William N. Chapman

William N. Chapman

Movies for William N. Chapman...

Torture Ship
Title: Torture Ship
Character: Bill
Released: October 28, 1939
Type: Movie
A mad scientist uses captured criminals as experiments for his study on "the criminal mind" aboard his private ship.
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Winter Has Came
Title: Winter Has Came
Character: William Chapman
Released: April 6, 1923
Type: Movie
A burlesque of the old standard dramatic plot in which daughter, returning from the big city with unexpected wealth, arrives just in the nick of time to defeat the cruel, cruel landlord, save the old homestead from a tragic foreclosure, and keep the aged folks from being driven out into the blinding snowstorm.
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Elmo the Fearless
Title: Elmo the Fearless
Character: Robert Stillwell
Released: January 2, 1920
Type: Movie
A silent movie action serial.
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The Lost Express
Title: The Lost Express
Character: (as Will Chapman)
Released: September 17, 1917
Type: Movie
A train that is carrying the formula for a valuable form of granulated gasoline disappears before it reaches its destination. Railroad investigators and the authorities try to determine where it is and who took it.
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The Railroad Raiders
Title: The Railroad Raiders
Character: David Holmes / Sam Lowenstein
Released: April 9, 1917
Type: Movie
A silent movie serial
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The Manager of the B & A
Title: The Manager of the B & A
Character: Thomas Emory
Released: September 25, 1916
Type: Movie
Dan Oakley becomes a railroad manager and his attempt to slash expenses by layoffs and lengthening hours incurs the workers' wrath. With the help of Griffith Ryder, labor leader and newspaper editor, they call a strike. The water main which supplies the railroad yards is cut, and a hot engine starts a fire. With water unavailable, the fire spreads to town, but through his superhuman efforts, Oakley gets it under control. His heroic moves win favor with the workers, and the strike is history.
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A Lass of the Lumberlands
Title: A Lass of the Lumberlands
Released: January 2, 1916
Type: Movie
15-episode serial directed by Paul Hurst and J.P. McGowan.