Date of birth: 1871-10-26
Place of birth: Milford, Connecticut, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: William David Miles


1909-05-03
One of the members of a suicide club learns he has inherited some money, but only after he drew the

1909-02-18
The amateur dramatic society chooses the Joneses' residence as the location of its next meeting, and

1909-06-07
A contest is being held in Cremona for the best violin, with Giannina's hand in marriage as the priz

1909-05-27
After three years at sea, Edward returns home to find his sweetheart forced into an engagement with

1909-04-01
A man arrives home late and drunk as usual. His wife reminds him that he's supposed to take their da

1909-05-20
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, i

1909-04-15
Nellie flees her old life and goes east to become a nurse, where she marries a doctor. One of her ol

1909-01-28
Antonine, a worthless, good-for-nothing scoundrel, demands money of his cousin Galora, an energetic,

1909-02-25
At the Italian boarding house the male boarders were all smitten with the charms of Minnie, the land

1909-03-15
"Fine feathers make fine birds", and handsome gowns make handsome women. Hence it is when Isabelle a
1909-04-26
Two boys, twins, leave the old homestead to seek their fortune in the world. They go divergent roads

1909-06-14
A son leaves to seek his fortune in the city. Many years later he returns and checks into his parent

1909-02-08
As Poe's lover is slowly dying, he struggles to make money to care for her.
1908-12-29
Mack Sennett appears as a wedding guest in this film produced by the Biograph Company.
1909-01-04
A household cook named Margie has a sudden mental breakdown and attacks her employers, the Holland f
1909-01-11
Two thieves, Ned and Mike, scheme to rob a pawnbroker, Mr. Einstein. Ned seduces Einstein's daughter
1909-01-11
A Duke's daughter is loved by a gallant knight, but her father wants her to marry another. With the
1909-01-14
Countryside lovers Hank and Cynthia plan to elope against the girl's father's wishes. A meddling tra
1909-01-18
To a reception there is invited a celebrated professor of hypnotism, and during the evening he oblig
1909-01-25
“The Biograph people tell an excellent story in this, and tell it so strongly that it grips very clo

1909-05-24
Henry and Marion have a lover's quarrel and part in anger. They do not reconcile, and ten years pass
1911-02-20
Americans arrive at their hotel in Cuba in a car, to make a movie. Romantic complications ensue whil

1909-06-17
A disfigured violinist mistakes a token of appreciation for a love bouquet. When he realizes his mis

1909-06-10
A gang of thieves lure a man out of his home so that they can rob it and threaten his wife and child
1955-08-19
A nostalgic look at film clips from the Silent era.
1911-02-16
A young man is tortured by a duke to force his beloved to marry the duke. The woman sacrifices herse

1909-02-01
Sisters guarding their house from a burglar set upon stealing their daddy's money.
1909-05-24
A girl is being shipped off to Europe with her aunt to break up her romance. Her suitor dresses hims
1909-04-05
Miguel casts out his daughter when she marries a poor man, causing his wife to leave him, too. After
1909-03-08
A father wants to marry his daughter to a rich man, but she's in love with someone else. She borrows

1909-03-18
A music teacher is in love with Helen, one of his students, but she rejects him. In his hurt he join

1909-06-02
A man leaves his wife and two daughters for work in a carpentry shop. At work, he initially refuses
1909-03-22
Seven years after the death of their first child, a couple has grown apart and decides to divorce. T
1909-02-04
An unscrupulous tourist plots to steal the famous diamond, "The Light of the World," tricking a youn
1909-05-03
Hidalgo offers his daughter's hand in marriage when he can't repay a loan to Manuella. But when Manu

1909-06-28
A woman is scarred in an accident and refuses to stand in the way of her lover's marriage to another

1909-07-01
Mrs. Kendrick borrows a jeweled necklace from a friend for an important social event. The necklace i
1909-02-11
Bob Spaulding, a manly fellow, meets Dr. Rankin and his wife on the street while they are engaged in

1909-04-19
A bored Lady Helen goes slumming as a domestic in a boarding house. There she falls in love with a s

1909-06-17
A new bride has made a batch of biscuits. Her husband pretends to like them, so she delivers the res

1909-04-26
Gertrude chooses Jim over Jack, which makes Jack very jealous. Later Jim dies, and Jack marries Gert

1909-02-21
A haughty politician, on seeing a satirical cartoon in a newspaper, rushes to the paper's offices to

1909-03-11
A girl from the New York slums falls in with crooks. After her love is arrested following a barfight

1909-05-31
It's Bob Allen's twenty-first birthday. His mother and his brother Jack, a policeman present him wit