William Haines

Personal Info

Birthday

January 2, 1900

Day of Death

1973-12-26

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Staunton, Virginia, USA

Also Known As

Billy Haines

Charles William Haines

William Haines

Biography

William Haines (born Charles William Haines; January 2, 1900 - December 26, 1973) was a star American comedy actor of the late Silent and early "talkie" eras.

Known For

Navy Blues

The Stolen Jools

Show People

Souls for Sale

The Duke Steps Out

Spring Fever

The Midnight Express

Tell It to the Marines

Filmography

2001
Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines
as Self (Archival footage)
1964
The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
1934
The Marines Are Coming
as Lt. William 'Wild Bill' Traylor
Young and Beautiful
as Robert Preston
1932
Fast Life
as Sandy
Are You Listening?
as Bill Grimes
1931
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford
as Wallingford
Just a Gigolo
as Robert Brummel
The Stolen Jools
as Bill Haines
A Tailor-Made Man
as John Paul Bart
1930
Remote Control
as William J. Brennan
Way Out West
as Windy
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance)
Free and Easy
as A Guest
The Girl Said No
as Tom Ward
1929
Navy Blues
as Jack Kelly
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
as Self
Speedway
as Bill Whipple
A Man's Man
as Mel
The Duke Steps Out
as Duke
1928
Show People
as Billy Boone
Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Jimmy Valentine
Excess Baggage
as Eddie Kane
Telling the World
as Don Davis
The Smart Set
as Tommy Van Buren
West Point
as Brice Wayne
1927
Spring Fever
as Jack Kelly
Slide, Kelly, Slide
as Jim Kelly
A Little Journey
as George Manning
1926
Tell It to the Marines
as Private Skeet Burns
Lovey Mary
as Billy Wiggs
Mike
as Harlan
Brown of Harvard
as Tom Brown
Memory Lane
as Joe Field
1925
Sally, Irene and Mary
as Jimmy Dungan
Little Annie Rooney
as Joe Kelly
The Tower of Lies
as August
A Slave of Fashion
as Dick Wayne
1925 Studio Tour
as Self (uncredited)
The Denial
as Lyman - Lover in Flashback
Who Cares
as Martin
1924
The Wife of the Centaur
as Edward Converse
Circe the Enchantress
as William Craig
Wine of Youth
as Hal Martin
The Midnight Express
as Jack Oakes
True As Steel
as Gilbert Morse
Three Weeks
as Curate
1923
Three Wise Fools
as Gordon Schuyler
Souls for Sale
as Pinkey - Assistant Director