William Gillis

William Gillis

Born: November 17, 1867
Died: April 24, 1946
in Anderson Country, Texas, USA

Movies for William Gillis...

The Westerner
Title: The Westerner
Character: Leon Beauregard (uncredited)
Released: September 18, 1940
Type: Movie
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
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Destry Rides Again
Title: Destry Rides Again
Character: Barfly (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1939
Type: Movie
When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.
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Union Pacific
Title: Union Pacific
Character: (uncredited)
Released: May 5, 1939
Type: Movie
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
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The Cowboy and the Lady
Title: The Cowboy and the Lady
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1938
Type: Movie
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
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The Cherokee Strip
Title: The Cherokee Strip
Character: Town Carpenter
Released: May 15, 1937
Type: Movie
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement quickly becomes embroiled in political and business corruption. Director Noel Smith's 1937 western stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Tommy Bupp, Ed Cobb, Frank Faylen, Tom Brower and Milton Kibbee.
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It's A Small World
Title: It's A Small World
Character: Snake Brown, Sr.
Released: April 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, on a dirt road, in a storm, near a hick town which fleeces travelers through corrupt law enforcement.
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Fargo Express
Title: Fargo Express
Character: Posse Rider
Released: November 20, 1933
Type: Movie
When Mort loses his and Ken's money at poker, Goss gets him to rob the stage. He is captured, identified by his palomino horse. Ken tries to clear him by robbing a stage while riding a palomino, but he also gets caught.
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Ride Him, Cowboy
Title: Ride Him, Cowboy
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: August 27, 1932
Type: Movie
John Drury saves Duke, a wild horse accused of murder, and trains him. When he discovers that the real murderer, a bad guy known as The Hawk, is the town's leading citizen, Drury arrested on a fraudulent charge.
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Beyond the Rockies
Title: Beyond the Rockies
Character: Watches Barroom Fight (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1932
Type: Movie
A noted gunman takes a job on a cattle ranch to stop a band of rustlers.
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Lawless Valley
Title: Lawless Valley
Character: Rustler
Released: March 3, 1932
Type: Movie
A cattleman's association hires a range detective to track down and capture a notorious rustler known as El Lobo.
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Sundown Trail
Title: Sundown Trail
Character: Ranch Hand Goober
Released: September 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must stay on the ranch for 5 years. If she does not, everything goes to Buck, who is the manager. She does not like Buck, so she makes a deal with the wrong people for cattle and then the outlaws go to the ranch to get the $10,000 from her. But Buck is on the job.
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Straight Through
Title: Straight Through
Character: Sheriff
Released: April 5, 1925
Type: Movie
O'Day, the terror of Red Gulch, wins the entire stake of a gambler named Granger in a poker game but gives it all to Denver Nell, a dancehall girl, when she tells him her sad story. O'Day later discovers that she has returned the money to Granger, and he decides to reform. He goes to another town, where (now known as Good Deed O'Day) he meets an old friend, a wealthy rancher with whose sister, Mary, he is in love. Snowden takes a trip to Denver and returns with Nell, whom he has married.
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Ridin' Pretty
Title: Ridin' Pretty
Character: Gloom (as Bill Gillis)
Released: February 22, 1925
Type: Movie
A red-blooded romance of a millionaire cowboy and a city girl with stirring chase after a racing express that'll hold you spellbound.
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Riding with Death
Title: Riding with Death
Character: Captain Jack Hughes
Released: November 13, 1921
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Steve Dorsey searches for the villain who murdered his partner.
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Conflict
Title: Conflict
Character: Hasdrubel Ginger
Released: October 23, 1921
Type: Movie
A society girl goes to live in the woods with her evil uncle and his wicked housekeeper.
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Ruth of the Rockies
Title: Ruth of the Rockies
Character: Pendleton Pete
Released: August 29, 1920
Type: Movie
A young woman finds a trunk full of stolen diamonds, takes them and heads westward, pursued by the thief.
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The Last Straw
Title: The Last Straw
Character: Two Bits
Released: February 14, 1920
Type: Movie
A cowboy helps a pretty ranch owner getting rid of both cattle rustlers and an unwanted suitor in this silent oater.
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His Majesty, the American
Title: His Majesty, the American
Character: Undetermined Role
Released: September 1, 1919
Type: Movie
A European prince is raised in America without knowing his true identity; he spends his time thrill-seeking, but his country needs him when a revolt threatens the crown.