William Bechtel
Know for: Acting
Born: 1867-06-12
Place of birth: Berlin, Germany
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The Baby and the Stork (1912)
Bobby is jealous of the new baby, so he takes it to the zoo and tries to return it to the stork.
Every Woman's Longing (1930)
Tony, a prosperous Italian vineyardist in California, advertises for a young wife, passing off a photograph of his handsome hired man, Buck, as...
Spite Marriage (1929)
An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't...
Meddling Women (1924)
Grace Ainsworth wants to return to her career as an opera singer, and her mother-in-law supports her. Grace's husband, Edwin, wants her to stay at...
Love in a Hurry (1919)
The son of an American mine owner, traveling under the name of Charles Conant, tries to enter England in 1916 after masquerading as a muleteer, but...
The Social Lion (1930)
Marco Perkins is a garage mechanic and a would-be-prizefighter who gets a place on the ritzy country club's polo team because he is the town's most...
The Portrait in the Attic (1915)
Viola Dana stars as the child of a widower who marries again, much to her dismay. Despite all attempts by the adults, the child refuses to accept her...
Mr. Toots' Tooth (1913)
A short silent film in which Mr. Toots miraculously loses his tooth. Mister Toots tries everything to cure his toothache. He eventually succeeds with...
All on Account of a Transfer (1913)
Herr Müller needs to travel across town, but he runs into difficulties because he cannot understand English.
For His Son (1912)
A father, anxious for his son's financial well being, develops a special soda pop called Dopokoke which is laced with cocaine. Dopokoke is advertised...
The Butler and the Maid (1912)
Jennie, a coquettish housemaid, flirts with the grocer's delivery boy and thereby incites the jealousy of her sweetheart, Frank, the butler. Frank...
The Old Guard (1913)
A veteran of the Napoleanic Wars recounts his memories and grants his blessings upon the marriage of his granddaughter and a young soldier.
An Absent-Minded Mother (1914)
Mrs Grayson accidentally leaves her baby son at a shop and flies into a panic when she returns home to find him missing.
A Christmas Carol (1910)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his...
The House of Fear (1915)
On the advice of his friend Pendleton, Ashton Kirk, a scholar and amateur detective, pays a visit to a house whose occupants, Charles Cramp and his...
A Letter to Uncle Sam (1913)
Uncle Sam is mistaken for Marion's uncle Sam.
The Sphinx (1916)
Unbeknownst to each other, Charles Macklin and his widowed father Arthur are having an affair with an exotic dancer called The Sphinx. When both come...
One Day (1916)
An assassination attempt is made on the life of Paul I, the infant King of Veseria, by Stefan, a henchman of Pavlovitch, the Regent, who wishes to...