William P. Burt

William P. Burt

Movies for William P. Burt...

Her Splendid Folly
Title: Her Splendid Folly
Character: Justice of the Peace
Released: October 7, 1933
Type: Movie
Solomon Ginsberg is the President of International Pictures Corporation and hires Joan McAllister, an unemployed stenographer, to double for his star, Laura Girard. While on a location trip, Laura is killed in an automobile accident, and in order to save the money already invested in the film Ginsberg, aided by the film's leading-man, Wallace Morely, with whom Joan is more than a little infatuated, persuades Joan to assume the identity of the dead actress, whose death is being concealed.
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Trouble Busters
Title: Trouble Busters
Character: Dan Allen
Released: May 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Leaving town with the Sheriff after him, Tex joins up with the Trouble Busters Skinny and Windy. In Placerville he runs into trouble with Bill Jarvis leading to a mad rush to file on oil rich land.
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Tangled Destinies
Title: Tangled Destinies
Character: Harvey Forbes
Released: October 17, 1932
Type: Movie
An airliner makes a forced landing at night in the desert. The passengers and crew take refuge in a nearby deserted house. Soon some of the passengers are found murdered, and one of the passengers reveals himself to be a detective who was guarding one of the murdered passengers, who was carrying a bag of diamonds--which is now missing. The detective must find out which of the passengers is the killer.
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Sally of the Subway
Title: Sally of the Subway
Character: Scraggs, Henchman
Released: January 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Con artists use a member of a European royal family to swindle a major jewelry company.
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Rogue of the Rio Grande
Title: Rogue of the Rio Grande
Character: Carmita's Dance Partner
Released: December 7, 1930
Type: Movie
El Malo, notorious Mexican bandit, forces the Mayor of Sierra Blanca, Seth Landport, to open the safe and turn over to him 2,000 pesos, which the bandit gives a promissory note for to the Mayor. Seth rushes to the cantina where Sheriff Rankin is drinking, and the sheriff posts a reward for the capture of El Malo. El Malo informs his men of the reward. The bandit and his sidekick, Pedro, visit the cantina where Pedro resumes a former acquaintance with Dolores, while El Malo has his attention directed to a tango being performed by Carmita. El Malo pushes her dancing partner aside and finishes the dance with Carmita. Since Seth's description of him is not accurate, El May visits the sheriff and promises to deliver the wanted bandit to the cantina the following night. THe following morning, El Malo and Pedro depart, and, halting their horses on a hill, view the stagecoach being held up by a trio of outlaws.
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Danger Lights
Title: Danger Lights
Character: Chief Dispatcher
Released: November 15, 1930
Type: Movie
Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a freight held up by a landslide, Dan offers the man a job; then he finds the man was a railroader, too, and takes him under his wing. Engaged to Mary, Dan doesn't notice the growing attraction between his protégé and his intended but focuses instead on running the railroad.
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Midnight Mystery
Title: Midnight Mystery
Character: Rogers
Released: June 1, 1930
Type: Movie
A fog-shrouded house provides the setting for this early talkies thriller.
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Girl of the Port
Title: Girl of the Port
Character: Toady
Released: February 2, 1930
Type: Movie
Josie, a New York showgirl with a mind of her own and a heart of gold, finds herself stranded on the island of Fiji. While seeking a way home she is befriended by a local man who gets her a job working as a barmaid at The Bamboo Bar. There she meets an alcoholic World War I veteran who is haunted by his wartime experiences and has an irrational fear of fire. Under her concerned care, he begins to recover and they fall in love. But then her jealous self-appointed boyfriend forces the veteran to participate in a traditional Fijian fire-walking ritual. To overcome his terror he must walk across 20 feet of burning coals and fight his rival to reach Josie's loving arms.
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The King of the Kongo
Title: The King of the Kongo
Character: Mooney
Released: August 29, 1929
Type: Movie
A Secret Service agent seeks his missing brother in Africa, and finds his mission complicated by ivory thieves, a girl with a mysterious past, and a troublesome gorilla.
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Rogues and Romance
Title: Rogues and Romance
Character: Don Jose
Released: December 26, 1920
Type: Movie
Sylvia Lee, a young American in Spain, is torn between her attraction to dashing revolutionary Pedro Pezet and her American boyfriend, Reginald.
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Pirate Gold
Title: Pirate Gold
Released: August 15, 1920
Type: Movie
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The Lightning Raider
Title: The Lightning Raider
Character: The Wasp (as William Burt)
Released: January 2, 1919
Type: Movie
A beautiful young woman is a daring master thief. She meets the young millionaire Thomas Babbington Norton, while fleeing from the scene of her latest theft.