William Morris

Actor, Film actor

1861 – 1936

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Who was William Morris?

William Morris was an American stage and film actor. He began his career as a teenager in the theater first appearing at the Boston Museum, 1875 and became a star on Broadway. Much theater work where he spent most of his career. He appeared in popular plays such as 1909's Is Matrimony a Failure? He was a character actor in silent films usually playing gruff fathers or bad guys. He was married to actress Etta Hawkins with whom he had several children, one of who was the 30s film star Chester Morris.

His appearance in Alice Guy's 1917 silent film, The Ocean Waif, from Kino DVD, is a good example of Morris's surviving screen work.

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Born
Jan 1, 1861
Boston
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  • United States of America
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Died
Jan 11, 1936
Los Angeles

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on July 23, 2013

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