William Quinn

William Quinn

Born: December 13, 1884
Died: November 12, 1965
in Canada

Movies for William Quinn...

Big Calibre
Title: Big Calibre
Character: Otto Zenz - aka Gadski
Released: March 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Intent on avenging his father's murder, Roy Neal and his sidekick Rusty find themselves in the border town of Gladstone where Neal is mistakenly arrested for the robbery of a mail truck. After escaping, Neal joins up with pretty June Bowers whose father has apparently also been murdered. Neal, suspecting two of the town's leading businessmen of being the murderers, tries to flush them out before the sheriff can lock him up again.
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The Scarlet Brand
Title: The Scarlet Brand
Character: Bart Jackson
Released: December 7, 1927
Type: Movie
Bottom-shelf Western star Neal Hart directs and stars in this silent western serial.
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Idaho!
Title: Idaho!
Character: Ike Rogers
Released: March 1, 1925
Type: Movie
Frank Leon Smith's well-written story told of Carter's Creek, a bustling mining camp, and of how Beth Cameron (Rich) seeks to avenge the murder of her father (Frederick Vroom) by donning men's clothing and raiding the vicinity.
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Forbidden Paradise
Title: Forbidden Paradise
Character: (uncredited)
Released: January 2, 1924
Type: Movie
Film based on the Lajos Biró play, directed by Ernst Lubitsch.
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The Darling of New York
Title: The Darling of New York
Character: Ice Malone
Released: December 3, 1923
Type: Movie
Santussa, an orphan who becomes separated from her nurse en route to America to live with her grandfather, is cared for by gangsters who hide their stolen jewels in her ragdoll. In New York, Big Mike, finding Santussa a nuisance, dumps her and the doll in a trash can, where a newsboy finds her. After several adventures, Santussa finds her grandfather, the jewels are handed over to customs officials, and the gang of crooks is reformed.
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The Tango Cavalier
Title: The Tango Cavalier
Character: Brute Morgan
Released: September 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Don Armingo, a member of the Secret Service, is inspired while dancing the tango to join a group of smugglers at the Mexican border. As he is about to make the arrest, they take flight, kidnapping Don's sweetheart. Following in his airplane, he circles above the getaway car and plucks the girl from the tonneau cover just as it speeds over an embankment.
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Table Top Ranch
Title: Table Top Ranch
Character: Palque Powell
Released: July 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Cowhand John Marvin, in a cattlemen-vs-sheep-men range war, comes to the aid of a pretty and defenseless young sheepherder, Kate Bowers. This angers the other cattlemen, especially Palque Powell, who employs deceptive methods against Kate, while pretending to help her.
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West of the Pecos
Title: West of the Pecos
Character: Chuck Wallace
Released: June 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A United States marshal in the Southwest learns of a Mrs. Osborne, whose son and husband have been killed by raiders and whose daughter, June, has been taken captive. He orders Jack Laramie, his best man, to investigate the affair and arrest the guilty parties at any cost. Jack arrives at the local cafe and learns the identity of the outlaw gang and June's whereabouts. Meanwhile, Jack has rescued a child whose parents have been killed while crossing the prairie to stake out a homestead.
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The Heart of a Texan
Title: The Heart of a Texan
Character: Pete Miller
Released: April 1, 1922
Type: Movie
King Calhoun comes to the aid of "Ma" Jackson, who is fighting to regain control of the family ranch after her husband's death. Her daughter, June, is desired by the ranch foreman, Pete Miller, who threatens revenge after his is fired.
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The Lure of Gold
Title: The Lure of Gold
Character: Chuck Wallace
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Jack Austin is a champion rodeo contestant who befriends and falls in love with a touring concert singer. She, in turn, comes to his aid when an attempt, by Chuck Wallace and his henchman Latigo Jack, is made to steal Jack's rodeo winnings.
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Rangeland
Title: Rangeland
Character: Buck Kelley
Released: January 26, 1922
Type: Movie
Depury sheriff Ned Williams is sent to capture a cattle thief in the area. The thief turns out to be a young woman, Betty Howard, who steals to keep her young siblings form starving to death and their hardscrabble homestead after the father has died. Buck Kelly, an enemy of Ned's, frames him and abducts Betty.
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King Fisher's Roost
Title: King Fisher's Roost
Character: 'Bull' Keeler
Released: September 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Barr Messenger escapes to Mexico after a frame-up. He is in love with Betty Brownlee, who disappears after $10,000 is stolen from the firm she works for. It is thought she took the money. In Mexico, In Mexico, Barr finds Betty working in a saloon for "Red" McGee, the chief henchman of "Bull" Keeler's (the Kingfish) Kingfisher gang.
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Hell's Oasis
Title: Hell's Oasis
Character: Wolf Sims
Released: October 1, 1920
Type: Movie
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The Chorus Girl's Romance
Title: The Chorus Girl's Romance
Character: P.P. Anderson
Released: August 6, 1920
Type: Movie
When, on a prank, shimmy dancer Marcia Meadows visits bookworm Horace Tarbox in his Yale dormitory, Horace falls madly in love and follows her to New York where he and Marcia marry. Denounced by his wealthy father, Horace attempts to support Marcia through his writing, but all his manuscripts are rejected, and he is fired from every job.
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The Devil's Trail
Title: The Devil's Trail
Character: 'Dutch' Vogel
Released: June 16, 1919
Type: Movie
Whiskey smuggler Dubec, trades liquor to the Indians, takes revenge on the Royal North West Mounted Police pursuing him by killing the wife of post commander Sergeant Delisle and abducting his teen-aged daughter Nonette.
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The Sawdust Doll
Title: The Sawdust Doll
Character: Raynor
Released: April 20, 1919
Type: Movie
Sally Lou, the small daughter of village blacksmith Jim Davis, uses her sawdust doll to take the place of a real mother.
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The Old Maid's Baby
Title: The Old Maid's Baby
Character: Professor Caldwell
Released: February 23, 1919
Type: Movie
Christine, known as Tiny, whose mother eloped with a circus clown and became a parachutist, spends most of her time with her lame dog and an elephant.
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The Grey Parasol
Title: The Grey Parasol
Character: Farraday Childs
Released: September 22, 1918
Type: Movie
Hamilton Hill meets Estelle Redding in an umbrella repair shop and rescues her from two thugs soon afterwards. Estelle has hidden in the handle of her grey parasol the formula for "Coalex," an inexpensive substitute for coal which the coal trust is trying to prevent from reaching the market. Edward Burnham, one of the thugs, tells Hamilton that Estelle is a German agent, but the infatuated young bachelor fails to believe the story.
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Mother, I Need You
Title: Mother, I Need You
Character: Dr. Burton
Released: September 1, 1918
Type: Movie
A young woman who became pregnant from an assault faces legal trouble and scandal after having an abortion.
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The Marriage Lie
Title: The Marriage Lie
Released: April 27, 1918
Type: Movie
Left alone and penniless after her father dies, Eileen Orton attempts suicide. Douglas Seward, who must be married to obtain the position he seeks, befriends Eileen and offers to support her if she will pose as his wife.
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The Curse of Eve
Title: The Curse of Eve
Character: Dr. Burton
Released: October 10, 1917
Type: Movie
When young Eva Stanley comes home from college, she finds that her mother is deeply involved in the movement to rescue "wayward" girls. Eva's boyfriend John Gilbert is sent west on a government job, and Eva finds herself lonely and neglected. She is lured onto the yacht of lecherous Leo Spencer, the dissolute brother of the district attorney.
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Sirens of the Sea
Title: Sirens of the Sea
Character: Hartley Royce
Released: September 20, 1917
Type: Movie
During a raging storm, a baby is washed up on shore on an island in Greece and is adopted by the wealthy Stanhopes, who name her Lorelei. Eighteen years later, Lorelei, now a woman, invites her school friends to spend their vacation at her villa. One of her guests, Julie, is insanely jealous of Lorelei. One day Gerald Waldron, a disenchanted society fop, sails by on his yacht, accompanied by his social-climbing friend, Hartley Royce. Seeing Lorelei and her friends swimming, they decide to go ashore. Both Gerald and Hartley fall in love with Lorelei, and Julie rages, finding herself relegated to Hartley. Together Hartley and Julie plot to separate the lovers.
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The Voice on the Wire
Title: The Voice on the Wire
Character: Emil LaRoux
Released: March 18, 1917
Type: Movie
A silent action movie serial.
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The Heritage of Hate
Title: The Heritage of Hate
Character: Bradley
Released: November 13, 1916
Type: Movie
After watching her mother die gradually from a broken heart, Roberta, an illegitimate child, decides to seek vengeance from her father Bradley, who ran away before she was born. Bradley is wealthy now, and so Roberta secures a job as his secretary and schemes to ruin his financial empire.
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Is Any Girl Safe?
Title: Is Any Girl Safe?
Released: September 3, 1916
Type: Movie
The danger of modern "white slavery" is preached by a minister, who tells a story of one such case in his sermon.
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Love's Lariat
Title: Love's Lariat
Character: Allan Landers
Released: August 7, 1916
Type: Movie
A rancher begrudgingly goes east in order the fulfill the requirements of his uncle's will and receive his inheritance.
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Drugged Waters
Title: Drugged Waters
Released: March 20, 1916
Type: Movie
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The Cry of the First Born
Title: The Cry of the First Born
Character: Lord Crenwell - The Father
Released: September 23, 1915
Type: Movie
Owing to his father's illness, Cecil Crenwell is sent to inspect the family rice plantation in Hawaii. While there he falls in love with Hawai'ian girl Uana and wins her away from her native beau Kau.
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The Oyster Dredger
Title: The Oyster Dredger
Character: Vera's Lawyer
Released: June 14, 1915
Type: Movie
Vera, an heiress, while on a trip to the seaside, sees and admires Jack, an oyster dredger. She takes a fancy to his mode of living and through her lawyer proposes to change places and life with him for a time, placing all her property in trust with her lawyer. Jack finally agrees to the proposition and is installed in the wealthy girl's home
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The Heart of Lincoln
Title: The Heart of Lincoln
Character: The Southern Colonel
Released: February 9, 1915
Type: Movie
During the Civil War, a young man joins the Union army. His sweetheart's brother, on the other hand, joins the Confederate forces. During a battle the Confederate is captured and brought to the young Union officer, who recognizes him, and later allows him to escape. For that action he is tried for treason, convicted and sentenced to hang. All that remains now is for President Abraham Lincoln to sign his death warrant.