William Wadsworth

William Wadsworth

Born: June 6, 1874
Died: June 6, 1950
in Pigeon Cove, Massachusetts, USA

Movies for William Wadsworth...

White Mice
Title: White Mice
Character: Sylvanus Codman
Released: January 31, 1926
Type: Movie
Roddy Forrester has formed the White Mice club with a pal. The purpose of the club is to help those in trouble. When Roddy's father sends him to the South American republic of Montebello, he gets his chance to be of service. General Rojas, the former president, is locked away in a prison and slowly dying. Roddy decides to rescue him, especially since he has been inspired by the general's pretty daughter, Inez.
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Rich Man, Poor Man
Title: Rich Man, Poor Man
Character: Henry Evans
Released: April 22, 1918
Type: Movie
Born and raised in poverty, Marguerite Clark has learned to expect very little out of life and thus is rather surprised to learn that she is the niece of a wealthy financier. Alas, this puts a crimp in her romance with a handsome young architect, who has long despised the financier for causing the downfall of the architect's father.
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Cy Whittaker's Ward
Title: Cy Whittaker's Ward
Character: Captain Cy Whittaker
Released: October 22, 1917
Type: Movie
Returning to the village of Bayport after twenty-two years, retired sea captain Cyrus Whittaker finds the community under the power of political boss Herman Atkins. Cy opposes Atkin's choice for the position of teacher and helps to elect Miss Daws instead, thus earning the enmity of the politician. One day, a young girl named Emily Thomas arrives with a note from Sarah Oliver, a relative of Cy, explaining that the girl is the daughter of his old sweetheart and that her father is in jail and her mother dead.
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Friends, Romans and Leo
Title: Friends, Romans and Leo
Character: Mulius Caesar
Released: October 6, 1917
Type: Movie
The plot and setting is actually a bit like Keaton's The Three Ages will be in 1923. But less sophisticated: The Roman Emperor Mulius Caesar borrows more money than he should. The loan shark is all over him and exploits this to get near the emperor's daughter. A slave falls in love with the daughter and sends the loan shark in a rage – unless the slave is sent to Colosseum he will foreclose the emperor's mortgage.
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Barnaby Lee
Title: Barnaby Lee
Character: Gunner Kieger
Released: August 10, 1917
Type: Movie
Pirate melodrama.
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The Luck of Roaring Camp
Title: The Luck of Roaring Camp
Released: August 4, 1917
Type: Movie
The story takes place in a small struggling mining town located in the foothills of the California mountains at the time of the gold rush. The camp is suffering from a long string of bad luck. With only one woman in their midst, it seems as though the miners have no future. However, the tide turns when a small boy is born. "Thomas Luck" is the first newborn the camp has seen in ages; things are looking up.
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Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
Title: Chris and His Wonderful Lamp
Character: The Genie
Released: July 14, 1917
Type: Movie
A young man buys an Aladdin’s lamp at an auction and employs the genie to help him see his love.
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The Light in Darkness
Title: The Light in Darkness
Character: Sheriff Len Moody
Released: July 9, 1917
Type: Movie
Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a young girl who speaks encouragingly to him. Later he is surprised to discover that Hilary is also a prisoner, having been found guilty of manslaughter for killing a man who attacked her.
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Kidnapped
Title: Kidnapped
Character: Angus Ban Keillor
Released: May 7, 1917
Type: Movie
In Scotland in 1751, young David Balfour is shanghaied aboard a ship where he meets Jacobite rebel Alan Breck Stewart with whom he escapes to the Scottish Highlands, dodging the redcoats.
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Where Love Is
Title: Where Love Is
Character: Theodore Weever
Released: February 5, 1917
Type: Movie
A six-part adaptation of William J. Locke's novel "Where Love Is."
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The Last Sentence
Title: The Last Sentence
Character: Pére Kerouac
Released: January 1, 1917
Type: Movie
George Crosby, a New York lawyer, with a passion for painting, wearied of his legal duties, sails for Brittany, where he meets Renée Kerouac, a fisher-maiden, and sketches her as a Corregan, a fairy who destroys the men who refuse her love. Hoel Kalloc, her betrothed, becomes jealous, and George marries her, after saving her from Hoel's brutality.
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The Cossack Whip
Title: The Cossack Whip
Character: Orlinsky - Darya's Father
Released: November 13, 1916
Type: Movie
Feodor Turov, chief of the Russian Czar's secret police, orders his Cossacks to attack a village he believes to be infested with rebels. The Cossacks attack the village and massacre almost everyone, and the young Katerina is whipped to death. Before escaping to England, her sister Darya swears to avenge her sister's death. Years later--now one of the world's most famous prima ballerinas--she returns to Russia. Turov falls in love with her and manages to secure a meeting. She coyly asks him to take her to see a prison first. As it turns out, what he has planned for her is nothing compared to what she has planned for him.
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Children of Eve
Title: Children of Eve
Character: Peddler
Released: November 10, 1915
Type: Movie
An illegitimate child of the slums comes to faith. Later, she chooses to labor in a canning factory in order to investigate its poor conditions, not realizing she has a significant connection to the cold-hearted factory owner.
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Vanity Fair
Title: Vanity Fair
Character: Joseph Sedley
Released: October 5, 1915
Type: Movie
"Vanity Fair" is a historical drama, based on the classic English novel written by William Thackeray, featuring Shirley Mason. Shirley Mason was 15 y.o. and played the role of the young Becky Sharp. Directors obviously took notice of her performance, because in 1917 she appeared in 17 feature films, in many of them playing the star role.
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Cohen's Luck
Title: Cohen's Luck
Released: June 11, 1915
Type: Movie
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The Right Number, But the Wrong House
Title: The Right Number, But the Wrong House
Character: John Brown - the Father
Released: August 12, 1913
Type: Movie
A comedy short film.
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How They Outwitted Father
Title: How They Outwitted Father
Character: Peter Fossil
Released: February 5, 1913
Type: Movie
Should she marry for love or for money?
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Over the Back Fence
Title: Over the Back Fence
Character: Col. Crompton
Released: February 3, 1913
Type: Movie
Harry Beaumont and Bessie Learn are in love, but their respective uncle and aunt, back fence neighbors, feud bitterly with each other and insist the youngsters have nothing to do with each other. The young leads come up with a plan in this pleasant Edison comedy. (IMDb)
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A Serenade by Proxy
Title: A Serenade by Proxy
Character: Zeb Hawkins
Released: January 29, 1913
Type: Movie
A farmer’s daughter helps a farmhand win the heart of a cook by convincing him to serenade her, with unexpected results.
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The Title Cure
Title: The Title Cure
Character: Baron Hasenpfeffer - the German
Released: January 15, 1913
Type: Movie
Mr. Clayworth, a wealthy American and self-made man, has a daughter Bessie, who is determined to marry a foreign title much against her father's wishes. She has an American suitor, William Brooks, who is deeply in love with her but he is given little encouragement. Mr. Clayworth plans to discourage his daughter with nobility and accordingly goes to an employment agency where he engages three foreign menials to impersonate noblemen, supplying them with evening clothes and arranging to have them call at his house that evening. Bessie is overjoyed when she learns from father that three noblemen are to honor them with their presence. Father incidentally suggests that if the noblemen do not come up to her expectations to patch up her little quarrel with Billy and say no more about marrying a title. The fun begins when the three bogus noblemen present themselves at Clayworth's house as Duke Macaroni, Lord Brien Berue and Baron Hasenpfeffer.
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A Proposal Under Difficulties
Title: A Proposal Under Difficulties
Character: Dick - Dorothy's Other Suitor
Released: December 21, 1912
Type: Movie
Short film involving a flirtatious maid.
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A Christmas Accident
Title: A Christmas Accident
Character: Mr. Gilton
Released: December 14, 1912
Type: Movie
Well-to-do Mr. and Mrs. Gilton live next door to a large family, the Biltons, that struggles to make ends meet. Despite their desire to be friendly, Mr. Gilton is frequently irritated by his neighbors, insisting that they stay out of his yard, and blaming them for anything that goes wrong. During the holiday season, the differences between the two families become even clearer. Mrs. Gilton wants to do something to help the Biltons, but Mr. Gilton will take a lot of convincing.
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Bringing Home the Pup
Title: Bringing Home the Pup
Released: October 29, 1912
Type: Movie
A short comedy about a boy who buys a dog during the holidays; the family seems unable to get rid of it.
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What Happened to Mary
Title: What Happened to Mary
Character: Billy Pearl
Released: July 25, 1912
Type: Movie
The forerunner of all serials, What Happened to Mary was a series of twelve monthly one reel episodes, each a complete entity in itself, revolving its immediate dramatic and melodramatic problems within the framework of a single episode and designed more for story and suspense situations than action.
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Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
Title: Everything Comes to Him Who Waits
Character: The German Restaurant Owner
Released: February 21, 1912
Type: Movie
Cud McGiven applies for employment in a Bowery restaurant. The restaurant is conducted by a German, who engages Cud. Whenever Cud finds himself alone in the pantry he exercises his mania for juggling plates with disastrous results to the crockery. Every time the proprietor bears a crash he is Johnny-on-the-spot and takes out his little book to jot down the damage and charge it to Cud. At last the proprietor loses all patience and decides to discharge Cud. Accordingly he summons him to his private office and demands a settlement of the broken dishes and spoiled food. Cud is unable to see the situation this way at all. The disagreement waxes hot and furious and Cud in revenge breaks all the dishes in the pantry. The riot brings the frightened guests to their feet, where they stand spellbound at seeing a half of the waiters flee before the burly Cud, who is flinging plates after them with the accuracy of a baseball pitcher.
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Thirty Days at Hard Labor
Title: Thirty Days at Hard Labor
Character: Proprietor of the restaurant
Released: January 9, 1912
Type: Movie
Jack must prove himself before Beatrice's father will allow him to continue seeing his daughter.