William H. Tooker Explained

William H. Tooker
Birth Date:	September 2, 1869
Birth Place:	New York City, U.S.
Death Date:	October 10, 1936 (aged 67)
Death Place:	Hollywood, California, U.S.
Othername:	William Tucker
Occupation:	actor
Yearsactive:	1912-1935

William H. Tooker (September 2, 1869 – October 10, 1936) was an American stage and film actor.

Tooker acted with the Tivoli Comic Opera Company in San Francisco.^[1] On Broadway, he performed in The Coronet of the Duchess (1904) and The Governor's Lady (1912).^[2] His film debut was in The Stealers.

In addition to acting, Tooker was a chemist who invented polish for tan shoes.^[3]

He was born in New York and died in Hollywood California.^[4]

Selected filmography

• How Molly Made Good (1915)
• The Curious Conduct of Judge Legarde (1915)
• Sunday (1915)
• A Modern Magdalen (1915) as Joe Mercer
• A Fool's Revenge (1916)
• A Modern Thelma (1916)
• East Lynne (1916)
• Ambition (1916)
• Red, White and Blue Blood (1917)
• The Bitter Truth (1917)
• The Light in Darkness (1917)
• Men (1918)
• The Woman the Germans Shot (1918)
• The Lost Battalion (1919)
• Greater Than Fame (1920)
• Heliotrope (1920)
• The Vice of Fools (1920)
• The Greatest Love (1920)
• Proxies (1921)
• The Power Within (1921)
• Worlds Apart (1921)
• God's Country and the Law (1921)
• Peacock Alley (1922)
• Beyond the Rainbow (1922)
• The Cradle Buster (1922)
• My Friend the Devil (1922)
• Sinner or Saint (1923)
• The Purple Highway (1923)
• Wife in Name Only (1923)
• The Average Woman (1924)
• Who's Cheating? (1924)
• The Lone Wolf (1924)
• The Phantom Express (1925)
• The Scarlet Letter (1926)
• The White Black Sheep (1926)
• The Merry Cavalier (1926)
• Birds of Prey (1927)
• Two Girls Wanted (1927)
• Tell It to Sweeney (1927)
• Jake the Plumber (1927)
• The Devil Dancer (1927)
• A Woman Against the World (1928)
• Virgin Lips (1928)
• Sweet Sixteen (1928)
• Night Watch (1928)
• Romance of the Underworld (1928)
• The Bellamy Trial (1929)
• No Defense (1929)

External links

• • • William H. Tooker(Kinotv)

Notes and References

1. News: William H. Tooker Of Stage Fame in 'Scarlet Letter' . February 15, 2021 . Daily News . January 7, 1927 . California, Los Angeles . 16. Newspapers.com.
2. Web site: William H. Tooker . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . February 15, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180618222837/http://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/william-h-tooker-43571 . June 18, 2018.
3. (untitled brief) . Motography . April 15, 1916 . 887 . February 15, 2021.
4. Silent Film Necrology, 2nd Edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana