William Post Jr.

Acting

William Post Jr.

Born 1901-02-19 · Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Acting credits

Call Northside 777 poster
6.7

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. McNeal to look into the case. For some time, McNeal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.

Call Northside 777

1948

Babes on Broadway poster
6.6

Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead, they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.

Babes on Broadway

1941

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon poster
6.4

In the midst of World War II, Sherlock Holmes rescues the Swiss inventor of a new bomb-sight from the Gestapo and brings him to England, where he quickly falls into the clutches of the evil Professor Moriarty.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon

1942

The House on 92nd Street poster
6.6

The US Government tries to track down embedded Nazi agents in the States.

The House on 92nd Street

1945

The Moon Is Down poster
6.9

The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.

The Moon Is Down

1943

The Black Camel poster
6.1

Movie star Shelah Fane is seeing wealthy Alan Jaynes while filming in Honolulu, Hawaii, but won't marry him without consulting famed psychic Tarneverro first. Enter inspector Charlie Chan of the Honolulu Police, investigating the unsolved murder, three years earlier, of a Hollywood actor.

The Black Camel

1931

Ship Ahoy poster
6.3

Miss Winters is a dancer with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra and is asked to secretly transport a prototype magnetic mine to Puerto Rico. She thinks that she is working for the US Government, but fails to see why she would be involved.

Ship Ahoy

1942

Experiment Perilous poster
5.8

In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.

Experiment Perilous

1944

Roger Touhy, Gangster poster
7.0

Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.

Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944

Nazi Agent poster
6.6

Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thrown into turmoil. Threatening Becker with deportation, Hugo forces him to use his shop as a front for espionage.

Nazi Agent

1942

Miracle On 34th Street poster
7.3

In this charming TV adaptation of the 1947 film classic, a kindly old gentleman (Ed Wynn) working as a Macy's department store Santa causes a commotion when he claims to be the real St. Nick. Forced to prove his sanity, he is taken to court where he must convince the judge and his friends that he actually is Santa Claus. The faith of one skeptical little girl (Susan Gordon) and a Christmas miracle are the keys to his true identity.

Miracle On 34th Street

1959

Farewell to Yesterday poster
9.0

A documentary depiction of the cultural and social forces which led the world to war in the 1930s and 1940s, beginning with the rise of Hitler after the failure of the victors of the First World War to create fertile ground for lasting peace. The march to war results in a global cataclysm which is depicted in all its variations, until final victory in the Second World War once again leaves the world unprepared to master peace.

Farewell to Yesterday

1950

The Birth of a Baby poster
10.0

Mrs. Burgess explains menstruation to her teen-aged daughter by showing her diagrams in a medical book. Her daughter-in-law Mary then tells Mrs. Burgess that she wishes that she, too, knew more about her body. She also reveals that she may be expecting a baby and is apprehensive about her safety and the changes that a new baby will bring to her life.

The Birth of a Baby

1938

Bride by Mistake poster
6.7

The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis, who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.

Bride by Mistake

1944

Pacific Rendezvous poster
7.5

A code expert working for Naval Intelligence is assigned to decode enemy messages despite his desire for active duty.

Pacific Rendezvous

1942

What Makes Sammy Run? poster
7.0

An adaptation of Budd Schulberg's incendiary 1941 novel about the rise of an unscrupulous Hollywood producer. The production was divided into two parts and aired on NBC's Sunday Showcase.

What Makes Sammy Run?

1959

Secret Service poster
6.7

In 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be a Confederate captain.

Secret Service

1931

Mr. and Mrs. North poster
4.4

Married sleuths (Gracie Allen, William Post Jr.) find a corpse in their closet and round up suspects.

Mr. and Mrs. North

1942

The Open Door: The Story Of Foreman Jim Baxter And His Family poster
NR

A General Motors foreman learns not just to be a better manager, but where his place is in the system of production.

The Open Door: The Story Of Foreman Jim Baxter And His Family

1945

Doctor in Industry: The Story of Kennethh W. Randall, M.D. poster
NR

Epic history of industrial medicine in the first half of the 20th century, showing how manufacturers and the medical profession came to terms with one another and culminating in GM's rehabilitation program for returned World War II veterans.

Doctor in Industry: The Story of Kennethh W. Randall, M.D.

1946