William Shea
Popularity:0.038
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1856-10-06
Place of Birth:Dumfries, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, UK
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Also Known As:William James O' Shea, William James O'Shea, William James Shea, William J. Shea

The Telephone (1910)
An impressive Vitagraph short, one of many popular firemen-to-the-rescue films of the time.

Chumps (1912)
Bunny and Marsh attend a show and both fall in love with a charming danseuse.

A Tin-Type Romance (1910)
Two nice young people become acquainted at the beach; A romance develops.

A Night Out (1916)
A grandmother has an adventure for the first time in her life when she decides to have a night out.

The Marriage of Molly-O (1916)
Brutal rental agent Joseph McGuire demands that Molly-O marry McGuire's son Denny, lest her family be thrown out of their humble shack. But Molly-O...

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909)
An early film adaptation of the Bard's comic fantasy-- and perhaps the first screen adaptation of a Shakespeare play.

The Child Crusoes (1911)
Jack, a little orphan, is anxious to become a sailor, and although Captain Rhines refuses to take him aboard his ship, manages to sneak in as a...

The Hero (1914)
Very pretty, very attractive, very young; her name is Maude and she has a beau. He is very fat. Maude is simply crazy about him. She will not...

The Life Boat (1911)
Old Captain Bill and his wife have an only son, whom they idolize. He loses all his money at gambling and drinking, and determines to do better in...

Her Forgotten Dancing Shoes (1912)
The night of the grand reception and dance finds Belle Oakley in high glee as she leaves for the reception. She arrives at the reception and...

A Friendly Marriage (1911)
A penniless British Lord sets up an arranged marriage with an American heiress. He soon falls in love with her and is determined to support himself...

Two Stepchildren (1914)
Born with an artistic temperament, Joe Leigh feels keenly the bitterness and drudgery of life on a small farm and longs to get away from it. Jabez,...

Cupid Through a Keyhole (1913)
While making preparations for the entertainment of Aunt Maria, who had announced her arrival by telegram, Lila Lane gets herself shut in the...

A Wireless Rescue (1915)
A romance of the rail, this two-part "thriller" uses wireless telegraphy as the means of averting a disaster to an express train.

Walls and Wallops (1916)
A comedy short produced by Vitagraph and released in 1916. This is entitled Walls and Wallops, and features Hughey (also spelt Hughie) Mack with...

The Blue Envelope Mystery (1916)
Leslie Brennan, an heiress, suddenly discovers that she is almost penniless, and faces the ordeal of making her own living.

Auld Robin Gray (1910)
Poor Jaime goes to sea to earn enough money to marry Jenny, where he is believed to be lost. Left to support her parents, Jenny is persuaded to marry...

A Villainous Villain (1916)
The master crook steals the sweetheart of Sherlock, a great detective. Sherlock undertakes to recover her.

Sweeney's Christmas Bird (1914)
A pet parrot dies and get mixed up with the neighbor's Chrismas turkey.

The Spider's Web (1912)
Banker Graham Lawlor is convinced to invest in Silver Shield Mines and becomes president, unaware that promoters Harris, Brennen, and Lester are...

Aunty's Romance (1912)
Romantic comedy in which a woman who no longer wants to marry her fiance when it turns out he doesn't have an inheritance. After his father is...

As You Like It (1912)
After the overthrowing of Duke Senior by his tyrannical brother, Senior's daughter Rosalind disguises herself as a man and sets out to find her...

Julius Caesar, an Historical Tragedy (1908)
Biographical drama, adaptation of Shakespeare's play.

A Tale of Two Cities (1911)
A condensed silent film version of the Charles Dickens classic about the French Revolution and its subsequent Reign of Terror.

Hearts and Diamonds (1914)
Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.

The Man from Egypt (1916)
Beware the ire of the sacred God Ammett, or any other of those Egyptian Gods for that matter. As a bellhop in a hotel, Hughey managed to get...

The Meeting (1917)
Charming melodrama by the Vitagraph Company about the friendship between a boy (Bobby Connelly) and the grumpy Captain Barnacle(William Shea). This...

Tangled Tangoists (1914)
John and Flora meet at a ball, but neither can do these modern dances, so they sit out… and run into each other later at a dance studio. Bunny...

The Bond of Music (1912)
Short anti-war film in which a French musician turns out to be a German spy.

The Classmate's Frolic (1913)
A comedy about a group of school girls who bring a street musician to school with them.

Those Troublesome Tresses (1913)
Farce in which two neighbouring couples test each other's jealousy. The women decide to make the men jealous and vice versa. The men buy horse hair...

Vanity Fair (1911)
A silent short film telling the classic story of Becky Sharp.

The Mouse and the Lion (1913)
John Burling, a detective, rounds up some members of the Night Hawk gang. Bill Hanks, the chief, swears to get even with him. Tim, a little street...

A Train of Incidents (1914)
Comedian John Bunny on a train all confused.

Sawdust and Salome (1914)
A rich swell travels out West to escape marrying a social climber. There, he meets and marries a bareback rider from traveling circus. Bringing her...

Father and Son (1912)
A Chinese man cares for the orphan of a dying woman who stumbles into his laundry.

Beached and Bleached (1915)
The new stenographer is right there when it comes to class which does not escape the notice of her boss. He showers attentions upon her and asks her...

The Lady of Shalott (1915)
On discovering that their beau, Timothy, the village schoolmaster, is quite unable to choose between them for a life partner, Ivy and Lily Skinner...

The Maid from Sweden (1914)
In search of a maid, Mrs. Cook, an aristocratic and extremely proud society woman, goes to an employment agency and hires Luna, fat, awkward and...

You Can't Beat It (1915)
Bill Pike, recently married, hits his home town about seven in the evening, and immediately is seized by a bunch of his old cronies who drag him into...

The Boarding House Feud (1915)
Aching for an opportunity to get square with strong-willed Mrs. Drexel, boarding house mistress and mother of his sweetheart, Constance, Billy sees...

The Shaughraun, an Irish Romance (1907)
An early short featuring Florence Lawrence.

Two Overcoats (1911)
Solomon keeps a clothing store, he has in stock two overcoats of exactly the same make and pattern. Michael Gallagher, who is passing by and in need...

The Dust of Egypt (1915)
Geoffrey's relationship with his fiancée is threatened by Ameuset, a princess of Egypt awakened after five thousand years. Originally a six...

Heavy Villains (1915)
Retired businessman F.G. Lawrence favors Philip Preston for a son-in-law; Mrs. Lawrence prefers Reggie, the Dainty Dude. There's trouble, right...

The Athletic Family (1914)
Retired heavyweight champion Jake Punchim is a fitness nut, keeping himself, his wife, and their twin daughters Helen and Dot in constant training...