William Robert Daly

William Robert Daly was an actor and director of silent films in the U.S.

With Leatrice Joy in Down Home (1920)

He was a "stage director" at 19 years-old.[1] He directed the 1914 film adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin featuring the first lead role for an African Americam actor in a feature film for white audiences. Sam Lucas, who had played Uncle Tom in theatrical productions, played the part.[2]

Daly portrayed the villain in the 1912 film The Kid and the Sleuth.[3] He worked as a producer with William Selig in 1916.[4] For Selig's 1916 film At Piney Ridge, Daly directed and produced. It was an adaption by Gilson Willets David K Higgins' theater production and Daly "escorted a company of players to the heart of the Tenn mtns where true scenes of mtneer life were filmed."[5]

He served on the board of The Screen Club and was photographed among its members in 1912.[6] In 1915 he was a director for the Dramatic Book film company in Santa Barabara.[7] He is pictured in a movie still lobby card from the 1922 film Pardon My Nerve.[8]

Fritzi Brunette was his third wife.

Filmography

Director

Actor

Executive producer

Producer
  • At Piney Ridge (1916)[5]

References
  1. "Motography". March 9, 1916 – via Google Books.
  2. "2012 National Film Registry". www.cbsnews.com.
  3. Wlaschin, Ken (October 21, 2009). "Silent Mystery and Detective Movies: A Comprehensive Filmography". McFarland – via Google Books.
  4. "Motography". March 9, 1916 – via Google Books.
  5. "Southern Mountaineers Filmography | Special Collections at Belk Library". collections.library.appstate.edu.
  6. "Motion Picture News". Motion Picture News Incorporated. May 2, 1912 – via Google Books.
  7. "Daily Tribune 21 March 1915 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov.
  8. "Pardon My Nerve!, US lobbycard, from left: William Robert Daly,..." Getty Images.
  9. "William Robert Daly". BFI.
  10. "Motography". May 2, 1916 – via Google Books.
  11. "Catalogue of Copyright Entries: Pamphlets, leaflets, contributions to newspapers or periodicals, etc.; lectures, sermons, addresses for oral delivery; dramatic compositions; maps; motion pictures". U.S. Government Printing Office. May 2, 1916 – via Google Books.
  12. Movie stills
  13. Munden, Kenneth White; Institute, American Film (May 2, 1997). "The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States". University of California Press – via Google Books.
  14. Nash, Jay Robert; Connelly, Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (January 9, 1988). "Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936". Cinebooks – via Google Books.
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