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Two-Fisted (1935)
Character: Bartender
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem. They decide to train him for a big match, and in the process find themselves involved in romance, shady characters and a possible kidnapping.
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Union Pacific (1939)
Character: Old Irishman (uncredited)
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?
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The Crash (1932)
Character: House Detective
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips from one of her lovers.
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She Married Her Boss (1935)
Character: Store Watchman
A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his spoiled-brat daughter) is a lot different than taking care of him at work.
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She Married Her Boss (1935)
Character: Store Watchman (uncredited)
A super-efficient secretary at a department store falls for and marries her boss, but finds out that taking care of him at home (and especially his spoiled-brat daughter) is a lot different than taking care of him at work.
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Broadway Serenade (1939)
Character: Pat (uncredited)
A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without a job and feeling a failure.
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The Countess of Monte Cristo (1934)
Character: Stefan's Friend
A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to begin impersonating a Countess, while a fellow extra takes on the role of her servant.
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Young People (1940)
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff.
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Love Is News (1937)
Character: Cop (uncredited)
When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
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Wives Never Know (1936)
Character: Stage Doorman (uncredited)
The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marriage—The Living Death".
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Devil on Deck (1932)
Character: Pop Wheeler
John Moore, a young sea captain has a romance with Kay Wheeler, daughter of a trusted trader, "Pop" Wheeler, on a Pacific island. He also acquire the enmity of "Shanghai" Morgan, a notorious sea captain who shanghais his crew and his women.
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Love and Hisses (1937)
Character: Policeman
As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist Winchell promotes her in his column.
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If I Had a Million (1932)
Character: Murphy's Beds Proprietor (uncredited)
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.
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The Merry Widow (1934)
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
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Walking on Air (1936)
Character: Judge (uncredited)
A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
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Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
Character: King Homunculus (uncredited)
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces him to assist with the creation of a new creature.
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Madame Spy (1934)
Character: Chemist
Maria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian assigned to spy on him. When he is told to uncover a leak, he vows revenge on his wife.
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The Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
Character: Jailer Strauss (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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Men Without Names (1935)
Character: Post Office Goofball
A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.
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Life Begins (1932)
Character: First Druggist (uncredited)
A day in the maternity ward from the lens of accepted morals and medical attitudes of 1932. The ward includes women from all walks of life and situations.
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Lillian Russell (1940)
Character: Policeman
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Character: Cop in Barber Shop (uncredited)
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
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The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)
Character: Detective #3 (uncredited)
An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with Inspector Steve Trent on the case.
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Second Fiddle (1939)
Character: (uncredited)
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
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The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
Character: Second Man
The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record, a newspaper started by Mr. Allen, an old friend who is now deceased.
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Opened by Mistake (1940)
Character: Elderly Man (uncredited)
A wise-guy reporter and a tippling sportswriter acquire an unclaimed trunk with a corpse inside.
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Hideaway Girl (1936)
Character: Dock Watchman
An unfortunate marriage and a bogus Count are the ingredients for this musical.
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Central Park (1932)
Character: Policeman Showing Charlie the Wanted Poster (uncredited)
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.
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Time Out for Romance (1937)
Character: Jailer
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.
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Golden Gloves (1940)
Character: Customer (uncredited)
An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster.
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You Said a Mouthful (1932)
Character: Elliott (uncredited)
Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.
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Wells Fargo (1937)
Character: Townsman
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
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Two for Tonight (1935)
Character: Jailer
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
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The Best Man Wins (1935)
Character: Irish Policeman
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
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Menace (1934)
Character: English Police Sergeant
A psychotic man stalks three innocent people whom he believes are responsible for his brother's death.
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Emergency Squad (1940)
Character: Apartment Man
Betty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city Emergency Squad who are trained to deal with riots, cave-in, explosions, fires and other emergencies where lives are at stake. Slade Wiley, an unscrupulous tunnel builder, finds that his low bid on the Newford Tunnel project is causing him to lose a lot of money, and has underworld leader Nick Burton set off blasts to frighten the stockholders into selling their shares at a low price so he can buy up the stock. Betty is investigating the deal when Wiley and Burton take her on a "tour trip" to the tunnel.
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Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Classical violinist Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
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The Big Shot (1931)
Character: Mr. Potts
A young man runs into trouble when he buys an auto court, only to find out that its located next to a swamp that drives away all potential customers.
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