William Shea
A Midsummer Night's Dream
as MechanicalAn early film adaptation of the Beard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation...
Movie pageVanity Fair
as Sir Pitt CrawleyA silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.
Movie pageAs You Like It
as Unknown roleAfter the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind...
Movie pageAunty's Romance
as The AttorneyRomantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he...
Movie pageThe Blue Envelope Mystery
as GeorgeLeslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the...
Movie pageA Tale of Two Cities
as Jarvis LorryA condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and...
Movie pageThe Man from Egypt
as Mr. MazumaBeware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As...
Movie pageHearts and Diamonds
as Uncle WilliamTupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores...
Movie pageThe Bond of Music
as Pierre le Noir, Vian's NeighborShort anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy.
Movie pageChumps
as Mr. McSorley - the ClimaxBunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.
Movie pageThe Telephone
as Laughing manAn impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.
Movie pageThe Marriage of Molly-O
as Denny McGuireBrutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her...
Movie pageThe Classmate's Frolic
as The Organ PlayerA comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them.
Movie pageSawdust and Salome
as Uncle JerryA rich swell travels out West to escape marrying a social climber. There, he meets and marries a...
Movie pageTangled Tangoists
as uncreditedJohn and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run...
Movie pageA Night Out
as McMahonA grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.
Movie pageA Tin-Type Romance
as Old Man (uncredited)Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops.
Movie pageThe Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
as uncreditedAn early short featuring Florence Lawrence.
Movie pageSweeney's Christmas Bird
as ClancyA pet parrot dies and get mixed up with the neighbor's Chrismas turkey.
Movie pageAuld Robin Gray
as Auld Robin GrayPoor Jaime goes to sea to earn enough money to marry Jenny, where he is believed to be lost....
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