William Scott
Also Known As: Billy Scott
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Birthday: August 01, 1896
Deathday: August 22, 1967
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Strangers of the Evening
Overview: Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.
Genres: Mystery Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-14
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The Earth Woman
Overview: The story is set in the hills of Tennessee, where practically everybody gets smashed on rotgut moonshine. A drink-benumbed hillbilly tries to rape heroine Sally Tilden (Priscilla Bonner), setting off a chain reaction of violence, murder, and false confessions.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-04-04
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After Business Hours
Overview: A young woman marries a rich young man. However, he doesn't trust her with money and won't let her have any of her own. Desperate, she turns to gambling and finally forgery. Complications ensue.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-06-16
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Daughters of Desire
Overview: When widowed attorney Richard Tucker refuses to defend bootlegger Julius Molnar in court, the latter swears revenge. Tucker pays no heed to Molnar, concentrating instead on his impending marriage to his secretary Irene Rich. After his release from prison, the bootlegger begins his campaign of vengeance by leading Tucker's beloved daughter Janet Vale astray.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-01
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The Light of Western Stars
Overview: Jack Holt, Billie Dove, and Noah Beery Sr., who starred together in Wanderers of the Wasteland, appear together again. Madeline Hammond, the sister of ranchman Al Hammond, arrives from the East. Gene Stewart, a rough and rowdy cowboy, convinces Madeline to marry him while he is on a drunken spree. Madeline sets out to reform him, and he sets out to rid their little section of the West of a band of outlaws.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-06-22
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While the Devil Laughs
Overview: Mary Franklin has a drunken father, an invalid mother, and a kid brother and sister to support. To make ends meet she is works as a hostess in a sleazy cafe, where she steals jewelry from her dancing partners.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-13
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Against All Odds
Overview: Chick Newton's friend, Bill Warner, is arrested for murdering his uncle. However, Bill has been framed by a blackmailer who has plotted with the uncle to have him disappear in order to avoid creditors and collect insurance. Newton unmasks Tom Curtis as the culprit and rescues Warner from a hanging.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-07-27
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An Embarrassing Predicament
Overview: Billy Quill, a bashful bookkeeper, loves Marjorie Keyes, the pretty stenographer. Anatole, the French barber, is also in love with Marjorie, but he is not at all bashful and makes himself a pest by declaring his love for her at every opportunity. Marjorie reciprocates Billy's love, and gives him every opportunity to express his feelings and "pop" the question, but Billy lacks nerve to say the fatal words.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-10-02
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Alone in the Jungle
Overview: The Brown family, which consists of Hon. John Brown, his wife, two sons, Harold and Billy, and a young sister named Helen, has settled on an isolated plantation in the Jungles. Jack Arden, son of another English planter, who comes over frequently to hunt with the boys has fallen in love with Helen. But Papa Brown discourages the lovers, saying that Helen is too young to be married. Jack agrees to wait. Some time afterward the Browns receive a letter from Jack stating that he is coming for another week-end of shooting- with the Brown boys. On his way to the Brown's home, Jack knocks down Concho, an overseer, for being cruel to one of the slaves. His action is approved of by the Browns. In honor of Jack the family starts on a lion hunt, and, after a long trip, they return by the river route. They espy a lioness drinking at the river's edge. She is killed by Jack and taken aboard. That night Jack again asks Mr. Brown for Helen's hand and is again told to wait.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-06-14
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Only a Shop Girl
Overview: Dann Mulvey (William Scott), just released from prison, is falsely accused of murder. The real culprit is the least-suspected person, who makes a deathbed confession.
Genres: Crime Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-12-15
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The Wolf
Overview: A short film starring Fearless the dog and directed by Lou Carter.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-31
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True Blue
Overview: True Blue begins with the marriage of black-sheep British nobleman Gilbert Brockhurst to the daughter of a Western rancher. When he learns that he has inherited his father's title and estate, Brockhurst deserts his wife and young son Bob. Upon attaining adulthood, Bob becomes the boss of his grandfather's ranch.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-05-05
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Pitfalls of a Big City
Overview: Tenement dweller Molly Moore, trying to forget her crooked past and go straight, runs a cheap restaurant in the underworld district in order to educate her younger sister Marion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-04-13
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Not a Drum Was Heard
Overview: Jack Mills comes to the aid of a friend, Bud Loupel (William Scott), who has robbed a bank to keep up his house payments.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-01-27
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The Man Who Played Square
Overview: Rancher Matt Black is willed half of a Nevada gold mine. Arriving there, he learns that the heir of the other half is a young girl named "Bertie." Realizing that there may be some dirty work and theft going on at the mine, he conceals his identity and gets a job as a miner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-11-23
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Jackie
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1921-11-27
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A Voice in the Dark
Overview: The solution to a murder hinges on two witnesses: a deaf woman and a blind man.
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-06-05
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Smoke Bellew
Overview: A tale of the great Alaska gold rush in which a man falsely accused of murder tracks down the guilty man.
Genres: Adventure Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-25
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Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Overview: Amarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family and her boyfriend Terry, a bartender in a cafe. But one day she meets Gordon, a sculptor who comes from a rich family, and she begins to be drawn into the world of the upper class.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-03-10
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At Piney Ridge
Overview: When Cindy Lane becomes pregnant, Mark Brierson, the father, refuses to marry her. Instead, Brierson romances Azalia Deering, whose father, General Deering, owns the town bank. Brierson misuses bank funds, but the bank is saved by Jack Rose, a wealthy farmer. Cindy's father Zeb vows to kill her lover, but she refuses to reveal the man's identity.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-01
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Deserted at the Altar
Overview: Anna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical Squire Simpson, who conspires with his son to acquire the inheritance due the girl.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-12-01
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Kultur
Overview: Just prior to World War I, the Kaiser sends Baron von Zeller to inform Emperor Franz Josef of Austria that he is ready to declare war on France. Sensing the impending crisis, the French War Office dispatches secret agent René de Bornay to investigate the situation, and upon his arrival, he cultivates the friendship of Franz Josef's mistress, the Countess Griselda von Arenburg.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-22
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Who's Your Servant?
Overview: When Rear Admiral Bancroft discovers the plans missing for his new battleship, suspicion falls on Lt. Clifford Bruce, his daughter Madeline's suitor, who was seen climbing out of the Admiral's window. In reality, Bruce, attempting to keep his courtship with Madeline a secret, was retrieving a love letter that he had written the Admiral's daughter. Madeline, suspecting Ito, the house servant, of stealing the plans, takes advantage of the fact that the servant is in love with her and visits his room that night. He shows her the plans which he boasts will bring him a fortune so that the two can elope. Madeline then attempts to gain possession of the papers, and in the ensuing struggle, Ito is stabbed to death. The supposition that he has committed "hari kari" avoids any further investigation, the plans are returned, and the lieutenant wins the consent of the admiral to marry Madeline.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-02-22
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Too Many Cooks
Overview: A young couple, soon to wed, begin building their dreamhouse, but their interfering relatives cause no end of trouble. Comedy.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-07-18
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The Last Mile
Overview: Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-17
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Freckles
Overview: Freckles, an orphan with disabilities, gets a job at McLean's lumber camp as a guard in Limberlost forest. Although the forest is infested with desperate characters, Freckles shows courage and determination. A beautiful girl whom he calls the "Swamp Angel" and the "Bird Woman" assist him in driving off timber thief Wessner and his gang. Later, Freckles refuses a bribe Wessner offers if he will permit Wessner to steal some trees. Instead, Freckles gives Wessner a beating, and his loyalty to McLean earns him a cash reward. Freckles falls in love with the Swamp Angel, but the social differences between him and the girl prevent him from declaring himself. He makes no attempt to recover when a large tree falls and seriously injures him. His recuperation is hastened, however, when the girl expresses her love for him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-21
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Beyond the Border
Overview: When Bob Smith brings in the outlaw Bob Moore he learns his real name is also Bob Smith. With his sister whom he has not seen since childhood arriving, Moore gets Smith to pose as him. The masquerade works fine for a while but then Moore's gang members plan to kill him and Smith must save the brother of the woman he now loves.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-30
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Dante's Inferno
Overview: The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder and executed, and is afterward taken by demons to the Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity. .
Genres: Drama Horror Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-07
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Come on Danger!
Overview: Sam Dunning, one of the wealthiest ranchers in the Pecos Valley is found dead with a bullet in his back. Pinned to his body is a note which reads "An eye for an eye, signed Joan Stanton". Danger follows for Larry, a Texas Ranger. Will his sense of chivalry allow him to bring in a woman to face the charge of murder? Along the way, several cowboy tunes and fine locations contribute to the picture's Texican atmosphere.
Genres: Western Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-23
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Little Mickey Grogan
Overview: The main plot concerns an architect who, when he begins losing his eyesight, worries that he is on the verge of losing his girl as well. The fact that the heroine is spending time with a burly prizefighter would seem to confirm this.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-12-27
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Riders of the Purple Sage
Overview: Lassiter quits the Texas Rangers and spends his life in pursuit of a group of Mormons who kidnapped his married sister. In a town on the Utah border, he meets the Withersteens and falls in love with their daughter, Jane. He also befriends Venters, and helps him track down some bandits who have been rustling the Withersteens' cattle.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-01
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The Girl Who Wouldn't Wait
Overview: A pair of youthful lovers are separated by war and misunderstanding.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-01
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