William Humphrey
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Also Known As
William Humphreys,
William Humphries
Birth Place
Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, USA
Born
January 02, 1875
Died
October 04, 1942
Biography
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William Humphrey was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1909, he joined the Vitagraph Company in Brooklyn. In his early acting career, Humphrey appeared in such films as "Haldane of the Secret Service" (1923), the Ramon Novarro adventure "Scaramouche" (1923) and the dramatic adaptation "The Actress" (1928) with Norma Shearer. He also appeared in "Devil May Care" (192...
Biography
William Humphrey was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1909, he joined the Vitagraph Company in Brooklyn. In his early acting career, Humphrey appeared in such films as "Haldane of the Secret Service" (1923), the Ramon Novarro adventure "Scaramouche" (1923) and the dramatic adaptation "The Actress" (1928) with Norma Shearer. He also appeared in "Devil May Care" (1929). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like the mystery "Cheating Blondes" (1933) with Thelma Todd, "One Year Later" (1933) and the thriller "The Vampire Bat" (1933) with Lionel Atwill. He also appeared in "The Fighting Pilot" (1935). Humphrey was most recently credited in the Bette Davis comedy "Wicked Stepmother" (1989). Humphrey passed away in October 1942 at the age of 67.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Foolish Monte Carlo
(1922)
Director
Atonement
(1919)
Director
The Unchastened Woman
(1918)
Director
Joan of Plattsburg
(1918)
Director
The Footlights of Fate
(1916)
Director
Fathers of Men
(1916)
Director
On Her Wedding Night
(1915)
Director
To Cherish and Protect
(1915)
Director
His Wedded Wife
(1914)
Director
Every Inch a Man
(1912)
Director
In Neighboring Kingdoms
(1910)
Director
Cast (Feature Film)
Find the Witness
(1937)
Minister
Fighting Pilot
(1935)
Mr. [F. S.] Reynolds
The Public Menace
(1935)
Get That Man
(1935)
Mr. Brownlee
False Pretenses
(1935)
Newman
The Crime of Helen Stanley
(1934)
Doctor
Are We Civilized?
(1934)
Napoleon
One Year Later
(1933)
Conductor
The Vampire Bat
(1933)
Haupt
Sing Sinner Sing
(1933)
Cheating Blondes
(1933)
City editor
Secret Sinners
(1933)
Curtain at Eight
(1933)
The Cowboy Counsellor
(1932)
The judge
Tangled Destinies
(1932)
Strange Adventure
(1932)
Madame Racketeer
(1932)
Fourth bank director
Subway Express
(1931)
Mr. Cotton
Murder at Midnight
(1931)
Colton
Manhattan Parade
(1931)
Napoleon
The Godless Girl
(1929)
Devil-May-Care
(1929)
Napoleon
The Actress
(1928)
Mr. Telfer
Life's Crossroads
(1928)
The Consul
The Dice Woman
(1927)
Ship captain
Yours To Command
(1927)
Parsons
Temptations of a Shop Girl
(1927)
John Horton
Aflame in the Sky
(1927)
Major Savage
The Silent Lover
(1926)
Cornelius Sherman
Midnight Limited
(1926)
John Reynolds
The Danger Girl
(1926)
Pelham
The Gold Hunters
(1925)
John McAllister
Dangerous Innocence
(1925)
John Church
Three Wise Crooks
(1925)
Grogan
Lady Robinhood
(1925)
Governor
Drusilla With a Million
(1925)
John Thornton
The Unholy Three
(1925)
Attorney
The Arizona Express
(1924)
Henry MacFarlane
Scaramouche
(1924)
The Chevalier de Chabrillane
One Night in Rome
(1924)
George Milburne
Abraham Lincoln
(1924)
Stephen A. Douglas
Beau Brummel
(1924)
Lord Alvanley
The Social Code
(1923)
District Attorney
Haldane of the Secret Service
(1923)
Edward Ormsby
The Man Life Passed By
(1923)
The Lawyer
Vanity Fair
(1923)
Mr. Sedley
The Stranger's Banquet
(1922)
Groom's friend
A House Divided
(1919)
Sir Arthur Stanhope
The Way of a Woman
(1919)
Nathan Caspar
Fathers of Men
(1916)
Blake
Mr. Barnes of New York
(1914)
Count Musso Danella
Uncle Bill
(1914)
John Mason
The Three of Them
(1910)
Twelfth Night
(1910)
Jean and the Waif
(1910)
The Girl and the Judge; or A Terrible Temptation
(1910)
The Life Drama of Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Josephine of France
(1909)
Napoleon: the Man of Destiny
(1909)
Oliver Twist
(1909)
Writer (Feature Film)
Foolish Monte Carlo
(1922)
Scen
Atonement
(1919)
Scen
The Unchastened Woman
(1918)
Scen
Animation (Feature Film)
Wicked Stepmother
(1989)
Animator
Film Production - Main (Feature Film)
Mystery Mansion
(1983)
Production Manager
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
(1987)
Other
Cast (Short)
Forty Years in the Land of Midian [The Life of Moses Part II]
(1910)
The Plagues of Egypt and the Deliverance of the Hebrew [The Life of Moses Part III]
(1910)
The Victory of Israel [The Life of Moses Part IV]
(1910)
The Promised Land [The Life of Moses Part V]
(1910)
Life Events
1909
Joined the Vitagraph Company in Brooklyn
1909
Film acting debut in one-reel "Napoleon--The Man of Destiny"
