William E. Shay

William E. Shay
William E. Shay
	William E. Shay (1916)
Occupation(s)	Actor of silent film and stage
Years active	c. 1900– c. 1927

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).

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]

References

^ "William E. Shay". Broadway World. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
^ Theatre Magazine. Theatre Magazine Company. 1909. p. 72.
^ Spears, Jack (1977). The Civil War on the Screen, and Other Essays. A. S. Barnes. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-498-01728-5.
^ Slide, Anthony (2014-02-25). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-135-92554-3.
^ "A Manly Man + My Best Girl". George Eastman Museum. November 24, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "William E. Shay". BFI. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ Romain, Theresa St (2008). Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star. McFarland. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7864-3552-4.
^ "William E. Shay and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains" | Photograph". Wisconsin Historical Society. 1 December 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2021.
^ Wlaschin, Ken (2009-05-15). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4350-5.
^ The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1913. p. 247.
^ Holston, Kim R. (2012-12-13). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973. McFarland. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-7864-9261-9.
^ Tarbox, Charles H. (1983). Lost Films, 1895-1917. Film Classic Exchange. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-9610916-0-6.
^ Moving Picture World and View Photographer. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916. p. 600.
^ Kabatchnik, Amnon (2008). Blood on the Stage: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire, 1900-1925. Scarecrow Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8108-6123-7.
^ Langman, Larry; Ebner, David (2001). Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-313-31886-3.
^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2005). American Plays and Musicals on Screen: 650 Stage Productions and Their Film and Television Adaptations. McFarland & Company. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7864-2003-2.
^ Wollstein, Hans J. (1994). Strangers in Hollywood: The History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1910 to World War II. Scarecrow Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-8108-2938-1.
^ ^a ^b Soister, John T.; Nicolella, Henry; Joyce, Steve (2014-01-10). American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland. pp. 126, 747. ISBN 978-0-7864-8790-5.
^ "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.
^ Nickelodeon. Vol. 18. 1917. p. 686.
^ "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.
^ "Telephone Girl Film Feature at Shea's Hipp". Buffalo Courier Express. 1927-03-27. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-09-15.

External links

William E. Shay at IMDb

[1] "William E. Shay". Broadway World. Retrieved 2023-04-18.

[2] Theatre Magazine. Theatre Magazine Company. 1909. p. 72.

[3] Spears, Jack (1977). The Civil War on the Screen, and Other Essays. A. S. Barnes. p. 53. ISBN 978-0-498-01728-5.

[4] Slide, Anthony (2014-02-25). The New Historical Dictionary of the American Film Industry. Routledge. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-135-92554-3.

[5] "A Manly Man + My Best Girl". George Eastman Museum. November 24, 2015.

[:0-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "William E. Shay". BFI. Archived from the original on September 6, 2022. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

[7] Romain, Theresa St (2008). Margarita Fischer: A Biography of the Silent Film Star. McFarland. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-7864-3552-4.

[8] "William E. Shay and Ethel Grandin in "Across the Plains" | Photograph". Wisconsin Historical Society. 1 December 2003. Retrieved 5 April 2021.

[9] Wlaschin, Ken (2009-05-15). Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-4350-5.

[10] The Moving Picture World. Chalmers Publishing Company. 1913. p. 247.

[11] Holston, Kim R. (2012-12-13). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973. McFarland. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-7864-9261-9.

[12] Tarbox, Charles H. (1983). Lost Films, 1895-1917. Film Classic Exchange. p. 190. ISBN 978-0-9610916-0-6.

[13] Moving Picture World and View Photographer. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916. p. 600.

[14] Kabatchnik, Amnon (2008). Blood on the Stage: Milestone Plays of Crime, Mystery, and Detection : an Annotated Repertoire, 1900-1925. Scarecrow Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8108-6123-7.

[15] Langman, Larry; Ebner, David (2001). Hollywood's Image of the South: A Century of Southern Films. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-313-31886-3.

[16] Hischak, Thomas S. (2005). American Plays and Musicals on Screen: 650 Stage Productions and Their Film and Television Adaptations. McFarland & Company. p. 117. ISBN 978-0-7864-2003-2.

[17] Wollstein, Hans J. (1994). Strangers in Hollywood: The History of Scandinavian Actors in American Films from 1910 to World War II. Scarecrow Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-8108-2938-1.

[:1-18] Soister, John T.; Nicolella, Henry; Joyce, Steve (2014-01-10). American Silent Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy Feature Films, 1913-1929. McFarland. pp. 126, 747. ISBN 978-0-7864-8790-5.

[19] "Silent Era : Progressive Silent Film List". www.silentera.com.

[20] Nickelodeon. Vol. 18. 1917. p. 686.

[21] "AFI|Catalog". catalog.afi.com. Retrieved 2023-09-15.

[22] "Telephone Girl Film Feature at Shea's Hipp". Buffalo Courier Express. 1927-03-27. p. 37. Retrieved 2023-09-15.

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