William Worthington(1872-1941)
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Handsome smart gentleman William Worthington born in Troy, New York in
1872. Well-known Broadway star of opera theatre, drama theatre and
vaudeville from the late 1890's. He arrived in Hollywood in 1913 as a
leading film performer making his movie debut in The Restless Spirit (1913)
co-starring J. Warren Kerrigan and Jessalyn Van Trump at the Victor
Film Co. His most memorable roles as Damon in Damon and Pythias (1914), as General George Washington in The Spy (1914), and as
Eleanor's father in the comedy Kid Boots (1926) starring Eddie Cantor for
the Famous Players-Lasky Film Co in 1926. Between 1917-1925 he
concentrated on film directing and was head of a short-lived film
production company called Multicolor which was bought by Cinecolor in
1932. He essayed scores of minor roles in many talkies often playing
professional men, active in films up until his death in 1941.
