William Worthington
American silent film actor and director (1872-1941)
0.23body-of-work score · ranked #2088 of 2631 directors · 1 film in our library
A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.
- Born
- April 8, 1872 · Troy
- Died
- April 9, 1941 · Beverly Hills
- Nationality
- United States
- Work
- actor, film director, film actor

Films in our library, ranked
Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.
- 1
1919 · United States · silent, drama, romance
National Film Registry (inducted 2014)
0.231 citation
Complete filmography
All 47 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.
- 1915Homage
- 1915On the Level
- 1915The Grail
- 1916A Stranger from Somewhere
- 1916Cross Purposes
- 1916Darcy of the Northwest Mounted
- 1916Love Never Dies
- 1916The Best Man's Bride
- 1916The Dupe
- 1916The Heart of a Show Girl
- 1916The Reward of Chivalry
- 1916They Wouldn't Take Him Seriously
- 1917The Car of Chance
- 1917The Clean-Up
- 1917The Devil's Pay Day
- 1917The Man Who Took a Chance
- 1918His Birthright
- 1918The Beloved Traitor
- 1918The Ghost of the Rancho
- 1918Twenty-One
- 1919A Heart in Pawn
- 1919Bonds of Honor
- 1919His Debt
- 1919The Courageous Coward
- 1919The Dragon Painter
- 1919The Gray Horizon
- 1919The Illustrious Prince
- 1919The Man Beneath
- 1919The Tong Man
- 1920The Beggar Prince
- 1920The Silent Barrier
- 1921Dr. Jim
- 1921Opened Shutters
- 1921The Beautiful Gambler
- 1921The Greater Profit
- 1921The Unknown Wife
- 1922Afraid to Fight
- 1922Out of the Silent North
- 1922Tracked to Earth
- 1923Kindled Courage
- 1923The Bolted Door
- 1925Beauty and the Bad Man
- 1925The Girl on the Stairs
- —Bringing Home Father
- —Fashionable Fakers
- —Go Straight
- —The Clock
