeymoon in Bali

as Store Detective
Released: 1939-09-29

Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen,...

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Sunny

as First Ship's Officer
Released: 1930-11-09

A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.

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A Night of Adventure

as Gilbert J. Regan (uncredited)
Released: 1944-06-02

A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.

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Melody for Two

as Mr. Hale
Released: 1937-05-01

A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.

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Naughty But Nice

as Samuel 'Sam' 'Simsy' Hudson - Music Publisher
Released: 1939-06-23

Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and...

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Marry the Girl

as Drake
Released: 1937-07-13

Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to...

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The Lady from Cheyenne

as Nye Dunbar
Released: 1941-04-11

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the...

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Off the Record

as Scotty
Released: 1939-01-21

After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to...

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The Road Back

as Bartscher
Released: 1937-06-01

After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel...

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Behind the Mike

as Cyrus Wittles
Released: 1937-09-26

Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.

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Playboy of Paris

as Monsieur Bannack (uncredited)
Released: 1930-10-18

Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a...

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The Jury's Secret

as Page
Released: 1938-01-16

A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her...

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Ding Dong Williams

as Mr. Saul Dana
Released: 1946-04-15

Ding Dong Williams, a clarinet player who can neither read nor write music is employed at a...

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Over My Dead Body

as Crole (as William Davidson)
Released: 1942-01-15

Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish...

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San Francisco Docks

as Dist. Atty. Craig
Released: 1940-12-25

Longshoreman Johnny Barnes is in love with Kitty Tracy, barmaid at her father's waterfront...

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The Capitol

as Congressman Blake
Released: 1919-12-01

Margaret Kennard takes her baby daughter Agnes and leaves her husband Eustace for James Carroll....

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Is My Face Red?

as O'Sullivan
Released: 1932-06-17

William Poster writes a gossip column for the Morning Gazette. He will write about anyone and...

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Show Them No Mercy!

as Chief Haggerty (as William Davidson)
Released: 1935-12-06

A young couple and their child fall prey to kidnappers when a storm drives them into a seemingly...

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The Billion Dollar Scandal

as Jim Lawrence
Released: 1933-01-06

An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes...

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The Good Fellows

as Blake
Released: 1943-08-11

The title of Grand Caesar in the Ancient Order of Noblest Romans of Wakefield, Indiana keeps Jim...

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Make Your Own Bed

as Mr. Linklater
Released: 1944-06-10

Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then...

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Hearts and Spurs

as Victor Dufresne
Released: 1925-06-07

Oscar has been sent to the plains to make a man of himself, is soon visited by his sister Sybil...

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On Trial

as Mr. Gray
Released: 1939-04-01

An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect...

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Sandy Gets Her Man

as Councilman Charles J. Clark
Released: 1940-11-08

A young widow lets her baby be the deciding factor as to which eligible bachelor she should marry.

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Three Sons o' Guns

as Henry Baxter
Released: 1941-08-02

Three reckless brothers dodge the draft then sign up and become men.

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The Cat Creeps

as James Walsh
Released: 1946-05-17

A black cat is suspected of being possessed by the spirit of a elderly murdered woman.

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My Love Came Back

as Agent
Released: 1940-07-13

Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius...

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The Notorious Lone Wolf

as Inspector Crane (as William Davidson)
Released: 1946-02-14

Ex-thief Lone Wolf and his valet don turbans to solve a museum jewel theft.

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Murder on the Waterfront

as Capt. Towne
Released: 1943-09-18

A sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.

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Oil for the Lamps of China

as E.H. Swaley
Released: 1935-06-08

An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.

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The Man Who Walked Alone

as Governor
Released: 1945-03-15

A war hero returns home following a medical discharge and ends up entangled with a young woman...

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Queen of the Night Clubs

as Assistant District Attorney (as William Davidson)
Released: 1929-03-23

Irked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of...

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Graft

as M.H. Thomas
Released: 1931-09-21

Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot...

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Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

as uncredited
Released: 1931-05-02

A driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he...

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Over the Wall

as Warden Ed
Released: 1943-12-25

A prison Chaplain is forced to leave his post for health reasons, but fate provides him with...

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Death Flies East

as Police Captain Barrie
Released: 1935-02-28

Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn...

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A Night at the Ritz

as Connolly
Released: 1935-03-23

A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.

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The Magnificent Dope

as Mr. Reindel
Released: 1942-07-01

Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest...

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Hook, Line and Sinker

as Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
Released: 1930-12-26

Two fast-talking insurance salesmen meet Mary, who is running away from her wealthy mother, and...

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Adam and Eva

as Dr. Delamater
Released: 1923-02-11

An extravagant girl reforms when her father goes bust.

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The Secret Call

as Jim Blake
Released: 1931-07-24

The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.)...

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In Person

as Director Bill Sutter
Released: 1935-11-22

Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in...

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Half a Sinner

as Slick
Released: 1940-04-05

Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally...

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Partners of the Night

as Robert Clifford
Released: 1920-02-29

A tricky woman criminal, in league with an international crook, falls in love with the honest...

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The Singing Kid

as Barney Hammond
Released: 1936-04-10

Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While...

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The Plainsman and the Lady

as Russell
Released: 1946-11-11

Film about the early days of the Pony Express and the crooked businessman who opposed it.

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In Pursuit of Polly

as Larry O'Malley
Released: 1918-08-19

Pretty Polly Marsden is ardently pursued by three different Romeos, but she coyly refuses to...

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Recompense

as Col. Donovan
Released: 1925-04-26

A black-and-white melodrama where France, South Africa and England featured prominently in the...

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Oh, for a Man!

as Kerry Stokes
Released: 1930-11-28

Disenchanted opera star Carlotta Manson falls for ruffian cat burglar Barney McGann and gives up...

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Careful, Soft Shoulders

as Mr. Aldrich
Released: 1942-09-18

In this espionage movie, set in Washington during WW II, the daughter of an ex-senator has...

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Captain Applejack

as Bill Dennett
Released: 1931-01-31

An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried...

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A Gentleman of Paris

as Henri Dufour
Released: 1927-09-30

Le Marquis de Marignan is a French aristocrat and seducer who flirts with every Parisian girl he...

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The Pretenders

as Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)
Released: 1916-08-21

Upon striking oil on his farm, Silas T. Pettingill (Charles Eldridge) moves to Park Avenue at...

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Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

as Ellory Bugs
Released: 1938-10-07

A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's...

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On Their Own

as Judge Bull
Released: 1940-05-17

The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase...

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The White Raven

as The Stranger
Released: 1917-01-14

William Baldwin, ruined in business by his partner, John Blaisdell, implores Blaisdell's aid,...

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La belle Russe

as Brand
Released: 1919-09-21

In this film, her next-to-last picture for Fox, it was Theda Bara's turn to tackle a double...

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Guilty or Not Guilty

as Chief
Released: 1932-11-15

Ruth Payne, innocent to begin with, is trying to extradite herself from the clutches of a...

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Impossible Catherine

as John Henry Jackson
Released: 1919-10-05

The head of the Kimberly household rules it with an iron fist. Unfortunately the head of the...

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The Costello Case

as Saunders
Released: 1930-10-14

An Irish policeman handles gangsters, a mystery woman and a wise-guy reporter.

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A Yellow Streak

as Jack Rader
Released: 1915-12-06

Wall street broker Barry Dale is systematically ruined financially by his alleged best friend...

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The Last Trail

as Kurt Morley
Released: 1927-01-23

The robberies on Jasper Carrol's stages have been so frequent that the stage line plans to hold...

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The Greatest Power

as John Conrad
Released: 1917-06-18

Miriam Monroe and John Conrad are two young scientific workers who, independently of each other,...

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Sailor's Lady

as Judge Hinsdale
Released: 1940-07-05

Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby...

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Blaze o' Glory

as District Attorney (as William Davidson)
Released: 1929-12-30

On trial for the murder of Carl Hummel, Eddie Williams tells his story, which begins just before...

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Men Are Like That

as Frank Hyland
Released: 1930-03-22

A loud-mouthed lout alienates everyone except his patient wife.

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Dorian's Divorce

as Henry Morgan (as William Davidson)
Released: 1916-06-05

Wealthy clubman Richard Dorian is a lighthearted soul who can't seem to take anything seriously,...

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In the Diplomatic Service

as Lynn Hardi
Released: 1916-10-16

Foreign powers keep getting their hands on U.S. military secrets, so the head of the American...

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Ports of Call

as Randolph Sherman
Released: 1925-01-04

Rich club-man Kirk Rainsford, attends a charity bazaar at the home of Marjorie Vail, the society...

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Good Morning, Judge

as Elton (as William Davidson)
Released: 1928-04-29

Freddie, a rich young idler, meets Julia Harrington, a wealthy social service worker who runs a...

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The Girl from Nowhere

as uncredited
Released: 1921-05-20

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The Carnation Kid

as Blythe
Released: 1929-03-02

It's a case of mistaken identity in this comedy that centers around a country bumpkin mistaken...

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Lure of Ambition

as Hon. Cyril Ralston
Released: 1919-11-16

Theda Bara plays the social-climbing Olga Dolan, who becomes the Duchess of Rutledge by means of...

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For the Honor of the Crew

as Robert Brent
Released: 1915-11-09

Robert Brent and Dick Morgan, the former wealthy, the latter poor, are chums at one of the big...

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Mary Lawson's Secret

as Dr. Brundage
Released: 1917-04-01

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The Price of Malice

as Capt. Mills
Released: 1916-02-21

Captain Mills is jealous of Jim Clifford, his fellow officer at the British War Department, so...

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The Lifted Veil

as Malcolm Grant
Released: 1917-09-10

Overcome with guilt after having an affair with her best friends husband, Clorinda hopes to...

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A Woman There Was

as Rev. Winthrop Stark
Released: 1919-06-01

Theda Bara plays Princess Zara, who lives on a South Sea Island. A handsome young missionary...

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The Call of Her People

as Nicholas Van Kleet
Released: 1917-05-27

Faro Black, the chief of the Gypsies, finds out that his son Faro and his girlfriend Egypt have...

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Why I Would Not Marry

as Undetermined Role
Released: 1918-11-24

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