Personal Info
Birth date
1894-03-26 (131 Years)
Day of death
1966-02-01
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
New York City, New York, USA
Also known as
-William Harrigan
Biography
William Harrigan was an American stage, screen, and television actor.
Filmography
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse
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An American television anthology drama series which offered adaptations of Pulitzer Prize winning plays, stories and novels.The Invisible Man
7.503
Overview:
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the experiment at any cost.Flying Leathernecks
5.9
Overview:
Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.'G' Men
6.552
Overview:
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.Arizona
6.2
Overview:
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret and Lazarus Ward plotting at every turn to destroy her freighting company. She has not seen the last of Peter, however.Desert Fury
5.967
Overview:
The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.The Farmer's Daughter
6.9
Overview:
After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.Francis Covers the Big Town
5.1
Overview:
A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.Stranded
5.8
Overview:
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.Whipsaw
6.2
Overview:
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.On the Level
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An ironworker and his equally tough friend decide to leave New Orleans to work as beam-walkers on a New York City skyscraper. This arouses the ire of his Cajun girlfriend who promptly shoots at him as he walks away and then follows him to the Big Apple where she becomes a nightclub performer.Back Door to Heaven
3.667
Overview:
The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".Exiled to Shanghai
4.9
Overview:
A fired cameraman by way of a girl's mistaken identity wins back his job through pioneering work in television.Born Reckless
5.5
Overview:
In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in the war.Federal Bullets
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Federal Bullets is a leisurely paced Monogram crime melodrama with not a few clever plot twists. The FBI, represented by Milburn Stone and William Harrigan, investigates a seemingly respectable charitable organization. In fact, the enterprise is a front for a crime ring, headed by Ma Barker clone Zeffie Tilbury (Trivia note: Ms. Tilbury was totally blind, and had to learn her "blocking" by rote).Frankie and Johnnie
5
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The story of a woman, Frankie, and the man who has done her wrong, Johnnie.His Family Tree
4.5
Overview:
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.Steel Town
6
Overview:
Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the McNamaras, and falls for the daughter, "Red", who is already involved with another steelworker. Although he is at first has a hard time with his co-workers, he eventually wins them over, and also wins the girl.Hawaii Calls
5.4
Overview:
After being nabbed while trying to stow away on board an ocean liner en route to Hawaii, young Bobby Breen sings for his travel fare and, along with sidekick Pua, turns detective to recover stolen naval documents from crooksCabaret
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Gloria Trask, who has risen from a squalid East Side environment to stardom in Costigan's nightclub, is admired by Tom Westcott, detective, and Sam Roberts, a gangster with whom her brother is involved. Andy, threatened by the gang, is forced to pay off, and in a showdown in Gloria's dressing room, Andy shoots Roberts in self-defense. Gloria helps her brother to leave on a South American liner, while Tom forces Roberts' girlfriend Blanche to admit to witnessing the crime. Blanche insists that it was murder, but Tom forces her to admit that Roberts had a gun by accusing her of the killing.Street of Sinners
7
Overview:
A rookie New York cop has to deal with juvenile delinquents, his superiors, and blame for the suicide of a woman who jumped to her death while he was in her apartment.Follies Girl
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In PRC's Follies Girl, Wendy Barrie plays dress designer Anne Merriday, who becomes the object of middle-aged millionaire J. B. Hamlin's (J.C. Nugent) affections. To save his dad from throwing his life away on a supposed golddigger, Hamlin's son, Army private Jerry Hamlin (Gordon Oliver), begins courting Anne-and, of course, falls genuinely in love with her himself. Meanwhile, the rogueish J.B. tries to mount a Broadway burlesque show, with costumes designed by Our Heroine.Pick-up
4.8
Overview:
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caught and imprisoned. When she gets out of prison, she tries to put her life back together.Disgraced!
6
Overview:
A lovely fashion model's dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To make matters worse, her father kills the cad and she gets accused of the crime.Men on Call
NYR
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Railroad engineer Chuck Long finds the showgirl he's about to marry was the subject of scandal and swears off women. He joins a coast guard unit stationed at a lighthouse, and one day must rescue a drowning girl that turns out to be his old fiancée.Over the Goal
3
Overview:
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.Roogie's Bump
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A young boy is taunted mercilessly by the other boys in town - until he gets some help from the ghost of a Brooklyn Dodger, who turns him into a great baseball player.Citizen Saint
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A Catholic Church-sponsored film about the life of Frances Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who established schools, orphanages and hospitals in the United States. Primarily booked into schools or churches, or a local church would rent a theatre for a roadshow one-night viewing by members of the local congregation.Acting
1957Street of Sinners as Gus
1954Roogie's Bump as Red O'Malley
1953Francis Covers the Big Town as Inspector Hansen
1952Steel Town as John 'Mac' McNamara
1951Flying Leathernecks as Dr. Lt.Cdr. Joe Curran
1951Speaking of Rubber as Unknown
1950Pulitzer Prize Playhouse (1 Episode) as Unknown
1947Desert Fury as Berle Lindquist
1947Citizen Saint as Father Vail
1947The Farmer's Daughter as Ward Hughes
1943Follies Girl as Jimmy Dobson
1940Arizona as Union Commanding Officer
1939Back Door to Heaven as Frankie's Father
1938Hawaii Calls as Blake
1937Exiled to Shanghai as Grant Powell
1937Federal Bullets as Federal Agency Chief
1937Over the Goal as Jim Shelly
1936Frankie and Johnnie as Curley
1935Whipsaw as 'Doc' Evans
1935His Family Tree as Charles Murfree
1935The Melody Lingers on as Captain Jonesy
1935Stranded as Updyke
1935'G' Men as 'Mac' McKay
1933The Invisible Man as Dr. Arthur Kemp
1933Disgraced! as Captain Holloway
1933The Girl in 419 as Peter Lawton
1933Pick-up as Jim Richards
1930Men on Call as Cap
1930On the Level as Danny Madden
1930Born Reckless as Good News Brophy
1929Nix on Dames as Unknown
1927Cabaret as Jack Costigan
1915An Affair of Three Nations as Phillip Warwick