
William Janney
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.406 |
Birthday | 1908-02-15 |
Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
Also Known As | Russell Dixon Janney, |

1932

Two Seconds
6.1/20
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flash...
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Two Seconds

1935

Bonnie Scotland
6.6/64
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in...
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Bonnie Scotland

1929

Coquette
5.6/27
A Southern belle's flirtation with a working man leads to tragedy.
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Coquette

1933

The Crime of the Century
6.3/10
Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up...
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The Crime of the Century

1933

Terror Aboard
6/5
An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
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Terror Aboard

1932

The Mouthpiece
5.9/9
A prosecutor quits his job and becomes a defense attorney when he finds out that a man he got convicted and executed was actually innocent.
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The Mouthpiece

1929

Salute
4.7/3
A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.
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Salute

1933

Secret of the Blue Room
5.5/21
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The thr...
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Secret of the Blue Room

1932

Crooner
5/1
Fame goes to a priggish singer's head and almost costs him his girlfriend.
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Crooner

1935

Sweepstake Annie
3.7/3
A young woman who works in the movie business buys a sweepstakes ticket that turns out to be a winner. Her stroke of luck changes her life around--and...
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Sweepstake Annie

1930

The Girl Said No
5.5/4
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plot...
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The Girl Said No

1933

The World Changes
4.8/6
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr....
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The World Changes

1930

The Right of Way
5.2/4
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his airs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds...
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The Right of Way

1937

Clipped Wings
3.5/2
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstor...
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Clipped Wings

1930

Shooting Straight
6/3
A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
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Shooting Straight

1934

As the Earth Turns
5.3/7
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
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As the Earth Turns

1933

Should Ladies Behave
4.3/6
A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daughter.
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Should Ladies Behave

1930

The Pay-Off
5/10
A thug robs a young engaged couple of their last few dollars. When the thug's gang boss hears of the robbery, he gives them back their money and takes...
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The Pay-Off

1936

Sutter's Gold
0/0
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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Sutter's Gold

1932

Under-Cover Man
4.5/2
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring...
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Under-Cover Man

1933

The Iron Master
0/0
The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that he left his entire estate not to them but to the...
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The Iron Master

1929

Mexicali Rose
5.2/9
The owner of a border town gambling saloon falls in love with a promiscuous young girl. When she has an affair with another, he tosses her out of town...
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Mexicali Rose

1930

Those Who Dance
6/3
A policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.
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Those Who Dance

1936

Hopalong Cassidy Returns
6.3/3
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners...
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Hopalong Cassidy Returns

1934

A Modern Hero
7/3
A 1920s circus performer uses every means at his disposal to achieve fame and fortune at the expense of others.
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A Modern Hero

1930

Young Desire
0/0
A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man.
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Young Desire

1931

Girls Demand Excitement
0/0
Peter Brooks is a hard-working, hard-up college student whose dislike of women attending college weakens under the amorous advances of spoiled sociali...
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Girls Demand Excitement

1931

Cimarron
5.6/129
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his fa...
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Cimarron

1930

The Dawn Patrol
6.6/25
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons a...
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The Dawn Patrol

1933

King of the Wild Horses
0/0
Columbia's King of the Wild Horses is a remake of the silent Hal Roach western feature of the same name -- and with the same "star," Rex the Wonder Ho...
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King of the Wild Horses

1935

The Great Hotel Murder
6/3
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.
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The Great Hotel Murder

1935

Born to Gamble
4.8/4
A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.
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Born to Gamble

1932

A Successful Calamity
5.2/6
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy an...
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A Successful Calamity

1935

Without Children
0/0
Struggling architect David Cole is encouraged by his boss, Phil Graham, to fraternize with high society as a means of drumming up business. This inadv...
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Without Children

1934

A Successful Failure
4/1
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his bo...
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