William Duncan
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Dundee, Scotland, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: December 16, 1879
Age: 145 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: February 07, 1961
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The Rustler's Reformation
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Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-02
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The Fighting Trail
Overview: 15 chapter adventure tale starring forgotten serial queen Carol Holloway. The chapter titles were: (1) The Priceless Ingredient; (2) The Story of Ybarra; (3) Will Yaqui Joe Tell?; (4) The Other Half; (5) Torrent Rush; (6) The Ledge of Despair; (7) The Lion's Prey; (8) The Strands of Doom; (9) The Bridge of Death; (10) The Sheriff; (11) Parched Trails; (12) The Desert of Torture; (13) The Water Trap; (14) The Trestle of Horrors; and (15) Out of the Flame.
Genres: Western Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-09-10
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The Silent Avenger
Overview: The Silent Avenger is an American silent action film
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-04-20
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Told in Colorado
Overview: Told in Colorado is a short, silent thriller
Genres: Romance Thriller Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-10-10
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The Taming of Texas Pete
Overview: Texas Pete, a gun-man, is "extra" bad when in liquor. This, however, does not terrify the ranch foreman, who discharges him for drunkenness. Pete laces on his hardware and lurches off, with the intention of shooting up the town where he pumped in his original trouble.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-07-30
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Made a Coward
Overview: Bud Harris, a young miner with a reputation for courage, goes prospecting in the desert with Tom Jones in an attempt to locate a turquoise mine. Their water gives out and their horses die on the way. Bud thinks that Tom has water in his canteen and strikes him down.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-07-10
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Sallie's Sure Shot
Overview: Rob Ralston is forced to go to "town" for supplies, and "Injun" Jim, a sneaking rascal, announces that he proposes to jump his claim. This arouses the official ire of Fred "the star wearer," and he soundly trounces the half-breed rascal. Now Fred has an intrepid sweetheart. Sally, who is a well-spring of information and is naturally hated by law-breakers. "Injun" Jim gets reinforcements and carries off the girl as a hostage. Fred senses they are making for the mine, so he girds on his guns and goes in the same direction. The desperadoes arrange to "dynamite" Sally, but she cuts the fuse in two by a well aimed shot after they have sought safety at a distance. This saves her sweetheart Fred, who rushes to her rescue, and they both retreat to a cabin. The dynamiters are obstinate and place another cartridge, so that the cabin will be blown to pieces. The daring Fred picks up the keg of powder and rushing out rolls it down on Injun Jim and his fellow mischief-makers. They are so dazed ...
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-07-04
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The Marshal's Capture
Overview: The marshal is compelled to arrest his brother-in-law for accidentally shooting a Mexican. His wife pleads for his release, but it is ineffectual. When he is asleep, she takes the calaboose keys from his pocket, but finds that the prisoner has been helped out by a "half-breed.". The marshal is awakened by her return and discovers that his keys are gone.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-06-24
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The Only Chance
Overview: Charley West, a lineman, complains about his rickety old hand-car, and is given one that is up-to-date. He tries it out and finds he can send it sixty miles an hour. The train dispatcher, forgetting an oncoming special freight, allows a passenger train to leave the yard before he discovers his mistake.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-06-14
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His Father's Deputy
Overview: John Wilson goes to the mountain-town bank to draw out the pay-roll. Sam Marvin and Ed Hanley "pike" this proceeding and ride on ahead, up the road, to await the coming of the superintendent in his auto. Jim Carter, the son of Sheriff Carter, also his deputy, observes their actions, and finds their pictures in prison records.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-05-19
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The Life Timer
Overview: Steve and Tom are rivals for the hand of Mona.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-03-26
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The Sheriff of Yavapai County
Overview: Big "Bud" O'Neill, the sheriff of Yavapai County, is in love with Nellie Bowen, daughter of a wealthy rancher.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-03-19
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The Range Law
Overview: Ted, the foreman of "The Diamond S. Ranch" is in love with Dora, Dad's daughter. Tafe is the leader of a band of desperate characters that have been terrifying the neighborhood for some time. He sees Dora and immediately decides to try and make an impression upon her.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-02-21
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The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver
Overview: It was a time when men thought quick and shot quick, self-preservation being Nature's first law. The stage-coach, having the precious freight of two fair girls and much of Uncle Sam's mail, goes through on schedule time, despite the fact that a band of outlaws leagued to rapture the mail coach.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-04-09
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The Scapegoat
Overview: Harry Mason, a young New Yorker of good family, tries to borrow money from his brother, Tom. One afternoon Tom collects $5,000 for his father. As it is after banking hours, Mr. Mason puts the money in his house safe. He is overseen by Harry, who breaks into the safe and steals the money.
Genres: Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-30
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A Cowboy's Best Girl
Overview: Alice Marson, an eastern young lady, becomes engaged to Glen Arnold, a young man just out of college. Girl-like, she rushes to her friend, Lucy Starr, and tells of the engagement. Lucy, who also had designs on Glen, congratulates Alice, but determines to break up the match.
Genres: Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-01-16
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The Bully of Bingo Gulch
Overview: Hiram Hughes, foreman on "Pop" Lynd's ranch in Bingo Gulch, has quit his job. He has had enough of "Wild Jim," who is the pest of the ranch. In despair, Pop goes to Bingo, where he places a sign on the post office, advertising for a new foreman. "Easy" Thompson, the star performer of the "Circle Bar Ranch" show, has had enough of circus life and resigns his job.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-12-26
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A Romance of the Rio Grande
Overview: The Texas Rangers, led by Tom Wilson, are hot on the trail of the Mexican bootleggers, who have been smuggling whiskey into American territory and supplying it to the Indians.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-12-12
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Western Hearts
Overview: Sam Long leaves his invalid wife to seek work in a neighboring town. He is unsuccessful in his quest and being penniless, and his wife in need of food and medicine, he steals a wallet of money from Dr. Lane. While returning home he loses the wallet on the road. It is found by some of the boys, who return it to the doctor.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-11-07
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The Wheels of Justice
Overview: James Hazen, one-time crook, now wealthy and reformed, is recognized on his wedding day, by a former pal, Florrie Cook, who follows the young couple to Hazen's new home in the country. Hazen has isolated himself here in the hope of finding security in complete loneliness.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1911-09-14
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The Little Sister
Overview: Little Nell keeps house for her two brothers, who have a cabin near a placer claim, where they wash out pay-dust so rapidly that they have accumulated quite a store of it, which gives an added responsibility to the little girl, to watch its hiding place. She is further burdened with the care of a small baby sister
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-02-05
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A Friend in Need
Overview: Jimmy Donovan gets a passenger for his automobile to make an all-day trip to the Stanley Ranch. When they have almost reached their destination, the engine goes "dead," but the Stanley girls, riding broncos, come to the rescue and drag the car on to the ranch at the end of their ropes.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-22
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A War Time Romance
Overview: Among the many beautiful and exciting romances that saw birth, blossomed and grew, during the dark and foreboding days of our great Civil War period, was that of Arthur Deming, the young Confederate officer, and his Southern sweetheart, Alice Munroe.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-07-26
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By Unseen Hand
Overview: Arthur Baxter comes to spend the week end with John Masterson, a wealthy merchant. With him are his nephew, Jack Warrington, and his niece. Margaret Warrington. Arthur is in love with Margaret; she repels his advances, but he persists. Her uncle, however, rather favors the match, as he thinks Baxter is wealthy.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-01-07
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Mother Love vs Gold
Overview: A pair of precious loafers in a mining town learn from one of their "kidney" that Dick Mackey's partner, Bill Bryson, has died and that his gold dust is cached in Dick's cabin. They get sober and conclude to rob Mackey, but find that he is too quick on "the draw," and give it up.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1913-12-23
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Marian, the Holy Terror
Overview: Marian, in truth a quiet and reserved girl from the East, in the new tonic atmosphere of Arizona seems to change her nature and through a series of misunderstandings is given the title of "The Holy Terror."
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-12
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Bar 20 Justice
Overview: Hoppy's friend Dennis owns a rich gold mine. Frazier who owns the adjoining mine and wants the Dennis mine, has Dennis killed. Hoppy steps in to take over running the Dennis mine and learns Frazier's men sneak into and work the Dennis mine at night. Hoppy captures one of Frazier's men only to be captured in return by Frazier and left to die in a burning building.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-06-24
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So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law
Overview: Red Reagan, and two companions, Brooks and Mathis, lose their way while on a prospecting trip in the mountains. Fortunately they come to an Indian camp where they get food and water, and So-Jun-Wah a beauteous Indian maid, shows them the trail to the settlement.
Genres: Western Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-22
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Nevada
Overview: A gambler wins a ranch in a round of poker, then joins his neighbors on a rustler-ridden cattle drive to Texas.
Genres: Action Romance Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-29
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Love and Law
Overview: Jimmy and the Deacon are rivals for the rich widow's hand, and the Deacon with his little Flivver has so far won out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-22
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Forlorn River
Overview: "Nevada" and "Weary" Pierce hijack the loot taken in a bank hold-up by Les Setter, and his gang. They escape from Sheriff Jim Henry Warner. U. S. government horse-buyer David Ward is killed by Settler's men and Settler takes his papers and goes to the ranch of Blaine and asks for the horses Ward was to buy, promising payment from the government later. He also takes an interest in Ina Blaine, much to the resentment of her sweetheart Ben Ide. "Nevada" and "Weary" are hired for the horse round-up but Setter has them and Ben arrested on a fake charge.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-02
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God's Country and the Woman
Overview: Far away, in the timberlands of the North, where the purity of woman is placed above all else, lived Josephine Adare, a kind, honest soul, whose face plainly bore an expression of deep sorrow and anxiety. Up to this, God's Own Country, came a man, Philip Weyman, to spend a year in that region. The man meets the woman and falls in love with her. He begs her to confide in him her great sorrow, which he sees she is constantly thinking of, but she tells him that she cannot do so.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-24
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Through the Wall
Overview: Through the Wall is a silent 1916 film
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-02
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The Mystery of Lake Lethe
Overview: The Mystery of Lake Lethe is a 1917 silent film
Genres: Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-15
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The Texas Rangers Ride Again
Overview: With thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called in. They manage to get one of their agents into the gang by making them think he is the Pecos Kid on the lam.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-12-13
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Stuck with Each Other
Overview: When their stingy boss suddenly drops dead, two coworkers decide to split the million in cash in his safe, only to find themselves pursued by the criminal owners of the money.
Genres: Comedy Crime TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-17
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Hopalong Rides Again
Overview: On a cattle drive Hoppy, camp cook Windy, companion Lucky, and young Artie Peters encounter an eccentric professor. The professor professes to be searching for the evolutionary missing link, but in reality he is a cattle rustler who uses his dynamite to scatter the cattle in order capture some of them. Hoppy and Bar 20 guys ultimately capture the professor.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-20
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Three on the Trail
Overview: An evil gang is involved in both cattle rustling and the robbing of stagecoaches. Hoppy must stop them without help from the sheriff who turns out be a major outlaw himself.
Genres: Action Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-14
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The Frontiersmen
Overview: The local school is causing Hoppy problems. First Bar 20 cattle are stolen when Hoppy investigates a problem there. Then the new teacher arrives and disrupts the routine of the Bar 20 hands. Later with the Bar 20 hands at graduation, the rustlers are poised to strike again. But there is dissension among them and this will lead to the break that Hoppy needs.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-12-16
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Law of the Pampas
Overview: Hoppy and Lucky are headed to South America to deliver a heard of cattle. Bay guy Ralph Merritt gets in their way. For a while.
Genres: Adventure Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-03
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Jim's Vindication
Overview: An express rider is wrongly suspected of theft. When he is sentenced to imprisonment, friends help him to escape. In the pursuit that emerges, he manages to unmask the real thief.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1912-10-29
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Smashing Barriers
Overview: When sawmill owner Helen Cole is kidnapped by bandits, it falls on lumberjack Dan Stevens to rescue her, but "Wirenail" Hedges is not willing to give up without a fight. Originally a fifteen-episode serial, all that is known to survive of "Smashing Barriers" today is this single reel abridgment created for the home movie market in 1932.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-09-01
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Hello, 'Frisco
Overview: A comedy short directed by character Slim Summerville.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-28
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The Cost of High Living
Overview: The Cost of High Living is a 1916 Vitagraph comedy starring William Duncan and Corinne Griffith.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-22
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Wolves of the North
Overview: Serialized adventures of fur trappers in the Pacific Northwest, as they fight Indians, the elements and each other.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-09-21
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The Fast Express
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Genres: Action Drama Thriller Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-10
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He's a Bear
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-08
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