Personal Info
Birth date
1901-10-25 (123 Years)
Day of death
1956-03-12
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Colfax, Washington, USA
Also known as
William H. Ruhl
Bill Ruhl
Wm. H. Ruhl
William Harris Ruhl
William Ruhl
Biography
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Filmography
Invisible Agent
5.8
Overview:
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.The Killers
7.364
Overview:
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.Mildred Pierce
7.623
Overview:
A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a successful restaurant business to support her spoiled daughter.Saboteur
6.888
Overview:
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.You Only Live Once
7.108
Overview:
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
5.5
Overview:
An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator.Impact
6
Overview:
After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the crime.The Mummy's Tomb
5.635
Overview:
A high priest of Karnak travels to America with the living mummy Kharis (Lon Chaney Jr.) to kill all those who had desecrated the tomb of the Egyptian princess Ananka thirty years earlier.Hold That Ghost
6.743
Overview:
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. Their trip to claim their fortune is sidetracked when they are stranded in a haunted house along with several other strangers.None Shall Escape
6.3
Overview:
Through flashbacks going as far back as the end of WW1, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed during his trial.Hit the Ice
5.9
Overview:
After Flash Fulton and Weejie McCoy take pictures of a bank robbery, they're lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers, where they meet an old friend and his band.The Hat Box Mystery
4.2
Overview:
Susan Hart, assistant to private detective Russ Ashton, is given a camera concealed in a hat box and assigned to take a picture of a woman. A gun is accidentally hidden in the box and the woman is killed. Susan is charged with murder, but Russ and his less-than-useful associate, Harvard, get on the case.All My Sons
6.259
Overview:
During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when his son plans to marry Deever's daughter.Small Town Boy
NYR
Overview:
Henry Armstrong was past being a spring chicken, still believes in Santa Claus and the maxim that "honesty is the best policy", but lack of money keeps him from marrying Molly and buying a little home, and his is threatened with the loss of the petty job he has had for four years with old Curtis French, Molly's uncle, because he can not sell enough insurance policies. And, then, he finds a thousand dollar bill. His honesty makes him advertise the find, but no one claims the money. When he is convinced that the owner will not turn up and that the money is his to keep, he becomes a changed, more aggressive and self-confident person. He begins to make sales as fast as he can make the pitch and he insists that he and Molly be married at once. While getting dressed for the ceremony, he places the $1000 bill in one of his father's old suits, and Pa Armstrong, trying to raise money to buy his son a wedding present, sells the suit to a passing junk man.The Great Jewel Robber
7.2
Overview:
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.The Devil with Hitler
5.5
Overview:
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premise that the Board of Directors of Hell has put the Devil on notice they intend to replace him with Adolf Hitler unless he can get Hitler to commit a good deed. The devil has his work cut out for him, and doesn't appear likely to escape being replaced by the German leader.Western Renegades
5
Overview:
Brown's principal antagonist this time is the town boss, an outlaw who has killed the community's leading citizen. The dead man's grown children want to investigate the killing, but the outlaw puts a stop to this by hiring a dance-hall dame to pose as the kids' long-lost mother. Johnny isn't fooled by this subterfuge nor is his sidekick.It's a Date
6.4
Overview:
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more seasoned performer, expects the same part. The situation is further complicated when they both become involved with the same man.Bowery Bombshell
6
Overview:
Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (David Gorcey) unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save Louie's (Bernard Gorcey) Malt Shop. Sidewalk photographer Cathy Smith (Teala Loring) snaps a pictures of three bank robbers as they are fleeing a robbery but when the Bowery Boys and Cathy realize that Sach is also in the photograph, they break into the photo lab to destroy the negative, which might make the police think Sach was involved in the robbery.Hard Boiled Mahoney
6.4
Overview:
Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.Smuggler's Cove
4.7
Overview:
Slip and Sach are working as cleaners in a high rise building. They enter an office to clean it when a messenger hears them use Slip's given name, Terrance Mahoney. The messenger has a letter for "Terrance Mahonoey, Esq." and mistakenly delivers it to Slip. The letter informs Slip that he has inherited a mansion in Long Island. The boys then make their way to the mansion and find that it is inhabited by diamond smugglers. The real owner of the house shows up and helps save the day and defeat the smugglers and gives the boys the house as a reward.My Favorite Spy
5.2
Overview:
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).Badlands of Dakota
5.9
Overview:
In the Dakotas during the days of the Great Gold Boom, brothers Jim and Bob Holliday are bumping heads over the affections of pretty Anne Grayson. While all this is going on, Wild Bill Hickok does his best to neutralize the local criminal element-and to fend off the romantic overtures of boisterous Calamity Jane.Black Friday
6
Overview:
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters, Cannon, paralyzed. Kingsley's friend Dr. Sovac attends to both men, and when Cannon offers him a reward for aiding his recovery, Kovac transplants part of Cannon's brain into the dying Kingsley's skull, creating a dual personality.Who Killed Doc Robbin?
3.7
Overview:
A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.Acting
1952Because of You as Clerk (uncredited)
1951Pals of the Golden West as Sheriff (uncredited)
1951The Company She Keeps as Officer Joe (uncredited)
1950California Passage as Townsman (uncredited)
1950The Great Jewel Robber as Officer (uncredited)
1950Code of the Silver Sage as Major Duncan
1949Western Renegades as Bartender Curly
1949Haunted Trails as Gorman
1949Impact as Fingerprint Expert
1949South of St. Louis as Unknown
1948Smuggler's Cove as Ryan, Building Manager
1948Joe Palooka in Winner Take All as Talbot's Manager
1948Cowboy Cavalier as Mason
1948Jinx Money as Police Detective Sgt. Ryan
1948I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
1948Frontier Agent as Marshal
1948All My Sons as Unknown
1948Who Killed Doc Robbin? as Homicide Squad Inspector (uncredited)
1948Song of My Heart as Cesar Cui
1948Song of the Drifter as Philip Judson
1948Rocky as Drew
1947Always Together as Reporter (uncredited)
1947Prairie Express as Gordon Gregg
1947The Hat Box Mystery as Blackmailer (uncredited)
1947The Law Comes to Gunsight as Brad Foster
1947Hard Boiled Mahoney as McGregor - Apartment Manager
1947Unexpected Guest as Sheriff
1946The Brute Man as Policeman at Helen's Apartment (uncredited)
1946The Killers as Fran (uncredited)
1946Below the Deadline as Welsh
1946Bowery Bombshell as Henchman Spike
1945Mildred Pierce as Personnel Man (uncredited)
1945Adventures of Kitty O'Day as Michael Tracey
1944The Great Alaskan Mystery as Agent Grey
1944None Shall Escape as Policeman (uncredited)
1943The Mad Ghoul as Stagehand (uncredited)
1943So's Your Uncle as Crell
1943Hit the Ice as Sheriff (uncredited)
1943Mister Big as Producer
1943Days of Old Cheyenne as Steve Brackett
1942The Mummy's Tomb as Nick (uncredited)
1942The Devil with Hitler as Gestapo Guard (uncredited)
1942Invisible Agent as Gestapo Agent (uncredited)
1942My Favorite Spy as Major Allen's Friend
1942Saboteur as Deputy Marshal (uncredited)
1942The Mystery of Marie Roget as Detective
1942A Gentleman After Dark as Detective
1942Unseen Enemy as Detective Callahan
1942Treat 'Em Rough as Police Sergeant
1941Appointment for Love as Reporter (uncredited)
1941Gauchos of El Dorado as Sam Tyndal
1941Badlands of Dakota as Ship's Officer
1941Hold That Ghost as Night Club Patron Who Falls (uncredited)
1941Criminals Within as Capt. Gray
1941Mr. Dynamite as Detective
1940The Green Hornet Strikes Again! as J.E. Lynch - Gang Attorney
1940Texas Terrors as Henchman Ashley
1940Diamond Frontier as Kendis
1940Oklahoma Renegades as Mace Liscomb
1940Gaucho Serenade as Henchman Carter
1940It's a Date as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
1940Black Friday as G-Man
1939Charlie McCarthy, Detective as Doctor
1939Sabotage as (uncredited)
1939I Stole a Million as Detective (uncredited)
1939Code of the Streets as Police Lieutenant Welles
1939Star Reporter as Lane
1939Scouts to the Rescue as G- Man Hal Marvin
1939Pirates of the Skies as Unknown
1938Tough Kid as Monk -Club Owner
1938Red Barry as C.E. Mannix
1937Small Town Boy as A Waiter
1937Let Them Live as Matthew
1937You Only Live Once as Guard (uncredited)
1936Crash Donovan as Driver (uncredited)
1936Spendthrift as Radio Operator
1936Sutter's Gold as Aide
19353 Kids and a Queen as Reporter
1935The Daring Young Man as Coroner
1935Circus Shadows as Dave Zirillo
1935Rendezvous at Midnight as Schultz