William E. Shay | |
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Occupation(s) | Actor of silent film and stage |
Years active | c. 1900– c. 1927 |
William E. Shay was an American actor of stage and silent films. He had leading roles including in The Clemenceau Case (1915), and A Daughter of the Gods (1916).
In 1902, Shay appeared in Martha Morton's The Diplomat at Hoyt's Theatre; and in 1909, he appeared as Baron Sokoli in the stage production of John Luther Long's Kassa at Liberty Theatre on Broadway in New York City.[1][2] He also starred in the stage productions Zaza and David Belasco's Du Barry.[3]
Shay made his film debut in 1911 at age 45, in A Manly Man. He shot almost all of his films in a ten years span. He attended the first meeting of The Screen Club in 1912, a motion picture group founded in New York City.[4]