William Harrigan

William Harrigan

Born: March 26, 1894
Died: February 1, 1966
in New York City, New York, USA
William Harrigan was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

Movies for William Harrigan...

Street of Sinners
Title: Street of Sinners
Character: Gus
Released: August 30, 1957
Type: Movie
A rookie New York cop has to deal with juvenile delinquents, his superiors, and blame for the suicide of a woman who jumped to her death while he was in her apartment.
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Knife in the Dark
Title: Knife in the Dark
Character: Warden
Released: December 7, 1954
Type: Movie
A tormented convict must take a stand against the violent inmate who murdered his best friend.
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Roogie's Bump
Title: Roogie's Bump
Character: Red O'Malley
Released: August 25, 1954
Type: Movie
A young boy is taunted mercilessly by the other boys in town - until he gets some help from the ghost of a Brooklyn Dodger, who turns him into a great baseball player.
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Francis Covers the Big Town
Title: Francis Covers the Big Town
Character: Inspector Hansen
Released: June 10, 1953
Type: Movie
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.
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Steel Town
Title: Steel Town
Character: John 'Mac' McNamara
Released: May 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the McNamaras, and falls for the daughter, "Red", who is already involved with another steelworker. Although he is at first has a hard time with his co-workers, he eventually wins them over, and also wins the girl.
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Flying Leathernecks
Title: Flying Leathernecks
Character: Dr. Lt.Cdr. Joe Curran
Released: August 28, 1951
Type: Movie
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.
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Speaking of Rubber
Title: Speaking of Rubber
Released: July 4, 1951
Type: Movie
"Speaking of Rubber: is a 1951 promotional film on the rubber industry, with some great scenes of downtown Naugatuck in 1951.
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Title: Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
Released: October 6, 1950
Type: TV
An American television anthology drama series which offered adaptations of Pulitzer Prize winning plays, stories and novels.
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Desert Fury
Title: Desert Fury
Character: Berle Lindquist
Released: August 15, 1947
Type: Movie
The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.
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Citizen Saint
Title: Citizen Saint
Character: Father Vail
Released: May 15, 1947
Type: Movie
A Catholic Church-sponsored film about the life of Frances Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who established schools, orphanages and hospitals in the United States. Primarily booked into schools or churches, or a local church would rent a theatre for a roadshow one-night viewing by members of the local congregation.
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The Farmer's Daughter
Title: The Farmer's Daughter
Character: Ward Hughes
Released: March 26, 1947
Type: Movie
After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.
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Follies Girl
Title: Follies Girl
Character: Jimmy Dobson
Released: June 26, 1943
Type: Movie
In PRC's Follies Girl, Wendy Barrie plays dress designer Anne Merriday, who becomes the object of middle-aged millionaire J. B. Hamlin's (J.C. Nugent) affections. To save his dad from throwing his life away on a supposed golddigger, Hamlin's son, Army private Jerry Hamlin (Gordon Oliver), begins courting Anne-and, of course, falls genuinely in love with her himself. Meanwhile, the rogueish J.B. tries to mount a Broadway burlesque show, with costumes designed by Our Heroine.
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Arizona
Title: Arizona
Character: Union Commanding Officer
Released: December 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret and Lazarus Ward plotting at every turn to destroy her freighting company. She has not seen the last of Peter, however.
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Back Door to Heaven
Title: Back Door to Heaven
Character: Frankie's Father
Released: April 19, 1939
Type: Movie
The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".
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Hawaii Calls
Title: Hawaii Calls
Character: Blake
Released: March 12, 1938
Type: Movie
After being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with sidekick Pua, turns detective to recover stolen naval documents from crooks
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Exiled to Shanghai
Title: Exiled to Shanghai
Character: Grant Powell
Released: December 20, 1937
Type: Movie
A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in television.
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Federal Bullets
Title: Federal Bullets
Character: Federal Agency Chief
Released: October 29, 1937
Type: Movie
Federal Bullets is a leisurely paced Monogram crime melodrama with not a few clever plot twists. The FBI, represented by Milburn Stone and William Harrigan, investigates a seemingly respectable charitable organization. In fact, the enterprise is a front for a crime ring, headed by Ma Barker clone Zeffie Tilbury (Trivia note: Ms. Tilbury was totally blind, and had to learn her "blocking" by rote).
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Over the Goal
Title: Over the Goal
Character: Jim Shelly
Released: October 16, 1937
Type: Movie
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
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Frankie and Johnnie
Title: Frankie and Johnnie
Character: Curley
Released: April 30, 1936
Type: Movie
The story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.
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Whipsaw
Title: Whipsaw
Character: 'Doc' Evans
Released: December 18, 1935
Type: Movie
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.
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His Family Tree
Title: His Family Tree
Character: Charles Murfree
Released: September 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
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Stranded
Title: Stranded
Character: Updyke
Released: June 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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'G' Men
Title: 'G' Men
Character: 'Mac' McKay
Released: May 4, 1935
Type: Movie
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
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The Invisible Man
Title: The Invisible Man
Character: Dr. Arthur Kemp
Released: November 3, 1933
Type: Movie
Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.
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Disgraced!
Title: Disgraced!
Character: Captain Holloway
Released: July 7, 1933
Type: Movie
A lovely fashion model's dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To make matters worse, her father kills the cad and she gets accused of the crime.
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The Girl in 419
Title: The Girl in 419
Character: Peter Lawton
Released: May 26, 1933
Type: Movie
A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder.
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Pick-up
Title: Pick-up
Character: Jim Richards
Released: March 24, 1933
Type: Movie
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.
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Men on Call
Title: Men on Call
Character: Cap
Released: December 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Railroad engineer Chuck Long finds the showgirl he's about to marry was the subject of scandal and swears off women. He joins a coast guard unit stationed at a lighthouse, and one day must rescue a drowning girl that turns out to be his old fiancée.
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On the Level
Title: On the Level
Character: Danny Madden
Released: May 18, 1930
Type: Movie
An ironworker and his equally tough friend decide to leave New Orleans to work as beam-walkers on a New York City skyscraper. This arouses the ire of his Cajun girlfriend who promptly shoots at him as he walks away and then follows him to the Big Apple where she becomes a nightclub performer.
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Born Reckless
Title: Born Reckless
Character: Good News Brophy
Released: May 11, 1930
Type: Movie
In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.
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Nix on Dames
Title: Nix on Dames
Released: November 24, 1929
Type: Movie
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Cabaret
Title: Cabaret
Character: Jack Costigan
Released: March 26, 1927
Type: Movie
Gloria Trask, who has risen from a squalid East Side environment to stardom in Costigan's nightclub, is admired by Tom Westcott, detective, and Sam Roberts, a gangster with whom her brother is involved. Andy, threatened by the gang, is forced to pay off, and in a showdown in Gloria's dressing room, Andy shoots Roberts in self-defense. Gloria helps her brother to leave on a South American liner, while Tom forces Roberts' girlfriend Blanche to admit to witnessing the crime. Blanche insists that it was murder, but Tom forces her to admit that Roberts had a gun by accusing her of the killing.