William Scott
Acting
Biography
No biography available for William Scott.
Born: August 1, 1896
Place of Birth: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Alone in the Jungle
The Brown family, which consists of Hon. John Brown, his wife, two sons, Harold and Billy, and a young sister named Helen, has settled on an isolated plantation in the Jungles. Jack Arden, son of another English planter, who comes over frequently to hunt with the boys has fallen in love with Helen. But Papa Brown discourages the lovers, saying that Helen is too young to be married. Jack agrees to wait. Some time afterward the Browns receive a letter from Jack stating that he is coming for another week-end of shooting- with the Brown boys. On his way to the Brown's home, Jack knocks down Concho, an overseer, for being cruel to one of the slaves. His action is approved of by the Browns. In honor of Jack the family starts on a lion hunt, and, after a long trip, they return by the river route. They espy a lioness drinking at the river's edge. She is killed by Jack and taken aboard. That night Jack again asks Mr. Brown for Helen's hand and is again told to wait.
Jackie
Jacqueline, an orphaned daughter of a famous Russian dancer, has been raised by a French woman who runs a cheap dancing school. A lost film.
Smoke Bellew
A tale of the great Alaska gold rush in which a man falsely accused of murder tracks down the guilty man.
The Last Mile
Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on death row just before a brutal inmate leads the other convicts in a violent uprising. Walters gets caught up in the riot, while on the outside his friends are trying to find evidence of his innocence.
Amarilly of Clothes-Line Alley
Amarilly comes from a large family in a working-class neighborhood. She is happy with her family and her boyfriend Terry, a bartender in a cafe. But one day she meets Gordon, a sculptor who comes from a rich family, and she begins to be drawn into the world of the upper class.
Strangers of the Evening
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on.
The Man Who Played Square
Rancher Matt Black is willed half of a Nevada gold mine. Arriving there, he learns that the heir of the other half is a young girl named "Bertie." Realizing that there may be some dirty work and theft going on at the mine, he conceals his identity and gets a job as a miner.
Dante's Inferno
The tactics of a vicious slumlord and greedy businessman finally drive a distraught man to commit suicide. The businessman is tried for murder and executed, and is afterward taken by demons to the Hell where he will spend the rest of eternity. .
Too Many Cooks
A young couple, soon to wed, begin building their dreamhouse, but their interfering relatives cause no end of trouble. Comedy.
The Earth Woman
The story is set in the hills of Tennessee, where practically everybody gets smashed on rotgut moonshine. A drink-benumbed hillbilly tries to rape heroine Sally Tilden (Priscilla Bonner), setting off a chain reaction of violence, murder, and false confessions.
Filmography
as Ranger Jim Madden
as Peddie... Guard
as 2nd Passerby
as Undetermined Role
as Stine
as Wessner
as Al Nevers
as Bob Tyrrell
as Mark McWade
as Al Hammond
as James Hendricks
as Bob Moore
as Steve
as Ernest Judd
as Bill Warner
as Bud Loupel
as Jeo Coombs
as Danny Mulvey
as Bob Crandall (The City Slicker)
as Harry
as Mervyn Carter
as Chester Thomas
as Billy Anderson
as John Fraser
as Paul Kingston
as Richard Arnold
as Dr. Jim Barnes
as Lt. Clifford Bruce
as Bruce Eastcoat
as 'Sporting Chance' Austin
as Billy
as Jerry Sullivan
as Anthony Curtis
as René de Bornay
as Venters
as Stanley Brockhurst
as Terry McGowen
as Artie Sparkle
as Rube Hollar
as Billy Quill - the Bashful Bookkeeper (as Billy Scott)
as Billy Brown (as Billy Scott)