John Hamilton
Birthday: Born in 1887-01-16 in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Deathday: 1958-10-15
John Rummel Hamilton was an American actor, who played in many movies and television programs. He is probably best remembered for his role as the blustery newspaper editor Perry White for the 1950s television program “Adventures of Superman.”
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Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: "Jeroboam" Captain
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, ...
I Led Three Lives
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I Led Three Lives is an American drama series which was syndicated by Ziv Television Programs from October 1, 1953 to January 1, 1956. The series stars Richard Carlson. The show was a companion piece of sorts to the radio drama I Was a Communist for the FBI, which dealt with a similar subject and was also syndicated by Ziv from 1952 to 1954....
The Count of Monte Cristo
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The Count of Monte Cristo was a 1956 ITC Entertainment/TPA television series adapted very loosely from the novel by Alexandre Dumas, adapted by Sidney Marshall. It premiered in the UK in early 1956 and ran for 39 thirty-minute episodes. The first twelve episodes were filmed in the United States, at the Hal Roach studios, with the rest being filmed at ITC's traditional home of Elstree. A 5-disc DVD set containing all thirty-nine episodes was released by Network Studio on 12 April 2010. ITC prod...
The Gene Autry Show
Character: Dan Parker
The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum....
Adventures of Superman
Character: Perry White
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-m...
Cavalcade of America
Character: Colonel Norton
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual cour...
New York Confidential
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New York Confidential is a British-American crime drama series that aired from 1958 to 1959. The series aired in syndicated in the United States and was broadcast on London's local ITV station, Associated-Rediffusion, in the UK. It was co-produced by ITC Entertainment, Metropolis Productions, Inc., and Television Programs of America....
Tales of Tomorrow
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Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others featuring such performers as Boris Karloff, Brian Keith, Lee J. Cobb, Rod Steiger, Bruce Cabot, Franchot Tone, Gene Lockhart, Walter Abel, Leslie Nielsen, and Paul Newman. The series had many similarities to ...
The Roy Rogers Show
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Roy Rogers is the owner of the RR Ranch in the Mineral City area, which he runs with the help of the German shepherd dog Bullet and his horse Trigger. Roy, supported by his friend Pat Brady, is often helping the weakest usually threatened by cattle thieves, dishonest sheriffs and villains of various kinds. Pat Brady works as a cook at the Eureka Café, owned by Dale Evans....
The Adventures of Kit Carson
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The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson. Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion....
The Cisco Kid
Character: John Mitchell
The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help. It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color unt...
Captain Midnight
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Captain Midnight is an American televisions series that aired on CBS from September 9, 1954 to January 21, 1956. The series stars Richard Webb as Captain Midnight....
State Trooper
Character: Oscar
State Trooper is an American crime drama set in the 1950s American West, starring Rod Cameron as Rod Blake, an officer of the Nevada Department of Public Safety. The series aired 104 episodes in syndication from September 25, 1956, to June 25, 1959....
Screen Director's Playhouse
Character: Mr. Campo (uncredited)
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas....
The Gene Autry Show
Character: Jonathan Diggers
The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes on CBS from July 23, 1950 until August 7, 1956, originally sponsored by Wrigley's Doublemint chewing gum....
The Cisco Kid
Character: Sheriff
The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help. It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color unt...
The Cisco Kid
Character: Thomas T. Trimble
The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the title role, The Cisco Kid, and Leo Carrillo as the jovial sidekick, Pancho. Cisco and Pancho were technically desperados, wanted for unspecified crimes, but instead viewed by the poor as Robin Hood figures who assisted the downtrodden when law enforcement officers proved corrupt or unwilling to help. It was also the first television series to be filmed in color, although few viewers saw it in color unt...
Cavalcade of America
Character: Porter
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual cour...
The Ford Television Theatre
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This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast....
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The Maltese Falcon
Character: District Attorney Bryan
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette....
I Killed That Man
Character: District Attorney
A condemned inmate's premature death places officials under suspicion....
One Exciting Week
Character: Dr. Jones (uncredited)
The citizens of the small town of Midburg are thrilled when one of their native sons, Dan Flannery, becomes a war hero while serving in the Merchant Marines. But before arriving he is stricken with amnesia and falls in with a gang of crooks......
Wilson
Character: Legislator in Wilson's Office (uncredited)
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, and his subsequent ascent to the Presidency of the United States. During his terms in office, Wilson must deal with the death of his first wife, the onslaught of German hostilities leading to American involvement in the Great War, and his own country's reticence to join the League of Nations. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with...
Johnny Comes Flying Home
Character: C.H. Metters (uncredited)
Three World War II fliers face financial obstacles threatening to ground their fledgling air-freight business....
Alias the Champ
Character: Police Commissioner Bronson
Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance) is arrested for murder. Out to clear his name is his manager Lorraine and cop Ron Peterson, who was already on the scene to investigate the Mob’s influence on pro wrestling....
Mr. Wong, Detective
Character: Simon Dayton
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So Detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders....
It Started with Eve
Character: Thomas - Headwaiter (uncredited)
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor....
The Reformer and the Redhead
Character: Police Captain (uncredited)
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper....
Circumstantial Evidence
Character: Gov. Hanlon
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax....
The Madonna's Secret
Character: Lambert
This drama is an updated version of Ulmer's 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who has come to New York to escape a controversy surrounding his work. The trouble stems when the model he has used in all his work is found floating dead in the Seine....
Violence
Character: Dr. Chalmers
Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amnesia threatens to blow her cover....
The Roaring Twenties
Character: Judge
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere....
Blondie in the Dough
Character: Premier Biscuit Board Member (uncredited)
BBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies become so popular that a cookie magnate makes her an offer that is difficult to refuse. Unfortunately, this creates all kinds of problems for the Bumsteads....
Million Dollar Pursuit
Character: Police Inspector Morgan
A petty thief schemes a big score when he plans an armored car robbery....
I Stole a Million
Character: Wilson
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways....
The Port of 40 Thieves
Character: Mr. Fellows
A widow confesses she murdered her husband and kills two more people before her stepdaughter and an attorney prove her wrong....
The Judge
Character: Lt. Edwards
A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients....
Across the Pacific
Character: Court-Martial President
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship for the Orient in late 1941. But has Leland really been booted out, or is there some other motive for his getting close to fellow passenger Doctor Lorenz? Any motive for getting close to attractive traveler Alberta Marlow would however seem pretty obvious....
The Big Shot
Character: Judge
Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally, haunted by his past and goaded by his cohorts, he joins in planning an armoured car robbery....
Escape from Crime
Character: Rafferty
An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist....
Meet John Doe
Character: Jim (uncredited)
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement....
High Wall
Character: Police Surgeon (uncredited)
Steven Kenet, suffering from a recurring brain injury, appears to have strangled his wife. Having confessed, he's committed to an understaffed county asylum full of pathetic inmates. There, Dr. Ann Lorrison is initially skeptical about Kenet's story and reluctance to undergo treatment. But against her better judgement, she begins to doubt his guilt....
Mr. Moto's Gamble
Character: Philip Benton
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!...
Always in My Heart
Character: Prison Warden
A man is pardoned from prison and returns to Santa Rita, CA to be with his family, but discovers his children have been told he's dead and his wife is in love with another man....
The Great Man's Lady
Character: Sen. Grant
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years....
Sitting Bull
Character: Ulysses S. Grant
Chief Sitting Bull of the Sioux tribe is forced by the Indian-hating General Custer to react with violence, resulting in the famous Last Stand at Little Bighorn. Parrish, a friend to the Sioux, tries to prevent the bloodshed, but is court- martialed for "collaborating" with the enemy. Sitting Bull, however, manages to intercede with President Grant on Parrish's behalf....
Full Confession
Character: The Judge (uncredited)
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to the electric chair....
First Yank into Tokyo
Character: Dr. Stacey (uncredited)
A U.S. pilot undergoes plastic surgery and drops into Japan to get a captive scientist's (Marc Cramer) atomic secrets....
The Girl Who Dared
Character: Beau Richmond
A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears once a year....
The Studebaker Story
Character: Father Studebaker
The history of the Studebaker family, their success at making wagons and the company's venture into automobiles....
Over the Wall
Character: Warden Vance
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence....
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Character: Frank Boyd
Mickey, is a prizefighter whose bright career hits the skids when he comes under the guidance of Ginger, a female fight promoter, when he becomes involved with June Prentice and her high-society crowd....
Phantom Killer
Character: John G. Harrison
Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have also seen him emceeing benefits at the exact same time as the murders....
Chicago Confidential
Character: Emory Morgan - Attorney (uncredited)
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union....
Target
Character: Bailey
A female marshal and a newspaper editor help heroic Tim Holt fight an evil land agent. Western....
Hunted Men
Character: Police Commissioner
Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails a taxi, but when he gets nervous at the sound of sirens, he jumps out. Hardware salesman Peter Harris accidentally hits Joe with his car, and unharmed, Joe seizes this opportunity to hide in Peter's car. Peter is so drunk that Joe is able to con him into believing that he is Charles Edwards, a fellow hardware man who was with him at a convention, an...
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
Character: Capt. Broad
Two rival tugboat captains compete for local business....
Standing Room Only
Character: General
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms. In desperation, they pretend to be married and hire themselves out as a butler and maid in order to secure lodgings. Comedy....
Borrowed Hero
Character: William Brooks
A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case....
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Character: Judge
An actor plots "the perfect crime" by confessing to murders he didn't commit....
The Flying Missile
Character: Senator
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines....
Bad Guy
Character: Warden
A power-company troubleshooter has his brother get him out of prison by running high voltage to the bars of his cell....
So This Is Love
Character: Charlie
Film biography of opera star Grace Moore, released in 1953....
Doctor Rhythm
Character: Insp. Bryce
Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her....
You Can't Take It with You
Character: Kirby's Dining Guest (uncredited)
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped....
Lady from Nowhere
Character: Commissioner
A manicurist witnesses a gangland murder. Realizing there was a witness to their crime, the killer tries to track her down and silence her....
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Character: Police Chief (uncredited)
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions....
The Studio Murder Mystery
Character: Insp. Carr
When the leading lady of a motion picture is murdered in the middle of a scene, Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree are called in to investigate....
Meet Miss Bobby Socks
Character: R.N. Swanson
A teenage fan sets out to boost her favorite radio singer's career. Comedy with songs....
I Stand Accused
Character: Defense Attorney Brower
Fred, a young lawyer fresh out of school, climbs quickly to success as the mouthpiece for a gangland mob. His friend Paul, however, reaches equally quick success - in the district attorney's office. Inevitably, they meet on opposite sides of the courtroom....
The Rose Bowl Story
Character: Dr. Lansing
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance....
The Forgotten Woman
Character: Dr. May
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory....
Strange Alibi
Character: Judge
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity....
The Spirit of Culver
Character: Maj. White
Tom Allen, an orphan accustomed to waiting in bread lines is awarded a scholarship to the Culver Military Academy. Talked into attending so that he can have free room and board, Allen initially resists the rigid discipline but later softens as he makes friends and sees the value to the hard work and discipline....
Never Wave at a WAC
Character: Sen. Holbrook (uncredited)
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment....
Sugarfoot
Character: Judge Backus
The lawless west had never met a gun-throwing gent like......
Craig's Wife
Character: Detective (Uncredited)
Harriet, Walter Craig's wife, is an upper-class woman obsessed with control, material possessions and social status whose behavior makes difficult her relationship with domestic service and family members....
Two in a Crowd
Character: Purdy
When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that individually grabs each half must come to terms. Actress Julia Wayne needs the whole $1,000, and so does sportsman Larry Stevens. Since compromise will serve neither of their needs, they are stalemated - until complications arise....
The Wall Street Mystery
Character: Inspector Carr
When the apparent murder of two stockbrokers are discovered in their Wall Street office. Police Inspector Crane summons forensic expert Dr. Crabtree to the crime scene. A beautiful woman found in the closet, a frightened African-American elevator operator, and a suspicious business associate are among the witnesses questioned....
Too Many Winners
Character: Albert Payson
Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track....
The Checkered Coat
Character: Marcus Anson
A psychiatrist tries to help a patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the doctor provides the patient with a letter that explains his problem, he inadvertently implicates himself in the crimes....
Canadian Pacific
Character: Pere Lacomb
A surveyor for the Canadian Pacific Railroad must fight fur trappers who oppose the building of the railroad by stirring up Indian rebellion....
Angels Wash Their Faces
Character: Officer H.A. Merton (uncredited)
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians and soon finds himself being framed for an arson and murder he didn't commit....
Aerial Gunner
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman....
Secret Service of the Air
Character: Warden Jackson
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens....
Up in Arms
Character: Man In Theatre Lobby (uncredited)
Hypochondriac Danny Weems gets drafted and accidentally smuggles his girlfriend aboard his Pacific-bound troopship....
Key Witness
Character: R. C. Hurlbert - Coroner (uncredited)
A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit....
Stronger Than Desire
Character: Second Trial Judge (uncredited)
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing....
Smashing the Money Ring
Character: Night Captain
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop....
Girls on Probation
Character: Police Chief
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart....
Keep 'Em Rolling
Character: Major in France Battlefield
World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends....
Devil's Island
Character: Captain of Second Convict Ship
A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter....
Heads Up
Character: Capt. Whitney
Jack Mason of the Coast Guard Academy meets Mary at the graduation ball and falls in love with her, though the girl's mother finds wealthy Rex Cutting a more proper choice for her daughter. On a yachting cruise arranged by Mrs. Trumbull, Jack is not invited. Meanwhile, Mary suspects Rex of picking up contraband beyond the 12-mile limit and refuses his proposal of marriage, while Betty, her impish sister, drives Skippy to distraction in the galley, where he has installed an automatic kitchen that...
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
Character: Harry - Conference Room Businessman
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until one sister falls in love with another's fiancé, and the youngest sister plays matchmaker....
Blind Alley
Character: Warden
A gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage....
Rose of Washington Square
Character: Judge
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble....
Action in Arabia
Character: Mr. Hamilton
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies....
They Shall Have Music
Character: Detective (uncredited)
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children....
Dr. Broadway
Character: Inspector
A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers....
Christmas Holiday
Character: Foreman
Don't be fooled by the title. Christmas Holiday is a far, far cry from It's a Wonderful Life. Told in flashback, the story begins as Abigail Martin marries Southern aristocrat Robert Monette. Unfortunately, Robert has inherited his family's streak of violence and instability, and soon drags Abigail into a life of misery....
Swanee River
Character: Doctor
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls in love with the South, marries a Southern girl, then is accused of sympathizing when the Civil War breaks out. Typical of 20th Century Fox biopics of the time, the film is more fictional than factual biography....
Dust Be My Destiny
Character: First Warden (uncredited)
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him....
Espionage Agent
Character: Code Room Instructor
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplomatic service to go undercover to route out an espionage ring planning to destroy American industrial capability....
Three Smart Girls
Character: Desk Lieutenant at Police Station
The three Craig sisters – Penny, Kay, and Joan – go to New York to stop their divorced father from marrying gold digger Donna Lyons and re-unite him with their mother....
You, the People
Character: Frank Y. Carter
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city....
Missing Witnesses
Character: Police Chief Elmer H. Davis (uncredited)
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City....
Donovan's Brain
Character: Mr. McNish (uncredited)
A scientist takes the brain of dead man and revives it via electrodes as it lays suspended in a tank of liquid. Soon, the brain grows to possess enormous psychic powers and inflicts its personality upon the doctor who saved it, creating a "Jekyll and Hyde" paradigm....
The Judge Steps Out
Character: Diner on Train (uncredited)
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook....
Crazy Knights
Character: Mr. Gardner
Also known as Ghost Crazy. Three goofballs run up against ghosts and a giant gorilla in a haunted house....
Dangerously Yours
Character: Roberts
A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York in search a famous gem. He falls in love with one of the crooks....
Night Club Scandal
Character: Governor
When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it........
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Character: Hirsch
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis....
Brother Rat and a Baby
Character: Judge
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach....
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang
Character: Judge Ralph Townsend
Military Academy with That Tenth Avenue Gang is a 1950 American comedy-drama film directed by D. Ross Lederman, and starring Stanley Clements, Danny Welton, and Gene Collins...
Hold Back the Dawn
Character: Mac - Studio Receptionist (uncredited)
Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota system, he decides to marry an American, then desert her and join his old partner Anita, who's done likewise. But after sweeping teacher Emmy Brown off her feet, he finds her so sweet that love and jealousy endanger his plans....
Outcasts of the City
Character:
In this drama, set just after the end of WWII, an American officer falls in love with a German woman. Their blissful affair is disrupted when her German ex-lover returns and tries to exact his jealous revenge upon the Yankee. When the ex-lover shows up dead, the American is blamed....
Stamp Day for Superman
Character: Perry White
Superman's commitment to promote US Savings Stamps is temporarily delayed when Lois is kidnapped....
Legion of Terror
Character: Cummings
Two newly-appointed postal inspectors, Frank Marshall and 'Slim" Hewitt, set out to track down the sender of a time-bomb to a U. S. Senator and, during their investigation, run across a hooded organization that is terrorizing an American city. They also meet Don Foster, who is loud in his condemnation of the terrorists, and his sister, Nancy, who fears for her brother's life....
The Devil On Wheels
Character: Mr. Davis
A teenager is involved in running from the police in his hot rod hits a car in a hit-and-run case where the victims turn out to be his mother and his best friend in another hot rod....
Two Wise Maids
Character: Grover Wentworth
The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an old-fashioned small town. Disdaining the wimpy theories of "progressive" education, Prudence and Agatha stick to the reliable "Three R's," often teaching to the tune of a hickory stick. Though ridiculed for their so-called outmoded methods, the heroines manage to turn out quite a few prize students, earning the undying gratitude of the local citizenry....
Forged Passport
Character: Jack Rogers aka 'Lefty'
Dan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-fists keep him in trouble, both of which indirectly lead to the death of a fellow trooper. He resigns from the force in order to find out who was responsible. He believes it was a gang of smugglers, engaged in smuggling illegal aliens into the United States from Mexico, and in order to get inside the gang he fakes smuggling activities....
Pioneer Marshal
Character: Man with Bracelet
Monte Hale is cast as Ted Post, a Texas marshal who's on the trail of embezzler Larry Forester (Myron Healey). His search takes him to a remote frontier town that serves as an outlaw hideaway. All previous lawmen have been disposed of by town boss Bruce Burnett (Damian O'Flynn), who demands a hefty price for his services....
Listen Judge
Character: George Morton (uncredited)
The stooges are fix-it men who are brought before a judge on a charge of chicken stealing. They escape from the courtroom and wind up getting hired in the judges' house after their antics attempting to fix the doorbell cause the servants to quit. The boys are discovered when the cake they bakes explodes all over a political supporter of the judge and he loses his chance for re-election....
Johnny Apollo
Character: Night Court Judge
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father....
Over My Dead Body
Character: District Attorney Stuart Drinkwater
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story....
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Character: FBI Chief (uncredited)
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund....
A Man Betrayed
Character: Mr. Carlton
A businessman during the Great Depression discovers that his partners are crooked con-men, and he tries to make things right for the stockholders, but gets framed....
The Phantom Rider
Character: Senator Williams
A new town doctor arrives at the same time as local Indians needprotection from troublemaking looters....
Northwest Trail
Character: John Owens
Mountie Matt O'Brien is assigned to escort Miss Owens to a remote outpost. But when he finds an illegal mining operation there that is smuggling gold across the border, his superior Sgt. Means orders him to leave....
Voice of the Whistler
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
A dying millionaire marries his nurse for companionship, only to experience a miracle cure....
Syncopation
Character:
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love....
The Sea of Grass
Character: Forrest Hamilton (uncredited)
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals....
This Is My Affair
Character: Warden
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well briefed Mid-Western bank robbers based in Saint Paul, Minnesota....
Boom Town
Character: McMasters' Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both love the same woman. McMasters and Sand come to oil towns to get rich. Betsy comes West intending to marry Sand but marries McMasters instead. Getting rich and losing it all teaches McMasters and Sand the value of personal ties....
Government Girl
Character: Irate Man (uncredited)
An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort....
Flight Command
Character: Pensacola Commander
A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school in Pensacola. He doesn't make a great first impression when he is forced to ditch his airplane and parachute to safety when he arrives at the base but is unable to land due to heavy fog. On his first day on the job, his poor shooting skills results in the Hellcats losing an air combat competition. His fellow pilots accept him anyways but they think he's crossed the line when they erroneously conclude t...
They Drive by Night
Character: Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distributors, rivals and loan collectors, while trying to make a success of their transport company....
Lady with Red Hair
Character: Defense Attorney Graham (uncredited)
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top....
The Flag of Humanity
Character: Gen. James Garfield
The story of how Clara Barton helped found the American Red Cross....
The Secret of the Whistler
Character: McLaren aka Mac (uncredited)
A deranged artist who may have murdered his wife is investigated by the Whistler....
The Golden Fleecing
Character: Judge (uncredited)
A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters....
News Hounds
Character: Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring....
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Character: Professor Gordon
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov....
The Pace That Thrills
Character: Sour Puss
Chills and spills in the fast-paced world of motorcycle racing....
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Character: Grant
Dangerous Nan McGrew is the sharp-shooting expert of a traveling medicine show that is stranded in the Canadian northwest at the snowbound hunting lodge of wealthy Mrs. Benson. Nan is invited to put on a show for the benefit of Mrs. Benson's Christmas-Eve guests. While performing her boop-a-doop songs, Eustace Macy, the saxophone-tooting nephew of Mrs. Benson falls in love with Nan. And, then, the villain, the bank-robbing Doc Foster, makes his entrance. Can Dawes of the Royal Mounted be seen sl...
Success
Character: Mr. Kelly - Molly's Father
Elmer proposes to Molly, but she says he needs her fathers permission. He wants Elmer to become a ballplayer, but his eyesight keeps getting him into trouble. Elmer also needs a new pair of glasses....
The Gallant Legion
Character: Speaker of the House
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery....
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Character: J.C. Allison
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front....
The Flying Missile
Character: Second Senator
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines....
The Wyoming Bandit
Character: Marshal
Wyoming Dan (Trevor Bardette) returns home after 20 years evading the law for a crime he didn't commit, only to find his son on his deathbed. Seeking revenge for his son's murder, Dan enlists the help of Rocky Lane (Allan Lane), who poses as an outlaw to try to uncover the truth. When the duo manage to track down the killer, they find him armed to the teeth....
Badman's Gold
Character: The Marshal
A marshal searches for stagecoach robbers....
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Character: Col. Pollard
It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout is Davy Crockett, nephew of his more famous namesake. There is spy amongst them informing the Indians. They survive the first Indian attack and then push on. They have a choice of two passes through the mountains. Learing of the pass to be defended by the Indians, they head for the other. But upon ariving, the Indians attack. Somehow they have been informed....
The Missourians
Character: Mayor Grant McDowall
In the little town of Dorado, widely known as a town with no crime and no bank to rob, young Polish-born Steve Kovacs is fighting a two-edged sword of prejudice; his foreign birth and also the fact that his brother, Nick Kovacs, is the leader of an outlaw gang known as The Missourians....
Sheriff of Las Vegas
Character: Judge Homer T. Blackwell
In this western, brave Red Ryder and his sidekick save a murdered judge's son from going to jail by proving that someone else killed his father....
Marshal of Cedar Rock
Character: Stover - Prison Warden
Banker Mason is after the ranchers land so he can resell it to the railroad for a profit. He has the railroad agent killed and replaces him with his stooge who then offers even less than Mason. But Rocky eventually suspects Mason and when Bill Anderson informs him the agent is a fake, they head out after Mason...
Daredevils of the West
Character: Senator Garfield
A gang of land-grabbers tries to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through frontier territory....
Bandits of Dark Canyon
Character: Ben Shaw
As prisoner Ed Archer is being transferred, the stage is attacked and crashes. Archer escapes the attackers but Ranger Rocky Lane catches up with him. As Rocky is bringing him in, Archer is attacked again. Somebody wants Archer killed and Rocky, now suspecting Archer is innocent, decides to find out who and why....
Zorro's Black Whip
Character: Mr. Walsh
Pretty Girl Barbara Mededith takes over her murdered brother's crusading newspaper. She also assumes the dead sibling's identity as "The Black Whip," righting the wrongs of Crescent City very much in the manner of her famous ancestor, Zorro....
Boys Town
Character: Prison Warden (uncredited)
Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being treated as underage criminals, the boys are shepherded into making themselves better people. But hard-nosed petty thief and pool shark Whitey Marsh, the impulsive and violent younger brother of an imprisoned murderer, might be too much for the good father's tough-love system....
Home on the Range
Character: State Official
Two brothers settle a wilderness, one builds the largest cattle ranch in the state while the other creates a game preserve to protect the wild life. Trouble lies ahead........
Raiders of the South
Character: George Boone
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the reconstruction years to obtain evidence against a gang of raiders who have been making life difficult for the local carpet-baggers. He saves the life of Shorty Kendall, an unreconstructed rebel about to be hanged, and this wins him the gratitude of Belle Chambers, a widow whose husband was killed in the Civil War who hates all Yankees with a fever....
The James Brothers of Missouri
Character: Lon Royer [Ch.1]
This 12-part serial concerns the efforts of the infamous James brothers (of which Jesse was a prominent member) to become normal everyday citizens. Of course, there's no room in the Wild West for reformed outlaws, and the duo inevitably find themselves caught up in showdowns and robberies....
Desperadoes of Dodge City
Character: Land Agent
Rocky and the Land agent riders need to get an important message to the Army post. The message is stolen but Rocky knows one of the four men on the stagecoach has it. When Rocky and the four get trapped in a shack by the outlaw gang, he learns that one of the four is the gang leader. Rocky has to learn his identity and retrieve the message....
The Gigolo Racket
Character: George Burke
As a publicity stunt, a musical comedy star announces her engagement to a young man she believes is a gigolo, with whom she eventually falls in love....
Bandit King of Texas
Character: John Turner
The Jewel Land Company of Elko, Texas is selling Government land to settlers. Before any of the settlers can claim their land, they are being killed by McCabe's gang. When Rocky comes to Elko to find his friend Jim, he winds up in Jail on a charge of stealing money from the new Marshal. The only person in town that is on his side is Nugget, but there is little that he can do by himself. When Rocky escapes from the jail with another prisoner and the Marshal is shot, he has to find who is behind h...
Law of the Golden West
Character: Isaac Cody, Bill's father
Young Buffalo Bill Cody goes after the murderer of his father and uncovers a land-grab conspiracy....
Sheriff of Wichita
Character: Prison Warden
It has been almost five years since the outlaws have stolen the army payroll from Lt. Raymond D'Arcy. While claiming that he gave the money to Major Bishop, neither the money or Bishop have ever been found and Raymond was convicted of the theft. Now he is at the abandoned fort, an escaped convict with a letter, looking to find the truth about the robbery. Members of his old command are also there and Rocky shows up to return Raymond to prison....
Run for the Hills
Character: Mr. Harvester
Fearing nuclear war, an insurance man moves to a cave with his wife and family....
Jack McCall, Desperado
Character: Col. Cornish
During the Civil War, a Southerner joins the Union Army and is accused of leaking information to the Confederates....
They Died with Their Boots On
Character: Colonel (uncredited)
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation....
The Miami Story
Character: Clifton Staley
Fed up with the raising crime in Miami, the police chief and the leading members of the city council hire a former Miami gangster, gone straight, to help eliminate the biggest crime syndicate in the city....
The Skull Murder Mystery
Character: Inspector Carr
When a skeleton is dug up in an alley, a mysterious Chinese merchant and his eccentric upstairs tenants come under suspicion. The team of Inspector Carr and Dr. Crabtree study the skull of the victim to solve the murder....
The Week End Mystery
Character:
During a rainstorm at a remote manor house, Richard Crayell plays host to several guests. At nine o'clock sharp, he excuses himself from the card table to take his medicine, promising to return soon. When he doesn't, Claire goes in search of him, and finds his door locked from the inside....
At the Villa Rose
Character: Starling
Jewel thieves kill a rich widow and frame a fake medium....
Pacific Blackout
Character: Police Captain
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2....
I Was Framed
Character: Judge
A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later....
Tear Gas Squad
Character: Chief Ferris
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman....
Never Wave at a WAC
Character: Senator Holbrook
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment....
Annie Get Your Gun
Character: Ship Captain (uncredited)
Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show....
It Could Happen to You
Character: Judge
A politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the capital he needs to purchase a school where immigrants are prepared for American citizenship. The school's European teacher dreams of a fascist America. Based on a story by Nathanael West and Samuel Ornitz, who was one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted during the McCarthy Era....
Murder in the Air
Character: Hargrave
Enemy agents are everywhere and they are sabotaging all important war deliveries. The body of a hobo found in a train wreck had a money belt with $50,000 and a tattoo of a circle and arrow. This is a tattoo for saboteurs for hire and Brass must impersonate the dead man to find out what his orders are. As Steve Coe, he meets with the band of enemy agents in California and everything goes well until the wife of the dead 'Hobo' shows up. Luckily, Gabby is able to save Brass and Brass learns what is...
Seventh Heaven
Character: Gendarme
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war....
Fifty Roads to Town
Character: Captain Carroll
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run....
The Invisible Monster
Character: "Henry Miller"
Man-woman team of investigators uncover a gang whose mad scientist leader has developed an invisibility chemical and plans to build a mercenary army of invisible men....
Wife Wanted
Character: Judge
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise....
The Bill of Rights
Character: Colonel George Mason
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights....
It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Character: Harper (uncredited)
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners....
Walk a Crooked Mile
Character: G.W. Hunter
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that the information leaked would go to a hostile nation. To investigate the case more efficiently, Dan O'Hara, an FBI agent, and Philip Grayson, a Scotland Yard sleuth, join forces. Will they manage to stop the spy ring from achieving their aim?...
On Dress Parade
Character: A Co. Maneuvers Colonel (uncredited)
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school....
So's Your Uncle
Character: Mr. Craig
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship....
Crazy House
Character: Outraged Director
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie....
Larceny with Music
Character: Important banker
A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a fortune and gets her booked at the club....
Mission to Moscow
Character: Charlie - American Newsman (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism....
Torture Money
Character: Capt. Michael Karnahan (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money....
Flight from Destiny
Character: Judge
After his doctor informs him he will die in six months, Professor Henry Todhunter decides to spend his last days killing someone who contributes nothing but harm to society. When Henry learns that his friend Betty's husband, Michael, has been painting forgeries of ancient paintings for gallery owner Ketti Moret, he investigates the fraudulent dealer's life. Judging that Ketti is truly evil, Henry prepares to murder her....
Bunco Squad
Character: John Deming (uncredited)
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest mark, sets up a false paranormal society with other charlatans to convince the credulous Jessica that her late son is speaking to her through their sham seances. When the plan leads to murder, Johnson and McManus must bring the group down before they kill again....
Song of My Heart
Character: Czar
The portrait of Russian composer Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky focuses on his failed love affair....
Strange Bargain
Character: Employee at Meeting (uncredited)
Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange proposition, saying he intends to commit suicide but wants Sam to make it look like a murder, in order for his wife and son to inherit Jarvis's life insurance. Sam declines, but when he goes to see Jarvis and finds his dead body, he reluctantly goes along with the scheme....
The Silver Lining
Character: John Hurst
The Silver Lining is a 1927 British silent drama film. Widow Hurst has two sons who fall out over a girl. One son attempts to frame the other for the theft of some pearls but when his brother is imprisoned he eventually confesses his crime to his mother and guilt ridden arranges for a band of gypsies to shoot him....
Badman's Territory
Character: Commissioner Taylor (uncredited)
After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have brought in injured. Rowley has no authority and gets on well enough with the James boys but is soon involved in other local goings-on, including a move to vote for annexation with Oklahoma which would allow the law well and truly in....
Sucker List
Character: James Sawyer (uncredited)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk those already seemingly desperate for money of what little they have....
The Naughty Nineties
Character: Sheriff of Ironville (uncredited)
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel....
She Had to Eat
Character: Police Captain (uncredited)
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster....
On Stage Everybody
Character: Mr. Smoothasilk (uncredited)
Radio's miracle show is on the screen....
Mom and Dad
Character: Dr. Burnell
A teenage girl from a traditional family goes on a date with a pilot and ends up having sex with him. After the pilot dies in a plane crash, the girl discovers she is pregnant with his child. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2010....
The Great Flamarion
Character: Coroner (uncredited)
A beautiful but unscrupulous female performer manipulates all the men in her life in order to achieve her aims....
Magnificent Doll
Character: Mr. Witherspoon
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the ...
I'm from Arkansas
Character: Harry Cashin
A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets....
The Great Plane Robbery
Character: Dr. Jamison
Assigned to keep watch over a recently released gangster, an insurance investigator must keep the client alive after he is taken hostage by former henchmen....
Invisible Stripes
Character: Captain Johnson (uncredited)
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison....
In This Our Life
Character: Police Inspector Millett
An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining the lives of those around her....
Criminals of the Air
Character: Captain Wallace
Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez in breaking up a well-organized band of smugglers....
Sensation Hunters
Character: Night Court Judge
A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin....
Iron Mountain Trail
Character: Circuit Judge
Rex Allen and Slim Pickens are sent from Washington, D.C. to California in 1850 to speed up deliveries of mail to the goldfields, and find a destructive feud raging between two stage-line owners, Sam Sawyer and John Brockway. In their attempts to have their stages and drivers first on the dock to get the mail brought East by ship, the two have damaged each other's equipment and schedules to the point that no consignment of mail reaches the goldfields intact or on time....
Maisie Goes to Reno
Character: Judge Carter (Uncredited)
A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife....
The Brute Man
Character: Professor Cushman (uncredited)
A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition....
Bobby Ware Is Missing
Character: Stearns - Goodwin's Associate (uncredited)
This suspense film revolves around the crime of child abduction. The parents of the missing child undertake a feverish search for their son. The police are contacted, and a ransom letter is received....
Moby Dick
Character: 'Jeroboam' Captain
The demented, ruthless Captain Ahab pursues the white whale which took off his leg years before....
The Symphony Murder Mystery
Character: Insp. Carr
A cellist is murdered during a symphony concert. Shortly afterwards, the manager of the hall is found dead, an apparent suicide. But is it?...
Step by Step
Character: Police Capt. Edmonds
Marine veteran Johnny Christopher meets and is immediately drawn to beautiful Evelyn Smith one day on the beach. Evelyn's new job as secretary to a U.S. senator in California soon brings unexpected intrigue and trouble for her and Johnny. The machinations of a sinister group of Nazi spies lead to mysteries and mistaken identities, and the two soon find themselves framed for murder!...
The Men
Character: Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma....
Criminal Lawyer
Character: Police Captain Loomis
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case....
Man of Conflict
Character: Mr. Cornwall
Young man comes home to get ready to take over the family company, only to find that his father has been corrupted by power. In addition, he falls for the daughter of one of his father's poverty-stricken workers....
The Gentleman from Nowhere
Character: Judge
Security guard, wounded in a robbery of furs, arouses the suspicions of an insurance investigator....
Stand Up and Cheer!
Character: Presidential Naval Aide
President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up an American public still suffering through the Depression. The new secretary soon runs afoul of political lobbyists out to destroy his department....
Hunted Men
Character: CommissionerPolice
Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails a taxi, but when he gets nervous at the sound of sirens, he jumps out. Hardware salesman Peter Harris accidentally hits Joe with his car, and unharmed, Joe seizes this opportunity to hide in Peter's car. Peter is so drunk that Joe is able to con him into believing that he is Charles Edwards, a fellow hardware man who was with him at a convention, an...