William Robert Daly
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| Born | William Robert Dailey October 24, 1872 Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Died | 1935 (aged 62–63) |
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| Spouse(s) | Fritzi Brunette |
William Robert Daly was an actor and director of silent films in the U.S.
He was a "stage director" at 19 years-old.[1] He directed the 1914 film adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin featuring the first lead role for an African Americam actor in a feature film for white audiences. Sam Lucas, who had played Uncle Tom in theatrical productions, played the part.[2]
He portrayed the villain in the 1912 film The Kid and the Sleuth.[3] He worked as a producer with William Selig in 1916.[4] For Selig's 1916 film At Piney Risge, Daly directed and prodiced.
He served on the board of The Screen Club and was photographed among its members in 1912.[5] In 1915 he was a director for the Dramatic Book film company in Santa Barabara.[6] He is pictured in a movie still lobby card from the 1922 film Pardon My Nerve.[7]
Fritzi Brunette was his third wife.
Filmography
Director
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1910 film)[8]
- Percy Learns to Waltz (1912)
- The Lie (1912 film), co-directing credit with King Baggot
- The Bridal Room (1912)
- Unto Those Who Sin (1916)[9]
- His Brother's Keeper (1916)[10]
- At Piney Ridge (1916)[11]
Actor
- The Scarlet Letter (1911 film)
- The Dream (1911 film)
- A Cave Man Wooing (1912)
- Up Against It (film) (1912)
- The Lid and the Sleuth (1912)[3]
- Back of the Shadow (1915), short)[12]
- Down Home (1920), based on his story Dabney Todd, as Joe Pelot (credited as Robert Daly)
- Action (1921 film) as J. Plimsoll
- The Roof Tree (1921)
- Her Night of Nights (1922), as Pop Mahone
- Confidence (film) (1922)[8]
- A Dangerous Game (1922 film)
- Pardon My Nerve (1922)[7]
- Crossed Wires (film) (1923)[13] as Pat Murphy
- Sawdust (film) (1923)[14] as 'Speck' Dawson
- The Wild Party (1923 film)
- Trifling with Honor (1923), as The Kid's Father
- Held to Answer (1923), as The Organist (as Robert Daly)
- Ride for Your Life (1924), as Dan Donnegan
- Camille of the Barbary Coast (1925), as Chauncey Hilburn
Executive producer
- Traffic in Souls (1913)
Producer
- At Piney Ridge (1916)[11]
In the media
References
- ↑ "Motography". March 9, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "2012 National Film Registry". www.cbsnews.com.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wlaschin, Ken (October 21, 2009). "Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Motography". March 9, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. May 2, 1912 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Daily Tribune 21 March 1915 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Pardon My Nerve!, US lobbycard, from left: William Robert Daly,..." Getty Images.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "William Robert Daly". BFI.
- ↑ "Motography". May 2, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures". U.S. Government Printing Office. May 2, 1916 – via Google Books.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Southern Mountaineers Filmography | Special Collections at Belk Library". collections.library.appstate.edu.
- ↑ Movie stills
- ↑ Munden, Kenneth White; Institute, American Film (May 2, 1997). "The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States". University of California Press – via Google Books.
- ↑ Nash, Jay Robert; Connelly, Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (January 9, 1988). "Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936". Cinebooks – via Google Books.
External links
- William Robert Daly - Biography - IMDb
- William Robert Daly – Movies, Bio and Lists on MUBI
- Films directed by William Robert Daly • Letterboxd
- William Robert Daly - Rotten Tomatoes
- William Robert Daly | BFI
- William Robert Daly - Video Detective
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