William B. Davidson
William B. Davidson is known for Scarface (1932), My Darling Clementine (1946), The Most Dangerous Game (1932).
Biography
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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.
Questions about William B. Davidson
How many William B. Davidson films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 152 films with William B. Davidson, from 1919 to 1994.
What is the best rated William B. Davidson film?
The best rated William B. Davidson film in the catalogue is My Darling Clementine (1946), rated 7.5.
What was the first William B. Davidson film?
The first William B. Davidson film in the catalogue is Hell's Angels, from 1930.
Who has William B. Davidson worked with the most?
In the catalogue, William B. Davidson shares the most credits with Bernhard Kaun (3 films), Bette Davis (3 films) and Hattie McDaniel (3 films).
People data: TMDb.
Known for
Trivia
- Studied at
- Columbia University
Trivia from Wikidata, licensed CC0.
Full filmography
249 films — 152 in the catalogue
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Mae West and the Men Who Knew Her
1994 · Self (archive footage)
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6.3 Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975 · Self (archive footage)
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6.8 The Judge Steps Out
1947 · Colonel Bright (uncredited)
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5.4 That Hagen Girl
1947 · Mr. Bowman (uncredited)
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6.7 That's My Man
1947 · Steward
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5.6 Dick Tracy's Dilemma
1947 · Peter Premium
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6.0 The Plainsman and the Lady
1946 · Russell
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7.5 My Darling Clementine
1946 · Saloon Owner (uncredited)
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5.0 The Cat Creeps
1946 · James Walsh
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7.5 Ding Dong Williams
1946 · Mr. Saul Dana
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4.8 Blonde Alibi
1946 · Police Captain Hurley (Uncredited)
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6.0 The Notorious Lone Wolf
1946 · Inspector Crane (as William Davidson)
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6.5 They Were Expendable
1945 · Hotel Manager (uncredited)
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5.6 Sing Your Way Home
1945 · F.T. Johnson (uncredited)
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10.0 Tell It to a Star
1945 · Brannigan
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8.0 Blonde Ransom
1945 · Police Captain
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5.9 Dillinger
1945 · Bank President (uncredited)
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5.2 Circumstantial Evidence
1945 · Board of Appeals Chairman
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5.9 The Man Who Walked Alone
1945 · Governor
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7.3 See My Lawyer
1945 · Judge
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6.7 Greenwich Village
1944 · Dance Director
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5.8 In Society
1944 · Parker
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6.0 Make Your Own Bed
1944 · Mr. Linklater
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5.0 A Night of Adventure
1944 · Gilbert J. Regan (uncredited)
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6.8 Shine on Harvest Moon
1944 · Tim Donovan (uncredited)
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5.7 Up in Arms
1944 · Maxwell (uncredited)
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8.0 Over the Wall
1943 · Warden Ed
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7.0 Murder on the Waterfront
1943 · Capt. Towne
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8.0 The Good Fellows
1943 · Blake
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7.0 Laços Eternos
1943 · Al
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5.7 Mission to Moscow
1943 · Senator (uncredited)
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7.0 Calaboose
1943 · Sheriff George Lane (as William Davidson)
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7.0 Truck Busters
1943 · Stephen S. Gray
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7.2 Gentleman Jim
1942 · Donovan (uncredited)
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6.5 Careful, Soft Shoulders
1942 · Mr. Aldrich
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7.3 The Magnificent Dope
1942 · Mr. Reindel
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6.6 Sua Criada Obrigada
1942 · Homer Jacell
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6.9 In This Our Life
1942 · Jim Purdy
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7.1 Larceny, Inc.
1942 · McCarthy
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6.4 The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine
1942 · Cyrus Ballard
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4.5 The Male Animal
1942 · Alumnus
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8.0 Over My Dead Body
1942 · Crole (as William Davidson)
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7.3 Remember the Day
1941 · Committeeman
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6.2 Keep 'Em Flying
1941 · Gonigle
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6.3 The Great Man's Lady
1941 · Sen. Knobs
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6.5 Three Girls About Town
1941 · Labor Leader
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7.0 Uncle Joe
1941 · Mr. Day
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7.0 Week-End in Havana
1941 · Captain Moss
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7.1 Sun Valley Serenade
1941 · Jack Murray
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6.6 Highway West
1941 · Gorman
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6.8 Hold That Ghost
1941 · Moose Matson
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7.0 Three Sons o' Guns
1941 · Henry Baxter
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6.4 In the Navy
1941 · Capt. Richards (uncredited)
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6.0 Thieves Fall Out
1941 · Harrison "Harry" Eckles
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5.7 The Lady from Cheyenne
1941 · Nye Dunbar
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6.1 Man-Made Monster
1941 · District Attorney Ralph B. Stanley
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7.3 San Francisco Docks
1940 · Dist. Atty. Craig
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7.7 Charter Pilot
1940 · Mr. Wentworth
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4.5 A Night at Earl Carroll's
1940 · Mayor Green of San Bernardino
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6.9 Lady with Red Hair
1940 · Stock Company Manager (uncredited)
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5.4 Tin Pan Alley
1940 · Hotel Manager
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6.5 Sandy Gets Her Man
1940 · Councilman Charles J. Clark
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6.0 Seven Sinners
1940 · Police Chief
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6.8 Hired Wife
1940 · Mumford (as William Davidson)
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6.5 Maryland
1940 · John Addison
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4.9 My Love Came Back
1940 · Agent
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6.5 Sailor's Lady
1940 · Judge Hinsdale
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4.5 Florian
1940 · Archduke Franz Ferdinand
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5.6 Girl in 313
1940 · George Grayson
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6.6 Lillian Russell
1940 · President Cleveland
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8.0 On Their Own
1940 · Judge Bull
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5.3 Half a Sinner
1940 · Slick
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5.7 Granny Get Your Gun
1940 · Fitzgerald
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6.4 My Little Chickadee
1940 · Sheriff of Little Bend (uncredited)
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6.2 Invisible Stripes
1939 · Montgomery (uncredited)
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8.0 The Honeymoon's Over
1939 · Crane
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6.8 Private Detective
1939 · Inspector Evans
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5.8 Smashing the Money Ring
1939 · Warden Denby
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7.5 Honeymoon in Bali
1939 · Store Detective
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6.5 Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Work Farm Warden
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10.0 Hidden Power
1939 · Foster
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6.8 Each Dawn I Die
1939 · Bill Mason
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5.6 Indianapolis Speedway
1939 · Duncan Martin
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6.8 Naughty but Nice
1939 · Samuel 'Sam' 'Simsy' Hudson - Music Publisher
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6.1 On Trial
1939 · Mr. Gray
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7.0 Sudden Money
1939 · Sam
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7.2 Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939 · Stock Broker
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5.8 Blondie Meets the Boss
1939 · Elderly Man in Café (uncredited)
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6.3 Tail Spin
1939 · Sales Manager (Uncredited)
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5.5 Blackwell's Island
1939 · Hempel
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6.3 They Made Me a Criminal
1939 · Ennis
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6.4 Off the Record
1939 · Scotty
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6.6 Illegal Traffic
1938 · Dalton
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7.3 There Goes My Heart
1938 · Skipper Jackson (uncredited)
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8.0 Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938 · Ellory Bugs
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6.0 Letter of Introduction
1938 · Mr. Raleigh (uncredited)
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5.6 Racket Busters
1938 · Trucking Chairman (uncredited)
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7.0 Cowboy de Asfalto
1938 · Mr. 'W.P.' Alvey
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5.8 Blockade
1938 · Commandant
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6.6 You and Me
1938 · N. G. Orton, Attorney-at-Law (uncredited)
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9.0 Cocoanut Grove
1938 · Hawtrey
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5.0 The Jury's Secret
1938 · Page
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5.8 Hollywood Hotel
1938 · Director Kelton
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6.0 Sergeant Murphy
1938 · Maj. Gruff (uncredited)
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5.8 Love on Toast
1937 · Jonathan
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6.7 The Hurricane
1937 · The Bully (uncredited)
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6.2 Something to Sing About
1937 · Café Manager
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8.0 Behind the Mike
1937 · Cyrus Wittles
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6.3 It Happened in Hollywood
1937 · Al Howard
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6.0 Paradise Isle
1937 · Hoener
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7.2 Easy Living
1937 · Mr. Hyde
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5.8 Ever Since Eve
1937 · Henderson
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6.5 Marry the Girl
1937 · Drake
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6.7 The Road Back
1937 · Bartscher
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7.0 Melody for Two
1937 · Mr. Hale
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8.0 Let Them Live
1937 · The Editor
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6.6 Marked Woman
1937 · Bob Crandall
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5.1 Midnight Court
1937 · Alfred H. Kruger
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6.1 Gold Diggers of 1937
1936 · Andy Callahan
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5.4 Earthworm Tractors
1936 · Mr. Jackson
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5.8 Satan Met a Lady
1936 · City Fathers Committee Spokesman (uncredited)
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7.5 The Big Noise
1936 · Welford Andrews
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5.0 Murder by an Aristocrat
1936 · Bayard Thatcher
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10.0 Fatal Lady
1936 · Detective (uncredited)
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7.0 The Singing Kid
1936 · Barney Hammond
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7.0 Road Gang
1936 · Attorney General Mardsen
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7.0 Love on a Bet
1936 · A.W. Hutchinson
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4.8 You May Be Next!
1936 · Official (uncredited)
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6.6 Dangerous
1935 · Reed Walsh
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7.5 Show Them No Mercy!
1935 · Chief Haggerty (as William Davidson)
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6.8 In Person
1935 · Director Bill Sutter (uncredited)
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6.2 Special Agent
1935 · Charlie Young - Carston's Lawyer
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9.0 Redheads on Parade
1935 · Theatre Manager
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6.8 Woman Wanted
1935 · Collins
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7.2 Oil for the Lamps of China
1935 · E.H. Swaley
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7.2 Go Into Your Dance
1935 · Tom McGee
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6.5 A Night at the Ritz
1935 · Connolly
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9.0 Straight from the Heart
1935 · Prosecuting Attorney
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7.0 Death Flies East
1935 · Police Captain Barrie
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6.8 Sweet Music
1935 · Billie Madison
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6.8 Devil Dogs of the Air
1935 · Adjutant
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5.9 Bordertown
1935 · Dr. Carter
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6.0 O Homem que Reclamou a Cabeça
1934 · Charles (as William Davidson)
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6.2 The Secret Bride
1934 · Representative McPherson
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7.0 Imitation of Life
1934 · Man Buying Cigar (uncredited)
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6.3 The St. Louis Kid
1934 · Joe Hunter
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5.9 The Dragon Murder Case
1934 · Greeff
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7.3 Housewife
1934 · Nan's Attorney
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6.8 Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934 · Stephen Prime
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6.4 Fog Over Frisco
1934 · Editor Joe Hogue
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6.1 Upperworld
1934 · City Editor (uncredited)
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3.7 Laughing Boy
1934 · Hartshone (as William Davidson)
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5.9 The Big Shakedown
1934 · District Attorney (uncredited)
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6.9 Lady Killer
1933 · Director Williams
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6.3 Female
1933 · Department Head (Uncredited)
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5.3 Meet the Baron
1933 · General Broadcasting Representative
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6.3 I'm No Angel
1933 · Ernest Brown
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5.4 Torch Singer
1933 · Jarrett
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10.0
How to Break 90 #3: Hip Action
1933 · Himself
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4.6 The Intruder
1933 · Det. Lt. Samson
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7.0 Dangerously Yours
1933 · George Carr
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6.5 Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933 · Detective (Uncredited)
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7.0 Hello, Everybody!
1933 · Mr. Parker
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The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933 · Jim Lawrence
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5.6 The Animal Kingdom
1932 · Chess Player (uncredited)
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5.8 Central Park
1932 · Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
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7.0 Guilty or Not Guilty
1932 · Chief
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5.3 The Sport Parade
1932 · Kendricks (uncredited)
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7.0 The Pride of the Legion
1932 · Sgt. Arnold
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3.8 Her Mad Night
1932 · District Attorney
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6.9 The Most Dangerous Game
1932 · Captain
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5.2 The Thirteenth Guest
1932 · Police Captain Brown (uncredited)
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5.0 Is My Face Red?
1932 · O'Sullivan
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7.4 Scarface
1932 · Citizens Committee Member (uncredited)
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6.5 The Lost Squadron
1932 · Lelewer
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5.0 Sky Devils
1932 · Captain
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5.6 The Menace
1932 · John Utterson
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8.0
Half Holiday
1931 · Jerry - Andy's Pal
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5.0 Graft
1931 · M.H. Thomas
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7.7 The Secret Call
1931 · Jim Blake
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6.8 The Vice Squad
1931 · Magistrate Tom Morrison
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5.4 Windy Riley Goes Hollywood
1931
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7.5 How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 2: 'Chip Shots'
1931 · Himself - Golfer
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6.9 Dishonored
1931
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7.3 Captain Applejack
1931 · Bill Dennett
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6.0 No Limit
1931 · Wilkie
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5.6 Hook, Line and Sinker
1930 · Frank Dukette aka Duke of Winchester (as William Davidson)
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6.3 Oh, for a Man!
1930 · Kerry Stokes
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6.6 Hell's Angels
1930 · Staff Major
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6.3 Sunny
1930 · First Ship's Officer
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5.6 O Cardume de Prata
1930 · Tom Hilliard
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7.0 Playboy of Paris
1930 · Monsieur Bannack (uncredited)
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8.0 The Costello Case
1930 · Saunders
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7.0 Scarlet Pages
1930 · Jackson
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5.7 For the Defense
1930 · Dist. Atty. Stone
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8.0 A Man from Wyoming
1930 · Major
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8.5 Men Are Like That
1930 · Frank Hyland
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7.0 Blaze o' Glory
1929 · District Attorney (as William Davidson)
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9.0 Always Faithful
1929 · George W. Mason
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5.3 Woman Trap
1929 · Watts
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8.0 Queen of the Night Clubs
1929 · Assistant District Attorney (as William Davidson)
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10.0 The Carnation Kid
1929 · Blythe
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7.0
Sharp Tools
1928
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8.0 Good Morning, Judge
1928 · Elton (as William Davidson)
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8.0 A Gentleman of Paris
1927 · Henri Dufour
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3.8 Cradle Snatchers
1927 · Roy Ladd
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9.0 The Last Trail
1927 · Kurt Morley
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10.0 Hearts and Spurs
1925 · Victor Dufresne
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8.0 Recompense
1925 · Col. Donovan
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9.0 Women and Gold
1925 · Señor Ortego
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7.0 Ports of Call
1925 · Randolph Sherman
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8.0 The Valley of Doubt
1924 · Macy
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9.0 The Storm Daughter
1924 · Rennert
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8.0 Adam and Eva
1923 · Dr. Delamater
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6.3 The Dumb-Bell
1922
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7.0 Nobody
1921 · John Rossmore
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10.0 The Girl from Nowhere
1921 · Jimmy Ryder
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10.0 Partners of the Night
1920 · Robert Clifford
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The Capitol
1919 · Congressman Blake
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10.0 Lure of Ambition
1919 · Hon. Cyril Ralston
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7.0 Impossible Catherine
1919 · John Henry Jackson
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La belle Russe
1919 · Brand
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8.0 A Woman There Was
1919 · Rev. Winthrop Stark
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7.0 The Gold Cure
1919 · Michael Darcy
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Why I Would Not Marry
1918 · Undetermined Role
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7.5 In Pursuit of Polly
1918 · Larry O'Malley
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Ashes of Love
1918
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Friend Husband
1918 · John Sparr
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Our Little Wife
1918 · Dr. Elliott
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8.0 Her Second Husband
1917 · John Kirby
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7.0 American Maid
1917 · David Starr
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Persuasive Peggy
1917 · Ed Trowbridge
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More Truth Than Poetry
1917 · Allen Danby
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1.0 The Lifted Veil
1917 · Malcolm Grant
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The Greatest Power
1917 · John Conrad
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Lady Barnacle
1917 · Krishna Dhwaj
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The Call of Her People
1917 · Nicholas Van Kleet
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10.0 A Magdalene of the Hills
1917 · Bud Weaver
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8.0 Mary Lawson's Secret
1917 · Dr. Brundage
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5.5 The White Raven
1917 · The Stranger
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A Modern Cinderella
1917
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In the Diplomatic Service
1916 · Lynn Hardi
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9.0 The Pretenders
1916 · Joseph Bailey (as William Davidson)
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10.0 The Child of Destiny
1916 · Calvin Baker
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7.0 Dorian's Divorce
1916 · Henry Morgan (as William Davidson)
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The Price of Malice
1916 · Capt. Mills
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Her Debt of Honor
1916 · John Hartfield
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A Yellow Streak
1915 · Jack Rader
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For the Honor of the Crew
1915 · Robert Brent
People data: TMDb.
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