William Janney

Acting

William Janney

Born February 15, 1908 · New York City, New York, USA

Died December 22, 1992 · aged 84

No biography available.

Known For

A Successful CalamityA Successful Calamity · 1932
A Successful Calamity
5.61932
MovieComedyDrama
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.
Bonnie ScotlandBonnie Scotland · 1935
Bonnie Scotland
6.61935
MovieComedy
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
CimarronCimarron · 1931
Cimarron
5.51931
MovieWesternDrama
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
Terror AboardTerror Aboard · 1933
Terror Aboard
6.51933
MovieMysteryHorror
An ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find out what happened.
Two SecondsTwo Seconds · 1932
Two Seconds
6.31932
MovieDramaCrime
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl dupe a high rise riveter into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in his face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.
SaluteSalute · 1929
Salute
5.81929
MovieDramaRomance
A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.
Young DesireYoung Desire · 1930
Young Desire
7.01930
MovieDrama
A carnival sideshow dancer falls in love with a handsome young man.
Secret of the Blue RoomSecret of the Blue Room · 1933
Secret of the Blue Room
5.61933
MovieMysteryThriller
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors of the heroine wager that each can survive a night in the forbidding blue room.

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