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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 19, 1867
Died
October 30, 1948
Place of Birth
Newcomerstown, Ohio, USA
Also Known As
- William Rosenberry Burris
- Bill Burress
- William Burgess
William Burress
0.2 Popularity
Known For
6.8
Man with Dog
Never Say Die
1939
5.0
Clerk (uncredited)
Hot Water
1937
0.0
Spreckett (as William Burress)
Wild Money
1937
7.2
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Shall We Dance
1937
6.0
Thornton
Racketeers in Exile
1937
6.8
Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)
We Who Are About to Die
1937
6.4
George S. Harris - Grocery Proprietor
Dr. Socrates
1935
0.0
Abercrombie's Friend
Life Begins at Forty
1935
6.3
Dr. Scott
The Little Colonel
1935
6.5
Butts
Grand Old Girl
1935
Credits
Never Say Die
as Man with Dog
1939
6.8
Hot Water
as Clerk (uncredited)
1937
5.0
Wild Money
as Spreckett (as William Burress)
1937
0.0
Shall We Dance
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1937
7.2
Racketeers in Exile
as Thornton
1937
6.0
We Who Are About to Die
as Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)
1937
6.8
Dr. Socrates
as George S. Harris - Grocery Proprietor
1935
6.4
Life Begins at Forty
as Abercrombie's Friend
1935
0.0
The Little Colonel
as Dr. Scott
1935
6.3
Grand Old Girl
as Butts
1935
6.5
🎬
Opened by Mistake
as Banker, Patsy's Boss
1934
0.0
Jane Eyre
as Minister
1934
4.9
One Night of Love
as Mr. Barrett - Mary's Father
1934
5.5
Fashions of 1934
as Feldman
1934
6.4
Bedside
as Oscar Bernstein - Music Critic
1934
5.6
Convention City
as Customer (as William Burress)
1933
3.7
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
as Thomas Barnum
1933
5.7
Pilgrimage
1933
6.9
🎬
Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament
as Hop Tup
1933
4.0
You Said a Mouthful
as Roger Colby (uncredited)
1932
5.0
The Famous Ferguson Case
as Dad Sipes
1932
6.0
Local Boy Makes Good
as Colonel Small
1931
6.0
Blonde Crazy
as Colonel Bellock
1931
7.0
Fluttering Hearts
as Father
1927
5.1
The Girl Who Ran Wild
as Johnny Cake
1922
0.0
The Great Impersonation
as Dr. Hugo Schmidt
1921
0.0
Paid in Advance
as Regan (as William Burress)
1919
0.0
Lord and Lady Algy
as Brabazon Tudway
1919
0.0
The Rainbow Trail
as Waggoner
1918
0.0
The Talk of the Town
1918
1.0
Kultur
as The Kaiser
1918
0.0
A Soul for Sale
as Hale Faxon (as William Burress)
1917
0.0
The Spy
as Freiheer Von Wittzchaeft
1917
0.0
Fires of Conscience
as Randolf Sneed
1916
0.0
The School for Scandal
as Rowley
1914
0.0