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We Think the World Is Round (1984)
Character: Pinta / Sea Monster (voice)
The Christopher Columbus story told from the points-of-view of the ships. Sterling Holloway, who voices Winnie the Pooh, is Pegleg Pelican. Who "discovers" a country that is already inhabited? Not Columbus, not the Vikings, but Pooh Bear.
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The Little Red Schoolhouse (1936)
Character: Sidney Levy
Upset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse problems than going to his little red school house.
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Here Comes Kelly (1943)
Character: Sammy Cohn
Cocky Kelly's girlfriend helps him straighten up enough to get a job as a process server.
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Managed Money (1934)
Character: Sidney-Sonny's friend
Young Mary Lou tries to help her brother Sonny raise money so that he can attend a military academy.
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The Great Glover (1942)
Character: N/A
Terry (Henry) and his friends pitch in to help the Taylor College scrap drive.
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Git Along Little Wifie (1933)
Character: Newspaper Boy
Ex-wife Lena Malena wants her alimony, but Taylor Holmes pleads poverty. So she moves in on him and current wife Natalie Moorhead.
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Mickey's Whirlwinds (1930)
Character: Cadet in the stands
Mickey Rooney -- credited as McGuire, as he would be through the run of the series -- inducts a new member into the gang, tries to put little brother Billy Barty to bed for a nap, and wins a basketball game against Stinky Davis' team in this episode of the series.
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For God and Country (1943)
Character: Solly Rosenfeld
The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father Michael O'Keefe, Arnold Miller, and Tom Manning.
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Penrod and Sam (1931)
Character: Maurice Levy (uncredited)
Best pals Penrod and Sam are leaders of a super-secret neighborhood society, the In-Or-In Boys Club. Troubles arise when a pompous prig tries to join the club and when the boys lose their clubhouse in a land sale. But there’s also plenty of time to play pranks, put on a carnival, experience the pangs of first love, and romp with Duke, the world’s best dog.
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Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933)
Character: Meglin Kid Dancer (uncredited)
A schoolteacher helps his friend Dora by getting his students to help him to make a radio commercial.
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Lucy Moves to NBC (1980)
Character: Al Cody
Contacted by Fred Silverman, the President of NBC, Lucille Ball accepts to go back to work as a producer. With the help of her faithful production assistant, Gale Gordon, she starts working on a new series titled "The Music Mart".
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The Big Shot (1937)
Character: Newsboy
A small-town veterinarian inherits $2 million from an uncle he barely knew. His attempts to help mankind don't go smoothly.
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What a Life (1939)
Character: Pinkie Peters
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.
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Hi, Nellie! (1934)
Character: Louie (uncredited)
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy on the story. Every other paper goes with the story that Frank took the money and Brad is demoted, by the publisher, to the Heartthrob column - writing advice to the lovelorn. After feeling sorry for himself for two months, he takes the column seriously and makes it the talk of the town. But Brad still wants his old job back so he will have to find Canfield and the missing money.
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Wild Boys of the Road (1933)
Character: Boy Selling Letter (uncredited)
At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their parents, the two high school sophomores decide to hop the freight trains and look for work.
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Madame Spy (1942)
Character: Newsboy
Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister who travels by his side. Returning to the US, Bannister becomes suspicious when Joan begins associating with suspected Nazi functionaries, and wonders if she may be the elusive “Madame Spy” wanted by American authorities.
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Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Character: Boy at Dance (uncredited)
Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
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Hard to Handle (1933)
Character: Boy on Pier (uncredited)
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
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The Girl Who Came Back (1935)
Character: Telegram Boy (uncredited)
A counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the members of her former gang hear about it and try to blackmail her into helping them rob the bank.
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Merrily Yours (1933)
Character: Harry's stooge
Sonny falls for the pretty new girl next door and decides to take her to a part. First, however, he has to get his sister Mary Lou to go to sleep, which is proving to be a harder task than he anticipated.
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The Big Shakedown (1934)
Character: Boy Buying Ice Cream (uncredited)
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.
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Scouts to the Rescue (1939)
Character: Hermie - a Boy Scout
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
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The World's Greatest Lover (1977)
Character: Man at the Table
When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.
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For Pete's Sake (1974)
Character: Drunk Driver
Henrietta Robbins borrows money from a loan shark to finance her husband's investment in the stock market. However, when their stock plummets, she scrambles to find a way to pay the money back.
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One Rainy Afternoon (1936)
Character: Theater Doorman (Uncredited)
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young Monique for his mistress, Yvonne, and tries to kiss her. Charged with assault, the quick-thinking Philippe claims it's French tradition to do as he did, and is let go. To his surprise, Philippe learns that Monique has paid his fine. As the tabloids exploit the situation, Monique dates Philippe, until a photo appears of him kissing Yvonne.
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Which Way to the Front? (1970)
Character: Hitler
Brendan Byers III, one of the richest men in America, has been pronounced 4-F and can't serve his country in its war against Hitler. Byers does not take "No" for an answer and recruits other 4-F's to fight against Hitler.
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Rafter Romance (1933)
Character: Julius
A working girl shares her apartment with an artist, taking the place in shifts.
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Strike Up the Band (1940)
Character: Sid - a Student
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
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Lost in Space (1973)
Character: Lar / Tyrano Twin One (voice)
An animated version of the much loved 1960's TV series. This time the Jupiter 2 is a space shuttle on its way from Earth to Saturn, commanded by Commander Craig Robinson and crewed by Robon the robot. The passengers are Linc Robinson, Craig's brother, Geologist Deanna Carmichael and Professor of Biology, Dr. Zachary Smith, who is not a stowaway this time. During the flight they are caught in a meteor storm sending them through a space warp, causing them to be "lost in space". Nearing an inhabited planet they come under attack forcing them to make a crash landing where they find two alien races, but are they friendly?
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Patrick the Great (1945)
Character: Tony
A famous stage actor hopes to land the lead role in a big new Broadway musical, but he's unaware his teenage son has already been given the part.
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The Sniper (1952)
Character: Hospital Intern
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.
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The Mayor of Hell (1933)
Character: Isidore "Izzy" Horowitz
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
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Babes in Arms (1939)
Character: Sid (uncredited)
Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.
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A Christmas Carol (1997)
Character: (voice)
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
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The Band Plays On (1934)
Character: Rosy as a Boy
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
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Desirable (1934)
Character: First Western Union Messenger
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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Streets of New York (1939)
Character: Jiggsy
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Will Jimmy see his dreams come true, or will he be another of the countless hopefuls chewed up and spit out by New York's mean streets?
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Women Are Trouble (1936)
Character: Copy Boy
A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.
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Men of Boys Town (1941)
Character: Mo Kahn
Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
Character: Sidney
Young Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual production, Andy seizes the opportunity to spend as much time as possible with his pretty teacher. Meanwhile, Judge Hardy has his own problems when he gets conned into forming a phony aluminum corporation.
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Tropicália (2012)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Set against the turbulent atmosphere of the 1960s, Tropicália is a feature length documentary exploring the Brazilian artistic movement known as Tropicália, and the struggle its artists endured to protect their right to freely express revolutionary thought against the traditional Brazilian music of that time.
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Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
Character: Benny (uncredited)
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
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Three on a Match (1932)
Character: Willie Goldberg (uncredited)
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
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Cain and Mabel (1936)
Character: Call Boy (uncredited)
A chorus girl and a heavyweight boxer are paired romantically as a publicity stunt.
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Babes on Broadway (1941)
Character: Tony (uncredited)
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.
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The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
Character: Trumpet player (uncredited)
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactly midnight on Earth, thus marking the end of the world.
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The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
Character: Isadore Marks (uncredited)
New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous stockbroker Gerald Parker suddenly appears in the penguin tank at the aquarium.
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Top Man (1943)
Character: Higgins - Soda Jerk
In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war. To help the flagging spirits of local factory workers, the plucky lad, his siblings and his schoolmates put on a lively little show. With a little work, he even convinces Count Basie to come with his band.
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Cipher Bureau (1938)
Character: Jimmy
The younger brother of an officer in a secret government code-breaking unit gets involved with a gang of spies and a beautiful double agent.
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Mary Stevens, M.D. (1933)
Character: Sanford Nussbaum (uncredited)
Lifelong friends and medical school graduates Mary Stevens and Don Andrews decide to set up office together. While Mary struggles to earn respect because of her gender, Don gets caught up in his ambitions for a bigger life.
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Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
Character: Dr. Ashford
When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?
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Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
Character: Charlie Horse
The gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins, brother of co-leader Danny, becomes involved in a killing and, while also innocent, is convicted and sentenced to death. Through a series of events, Muggs, Glimpy, Danny and the rest of the gang, learn that Knobby, a henchman of Luke Manning, knows something about the murder.
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Syncopation (1942)
Character: N/A
A young trumpeter rises through the jazz world and finds love.
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Star 80 (1983)
Character: Nightclub Owner
Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen. Under his guidance Dorothy grows to fame as a Playboy Playmate. But when Dorothy begins pursuing an acting career, the jealous Paul finds himself elbowed out of the picture by more famous men.
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Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
Character: Herman - Bellhop (uncredited)
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
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This Day and Age (1933)
Character: Harold Miller
A modern-day tale of gangsterism and revenge. After a notorious mobster murders a Jewish tailor and is let off for the crime, a band of outraged high-school students turns into vigilante crusaders hell-bent on punishing the wrongdoers. Memorable pre-Code moment: the students torturing a gangster by dangling him over a pit filled with rats.
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The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Character: Newsboy (uncredited)
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
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Boys Town (1938)
Character: Mo Kahn
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.
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City for Conquest (1940)
Character: Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
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Golden Gloves (1940)
Character: Sammy Sachs
An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster.
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Get Hep to Love (1942)
Character: Boy Waiter
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.
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Panama Patrol (1939)
Character: Jimmy
A U.S. agent attempts to track down a spy ring working to destroy the Panama Canal.
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The Lucky Stiff (1949)
Character: Bernstein
A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.
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Our Daily Bread (1934)
Character: Cohen's Son (uncredited)
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
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Hot Rhythm (1944)
Character: Sammy Rubin
Jimmy O'Brien (Robert Lowery)and Sammy Rubin (Sidney Miller), write jingle commercials for radio, and meet Mary Adams (Dona Drake), who wants to break into radio as a soloist for a band.
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20,000 Men a Year (1939)
Character: Irving Glassman
Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a boost when the government launches a program which it hopes will produce 20,000 pilots a year.
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Private Buckaroo (1942)
Character: Jeep Driver
A rebellious young inductee has trouble toeing the line until he meets a retired officer's lovely daughter. James and his band are also drafted and decide to perk up their camp by putting on a big show.
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Lawyer Man (1932)
Character: Boy Behind Olga at End (uncredited)
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York City political party boss named Gilmurry. Adam's sudden renown attracts the attention of high-profile legal eagle Granville Bentley, who asks Adam to become a partner in his law firm. But Adam's rising career takes a nosedive when he's framed by corrupt Dr. Gresham and a sexy actress in a trumped-up breach of promise suit. The only constant in Adam's life is the loyalty and unrequited love of his secretary Olga.
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Dinky (1935)
Character: Sammy
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask (1972)
Character: George
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.
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