William Shea

William Shea

  • Title: William Shea
  • Popularity: 2.862
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1856-10-06
  • Place of Birth: Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
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  • Also Known As: William James O' Shea, William James O'Shea, William James Shea, William J. Shea
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William Shea Movies

  • 1911
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    A Tale of Two Cities

    A Tale of Two Cities

    5 1911 HD

    A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Maurice Costello

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  • 1914
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    Hearts and Diamonds

    Hearts and Diamonds

    5 1914 HD

    Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: John Bunny

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  • 1916
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    The Man from Egypt

    The Man from Egypt

    5 1916 HD

    Beware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As a bellhop in a hotel, Hughey managed to get...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hughie Mack

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  • 1920
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    A Daughter of Two Worlds

    A Daughter of Two Worlds

    1 1920 HD

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Norma Talmadge

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  • 1912
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    The Bond of Music

    The Bond of Music

    4 1912 HD

    Short anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Charles Kent

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  • 1917
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    The Meeting

    The Meeting

    4.5 1917 HD

    Charming melodrama by the Vitagraph Company about the friendship between a boy (Bobby Connelly) and the grumpy Captain Barnacle(William Shea). This...

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    Cast: Jimmy Aubrey

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  • 1908
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    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

    Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy

    5.5 1908 HD

    Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Charles Kent

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  • 1912
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    Aunty's Romance

    Aunty's Romance

    4 1912 HD

    Romantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he doesn't have an inheritance. After his father is...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Maurice Costello

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    As You Like It

    As You Like It

    1 1912 HD

    After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Maurice Costello

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  • 1913
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    The Classmate's Frolic

    The Classmate's Frolic

    5 1913 HD

    A comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Flora Finch

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    Those Troublesome Tresses

    Those Troublesome Tresses

    5 1913 HD

    Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men jealous and vice versa. The men buy horse hair...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: John Bunny

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  • 1914
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    Tangled Tangoists

    Tangled Tangoists

    5 1914 HD

    John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into each other later at a dance studio. Bunny...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: John Bunny

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  • 1911
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    Vanity Fair

    Vanity Fair

    9 1911 HD

    A silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Helen Gardner

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  • 1913
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    The Mouse and the Lion

    The Mouse and the Lion

    5 1913 HD

    John Burling, a detective, rounds up some members of the Night Hawk gang. Bill Hanks, the chief, swears to get even with him. Tim, a little street...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Van Dyke Brooke

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  • 1914
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    A Train of Incidents

    A Train of Incidents

    1 1914 HD

    Comedian John Bunny on a train all confused.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: John Bunny

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  • 1914
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    Sawdust and Salome

    Sawdust and Salome

    5 1914 HD

    A rich swell travels out West to escape marrying a social climber. There, he meets and marries a bareback rider from traveling circus. Bringing her...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Norma Talmadge

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  • 1912
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    Nothing to Wear

    Nothing to Wear

    1 1912 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Kate Price

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    Father and Son

    Father and Son

    5 1912 HD

    A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Earle Williams

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  • 1915
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    Beached and Bleached

    Beached and Bleached

    1 1915 HD

    The new stenographer is right there when it comes to class which does not escape the notice of her boss. He showers attentions upon her and asks her...

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    Cast: Constance Talmadge

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  • 1915
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    The Lady of Shalott

    The Lady of Shalott

    1 1915 HD

    On discovering that their beau, Timothy, the village schoolmaster, is quite unable to choose between them for a life partner, Ivy and Lily Skinner...

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    Cast: Flora Finch

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  • 1914
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    The Maid from Sweden

    The Maid from Sweden

    1 1914 HD

    In search of a maid, Mrs. Cook, an aristocratic and extremely proud society woman, goes to an employment agency and hires Luna, fat, awkward and...

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    Cast: Billy Quirk

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  • 1915
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    You Can't Beat It

    You Can't Beat It

    1 1915 HD

    Bill Pike, recently married, hits his home town about seven in the evening, and immediately is seized by a bunch of his old cronies who drag him into...

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    Cast: William Parsons

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  • 1915
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    The Boarding House Feud

    The Boarding House Feud

    1 1915 HD

    Aching for an opportunity to get square with strong-willed Mrs. Drexel, boarding house mistress and mother of his sweetheart, Constance, Billy sees...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Billy Quirk

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  • 1907
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    The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

    The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance

    1 1907 HD

    An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.

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    Cast: Florence Lawrence

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  • 1911
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    Two Overcoats

    Two Overcoats

    1 1911 HD

    Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. Michael Gallagher, who is passing by and in need...

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    Cast: John Bunny

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  • 1910
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    Ito, the Beggar Boy

    Ito, the Beggar Boy

    5 1910 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Adele de Garde

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  • 1910
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    The Telephone

    The Telephone

    1 1910 HD

    An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Leo Delaney

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  • 1912
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    Chumps

    Chumps

    1 1912 HD

    Bunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: John Bunny

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  • 1910
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    A Tin-Type Romance

    A Tin-Type Romance

    4 1910 HD

    Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Jean the Dog

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  • 1916
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    A Night Out

    A Night Out

    1 1916 HD

    A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: May Robson

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    The Marriage of Molly-O

    The Marriage of Molly-O

    1 1916 HD

    Brutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her family be thrown out of their humble shack. But Molly-O...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Mae Marsh

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  • 1909
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    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    4.9 1909 HD

    An early film adaptation of the Beard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

    Genre: Fantasy

    Cast: Maurice Costello

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  • 1911
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    The Child Crusoes

    The Child Crusoes

    1 1911 HD

    Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses to take him aboard his ship, manages to sneak in as a...

    Genre: Adventure

    Cast: Tefft Johnson

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    The Life Boat

    The Life Boat

    1 1911 HD

    Old Captain Bill and his wife have an only son, whom they idolize. He loses all his money at gambling and drinking, and determines to do better in...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: William Shea

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    Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes

    Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes

    1 1912 HD

    The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Lillian Walker

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  • 1915
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    A Wireless Rescue

    A Wireless Rescue

    1 1915 HD

    A romance of the rail, this two-part "thriller" uses wireless telegraphy as the means of averting a disaster to an express train.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Dorothy Kelly

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    A Friendly Marriage

    A Friendly Marriage

    1 1911 HD

    A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in love with her and is determined to support himself...

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    Cast: Earle Williams

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  • 1913
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    Cupid Through a Keyhole

    Cupid Through a Keyhole

    1 1913 HD

    While making preparations for the entertainment of Aunt Maria, who had announced her arrival by telegram, Lila Lane gets herself shut in the...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: William Shea

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  • 1914
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    The Hero

    The Hero

    1 1914 HD

    Very pretty, very attractive, very young; her name is Maude and she has a beau. He is very fat. Maude is simply crazy about him. She will not...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hughie Mack

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  • 1914
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    Two Stepchildren

    Two Stepchildren

    1 1914 HD

    Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a small farm and longs to get away from it. Jabez,...

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: James Morrison

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  • 1916
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    Walls and Wallops

    Walls and Wallops

    5 1916 HD

    A comedy short produced by Vitagraph and released in 1916. This is entitled Walls and Wallops, and features Hughey (also spelt Hughie) Mack with...

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hughie Mack

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  • 1916
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    The Blue Envelope Mystery

    The Blue Envelope Mystery

    1 1916 HD

    Leslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the ordeal of making her own living.

    Genre: Drama

    Cast: Lillian Walker

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    A Villainous Villain

    A Villainous Villain

    1 1916 HD

    The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recover her.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hughie Mack

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  • 1910
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    Auld Robin Gray

    Auld Robin Gray

    1 1910 HD

    Poor Jaime goes to sea to earn enough money to marry Jenny, where he is believed to be lost. Left to support her parents, Jenny is persuaded to marry...

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    Cast: Florence Turner

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  • 1914
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    Sweeney's Christmas Bird

    Sweeney's Christmas Bird

    1 1914 HD

    A pet parrot dies and get mixed up with the neighbor's Chrismas turkey.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Hughie Mack

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  • 1912
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    The Spider's Web

    The Spider's Web

    1 1912 HD

    American horror crime movie from 1912.

    Genre: Horror

    Cast: Maurice Costello

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