William H. Tooker

William H. Tooker

Born: September 2, 1869
Died: October 10, 1936
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for William H. Tooker...

Murder by Television
Title: Murder by Television
Character: Allen (as William Tooker)
Released: October 1, 1935
Type: Movie
James Houghland, inventor of a new method by which television signals can be instantaneously sent anywhere in the world, refuses to sell the process to television companies, who then send agents to acquire the invention any way they can. On the night of his initial broadcast Houghland is mysteriously murdered in the middle of his demonstration and it falls to Police Chief Nelson to determine who the murderer is from the many suspects present.
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Diamond Jim
Title: Diamond Jim
Character: Man at Bar
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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A Woman of Experience
Title: A Woman of Experience
Character: Colonel
Released: July 8, 1931
Type: Movie
It is 1915 in Vienna and the Great War has caused many casualties. Elsa, a beautiful prostitute, wants to help the war effort, but is rejected as a nurse, but a government official thinks that she will make an excellent spy.
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Soup to Nuts
Title: Soup to Nuts
Character: Ferguson - Carlson's Lawyer (uncredited)
Released: September 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.
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No Defense
Title: No Defense
Character: Harper, Sr
Released: April 5, 1929
Type: Movie
No Defense is a 1929 romantic drama directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Monte Blue. It was a silent film with part talking and sound-effects by the Vitaphone Company. It was distributed by Warner Brothers.
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The Bellamy Trial
Title: The Bellamy Trial
Character: Judge Carver
Released: January 23, 1929
Type: Movie
The Bellamy Trial is a 1929 American drama film directed by Monta Bell and written by Monta Bell and Joseph Farnham.
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Romance of the Underworld
Title: Romance of the Underworld
Character: Asa Jenks
Released: November 10, 1928
Type: Movie
When a gangster's speakeasy is raided by the police, one of the people picked up is the gangster's pretty young girlfriend. A kind-hearted cop takes pity on her and helps her get out of that life. While waitressing to earn money for college, she meets a wealthy and handsome young man and they fall in love--but he doesn't know about her somewhat shady past and her relationship with the gangster.
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The Look Out Girl
Title: The Look Out Girl
Character: Dr. Tucker
Released: November 2, 1928
Type: Movie
The lookout girl for the notorious Mowbray gang tries to leave her gangster past by marrying a wealthy doctor, but her past catches up with her very quickly when the gang finds her.
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Night Watch
Title: Night Watch
Released: September 9, 1928
Type: Movie
Night Watch is a 1928 American drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Paul Lukas, and Donald Reed. It was an adaptation of the dramatic 1921 play In the Night Watch, written by Michael Morton. The film is set almost entirely on a French warship at the beginning of the First World War.
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Virgin Lips
Title: Virgin Lips
Character: El Presidente
Released: July 25, 1928
Type: Movie
In a banana republic, way south of the Texas border, a dumb-Dora American girl, Norma (Olive Borden), lets her ruby-red lips promise more than she is willing to deliver, and she finds herself a prisoner in a notorious dance-hall/brothel. But her American aviator boyfriend, Barry Blake (John Boles), is flying to her rescue. He does just that but, alas, they are quickly captured by a gang of outlaws. Possibly the many expensive pieces of jewelry she has gathered from the many male friends she has made along the way, including El Presidente, captured the outlaws' attention.
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Good Morning, Judge
Title: Good Morning, Judge
Character: Judge
Released: April 29, 1928
Type: Movie
Freddie, a rich young idler, meets Julia Harrington, a wealthy social service worker who runs a haven for reformed criminals. By telling her he is a hardened criminal, he is allowed to stay at the mission.
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Ladies Must Dress
Title: Ladies Must Dress
Character: Mr. Ward, Sr.
Released: November 20, 1927
Type: Movie
Joe and Eve are engaged, but Joe cannot help contrasting the drabness of her attire with the dressy clothes of their friends. Eve overhears him talking of this and breaks with him. Then, with the help of her friend, Mazie, she metamorphoses into a ravishing beauty. Joe is remorseful, but the situation is made more complex when he suspects Eve of questionable relations with her boss.
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The Devil Dancer
Title: The Devil Dancer
Character: Lathrop
Released: November 3, 1927
Type: Movie
An English explorer disturbed by the practices of an isolated tribe attempts to rescue a native girl he has become fascinated with. THE DEVIL DANCER was highly praised at time of release for its exquisite cinematography, especially in the use of light and shadow. The film received an Academy Award nomination in this category. Sadly, it is among the lost. No prints or negatives are known to survive.
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Birds of Prey
Title: Birds of Prey
Character: J. Hamilton Smith
Released: March 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Helen Wayne and Archie Crossley, two clever pickpockets, rob J. Hamilton Smith, a well-known metropolitan banker, and he is later recognized by one of their gang as a former prisonmate; they demand a price for their silence, and he is forced to accede.
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The Night of Love
Title: The Night of Love
Character: Spanish Ambassador
Released: January 22, 1927
Type: Movie
Montero, son of a Gypsy leader, is about to take a bride according to primitive ritual, when the Duke de la Garda demands his right as feudal lord--to take the bride to his castle for a night. Rather than accede to the duke's advances, the girl chooses death by her own hand. Montero swears vengeance.....
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The Scarlet Letter
Title: The Scarlet Letter
Character: The Governor
Released: January 8, 1927
Type: Movie
In Puritan Boston, seamstress Hester Prynne and kindly Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale fall in love. After Dimmesdale must go away for a time to England, he returns to discover that Hester has given birth to their child and is the focus of local censure.
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The Average Woman
Title: The Average Woman
Character: Col. Crosby
Released: March 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Reporter Jimmy Munroe is writing an article on "the average woman". He meets Sally Whipple in the library and chooses her as a likely subject, following her around to gather material for his article, and eventually falls in love with her. Her father, Judge Whipple, doesn't like it; he has Jimmy arrested and allows him to see Sally only once a week. Meanwhile, disreputable businessman Van Alten is after Sally, and tries to pressure her into marrying him by threatening to release letters he says will embarrass her father.
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A Bride for a Knight
Title: A Bride for a Knight
Character: Jean's Uncle
Released: December 15, 1923
Type: Movie
While having dental work done, Jimmy inhales too much gas and begins believing that he is a detective. He sets out to capture a gang of thieves who robbed Jean's uncle's bank.
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The Net
Title: The Net
Character: Mr. Royce
Released: December 2, 1923
Type: Movie
The Net is a 1924 silent mystery drama.
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The Purple Highway
Title: The Purple Highway
Character: Mr. Quail
Released: August 5, 1923
Type: Movie
Two inmates and a cleaning girl at a home for struggling artists achieve success and fame when they pool their talents and produce a smash hit Broadway musical. Edgar ( Monte Blue ), the playwright, is in love with April ( Madge Kennedy ), the ex- leading lady, but she doesn't discover that she loves him until it's almost too late.
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My Friend the Devil
Title: My Friend the Devil
Character: Dr. Brewster
Released: November 19, 1922
Type: Movie
Silent romantic drama...
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Peacock Alley
Title: Peacock Alley
Character: Joseph Carleton
Released: January 23, 1922
Type: Movie
A young man brings his new worldly Parisian wife back home to Pennsylvania.
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God's Country and the Law
Title: God's Country and the Law
Released: June 1, 1921
Type: Movie
God's Country and the Law is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Pine Tree Pictures and distributed by Arrow Films. It was directed by Sidney Olcott with Fred C. Jones and Gladys Leslie in the leading roles. It was adapted from the 1915 novel God’s Country and the Woman by James Oliver Curwood,which had been previously filmed under that title in 1916.
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Proxies
Title: Proxies
Character: Christopher Darley
Released: May 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Carlotta Darley (Dean) is engaged to Homer Carleton (Crosby), but regrets that Homer is not as tall and handsome as the butler Peter (Kerry).
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The Greatest Love
Title: The Greatest Love
Character: Mr. Manton
Released: December 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Director Henry Kolker's silent romantic melodrama starred Vera Gordon, who was billed as "The 'Mother' of 'Humoresque'", Bertram Marburgh, Yvonne Shelton, Hugh Huntley, and William H. Tooker
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Heliotrope
Title: Heliotrope
Character: Governor Mercer
Released: November 28, 1920
Type: Movie
A prison inmate obtains his release from prison in order to rescue his daughter from the clutches of her unscrupulous mother's plot to implicate the girl in a blackmail scheme.
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The Stealers
Title: The Stealers
Character: Rev. Robert Martin
Released: October 3, 1920
Type: Movie
Rev. Robert Martin is an ex-minister who has lost his faith because of his wife's faithlessness, and taken up a life of crime as head of a band of pickpockets masquerading as religious workers who ply their trade in the wake of a traveling carnival company. He tries to keep the true nature of his work secret from his daughter Julie, but she learns the truth while traveling with his band for a week.
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Woman's Man
Title: Woman's Man
Character: C. Lambert Grey (as William Tooker)
Released: October 2, 1920
Type: Movie
A man almost loses his fortune, not to mention his fiancée, to a society scion.
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The Invisible Ray
Title: The Invisible Ray
Character: Gang Member
Released: July 1, 1920
Type: Movie
A scientist discovers a death ray and locks it in a box, giving the key to his daughter, who soon finds herself hunted by criminals looking to steal the deadly mineral.
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The Woman the Germans Shot
Title: The Woman the Germans Shot
Character: General von Blissing
Released: October 27, 1918
Type: Movie
The true story of Edith Cavell, a British nurse who served with the underground in Belgium during the First World War.
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Red, White and Blue Blood
Title: Red, White and Blue Blood
Character: Patrick Spaulding
Released: November 24, 1917
Type: Movie
A hard-core socialite turns over a new leaf after spending time with a less fortunate family.
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Draft 258
Title: Draft 258
Character: Amiel Van Bierman
Released: November 15, 1917
Type: Movie
Mary Alden and her brothers Matthew and George have extremely different political views. Matthew is a committed pacifist, and is constantly giving speeches against war. George is notified that his draft number, 258, has been called and to report for induction, but he refuses. Mary, on the other hand, is intensely patriotic and comes up with a plan to shame him into reporting for induction. Meanwhile, Matthew is being set up for a patsy by a gang of German secret agents, led by Van Bierman, who are planning to blow up an airplane factory.
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The Light in Darkness
Title: The Light in Darkness
Character: Sheriff Brad Milligan
Released: July 9, 1917
Type: Movie
Bank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a young girl who speaks encouragingly to him. Later he is surprised to discover that Hilary is also a prisoner, having been found guilty of manslaughter for killing a man who attacked her.
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Ambition
Title: Ambition
Character: John Moore
Released: June 25, 1916
Type: Movie
Jude Hunter (Katherine Hughes) is a committed musician who is in the middle of preparing for the biggest and most important performance of her life. When mysterious, unprecedented, and seemingly connected deaths occur as the competition draws near, she begins to feel unsafe, thinking that she might be the next target.
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East Lynne
Title: East Lynne
Character: Judge Hare, Barbara's Father
Released: June 18, 1916
Type: Movie
An adaptation of the 1861 novel by English author Ellen Wood: The story of long-suffering Lady Isabel Carlisle cast in a modern setting.
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Her Surrender
Title: Her Surrender
Released: January 1, 1916
Type: Movie
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A Daughter of the Sea
Title: A Daughter of the Sea
Character: Margot's Father
Released: November 22, 1915
Type: Movie
Margot, the motherless daughter of a New England fisherman, dreams of a better life. After rescuing the wealthy Jack Rutledge's mother, Margot is taken in by the family. Jack and Margot fall in love against the will of his mother and must find a way to marry.
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How Molly Malone Made Good
Title: How Molly Malone Made Good
Character: Editor
Released: October 25, 1915
Type: Movie
Molly, an Irish girl just hired by a New York newspaper, is assigned as a test a chain interview of celebrities that must be accomplished within a set amount of time. She goes through innumerable paths and obstacles to achieve the goal.
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The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
Title: The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde
Character: Inspector Barton
Released: April 1, 1915
Type: Movie
Judge Randolph Legarde becomes a dual personality when he is kicked in the head by a horse.
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A Modern Magdalen
Title: A Modern Magdalen
Character: Joe Mercer
Released: February 17, 1915
Type: Movie
Although laborer Joe Mercer loves factory girl Katinka Jenkins, she agrees to become the mistress of Lindsay, the mill owner, in order to escape dire poverty and cruel parents. Katinka sends Lindsay's money to her family, but eventually, he finds himself unable to pay his employees, and only under Joe's influence are the men prevented from striking. Reformer John Strong, who loves Katinka's sister Olivia, visits Katinka to request that she cease her disgraceful dance performances, but he soon submits to her charms and is passionately embracing her when Olivia enters the room. Katinka then learns of the situation at the mill and realizes that the compromise of her honor has ruined more lives than her own.
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The Ordeal
Title: The Ordeal
Character: The General
Released: November 1, 1914
Type: Movie
During the Franco-Prussian War, Jean Renyea wins the love of Helene, thus incurring the enmity of Pierre, her hunchbacked suitor.