William J. Spencer was an American

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. Spencer starred in 14 films between

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and

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. He starred in films such as

The Twinkler ''The Twinkler'' is a 1916 American silent crime drama film directed by Edward Sloman. The film stars William Russell and Charlotte Burton. The author, Henry Leverage, was incarcerated in Sing Sing for auto theft; that fact was used in the fi ...

in 1916.

Filmography

*'' The Legend of the Poisoned Pool'' (1915) (as William J. Spencer) *'' The Honor of the District Attorney'' (1915) *'' To Melody a Soul Responds'' (1915) *''

'' (1916) *'' The Return of James Jerome'' (1916) (as William J. Spencer) *''

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The Gulf Between ''The Gulf Between'' is a 1917 American comedy-drama film that was the first motion picture made in Technicolor, the fourth feature-length color film, and the first feature-length color film produced in the United States. The film was destroyed in ...

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Peggy Leads the Way ''Peggy Leads the Way'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter. It also features Andrew Arbuckle, Carl Stockdale, Allan Forrest, Emma Kluge, and Margaret Shelby, who is Minter's older siste ...

'' (1917) Pop Hicks *''

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'' (1921)

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