William Gould (May 2, 1886 – May 15, 1969) was a Canadian-American film actor. He appeared in more than 240 films during his career. In films, Gould portrayed Jed Scott, a leader of homesteaders, in the serial ''
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
''The Lone Ranger Rides Again'' is a 1939 American Republic serial. It was a sequel to Republic's 1938 serial '' The Lone Ranger'', which had been highly successful, and the thirteenth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic.
The serial ...
'' (1939) and Air Marshal Kragg in the serial ''
Buck Rogers
Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily US newspapers on January 7, 1929, and subsequently appearing in Sunday newspapers, international newspapers, books ...
'' (1939).
Selected filmography
*''Saved by Radio'' (1922) - Spike Jones
* ''
Back Fire
''Back Fire'' is a 1922 American silent Western film directed by Alan James and starring Jack Hoxie, Florence Gilbert, and Lew Meehan
James Lew Meehan (September 7, 1890 – August 10, 1951) was an American film actor.
Meehan appear ...
'' (1922) - Steve Rollins
*''
Beasts of Paradise'' (1923)
*''
Flirting with Love
''Flirting with Love'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent comedy drama film directed by John Francis Dillon (director), John Francis Dillon and starring Colleen Moore, Conway Tearle, and Winifred Bryson. It is based upon the short story "Coun ...
'' (1924) - John Williams
*''
The Desert Outlaw
''The Desert Outlaw'' is a 1924 American silent Western film directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Evelyn Brent. Prints of the film survive in the Czech Film Archive.
Cast
* Buck Jones as Sam Langdon
* Evelyn Brent as May Halloway
* DeWit ...
'' (1924)
*''Pride of Sunshine Alley'' (1924)
*''
The Red Lily
''The Red Lily'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro, Enid Bennett, and Wallace Beery. A print of the film exists.
Plot
Marise La Noue (Enid Bennett) and Jean Leonnec (Ramon Novarro) are youn ...
'' (1924) - Arresting Detective (uncredited)
*''
The Riddle Rider
''The Riddle Rider'' is a 1924 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film serial directed by William James Craft starring William Desmond (actor), William Desmond and Eileen Sedgwick. The film is considered to be lost film, lost. ...
'' (1924) - Jack Archer
*''The Sunrise Trail'' (1931) - Joe - Card Player (uncredited)
*''
Heroes of the Flames
''Heroes of the Flames'' is a 1931 American Universal movie serial. Although once considered to be lost, it has survived and a print has been preserved by Universal as of 2016. It stars Tim McCoy (in a break from his usual cowboy roles) as a fir ...
'' (1931) - John Madison
*''
The Phantom
''The Phantom'' is an American adventure comic strip, first published by Lee Falk in February 1936. The main character, the Phantom, is a fictional costumed crime-fighter who operates from the fictional African country of Bangalla. The charact ...
'' (1931) - Dr. Weldon
*''
The Crowd Roars'' (1932) - Track Doctor (uncredited)
*''
Uptown New York
''Uptown New York'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Jack Oakie, Shirley Grey, and Leon Ames. It is based on the story by Vina Delmar.
Plot summary
Pat and Max are in love and share an intimate r ...
'' (1932) - Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
*''
The Lost Special
"The Story of the Lost Special", sometimes abbreviated to "The Lost Special", is a mystery short story by Arthur Conan Doyle first published in ''The Strand Magazine'' in August 1898. A minor character in the story is possibly implied to be Doyle ...
'' (1932, Serial) - Steele
h. 1(uncredited)
*''
Phantom Thunderbolt'' (1933) - Red Matthews
*''
The Trail Drive
''The Trail Drive'' is a 1933 American Western film directed by Alan James and written by Alan James and Nate Gatzert. The film stars Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker, William Gould, Frank Rice, Bob Kortman and Fern Emmett. The film was released on ...
'' (1933) - Honest John
*''
Gun Justice
''Gun Justice'' is a 1933 American Western film directed by Alan James and written by Robert Quigley. The film stars Ken Maynard, Cecilia Parker, Hooper Atchley, Walter Miller, William Gould and Jack Rockwell. The film was released on Dece ...
'' (1933) - Jones
*''
The Richest Girl in the World'' (1934) (uncredited)
*''
Loser's End
''Loser's End'' is a 1935 American Western film produced by Harry S. Webb for Reliable Pictures and directed by Bernard B. Ray.
Plot summary
A cowboy meets up with a bandit gang. Taken captive, he is rescued by a man called Don Carlos, and ...
'' (1935)
* ''
Swifty'' (1935)
* ''
Desert Guns
''Desert Guns'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Conway Tearle, Margaret Morris and William Gould.Pitts, p. 85.
Cast
* Conway Tearle as Kirk Allenby / Bob Enright
* Margaret Morris as Roberta Enrrigh ...
'' (1936)
*''
Chatterbox
Chatterbox also styled as CHATTERbOX was a project of the Crucified's Jeff Bellew. The project has hosted many session musicians, including Stavesacre and the Crucified's Mark Salomon, and Argyle Park and Circle of Dust's Scott Albert. Bellew ha ...
'' (1936)
*''
Shakedown
Shakedown may refer to:
* Shakedown (continuum mechanics), a type of plastic deformation
* Shakedown (testing) or a shakedown cruise, a period of testing undergone by a ship, airplane or other craft before being declared operational
* Extortion, ...
'' (1936)
*''
Ranger Courage
''Ranger Courage'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the film stars Robert Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller.
Cast list
* Robert Allen as himself
* Martha Tibbetts as Alice
* Walter Miller as Bull
* ...
'' (1936)
*''
The Unknown Ranger
''The Unknown Ranger'' is a 1936 American Western film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Bob Allen, Martha Tibbetts, and Walter Miller. It was released on October 30, 1936.
Cast list
* Bob Allen as himself
* Martha Tibbetts as ...
'' (1936)
* ''
Desert Justice
''Desert Justice'' is a 1936 American western film directed by William Berke and starring Jack Perrin, Warren Hymer and David Sharpe.Pitts p.50
Synopsis
When the police commissioner orders all police horses to be sold off, officer Jack Rankin ...
'' (1936)
*''
Wild Horse Rodeo
''Wild Horse Rodeo'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Written by Oliver Drake and Betty Burbridge, based on a story by Drake and Gilbert Wright, the film ...
'' (1937) - Harkley
*''
Hoosier Schoolboy
''Hoosier Schoolboy'' is a 1937 American film directed by William Nigh and starring Mickey Rooney, Anne Nagel and Frank Shields.Halliwell p.480
Plot
Mary Evans (Anne Nagel) moves to a small town in Indiana to take a teaching job in the local ...
'' (1937) - John Matthew, Sr.
*''
Prescription for Romance
''Prescription for Romance'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Universal Pictures. It stars Wendy Barrie, Kent Taylor, and Frank Jenks.
Plot
Cast
* Wendy Barrie as Valarie Barry
* Kent Taylor as Steve Ma ...
'' (1937)
*''
The Purple Vigilantes
''The Purple Vigilantes'' is a 1938 American Western film directed by George Sherman and starring Robert Livingston, Ray Corrigan, and Max Terhune. Written by Betty Burbridge and Oliver Drake, the film is about a rancher who organizes other ...
'' (1938)
*''
The Gladiator
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the ...
'' (1938) (uncredited)
*''
Mr. Wong, Detective
''Mr. Wong, Detective'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff in his first appearance as Mr. Wong.Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster'', Tomahawk Press 2011 p. 223-224
Plot
Simon D ...
'' (1938)
*''
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
''The Lone Ranger Rides Again'' is a 1939 American Republic serial. It was a sequel to Republic's 1938 serial '' The Lone Ranger'', which had been highly successful, and the thirteenth of the sixty-six serials produced by Republic.
The serial ...
'' (1939)
*''
Buck Rogers
Buck Rogers is a science fiction adventure hero and feature comic strip created by Philip Francis Nowlan first appearing in daily US newspapers on January 7, 1929, and subsequently appearing in Sunday newspapers, international newspapers, books ...
'' (1939)
*''
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase'' (1939)
*''
Dr. Christian Meets the Women
''Dr. Christian Meets the Women'' is a 1940 American film directed by William C. McGann, one of the series of six Dr. Christian films featuring Jean Hersholt.
Plot summary
Professor Kenneth Parker, a God-fearing physical culturist, arrives to ...
'' (1940)
* ''
Lightning Strikes West'' (1940)
* ''
Nobody's Children'' (1940)
*''
The Man Who Lost Himself'' (1941)
*''
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
''Never Give a Sucker an Even Break'' (known in some international releases as ''What a Man!'') is a 1941 Universal Pictures comedy film starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym "Otis Criblecoblis." Fields ...
'' (1941) (uncredited)
*''
Saboteur
Sabotage is a deliberate action aimed at weakening a polity, effort, or organization through subversion, obstruction, disruption, or destruction. One who engages in sabotage is a ''saboteur''. Saboteurs typically try to conceal their identiti ...
'' (1942) - Stranger on Sidewalk (uncredited)
* ''
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
''Tramp, Tramp, Tramp'' is a 1926 American silent film, silent comedy film directed by Harry Edwards (director), Harry Edwards and starring Harry Langdon and Joan Crawford.
Premise
The film tells of Harry (Langdon) a ne'er-do-well who falls in ...
'' (1942)
*''
Saddle Leather Law
''Saddle Leather Law'' is a 1944 American Western film directed by Benjamin H. Kline and written by Elizabeth Beecher. The film stars Charles Starrett, Dub Taylor, Vi Athens, Lloyd Bridges, Jimmy Wakely and Salty Holmes. The film was released ...
'' (1944)
*''
Messenger of Peace
''Messenger of Peace'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by Frank Strayer, which stars John Beal, Peggy Stewart, and Paul Guilfoyle. The screenplay was written by Glenn Tryon from an original story by Henry Rische. It was produced by the ...
'' (1947)
* ''
Lady at Midnight
''Lady at Midnight'' is a 1948 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Richard Denning, Frances Rafferty, and Claudia Drake.Langman p.150
The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. It was shot at the ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Guns of the Timberland'' (1960) - Dr. Evans (uncredited)
* ''Wakakute warukute sugoi koitsura'' (1962) - O. H. Smith
Television
*Appeared in a 1950 TV episode of ''
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture.
He first appeared in 1933 in ...
'' entitled "Buried Treasure (1950)
References
External links
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1886 births
1969 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
20th-century American male actors
Canadian emigrants to the United States