William Humphrey
Acting
Biography
No biography available for William Humphrey.
Born: January 2, 1863
Place of Birth: Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, USA
Known For
The Judgment of Solomon
"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 Tragedy".
Scaramouche
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 has killed his friend, the student adopts the identity of Scaramouche the clown.
The Phantom of the Opera
The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to make the woman he loves a star.
Beau Brummel
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries Lord Alvanley. Brummel, broken-hearted, embarks upon a life of revelry.
The Unholy Three
Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, and strongman working together to commit a series of robberies.
The Volga Boatman
During the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.
The Fighting Pilot
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 rejected businessman and his henchmen steals the plane and its blueprints. The plane's test pilot, who is the boyfriend of the inventor's daughter, and his sidekick set out to get the plane, and the plans, back.
Curtain at Eight
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? A suicided actress's sister? The temperamental prop man? Or maybe the show's talented female chimpanzee?
The Cowboy Counsellor
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.
Devil-May-Care
A follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
Filmography
as Minister
as Newman
as Mr. Brownlee
as F.S. Reynolds
as Napoleon
as Doctor (uncredited)
as The Music Publisher
as Allison, addled actor
as Jim - City Editor
as Professor Hartley
as Judge Kendell
as Bank Director
as Napoleon
as Colton
as Mr. Cotton
as Napoleon Bonaparte
as Mr. Telfer
as Cornelius Sherman
as Ship Captain
as Head of the Tribunal
as John Reynolds
as Governor
as Attorney for Defense
as M. Debienne (uncredited)
as John Thornton
as John Church
as Lord Alvanley
as Henry MacFarlane
as Stephen A. Douglas
as The Lawyer
as District Attorney
as The Chevalier de Chabrillane
as Groom's Friend
as Nathan Caspar (as William Humphreys)
as Sir Arthur Stanhope
as Member of Directors' Meeting (uncredited)
as Dr. Reynolds
as The Caliph
as Sparkins Carter
as The King
as The Duke D'Evremon
as Sir Toby Belch
as Fagin
as King Solomon
as Napoleon
as Napoleon Bonaparte