William Gillis
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Anderson Country, Texas, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: November 17, 1867
Age: 157 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: April 24, 1946
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The Cowboy and the Lady
Overview: Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
Genres: Comedy Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-11-17
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Conflict
Overview: A society girl goes to live in the woods with her evil uncle and his wicked housekeeper.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-10-23
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The Last Straw
Overview: A cowboy helps a pretty ranch owner getting rid of both cattle rustlers and an unwanted suitor in this silent oater.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-02-14
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Ruth of the Rockies
Overview: A young woman finds a trunk full of stolen diamonds, takes them and heads westward, pursued by the thief.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-08-29
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Riding with Death
Overview: Texas Ranger Steve Dorsey searches for the villain who murdered his partner.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-11-13
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Straight Through
Overview: O'Day, the terror of Red Gulch, wins the entire stake of a gambler named Granger in a poker game but gives it all to Denver Nell, a dancehall girl, when she tells him her sad story. O'Day later discovers that she has returned the money to Granger, and he decides to reform. He goes to another town, where (now known as Good Deed O'Day) he meets an old friend, a wealthy rancher with whose sister, Mary, he is in love. Snowden takes a trip to Denver and returns with Nell, whom he has married.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-04-05
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Lawless Valley
Overview: A cattleman's association hires a range detective to track down and capture a notorious rustler known as El Lobo.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-03
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Beyond the Rockies
Overview: A noted gunman takes a job on a cattle ranch to stop a band of rustlers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-07-08
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It's A Small World
Overview: Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, on a dirt road, in a storm, near a hick town which fleeces travelers through corrupt law enforcement.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-12
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Union Pacific
Overview: One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-05-05
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Destry Rides Again
Overview: Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-30
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The Cherokee Strip
Overview: A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement quickly becomes embroiled in political and business corruption. Director Noel Smith's 1937 western stars Dick Foran, Jane Bryan, Tommy Bupp, Ed Cobb, Frank Faylen, Tom Brower and Milton Kibbee.
Genres: Action Music Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-15
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Ride Him, Cowboy
Overview: John Drury saves Duke, a wild horse accused of murder, and trains him. When he discovers that the real murderer, a bad guy known as The Hawk, is the town's leading citizen, Drury arrested on a fraudulent charge.
Genres: Action Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-27
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The Westerner
Overview: Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-09-18
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Sundown Trail
Overview: Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must stay on the ranch for 5 years. If she does not, everything goes to Buck, who is the manager. She does not like Buck, so she makes a deal with the wrong people for cattle and then the outlaws go to the ranch to get the $10,000 from her. But Buck is on the job.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-11
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Fargo Express
Overview: When Mort loses his and Ken's money at poker, Goss gets him to rob the stage. He is captured, identified by his palomino horse. Ken tries to clear him by robbing a stage while riding a palomino, but he also gets caught.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-20
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His Majesty, the American
Overview: A European prince is raised in America without knowing his true identity; he spends his time thrill-seeking, but his country needs him when a revolt threatens the crown.
Genres: Romance Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-09-01
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Ridin' Pretty
Overview: A red-blooded romance of a millionaire cowboy and a city girl with stirring chase after a racing express that'll hold you spellbound.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-02-22
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The Big Trail
Overview: Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.
Genres: Drama Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-01
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