William Carroll was an actor with Thanhouser circa 1912-1915.
William Carroll
A Thanhouser Company player, credited on 6 Thanhouser films. None is online, and no print of any is known to survive.
Biography
From Bowers’ encyclopedia entry. Read the full biography below ↓
Filmography
Thanhouser films
- 1912The Forest RoseLost
- 1913When Dreams Come TrueLost
- 1914The Varsity RaceLost
- 1915The Silent Co-EdLost
- 1915Dicky’s Demon DachshundLost
- 1915Capers of College ChapsLost
These have no online copy. Each page says what is known about where a print is held.
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The full biography
From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 174 words.
William Arthur Carroll was born in New York in 1875. His early career was on the stage. By 1911 he was with American Biograph, for whom he acted in several 1912 and 1913 releases, including Black Sheep, Iola’s Promise, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch, and The Stolen Loaf. During the early years he also worked with Selig, Méliès, and Vitagraph.
William Carroll was employed by Thanhouser as an actor by 1912 and remained with the studio through 1915. In the latter year he was seen in Falstaff comedies. An article in The Moving Picture World, October 16, 1915, named him among Thanhouser players of the time, although he was virtually overlooked in other publicity. During the 1916-1918 years he was with the American Film Manufacturing Company in Santa Barbara, California. William Carroll remained in films through the late 1920s, and died of cancer in Glendale, California on December 26, 1927. (In its January 11, 1928 issue, Variety erroneously listed his death date as January 26.)
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, “CARROLL, William.” thanhouser.org/research/people/william-carroll/