William H. Strauss

Born: 1885-06-13


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The Public Enemy

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Released: 1931-04-23

Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum...

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
Released: 1932-11-09

A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of...

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The Mayor of Hell

as Mr. Horowitz (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-24

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous...

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Golden Boy

as Mr. Carp
Released: 1939-09-05

Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a...

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Five Star Final

as uncredited
Released: 1931-09-26

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print...

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One More Spring

as Jewish Man
Released: 1935-02-15

Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living...

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Beloved

as Jewish Father
Released: 1934-01-22

Story about four generations in a family of musicians.

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The Texas Rangers

as Juror (uncredited)
Released: 1936-08-28

Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned...

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Hard to Handle

as Mr. Abe Goldstein (uncredited)
Released: 1933-01-28

A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.

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Ankles Preferred

as Mr. Goldberg
Released: 1927-02-27

Nora, a department store clerk, is determined to succeed on the basis of her brain power despite...

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Millionaires

as Helper in Meyer's Tailor Shop
Released: 1926-10-01

Meyer Rubens and his wife, Esther, own a pressing-shop in New York's Lower East Side. Esther...

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Love in High Gear

as Ziegman
Released: 1932-05-01

A young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn...

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The Reckless Way

as Carl Blatz
Released: 1936-02-01

The DVD for this film bears the title "The Lure of Hollywood". Marian Nixon plays a girl who...

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Private Izzy Murphy

as Jacob Goldberg
Released: 1926-10-30

Isadore "Izzy" Goldberg changes his name to I. Patrick Murphy because his store is in an...

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So This Is Love

as Maison Katz
Released: 1928-02-06

So This is Love? was another early Frank Capra production for fledgling Columbia Pictures. The...

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Lucky Boy

as uncredited
Released: 1929-02-02

A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he...

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Roaring Road

as Sol Rosenburg
Released: 1926-05-01

A young racing driver combines the best features of two rival cars, thus producing an automobile...

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The Shamrock and the Rose

as Abe Cohen
Released: 1927-04-14

The neighborly "feud" between a Jewish and an Irish families escalates when two of their...

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The Rawhide Kid

as Simon Silverberg
Released: 1928-01-29

Good cowboy vs. bad cowboy in this romantic adventure.

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Skinner's Dress Suit

as Tailor
Released: 1926-04-18

Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's going to ask for a...

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The Jazz Cinderella

as Fineman (as William Strauss)
Released: 1930-09-01

Intending that her son, Herbert, marry debutante Mildred Vane, Mrs. Consuelo Carter is most...

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Sally in Our Alley

as Abraham Lapidowitz
Released: 1927-09-02

Sally, a girl of the tenements, is being raised by three bachelor foster-fathers, a pawnbroker,...

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