Louis Willoughby (10 July 1876 – 12 September 1968) was an English actor of the

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. Born in England, he was married to artist

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and the father of artist

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. He lived his final years in the United States, where he died in

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Selected filmography

* ''

A Pair of Silk Stockings "A Pair of Silk Stockings" is an 1897 short story written by Kate Chopin. The story follows Mrs. Sommers who prefers spending a windfall on herself, rather than on her children. Plot summary Mrs. Sommers comes into the small fortune of $15. Aft ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Temple of Dusk ''The Temple of Dusk'' is a lost 1918 American silent drama film directed by James Young. It was produced by Sessue Hayakawa's Haworth Pictures Corporation. Plot As described in a film magazine, Akira (Hayakawa), a Japanese poet who lives in Tok ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Model's Confession ''A Model's Confession'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Ida May Park and starring Mary MacLaren, Kenneth Harlan and Gretchen Lederer.Cooper p.157 Cast * Mary MacLaren as Iva Seldon * Kenneth Harlan as Billy Ravensworth * Edna ...

'' (1918) * '' Midnight Madness'' (1918) * ''

Sauce for the Goose ''Sauce for the Goose'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film directed by Walter Edwards and starring Constance Talmadge, Harrison Ford, and Vera Doria.Basinger p. 163 Cast * Constance Talmadge as Kitty Constable * Harrison Ford as John Const ...

'' (1918) * ''

Mirandy Smiles ''Mirandy Smiles'' is a 1918 American silent film, silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and written by Edith Kennedy based upon a short story by Belle K. Maniates. The film stars Vivian Martin, Douglas MacLean, William Freeman, and Fra ...

'' (1918) * ''

Treasure of the Sea ''Treasure of the Sea'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by Frank Reicher and starring Edith Storey, Lew Cody, and Lewis Willoughby. It was released on April 22, 1918. Cast list * Edith Storey as Margaret Elkins * Lew Cody as Jim ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Artistic Temperament ''The Artistic Temperament'' is a British silent motion picture of 1919 produced by David Falcke and directed by Fred Goodwins. It stars Lewis Willoughby, Margot Kelly, and Frank Adair, with Daisy Burrell and Patrick Turnbull. Premise After ...

'' (1919) * '' Colonel Newcombe the Perfect Gentleman'' (1920) * ''

Risky Business ''Risky Business'' is a 1983 American teen comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Brickman (in his directorial debut) and starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. Best known as Cruise's breakout film, ''Risky Business'' was a critical ...

'' (1920) *''

Desperate Youth ''Desperate Youth'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Harry B. Harris and starring Gladys Walton, J. Farrell MacDonald and Louis Willoughby.Munden p.182 Cast * Gladys Walton as Rosemary Merridew * J. Farrell MacDonald as 'Mendo ...

'' (1921) * '' The Scarlet Lady'' (1922) * ''

Was She Guilty? ''Was She Guilty?'' ( nl, Gij zult niet dooden) (1922) is a British-Dutch silent crime film directed by George Beranger. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Thou Shalt Not''. Cast * Gertrude McCoy as Ruth Herwood * Zoe Palmer as ...

'' (1922) * ''

Mr. Barnes of New York ''Mr. Barnes of New York'' is a novel published in 1887 by American author Archibald Clavering Gunter, quite popular in its day, which was also adapted into a play in 1888, and later two silent film versions. Novel Although he already had success ...

'' (1922) * ''

Lamp in the Desert ''Lamp in the Desert'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by F. Martin Thornton and starring Gladys Jennings, Louis Willoughby and George K. Arthur. It was adapted from a 1919 novel by Ethel M. Dell and turned into a script by Lesli ...

'' (1922) * ''

Trapped by the Mormons ''Trapped by the Mormons'' (also released as ''The Mormon Peril'') is a 1922 silent British drama film directed by H. B. Parkinson and starring Evelyn Brent. This anti-Mormon film involves the taking of young virginal English women to Utah to ...

'' (1922) * ''

Shifting Sands Shifting Sands can refer to: *'' The Shifting Sands'', a book in the ''Deltora Quest'' series * ''Shifting Sands'' (1918 film), a 1918 film * ''Shifting Sands'' (1922 film), a 1922 film *''Shifting Sands'', a 1957 episode of The Goon Show *Forms of ...

'' (1922)

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* 1876 births 1968 deaths English male silent film actors 20th-century English male actors 20th-century British male actors British emigrants to the United States {{UK-film-actor-stub