Joseph W. Girard
Acting
Biography
Joseph W. Girard was an American screen actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1911 and 1944. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Born: April 1, 1871
Place of Birth: Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA
Known For
The Lighthouse by the Sea
A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is going blind they will remove him, and a gang of liquor-smugglers is trying to destroy the lighthouse so they can land their illegal cargo on shore without being spotted.
Hello Cheyenne!
Rival telephone crews are in a race to be the first to connect telephone service between Rawlings and Cheynne, Wyoming. Lineman Tom Remington's girlfriend is the daughter of one crew foreman, who wants to win the race in order to re-establish himself in the business. However, the foreman of the other crew has his own scheme to win the race, and will stop at nothing--including kidnapping--to accomplish it.
The Spider Returns
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
The Crowd
John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They start a family, struggle to cope with marital stress, financial setbacks, and tragedy, all while lost amid the anonymous, pitiless throngs of the big city.
Sergeant York
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
Troopers Three
Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry. Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark, the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best. When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.
Ladies of Leisure
Rich, spoiled Marian pressures Eric to marry her. Her brother is in love with her friend Mamie, but a scheming ex-husband tries to blackmail her. Mamie is saved from suicide by Eric, who's in a compromising position when he brings her home.
Dishonored
The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
Officer Thirteen
A motorcycle policeman's partner is deliberately run off the road and killed by a member of a syndicate that controls the gambling--and much of the justice system--in his town. When the killer is freed because of perjured testimony and the corrupt legal system, the dead officer's partner quits the force and vows to bring the killer to justice.
Laughing at Danger
A young fellow, down in the dumps after a belle breaks his heart, believes his father is setting up staged escapades and dangers in an attempt to get him out of his rut. His father isn't, and the dangers-- a cadre of hoods, car chases, a death ray-- are real!
Filmography
as American Senator (uncredited)
as Col. Drake
as Major Steel
as General John J. Pershing (uncredited)
as Police Commissioner Kirk
as Inspector Ross
as Government Referee
as Steamship Captain
as Juryman
as Navy Captain
as 'Ruf' Rickson
as Dr. Lawrence
as Police Chief Howell
as Jim Radford
as Dr. Malvin
as Col. A.C. Clayton, Flight Surgeon
as Dan Farley
as Judge Lawrence
as Detective Chief
as Dad Keith
as Samuel Halston
as Sam Parker
as Don Julio Hernandez
as Lawyer Cromwell
as Thomas J. Harrison, District Attorney
as Banker John Mount
as Col. Delmont
as NWMP Inspector Manning
as Commissioner
as Pat Moore
as Inspector Carstairs
as Rocky Ellsworth
as Official
as Ed Rutledge
as Prison Warden Carlson
as Edward Bentley, Sr.
as Sheriff Crabtree
as Payton
as RCMP Inspector O'Keefe
as Rance Cartwright
as Police Commissioner Brandon
as Captain of Detectives
as Police Capt. Hayes (uncredited)
as Sponsor (Uncredited)
as Wheat Broker (uncredited)
as Kerriman
as Mr. Reynolds
as Two-Block Burkett
as Judge
as Banker
as Chief of Police Kramer
as James Dowling
as Chief of Detectives Corrigan
as Major Parker
as Capt. Holbert - Kenneth's Father
as The Railroad Detective
as Police Capt. John Slater (uncredited)
as Officer
as Colonel Hawton
as Sheriff
as The Police Chief
as Official (uncredited)
as Pensions Board Commissioner
as Ashby
as General Hull (uncredited)
as Martin Stavnow
as Capt. Harris
as Everett Butts
as Dougherty
as Steamship Captain
as Major
as Court-Martial Officer
as Harlan
as Commandant
as Supt. Hallick
as RCMP Inspector
as Fremont Cody
as Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
as Chief of Police
as Captain of Detectives
as Chief of Police Davison
as John Stoddard
as Chief Dumston
as James Mathewson
as Hugh Acklin
as Editor Williams
as Col. Rockliffe Owens
as Dan Blake
as U.S. Admiral
as Hart Blaine
as The Warden
as Detective
as Sheriff
as Attorney for Defense
as Clint Taggart
as Inspector #1
as Cyrus Remington
as Prison warden
as John MacLeod
as Sheriff Milton
as Duke Baldwin
as Mr. Furth
as Lawyer Browns
as The Ranch Owner
as Burton Thorne
as David Belwyn
as Sol Vane
as John Darrell
as Ivan Petrof
as Lafe Brownell
as Yukon Hays
as Joe Harmon
as Joe Reedly
as Nicholas Lanza
as Silas Newton
as Hawk Baxter
as Sheriff Lamar
as Dr. Horatio Scraggs
as James Durfee
as Baron Pulska
as Pete Fielding
as Henry Morgan
as John Gray (the father)
as Harry's Father
as John McGibbon
as John Biggs
as Canadian Colonel
as Judge Cotton
as Spring Gilbert
as Benjamin Sleeth
as Dr. Copin
as Van Belt
as The Derelict
as Garet Pendleton
as Mortimer Gildane
as Judge Brand
as Oliver Cathcart
as Bishop Ferguson
as Gergus Natarre
as Dr. Reynolds
as Oliver Curwell
as Major Cameron
as John Martin
as Dudley Ward
as Fleming Harcourt
as Harry Sullivan
as Colonel Craighill
as The Governor