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Wha' Happen? (1949)
Character: Doctor
Suffering from amnesia, Vera thinks she's responsible for a burglary.
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The Long Days of Summer (1980)
Character: Franklin D. Roosevelt
In this sequel to his 1978 "When Every Day Was the Fourth of July" (and a pilot to a prospective series), producer/director Dan Curtis recalls more of his youth during the late '30, and follows a fictionalized family where the father has jeopardized a promising law career to defend a Jewish immigrant against the prejudices of a staid New England town.
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Ring of Passion (1978)
Character: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fact-based drama about the two Joe Louis-Max Schmeling heavyweight fights and the way both boxers unwillingly became symbols of political ideologies just prior to World War II.
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Brainstorm (1965)
Character: Judge
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
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Iron Man (1951)
Character: Brad Morris (uncredited)
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
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Roadblock (1951)
Character: Matt De Vita (uncredited)
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
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The Twonky (1953)
Character: Head Treasury Agent
A college professor, left alone by his wife for the weekend, discovers his new TV set is not only alive, but determined to take control of his entire life.
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Character: Major Carl Spaatz
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
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Little House: Bless All the Dear Children (1983)
Character: Dr. Langley
During preparation for Christmas baby Rose Wilder is kidnapped by the woman who recently lost her child. Looking for her Laura, Almanzo and Mr Edwards meet lonely orphan boy, who finally stays with that woman.
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
Character: Gen. Brody (uncredited)
The world is shocked by the appearance of three talking chimpanzees, who arrived mysteriously in a spacecraft. Intrigued by their intelligence, humans use them for research - until the apes attempt to escape.
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Julius Caesar (1953)
Character: Dardanius
The growing ambition of Julius Caesar is a source of major concern to his close friend Brutus. Cassius persuades him to participate in his plot to assassinate Caesar but both have sorely underestimated Mark Antony.
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The Quick Gun (1964)
Character: Dr. Stevens
Gunslinger Murphy helps an ungrateful town fight off a raid by his former gang.
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Terrified (1963)
Character: Wesley Blake
A masked lunatic kills off people in a haunted house.
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Joan of Arc (1948)
Character: Thomas de Courcelles, a Prosecutor
In the 15th Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen-year-old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army, and conquers Orleans.
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Shakedown (1950)
Character: Magazine Representative (uncredited)
Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
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Rogue River (1951)
Character: Mayor Arthur Judson
The story of Ownie Rodgers, the nephew of crooked Oregon police chief Joe Dandridge. A $70,000 windfall, bequeathed to Dandridge by a man he'd once framed on a bank robbery charge, unleashes innumerable family skeletons. Ownie is obliged to solve the long-ago bank job himself, and in so doing he discovers that his "faithful" girl friend Judy was in on the scheme.
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Ike (1979)
Character: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Eisenhower the military man is the focus of this mini-series, his relationships with the other wartime leaders, and, very discreetly, his personal relationship with his driver, Kay Summersby.
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The Wild and the Innocent (1959)
Character: Bouncer
In Wyoming, mountain trapper Yancey goes to the nearest town to trade his pelts but gets into trouble when he tries to save runaway dance-hall girl Rosalie from her shameful job.
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Criss Cross (1949)
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
An armored-car guard must join a robbery after being caught with his ex-wife by her gangster husband.
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The Racket (1951)
Character: Schmidt (uncredited)
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
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At War with the Army (1950)
Character: Doctor
Two former nightclub partners are now enlisted in the Army. Sergeant Puccinelli ranks above his former partner, Private First Class Korwin. Puccinelli is desperately trying to get transferred from his dull job to active duty overseas. Meanwhile, all Korwin wants is a pass to see his wife and new baby.
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Portrait of a Mobster (1961)
Character: Guthrie
A vicious hood rises to the top of the rackets in Depression-era New York in this account of the life of Dutch Schultz.
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Spy Train (1943)
Character: Anderson #1 (as Steve Roberts)
People on a train want what's in a Nazi spy bag, unaware it's a time bomb.
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The Prisoner of Zenda (1952)
Character: N/A
A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
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Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Character: Security Guard (uncredited)
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
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The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
Character: Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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Diary of a Madman (1963)
Character: Captain Robert Rennedon
Simon Cordier, a French magistrate and amateur sculptor comes into contact with a malevolent entity. The invisible - yet corporeal - being, called a "horla" is capable of limited psychokinesis and complete mind control.
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The Whoopee Boys (1986)
Character: Wedding Guest
Two obnoxious and dim-witted misfits attempt to save a school for needy children by attempting to sneak into the wealthy high society of Palm Beach to get the money needed for their cause.
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Kiss of Death (1947)
Character: Guard (uncredited)
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
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Romantic Comedy (1983)
Character: Maitre D'
Jason is in need of a collaborator to give him inspiration. Phoebe is a small-town English teacher with an urge to write. On the day Jason is being married, Jason and Phoebe meet and form a partnership.
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