William H. Strauss

American actor

William H. Strauss
Strauss in The Reckless Way (1936)
Born	(1885-06-13)June 13, 1885 New York, New York, U.S.
Died	August 5, 1943(1943-08-05) (aged 58) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1920–1939

William H. Strauss (June 13, 1885 – August 5, 1943) was an American film actor active in the 1920s and 1930s.^[1] A character actor he appeared in a variety of supporting roles.

By 1928, Strauss had acted on stage and screen for more than 30 years.^[2]

Selected filmography

The Barricade (1921)
The Magic Cup (1921)
Solomon in Society (1922)
Other Women's Clothes (1922)
The Law of the Snow Country (1926)
The Roaring Road (1926)
Private Izzy Murphy (1926)
Millionaires (1926)
Skinner's Dress Suit (1926)
The Shamrock and the Rose (1927)
Ladies at Ease (1927)
Ragtime (1927)
The Show Girl (1927)
Ankles Preferred (1927)
Sally in Our Alley (1927)
For Ladies Only (1927)
So This Is Love? (1928)
The Rawhide Kid (1928)
Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
Lucky Boy (1929)
The Jazz Cinderella (1930)
The Public Enemy (1931)
Five Star Final (1931)
Love in High Gear (1932)
The Silk Express (1933)
Hard to Handle (1933)
Picture Snatcher (1933)
Grand Slam (1933)
Maizie (1933)
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
The House of Rothschild (1934)
Beloved (1934)
Broadway Bill (1934)
One More Spring (1935)
The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
The Texas Rangers (1936)
The Reckless Way (1936)
Golden Boy (1939)

References

^ Langman p.295
^ "New Morosco Actor 30 Years On Stage, Screen". Los Angeles Evening Post-Record. February 11, 1928. p. 11. Retrieved November 7, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.

Bibliography

Langman, Larry. American Film Cycles: The Silent Era. Greenwood Publishing, 1998.
Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.