Mini-Biography:
William Humphrey was born under the given name William Jonathan Humphrey on January 2, 1875 in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts, USA. He was an American Actor, Director, known for The Phantom of the Opera (1925), The vampire bat (1933), The public menace (1935), William Humphrey's first movie on record is from 1909. He was married to Berthe Sotenberg . William Humphrey died on October 4, 1942 in Hollywood, California, USA. His last motion picture on file dates from 1937.

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1937: Dick Tracy (Cast: Mr. James (/xx/)), Directed by Alan James, Ray Taylor, with Ralph Byrd, Kay Hughes, ,
1937: Find the Witness (Cast: Minister), Directed by David Selman, with Charles Quigley, Henry Mollison, ,
1936: The plainsman (Cast: Hugh McCulloch (/xx/)), Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, with Jean Arthur, Charles Bickford, Helen Burgess,
1935: False Pretenses (Cast: Newman), Directed by Charles Lamont, with Irene Ware, Sidney Blackmer, Betty Compson,
1935: The public menace (Cast: Funeral Spectator (/xx/)), Directed by Erle C. Kenton, with Jean Arthur, George Murphy, Douglass Dumbrille,
1935: Get That Man (Cast: Mr. Brownlee (AKA William Humphries) ), Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, with Wallace Ford, Finis Barton, E. Alyn Warren,
1935: The Fighting Pilot (Cast: F.S. Reynolds (AKA William Humphreys) ), Directed by Noel M. Smith, with Richard Talmadge, Gertrude Messinger, Robert Frazer,
1934: Are We Civilized? (Cast: Napoleon), Directed by Edwin Carewe, with William Farnum, Anita Louise, Frank McGlynn,
1934: The Crime of Helen Stanley (Cast: Doctor (/xx/)), Directed by D. Ross Lederman, with Ralph Bellamy, Shirley Grey, Gail Patrick,
1933: Secret Sinners (Cast: (AKA William Humphries)), Directed by Wesley Ford, with Jack Mulhall, Sue Carol, Nick Stuart,
1933: Curtain at Eight (Cast: Mr. Alison - Actor in Play (/xx/)), Directed by E. Mason Hopper, with C. Aubrey Smith, Dorothy Mackaill, Paul Cavanagh,
1933: One Year Later (Cast: Train Conductor), Directed by E. Mason Hopper, with Mary Brian, Russell Hopton, Don Dillaway,
1933: Cheating Blondes (Cast: City Editor), Directed by Joseph Levering, with Thelma Todd, Ralf Harolde, Inez Courtney,
1933: The vampire bat (Cast: Dr. Haupt (/xx/)), Directed by Frank R. Strayer, with Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Melvyn Douglas,
1932: A Strange Adventure (Cast: Coroner (/xx/)), Directed by Phil H. Whitman, Hampton Del Ruth, with Regis Toomey, June Clyde, Lucille La Verne,
1932: Tangled Destinies (Who Killed Harvey Forbes?) (Cast: Professor Hartley ), Directed by Frank R. Strayer, with Gene Morgan, Doris Hill, ,
1932: The Cowboy Counsellor (Cast: Judge Kendell (AKA Wm. Humphreys) ), Directed by George Melford, with Hoot Gibson, Sheila Bromley, Jack Rutherford,
1932: Madame Racketeer (Cast: Bank Director (/xx/)), Directed by Alexander Hall, Harry Wagstaff Gribble, with Alison Skipworth, Richard Bennett, George Raft,
1931: Manhattan Parade (Cast: Napoleon (/xx/) ), Directed by Lloyd Bacon, with Winnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth, Joe Smith,
1931: Murder at Midnight (Cast: Colton ), Directed by Frank R. Strayer, with Aileen Pringle, Alice White, Hale Hamilton,
1931: Subway Express (Cast: Mr. Cotton ), Directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, with Jack Holt, Aileen Pringle, Fred Kelsey,
1929: Devil-May-Care (Cast: Napoleon Bonaparte), Directed by Sidney Franklin, with Ramon Novarro, Dorothy Jordan, ,
1929: The Godless Girl (Atheist (Working title), The Fiery Furnace (Working title)) (Cast: School Principal (/xx/) ), Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, with Lina Basquette, Marie Prevost, Tom Keene,
1928: Life's Crossroads (The Silken Lady) (Cast: The Consul ), Directed by Edgar Lewis, with Gladys Hulette, Mahlon Hamilton, William Conklin,
1928: The Actress (Trelawny of the Wells) (Cast: Mr. Telfer), Directed by Sidney Franklin, with Norma Shearer, Owen Moore, Gwen Lee,
1927: Aflame in the Sky (Cast: Major Savage), Directed by J.P. McGowan, with Sharon Lynn, ,
1927: Temptations of a Shop Girl (Cast: John Horton (AKA William Humphreys) ), Directed by Tom Terriss, with Betty Compson, Pauline Garon, Armand Kaliz,
1927: City of Shadows (Cast: (AKA William Humphreys) ), Directed by J.P. McGowan, with Sharon Lynn, , Walter Ackerman,
1927: Yours to Command (Cast: Parsons), Directed by David Kirkland, with George O'Hara, Shirley Palmer, William Burress,
1926: The Silent Lover (Cast: Cornelius Sherman), Directed by George Archainbaud, with Milton Sills, Natalie Kingston,
1926: The Midnight Limited (Cast: John Reynolds ), Directed by Oscar Apfel, with Gaston Glass, Wanda Hawley, Ashton Dearholt,
1926: The Dice Woman (Cast: Ship Captain ), Directed by Edward Dillon, with Priscilla Dean, John Bowers, Gustav von Seyffertitz,
1926: The Volga Boatman (Cast: Head of the Tribunal (/xx/) ), Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, with William Boyd, Arthur C. Miller, Elinor Fair,
1926: The Danger Girl (Cast: Pelham (AKA William Humphreys) ), Directed by Edward Dillon, with Priscilla Dean, John Bowers, Gustav von Seyffertitz,
1925: The Gold Hunters (Cast: John McAllister), Directed by Paul Hurst, with David Butler, Hedda Nova, Mary Carr,
1925: Three Wise Crooks (Three of a Kind) (Cast: Grogan), Directed by F. Harmon Weight, with Evelyn Brent, Fanny Midgley, John Gough,
1925: The unholy Three (Cast: Attorney for Defense (AKA William Humphreys) ), Directed by Tod Browning, with Lon Chaney, Mae Busch, Matt Moore,
1925: Lady Robinhood (Cast: Governor), Directed by Ralph Ince, with Evelyn Brent, Robert Ellis, Boris Karloff,
1925: The Phantom of the Opera (Cast: M. Debienne (/xx/) ), Directed by Rupert Julian, with Mary Philbin, Lon Chaney, Norman Kerry,
1925: Drusilla with a Million (Cast: John Thornton ), Directed by F. Harmon Weight, with Mary Carr, Priscilla Bonner, Kenneth Harlan,
1924: Arizona Express (Cast), Directed by Tom Buckingham, with Pauline Starke, David Butler, Evelyn Brent,
1924: The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (Abraham Lincoln) (Cast), Directed by Phil Rosen, with George A. Billings, Ruth Clifford, Nell Craig,
1924: Beau Brummel (Cast: Lord Alvanley), Directed by Harry Beaumont, with John Barrymore, Mary Astor, Willard Louis,
1923: The Man Life Passed By (Cast: The Lawyer ), Directed by Victor Schertzinger, with Jane Novak, Percy Marmont, Eva Novak,
1923: Scaramouche (Cast: The Chevalier de Chabrillane), Directed by Rex Ingram, with Lloyd Ingraham, Alice Terry, Ramon Novarro,
1923: The Social Code (To Whom It May Concern) (Cast: District Attorney ), Directed by Oscar Apfel, with Viola Dana, Malcolm McGregor, Edna Flugrath,
1923: Haldane of the Secret Service (Cast: Edward Ormsby (AKA Wm. Humphrey) ), Directed by Harry Houdini, with , Gladys Leslie,
1923: Vanity Fair (Cast: Mr. Sedley (AKA William Humphreys) ), Directed by Hugo Ballin, with Mabel Ballin, Hobart Bosworth, George Walsh,
1922: The Strangers' Banquet (Cast: Groom's Friend ), Directed by Marshall Neilan, with Hobart Bosworth, , Rockliffe Fellowes,
1920: The Wife Whom God Forgot (Tangled Hearts) (Director), with Gertrude McCoy, G.H. Mulcaster, ,
1920: The Midnight Bride (The Marriage of Little Jeanne Sterling) (Director: (AKA William J. Humphrey) ), with Gladys Leslie, James Morrison, Gladden James,
1920: The Black Spider (Director), with Mary Clare, Lydia Kyasht, Bertram Burleigh,
1919: Atonement (Director), with Grace Davison, Conway Tearle, Huntley Gordon,
1919: The Way of a Woman (Nancy Lee (Working title)) (Cast: Nathan Caspar (AKA William Humphreys) ), Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, with Norma Talmadge, Conway Tearle, Gertrude Berkeley,
1919: A House Divided (Cast: Sir Arthur Stanhope ), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Sylvia Breamer, Herbert Rawlinson, Lawrence Grossmith,
1918: The Unchastened Woman (Director), with Grace Valentine, Mildred Manning, ,
1918: Joan of Plattsburg (Director), Directed by George Loane Tucker, with Mabel Normand, Robert Elliott, William Frederic,
1917: The Scarlet Car (Cast: Member of Directors Meeting (/xx/) ), Directed by Joseph De Grasse, with Franklyn Farnum, Edith Johnson, Lon Chaney,
1917: Babbling Tongues (Director: (AKA William J. Humphrey)), with Arthur Donaldson, Grace Valentine, James Morrison,
1917: Two Men and a Woman (Director), with James Morrison, Christine Mayo, Rubye de Remer,
1916: The Footlights of Fate (Director), with Naomi Childers, Marc McDermott, Robert Whitworth,
1916: Fathers of Men (Director), with Robert Edeson, Naomi Childers,
1916: Husks (Director), with Carolyn Birch, Nellie Anderson,
1916: From Out of the Past (Director), with Belle Bruce, Jacqueline Brown,
1916: The Secret Seven (Director), with Rose Tapley, Carolyn Birch,
1915: The Flower of the Hills (Director), with Carolyn Birch, Leo Delaney, Denton Vane,
1915: Sam's Sweetheart (Director), with Carolyn Birch, Mary Maurice, Anders Randolf,
1915: Heredity (Director), with Carolyn Birch, Katherine Lewis, Rose Tapley,
1915: To Cherish and Protect (Director), with Harry T. Morey, Harry S. Northrup, Gladden James,
1915: On the Turn of a Card (Director), with Harry T. Morey, Garry McGarry, Carolyn Birch,
1915: The Butterfly's Lesson (Director), with Carolyn Birch, Leo Delaney, Louise Beaudet,
1915: The Shadow of Fear (Director), with Harry T. Morey, Carolyn Birch, Gladden James,
1915: The Good in the Worst of Us (Director), with Harry T. Morey, Carolyn Birch, Gladden James,
1915: On her Wedding Night (Director), Directed by George D. Baker, with , Antonio Moreno, Charles Kent,
1915: The Scar (Director), with Harry T. Morey, Estelle Mardo, Mary Maurice,
1915: The Way of the Transgressor (Director), with John Costello, Leo Delaney, Anders Randolf,
1915: The Return of Maurice Donnelly (Director), with Leo Delaney, Leah Baird, Anders Randolf,
1915: The Millionaire's Hundred Dollar Bill (Director), with Leo Delaney, Tom Brooke, Leah Baird,
1915: The Radium Thieves (Director), with Charles Kent, Leah Baird, Leo Delaney,
1915: Hearts to Let (Director), with Leo Delaney, Leah Baird, Ethel Lloyd,
1915: For Another's Crime (Director), with Leo Delaney, L. Rogers Lytton, William R. Dunn,
1915: The Slightly Worn Gown (Director), with Leah Baird, Leo Delaney, Louise Beaudet,
1914: Affair for the Police (Director), with Leo Delaney, Leah Baird, Louise Beaudet,
1914: The Man That Might Have Been (Director), with Leah Baird, Leo Delaney,
1914: The Senator's Brother (Director), with Leah Baird, Anders Randolf,
1914: His Dominant Passion (Director), with Leah Baird, J. Herbert Frank,
1914: His wedded Wife (Director), with Leah Baird, Rex Ingram,
1914: Fine Feathers make Fine Birds (Director), with Leah Baird, Carolyn Birch,
1914: The Man Who Knew (Director), with Leah Baird, Carolyn Birch,
1914: The Upper Hand (Director), with Leah Baird, Rex Ingram,
1914: The Song of the Ghetto (Director), with Antonio Moreno, Carolyn Birch,
1914: Uncle Bill (Cast: John Mason ), Directed by Ralph Ince, with Donald Hall, Julia Swayne Gordon,
1914: Maria's Sacrifice (Director), with Eulalie Jensen, Sidney Rankin Drew,
1914: Mr. Bingle's Melodrama (Cast: An Author), Directed by George D. Baker, with James Lackaye, Hughie Mack,
1914: The Awakening of Barbara Dare (Cast: John Dare (AKA William J. Humphrey)), Directed by Wilfrid North, with Clara Kimball Young, Mary Maurice,
1914: Mr. Barnes of New York (Cast: Count Musso Danella ), Directed by Maurice Costello, Robert Gaillard, with Maurice Costello, Mary Charleson, Darwin Karr,
1914: The Price of Vanity (Cast: Gilman Beverly, their friend), Directed by Harry Lambart, with Naomi Childers, Mrs. E.M. Kimball, George Stevens,
1914: The Drudge (Cast: Thurley Briggs ), Directed by Tefft Johnson, with Dorothy Kelly, Sidney Rankin Drew,
1914: Hearts of Women (Director), Directed by Tefft Johnson, with Julia Swayne Gordon, Naomi Childers,
1913: The Flirt (Director), with Dorothy Kelly, Earle Williams,
1913: The Spirit of Christmas (Director), Directed by Tefft Johnson, with , Ethel Corcoran,
1913: A Princess of Bagdad (Cast: The Caliph ), Directed by Charles L. Gaskill, with Helen Gardner, Robert Gaillard, Maurice Costello,
1913: Playing the Pipers (Director), with Hughie Mack, Charles Brown, Dorothy Kelly,
1913: The Line-Up (Director), with Earle Williams, Dorothy Kelly, Harry T. Morey,
1913: The Penalties of Reputation (Director), with Dorothy Kelly, Sidney Rankin Drew,
1913: My Lady of Idleness (Director), with Earle Williams, Leah Baird,
1913: The Glove (Director), with Sidney Rankin Drew, Dorothy Kelly,
1913: Unwritten Chapter (Director), with Sidney Rankin Drew, Dorothy Kelly,
1913: The Trap (Director), with L. Rogers Lytton, ,
1913: The Snare of Fate (Director), with Dorothy Kelly, Louise Beaudet, Charles Kent,
1913: Infernal Tangle (Director), with Rose Tapley, Sidney Rankin Drew,
1913: The Butler's Secret (Director), with James Morrison, Charles Eldridge,
1913: A Husband's Trick (Director), with Lillian Walker, Florence Ashbrooke,
1913: His Life for His Emperor (Director), with Earle Williams, Harry T. Morey,
1913: Captain Mary Brown (Director), with , Herbert Barry, Tefft Johnson,
1913: Hearts of the First Empire (Napoleon, Emperor of France, or the Heart of a Great Empire) (Director), with , Leah Baird,
1913: The Golden Hoard; or, Buried Alive (Director), with William E. Shay, Harry T. Morey,
1913: Mixed Identities (Director), with Wally Van, Edna Nash, Alice Nash,
1913: Red and White Roses (Director), Directed by Ralph Ince, with Julia Swayne Gordon, Leah Baird,
1913: That College Life (Director), with Louis Thomas, Leah Baird, Frank Bennett,
1912: Planting the Spring Garden (Director), with Hughie Mack, Flora Finch,
1912: The Dandy, or Mr. Dawson Turns the Tables (Director), with Edward See, ,
1912: The Scoop (Director), with , E.K. Lincoln, L. Rogers Lytton,
1912: None But the Brave Deserve the Fair (Director), with James R. Waite, , Leo Delaney,
1912: Every Inch a Man (Director), with Wallace Reid, Hal Reid, Rose Tapley,
1912: Nothing to Wear (Director), with Kate Price, William Shea, ,
1912: The Bogus Napoleon (Cast: Napoleon), Directed by Charles Kent, with Charles Kent, John Bunny,
1912: The Money Kings (Director), Directed by Van Dyke Brooke, with Maurice Costello, Rose Tapley, Frank A. Lyons,
1912: The French Spy (Cast: An Arabian Chieftain ), Directed by Laurence Trimble, with , James Young,
1912: The Lady of the Lake (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Harry T. Morey, Ralph Ince, ,
1912: The Governor Who Had a Heart (Cast: William Browden - the Governor (as Mr. Humphries)), Directed by N. N., with , Adele de Garde,
1912: Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes (Cast), Directed by N. N., with Lillian Walker, James Morrison,
1912: The Heart of the King's Jester (Director), with Earle Williams, ,
1911: The Chains of an Oath (Director), with Earle Williams, ,
1911: The Military Air Scout (Director), with Earle Williams, , Alec B. Francis,
1911: Slight Mistake (Director), with John Bunny, Kate Price, Etienne Girardot,
1911: The Freshet (Director), with Ralph Ince, Helen Gardner, Fred Herzog,
1911: An Aeroplane Elopement (Director), with Earle Williams, ,
1911: A Message from Beyond (Cast: Mr. Morrison - Jack's Father ), with Julia Swayne Gordon, James Morrison,
1911: Southern Soldier's Sacrifice (Director), with Rose Tapley, James Young,
1911: Selecting His Heiress (Director), with John Bunny, Flora Finch, Kate Price,
1911: Forgotten; or, An Answered Prayer (Cast: Max Earle - the Father ), Directed by Van Dyke Brooke, with Julia Swayne Gordon, Hazel Neason,
1911: The Wrong Patient (Cast: Dr. Goodwin), Directed by N. N., with John Bunny, Florence Turner,
1911: The General's Daughter (Cast), with Alec B. Francis, Anne Schaefer, Helen Case,
1911: The Death of King Edward III (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Charles Kent, Helen Gardner,
1911: Tested by the Flag (Cast), Directed by N. N., with Leo Delaney, ,
1911: Prejudice of Pierre Marie (Cast: Giovanni, ein Musiker), Directed by Laurence Trimble, with Tefft Johnson, Florence Turner,
1911: Picciola; or, The Prison Flower (Cast: De Charney, a Prisoner ), Directed by N. N., with Mabel Normand,
1911: A Tale of Two Cities (Cast: Herzog D'Evremon), Directed by Rollin S. Sturgeon, with Maurice Costello, Florence Turner, John Bunny,
1911: Jean Rescues (Cast), Directed by Laurence Trimble, with Florence Turner, Leo Delaney,
1910: In Neighboring Kingdoms (Director), with Norma Talmadge, John Bunny,
1910: Jean and the Waif (Cast), Directed by Laurence Trimble, with Adele de Garde, Leah Baird,
1910: The Three of Them (Director),
1910: The Twelfth Night (Cast: Sir Toby Belch), Directed by Eugene Mullin, Charles Kent, with Julia Swayne Gordon, Charles Kent, Florence Turner,
1910: The Girl and the Judge; or, A Terrible Temptation (Cast: The Judge), Directed by N. N., with Maurice Costello,
1909: Richelieu, or The Conspiracy (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Maurice Costello, Charles Kent,
1909: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, Charles Kent, with Rose Tapley, Maurice Costello, Florence Turner,
1909: The Life of Moses (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Pat Hartigan, Julia Arthur,
1909: Benedict Arnold (Cast: Major Andre ), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Charles Kent,
1909: Les Miserables (The Galley Slave) (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with William V. Ranous, Maurice Costello,
1909: The Way of the Cross (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Rose Tapley, Maurice Costello,
1909: The Cobbler and the Caliph (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Charles Kent, Earle Williams,
1909: Benedict Arnold and Major Andre (Cast: Benedict Arnold), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Charles Kent,
1909: Washington under the American Flag (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Joseph Kilgour, Clara Kimball Young,
1909: Washington under the British Flag (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Joseph Kilgour, Charles Kent,
1909: The Duke's Jester or A Fool's Revenge (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Maurice Costello,
1909: The Judgment of Solomon (Cast: King Solomon), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Florence Lawrence,
1909: Oliver Twist (Cast: Fagin), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with , Elita Proctor Otis,
1909: Napoleon: The Man of Destiny (Cast: Napoleon ), Directed by N. N., with Julia Arthur, Edwin R. Phillips,
1909: The Life Drama of Napoleon Bonaparte and Empress Josephine (The Life of Napoleon) (Cast: Napoleon), Directed by N. N., with John G. Adolfi, Julia Arthur,
1909: King Lear (Cast: Fool), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, William V. Ranous, with William V. Ranous, Julia Arthur,
1909: Ruy Blas (Cast), Directed by J. Stuart Blackton, with Maurice Costello, Julia Arthur,

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