William Haines

from Staunton, Virginia, USA

Artwork for Tell It to the MarinesImage of 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.

Timeline

2001Aged 101

  • Poster for Out of the Closet, Off the Screen: The Life of William Haines

    Self (Archival footage)

1964Aged 64

  • Poster for The Big Parade of Comedy

    Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)

1936Aged 36

  • Poster for Craig's Wife

    Production Design

1934Aged 34

  • Poster for Young and Beautiful

    Robert Preston

  • Poster for The Marines Are Coming

    Lt. William 'Wild Bill' Traylor

1932Aged 32

  • Poster for Are You Listening?

    Bill Grimes

  • Poster for Fast Life

    Sandy

1931Aged 31

  • Poster for A Tailor-Made Man

    John Paul Bart

  • Poster for The Stolen Jools

    Bill Haines

  • Poster for Just a Gigolo

    Robert Brummel

  • Poster for New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford

    Wallingford

1930Aged 30

  • Poster for The Girl Said No

    Tom Ward

  • Poster for Free and Easy

    A Guest

  • Poster for Estrellados

    Self (Guest Appearance)

  • Poster for Way Out West

    Windy

  • Poster for Remote Control

    William J. Brennan

1929Aged 29

  • Poster for The Duke Steps Out

    Duke

  • Poster for A Man's Man

    Mel

  • Poster for Speedway

    Bill Whipple

  • Poster for The Hollywood Revue of 1929

    Self

  • Poster for Navy Blues

    Jack Kelly

1928Aged 28

  • Poster for West Point

    Brice Wayne

  • Poster for The Smart Set

    Tommy Van Buren

  • Poster for Telling the World

    Don Davis

  • Poster for Excess Baggage

    Eddie Kane

  • Poster for Alias Jimmy Valentine

    Jimmy Valentine

  • Poster for Show People

    Billy Boone

1927Aged 27

  • Poster for A Little Journey

    George Manning

  • Poster for Slide, Kelly, Slide

    Jim Kelly

  • Poster for Spring Fever

    Jack Kelly

1926Aged 26

  • Poster for The Thrill Hunter

    Peter J. Smith

  • Poster for Memory Lane

    Joe Field

  • Poster for Brown of Harvard

    Tom Brown

  • Mike

    Harlan

  • Poster for Lovey Mary

    Billy Wiggs

  • Poster for Tell It to the Marines

    Private Skeet Burns

1925Aged 25

  • Poster for Who Cares

    Martin

  • Poster for The Denial

    Lyman - Lover in Flashback

  • Poster for 1925 Studio Tour

    Self (uncredited)

  • Poster for Fighting the Flames

    Horatio Manly Jr

  • Poster for A Slave of Fashion

    Dick Wayne

  • Poster for The Tower of Lies

    August

  • Poster for Little Annie Rooney

    Joe Kelly

  • Poster for Sally, Irene and Mary

    Jimmy Dungan

1924Aged 24

  • Poster for Three Weeks

    Curate

  • Poster for True As Steel

    Gilbert Morse

  • Poster for The Midnight Express

    Jack Oakes

  • Poster for The Gaiety Girl

    Owen Tudor St. John

  • Poster for Wine of Youth

    Hal Martin

  • Poster for Circe the Enchantress

    William Craig

  • Poster for So This Is Marriage?

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Wife of the Centaur

    Edward Converse

1923Aged 23

  • Poster for Souls for Sale

    Pinkey - Assistant Director

  • Poster for Three Wise Fools

    Gordon Schuyler

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