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William Challee is a Actor American born on 6 april 1904 at Chicago (USA)
William Challee (April 6, 1904 Illinois – March 11, 1989 Woodland Hills, California)
American actor
William Challee was appearing on Broadway by 1926 and by 1931 in early
Group Theatre productions.
In 1937 Challee staged a series of one-act plays One Act Plays of the Sea consisting of: Bound East for Cardiff,
In the Zone, The Long Voyage Home and Moon of the Caribbees all written by Eugene O'Neill. They were
produced by the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA running for 68 performances
from October 29, 1937 at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem.
By 1940 he was living in Chicago and by the middle 1940s he was working in films in California in mainly supporting and
usually uncredited roles and later also in a lot of television series as a supporting character actor.
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William Challee
Birth name William John Challe
Nationality USA
Birth 6 april 1904 at Chicago (USA)
Death 11 march 1989 (at 84 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 6 april 1904 at Chicago (USA)
Death 11 march 1989 (at 84 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)
American actor
William Challee was appearing on Broadway by 1926 and by 1931 in early
Group Theatre productions.
In 1937 Challee staged a series of one-act plays One Act Plays of the Sea consisting of: Bound East for Cardiff,
In the Zone, The Long Voyage Home and Moon of the Caribbees all written by Eugene O'Neill. They were
produced by the Federal Theatre Project of the WPA running for 68 performances
from October 29, 1937 at the Lafayette Theater in Harlem.
By 1940 he was living in Chicago and by the middle 1940s he was working in films in California in mainly supporting and
usually uncredited roles and later also in a lot of television series as a supporting character actor.
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Filmography of William Challee (6 films)
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Five Easy Pieces (1970)
, 1h38Directed by Bob Rafelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Jack Nicholson, Karen Black, Fannie Flagg, Sally Struthers, Lois Smith, Billy "Green" Bush
Roles Nicholas Dupea
Rating73%
Bobby Dupea (Jack Nicholson) works in a California oil field (shot in and around the city of Taft in the San Joaquin Valley) with his friend Elton (Billy "Green" Bush), who has a wife and baby son. Most of Bobby's time is spent with his waitress girlfriend, Rayette (Karen Black), who has dreams of singing country music, or in the company of Elton, with whom he bowls, gets drunk, and has sex with other women. Bobby has evidently not told Elton that he is a former classical pianist who comes from an eccentric family of musicians.
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966)
, 1h13Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Action, Horror, Western
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Dracula films, Vampires in film
Actors John Carradine, Chuck Courtney, Richard Reeves, Virginia Christine, Bing Russell, Olive Carey
Roles Tim (station agent)
Rating38%
The film centers on Dracula's plot to convert Billy the Kid's fiancee, Betty Bentley, into his vampire wife. Dracula impersonates Bentley's uncle and schemes to make her his vampiric bride.
The Hook (1963)
, 1h38Directed by George Seaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Kirk Douglas, Nick Adams, Robert Walker Jr., Nehemiah Persoff, William Challee, William Challee
Roles Schmidt
Rating64%
During the Korean War, a group of American soldiers aboard a ship capture the enemy pilot of a plane they have shot down. They are ordered by headquarters to execute the prisoner.
Port of New York (1949)
, 1h22Directed by László Benedek
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Scott Brady, Richard Steven Rauber, K. T. Stevens, Neville Brand, Yul Brynner, Arthur Blake
Roles Leo Stasser
Rating59%
The film tells the story of a two federal agents, one from Customs and one from Narcotics, out to stop the distribution of opium that came in on a ship in the Port of New York but was smuggled off by drug dealers. The leader of the drug dealers is the suave Vicola (Brynner).
Boomerang! (1947)
, 1h28Directed by Elia Kazan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary, Noir, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Dana Andrews, Jane Wyatt, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, Cara Williams, Karl Malden
Roles Stone, Harvey's assistant
Rating71%
A priest is shot dead on a Bridgeport, Connecticut street at night. The police, led by Chief Robinson (Cobb), fail to immediately find the murderer. It soon becomes a political hot potato, with the police accused of incompetence, and the city's reform-minded administration comes under attack. Robinson and the prosecutor Henry Harvey (Andrews) come under severe pressure by political leaders to find the killer or bring in outside help.
Desperate (1947)
, 1h13Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Trucker films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Steve Brodie, Audrey Long, Raymond Burr, Douglas Fowley, William Challee, Jason Robards Sr.
Roles Reynolds
Rating66%
Steve Randall (Brodie) is an independent trucker who is hired by an old friend to haul some freight. Only when Steve arrives at the warehouse, does he discover he has been hired to haul away stolen goods. Steve wants no part of the plot and resists, but a cop is killed as they're committing the burglary, and all except one manage to get away.