William E. Shay
American actor
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William E. Shay (September 16, 1866 - ?) was an American actor of stage and silent films. He had leading roles including in The Clemenceau Case (1915), and A Daughter of the Gods (1916).
William E. Shay | |
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William E. Shay (1916) | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | c. 1900– c. 1927 |
Biography
In 1902, Shay appeared in Martha Morton's The Diplomat at Hoyt's Theatre; and in 1909, he appeared as Baron Sokoli in the stage production of John Luther Long's Kassa at Liberty Theatre on Broadway in New York City.[1][2] He also starred in the stage productions Zaza and David Belasco's Du Barry.[3]
Shay made his film debut in 1911 at age 45, in A Manly Man. He shot almost all of his films in a ten years span. He attended the first meeting of The Screen Club in 1912, a motion picture group founded in New York City.[4]
Filmography
- A Manly Man (1911) as Duncan; extant film[5]
- When the Cat's Away (1911)[6]
- The Girl and the Half-Back (1911)[7]
- The Long Strike (1912)[6]
- Angel of Death (1912)[6]
- War on the Plains (1912)[8]
- The Romance of an Old Maid (1912)
- Lady Audley's Secret (1912)[9]
- Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (1913)[6]
- His Hour of Triumph (1913)[10]
- Neptune's Daughter (1914), as King William;[11][12][13] partially extant film
- The Kreutzer Sonata (1915),[14] as Gregor Randar
- The Heart of Maryland (1915),[15][16] as Alan Kendrick
- The Clemenceau Case (1915),[6] as Pierre Clemenceau
- The Soul of Broadway (1915), as William Craig
- A Fool There Was (1915)[17]
- The Sin (1915), as Luigi
- A Daughter of the Gods (1916)[18]
- The Ruling Passion (1916)[18]
- The Two Orphans[19] (1915) as Chevalier de Vaudrey
- The Lone Wolf (1917)
- The Eternal Sin (1917)[6] as The Duke of Ferrara
- The Fall of the Romanoffs (1918),[20] as Theofan
- The Telephone Girl (1927), as Detective[21][22]