Wallace Worsley

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1878-12-07

Deathday 1944-03-26 (65 years old)

Place of Birth Wappingers Falls, New York, USA

Also Known As Wallace Worsley Sr., Wallace Ashley Worsley

Wallace Worsley

Biography

Wallace Ashley Worsley (8 December 1878 – 26 March 1944) was an American stage actor who became a film director in the silent era. Worsley directed 29 films during the years 1918-1928 and acted in 7 films. He directed several films starring Lon Chaney Sr. and his professional relationship with the actor was the best Chaney had second to his partnership with Tod Browning. "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1923) is one of his best known works and, along with "The Penalty" (1920), enjoys good exposure on home video and DVD. Worsley's 1922 horror film "A Blind Bargain" with Chaney is one of the most sought-after lost films. Worsley was married to actress Julia Marie Taylor with whom he had two sons, Paul Brackenride Worsley and Wallace Worsley Jr., the latter a production manager and assistant director.

Known For

Director

1928
1926
Shadow of the Law

as Director

1924
1923
1923
Nobody's Money

as Director

1922
A Blind Bargain

as Director

1922
Enter Madame

as Director

1922
Grand Larceny

as Director

1922
1922
Rags to Riches

as Director

1921
The Ace of Hearts

as Director

1921
1921
The Highest Bidder

as Director

1921
The Beautiful Liar

as Director

1921
Voices of the City

as Director

1920
The Penalty

as Director

1919
1919
Adele

as Director

1919
1919
1918
Social Ambition

as Director

1918
Honor's Cross

as Director

1918
An Alien Enemy

as Director

1918
Wedlock

as Director

1918
A Law Unto Herself

as Director

1918

Actor

1917
Alimony

as John Flint

1917
Borrowed Plumage

as Sir Charles Broome

1917
Paws of the Bear

as Curt Schrieber