Biography
William Courtenay (June 19, 1875 – April 20, 1933) was a noted Broadway star and later film actor. He was born William Hancock Kelly. At age 19 in 1894, before his Broadway career took off, Courtenay appeared in Alexander Black's slide show Miss Jerry. This was a sort of alternative entertainment to a new device by Thomas Edison called a Kinetoscope à la moving pictures.
Filmography
all 11
Movies 11
Preacher
The Way of All Men (1930)
Movie
Mr. Yates
Three Faces East (1930)
Movie
Cyril Wimborne
Evidence (1929)
Movie
Major Laconda
The Sacred Flame (1929)
Movie
The Minister - Guillotine Sequence
Show of Shows (1929)
Movie
Richard Cameron
The Recoil (1917)
Movie
Desselway
The Hunting of the Hawk (1917)
Movie
Chick Hewes
Kick In (1917)
Movie
I.B. Dam and the Whole Dam Family (1905)
Movie
Jimmy Dam
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905)
Movie
Mr. Hamilton
Miss Jerry (1894)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1875-06-19
Deathday1933-04-20 (57 years old)
Birth NameWilliam Hancock Kelly
Birth PlaceWorcester, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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