William Barrymore (1899–1979) was a Russian-born American
film actor
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active in the
silent and early
sound era
A sound film is a motion picture with synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, but decades passed before ...
. Born as Elia Bulakh he also acted under the name Boris Bullock and Kit Carson.
[Katchmer p.43]
Selected filmography
* ''
His Greatest Battle'' (1925)
* ''
The Range Terror'' (1925)
* ''
Don X'' (1925)
* ''
Ridin' Wild'' (1925)
* ''
Cowboy Courage'' (1925)
* ''
Racing Romance'' (1926)
* ''
Twin Six O'Brien'' (1926)
* ''
Walloping Kid
''Walloping Kid'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Robert J. Horner and starring William Barrymore, Jack Richardson and Frank Whitson.Langman, p. 489
Cast
* William Barrymore as The Walloping Kid
* Jack Richardson as Don ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Prince of the Saddle'' (1926)
* ''
Lawless Trails'' (1926)
* ''
The Millionaire Orphan'' (1926)
* ''
The Grey Vulture'' (1926)
* ''
Pony Express Rider
''Pony Express Rider'' is a 1976 American Western film directed by Robert Totten and starring Henry Wilcoxon, Maureen McCormick and Joan Caulfield. In 1860 young Jimmie Richardson joins the Pony Express to help find the man he believes killed h ...
'' (1926)
* ''
Across the Plains'' (1928)
* ''
Cheyenne Trails
''Cheyenne Trails'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Robert J. Horner and starring Ted Wells, Bud Osborne and William Barrymore.
Cast
* Ted Wells
* Bud Osborne
* Ione Reed
* William Barrymore
* Bill Nestell
Bill Nes ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Midnight on the Barbary Coast'' (1929)
* ''
Forgotten Commandments
''Forgotten Commandments'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and William Schorr and written by James B. Fagan and Agnes Brand Leahy. The film stars Sari Maritza, Gene Raymond, Marguerite Churchill, Irving Pich ...
'' (1932)
* ''
Lightning Range
''Lightning Range'' is a 1933 American Western film directed by Victor Adamson and starring Buddy Roosevelt, Patsy Bellamy and Lafe McKee.Pitts p.4
Plot
Cast
* Buddy Roosevelt as Deputy Marshal Buddy
* Patsy Bellamy as Dorothy Horton
* La ...
'' (1933)
* ''
The Fighting Cowboy'' (1933)
* ''
Rawhide Romance'' (1934)
* ''
The Rawhide Terror
''The Rawhide Terror'' is a 1934 American Western horror film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and Jack Nelson.
Plot summary
A gang of renegades disguised as Indians murder the parents of two brothers, as a result, the brothers separate. Ten y ...
'' (1934)
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The Whirlwind Rider'' (1934)
References
Bibliography
* Katchmer, George A. ''A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses''. McFarland, 2015.
* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.
External links
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1899 births
1979 deaths
American male film actors
Russian male film actors
Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United States
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