William Blaisdell
Acting
Biography
No biography available for William Blaisdell.
Born: April 1, 1865
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, USA
Known For
Bashful
In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
Hey There
In this early short Harold Lloyd sneaks into a movie studio in order to locate an attractive young lady he's just met at a snack bar. He's retrieved a letter she dropped and wants to return it to her, but it's pretty clear that his interest extends beyond mere politeness. (She's the adorable young Bebe Daniels, so this is easy to understand.) The movie studio setting provides Harold with lots of opportunities to do what comedians do in comedies like this one: flirt with actresses, anger the studio brass, and dash through sets disrupting everything.
The Yankee Clipper
A race between a British clipper ship and an American ship of a new design will determine the right to transport Chinese tea.
Crazy Like a Fox
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Take a Chance
It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the countryside in a thrill-packed stunt-addled climax.
By the Sad Sea Waves
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
Over the Fence
Snitch steals Ginger's (stolen) baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himself without tickets, Ginger dresses as a baseball player and wins the game. A possible debut of the "Glasses" or "Boy" character.
Are Crooks Dishonest?
Con artists Harold and Snub attempt to outwit phony psychic Miss Goulash and her "professor" father.
Follow the Crowd
A clueless man finds a bomb on the street and keeps throwing it to the crowd around him. The sketch then moves with the clueless nerd getting involved in all sorts of troubles until he accidentally gets into a hideout from a terrorist group that will complicate things for him more than he ever hoped.
Fireman Save My Child
In this popular two reeler where Harold runs to the rescue of a woman on a fire engine, he is seen hanging on the moving vehicle by the released water hose that forces him closer to the ground.
Filmography
as The Boss
as Ike
as Gov. Harrison
as King Obogeegeem if Puskudnick
as Cop
as The Sweetheart's Father
as A rival
as Baron Island
as Professor Goulash
as Bebe's rejected suitor
as Dagger-Tooth Dan
as Bebe's father
as Diner
as (uncredited)
as Uncle Bill (uncredited)
as The Baron
as (uncredited)