William Humphrey

William Humphrey

1863-01-02 Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, USA 79 Credits

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False Pretenses

False Pretenses

1935

as Newman

5.0
Acting

A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with...

Get That Man

Get That Man

1935

as Mr. Brownlee

3.7
Acting

Life gets complicated for a taxi driver when it's discovered that he's the spitting image of the murdered heir to a fortune.

The Fighting Pilot

The Fighting Pilot

1935

as F.S. Reynolds

6.0
Acting

An inventor develops a new type of aircraft. A crooked businessman attempts to buy it but the inventor refuses to sell it to him, whereupon the reject...

Are We Civilized?

Are We Civilized?

1934

as Napoleon

4.0
Acting

1934 drama of man's inhumanity to man, starring William Farnum and Anita Louise, directed by Edwin Carewe, screenplay by Harold Sherman. This film was...

The Crime of Helen Stanley

The Crime of Helen Stanley

1934

as Doctor (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with Inspector Steve Trent on the case.

Secret Sinners

Secret Sinners

1933

as The Music Publisher

5.0
Acting

A young, unmarried theatrical couple befriend an out-of-work housekeeper and introduce her to another new acquaintance, a man of means, unaware that h...

Curtain at Eight

Curtain at Eight

1933

as Allison, addled actor

5.9
Acting

An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? ...

Cheating Blondes

Cheating Blondes

1933

as Jim - City Editor

5.0
Acting

A reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.

Tangled Destinies

Tangled Destinies

1932

as Professor Hartley

5.8
Acting

An airliner makes a forced landing at night in the desert. The passengers and crew take refuge in a nearby deserted house. Soon some of the passengers...

The Cowboy Counsellor

The Cowboy Counsellor

1932

as Judge Kendell

5.7
Acting

A con man posing as a lawyer tries to sell copies of a phony law book. Things get serious when he has to defend a young man falsely accused of robbery...

Madame Racketeer

Madame Racketeer

1932

as Bank Director

4.8
Acting

International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a ...

Manhattan Parade

Manhattan Parade

1931

as Napoleon

2.0
Acting

Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.

Murder at Midnight

Murder at Midnight

1931

as Colton

5.4
Acting

Wealthy Mr. Kennedy shoots his secretary, Channing, during a parlor game, but it turns out the gun was loaded with real bullets. Luckily, criminologis...

Subway Express

Subway Express

1931

as Mr. Cotton

Acting

Inspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder of a subway passenger and the usual-and-unusual suspec...

Devil-May-Care

Devil-May-Care

1929

as Napoleon Bonaparte

5.5
Acting

A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.

The Actress

The Actress

1928

as Mr. Telfer

Acting

A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The re...

The Silent Lover

The Silent Lover

1926

as Cornelius Sherman

Acting

The dissolute Count Pierre Tornai, having dissipated his fortune in Paris, embezzles embassy funds while intoxicated; and after spending his last penn...

The Dice Woman

The Dice Woman

1926

as Ship Captain

Acting

Anita Gray is the spoiled daughter of a millionaire. Returning home from a party, her car breaks down and she is picked up by a stranger, who sells he...

The Volga Boatman

The Volga Boatman

1926

as Head of the Tribunal

6.3
Acting

During the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.

The Midnight Limited

The Midnight Limited

1926

as John Reynolds

Acting
The Phantom of the Opera

The Phantom of the Opera

1925

as M. Debienne (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.

Lady Robinhood

Lady Robinhood

1925

as Governor

Acting

Disguising herself as a masked bandit, Catalina, the ward of the governor of a Spanish province, avenges injustice, aids the poor, and plots a revolut...

The Unholy Three

The Unholy Three

1925

as Attorney for Defense

6.7
Acting

Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series o...

Drusilla with a Million

Drusilla with a Million

1925

as John Thornton

Acting

Drusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars. Someone leaves a baby on the porch. And someone else leaves ...

Dangerous Innocence

Dangerous Innocence

1925

as John Church

Acting

Ann, a 19-year-old girl who looks much younger, meets a dashing army major on a boat sailing from Liverpool to Bombay, India, and falls in love with h...

Beau Brummel

Beau Brummel

1924

as Lord Alvanley

6.8
Acting

George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she ...

The Arizona Express

The Arizona Express

1924

as Henry MacFarlane

5.6
Acting

A man is framed for the murder of his uncle, a bank president, and sentenced to hang. His sister and a mail clerk who's helping her discover informati...

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln

1924

as Stephen A. Douglas

Acting

A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.

The Man Life Passed By

The Man Life Passed By

1923

as The Lawyer

1.0
Acting

Inventor John Turbin vows vengeance when "Iron Man" Moore, a wealthy iron industrialist, steals his plans. Poverty and disappointment make him a derel...

The Social Code

The Social Code

1923

as District Attorney

Acting

Babs Van Buren saves her lover from the electric chair and at the same time extricates her older sister, Connie from a trying situation.

Scaramouche

Scaramouche

1923

as The Chevalier de Chabrillane

7.2
Acting

A law student becomes an outlaw French revolutionary when he decides to avenge the unjust killing of his friend. To get close to the aristocrat who ha...

The Strangers' Banquet

The Strangers' Banquet

1922

as Groom's Friend

Acting

In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John Treve...

The Midnight Bride

The Midnight Bride

1920

Director

Directing

While waiting on a New York park bench for the return of her friends, country girl Jeanne Sterling meets Forrest Chenoweth, a rich young wastrel who, ...

Atonement

Atonement

1919

Director, Writer

Directing Writing
The Way of a Woman

The Way of a Woman

1919

as Nathan Caspar (as William Humphreys)

Acting

A 1919 film directed by Robert Z. Leonard.

A House Divided

A House Divided

1919

as Sir Arthur Stanhope

Acting
The Unchastened Woman

The Unchastened Woman

1918

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

A married woman flirts with other men.

Joan of Plattsburg

Joan of Plattsburg

1918

Director

Directing

Joan, an earnest little orphan who lives in an asylum near the World War I training camp at Plattsburg, reads the story of "Joan of Arc" and soon imag...

The Scarlet Car

The Scarlet Car

1917

as Member of Directors' Meeting (uncredited)

4.5
Acting

Paul Revere Forbes, an descendant of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody's bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with ...

Babbling Tongues

Babbling Tongues

1917

Director, Story

Directing Writing

When elderly Joseph Moreau and his young wife Therese offer refuge to starving young dramatist Paul Savary, gossips begin to spread rumors of a love a...

The Good in the Worst of Us

The Good in the Worst of Us

1915

Director

5.0
Directing

Crime drama where Minnie's past overtakes her. She flees Jim to escape his bad influence. Jim shoots a man down in a burglary and demands that Minnie ...

The Return of Maurice Donnelly

1915

Director

10.0
Directing

A wrongfully executed man is resurrected and tracks down the real culprits.

Polishing Up

Polishing Up

1914

as Dr. Reynolds

Acting

When his wife goes away on vacation, a husband decides to use that time to do a little "playing around" and winds up at a resort hotel with two young ...

Uncle Bill

1914

as John Mason

Acting

On his way to New York to visit his relatives, the Masons, for the first time, Uncle Bill meets "Oiley" Curley, a crook. John Mason, Uncle Bill's neph...

The Spirit of Christmas

1913

as The Man of Wealth

Acting

The Spirit of Christmas

1913

Director

Directing
A Princess of Bagdad

A Princess of Bagdad

1913

as The Caliph

Acting

A caliph imprisons the cobbler's son his daughter has fallen in love with, but the cobbler's discovery of a treasure cave may be the key to freeing hi...

The Butler's Secret

1913

as Alfred Dixon

Acting

After a serious quarrel with his father concerning his debts, Wallace Dixon leaves the house in anger, declaring that he will live his life as beat pl...

The Butler's Secret

1913

Writer

Writing

After a serious quarrel with his father concerning his debts, Wallace Dixon leaves the house in anger, declaring that he will live his life as beat pl...

Mixed Identities

Mixed Identities

1913

as Sparkins Carter

5.5
Acting

Edna and Alice, the twins, get positions as stenographers in the offices of Mr. Redman and Mr. Carter. Redman is short and fussy, Carter, stout and ne...

Mixed Identities

Mixed Identities

1913

Director

5.5
Directing

Edna and Alice, the twins, get positions as stenographers in the offices of Mr. Redman and Mr. Carter. Redman is short and fussy, Carter, stout and ne...

Every Inch a Man

1912

Director

Directing

Bob, son of a farmer, decides to become a detective.

Nothing to Wear

1912

Director

Directing

The Money Kings

1912

as James Montepier - the Father

Acting

Three part chronicle of how the rumor of war triggers greed in some men and the comeuppance they suffer because of hubris.

The Money Kings

1912

Director

Directing

Three part chronicle of how the rumor of war triggers greed in some men and the comeuppance they suffer because of hubris.

Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes

1912

Acting

The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and discovers...

The Heart of the King's Jester

The Heart of the King's Jester

1912

as The King

4.8
Acting

A short drama directed by William Humphrey.

The Heart of the King's Jester

The Heart of the King's Jester

1912

Director

4.8
Directing

A short drama directed by William Humphrey.

The Freshet

1911

Director

Directing

Tom Ennis, a stalwart, sturdy fellow, is apprenticed to John Matthews, the village blacksmith, whose daughter is a likable girl. Tom falls in love wit...

An Aeroplane Elopement

1911

as Mr. Brooks - Maud's Father

Acting

Maude Brooks is in love with an aviator, George Pinckney. Maude tells her father that she intends to marry George, as he is a splendid fellow, but her...

An Aeroplane Elopement

1911

Director

Directing

Maude Brooks is in love with an aviator, George Pinckney. Maude tells her father that she intends to marry George, as he is a splendid fellow, but her...

A Message from Beyond

1911

as Mr. Morrison - Jack's Father

Acting

Brought up in the lap of luxury and indulged in extravagance, Jack Morrison is gradually led into a life of ease and idleness, from which his father t...

The Death of King Edward III

1911

Acting

King Edward III reigned from 1327 to 1377. He was a son of Edward the Second and he was born at Windsor Castle, November 13th, 1312. He was celebrated...

Picciola; or, The Prison Flower

1911

as Comte de Charney, a Prisoner

Acting

Comte de Charney is sentenced to life imprisonment for political conspiracy. In the same prison, Girhardi, an Italian, is confined. He has a beautiful...

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1911

as The Duke D'Evremon

5.0
Acting

A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

A Tale of Two Cities

A Tale of Two Cities

1911

Director

5.0
Directing

A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

Jean Rescues

1911

as Oscar

Acting

Alice is in an unhappy relationship with her fiance. She falls for a new man, but he goes swimming and starts to drown. Can Jean save the day?

In Neighboring Kingdoms

1910

Director

Directing
Hako's Sacrifice

Hako's Sacrifice

1910

3.0
Acting

Poor Hako, a Japanese boy, is sold into bondage to a cruel fisherman who makes his life a burden and even more wretched than his physical deformities ...

Twelfth Night

Twelfth Night

1910

as Sir Toby Belch

5.0
Acting

When Viola and her twin brother Sebastian are shipwrecked and separated, Viola dresses in her brother's clothes and becomes a page in the palace of th...

Richelieu; or: The Conspiracy

1910

2.5
Acting

Directed by J. Stuart Blackton.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1909

4.8
Acting

An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

The Life of Moses

The Life of Moses

1909

1.0
Acting

Released in five parts (The Persecution of the Children of Israel by the Egyptians, Forty Years in the Land of Midian, The Plagues of Egypt and the De...

Benedict Arnold

1909

as Major Andre

Acting

Arnold, reproved by General Washington, decides, with the bitter hatred of a small nature, to betray West Point into the hands of the British, and to ...

The Way of the Cross

The Way of the Cross

1909

Acting

A story of ancient Rome. The scene of this story is laid in Rome in the days of Nero. Rome has recently suffered conflagrations and other disasters, a...

Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

1909

as Fagin

4.4
Acting

Adaptation of the Charles Dickens novel.

The Judgment of Solomon

The Judgment of Solomon

1909

as King Solomon

10.0
Acting

"The Judgment of Solomon" was billed as a Vitagraph High Art Film. Biblical Production. It shared a split-reel with "Jephthah's Daughter, a Biblical T...

Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

Napoleon, the Man of Destiny

1909

as Napoleon

4.2
Acting

Part two of Blackton's "The Life of Napoleon". After Waterloo, Napoleon reminisces. His triumphs are seen in flashback. The film ends with the exiled ...

Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

Napoleon and the Empress Josephine

1909

as Napoleon Bonaparte

4.0
Acting

Part one of Blackton’s “The Life of Napoleon". Napoleon meets Josephine, falls in love with her, marries and then divorces her.