William Burress
Date of birth: 1867-08-19
Place of birth: Newcomerstown, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: William Rosenberry Burris, Bill Burress, William Burgess
Biography
Movie Credits
One Night of Love
1934-07-16
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro,
The Talk of the Town
1918-09-28
Her strict upbringing is driving Genevra French (Dorothy Phillips) crazy, so when she gets her hand
Wild Money
1937-07-09
A tightwad accountant for a newspaper becomes friends with a reporter. The bookkeeper goes on vacati
Paid in Advance
1919-09-01
In the northwestern wilderness of Alaska, an innocent young girl falls into the clutches of a band o
Convention City
1933-12-14
Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. Presid
Fashions of 1934
1934-02-14
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Sna
Fluttering Hearts
1927-06-19
Defying her father's wishes, a young woman runs off to a sale at store. She's pursued by a policeman
The Rainbow Trail
1918-10-27
Following in his dad's footsteps, Shefford devotes himself to freeing his community from the grip of
Fires of Conscience
1916-09-25
George Baxter presents his new wife, Margery. Paul Sneed, Baxter's neighbor, knew Margery before the
The School for Scandal
1914-12-21
One of many adaptations of the comedy of manners written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan satirizing the
Bedside
1934-01-27
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses
Racketeers in Exile
1937-03-30
In this gangster movie, a criminal king-pin and his gang hide out in his hometown where they witness
Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament
1933-04-06
A slapstick burlesque of 19th Century Victorian melodrama featuring a parody of Holmes and Watson wh
Jane Eyre
1934-08-15
After a bleak childhood, Jane Eyre goes out into the world to become a governess. As she lives happi
Dr. Socrates
1935-10-19
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed d
Kultur
1918-09-22
Just prior to World War I, the Kaiser sends Baron von Zeller to inform Emperor Franz Josef of Austri
The Great Impersonation
1921-10-09
When the man calling himself Everard Dominey returns home, his loved ones recognize that something a
The Spy
1917-08-17
An American is sent to Germany to unearth the identities of German agents operating in the U. S. He
Lord and Lady Algy
1919-09-01
Lord and Lady Algy separate amicably after he breaks his promise not to gamble again on the horses.
Opened by Mistake
1934-10-05
Patsy tries to stay with Thelma at the hospital where she works, but Thelma is forced to pretend tha
Local Boy Makes Good
1931-11-27
John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and
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
Grand Old Girl
1935-01-15
An elderly schoolteacher is determined to rid her town of the local gambling den.
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932-04-19
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following e
You Said a Mouthful
1932-12-08
Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When
Never Say Die
1939-03-08
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. M
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933-11-02
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night
The Girl Who Ran Wild
1922-10-09
M'liss, raised in the mountains as an unruly tomboy, is orphaned and is offered "protection" by Cala
Blonde Crazy
1931-09-16
The adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
Life Begins at Forty
1935-03-22
A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to to
Pilgrimage
1933-07-12
A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she
Shall We Dance
1937-05-07
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical sta
The Little Colonel
1935-02-22
After Southern belle Elizabeth Lloyd runs off to marry Yankee Jack Sherman, her father, a former Con
Hot Water
1937-09-24
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous new
A Soul for Sale
1917-11-30
After Neila Pendleton's father dies, leaving his wife and daughter penniless, the avaricious Mrs. Pe
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1917-11-04
The Forbidden Room
1919-03-02
The Richest Girl in the World
1934-09-21
Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and