William Lally

William Lally

Born: March 28, 1912
Died: February 23, 2002

Movies for William Lally...

Pleasure Palace
Title: Pleasure Palace
Character: English Husband
Released: October 22, 1980
Type: Movie
Story of a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help a Las Vegas hotel-casino owner from losing his controlling interest to a business syndicate but finds his reputation is on the line when he runs into a mystery lady who seems to operate on both sides of the law.
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Title: Petticoat Junction
Character: 2nd Stockholder
Released: September 24, 1963
Type: TV
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
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The Red Menace
Title: The Red Menace
Character: Jack Tyler (as William J. Lally)
Released: August 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Title: Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Character: Cop
Released: June 29, 1943
Type: Movie
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
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Sabotage Squad
Title: Sabotage Squad
Character: Unspecified Policeman
Released: August 27, 1942
Type: Movie
A police lieutenant and a patriotic professional gambler, rivals in life and love, combine efforts to corner a gang of Nazi saboteurs operating out of a barber shop, in which their mutual girlfriend works, and unmask its secret leader.
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Fingers at the Window
Title: Fingers at the Window
Character: Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1942
Type: Movie
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Kid Glove Killer
Title: Kid Glove Killer
Character: Mack - Detective (uncredited)
Released: April 17, 1942
Type: Movie
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
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Alias Boston Blackie
Title: Alias Boston Blackie
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: April 2, 1942
Type: Movie
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
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The Man Who Returned to Life
Title: The Man Who Returned to Life
Released: February 5, 1942
Type: Movie
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
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Love Crazy
Title: Love Crazy
Character: Sanitarium Guard (uncredited)
Released: May 23, 1941
Type: Movie
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
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Angels Over Broadway
Title: Angels Over Broadway
Character: Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
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Sky Murder
Title: Sky Murder
Character: Second Man in Monrose's Office
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.
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Glamour for Sale
Title: Glamour for Sale
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
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We Who Are Young
Title: We Who Are Young
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1940
Type: Movie
A man violates company policy by getting married.
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Phantom Raiders
Title: Phantom Raiders
Character: Port Inspector
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.
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Men Without Souls
Title: Men Without Souls
Character: Guard (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1940
Type: Movie
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
Title: The Doctor Takes a Wife
Character: Deck Steward
Released: April 25, 1940
Type: Movie
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
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Convicted Woman
Title: Convicted Woman
Character: Prison Guard
Released: January 31, 1940
Type: Movie
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
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The Lone Wolf Strikes
Title: The Lone Wolf Strikes
Character: Bill
Released: January 26, 1940
Type: Movie
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
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Cafe Hostess
Title: Cafe Hostess
Character: Cop
Released: January 11, 1940
Type: Movie
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.
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The Shadow
Title: The Shadow
Character: Policeman
Released: January 5, 1940
Type: Movie
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.
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Nick Carter, Master Detective
Title: Nick Carter, Master Detective
Character: Exit Guard
Released: December 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
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Dancing Co-Ed
Title: Dancing Co-Ed
Character: Policeman
Released: September 29, 1939
Type: Movie
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
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Dick Tracy's G-Men
Title: Dick Tracy's G-Men
Character: Thug in Ghost Town
Released: September 2, 1939
Type: Movie
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
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The Man They Could Not Hang
Title: The Man They Could Not Hang
Character: Bailiff (uncredited)
Released: August 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
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Sergeant Madden
Title: Sergeant Madden
Character: Older Policeman
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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Gang Bullets
Title: Gang Bullets
Character: Court Clerk (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1938
Type: Movie
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.
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You Can't Take It with You
Title: You Can't Take It with You
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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Start Cheering
Title: Start Cheering
Character: Photographer
Released: March 3, 1938
Type: Movie
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
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I'll Take Romance
Title: I'll Take Romance
Character: Steward
Released: November 17, 1937
Type: Movie
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
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The Super Snooper
Title: The Super Snooper
Released: February 25, 1937
Type: Movie
Two dimwitted detectives investigate the robbery of an express company.
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If You Could Only Cook
Title: If You Could Only Cook
Character: Bill - New York Cop (uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1935
Type: Movie
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.