Willis Marks
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Willis Marks.
Born: August 20, 1865
Place of Birth: Rochester, Minnesota, USA
Known For
Greased Lightning
Andy Fletcher is a blacksmith in a country village, but he dreams of racing automobiles. He gets his chance to enter a big race, but winning is complicated by a band of bank robbers.
Her Defiance
A woman is deserted by her wealthy young lover.
The Jack-Knife Man
A dying mother left his child with an old man, but the village people want to take the child away from him because he is too old.
His Forgotten Wife
During the World War, Donald Allen is reported killed in action but is really a victim of amnesia. His French nurse, Suzanne, gives him a new identity, and they marry.
The Flash of Fate
When his father commits suicide after being ruined by dishonest stockbroker Abner Hinman, Randolph Shorb resolves to gain revenge and rebuild his fortune by whatever means necessary.
The Family Honor
Beverly Tucker, the daughter of an impoverished aristocratic Southern family, has scraped together her last pennies to put her brother Dal through college in the hope that he will support the family after graduation. However, Dal harbors no such ambition and instead spends his time gambling and drinking in a saloon owned by the town's mayor, Curran. During a raid led by Curran's crusading son Merle, a detective is killed and Dal is accused of the crime.
Vanity Pool
A candidate for governor, eager Gerald Harper persuades his equally ambitious wife Carol to enlist the aid of her friend Diana Casper, whose influence with political boss Jarvis Flint could help him win the election. Carol agrees to speak to Diana on condition that Gerald temporarily assume her work in the city's tenements.
Travelin' On
A Western involving William S Hart as an outlaw who comes to the aid of a preacher in a small town through his infatuation with the preacher's wife. Rarely screened but considered one of his best; the version at the Library of Congress is missing one of the middle reels.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
A young girl from Sunnybrook goes to live with her wealthy relatives and falls in love with a doctor. Adapted from Kate Douglas Wiggin's famous novel.
The Dancin' Fool
Sylvester Tibble is a clerk in his uncle's restaurant. Sylvester dreams of becoming a famous dancer and tries to inject a little of the jazz life into his uncle's old-fashioned establishment. When dancer Junie Budd shows up at the restaurant, Sylvester sees a chance to make his dream come true.
Filmography
as Jacob
as George Warring
as Meadows
as William H. Seward, Secretary of State
as William Spanz
as Colonel Culpepper
as 'Know-It-All' Haskins
as Old John
as Rasmer Briggles
as Bookkeeper
as Tim Meeks
as Dobbs
as Matthew Gordon
as Major Jefferson Armitage
as Laban Flint
as Grandfather Havenith
as William Wiatt
as Mr. Royal
as Joe Budlong
as Abner Hinman
as Brandon
as Green
as Doe's Brother
as Old Scapin