Paul Willis
Acting
Biography
Paul Willis was born on April 9, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Secret Garden (1919), A Man for All That (1915) and No Title (1916). He died on November 3, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Born: April 9, 1901
Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Known For
The Fall of a Nation
A sequel to DW Griffith's The Birth of a Nation, by the same author, and now lost. It is considered the first film sequel ever made and recounts a fictional invasion of America by a united army from Europe.
Enoch Arden
Seamen Enoch Arden returns home after a long absence marooned on a desert island. At home he finds his wife married to another, and though he loves her, he cannot bear to disrupt her current happiness.
The Haunted Pajamas
When Richard Hudson receives a pair of silk pajamas from a friend in China, he is unaware that they are bewitched and that whoever wears them will be transformed into someone else.
Money, Money, Money
A socially ambitious woman who convinces her father to borrow money from a snobbish man.
The Secret Garden
A young British girl born and raised in India loses her neglectful parents in an earthquake. She is returned to England to live at her uncle's estate. Her uncle is very distant due to the loss of his wife ten years before. Neglected once again, she begins exploring the estate and discovers a garden that has been locked and neglected.
The Promise
After an argument with his father, in which he is accused of stealing, Bill Carmody leaves home. His girlfriend Ethel is mad at him because of his carousing. So he heads out West, but he gets in a railroad accident and saves the life of Appleton, who owns a lumber mill. To reward Bill, Appleton gives him a job, and it doesn't take him long to discern that Buck Moncrossen, the camp boss, is crooked.
Shootin' Mad
A settler and his daughter are trying to homestead a plot of land. They are tricked out of the land by a crooked saloon owner, who then shoots the father and makes a play for the daughter. A local cowboy comes to her rescue.
The Cry of the Weak
The Trouble Buster
Soon after arriving in the U.S., Romanian immigrant Franz Libelt dies, leaving his daughter Michelna an orphan. The girl is befriended by newsboy Blackie Moyle, who invites her to share his home, which is a large piano box in a vacant lot. After he teaches her to be a "newsie," she cuts her hair, dresses as a boy, and changes her name to Mike. When Blackie is blinded while protecting her from a thief, Mike is forced to find a way to support them both
Filmography
as Lennie Hobbs
as Budd
as Dickon Sowerby
as 'Blackie' Moyle
as Francis Billings
as Charlie Manton
as Billy
as A Child