William Humphrey
William Humphrey
A busy actor/director with the pioneering Vitagraph company from at least 1908, William Humphrey played Napoleon Bonaparte to Julia Arthur's Josephine in Napoleon and the Empress Josephine (1909) and later helmed one-reelers featuring the company's famous canine star Jean. Humphrey's last directorial assignment was the 1922 mystery drama Foolish Monte Carlo, which he also wrote. As a character actor, the white-haired Humphrey portrayed Mr. Sedley in Vanity Fair (1923), was Stephen A. Douglass in Abraham Lincoln (1924), and played the defense attorney in Lon Chaney's The Unholy Three (1925). He repeated his impersonation of Napoleon three times in the sound era: in Devil May Care (1929), Manhattan Parade (1933), and Are We Civilized? (1934); he also played Dr. Haupt in the minor horror classic The Vampire Bat (1933). ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
Filmography of William Humphrey:
- One Year Later with Mary Brian , Russell Hopton , Donald Dillaway , George S. Irving , Will Ahern , Gladys Ahern , DeWitt C. Jennings , Jackie Searl , Pat O'Malley , Virginia True Boardman , Walter Brennan , Mady Christians , Herbert Evans , Pauline Garon , Kit Guard , Al Hill , Harry Holman , John Ince , Edward Keane , Jane Keckley , Tom London , James T. Mack , Myrtle Stedman , Lloyd Whitlock , Marjorie Beebe , Nina Guilbert , Al Klein
- The Plainsman with Gary Cooper , Jean Arthur , James Ellison , Charles Bickford , Helen Burgess , Porter Hall , Paul Harvey , Victor Varconi , John Miljan , Frank Albertson , Frank Sr. McGlynn , Granville Bates , Purnell B. Pratt , Fred Sr. Kohler , George "Gabby" Hayes , Charles Judels , Lona Andre , Arthur Aylesworth , Irving Bacon , Hank Bell , Lane R. Chandler , Davison Clark , George Cleveland , Edgar Dearing , Tex Driscoll , George Ernest , Franklin Farnum , Charles Herzinger , John Hyams , Sidney Jarvis , Noble Johnson , Jane Keckley , Fuzzy Knight , Fred Jr. Kohler , Francis J. McDonald , George MacQuarrie , Wilbur Mack , Edwin Maxwell , Leila McIntyre , Pat Moriarity , Ted Oliver , Bud Osborne , Francis Sayles , Charles Stevens , Harry Stubbs , Bruce Warren , Stanhope Wheatcroft , Douglas Wood , Hank Worden , Francis Ford , Dennis O'Keefe , Anthony Quinn , Harry Woods , Gail Sheridan , Wadsworth Harris , Blackjack Ward , Cora Shumway , James Mason , Mark Strong
- Beau Brummell with John Barrymore , Mary Astor , Willard Louis , Irene Rich , Alec B. Francis , Carmel Myers , William Humphreys , Richard Tucker , Andre Beranger , Claire DeLorez , Michael Dark , Templar Saxe , James Marcus , Roland Rushton , Beaudine Anderson , Rose Dione , Carol Holloway , Kate Lester , Clarissa Selwynne , John J. Richardson , Betty Brice , C.H. Chaldecotte , F.F. Guenste
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