William R. Dunn
Acting
Biography
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Born: May 23, 1888
Place of Birth: Astoria, New York, USA
Known For
Vanity Fair
In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
Stanley and Livingstone
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Africa to find Dr. David Livingstone, the missing Scottish missionary. Stanley finds Livingstone ("Dr. Livingstone, I presume.") blissfully doling out medicine and religion to the happy natives. His story is at first disbelieved.
Too Hot to Handle
While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.
Sundown
Englishmen fighting Nazis in Africa discover an exotic mystery woman living among the natives and enlist her aid in overcoming the Germans.
Black Moon
A woman returning to her island birthplace finds herself drawn to a voodoo cult.
King of the Jungle
A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to civilization as an attraction in a circus.
A Cure for Pokeritis
This domestic comedy depicts a woman who stops her husband's gambling habit by having her cousin stage a fake police raid on the weekly poker game.
Saved from the Titanic
A young woman tells her parents and fiance (in flashback) about the recent sinking of the Titanic and her experiences as a passenger during the disaster. Her intended marriage now faces a new hazard because her fiance is a sailor and her parents have just been reminded of the dangers of the sea. Premiering in the United States just 29 days after the event, it is the earliest dramatization about the tragedy.
Chamber of Forgetfulness
A husband, thinking his wife is unfaithful to her, has a confrontational scene with her, which causes her to have a heart attack and die. He sends his son away until, after a dozen years, he discovers she was true; whereupon he summons his son and, after a bit, they reconcile at her grave.
Love Finds the Way
Ethel is in love with Jack, one of her father's employees. Jack is fired by Ethel's father, because he wants Ethel to marry a rich banker. Ethel and Jack run away together and on the way they get married with the help of a preacher.
Filmography
as Kipsang's Victim (uncredited)
as Chuma
as Native Chief (uncredited)
as Bit Role (uncredited)
as Native
as Pinto Pete
as Guillet (as William Dunn)
as Gaston
as Dave
as Jules La Rocque
as Eugene Solari
as Clinton Hale
as Ivan
as bud hickson
as Helgar
as Grat Dalton
as Count Ladislaus
as Steve
as Kronski (as William Dunn)
as Bucky Raine
as Juan
as Bolles (as William Dunn)
as The Clerk
as Phillip Hardin
as Wallie Walton
as Jack Murray
as The Cisco Kid
as Bill Hykes - Jethro's Henchman
as The Young Man from the West
as Jack's pal
as One of the Beecham Brothers
as Wallace Hardy - Jack's Rival
as Stephen Bradish