Lee Willard
Acting
Biography
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Born: June 12, 1873
Place of Birth: Peoria, Illinois, USA
Known For
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
If You Could Only Cook
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
The Awful Truth
Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
The Man with Nine Lives
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an experiment goes awry when authorities believe Kravaal has killed a patient. Kravaal freezes the officials, along with himself. Years later, they are discovered and revived in hopes that Kravaal can indeed complete his cure. But human greed and weakness compound to disrupt the project.
Broncho Billy and the False Note
While on the round-up, Broncho's rival one night steals his sweetheart's picture from his watch. He then returns to the girl with a note saying that Broncho has fallen in love with another girl and is returning her photograph. He signs Broncho's name. Believing Broncho's love dead, she marries the forger some time later.
A Night Out
After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.
A Son of Erin
Dennis O'Hara is a poverty-stricken Irishman who believes that if he comes to America he will immediately land a job as a policeman. So he manages to scrape together the funds to get him to Manhattan, and leaves his sweetheart Katie O'Grady behind while he makes his fortune. Naturally he discovers that joining the force isn't as easy as he expected, and when he does finally get in, he winds up in trouble because of the graft collections of his boss.
The Good-for-Nothing
The firm of John Sterling and Sons bad been organized by his father, and when son Gilbert was old enough, he took active part in the management. Gilbert's love for the high life led him away from his duties, and it was nothing unusual for him to spend six nights out of the week with questionable company. Early one morning, intoxicated, Gilbert finds his way to his home. His father reprimands him and finally puts him out of the house, telling him "never to return."
The Last Edition
A twenty-year veteran of the printing room of The San Francisco Chronicle is passed up for a promotion at the same time his son is accused of graft and involved in scandal. The historical landmarks of old San Francisco are present: The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Building, City Hall and the Pickwick Hotel-- but they don't distract from the dramatic and emotional perforamces at the film's center.
Broncho Billy and the Greaser
Broncho Billy comes between a Mexican thug and the young woman he is disturbing. The Mexican plots revenge for the insult and captures Billy, who has rescued a lost old man. The young woman discovers Billy being held prisoner and rides for help. The townsmen gallop toward Billy's rescue.
Filmography
as Frozen Body of Jasper Adams (uncredited)
as (uncredited)
as Businessman (uncredited)
as Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)
as Benjamin Flint
as Aaron Hoffman
as John Baker
as Alec Morrison
as Hotel Guest
as Judge Bradshaw
as George Harding
as His Cellmate
as Billy's Rival
as The Burglar's Accomplice
as The Errant Husband
as The Husband
as A Trooper
as The Girl's Father
as The Rancher
as The Gambler
as A Mexican
as The Rustler
as Soup Slurper (uncredited)
as The Outlaw
as Billy's Rival
as The Baby's Father
as Juan Martin
as Stage Driver
as The Bandit
as The Sheriff
as The Prospector
as Broncho Billy's Pal
as Justice of the Peace
as The Deputy
as Tim Cantle
as The Minister
as Broncho Billy's Pal
as Greaser
as The Moonshiner
as The Outlaw
as The Minister
as Ralph Sterling
as His pal
as The Foreman
as Mexican Pete
as The Red Man
as The Doctor
as Popo
as Lee Willard
as Chuck Peters
as Will Drummond, her finance
as Indian
as A Thief