William Self

William Self

Born: June 21, 1921
Died: November 15, 2010
in Dayton, Ohio, USA

Movies for William Self...

The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Title: The Shootist: The Legend Lives On
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: July 24, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary short about the making of John Wayne's final movie, the 1976 film The Shootist.
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The Big Sky
Title: The Big Sky
Character: Boatman
Released: August 19, 1952
Type: Movie
Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to contend with.
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Pat and Mike
Title: Pat and Mike
Character: Pat Pemberton's Caddy
Released: June 13, 1952
Type: Movie
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
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The Thing from Another World
Title: The Thing from Another World
Character: Corporal Barnes
Released: April 5, 1951
Type: Movie
Scientists and US Air Force officials fend off a blood-thirsty alien organism while investigating at a remote arctic outpost.
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Three Secrets
Title: Three Secrets
Character: Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1950
Type: Movie
A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.
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Sands of Iwo Jima
Title: Sands of Iwo Jima
Character: Pvt. L.D. Fowler Jr.
Released: January 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
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Adam's Rib
Title: Adam's Rib
Character: Benjamin Klausner - Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1949
Type: Movie
When a woman attempts to kill her uncaring husband, prosecutor Adam Bonner gets the case. Unfortunately for him his wife Amanda (who happens to be a lawyer too) decides to defend the woman in court. Amanda uses everything she can to win the case and Adam gets mad about it. As a result, their perfect marriage is disturbed by everyday quarrels.
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I Was a Male War Bride
Title: I Was a Male War Bride
Character: Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1949
Type: Movie
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
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I Was a Male War Bride
Title: I Was a Male War Bride
Character: Sergeant with War Bride (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1949
Type: Movie
After marrying an American lieutenant with whom he was assigned to work in post-war Germany, a French captain attempts to find a way to accompany her back to the States under the terms of the War Bride Act.
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Red River
Title: Red River
Character: Sutter (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.
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A Foreign Affair
Title: A Foreign Affair
Character: G.I. (uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1948
Type: Movie
In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.
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Monsieur Verdoux
Title: Monsieur Verdoux
Character: Max - a Reporter (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
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Marshal of Cripple Creek
Title: Marshal of Cripple Creek
Character: Dick Lambert
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Tom Lambert arrives and Long John Case gets him into trouble. To protect his wife and son he refuses to talk and is sent to prison. Long John then gets Lambert's son into his outlaw gang but Lambert is told the boy's problems are caused by Red Ryder. So Lambert breaks prison planning to kill Red. [Written by Maurice Van Auken]
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Kilroy Was Here
Title: Kilroy Was Here
Character: Murdock
Released: July 19, 1947
Type: Movie
"Kilroy Was Here" was a popular expression during World War II, but it's not much fun to John J. Kilroy, who has to try to live with all the jokes and wisecracks regarding his name.
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A Likely Story
Title: A Likely Story
Character: Intern (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1947
Type: Movie
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself to prove to him that he's not.
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Story of G.I. Joe
Title: Story of G.I. Joe
Character: "Gawky" Henderson
Released: July 13, 1945
Type: Movie
War correspondent Ernie Pyle joins Company C, 18th Infantry as this American army unit fights its way across North Africa in World War II. He comes to know the soldiers and finds much human interest material for his readers back in the States. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2000.