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

The Dawn PatrolThe Dawn Patrol · 1930
The Dawn Patrol
★ 6.61930
MovieWarDrama
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.
SaluteSalute · 1929
Salute
★ 5.81929
MovieDramaRomance
A comedy-romance about rival brothers attending a military academy.
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.
The World ChangesThe World Changes · 1933
The World Changes
★ 4.81933
MovieDrama
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
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.
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.
The Great Hotel MurderThe Great Hotel Murder · 1935
The Great Hotel Murder
★ 6.01935
MovieMystery
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.
The Girl Said NoThe Girl Said No · 1930
The Girl Said No
★ 5.81930
MovieComedyRomance
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.

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Clipped WingsClipped Wings · 1937
Clipped Wings
★ 5.31937
MovieActionAdventure
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.

Mickey Lofton