Personal Info
Birth date
1874-05-06 (151 Years)
Day of death
1954-01-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Also known as
William James Raper
Paul Scardon
Biography
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Filmography
Waterloo Bridge
7.472
Overview:
On the eve of World War II, a British officer revisits Waterloo Bridge and recalls the young man he was at the beginning of World War I and the young ballerina he met just before he left for the front.Mrs. Miniver
7.062
Overview:
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.Secret Beyond the Door
6.4
Overview:
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.Pursued
6.529
Overview:
A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.The Fatal Hour
5.7
Overview:
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
6.3
Overview:
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.The Green Hornet
5.5
Overview:
A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.He Walked by Night
6.621
Overview:
Roy Martin aka Roy Morgan is a burglar and former war-time Radio & Electronics Engineer who listens in to radio police calls, allowing him to stay one step ahead of the cops.Magic Town
6.7
Overview:
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country. He and his assistants go there to run polls cheaply and easily, in total secrecy (it would be fatal to let the townsfolk get self-conscious). And of course, civic crusader Mary Peterman must be kept from changing things too much. But romantic involvement with Mary complicates life for Rip; then suddenly everything changes.Kitty
5.5
Overview:
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.Ten Gentlemen from West Point
5.833
Overview:
This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. In the early 19th Century, Congress appropriated the money to build the school, but opponents who believed it to be an illegitimate expansion of the powers of the federal government decided to sabotage the school. They put the hard-as-nails Major Sam Carter in charge of the academy, and he ruthlessly put the recruits through grueling training -- until only ten prospective soldiers remained. They include Dawson, a patriotic farm boy and Howard Shelton, a selfish playboy who has come to West Point only because of its prestige. The two vie for Carolyn Bainbridge, while they, along with the other eight, try convince Carter that the school is worth keeping.The Doolins of Oklahoma
6.8
Overview:
When the Daltons are killed at Coffeyville, gang member Bill Doolin, arriving late, escapes but kills a man. Now wanted for murder, he becomes the leader of the Doolin gang. He eventually leaves the gang and tries to start a new life under a new name, but the old gang members appear and his true identity becomes known. Once again he becomes an outlaw trying to escape from the law.The Man Who Returned to Life
6
Overview:
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.His Butler's Sister
7.125
Overview:
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.The Son of Davy Crockett
NYR
Overview:
Dave Crockett (Bill Elliott) comes to the aid of ranchers living on the Yucca Strip, who want their area made part of the United States. A greedy land baron, however, wants the property as his own.Lady from Louisiana
5.3
Overview:
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
6
Overview:
Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.Uncle Tom's Cabin
5.833
Overview:
The first screen adaptation of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel to star a black man in the title role.Milestones
NYR
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1860 ushers in the era of iron ships, Richard Sibley, a builder of wooden ships, stubbornly resists the change, which leads him to forbid the marriage of his daughter Rose to John Rhead, a proponent of the new method. This injustice outrages John's sister Gertrude so much that she breaks off her engagement to Sibley's son Sam. Meanwhile, John and Rose elope.The Man from the Rio Grande
NYR
Overview:
The suspicious death of Henry King during a hunting trip with his brother John leaves the inheritance of the rich Santa Rita Ranch to be shared with John, Henry's daughter Doris and a young girl from New York, Twinkle Watts. King says that a son, Henry King Jr., who left home as a young boy was killed in a Texas gunfight. - Written by Les AdamsTo Save Her Soul
5.25
Overview:
Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job. Over the objections of the curate who loves her, she accepts the offer and goes to the city. Later the curate goes to hear Agnes perform and, fearing that her soul is being corrupted by show business, he asks her to return to the small town with him. When she refuses, he is prepared to kill her in order to protect the purity of her soul. This brings about her change of heart, and together they return to the little church.The Day After
2.75
Overview:
Mr. and Mrs. Hilton throw a New Year's Eve party. They agree not to drink the punch themselves, but as guests begin to arrive their resolve weakens, and soon they are both cavorting drunkenly. Next morning Mr. Hilton, feeling very sick, is conscience-stricken over his drunkenness and his behavior with another woman. He fears to face his wife until he discovers that she feels just as guilty herself.Down Missouri Way
NYR
Overview:
When an agricultural professor returns home to the farm with her scientifically-raised mule for a needed rest, they find themselves caught up in a movie being filmed in the Ozarks.Today I Hang
NYR
Overview:
Henry Courtney, a wealthy importer is found murdered and the famous DeNormand necklace has been stolen. The false testimony of two witnesses, Rand and Hobbs, puts Jim O'Brien in the shadow of the hangman's noose. Martha Courtney, widow of the murdered man and Jim's former sweetheart is convinced he isn't guilty, and promises crooked lawyer Roger Lanning the necklace - which Jim doesn't have - if he can arrange for Jim's escape. Rand and Lanning killed Courtney, but Lanning doesn't know that Rand has the necklace.The Broken Gate
NYR
Overview:
Aurora Lane (Bessie Barriscale) lives in a small town loaded with small-minded residents. She had an illegitimate child and with the earnings from her millinery shop, she has sent him away to be educated. When Don, her son (Arnold Gregg), returns from college, he finds he has to defend his mother constantly. He is accused of murdering a man who made a snide remark about Aurora and is put on trial.The Love Doctor
NYR
Overview:
A doctor transplants the brain of a girl who is in love with him into a girl he is in love with.The Goddess
NYR
Overview:
A young girl is reared on a desert island by natives and led to believe that she is a goddess. One day an outsider comes to the island, and persuades her to accompany him to preach about the kindness and love she has experienced. She agrees, but she's soon confronted by the problems and travails of the "outside" world.False Kisses
NYR
Overview:
Jennie Blake, a schoolteacher from the city, comes between Paul Whalen and Jim Payne, fishing partners in the seaport town of Rocky Point, and is unable to decide which one she loves until Jim loses his temper and is beaten in a fight by Paul.The Alibi
NYR
Overview:
To help his dying father, assistant bank cashier Arthur Mansfield enters a fake sum in the bank's account book, but before carrying out the pilferage, he confesses to cashier Slayton, his superior. Slayton, who needs money to pay for his unsuccessful speculations, goes at night to take the money that Mansfield planned to embezzle, so that Mansfield will take the blame.Acting
1949The Doolins of Oklahoma as Minor Role (uncredited)
1949A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as White Haired Peddler (uncredited)
1949He Walked by Night as Liquor Store Proprietor (uncredited)
1948Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad as Dr. Burman
1947Secret Beyond the Door as Owl Eyes (uncredited)
1947Magic Town as Hodges
1947Pursued as Juryman (uncredited)
1946Down Missouri Way as Prof. Lewis
1945Kitty as Undertaker (uncredited)
1943His Butler's Sister as Professor
1943The Man from the Rio Grande as Hanlon, County Clerk
1942Mrs. Miniver as Nobby (uncredited)
1942Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Senator (uncredited)
1942The Man Who Returned to Life as Reverend Tuller
1942Today I Hang as Peter Hobbs
1941The Son of Davy Crockett as Zeke
1941Lady from Louisiana as Judge Wilson
1940The Fargo Kid as Caleb Winters
1940Waterloo Bridge as Backdoor Stage Doorman (uncredited)
1940The Fatal Hour as Homer Lyons - Informant
1940The Green Hornet as Timothy Bryan (uncredited)
1916The Alibi as Walter Slayton
1915The Battle Cry of Peace as Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
1915Miss Jekyll and Madame Hyde as Baron Stana
1915The Goddess as Prof. Stilliter
1915The Breath of Araby as Captain Thurston
1915The Juggernaut as Alexander Jones
1915The Still, Small Voice as Unknown
1914Uncle Tom's Cabin as Haley
1914The Surgeon's Experiment as The Notorious Criminal
1914A Lesson in Bridge as Mr. Willis
1913Shep, the Hero as Mr. Jameson
1909The Day After as Party Guest (unconfirmed)
1909To Save Her Soul as In Audience
Directing
1924Her Own Free Will ... Director
1921False Kisses ... Director
1920The Broken Gate ... Director
1920Her Unwilling Husband ... Director
1920Milestones ... Director
1920Partners of the Night ... Director
1919Beating the Odds ... Director
1917The Love Doctor ... Director
1917Transgression ... Director
1917The Stolen Treaty ... Director
1917Apartment 29 ... Director
1917Arsene Lupin ... Director
1916A Prince in a Pawnshop ... Director
1916Phantom Fortunes ... Director
1916The Dawn of Freedom ... Director
1916The Alibi ... Director
1916The Redemption of Dave Darcey ... Director
1916The Man Hunt ... Director
1916The Hero of Submarine D-2 ... Director
1916The Island of Surprise ... Director