William C. deMille

Biography

William Churchill de Mille was the older brother of Hollywood legend Cecil B. DeMille (W.C. retained the family spelling of his name) and father of Tony Award-winning choreographer Agnes de Mille.

Personal Facts

Known For

Directing

Gender

male

Known Credits

91

Birth Date

1878-07-25 00:00:00

Birth Place

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Known For

• 

  Passion Flower
• 

  What Every Woman Knows
• 

  Hashimura Togo
• 

  Famous Scenes from Pagliacci
• 

  Two Kinds of Women
• 

  This Mad World

Credits

• writing (30 credits)

  • Captain Fury

    screenplay

    writing
    1939
  • The Secret Call

    theatre play

    writing
    1931
  • The Doctor's Secret

    writer

    writing
    1929
  • The Telephone Girl

    theatre play

    writing
    1927
  • Braveheart

    theatre play

    writing
    1925
  • The Splendid Crime

    story

    writing
    1925
  • Classmates

    theatre play

    writing
    1924
  • The Warrens of Virginia

    writer

    writing
    1924
  • Why Change Your Wife?

    story

    writing
    1920
  • For Better, for Worse

    writer

    writing
    1919
  • We Can't Have Everything

    writer

    writing
    1918
  • One More American

    theatre play

    writing
    1918
  • The Woman God Forgot

    writer

    writing
    1917
  • Joan the Woman

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • The World and the Woman

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • Maria Rosa

    screenplay

    writing
    1916
  • The Ragamuffin

    writer

    writing
    1916
  • Temptation

    screenplay

    writing
    1915
  • Carmen

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • The Woman

    theatre play

    writing
    1915
  • The Secret Orchard

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • The Puppet Crown

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • The Wild Goose Chase

    screenplay

    writing
    1915
  • The Warrens of Virginia

    theatre play

    writing
    1915
  • After Five

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • The Goose Girl

    scenario writer

    writing
    1915
  • Young Romance

    writer

    writing
    1915
  • Cameo Kirby

    scenario writer

    writing
    1914
  • Strongheart

    theatre play

    writing
    1914
  • Classmates

    writer

    writing
    1914

• directing (51 credits)

  • Famous Scenes from Pagliacci

    director

    directing
    1934
  • Two Kinds of Women

    director

    directing
    1932
  • Passion Flower

    director

    directing
    1930
  • This Mad World

    director

    directing
    1930
  • The Idle Rich

    director

    directing
    1929
  • The Doctor's Secret

    director

    directing
    1929
  • Craig's Wife

    director

    directing
    1928
  • Tenth Avenue

    director

    directing
    1928
  • The Little Adventuress

    director

    directing
    1927
  • For Alimony Only

    director

    directing
    1926
  • The Runaway

    director

    directing
    1926
  • The Splendid Crime

    director

    directing
    1925
  • New Brooms

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Men and Women

    director

    directing
    1925
  • Locked Doors

    director

    directing
    1925
  • The Fast Set

    director

    directing
    1924
  • The Bedroom Window

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Icebound

    director

    directing
    1924
  • Don't Call It Love

    director

    directing
    1924
  • The Marriage Maker

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Only 38

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Grumpy

    director

    directing
    1923
  • The World's Applause

    director

    directing
    1923
  • Clarence

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Nice People

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Bought and Paid For

    director

    directing
    1922
  • Miss Lulu Bett

    director

    directing
    1921
  • After the Show

    director

    directing
    1921
  • The Lost Romance

    director

    directing
    1921
  • What Every Woman Knows

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Midsummer Madness

    director

    directing
    1921
  • Conrad in Quest of His Youth

    director

    directing
    1920
  • The Prince Chap

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Jack Straw

    director

    directing
    1920
  • The Tree of Knowledge

    director

    directing
    1920
  • Peg o' My Heart

    director

    directing
    1919
  • The Mystery Girl

    director

    directing
    1918
  • Mirandy Smiles

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Honor of His House

    director

    directing
    1918
  • One More American

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Widow's Might

    director

    directing
    1918
  • The Secret Game

    director

    directing
    1917
  • The Ghost House

    director

    directing
    1917
  • Hashimura Togo

    director

    directing
    1917
  • The Heir to the Hoorah

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Anton the Terrible

    director

    directing
    1916
  • Common Ground

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Clown

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Sowers

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Ragamuffin

    director

    directing
    1916
  • The Only Son

    director

    directing
    1914

• production (5 credits)

  • Almost Human

    producer

    production
    1927
  • Gigolo

    producer

    production
    1926
  • The Runaway

    producer

    production
    1926
  • Midsummer Madness

    producer

    production
    1921
  • Conrad in Quest of His Youth

    producer

    production
    1920

• actors (3 credits)

  • Hollywood

    William C. de Mille

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • A Trip to Paramountown

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Rose of the Rancho

    Cowboy

    actor

    actors
    1914

• camera (1 credits)

  • Carmen

    still photographer

    camera
    1915

• crew (1 credits)

  • The Master Mind

    supervisor of production resources

    crew
    1914