William Shea
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.541 |
| Birthday | 1856-10-06 |
| Place of Birth | Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK |
| Also Known As | William James O' Shea, William James O'Shea, William James Shea, William J. Shea, |
1910
Ito, the Beggar Boy
5/1
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Ito, the Beggar Boy
1910
The Telephone
0/0
An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.
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The Telephone
1912
Chumps
0/0
Bunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.
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Chumps
1910
A Tin-Type Romance
4/1
Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops.
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A Tin-Type Romance
1916
A Night Out
0/0
A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.
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A Night Out
1916
The Marriage of Molly-O
0/0
Brutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her family be thrown out of their humble shack. But Molly-O pr...
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The Marriage of Molly-O
1909
A Midsummer Night's Dream
4.767/15
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
1911
The Child Crusoes
0/0
Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses to take him aboard his ship, manages to sneak in as a stowaw...
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The Child Crusoes
1914
The Hero
0/0
Very pretty, very attractive, very young; her name is Maude and she has a beau. He is very fat. Maude is simply crazy about him. She will not consider...
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The Hero
1911
The Life Boat
0/0
Old Captain Bill and his wife have an only son, whom they idolize. He loses all his money at gambling and drinking, and determines to do better in the...
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The Life Boat
1912
Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
0/0
The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and discovers...
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Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes
1911
A Friendly Marriage
0/0
A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in love with her and is determined to support himself fi...
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A Friendly Marriage
1914
Two Stepchildren
0/0
Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a small farm and longs to get away from it. Jabez, hi...
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Two Stepchildren
1913
Cupid Through a Keyhole
0/0
While making preparations for the entertainment of Aunt Maria, who had announced her arrival by telegram, Lila Lane gets herself shut in the storeroom...
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Cupid Through a Keyhole
1915
A Wireless Rescue
0/0
A romance of the rail, this two-part "thriller" uses wireless telegraphy as the means of averting a disaster to an express train.
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A Wireless Rescue
1916
Walls and Wallops
5/1
A comedy short produced by Vitagraph and released in 1916. This is entitled Walls and Wallops, and features Hughey (also spelt Hughie) Mack with Lawre...
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Walls and Wallops
1916
The Blue Envelope Mystery
0/0
Leslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the ordeal of making her own living.
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The Blue Envelope Mystery
1910
Auld Robin Gray
0/0
Poor Jaime goes to sea to earn enough money to marry Jenny, where he is believed to be lost. Left to support her parents, Jenny is persuaded to marry...
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Auld Robin Gray
1920
A Daughter of Two Worlds
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A Daughter of Two Worlds
1916
A Villainous Villain
0/0
The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recover her.
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A Villainous Villain
1914
Sweeney's Christmas Bird
0/0
A pet parrot dies and get mixed up with the neighbor's Chrismas turkey.
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Sweeney's Christmas Bird
1912
The Spider's Web
0/0
Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware that promoters Harris, Brennen, and Lester are fraud...
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The Spider's Web
1912
Aunty's Romance
4/1
Romantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he doesn't have an inheritance. After his father is decease...
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Aunty's Romance
1912
As You Like It
1/1
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her banish...
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As You Like It
1908
Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
4.8/5
Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.
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Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy
1911
A Tale of Two Cities
5/2
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.
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A Tale of Two Cities
1914
Hearts and Diamonds
5/4
Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.
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Hearts and Diamonds
1916
The Man from Egypt
5/5
Beware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As a bellhop in a hotel, Hughey managed to get possessio...
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The Man from Egypt
1917
The Meeting
4.5/2
Charming melodrama by the Vitagraph Company about the friendship between a boy (Bobby Connelly) and the grumpy Captain Barnacle(William Shea). This se...
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The Meeting
1914
Tangled Tangoists
5/1
John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into each other later at a dance studio. Bunny exudes...
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Tangled Tangoists
1912
The Bond of Music
4/1
Short anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy.
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The Bond of Music
1913
The Classmate's Frolic
5/1
A comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them.
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The Classmate's Frolic
1913
Those Troublesome Tresses
5/1
Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men jealous and vice versa. The men buy horse hair to...
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Those Troublesome Tresses
1911
Vanity Fair
9/1
A silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.
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Vanity Fair
1913
The Mouse and the Lion
5/1
John Burling, a detective, rounds up some members of the Night Hawk gang. Bill Hanks, the chief, swears to get even with him. Tim, a little street wai...
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The Mouse and the Lion
1914
A Train of Incidents
0/0
Comedian John Bunny on a train all confused.
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A Train of Incidents
1914
Sawdust and Salome
5/2
A rich swell travels out West to escape marrying a social climber. There, he meets and marries a bareback rider from traveling circus. Bringing her ho...
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Sawdust and Salome
1912
Nothing to Wear
0/0
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Nothing to Wear
1912
Father and Son
5/1
A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry.
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Father and Son
1915
Beached and Bleached
0/0
The new stenographer is right there when it comes to class which does not escape the notice of her boss. He showers attentions upon her and asks her o...
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Beached and Bleached
1915
The Lady of Shalott
0/0
On discovering that their beau, Timothy, the village schoolmaster, is quite unable to choose between them for a life partner, Ivy and Lily Skinner agr...
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The Lady of Shalott
1914
The Maid from Sweden
0/0
In search of a maid, Mrs. Cook, an aristocratic and extremely proud society woman, goes to an employment agency and hires Luna, fat, awkward and strai...
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The Maid from Sweden
1915
You Can't Beat It
0/0
Bill Pike, recently married, hits his home town about seven in the evening, and immediately is seized by a bunch of his old cronies who drag him into...
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You Can't Beat It
1915
The Boarding House Feud
0/0
Aching for an opportunity to get square with strong-willed Mrs. Drexel, boarding house mistress and mother of his sweetheart, Constance, Billy sees hi...
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The Boarding House Feud
1907
The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
0/0
An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.
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The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance
1911
Two Overcoats
0/0
Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. Michael Gallagher, who is passing by and in need o...
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Two Overcoats
1916
Putting Pep in Slowtown
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Putting Pep in Slowtown
1916
My Lady's Slipper
0/0
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