William E. Shay was an American actor of stage and silent films. He had leading roles including in The Clemenceau Case (1915), and A Daughter of the Gods (1916).
William E. Shay | |
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 William E. Shay (1916) | |
| Occupation(s) | Actor of silent film and stage |
| Years active | c. 1900– c. 1927 |
Biography edit
In 1902, Shay appeared in Martha Morton's The Diplomat at Hoyt's Theatre; and in 1909, he appeared as Baron Sokoli in the stage production of John Luther Long's Kassa at Liberty Theatre on Broadway in New York City.[1][2] He also starred in the stage productions Zaza and David Belasco's Du Barry.[3]
Shay made his film debut in 1911 at age 45, in A Manly Man. He shot almost all of his films in a ten years span. He attended the first meeting of The Screen Club in 1912, a motion picture group founded in New York City.[4]
Filmography edit
- A Manly Man (1911) as Duncan; extant film[5]
- When the Cat's Away (1911)[6]
- The Girl and the Half-Back (1911)[7]
- The Long Strike (1912)[6]
- Angel of Death (1912)[6]
- War on the Plains (1912)[8]
- The Romance of an Old Maid (1912)
- Lady Audley's Secret (1912)[9]
- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (1913)[6]
- His Hour of Triumph (1913)[10]
- Neptune's Daughter (1914), as King William;[11][12][13] partially extant film
- The Kreutzer Sonata (1915),[14] as Gregor Randar
- The Heart of Maryland (1915),[15][16] as Alan Kendrick
- The Clemenceau Case (1915),[6] as Pierre Clemenceau
- The Soul of Broadway (1915), as William Craig
- A Fool There Was (1915)[17]
- The Sin (1915), as Luigi
- A Daughter of the Gods (1916)[18]
- The Ruling Passion (1916)[18]
- The Two Orphans[19] (1915) as Chevalier de Vaudrey
- The Lone Wolf (1917)
- The Eternal Sin (1917)[6] as The Duke of Ferrara
- The Fall of the Romanoffs (1918),[20] as Theofan
- The Telephone Girl (1927), as Detective[21][22]
References edit
- ^ "William E. Shay". Broadway World. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ Theatre Magazine. Theatre Magazine Company. 1909. p. 72.
- ^ Spears, Jack (1977). The Civil War on the Screen, and Other Essays. A. S. Barnes. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-498-01728-5.
- ^ Slide, Anthony (2014-02-25). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-135-92554-3.
- ^ "A Manly Man + My Best Girl". George Eastman Museum. November 24, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f "William E. Shay". BFI. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Romain, Theresa St (2008). Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star. McFarland. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7864-3552-4.
- ^ "William E. Shay and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains" | Photograph". Wisconsin Historical Society. 1 December 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
- ^ Wlaschin, Ken (2009-05-15). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4350-5.
- ^ The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1913. p. 247.
- ^ Holston, Kim R. (2012-12-13). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973. McFarland. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-7864-9261-9.
- ^ Tarbox, Charles H. (1983). Lost Films, 1895-1917. Film Classic Exchange. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-9610916-0-6.
- ^ Moving Picture World and View Photographer. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916. p. 600.
- ^ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2008). Blood on the Stage: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire, 1900-1925. Scarecrow Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8108-6123-7.
- ^ Langman, Larry; Ebner, David (2001). Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-313-31886-3.
- ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2005). American Plays and Musicals on Screen: 650 Stage Productions and Their Film and Television Adaptations. McFarland & Company. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7864-2003-2.
- ^ Wollstein, Hans J. (1994). Strangers in Hollywood: The History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1910 to World War II. Scarecrow Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-8108-2938-1.
- ^ a b Soister, John T.; Nicolella, Henry; Joyce, Steve (2014-01-10). American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland. pp. 126, 747. ISBN 978-0-7864-8790-5.
- ^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
- ^ Nickelodeon. Vol. 18. 1917. p. 686.
- ^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
- ^ "Telephone Girl Film Feature at Shea's Hipp". Buffalo Courier Express. 1927-03-27. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-09-15.