Person Details

Birthday: 1878-12-08 12:58:01

Death: 1944-03-26 12:58:01

Aliases: Wallace A. Worsley Sr.

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Wappingers Falls, New York, USA

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Movie Involvements: 32

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wallace A. Worsley Sr. (8 December 1878 in Wappingers Falls, New York, USA – 26 March 1944 in Hollywood, California, USA) was an American stage actor who became a director in the silent film era. Worsley directed 29 films during the years 1918-1928 and acted in 7 films. He directed several films starring Lon Chaney Sr. and his professional relationship with the actor was the best Chaney had second to his partnership with Tod Browning. The The Hunchback of Notre Dame from 1923 is one of his best known works and along with The Penalty(1920), enjoys good exposure on home video and DVD. Worsley's 1922 horror film A Blind Bargain with Chaney is one of the most sought after lost films. Worsley was married to actress Julia M. Taylor with whom he had two sons, Paul Worsley and the film director Wallace Worsley Jr. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wallace Worsley, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Most Famous Work

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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7

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

(1923) Director
The Penalty
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7

The Penalty

(1920) Director
The Street Called Straight
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0

The Street Called Straight

(1920) Director
Voices of the City
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Voices of the City

(1921) Director
The Man Who Fights Alone
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The Man Who Fights Alone

(1924) Director
Shadow of the Law
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Shadow of the Law

(1926) Director
The Highest Bidder
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The Highest Bidder

(1921) Director
The Ace of Hearts
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6

The Ace of Hearts

(1921) Director

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1917 John Flint
Sir Charles Broome
Curt Schrieber
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing


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