William Harrigan

Known for Acting

3/26/1894

New York City, New York, USA

Biography

William Harrigan was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

Known For (33 credits)

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Street of Sinners

1957

A rookie New York cop has to deal with juvenile delinquents, his superiors, and blame for the suicide of a woman who jumped to her death while he was in her apartment.

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Roogie's Bump

1954

A young boy is taunted mercilessly by the other boys in town - until he gets some help from the ghost of a Brooklyn Dodger, who turns him into a great baseball player.

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Francis Covers the Big Town

1953

A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.

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Steel Town

1952

Steve Kostain, nephew of the owner, begins working at a steel mill to learn the business from the bottom up. He rooms with a steel working family, the McNamaras, and falls for the daughter, "Red", who is already involved with another steelworker. Although he is at first has a hard time with his co-workers, he eventually wins them over, and also wins the girl.

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Flying Leathernecks

1951

Major Daniel Kirby takes command of a squadron of Marine fliers just before they are about to go into combat. While the men are well meaning, he finds them undisciplined and prone to always finding excuses to do what is easy rather than what is necessary. The root of the problem is the second in command, Capt. Carl 'Griff' Griffin. Griff is the best flier in the group but Kirby finds him a poor commander who is not prepared to make the difficult decision that all commanders have to make - to put men in harm's way knowing that they may be killed.

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Speaking of Rubber

1951

"Speaking of Rubber: is a 1951 promotional film on the rubber industry, with some great scenes of downtown Naugatuck in 1951.

Pulitzer Prize Playhouse

1950

An American television anthology drama series which offered adaptations of Pulitzer Prize winning plays, stories and novels.

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Desert Fury

1947

The daughter of a Nevada casino owner gets involved with a racketeer, despite everyone's efforts to separate them.

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Citizen Saint

1947

A Catholic Church-sponsored film about the life of Frances Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who established schools, orphanages and hospitals in the United States. Primarily booked into schools or churches, or a local church would rent a theatre for a roadshow one-night viewing by members of the local congregation.

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The Farmer's Daughter

1947

After leaving her family's farm to study nursing in the city, a young woman finds herself on an unexpected path towards politics.

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Follies Girl

1943

In PRC's Follies Girl, Wendy Barrie plays dress designer Anne Merriday, who becomes the object of middle-aged millionaire J. B. Hamlin's (J.C. Nugent) affections. To save his dad from throwing his life away on a supposed golddigger, Hamlin's son, Army private Jerry Hamlin (Gordon Oliver), begins courting Anne-and, of course, falls genuinely in love with her himself. Meanwhile, the rogueish J.B. tries to mount a Broadway burlesque show, with costumes designed by Our Heroine.

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Arizona

1940

Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But Peter won't be distracted from his journey and Phoebe is left alone and plenty busy with villains Jefferson Carteret and Lazarus Ward plotting at every turn to destroy her freighting company. She has not seen the last of Peter, however.