William Bailey
Date of birth: 1886-09-25
Place of birth: Omaha, Nebraska, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gordon Reineck, William Norton Bailey, William N. Bailey, Wm. Norton Bailey, W.N. 'Bill' Bailey, Bill Bailey, William N. Baily, Gardner Warren Reineck
Biography
William Bailey was born on September 26, 1886 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA as Gordon Reineck. He was an actor and director, known for On Dangerous Ground (1917), The Penitent (1912) and Hilda Wakes (1913). He was married to Alethia Hamilton Fadden, Mary Florence Cannon and Polly Vann. He died on November 8, 1962 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Movie Credits
An American Tragedy
1931-08-22
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
Here Come the Marines
1952-06-29
After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sac
False Paradise
1948-09-10
A banker is trying to cheat people out of their silver-rich land. Hoppy learns that the banker is in
Charlie Chan's Secret
1936-01-10
Allen Colby, heir to a huge fortune, is presumed drowned after an ocean liner sinks off the coast of
Against All Odds
1924-07-27
Chick Newton's friend, Bill Warner, is arrested for murdering his uncle. However, Bill has been fram
Man in the Rough
1928-05-20
Attempting to warn an old prospector and his daughter of impending danger from a notorious outlaw, d
The Desert Hawk
1924-10-25
A cowboy is falsely accused of killing the local sheriff. Fleeing the law, Wilson obtains a job on a
The Hour and the Man
1914-01-09
A lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering her husband without knowing that the murdered man was
The Way Perilous
1913-10-21
A young man leaves his Southern home, his father and his sweetheart, and falls into bad company in t
The Right of Way
1913-09-19
The Right of Way
The Desert Flower
1925-06-21
A mining camp girl attempts to reform a young derelict addicted to drink. Colleen Moore broke her n
The Fighting Three
1927-07-03
The touring show's soubrette, Jeanne D'Arcy, as it turns out, is the long-lost daughter of Westerner
The Uninvited Guest
1924-02-11
Olive Granger, an heiress survives a shipwreck in the South Seas and is washed ashore an island alon
Flag of Mercy
1942-01-31
The 1939 dramatic short "Angel of Mercy," about Red Cross founder Clara Barton, is reedited to relat
Winner Take All
1924-10-12
Perry Blair starts off as a sparring partner for a fighter, but when he knocks the guy down, manager
Life's Weaving
1913-12-16
Irene Dupont, the pretty little French girl, in which John Braddon, Sr. had placed his affections, t
The Testing Fire
1914-01-27
Gladys Norton, a sweet little country girl, receives a letter from her sweetheart, saying that after
The Conqueror
1914-01-20
Bess abhors the sinfulness of her brothers, who are crooks of the worst kind, so one day, while they
Make Haste to Live
1954-03-25
A single mother in New Mexico senses her own death in the hands of a mysterious stalker.
Mrs. Parkington
1944-10-12
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in fr
The House on 56th Street
1933-12-23
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a d
Queen o'Diamonds
1926-01-24
Chorus girl Jerry Lyon, is persuaded to pose as her look-alike, Jeanette Durant, a Broadway star who
The Flyin' Cowboy
1928-05-12
Rodeo king Bill Hammon invites the owner of a Wild West show to give an exhibition at the ranch. A p
A Yank at Oxford
1938-02-18
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win
That Inferior Feeling
1940-01-20
Joe Doakes, like most men, is unable to cope with personal emergencies or those in a position of aut
Burning Bridges
1928-09-30
Bob and Jim Whitely are twin brothers. Bob, an army veteran who suffered shell shock in the war, esc
It May Happen to You
1937-06-05
From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to help th
The Lone Avenger
1933-05-14
A prominent banker commits suicide. His son thinks otherwise and sets out to prove it.
The Texas Rangers
1951-06-03
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorio
I'll Name the Murderer
1936-01-26
Gossip columnist Tommy Tilton, who excels in slinging nonsense about, is not a timid bluffer when it
Clash by Night
1952-05-30
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
Shadow of Doubt
1935-02-15
When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the vict
The Phantom Foe
1920-10-11
Janet Dale feels that there is a danger looming over her home but cannot put her finger on what it i
Desperate
1947-06-20
An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
Fightin' Jack
1926-06-04
Jack is accused of horse stealing and trespassing after saving a girl from drowning.
The Unknown Man
1951-11-16
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
1951-01-17
Film based on the story of Al Jennings, a former train robber turned attorney.
The Lady Gambles
1949-05-20
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the ti
David Harum
1934-03-02
Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom
Back Pay
1930-06-01
Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a
A Man of Sentiment
1933-09-15
A man and woman fall in love at first sight, but everyone in their universe tries to keep them apart
Leap to Fame
1918-04-24
Charles Trevor is a young chap just out of college, who is put to work on a daily newspaper and at o
I'll Say So
1918-12-22
Hearing that the United States has just declared war on Germany, Bill Durham hurries to a recruiting
Brand of Fear
1949-07-10
Jimmy and Cannonball escort Anne Lamont, the new school teacher, to Oreville, where she is molested
Shadows of Suspicion
1919-02-03
When the Great War begins, English sportsman Cyril Hammersley is thought to be a slacker because he
Act of Violence
1949-01-22
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has
Lazybones
1925-11-06
Steve Tuttle, the titular lazybones, takes on the responsibility of raising a fatherless girl, causi
Federal Man
1950-06-21
A government agent travels from the United States to Mexico to nab drug dealers.
War Brides
1916-01-02
Joan is loved by a young man of the village and they are married. In a few weeks the husband, a sold
Two-Faced Woman
1941-12-31
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
Bad Girl
1931-08-13
A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of co
One Night at Susie's
1930-10-19
A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he did
We Who Are About to Die
1937-01-08
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sente
Change of Heart
1934-05-18
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fl
I'll Take Romance
1937-11-17
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace M
George White's Scandals
1934-03-15
Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest e
A Double Life
1947-12-25
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage takin
When It Strikes Home
1915-05-17
Dick hastily marries a young woman, yet his wealthy father rips them apart. Unbeknownst to him, a so
Spring Madness
1938-11-11
Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go
Back to the Old Farm
1912-09-02
Frank Clayton, a young city chap, plans a vacation on Uncle Barnes' farm. Going to his friend, Georg
High School Hero
1927-10-16
Pete (Nick Stuart) and Bill (John Darrow) are childhood rivals who continue to feud in high school,
Another Thin Man
1939-11-17
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a
Miracles for Sale
1939-08-10
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
That Mothers Might Live
1938-04-30
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle i
It Happened One Night
1934-02-22
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up s
Fighting Youth
1925-07-01
Dick Covington is a society athlete who is quick with his fists. His fiancée, Jean Manley, hates his
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936-02-28
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. A
You, the People
1940-11-30
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "
In the Good Old Summertime
1949-07-29
Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry on an
Silver Trails
1948-08-21
Jimmy and Cannonball find the body of Don Muquel after he has been shot and robbed by henchmen Ramsa
Nazi Agent
1942-03-01
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a
Klondike Annie
1936-02-21
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.
Thunder Mountain
1935-09-27
Gold mining cowboy western romantic melodrama (based on the story by Zane Grey) about a pair of cowb
Hollywood Boulevard
1936-08-20
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of
The Duel at Silver Creek
1952-09-05
When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silve
Ghosts
1912-10-01
Colonel de Valpeau lives alone with his negro servant, Zeno. Being pressed for funds, the Colonel is
The Iron Heel
1912-11-29
An old man plots to have his enemy's son convicted of his own murder.
British Intelligence
1939-11-10
During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with the
Murder with Pictures
1936-09-24
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the sto
Victory
1919-12-07
Adaptation of Joseph Conrad novel about lust and violence on a South Seas Island.
The Lady or the Tiger?
1942-03-28
Author Frank R. Stockton, often asked the question, finally decides to divulge the untold ending of
The Great Sinner
1949-06-29
A young man succumbs to gambling fever.
The Three Musketeers
1948-10-20
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends
Thunder in the Night
1935-09-16
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Mea
The Masked Menace
1927-10-12
The mill of an old woman and her ward, Faith Newton, is being terrorized by the masked menace of the
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleague
Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
1940-04-12
Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
Movie Pests
1944-07-08
This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habi
Angel of Mercy
1939-05-20
This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
The Gallant Legion
1948-05-24
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowin
Robin Hood Of Texas
1947-07-15
When the bank is robbed, Gene and the boys are singing nearby and the Chief arrests them as gang mem
Campus Sleuth
1948-05-04
A photographer is murdered just outside a college dance. The body is found by Lee Watson, but prompt
From the Valley of the Missing
1915-03-22
A baby is left on the Brinbecombes' yacht while they are sailing up the Hudson River, and they adopt
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947-07-31
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 2
The Witness Chair
1936-04-23
Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker
The Stolen Ranch
1926-12-26
Returning home from the Great War, "Breezy" Hart (Fred Humes) and his shell-shocked buddy Frank Wilc
Lightning Guns
1950-12-01
The Durango Kid rides again in Lightning Guns. As ever, the masked Durango (alias Steve Brandon) is
Code of the Saddle
1947-06-28
Smokin' guns, swingin' fists, and a lovable side-kick can be found in this western.
Trails End
1949-04-02
Cowhand Drake discovers gold on the ranch of his boss, Joe Stuart and makes a deal with crooked lawy
West of El Dorado
1949-06-04
Johnny and Alibi try to straighten out a hostile young boy whose older brother was a notorious stage
Courtin' Trouble
1948-11-21
Jimmy Wakely a lawman goes undrrcover with a singing job at Dawson's saloon....
Fargo Express
1933-11-20
When Mort loses his and Ken's money at poker, Goss gets him to rob the stage. He is captured, identi
Cattle Queen
1951-11-15
After conning a potential buyer into believing that Queenie's herd is diseased, nasty would-be empir
Son of a Badman
1949-04-15
Lash and Fuzzy come to town to unmask the mysterious outlaw kingpin, El Sombre.
The Legend Of The Lone Ranger
1952-01-01
A group of Texas Rangers chasing the Butch Cavendish gang is massacred in an ambush. One of the Rang
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
1939-07-21
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual pro
Sarge Goes to College
1947-05-13
A Marine Sergeant wounded in overseas combat requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recomm
Woman of the Year
1942-02-05
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relation
Whispers
1941-02-08
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to
Life in Sometown, U.S.A.
1938-02-26
A satirical visualization of strange and forgotten, but (at that time) nevertheless still existing l
The Flaming Forties
1924-12-21
A young cowhand befriends a disreputable gambler and pulls him out of some trouble. Hoping to square
On Dangerous Ground
1917-01-08
Carlyle Blackwell stars as an American in Germany at the outbreak of World War I. A mysterious stran
The House Without a Key
1926-11-21
A Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has not
How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
1941-12-30
In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her
Charlie Chan at the Opera
1936-12-04
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting r
Music Man
1948-09-05
In New York City, Italian American songwriting brothers Phil and Freddie Russo turn out one successf
Comrade X
1940-12-13
An American reporter smuggling news out of Soviet Moscow is blackmailed into helping a beautiful Com
The Accusing Finger
1936-11-17
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly c
Undercurrent
1946-11-11
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his
Ranson's Folly
1926-05-30
U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and boa
The Eagle's Eye
1918-03-27
A criminologist and a government agent team up to expose a ring of German spies.
The Chaser
1938-07-29
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him,
Stranger in Town
1931-08-06
Crickle is a tenacious small-town grocer who stubbornly resists the efforts of a monopolistic chain-
Lash of the Law
1926-02-02
Jim Stanley becomes an ally to Mona and Phil in their dispute with the stepfather. Phil is wrongly a
Public Hero Number 1
1935-05-31
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which
Where Danger Lives
1950-11-16
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the dea
The Truth About Youth
1930-11-03
A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.
Father of the Bride
1950-05-18
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she annou
Rio Rita
1942-03-11
Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican bord
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder
A Coney Island Princess
1916-12-04
When Pete Milholland (Owen Moore) goes on a drunken spree, his fiancee, Alice Gardner (Eva Francis),
Manhattan Melodrama
1934-05-04
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and
Central Park
1932-12-10
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled
Penthouse
1933-09-08
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been u
Is Money Everything?
1923-02-01
A farmer, unhappy with his life, decides to go the city to try and make his fortune. He takes a frie
A Hatful of Rain
1957-07-17
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
Conscience
1915-06-25
Inventor George Grant and his partner, financier John Benson, accept an offer of $200,000 for the ri
Wild Beauty
1927-11-27
A soldier returns home from World War I with a beautiful black horse that he saved on the battlefiel
Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923-12-01
Impulsive flapper Elizabeth Winthrop, rebels against her parents and moves to New York after breakin
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
1937-02-19
A chic American jewel thief falls in love with one of her marks, an English lord.
The Way of the Strong
1928-06-18
A gangster falls for a blind violinist, only for his mobster rivals to kidnap her.
Maisie Goes to Reno
1944-08-15
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
Flamingo Road
1949-04-30
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town societ
Gold Heels
1924-11-30
A man tries to woo a woman, rescue an orphanage, and bet on the right horse.
The Egg and I
1947-05-01
World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and movin
The Midnight Patrol
1932-04-10
A cub reporter rashly makes a promise to solve a murder mystery within 24 hours, then must make good
The Suburban
1915-09-17
Robert Gordon wants Donald, his son, to marry Sir Ralph Fisher's sister, but Donald loves Alice, a w
Back Trail
1948-07-18
Back Trail is one of the livelier entries in Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series. Brown ride
The Inevitable
1917-04-05
Three Black Eyes
1919-08-31
Four wealthy young men, Larry Van Cortlandt, Castleton, "Fatty" Harriman and Payne, become intoxicat
Made on Broadway
1933-05-19
A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway pre
Lightning Bill
1926-06-29
Lightnin' Bill Williams, the owner of a 50,000-acre ranch near the town of Cactusville, takes a fall
Break the News to Mother
1919-06-08
Straight from the Heart
1935-03-22
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help
West of Broadway
1931-11-28
A wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to marry h
Devil's Doorway
1950-08-18
A Native American Civil War hero returns home to fight for his people.
Tall Man Riding
1955-06-18
Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and br
Silver River
1948-05-20
Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be use
Melting Millions
1927-04-10
Melting Millions is a 1927 American adventure film serial directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet.
Speedy Meade
1919-03-23
After his assistant, Bud Lester, is killed, Texas Ranger Speedy Meade bids farewell to his girl frie
The Yellow Arm
1921-06-19
The Yellow Arm is a 1921 American silent action serial directed by Bertram Millhauser.
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957-05-30
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their partic
A Million a Minute
1916-05-08
Philip and Miles Quaintance quarrel over the love of Ellen Sheridan; Miles is rejected, while Philip
Bustin' Thru
1925-10-18
Jack Savage, a rancher, refuses to sell his property to John Merritt, a millionaire newly interested
Waterfront
1928-09-16
Waterfront is a 1928 silent film released with sound effects and music, produced and released by Fir
The Pride of New York
1917-12-09
Harold Whitley, a member of New York's idle rich, is upset when the United States enters World War I
Hit of the Show
1928-07-08
For fifteen years, vaudeville comedian "Twisty" has struggled for his big break, holding onto nothin
Richard the Brazen
1917-07-23
"Richard the Brazen" is the romance of a modern knight who has all the flourish and daring of the kn