William Garwood
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William Garwood | |
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Drury College | |
Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
Years active | 1909–1919 |
William Davis Garwood, Jr. (April 28, 1884 – December 28, 1950) was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent film era in the 1910s.
Between 1911 and 1913, Garwood starred in a number of early adaptions of popular films, including
Early life
William Davis Garwood, Jr. was born in Springfield, Missouri.[1] He attended public schools in Springfield before moving to New Mexico at the age of 15.[1][2]
Career
Garwood left American Studios after eight months and signed a two-year contract with
Later years and death
By the late 1910s, Garwood's career began to falter because of his chronic alcoholism.
Garwood was a lifelong bachelor and had no children. On December 28, 1950, he died of cirrhosis due to alcoholism in Los Angeles at the age of 66.[5][7]
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1909 | The Cowboy Millionaire | Alternative titles: Fell Heir to a Million Dollars The Millionaire Cowboy | |
1911 | The Pasha's Daughter | ||
1911 | Baseball and Bloomers | ||
1911 | For Her Sake | Confederate Soldier, Lover | |
1911 | Cally's Comet | Jack | |
1911 | The Railroad Builder | ||
1911 | The Colonel and the King | ||
1911 | Flames and Fortune | The Rescuer | |
1911 | The Coffin Ship | ||
1911 | Courting Across the Court | The Lover | |
1911 | Won by Wireless | Wireless Operator | |
1911 | That's Happiness | The Wealthy Old Woman's Son | |
1911 | The Smuggler | The Smuggler | |
1911 | The Buddhist Priestess | The Naval Officer | |
1911 | The Higher Law | The Minister | |
1911 | David Copperfield | ||
1912 | A New Cure for Divorce | The Groom | |
1912 | Conductor 786 | The Conductor's Son | |
1912 | At the Foot of the Ladder | The Society Leader | |
1912 | Please Help the Pore | The Poor Father | |
1912 | A Six Cylinder Elopement | John Henderson, Gray's Daughter's Sweetheart | |
1912 | Put Yourself in His Place | Henry Little | |
1912 | The Little Girl Next Door | The Husband | |
1912 | Petticoat Camp | ||
1912 | Frankfurters and Quail | ||
1912 | The Thunderbolt | The Poor Couple's Son, as an Adult | |
1912 | Standing Room Only | The Cook's Sweetheart | |
1912 | Aurora Floyd | ||
1912 | With the Mounted Police | The Mounted Policeman | |
1913 | The Heart of a Fool | Sir Roger Motley | |
1913 | The Evidence of the Film | The Broker | |
1913 | Some Fools There Were | First Unsuspecting Bachelor | |
1913 | Her Gallant Knights | ||
1913 | For Her Boy's Sake | The Son | |
1913 | The Caged Bird | The Prince | |
1913 | The Oath of Pierre | Pierre Dorchet – a Young Trapper | |
1913 | Beautiful Bismark | The Real Estate Agent | |
1913 | The Lady Killer | ||
1913 | The Shoemaker and the Doll | The Shoemaker | |
1913 | A Mix-Up in Pedigrees | Bob Brown | |
1913 | Through the Sluice Gates | John Browning | |
1913 | The Oath of Tsuru San | Ned Winthrop | |
1913 | Article 47, L'
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1913 | The House in the Tree | Jack – age 20 | |
1913 | Rick's Redemption | Rick | |
1914 | The Ten of Spades | Ralph West – the Prospector | |
1914 | A Ticket to Red Horse Gulch | Jack Oliver | |
1914 | A Turn of the Cards | John Richards | |
1914 | Fate's Decree | John Graves | |
1914 | The Green-Eyed Devil | ||
1914 | The Hunchback | Tom Carson – a Young Prospector | |
1914 | Imar the Servitor | Imar | |
1914 | The Body in the Trunk | ||
1914 | The Lost Sermon | Rev. John Strong | |
1914 | The Unmasking | Harold Clark | |
1914 | Nature's Touch | Richard Stone | |
1914 | The Cameo of the Yellowstone
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Cameo – the Cowpuncher | |
1914 | Feast and Famine | Jerry Benton – the Son | |
1914 | A Man's Way | Henry | |
1914 | Does It End Right? | ||
1914 | Their Worldly Goods | Frank Mason | |
1914 | Break, Break, Break | Tom Day, a Son of the People | |
1914 | The Cocoon and the Butterfly | ||
1914 | His Faith in Humanity | Jim Marsh | |
1914 | The Taming of Sunnybrook Nell | Steve, a Woodcutter | |
1914 | Billy's Rival | Billy Manning | |
1914 | Jail Birds | Robert MacFarlane, a young attorney | Alternative title: Jailbirds |
1914 | In the Open | Ben Carroll, a Young Ranchman | |
1914 | Sweet and Low | ||
1914 | Sir Galahad of Twilight | Bryan Kyam | |
1914 | Redbird Wins | Philip Pierpont | |
1914 | Old Enough to Be Her Grandpa | Rollie – Stephen's Grandson | |
1914 | In the Candlelight | Ralph, a Young Art Student | |
1914 | The Strength o' Ten | Jep | |
1914 | The Sower Reaps | Ben Rolfe | |
1915 | The Legend Beautiful | Jose Cordero | |
1915 | On Dangerous Ground | Williams – the Bank Cashier | |
1915 | The Stake | ||
1915 | She Never Knew | ||
1915 | The Supreme Impulse | Earl Graham | |
1915 | Wild Blood | Walt Hiller | Director |
1915 | The Adventure of the Yellow Curl Papers | Ted | Alternative title: The Mystery of the Yellow Curl Papers |
1915 | Uncle's New Blazer | Billy | Director |
1915 | Destiny's Trump Card | Bill Avery | Director |
1915 | You Can't Always Tell | Harrington Spencer – Reporter | Director |
1915 | Larry O'Neill | Larry O'Neill | |
1915 | Thou Shalt Not Lie | Fred Harnett aka Harrington | |
1915 | Driven by Fate | ||
1915 | Billy's Love Making | Billy Burnitt | Director |
1915 | The Wolf of Debt | Bruce Marsden | |
1915 | The Unnecessary Sex | John | |
1915 | Getting His Goat | Bill | |
1916 | The Grey Sisterhood | Lord John Haselmore | Lord John's Journal ep. 2[8][9] |
1916 | Three Fingered Jenny | Lord John Haselmore | Lord John's Journal ep. 3[8][9] |
1916 | The Eye of Horus | Lord John Haselmore | Lord John's Journal ep. 4[8][9] |
1916 | The League of the Future | Lord John Haselmore | Lord John's Journal ep. 5[8][9] |
1916 | Billy's War Brides | Director | |
1916 | His Picture | Director | |
1916 | Two Seats at the Opera | Michael Claney | Director |
1916 | The Gentle Art of Burglary | ||
1916 | A Society Sherlock | Director | |
1916 | He Wrote a Book | Director | |
1916 | Arthur's Desperate Resolve | Director | |
1916 | A Soul at Stake | Director | |
1916 | The Decoy | Director | |
1917 | A Magdalene of the Hills | Eric Southward | Alternative title: A Magdalen of the Hills |
1917 | The Little Brother | Franak Girard | |
1919 | Proxy Husband | Director |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1915 | Lord John in New York | Lord John Haselmore | Lost film; Lord John's Journal ep. 1[8][9] |
1916 | Broken Fetters | Lawrence Demarest | |
1918 | The Guilty Man | Claude Lescuyer | |
1918 | Her Moment | Jan Drakachu | |
1918 | Wives and Other Wives | Norman Craig |
References
- ^ ISBN 0-810-82958-4.
- ^ Grau, Robert (1914). The Theatre of Science: A Volume of Progress and Achievement in the Motion Picture Industry. Broadway Publishing Company. pp. 375.
- ^ a b "William Garwood Plays Various Roles". Motion Picture. 41. Macfadden-Bartell: 78. 1917.
- ISBN 978-0-786-48790-5.
- ^ ISBN 0-786-40595-3.
- ^ Boyle 1995 p.28
- ISBN 0-786-41059-0.
- ^ ISBN 9780786454297. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Lord John in New York". AFI. Retrieved November 4, 2019.
External links
- William Garwood at IMDb