Cast & creator
William Burress
Best known for We Who Are About to Die, Convention City, The Little Colonel
Also known as: William Rosenberry Burris, Bill Burress, William Burgess
42
film credits
0
television credits
42
1914–1939 · acting roles
6.5
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (42)
Showing 42 of 42 credits
We Who Are About to Die
Charlie Gaunt (uncredited)
1937
Convention City
Customer (as William Burress)
1933
The Little Colonel
Dr. Scott
1935
The Famous Ferguson Case
Dad Sipes
1932
Shall We Dance
Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
1937
One Night of Love
Mr. Barrett - Mary's Father
1934
Life Begins at Forty
Abercrombie's Friend
1935
The Richest Girl in the World
Haley's Editor (uncredited)
1934
Dr. Socrates
George S. Harris - Grocery Proprietor
1935
You Said a Mouthful
Roger Colby (uncredited)
1932Lost in Limehouse or Lady Esmerelda's Predicament
Hop Tup
1933
Blonde Crazy
Colonel Bellock
1931
Fashions of 1934
Feldman
1934
The Battle of Hearts
Captain Sprague
1916
Fluttering Hearts
Father
1927
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
Thomas Barnum
1933
The Man from Bitter Roots
Toy
1916
The Talk of the Town
1918
Local Boy Makes Good
Colonel Small
1931
Pilgrimage
1933
Never Say Die
Man with Dog
1939
The World Changes
Mr. Krauss, a Banker
1933
The Soul of Satan
Alden Lee
1917
A Soul for Sale
Hale Faxon
1917
The Girl Who Ran Wild
Johnny Cake
1922
Bedside
Oscar Bernstein - Music Critic
1934
Jane Eyre
Minister
1934
Hot Water
Clerk (uncredited)
1937Opened by Mistake
Banker, Patsy's Boss
1934
Grand Old Girl
Butts
1935
Lord and Lady Algy
Brabazon Tudway
1919
The Forbidden Room
Lawyer
1919
Wild Money
Spreckett (as William Burress)
1937
Racketeers in Exile
Thornton
1937
The School for Scandal
Rowley
1914
Paid in Advance
Regan (as William Burress)
1919
The Rainbow Trail
Waggoner
1918
Fires of Conscience
Randolf Sneed
1916
The Great Impersonation
Dr. Hugo Schmidt
1921
The Spy
Freiheer Von Wittzchaeft
1917
The Scarlet Pimpernel
Chauvelin
1917
Kultur
The Kaiser
1918