William Bowers was an actor with Thanhouser circa 1915-1917.
William Bowers
A Thanhouser Company player, credited on one Thanhouser film. No print of it is known to survive.
Biography
From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
Filmography
Thanhouser films
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From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 120 words.
“Billy” Bowers, as he was known professionally, was on the stage for many years in minstrels and vaudeville, where he often played black-face roles. He subsequently played in films for Lubin (he played in the July 1916 releases of A Terrible Tragedy and It Happened in Pikersville). He went to Thanhouser in late 1915 or early 1916. He played in the Falstaff release of Belinda’s Bridal Breakfast (1916), Thanhouser’s The Candy Girl (1917), and other films.
Note: The 1917 and 1918 editions of the Motion Picture News Studio Directory stated incorrectly that John Bowers played in The Candy Girl. So far as is known, John Bowers had no connection with Thanhouser.
Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “BOWERS, William (“Billy”).” thanhouser.org/research/people/william-bowers/