William Burress (19 August 1867 – 30 October 1948) was an American actor. He appeared in fifteen Broadway productions from 1900 to 1920, and more than seventy films from 1915 to 1939.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1915A Bunch of KeysLittleton Snaggs1916A Man of SorrowKridgeThe Battle of HeartsCaptain SpragueThe Man from Bitter RootsToyThe End of the TrailFather Le JeuneThe Fires of ConscienceRandolf Sneed1917The Island of DesireTuan YuckThe Book AgentCrandall BarkerThe SpyFreiheer Von WittzchaeftThe Soul of SatanAlden LeeThe Scarlet PimpernelChauvelin1918A Soul for SaleHale FaxonKulturThe KaiserThe Rainbow TrailWaggoner1919The Forbidden RoomLawyerHeartseasePeter PadburyPaid in AdvanceReganLord and Lady AlgyBrabazon Tudway1921The Great ImpersonationDr. Hugo Schmidt1922The Girl Who Ran WildJohnny Cake1927Yours to CommandPa O'BrienFluttering HeartsFatherShort1931Five and TenMan in Hospital Waiting RoomUncreditedBlonde CrazyCol. BellockThe Guilty GenerationCharlie - City EditorUncreditedLocal Boy Makes GoodColonel Small1932Lovers CourageousJan Coetzee - TobacconistUncreditedScarfaceJudge(alternate ending), UncreditedScandal for SaleJudgeUncreditedThe Famous Ferguson CaseDad SipesThe Strange Love of Molly LouvainPolicemanUncreditedStreet of WomenDoctorUncreditedLove Is a RacketOllie(scenes deleted)You Said a MouthfulRoger ColbyUncreditedThey Just Had to Get MarriedBradfordRasputin and the EmpressMinor RoleUncredited1933PilgrimageMr. GoldsteinUncreditedTurn Back the ClockMr. CradwellUncreditedBroadway Through a KeyholeThomas BarnumThe World ChangesMr. Krauss, a BankerConvention CityCustomer1934BedsideOscar BernsteinUncreditedFashions of 1934FeldmanThe Show-OffAndrew BarnabasUncreditedThe Girl from MissouriMr. Freddie HayUncreditedJane EyreMinisterOne Night of LoveMr. Barrett - Mary's FatherUncreditedThe Richest Girl in the WorldHaley's EditorUncreditedBabes in ToylandThe Toy MakerUncredited1935The County ChairmanUncreditedGrand Old GirlButtsThe Little ColonelDr. ScottNaughty MariettaPetshop KeeperUncreditedLife Begins at 40Abercrombie's FriendUncreditedThe Big Broadcast of 1936MusicianUncreditedDr. SocratesGeorge S. Harris - Grocery ProprietorUncredited1936The Story of Louis PasteurDoctor FrançoisUncreditedI'd Give My LifeUncreditedAfter the Thin ManCousin LuciusUncredited1937We Who Are About to DieCharlie Gaunt - CashierUncreditedRacketeers in ExileThorntonShall We DanceNew Jersey Justice of the PeaceUncreditedMountain MusicHillbillyUncreditedYou Can't Beat LoveMr. MaxwellUncreditedWild MoneySpreckettShe Asked for ItCoronerUncreditedHot WaterClerkUncreditedPartners in CrimePolicemanUncredited1938There's Always a WomanRent CollectorUncredited1939Never Say DieMan with DogUncredited, (final film role)
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