William H. Thompson
Also Known As: W.H. Thompson
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Birthday: April 24, 1852
Deathday: February 04, 1923
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Dividend
Overview: Wealthy John Steele has a handsome young son, Frank, on whom he pins his hopes. But riches lead Frank not into social standing and duty, but into depravity, drug-addiction, criminal activity, and finally to tragedy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-18
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Civilization's Child
Overview: After an idyllic mountain life in Russia, Berna goes to live with her uncle in the Jewish section of Kiev, arriving just as Cossacks massacre most of the Jews in the city. Berna escapes to New York and works at a sweatshop controlled by Boss Jim McManus, but he seduces her, then throws her out on the street, and she becomes a prostitute. Berna later marries Nicolay Turgenev, a young musician,
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-04-23
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The Eye of the Night
Overview: William H. Thompson plays a likeable old lighthouse keeper who must contend with his less likeable fellow villagers. One of Thompson's acts of kindness is to bless the "scandalous" romance between hero and heroine.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-16
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Enemies of Women
Overview: The dashing but arrogant Prince Michael Fedor Lubimoff has to flee Tsarist Russia after falling into disgrace and settles in Monte Carlo, where he resumes his life of debauchery while World War I ravages the fields of Europe… (Partially lost film; reels 3 and 9 of a total of 11 are missing.)
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-15
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A Damsel in Distress
Overview: Maud March, the rebellious daughter of a millionaire, goes to New York to see her sweetheart Geoffrey who left town years ago. Her aunt Carolyn wants Maud to marry her son Reggie and sends the Maud's brother Percy after her to act as chaperone. Maud, trying to escape, enters a taxi where she meets handsome composer George Bevan. The man falls in love with the young lady who, when she sees how Geoffrey has changed, soon agrees to marry George.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-12
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Peggy
Overview: The heroine, Peggy Cameron, is a high-society debutante with a mind of her own. After making a public spectacle of herself once too often, Peggy is bundled off to Scotland, where she is to be looked after by her no-nonsense uncle Andrew Cameron (William H. Thompson). If Peggy's family had hoped that she would straighten up and behave herself in Scotland, they were sorely mistaken. Restored in 2018 by the Academy Film Archive with restoration funding provided by the Louis B. Mayer Foundation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-02
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Oh Boy!
Overview: Oh Boy! 1919 film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-22
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