William Humphrey
The Phantom of the Opera
as M. Debienne (uncredited)The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to...
Movie pageThe Unholy Three
as Attorney for DefenseThree sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist,...
Movie pageA Tale of Two Cities
as The Duke D'EvremonA condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and...
Movie pageThe Arizona Express
as Henry MacFarlaneA man is framed for the murder of his uncle, a bank president, and sentenced to hang. His sister...
Movie pageThe Actress
as Mr. TelferA theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to...
Movie pageBeau Brummel
as Lord AlvanleyGeorge Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord...
Movie pageCurtain at Eight
as Allison, addled actorAn elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife?...
Movie pageScaramouche
as The Chevalier de ChabrillaneA law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust...
Movie pageThe Crime of Helen Stanley
as Doctor (uncredited)An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with...
Movie pageAre We Civilized?
as Napoleon1934 drama of man's inhumanity to man, starring William Farnum and Anita Louise, directed by...
Movie pageFalse Pretenses
as NewmanA girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money....
Movie pageMurder at Midnight
as ColtonWealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the...
Movie pageA Midsummer Night's Dream
as uncreditedAn early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation...
Movie pageThe Volga Boatman
as Head of the TribunalDuring the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to...
Movie pageThe Dice Woman
as Ship CaptainAnita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks...
Movie pageCheating Blondes
as Jim - City EditorA reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.
Movie pageManhattan Parade
as NapoleonDirector Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on...
Movie pageSubway Express
as Mr. CottonInspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder...
Movie pageMadame Racketeer
as Bank DirectorInternational con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay...
Movie pageDevil-May-Care
as Napoleon BonaparteA follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
Movie pageGet That Man
as Mr. BrownleeLife gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the...
Movie pageThe Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
as Stephen A. DouglasA biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the...
Movie pageTangled Destinies
as Professor HartleyAn airliner makes a forced landing at night in the desert. The passengers and crew take refuge...
Movie pageThe Life of Moses
as uncreditedReleased in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty Years...
Movie pageTwelfth Night
as Sir Toby BelchWhen Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked and separated, Viola dresses in her...
Movie pagePolishing Up
as Dr. ReynoldsWhen his wife goes away on vacation, a husband decides to use that time to do a little "playing...
Movie pageNapoleon, the Man of Destiny
as NapoleonPart two of Blackton's "The Life of Napoleon". After Waterloo, Napoleon reminisces. His triumphs...
Movie pageSecret Sinners
as The Music PublisherA young, unmarried theatrical couple befriend an out-of-work housekeeper and introduce her to...
Movie pageThe Cowboy Counsellor
as Judge KendellA con man posing as a lawyer tries to sell copies of a phony law book. Things get serious when...
Movie pageThe Way of the Cross
as uncreditedA story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome has...
Movie pageThe Way of a Woman
as Nathan Caspar (as William Humphreys)A 1919 film directed by Robert Z. Leonard.
Movie pageThe Social Code
as District AttorneyBabs Van Buren saves her lover from the electric chair and at the same time extricates her older...
Movie pageThe Judgment of Solomon
as uncreditedDirected by J. Stuart Blackton.
Movie pageThe Silent Lover
as Cornelius ShermanBased on the 1922 play Der Legionër by Lajos Biró.
Movie pageDrusilla with a Million
as John ThorntonDrusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars....
Movie pageThe Man Life Passed By
as The LawyerInventor John Turbin vows vengeance when "Iron Man" Moore, a wealthy iron industrialist, steals...
Movie pageThe Fighting Pilot
as F.S. ReynoldsAn inventor develops a new type of aircraft. A crooked businessman attempts to buy it but the...
Movie pageMixed Identities
as Sparkins CarterEdna and Alice, the twins, get positions as stenographers in the offices of Mr. Redman and Mr....
Movie pageLady Robinhood
as GovernorDisguising herself as a masked bandit, Catalina, the ward of the governor of a Spanish province,...
Movie pageThe Heart of the King's Jester
as The KingA short drama directed by William Humphrey.
Movie pageHako's Sacrifice
as uncreditedPoor Hako, a Japanese boy, is sold into bondage to a cruel fisherman who makes his life a burden...
Movie pageNapoleon and the Empress Josephine
as Napoleon BonapartePart one of Blackton’s “The Life of Napoleon". Napoleon meets Josephine, falls in love with her,...
Movie pageThe Strangers' Banquet
as Groom's FriendIn managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems...
Movie pageA Princess of Bagdad
as The CaliphA caliph imprisons the cobbler's son his daughter has fallen in love with, but the cobbler's...
Movie pageDangerous Innocence
as John ChurchAnn, a 19-year-old girl who looks much younger, meets a dashing army major on a boat sailing...
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