William Duncan
- Acting
- December 16, 1879 · Dundee, Scotland, UK
- February 7, 1961
Biography
William Duncan (16 December 1879 – 7 February 1961), born in Dundee, Scotland, was known as a major actor, producer, writer, and director of film serials and features in Hollywood. After immigrating to the United States as a child with his family, he became a leading star in the new film industry. Promoted as a Scottish star, he became one of the highest paid actors when under contract to Vitagraph.
Known for
Filmography
- Stuck with Each Other · Columnist
- The Texas Rangers Ride Again · Captain Inglis
- The Farmer's Daughter · Tom Bingham
- Law of the Pampas · Buck Peters
- The Frontiersmen · Buck Peters
- Bar 20 Justice · Buck Peters
- Thunder Trail · John Ames
- Hopalong Rides Again · Buck Peters
- Forlorn River · Blaine
- Three on the Trail · Buck Peters
- Nevada · Ben Ide
- Hello, 'Frisco · William Duncan
- Wolves of the North · Alan Gray, Director
- The Fast Express · Brent McAdams, Director
- The Silent Vow · Richard Stratton / Dick Stratton, Director
- The Silent Avenger · Phil Read, Director
- Smashing Barriers · Dan Stevens, Director
- Man of Might · Dick Van Brunt, Director
- A Fight for Millions · Bob Hardy, Director
- The Fighting Trail · John Gwyn, Director
- Aladdin from Broadway · William Fitzgerald
- The Mystery of Lake Lethe
- Through the Wall · Paul Stanton (aka Coquenil)
- The Cost of High Living · Jack
- God's Country and the Woman · Philip Weyman
- Love and Law · Jimmy
- He's a Bear · Ralph
- Marian, the Holy Terror · Dave, Director
- The Little Sister · First Prospector, Director
- A Friend in Need · Jimmy Donovan - the Chauffeur, Director
- By Unseen Hand · Jimmy Norton, Director
- Mother Love vs Gold · Dick Mackey, Director
- The Rustler's Reformation · Writer, Director
- The Escape of Jim Dolan · Scenario Writer, Director
- The Taming of Texas Pete · Texas Pete, Director
- Made a Coward · Bud Harris, Director
- Sallie's Sure Shot · Fred, Director
- The Marshal's Capture · The Marshal, Scenario Writer
- Taming a Tenderfoot · Scenario Writer, Director
- The Only Chance · Charley West - the Lineman, Director
- The Law and the Outlaw · Director
- Religion and Gun Practice · Scenario Writer, Director
- His Father's Deputy · Deputy Jim Carter - the Sheriff's Son, Writer
- That Mail Order Suit · Director
- The Shotgun Man and the Stage Driver · The Shotgun Man, Director
- The Life Timer · Steve, Writer
- The Sheriff of Yavapai County · Sheriff Bud O'Neill, Writer
- Juggling with Fate · Director
- The Range Law · Ted, Director
- Jim's Vindication · Jim - Pony Express Rider, Scenario Writer
- So-Jun-Wah and the Tribal Law · Red Reagan - a Prospector
- A War Time Romance · Jack Munroe
- The Scapegoat · Jack Wright - Nellie's Brother
- A Cowboy's Best Girl · Carl Graham, a Young Rancher, Glen's Best Friend
- The Bully of Bingo Gulch · Wild Jim, the Bad Man of Bingo Gulch
- A Romance of the Rio Grande · Smith, an Old Settler
- Western Hearts · A Gambler
- Told in Colorado · John Hunter
- The Wheels of Justice · Richard Courtright