William Halligan (actor)
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Born
March 29, 1883
William Kerry Halligan
March 29, 1883
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJanuary 28, 1957 (aged 73)
OthernamesBill Halligan
Occupations
- Actor
- writer
William Halligan | |
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_2.jpg) Halligan in Dick Tracy (1945) | |
| Born | William Kerry Halligan March 29, 1883 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | January 28, 1957 (aged 73) |
| Other names | Bill Halligan |
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| Years active | 1904–1946 |
William Kerry Halligan (March 29, 1883 – January 28, 1957) was an American stage and film actor, and writer.
Halligan was born on March 29, 1883, in Chicago, Illinois. He was active on the stage from 1904 to 1919. That year he made his film debut in The Wonder Man. He appeared as a supporting actor in numerous films; his last appearance was in If I'm Lucky in 1946. He also worked as a writer and "gagman" (joke writer) from 1928 to 1943. He died at the Motion Picture County House in Woodland Hills, California on January 28, 1957.[1]
Partial list of films featuring William Halligan:
- The Wonder Man (1920) - Bubbles
- Waltzing Around (short) (1929)
- Somewhere in Jersey (Vitaphone Varieties) (1929)
- Follow the Leader (1930) - Bob Sterling
- At Your Service (Vitaphone Varieties) (1930)
- The Darling Brute (Vitaphone Varieties) (1930)
- Accidents will Happen (short) (1930)
- Lady and Gent (1932) - Doc Hayes
- Story Conference (Broadway Brevities) (1934)
- Earl of Puddlestone (1940) - Henry Potter-Potter
- You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940) - J.R. Gillespie Sr.
- Emergency Landing (1941) - George B. Lambert
- Murder Among Friends (1941) - James Gerald
- Double Cross (1941) - Mayor
- Paper Bullets (1941) - Police Chief Flynn
- Blonde Comet (1941) - Cannonball Blake
- Foreign Agent (1942) - Bob Davis
- Broadway Big Shot (1942) - Warden Collins
- A Gentleman at Heart (1942) - Higgins
- Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) - Norman Kenly
- Riders of the Deadline (1943) - banker Simon Crandall
- Jive Junction (1943) - Mr. Maglodian
- He's My Guy (1943) - Elwood
- The Black Hills Express (1943) - Marshal Harvey Dorman
- The Seventh Victim (1943) - Paul Radeaux (uncredited)
- The Great Mike (1944) - Doc Scott
- Dick Tracy (1945) - Mayor
- Within These Walls (1945) - Collins
- Till the Clouds Roll By (1946) - Cap'n Andy
