William McCall
Acting
Biography
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Born: May 18, 1870
Place of Birth: Delavan, Illinois, USA
Known For
It Happened One Night
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.
Plain Clothes
Detective Harry is on the trail of a stolen diamond necklace worth $100,000.
Remember When?
Little orphan Harry is separated from his childhood sweetheart. Years later, he finds she's a bearded lady in a circus.
Three Godfathers
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Arizona desert. There, they happen upon an ill woman stranded with her child. As the mother dies, she begs the men to take care of her infant. The fugitives want to save the baby -- but to do so, they'll have to travel back to New Jerusalem, where they are wanted men. Remade as 3 Godfathers (1949).
Boobs in the Wood
Chester Winfield tries to make it as a lumberjack, but he's foiled by his lack of strength and the jealous foreman, Big Bill Reardon, after Chester catches the eye of Hazel Wood, Big Bill's favorite and the camp's waitress. Bill tries to eliminate Chester, so he and Hazel head down the mountain for other work. She waits tables and gets him a job as a dishwasher. He spills kerosene in the soup and then must serve it to an angry customer. Hazel tells a couple of tall tales about Chester, and soon all the customers, the owner, and the cook, think he's a desperado. They make him the saloon bouncer. Some trick shooting seals his reputation. Then Big Bill arrives for a showdown.
Beggars in Ermine
John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his steel mill.
Too Many Highballs
Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in. To get his in-laws out of the house, Harold has regularly left a bottle of booze for Claude to be able to entertain prospective employers. When Harold learns that on all the other occasions the employers have not showed (he assumes there probably were no prospective employers) leaving Claude to consume the booze on his own, he decides to show Claude a lesson by spiking the bottle with castor oil. Complications ensue when Joe, Harold's friend, encourages him to skip work to attend the prize fight. What Joe doesn't tell Harold is that he tells his boss that Harold needs the day off to attend to the sudden death of his brother-in-law.
Stormy Trails
A rancher caught in the middle of a bank robbery shoots one of the robbers. However, the dead bandit turns out to be a former ranch hand who was suing him. The rancher is arrested for murder.
Hidden Valley
Cowboy is hired by an archaeologist to help find "Hidden Valley", where an Indian gold treasure is supposed to be buried. Just when he finds it, the archaeologist is killed, and the cowboy his charged with his murder.
He Who Gets Smacked
Jimmie poses as a fighter to impress the boss' daughter and finds himself booked at a charity boxing match for the department store where he works.
Filmography
as Saloon Set Extra
as Dave Cassidy
as Settler Flanagan
as Farmer at Meeting (uncredited)
as Doctor
as Sheriff Ted
as Gambler (uncredited)
as Prison Inmate (uncredited)
as Rally Patron @ Counter Front
as Dad Wilson
as Townsman at Church Social (uncredited)
as Rancher (uncredited)
as Ed Carney
as Storekeeper
as Sheriff #1
as Sam Kent
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
as Steel Worker (uncredited)
as Barfly
as Barfly
as Cop in Station
as Deputy Bill
as Police Officer (uncredited)
as 2nd Mayor
as Deputy Marshal Walsh (as Wm. McCall)
as Pop Blake
as Traffic Cop
as Cabaret Maitre D'
as Extra
as Traffic Cop
as Ticket Taker
as Hotel Manager
as Inspecting Officer
as Man Who Directs Alma to Barber
as Male Nurse
as Ruth's Father
as President of the College
as Proprietor of All Nations Café
as Sergeant
as Inspector #2
as Hank Tucker - Betty's Father
as Preter Stetson - Thelma's Father
as Rancher (uncredited)
as Minister of War
as Man in Hotel Ballroom
as Lizzie's Father
as Amos Spruder
as Spectator
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as The Neighbor
as John Cavanagh
as Sheriff
as Mr. Royce - Roland's Father
as Mr. Taylor
as Picnicker (uncredited)
as Mr. Morgan - Gloria's Father
as Another
as Henry Barnes
as Mr. Fisher - the Bride's Father
as Theatre Manager
as Il proprietario del saloon
as Sheriff
as Judge Jefferson Talent
as Deputy Sheriff
as Judge Marcus Hyland
as Rob Dow
as Cassidy
as Stranded actor (as Billy McCall)