William F. Moran

Movies

Ann Vickers
Court Clerk (uncredited)
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge and scandal looms again.
Out of Singapore
Seaman
While a ship's captain is being slowly poisoned, a gang of thugs try to take over the ship.
Sea Devils
An escaped convict stows away on a ship of mutinous treasure hunters to find the crooks who framed him for murder.
Red Signals
Lafe Reeves (as William Moran)
Sabotage on the railroad with trains being derailed and looted. Good coverage of the Santa Fe La Grande Station that was demolished in 1939 due to earthquake damage.
$50,000 Reward
Eli Higgins
Tex Sherwood has just come into possession of a valuable piece of land that will be irrigated by a new dam. Banker Holman knowing the deed must be registered the next day, offers a $50,000 reward for Tex's capture.
The Beloved Brute
Sheriff Swanson
A Western melodrama about brothers, separated in early childhood, who wound up as opponents in a side-show wrestling match.
The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
A biographical film featuring the presidency and assassination of Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War.
Drifting
Mr. Hepburn
In Shanghai, an American girl who helps runs an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has to determine where her loyalties lie.
Her Dangerous Path
Dr. Philip Markham
Her Dangerous Path
Blood Test
An outlaw decides to hang up his guns and lead the "straight" life. His foster son falls for the daughter of a wealthy estate owner. The crooked manager of the estate wants the girl for himself--so he can control the estate when the father dies--and tells the father that the boy is an outlaw's son.
Yellow Men and Gold
Cunningham (as William Moran)
Parrish, a young author, leaves his study during a storm to answer a call for help. He discovers a dying man and is rewarded with a treasure map, which he shows to Carroll, a retired sea captain. They plan a quest for the treasure; but before Carroll's ship sails, Parrish is drugged, relieved of the map, and thrown from the dock.
Pinched
A short comedy
Blowing Bubbles
A man poses as a lifeguard but his rescue techniques are not the most desirable.
The Green Flame
Julius Block
Country bumpkin Frank Marham comes to New York City to work in a world-famous jewelry store. At the hotel where he lives, Frank meets Ruth Gardner, a newspaper reporter who is investigating the operations of a gang of jewel thieves, as is also her admirer, detective Dan Lantry. The store's manager, Roger Imlay, is a member of the gang
The Path She Chose
Frank
Virginia Clerson lives in sordid surroundings with her drunken father, her thieving brother Frank and her wastrel sister Laura. Deciding to take a different path, Virginia runs away from her unhappy home and obtains work in a millinery factory, telling her employer, Frederick Parker, that her relatives are all dead. Virginia works hard, soon becoming superintendent of the factory, and Frederick falls in love with her. She rescues Laura from her lot as a scrubwoman, but just as Virginia and Frederick are to be married, Frank appears and reveals his sister's past.
The Great Gamble
Shorty 'The Rat'
The Great Gamble is a 1919 movie serial.