William H. West
Actor · 1860 – 1915 · Newport, Rhode Island, USA
Movies9
- Movie10.0Drama
Captain Lanning and Lieutenant Osborne are stationed at an army post in the Philippines. Lanning conceives a deadly hatred toward Osborne when the latter wins Gladys, General Fields' daughter.
The Quicksands
1914 · 1 votes
MovieHorrorWhen a neighbor complains about strange noises, an officer goes undercover to investigate Dr. Jardine. After her cover is blown, she infiltrates his lab and stops him from performing an illegal surgery on an escaped convict.
MovieA young boy foils outlaw "Bad Bill" from stealing a gold shipment in this classic Western short.
Movie5.8MysteryThrillerA series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator for the police and works on various cases where her unique talents can help to solve crimes. Each episode is complete in itself.
The Girl Detective
1915 · 3 votes
MovieDramaYoung clergyman Edwin Revell receives the appointment as minister at the Church of the Village of Fairbrook.
- Movie9.0CrimeDrama
How a man, imprisoned for another's crime, finds justice at last.
The Chief of Police
1914 · 1 votes
Movie8.0Not being successful in his suit for the hand of Helen Sawyer, and to show the father of the young lady that he is made of the same material as he is, John Thorpe, a wealthy New Yorker, leaves for the west, but without any predetermined destination. While traveling, however, he meets an old man called Uncle Billy, and upon this man's advice, Thorpe purchases a ranch in Buffalo, Wyo. Not long afterwards, the homesteaders are accused by the large cattle owners of stealing their cattle, and they give Tom Horn, commonly known as "The Killer," a list of those they desire to get rid of. ....
The Invaders
1913 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceSimon Watson, devoid of conscience, has become wealthy through the manufacture of "Watson's Remedy." One day he is stricken with terror when he finds a bottle of the medicine in the hands of his little child, Helen, and he warns her never to touch it. But the little one's curiosity is aroused and when her father has left for his office, she tastes the medicine and becomes violently ill. John Smith, a young workman, has a little daughter, Margaret, who is taken sick and the mother secures a bottle of the "remedy" at a drug store. Instead of relieving the child's pain, the medicine causes her to lose consciousness and when the horrified father learns the cause, he determines to seek Watson's life.
The Boomerang
1913 · 1 votes
- Movie5.5DramaRomance
A short romantic crime drama in which a wealthy American tourist is robbed and taken hostage in the mountains of Italy, but is then rescued thanks to an organ grinder.
The Organ Grinder
1912 · 2 votes