• Source: William E. Shay

      • William E. Shay (September 16, 1866 - ?) 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).


      Biography


      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. He also starred in the stage productions Zaza and David Belasco's Du Barry.
      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.


      Filmography


      A Manly Man (1911) as Duncan; extant film
      When the Cat's Away (1911)
      The Girl and the Half-Back (1911)
      The Long Strike (1912)
      Angel of Death (1912)
      War on the Plains (1912)
      The Romance of an Old Maid (1912)
      Lady Audley's Secret (1912)
      Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (1913)
      His Hour of Triumph (1913)
      Neptune's Daughter (1914), as King William; partially extant film
      The Kreutzer Sonata (1915), as Gregor Randar
      The Heart of Maryland (1915), as Alan Kendrick
      The Clemenceau Case (1915), as Pierre Clemenceau
      The Soul of Broadway (1915), as William Craig
      A Fool There Was (1915)
      The Sin (1915), as Luigi
      A Daughter of the Gods (1916)
      The Ruling Passion (1916)
      The Two Orphans (1915) as Chevalier de Vaudrey
      The Lone Wolf (1917)
      The Eternal Sin (1917) as The Duke of Ferrara
      The Fall of the Romanoffs (1918), as Theofan
      The Telephone Girl (1927), as Detective


      References




      External links


      William E. Shay at IMDb

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