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William C. de Mille

Film Director / Screenwriter / Writer / Television Presenter / Actor / Film Producer / Theatre Director / Playwright | * 07/25/1878 († 76, 03/05/1955) | Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
William Churchill deMille (July 25, 1878 – March 5, 1955), also spelled de Mille or De Mille, was an American screenwriter and film director from the silent film era through the early 1930s. He was also a noted playwright prior to moving into film. Once he was established in film he specialized in adapting Broadway plays into silent films. ()

William Churchill de Mille was the older brother of Hollywood legend Cecil B. DeMille (W.C. retained the family spelling of his name) and father of Tony Award-winning choreographer Agnes de Mille.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

Conrad Warrener, a man of near middle-age, reflects nostalgically on the happy times of his youth and decides to recapture them. However, what he learns about the "second time around" is neither what ...

Conrad in Quest of His Youth

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1920 | 2.9/5 | 1h
Comedy, Drama
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In planning to break into the house of the wealthy Bob Van Dyke, Jenny's stepfather decides that his stepdaughter should do most of the dirty work, and Jenny, not wanting to disappoint him, grudgingly ...

The Ragamuffin

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1916 | 50min
Drama
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The Splendid Crime is a lost 1926 crime drama directed by William C. deMille and starring Bebe Daniels. ...

The Splendid Crime

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1925 | 1h
 
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George Beban plays feisty Italian immigrant Luigi Riccardo, the eternal thorn in the side of New York political boss Regan (H.B. Carpenter). Fed up with Riccardo's interference in his graft-grabbing, ...

One More American

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1918 | 50min
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for William C. de Mille

Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Movies with William C. de Mille as Actor(2)

as himself1923 Hollywood
as Cowboy1914 The Rose of the Rancho

Movies with William C. de Mille as Crew(71)

Writing/Screenplay1939 Captain Fury
Directing/Director1934 Famous Scenes from Pagliacci
Directing/Director1932 Two Kinds of Women
Writing/Theatre Play1931 The Secret Call
Directing/Director1930 Passion Flower
Directing/Director1930 This Mad World
Directing/Director1929 The Idle Rich
Directing/Director1929 The Doctor's Secret
Writing/Writer1929 The Doctor's Secret
Directing/Director1928 Tenth Avenue
Directing/Director1928 Craig's Wife
Writing/Theatre Play1927 The Telephone Girl
Production/Producer1927 Almost Human
Directing/Director1927 The Little Adventuress
Production/Producer1926 Gigolo
Directing/Director1926 For Alimony Only
Directing/Director1926 The Runaway
Production/Producer1926 The Runaway
Directing/Director1925 The Splendid Crime
Writing/Story1925 The Splendid Crime
Directing/Director1925 New Brooms
Directing/Director1925 Men and Women
Writing/Theatre Play1925 Braveheart
Directing/Director1925 Locked Doors
Directing/Director1924 The Bedroom Window
Writing/Theatre Play1924 Classmates
Directing/Director1924 Don't Call It Love
Directing/Director1924 Icebound
Writing/Writer1924 The Warrens of Virginia
Directing/Director1923 The Marriage Maker
Directing/Director1923 The World's Applause
Directing/Director1923 Only 38
Directing/Director1922 Bought and Paid For
Directing/Director1922 Nice People
Directing/Director1922 Clarence
Directing/Director1921 What Every Woman Knows
Directing/Director1921 The Lost Romance
Directing/Director1921 After the Show
Directing/Director1921 Midsummer Madness
Production/Producer1921 Midsummer Madness
Directing/Director1921 Miss Lulu Bett
Directing/Director1920 Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Production/Producer1920 Conrad in Quest of His Youth
Directing/Director1920 Jack Straw
Directing/Director1920 The Prince Chap
Directing/Director1920 The Tree of Knowledge
Writing/Story1920 Why Change Your Wife?
Writing/Writer1919 For Better, for Worse
Writing/Writer1918 We Can't Have Everything
Directing/Director1918 The Widow's Might
Directing/Director1918 The Honor of His House
Directing/Director1918 One More American
Writing/Theatre Play1918 One More American
Writing/Writer1917 The Woman God Forgot
Directing/Director1917 The Secret Game
Directing/Director1916 The Ragamuffin
Writing/Writer1916 The Ragamuffin
Writing/Screenplay1916 Maria Rosa
Writing/Writer1916 Joan the Woman
Writing/Writer1916 The World and the Woman
Directing/Director1916 Common Ground
Writing/Theatre Play1915 The Warrens of Virginia
Writing/Scenario Writer1915 The Goose Girl
Writing/Theatre Play1915 The Wild Goose Chase
Writing/Screenplay1915 The Wild Goose Chase
Writing/Screenplay1915 Temptation
Camera/Still Photographer1915 Carmen
Writing/Writer1915 Carmen
Writing/Theatre Play1915 The Woman
Writing/Writer1914 Classmates
Writing/Theatre Play1914 Strongheart

Born: Thursday, 07/25 1878 (July) in Washington, D.C. (United States of America (USA))
Died: Saturday, 03/05 1955 (March) in Playa del Rey (aged: 76)
Zodiac sign: Leo (Chinese zodiac sign: Tiger)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Columbia University
Employer: University of Southern California
Spouses (current/former): Clara Beranger, Anna George de Mille
Children: Agnes de Mille, Peggy George
Father: Henry C. De Mille
Mother: Beatrice DeMille
Other names for William C. de Mille (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"William De Mille"
"William Churchill de Mille"
"William Churchill DeMille"
"illiam DeMille"
"William de Mille"
"William C. deMille"
William C. de Mille frequently works together with these people:
Cecil B. DeMille (24x, Crew)
Clara Beranger (23x, Crew)
Jack Holt (12x, Actor)
James Neill (12x, Actor)
L. Guy Wilky (12x, Crew)
Ethel Wales (11x, Actress)
Raymond Hatton (11x, Actor)
Charles Ogle (9x, Actor)
Theodore Roberts (9x, Actor)
Wilfred Buckland (8x, Crew)
Mayme Kelso (8x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:437949, Added: 09/23/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024