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Whispering Shadows (1921)
Character: Stephen Pryde
Just before his sudden death, a businessman accuses his son-in-law of embezzlement. His daughter is convinced of her fiancée's innocence and tries to clear his name and unmask the real villain and is aided by secret messages…from her dead father. Or are they?
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This Above All (1942)
Character: Dr. Roger Cathaway
In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF service branch. She soon meets and falls in love with the brooding Clive Briggs, despite his prejudice against the upper classes, and agrees to spend a week with him at a Dover hotel. When Clive's soldier friend, Monty, arrives to retrieve him, Prudence learns that Clive went AWOL after Dunkirk, and urges him to recall why England must fight the war.
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith (1941)
Character: Mr. Custler
Happily married for three years, Ann and David Smith live in New York. One morning Ann asks David if he had to do it over again, would he marry her? To her shock, he answers, "No". Later that day, they separately discover that, due to a legal complication, they are not legally married.
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Lost Angel (1943)
Character: Professor Peter Vincent
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.
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Pacific Blackout (1941)
Character: John Runnell
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.
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Crossroads (1942)
Character: Commissaire
A French diplomat who's recovered from amnesia is blackmailed over crimes he can't remember.
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The Hour Before the Dawn (1944)
Character: Sir Leslie Buchanon
A beautiful Austrian refugee in England--who is also a Nazi agent--marries a scholarly English pacifist. He lives near a secret military base she needs to get information about so she can help in Hitler's planned invasion of England.
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Sister Kenny (1946)
Character: Dr. Brack
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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The Stranger (1946)
Character: Judge Adam Longstreet
An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor engaged to the Supreme Court Justice’s daughter.
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Nothing But Trouble (1944)
Character: Prince Saul
Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting royalty.
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Give Us This Night (1936)
Character: Marcello Bonelli
After being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman (Swarthout) whose guardian is a noted composer (Philip Merivale). They met when the fisherman evaded the police by seeking refuge in the village church. While there, they are each captivated by hearing the other singing Mass. The beautiful woman falls in love with the fisherman with the wonderful voice.
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This Land Is Mine (1943)
Character: Professor Sorel
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
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Lady for a Night (1942)
Character: Stephen Alderson
Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.
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Adventure (1945)
Character: Old Ramon Estado
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
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