William Scott

William Scott

Born: August 1, 1896
Died: August 22, 1967
in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Movies for William Scott...

Come on Danger!
Title: Come on Danger!
Character: Ranger Jim Madden
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Sam Dunning, one of the wealthiest ranchers in the Pecos Valley is found dead with a bullet in his back. Pinned to his body is a note which reads "An eye for an eye, signed Joan Stanton". Danger follows for Larry, a Texas Ranger. Will his sense of chivalry allow him to bring in a woman to face the charge of murder? Along the way, several cowboy tunes and fine locations contribute to the picture's Texican atmosphere.
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The Last Mile
Title: The Last Mile
Character: Peddie... Guard
Released: August 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
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Strangers of the Evening
Title: Strangers of the Evening
Character: 2nd Passerby
Released: May 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.
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Too Many Cooks
Title: Too Many Cooks
Character: Undetermined Role
Released: July 18, 1931
Type: Movie
A young couple, soon to wed, begin building their dreamhouse, but their interfering relatives cause no end of trouble. Comedy.
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The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait
Title: The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait
Character: Sam Harper
Released: May 1, 1929
Type: Movie
A pair of youthful lovers are separated by war and misunderstanding.
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Daughters of Desire
Title: Daughters of Desire
Released: March 1, 1929
Type: Movie
When widowed attorney Richard Tucker refuses to defend bootlegger Julius Molnar in court, the latter swears revenge. Tucker pays no heed to Molnar, concentrating instead on his impending marriage to his secretary Irene Rich. After his release from prison, the bootlegger begins his campaign of vengeance by leading Tucker's beloved daughter Janet Vale astray.
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Smoke Bellew
Title: Smoke Bellew
Character: Stine
Released: January 25, 1929
Type: Movie
A tale of the great Alaska gold rush in which a man falsely accused of murder tracks down the guilty man.
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Little Mickey Grogan
Title: Little Mickey Grogan
Character: Al Nevers
Released: December 27, 1927
Type: Movie
The main plot concerns an architect who, when he begins losing his eyesight, worries that he is on the verge of losing his girl as well. The fact that the heroine is spending time with a burly prizefighter would seem to confirm this.
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The Wolf
Title: The Wolf
Character: Bob Tyrrell
Released: May 31, 1926
Type: Movie
A short film starring Fearless the dog and directed by Lou Carter.
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The Earth Woman
Title: The Earth Woman
Character: Mark McWade
Released: April 4, 1926
Type: Movie
The story is set in the hills of Tennessee, where practically everybody gets smashed on rotgut moonshine. A drink-benumbed hillbilly tries to rape heroine Sally Tilden (Priscilla Bonner), setting off a chain reaction of violence, murder, and false confessions.
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The Light of Western Stars
Title: The Light of Western Stars
Character: Al Hammond
Released: June 22, 1925
Type: Movie
Jack Holt, Billie Dove, and Noah Beery Sr., who starred together in Wanderers of the Wasteland, appear together again. Madeline Hammond, the sister of ranchman Al Hammond, arrives from the East. Gene Stewart, a rough and rowdy cowboy, convinces Madeline to marry him while he is on a drunken spree. Madeline sets out to reform him, and he sets out to rid their little section of the West of a band of outlaws.
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After Business Hours
Title: After Business Hours
Character: James Hendricks
Released: June 16, 1925
Type: Movie
A young woman marries a rich young man. However, he doesn't trust her with money and won't let her have any of her own. Desperate, she turns to gambling and finally forgery. Complications ensue.
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Beyond the Border
Title: Beyond the Border
Character: Bob Moore
Released: May 30, 1925
Type: Movie
When Bob Smith brings in the outlaw Bob Moore he learns his real name is also Bob Smith. With his sister whom he has not seen since childhood arriving, Moore gets Smith to pose as him. The masquerade works fine for a while but then Moore's gang members plan to kill him and Smith must save the brother of the woman he now loves.
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The Man Who Played Square
Title: The Man Who Played Square
Character: Steve
Released: November 23, 1924
Type: Movie
Rancher Matt Black is willed half of a Nevada gold mine. Arriving there, he learns that the heir of the other half is a young girl named "Bertie." Realizing that there may be some dirty work and theft going on at the mine, he conceals his identity and gets a job as a miner.
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Dante's Inferno
Title: Dante's Inferno
Character: Ernest Judd
Released: September 7, 1924
Type: Movie
The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder and executed, and is afterward taken by demons to the Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity. .
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Against All Odds
Title: Against All Odds
Character: Bill Warner
Released: July 27, 1924
Type: Movie
Chick Newton's friend, Bill Warner, is arrested for murdering his uncle. However, Bill has been framed by a blackmailer who has plotted with the uncle to have him disappear in order to avoid creditors and collect insurance. Newton unmasks Tom Curtis as the culprit and rescues Warner from a hanging.
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Not a Drum Was Heard
Title: Not a Drum Was Heard
Character: Bud Loupel
Released: January 27, 1924
Type: Movie
Jack Mills comes to the aid of a friend, Bud Loupel (William Scott), who has robbed a bank to keep up his house payments.
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Only a Shop Girl
Title: Only a Shop Girl
Character: Danny Mulvey
Released: December 15, 1922
Type: Movie
Dann Mulvey (William Scott), just released from prison, is falsely accused of murder. The real culprit is the least-suspected person, who makes a deathbed confession.
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Deserted at the Altar
Title: Deserted at the Altar
Character: Bob Crandall (The City Slicker)
Released: December 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Anna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical Squire Simpson, who conspires with his son to acquire the inheritance due the girl.
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Jackie
Title: Jackie
Character: Mervyn Carter
Released: November 27, 1921
Type: Movie
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A Voice in the Dark
Title: A Voice in the Dark
Character: Chester Thomas
Released: June 5, 1921
Type: Movie
The solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.
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While the Devil Laughs
Title: While the Devil Laughs
Character: Billy Anderson
Released: February 13, 1921
Type: Movie
Mary Franklin has a drunken father, an invalid mother, and a kid brother and sister to support. To make ends meet she is works as a hostess in a sleazy cafe, where she steals jewelry from her dancing partners.
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Who's Your Servant?
Title: Who's Your Servant?
Character: Lt. Clifford Bruce
Released: February 22, 1920
Type: Movie
When Rear Admiral Bancroft discovers the plans missing for his new battleship, suspicion falls on Lt. Clifford Bruce, his daughter Madeline's suitor, who was seen climbing out of the Admiral's window. In reality, Bruce, attempting to keep his courtship with Madeline a secret, was retrieving a love letter that he had written the Admiral's daughter. Madeline, suspecting Ito, the house servant, of stealing the plans, takes advantage of the fact that the servant is in love with her and visits his room that night. He shows her the plans which he boasts will bring him a fortune so that the two can elope. Madeline then attempts to gain possession of the papers, and in the ensuing struggle, Ito is stabbed to death. The supposition that he has committed "hari kari" avoids any further investigation, the plans are returned, and the lieutenant wins the consent of the admiral to marry Madeline.
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Pitfalls of a Big City
Title: Pitfalls of a Big City
Character: Jerry Sullivan
Released: April 13, 1919
Type: Movie
Tenement dweller Molly Moore, trying to forget her crooked past and go straight, runs a cheap restaurant in the underworld district in order to educate her younger sister Marion.
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Kultur
Title: Kultur
Character: René de Bornay
Released: September 22, 1918
Type: Movie
Just prior to World War I, the Kaiser sends Baron von Zeller to inform Emperor Franz Josef of Austria that he is ready to declare war on France. Sensing the impending crisis, the French War Office dispatches secret agent René de Bornay to investigate the situation, and upon his arrival, he cultivates the friendship of Franz Josef's mistress, the Countess Griselda von Arenburg.
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Riders of the Purple Sage
Title: Riders of the Purple Sage
Character: Venters
Released: September 1, 1918
Type: Movie
Lassiter quits the Texas Rangers and spends his life in pursuit of a group of Mormons who kidnapped his married sister. In a town on the Utah border, he meets the Withersteens and falls in love with their daughter, Jane. He also befriends Venters, and helps him track down some bandits who have been rustling the Withersteens' cattle.
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True Blue
Title: True Blue
Character: Stanley Brockhurst
Released: May 5, 1918
Type: Movie
True Blue begins with the marriage of black-sheep British nobleman Gilbert Brockhurst to the daughter of a Western rancher. When he learns that he has inherited his father's title and estate, Brockhurst deserts his wife and young son Bob. Upon attaining adulthood, Bob becomes the boss of his grandfather's ranch.
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Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Title: Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Character: Terry McGowen
Released: March 10, 1918
Type: Movie
Amarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family and her boyfriend Terry, a bartender in a cafe. But one day she meets Gordon, a sculptor who comes from a rich family, and she begins to be drawn into the world of the upper class.
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At Piney Ridge
Title: At Piney Ridge
Character: Rube Hollar
Released: May 1, 1916
Type: Movie
When Cindy Lane becomes pregnant, Mark Brierson, the father, refuses to marry her. Instead, Brierson romances Azalia Deering, whose father, General Deering, owns the town bank. Brierson misuses bank funds, but the bank is saved by Jack Rose, a wealthy farmer. Cindy's father Zeb vows to kill her lover, but she refuses to reveal the man's identity.
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An Embarrassing Predicament
Title: An Embarrassing Predicament
Character: Billy Quill - the Bashful Bookkeeper (as Billy Scott)
Released: October 2, 1914
Type: Movie
Billy Quill, a bashful bookkeeper, loves Marjorie Keyes, the pretty stenographer. Anatole, the French barber, is also in love with Marjorie, but he is not at all bashful and makes himself a pest by declaring his love for her at every opportunity. Marjorie reciprocates Billy's love, and gives him every opportunity to express his feelings and "pop" the question, but Billy lacks nerve to say the fatal words.
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Alone in the Jungle
Title: Alone in the Jungle
Character: Billy Brown (as Billy Scott)
Released: June 14, 1913
Type: Movie
The Brown family, which consists of Hon. John Brown, his wife, two sons, Harold and Billy, and a young sister named Helen, has settled on an isolated plantation in the Jungles. Jack Arden, son of another English planter, who comes over frequently to hunt with the boys has fallen in love with Helen. But Papa Brown discourages the lovers, saying that Helen is too young to be married. Jack agrees to wait. Some time afterward the Browns receive a letter from Jack stating that he is coming for another week-end of shooting- with the Brown boys. On his way to the Brown's home, Jack knocks down Concho, an overseer, for being cruel to one of the slaves. His action is approved of by the Browns. In honor of Jack the family starts on a lion hunt, and, after a long trip, they return by the river route. They espy a lioness drinking at the river's edge. She is killed by Jack and taken aboard. That night Jack again asks Mr. Brown for Helen's hand and is again told to wait.