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William Garwood is a Actor and Director American born on 27 april 1884 at Springfield (USA)

William Garwood

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Birth name William Davis Garwood, Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 27 april 1884 at Springfield (USA)
Death 28 december 1950 (at 66 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

William Davis Garwood, Jr. (April 28, 1884 – December 28, 1950) was an American stage and film actor and director of the early silent film era in the 1910s.

Between 1911 and 1913, Garwood starred in a number of early adaptions of popular films, including Jane Eyre and The Vicar of Wakefield (1910), Lorna Doone (1911), The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1911), David Copperfield (1911), The Merchant of Venice (1912), and Little Dorrit (1913), and Robin Hood (1913). In total, he starred in more than 150 short and feature films.

Usually with

Violet Mersereau
Violet Mersereau
(20 films)
Vivian Rich
Vivian Rich
(23 films)
Harry von Meter
Harry von Meter
(22 films)
Louise Lester
Louise Lester
(20 films)
Jack Richardson
Jack Richardson
(19 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of William Garwood (121 films)

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Actor

The Guilty Man
The Guilty Man (1918)

Directed by Irvin Willat
Origin USA
Themes Films based on plays
Actors William Garwood, Vivian Reed, Gloria Hope, J.P. Lockney, Charles K. French, Hallam Cooley
Roles Claude Lescuyer

As described in a film magazine, Marie Dubois (Reed), deserted by her lover before the birth of her child, marries Flambon (French), who is cruel and heartless. When her daughter Claudine (Hope) reaches womanhood, Flambon forces her to sing in his cafe and then endeavors her to marry one of his creditors. Marie interferes and Flambon takes hold of her by the throat. Claudine, fearing for her mother's safety, kills him. She is arrested and taken before the grand prosecutor, who discovers that Claudine is really his own child. During the trial he enforces the same rigidity which have characterized his other trials, but in the end confesses that he is the girl's father, resigns his position, and places himself at the mercy of the public. He is allowed to go free and solemnly promises to make up to his wife and daughter what they have missed.
Wives and Other Wives
Wives and Other Wives (1918)

Directed by Lloyd Ingraham
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Mary Miles Minter, William Garwood, George Periolat, Eugenie Forde, Margaret Shelby, Carl Stockdale
Roles Norman Craig

Based upon a review in a film magazine, Geoffrey Challoner (Chase) finds his bride of a few days Robin (Minter) burning some letters, and he becomes insanely jealous. A few days later, Norman Craig (Garwood) blunders into the Challoner apartment and Robin fires a gun, thinking him to be a burglar. Norman faints from fright and Robin flees, thinking that she killed him. Geoffrey finds Norman in his wife's rooms and decides upon divorce. Before the case goes to trial, Geoffrey makes the same mistake and blunders into Mrs. Craigs's (Shelby) room. A real burglar shows up to complicate the situation. In the end, it turns out that the letters Robin had been burning were from her husband Geoffrey.