William Steele

AKA: Bill Gettinger, William Anton Gittinger
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1888-03-28

San Antonio, Texas, USA

Biography

Crew Roles

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {89}

Bill Barton (as William A. Steele)

1923-06-04 0

Don Quickshot of the Rio Grande

"Pep" Pepper, a romantic cowboy whose faculty for dreaming loses him his job, tries to emulate Don Quixote's courage after reading the Spanish classic. ...
Genre :Western

Dave Crenshaw (as William A. Steele)

1928-01-29 0

The Call of the Heart

Molly O'Day and her brother, Josh, are homesteading on and trying to make a living on a piece of government land, but local rancher Dave Crenshaw claims the land is part of his holdings, and he and hi ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Western

Tom Kildare

1927-03-20 0

Whispering Sage

This silent Western featured a group of Basque settlers terrorized by a greedy land baron (Joseph W. Girard). Jones played Buck Kildare, who, after falling for Basque beauty Natalie Joyce, comes to th ...
Genre :Western

1926-09-19 0

The Riding Rascal

Larrabie Keller, a homesteader, is accused of being a cattle rustler, and when Keller refuses to fight Phil Sanderson, whose sister, Phyllis, has struck his fancy, he is insulted by Bill Healy, to who ...
Genre :Western

Penfield

1926-09-11 6

The Flaming Frontier

Bob Langdon, a young Pony Express rider, is given an appointment to West Point, but is forced to leave the academy as the result of political intrigue stirred up by enemies of his friend, General Geor ...
Genre :Western

Pedro (as Robert Steele)

1933-03-24 7

The California Trail

Santa Fe Stuart, leading a relief train bringing food to the peasants, gets caught up in the Commandante and his brother the Mayor's effort to starve out the peasants. Thrown in jail and about to be h ...
Genre :Western, Crime, Adventure, Action

Dr. Lucifer Blade

1928-01-15 0

The Fearless Rider

A fearless cowboy comes to the rescue of a beleaguered prospector. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Romance, Western

Nebraska Jones

1922-03-05 0

Pardon My Nerve!

A drifter falls for the daughter of a rancher, an alcoholic old coot whose ranch is on some very valuable land. When the old man is found murdered, the drifter is accused of the crime. He didn't do it ...
Genre :Western

Kent Crosby

1925-03-22 0

Let 'er Buck

A young cowboy falls in love with the daughter of a rich rancher, and they plan to marry. However, the cowboy winds up getting in a fight with the girl's cousin and is forced to shoot him. Believing t ...
Genre :Western

Morris Manning (as William A. Steele)

1927-01-09 0

Rough and Ready

Ned Raleigh, a cowboy on the Stone Ranch, is laughed at by his pal Rawhide Barton for emulating his chivalrous namesake, Sir Walter Raleigh. Manning, an eastern capitalist, agrees to make Stone a loan ...
Genre :Western

Frank Lambert (as William A. Steele)

1927-01-23 0

Loco Luck

Bud Harris, who is in love with Molly Vernon, leaves the Vernon ranch when there is an oil boom in the territory, then returns to find the property encumbered with debt. Bush, who holds the mortgage o ...
Genre :Western

1945-12-29 5.9

San Antonio

Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is indeed in the Texan town, intent on winning the af ...
Genre :Western

Chick Dillon

1921-11-13 0

Riding with Death

Texas Ranger Steve Dorsey searches for the villain who murdered his partner. ...
Genre :Western

Kid Rickard

1922-10-15 0

Bells of San Juan

Rod Norton is a lawman searching for his father's killer. Norton suspects saloon owner Jim Garson but is lacking evidence. Garson's henchmen, the Rickard brothers, kidnap Norton's sweetheart Dorothy, ...
Genre :Western

Fleming

1926-02-07 0

Under Western Skies

Bob Erskine, the son of a wealthy New York banker, falls in love with Ella Parkhurst, the daughter of an Oregon rancher. Bob goes to work as a fieldhand for the elder Parkhurst and discovers that the ...
Genre :Western

1st Fool

1914-06-30 0

Universal Ike Junior and the Vampire

After a long spell of quietude at Alkali Flat things began to brighten up. Horse thieves drove a number of stock away. The men folks organized a posse. Although Ike was not married he, like the others ...
Genre :Comedy

Billy

1914-07-07 0

Universal Ike Junior in Me, Him, and I

Daughter is a sweet and simple thing but not easily managed. Mother picks Harry. Dad prefers Johnny. Daughter herself has her heart set on Billy. A mild war is declared when daughter sees a way to sol ...
Genre :Comedy

Black Wolf

1912-11-26 0

An Indian Outcast

Black Wolf, a brave, wants Whispering Water to be his squaw. Whispering Water is afraid of this taciturn Indian and refuses. He tries to carry her off but is stopped by another Indian, Brave Heart, an ...
Genre :Western

1914-09-08 0

Universal Ike Junior Nearly Gets Married

Young Ike has fallen for the rancher's daughter. His chances improve when it's found that he stands to inherit $50,000, but things get complicated it turns out that he's actually $50,000 in debt. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jim

1917-03-26 0

The Fighting Gringo

Disturbed by the separation of his friends Mary Smith and Arthur Saxon, who really love each other, William "Red" Saunders resolves to reconcile the couple. Discovering that Belknap, a missionary with ...
Genre :Adventure, Western

The Surgeon

1914-03-04 0

The Voice of the Viola

This is a story of the love of two brothers for the same girl. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1914-04-08 0

A Gypsy Romance

A story of the inside life of nomads who live in the shadow of civilization, worshiping their own goods and clinging to their ancient rites. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1914-05-20 0

The Man Within

A man is a fugitive from the law. A reward of $2,000 is offered for his capture. A large posse is on his trail. Weary, hungry and haunted, the refugee is slowly but surely being hemmed in. ...
Genre :Western

1914-05-27 0

Passing of the Beast

Jacques watched through an opening in the foliage and saw Gilbert of the mounted police and his own wife exchange pleasant greetings. From that moment he hated the police officer. Gilbert was too fine ...
Genre :Drama

1914-06-17 0

'Cross the Mexican Line

Lieut. Wallace leaves his fiancée, Dorothy West, to cross the border with his troops into Mexico. Later he is wounded, captured and taken to the hacienda of the Mexican officer, Senor Paranze, where h ...
Genre :Romance, Western

Trooper (uncredited)

1952-10-22 6.3

Springfield Rifle

Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to go undercover to try to prevent raids against shipments of horses desperately needed for the Union war ...
Genre :War, Western

Burk

1916-02-07 5

A Knight of the Range

Unaware of the weakness of Bob Graham's character, Bess Dawson decides to marry him instead of the other cowboy who loves her, Cheyenne Harry. Before the wedding, however, some crooks induce Bob to ta ...
Genre :Western

Dan Beckham

1917-01-06 0

Blood Money

The sheriff, Dan Beckham, and his deputy, Bud Cameron, are posting signs offering a reward for the capture of Cheyenne Harry, accused of holding up a Wells Fargo shipment. Shortly after they have tack ...
Genre :Western

The Cattle Rustler

1915-11-18 0

The Ring of Destiny

Jack and Dolly, his sister, live together in the west. On Jack's birthday, Dolly presents him with a peculiar ring. The brother and sister attend a masquerade ball that evening, each dressed in the ot ...
Genre :Western

The Breed

1916-04-01 0

The Night Riders

Jack Marston is the sheriff of a western town and Jennie, his sister, is postmistress and operator at the stage station. Among the inhabitants of the town is an Indian breed. An outcast from his own p ...
Genre :Western

The Sheriff

1917-01-13 0

The Bad Man of Cheyenne

Sheriff Crane's wife and child are preparing for a little journey with their wagon and team. On arriving at the store, the wife, on attempting to get out, stumbles and startles the horses, which cause ...
Genre :Western

The Sheriff

1917-02-10 0

The Outlaw and the Lady

Major Carter, owner of the Sunset mines, reads of a reward offered for Cheyenne Harry if captured. The butler gives him a telegram telling of the flooding of several shafts in his mine. He is soon on ...
Genre :Western

Sheriff Dan Bekham

1917-03-24 0

Goin' Straight

Billy Carter and two Mexicans, Cuteo and Estaban, are smugglers of opium which they bring across the border from Mexico into the United States. The authorities are unable to apprehend them, so "Pinnac ...
Genre :Western

The Sheriff

1917-04-10 0

Hair-Trigger Burke

Before dying, a man's friend asks him to do his best to keep the truth that he was a robber from his son. ...
Genre :Western

Deputy Sheriff Horton

1917-05-22 0

A 44-Calibre Mystery

A 44-Calibre Mystery is a Silent Western short. ...
Genre :Western

Mike Hernandez

1917-07-17 0

Six-Shooter Justice

John Gregg and his daughter Mary, on their way to Burro Springs, a boom mining town, lose their way and stumble into "Jawbone," a dilapidated town. Here they meet Mike Hernandez, a good-looking bad ma ...
Genre :Western

Henry Martin

1917-06-11 0

The Mysterious Outlaw

Henry Martin receives a letter from Buck Lessen, a convict about to be released from prison, telling him that his time is up and he is going to get him for sending him to prison and marrying his sweet ...
Genre :Western

Crazy Creek Sheriff

1917-06-26 0

The Golden Bullet

A bandit tries to incriminate an innocent man for his own crimes. ...
Genre :Western

Larry Malone

1917-07-07 0

The Wrong Man

A stagecoach robbery leads to a desperate attempt to round up the bandits. ...
Genre :Western

The Gopher

1924-08-10 0

Hit and Run

Big league baseball scout Red McCarthy signs up "Swat," a bush leaguer from a desert town, and Swat becomes a success because of his exceptional hitting. When Swat begins a romance with the scout's da ...
Genre :Western

Windy Smith

1923-03-25 0

Single Handed

Hector MacKnight, known to the townspeople as "Goofy" and an irritatingly terrible fiddler, is innocently drawn into a rigged poker game. A general fight brings the sheriff, and a chase ensues. Before ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Sam Antone

1923-04-23 0

Dead Game

"Katy" Didd holds up the stage in which his sweetheart, Alice Mason, is traveling to her wedding to Prince Tetlow, to whom her guardian insists that she be married. Katy hides her at his ranch, but Te ...
Genre :Western

Dan Hobson

1923-06-28 0

Shootin' for Love

Duke Travis returns from the war suffering from shell shock and an inordinate fear of guns. His father, a ranch owner, refuses to accept Duke's disability and considers him a coward. ...
Genre :Western

'Lightnin' Bill Smith

1924-11-30 0

The Ridin' Kid from Powder River

After 15 years of searching, Bud Watkins finally has his revenge on the cattlemen's gunman who killed his homesteader foster father, Pop Watkins. Bud finds refuge from the sheriff at the ranch of The ...
Genre :Western

Lafe Baxter

1925-01-25 0

The Hurricane Kid

The Hurricane Kid runs afoul of Colonel Langdon's ranch foreman, Lafe Baxter when Joan Langdon shows an obvious preference for The Kid, and The Kid responds by protecting Joan from Baxter. ...
Genre :Western

Sheriff Connors

1917-08-27 6

Straight Shooting

Cattleman Flint cuts off farmer Sims' water supply. When Sims' son Ted goes for water, one of Flint's men kills him. Cheyenne is sent to finish off Sims, but finding the family at the newly dug grave, ...
Genre :Western

Hattie's Father (prologue)

1924-11-02 6

The Last Man on Earth

An epidemic has killed off all of the fertile men on earth, except for Elmer Smith, a hillbilly who lives out in a cabin in the Ozarks, when he is discovered, every woman on the planet begins fighting ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Comedy, Fantasy

Buck Hoover

1917-12-24 5.5

Bucking Broadway

On a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his boss's daughter. But she decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton, a wealthy visitor to the ra ...
Genre :Western, Romance

Currier King

1926-03-07 0

A Six Shootin' Romance

"Lightning" Jack inherits a ranch. Unfortunately, he is forced to share his inheritance with Donaldeen Travis, a snobbish debutante type who arrives from the East with her mammy and sister in tow. Do ...
Genre :Western

Steve Kern

1925-03-08 0

The Saddle Hawk

Ben Johnson, a sheepherder who hates sheep, is instructed by his employer, Vasquez, to escort beautiful Rena Newhall to her father's ranch. On the journey, Rena is abducted by Zach Marlin, who takes h ...
Genre :Western

Deputy (uncredited)

1943-02-05 5.4

The Outlaw

Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage. Doc is trailing his stolen horse, and it is discovered in the possession of ...
Genre :Western, Drama

Bob

1933-08-13 4

Gordon of Ghost City

A cowboy is hired to track down a gang of rustlers, but gets involved with a beautiful girl trying to run her grandfather's gold mine and other outlaws who are trying to stop her. ...
Genre :Western

Guide

1934-04-13 3.167

Laughing Boy

A young Navajo defies tribal custom to marry an outcast. ...
Genre :Western, Drama, Romance

Cowboy (uncredited)

1939-11-30 7.172

Destry Rides Again

Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fie ...
Genre :Western, Comedy

James Brady

1928-01-23 0

The Valley of Hell

In the Old West, a dashing hero saves a girl from bandits. ...
Genre :Western

Henchman (uncredited)

1936-06-01 0

For the Service

Cowboy star Buck Jones made his directorial debut with the Universal western For the Service. Jones is cast as Indian scout Buck O'Bryan, trying his best to keep the peace between the Native Americans ...
Genre :Western

Big Bill

1911-03-16 0

The 'Schoolmarm' of Coyote County

"I do hate learnin', but oh! you schoolmarm!" is what the boys at the gulch said when Mary came to town; and, from "Big Bill" down to Hop Lee, the Chink, they all took to study, and to courtship. The ...
Genre :Western

1911-05-25 0

The Immortal Alamo

A lost silent film depicting the battle of the Alamo. Filmed in San Antonio. ...
Genre :War, History, Drama

Big Bill

1911-06-08 0

Her Spoiled Boy

Robert Burton was an only son and his indulgent mother had spoiled him. Bob was not all bad, but he was woefully weak and could not stick long at any one task. Also he paid more attention to rolling c ...
Genre :Western

Townsman

1934-07-16 4

The Red Rider

"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sen ...
Genre :Comedy, Western, Action, Adventure

Terry

1950-08-15 5.2

The Showdown

Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money with which he was to buy a ranch for the two of t ...
Genre :Mystery, Western

Tex Cole (uncredited)

1940-09-18 7.1

The Westerner

Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Lang ...
Genre :Western

Bill Young (as William Gettinger)

1917-08-07 4.5

The Soul Herder

Harry is thrown out of town and on his way across the desert meets a minister and his family; when the man is killed in an Indian raid, Harry takes care of his little daughter, later puts on the minis ...
Genre :Western

Cowboy (as Bill Gettinger)

1917-08-13 4.5

Cheyenne's Pal

During World War I, westerner Cheyenne Harry is a horse seller, but he refuses to part with his favorite horse and friend, Cactus. One night, broke and drunk, he sells Cactus to an Englishman for $350 ...
Genre :War

Foreman

1917-09-30 5

The Secret Man

Convict Cheyenne Harry escapes from prison in a garbage truck and boards a train, where he eludes capture with the help of passenger Henry Beaufort. Beaufort is returning to his wealthy uncle's ranch, ...
Genre :Western

Sheriff

1917-10-29 4.5

A Marked Man

Bandit Cheyenne Harry reforms because of the faith placed in him by Molly Young and her father. Soon, however, Harry is lured from the straight and narrow when he meets his old friend Ben Kent and con ...
Genre :Western

Dave Bland

1918-01-28 4.5

The Phantom Riders

Dave Bland, head of a band of cattle rustlers operating in Paradise Valley, is defied by Cheyenne Harry who has driven his heard into the valley to graze. Bland calls his phantom riders together, rout ...
Genre :Western

Officer (uncredited)

1949-10-22 6.896

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled. ...
Genre :Drama, Western

1933-06-01 0

King of the Arena

Mysterious deaths have been occurring in the same towns as Miller's Circus and the Governor has sent Ken Kenton to investigate. Ken joins the show but when he realizes that Bargoff is involved, Bargof ...
Genre :Western

Charlie Champion

1926-09-05 6

The Wild Horse Stampede

Cowboy Jack Carter, the proud owner of the Australian shepherd Bunk, accepts the challenge of corralling 10,000 wild horses within a 10-day period. With the enormous sum for his efforts, Jack prepares ...
Genre :Western

Pierre La Fitte

1922-08-20 0

The Fast Mail

Cowboy Stanley Carson is visiting Virginia Martin in a southern city when her brother and his gambler friends try to disgrace her. Then Carson is tricked out of winning a horse race by crooked gambler ...
Genre :Action, Drama

First Deputy

1930-01-05 5

The Lone Star Ranger

After shooting a man in self-defense, Buck Duane finds himself accused of many crimes, none of which he committed. In order to prove his innocence, he joins the Texas Rangers, and also hopes to win th ...
Genre :Western

1928-09-02 0

The Black Ace

Story of a a Texas Ranger whose foster-father has been falsely accused of a series of crimes. ...
Genre :Western

Lt. Randolph

1930-08-30 6

Doughboys

Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until (mistakenly thinking that he's hiring a new chauffeur) he accidentally volunteers for the army. Luckily, Mary's ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Footman (uncredited)

1938-08-26 6.5

Marie Antoinette

The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in variou ...
Genre :Drama, History

Blackie McPherson

1926-10-10 5

The Runaway Express

Joe Foley, charged to deliver a trainload of cattle to his employer, is forced to commandeer the engine when his engineer refuses to continue until he has observed union rest rules. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance

Brand Williams (as William A. Steele)

1924-11-02 0

The Sunset Trail

On a passenger train passing through the desert, Louise offers to pay the fares of Happy Hobo and Collie. The boy Collie accepts, but Happy continues on foot and finds on a dying man a map to a gold m ...
Genre :Western

Red Nose

1914-09-30 0

The White Wolf

Swift Wind, a young chief, loves Dancing Fawn. In their ramblings, they too, see white wolves, which is an object of fear and veneration among the Indians, and return to the village. The two are betro ...
Genre :Drama, Thriller

1926-07-07 0

The Fighting Peacemaker

Peace River Parker, foreman of the Cross L Ranch and engaged to Jess, the daughter of the owner, is railroaded into a prison term by the false witness of Jefferson Crane, who covets the ranch and Jess ...
Genre :Adventure, Romance, Western

Christopher Foy (as William Gettinger)

1921-05-09 4

The Wallop

John Wesley Pringle, adventurer at large, returns home after making his strike and finds his old girl friend, Stella, engaged to Christopher Foy, who is running for sheriff. Pringle foils an attempt b ...
Genre :Western

Townsman (uncredited)

1951-07-14 6.7

Fort Worth

Ex-gunfighter Ned Britt returns to Fort Worth after the civil war to help run a newspaper which is against ambitious men and their schemes for control. ...
Genre :Western

Henchman (uncredited)

1950-05-27 6.2

Colt .45

Gun salesman Steve Farrell gets two of his new Colt .45 pistols stolen from him by ruthless killer Jason Brett but vows to recover them. ...
Genre :Action, Western

Jim Heath

1925-10-19 0

The Ace of Spades

15 chapter serial. Gideon Trask and his henchmen at the saloon in Arkansas City covet the mineral survey of the Louisiana Territory made for Napoleon before the sale of the Territory to the United Sta ...
Genre :Western, Adventure

Townsman (uncredited)

1954-04-01 5.82

Riding Shotgun

When a stagecoach guard tries to warn a town of an imminent raid by a band of outlaws, the people mistake him for one of the gang. ...
Genre :Western

Stage Passenger (uncredited)

1954-09-25 6.6

The Bounty Hunter

A year after a violent train robbery the Pinkerton detective agency hires a bounty hunter to find the three remaining killers. He tracks them to Twin Forks but has no clue to their identity. Tensions ...
Genre :Western, Action

Townsman (uncredited)

1955-06-18 5.6

Tall Man Riding

Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter, cowboy Larry Madden plans to oust Ordway from his ...
Genre :Action, Western

Townsman (uncredited)

1944-09-29 6.5

Tall in the Saddle

When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart the scheming to take the ranch from its rightful ...
Genre :Western

Don Carlos Martinez

1921-03-13 0

The Avenging Arrow

A young woman tries to find out the reason behind why all of her female ancestors have been killed before they reach their 21st birthday. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Romance, Thriller

Benito Menocal

1925-07-18 0

Don Dare Devil

Jack Bannister returns to his home in South America, bringing with him some Wyoming cowboys. At a fiesta, he meets Menocal, an old friend, who is murdered moments later by Bud Latham, an American band ...
Genre :Drama, Western