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Two-Fisted (1935)
Character: Pinky Duffy
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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Knock on Any Door (1949)
Character: Man (uncredited)
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
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Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
Character: Inmate (uncredited)
After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
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Barefoot in the Park (1967)
Character: Policeman with Drunk (uncredited)
In this film based on a Neil Simon play, newlyweds Corie, a free spirit, and Paul Bratter, an uptight lawyer, share a sixth-floor apartment in Greenwich Village. Soon after their marriage, Corie tries to find a companion for mother, Ethel, who is now alone, and sets up Ethel with neighbor Victor. Inappropriate behavior on a double date causes conflict, and the young couple considers divorce.
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Joe Palooka in the Big Fight (1949)
Character: Referee
Gangsters frame Joe on a drunk charge and a murder rap so they can put their own fighter into a big event. Joe investigates in an attempt to prove his innocence.
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Tension (1949)
Character: Boxer Handler (uncredited)
Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, when Claire leaves him for a liquor store salesman, Warren can no longer bear it. He decides to assume a new identity in order to murder his wife's lover without leaving a trace. Along the way, his plans are complicated by an attractive neighbor, as well as a shocking discovery that opens up a new world of doubts and accusations.
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The Midnight Story (1957)
Character: Card Player (uncredited)
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues. But traffic cop Joe Martini becomes obsessed with finding the killer; he suspects Sylvio Malatesta. Ordered off the case, Joe turns in his badge and investigates alone. Soon he is a close friend of the Malatesta family, all delightful people, especially lovely cousin Anna. Uncertain whether Sylvio is guilty or innocent, Joe is now torn between old and new loyalties.
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Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)
Character: Bouncer (uncredited)
After spending three years in an asylum, a washed-up actor views a minor assignment from his old director in Rome as a chance for personal and professional redemption.
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The Cincinnati Kid (1965)
Character: Gambler (uncredited)
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
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The Big Street (1942)
Character: Mug at Mindy's (uncredited)
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him.
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Iron Man (1951)
Character: Referee at Chicago Arena (uncredited)
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Character: Man in Fantasy (uncredited)
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
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The Star (1952)
Character: N/A
Actress Margaret Elliot is well past her prime but refuses to retire from the acting business. Despite entreaties from both her daughter, Gretchen, and one-time professional colleague Jim Johannsen, Margaret remains convinced that she can regain her former glory. As she sets her sights on a coveted Hollywood role, Johannsen tries doggedly to get his unrequited love to see the folly of her ways.
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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)
Character: Member of Third Barn Raising Team (uncredited)
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
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Ringside Maisie (1941)
Character: Peaches
Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confides to Maisie that he hates and is terrified by boxing and wants out. Not wanting to let down his best friend and manager Skeets Maguire, who has hopes of him becoming the next champion, he is reluctant to bring up the subject with him. Maisie convinces Terry to tell Skeets, whose unexpected reaction induces him to step into the ring again.
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Some Like It Hot (1959)
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
In Prohibition-era Chicago, musicians Joe and Jerry witness a mob hit, and flee the state in an all-female band disguised as Josephine and Daphne, but further complications set in.
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The Human Duplicators (1965)
Character: Thor, the Butler
An alien is dispatched from a faraway galaxy to take over the Earth by "duplicating" humans and creating a race of zombies.
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Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
Character: Johnny Terrento
Two smart marketing people resurrect some old films starring cowboy Smoky Callaway and put them on television. The films are a big hit and the star is in demand. Unfortunately no one can find him. When a lookalike sends in a photo, the marketing team hires him to impersonate Callaway. Things get sticky when the real Callaway eventually shows up.
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The Trap (1959)
Character: Hood (uncredited)
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...
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Ten North Frederick (1958)
Character: N/A
After her father's funeral, Ann Chapin thinks back over the last five years of his life, years of apparent political and personal failure dominated by a selfish and dissatisfied wife, eased only by alcohol. But it starts to emerge that he had in fact one brief and unsuspected period of happiness and love.
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The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
Character: N/A
Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him.
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The Legend of Lylah Clare (1968)
Character: Studio Grip (uncredited)
A dictatorial film director hires an unknown actress to play the lead role in a planned movie biography of a late, great Hollywood star.
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The Other Love (1947)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Seriously ill, concert pianist Karen Duncan is admitted to a Swiss sanitorium. Despite being attracted to Dr Tony Stanton she ignores his warnings of possibly fatal consequences unless she rests completely. Rather, she opts for a livelier time in Monte Carlo with dashing Paul Clermont.
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Glory Alley (1952)
Character: Spider
A New Orleans boxer leaves the ring to fight his inner demons.
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Johnny Angel (1945)
Character: Joe, Bouncer at Cafe LaRue (uncredited)
George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.
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Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
Character: Bo's'n
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.
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Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
Character: Boxing Instructor (uncredited)
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
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A Swingin' Affair (1963)
Character: N/A
Rick is pledging a snooty fraternity at college. He feels out of place because he's a poor kid from the wrong side of town and picks up extra money by fighting in the ring. He doesn't want his potential fraternity brothers to find out about his background or how he makes his money. Trouble arises when the rich, spoiled girlfriend of one of his fraternity "bros" comes on to him.
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Duffy of San Quentin (1954)
Character: Convict in Hospital Ward
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.
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Pillow Talk (1959)
Character: Truck Driver Punching Jonathan (uncredited)
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
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The Lady Gambles (1949)
Character: Bert
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
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The Plot Thickens (1936)
Character: Man in Line for Inspection (uncredited)
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case.
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Lost in a Harem (1944)
Character: Ramo's Lieutenant (uncredited)
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
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Requiem for a Heavyweight (1962)
Character: Barfly Watching TV (uncredited)
After suffering a brutal defeat and being told he can no longer fight, 37-year-old, scar-ridden prizefighter Louis 'Mountain' Rivera struggles to find a new direction in life.
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The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Character: Croupier (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.
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I Passed for White (1960)
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
A young woman falls in love and marries, but withholds from her husband information about her family.
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Crack-Up (1946)
Character: Detective (Uncredited)
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
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Joe Palooka in the Counterpunch (1949)
Character: Fight Referee
Joe heads for South America to fight the Latin champ. Shipboard, he helps federal agents fight counterfeiters. He also spars with love interest Anne Howe.
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King for a Night (1933)
Character: Fighter
A cocky prizefighter on his way to the bigtime in New York comes crashing down when his sister is involved in a murder and he takes the blame.
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The Yellow Cab Man (1950)
Character: Danny
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that he meets the lovely Ellen of the Yellow Cab Co., he also meets the crooked lawyer named Creavy. Pirdy is an inventor and when Creavy learns about elastic-glass, his new invention, he makes plans to steal the process. With the help of another con man named Doksteader, and the boys, he will steal this million dollar invention no matter who gets hurt.
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From This Day Forward (1946)
Character: John
A young American soldier, with an honorable discharge, returns home from World War II to his bride, whom he married after a short courtship and has not seen for several years. The two come together with many trials and tribulations in trying to preserve their marriage in the post-war years.
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Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Character: Amthor's Chauffeur (uncredited)
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply complex web of mystery and deceit.
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The Girl from Mexico (1939)
Character: Wrestling Match Referee
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
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The Set-Up (1949)
Character: Corner Man (uncredited)
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
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Go West Young Man (1936)
Character: Chauffeur
Sensational movie star Mavis Arden's following spans the world and her personal appearance tours prove her popularity. On her way home from one such appearance, Mavis' car breaks down. She orders her publicity agent to find her a place to stay, suspicious that he planned the breakdown to keep her away from a man. However, she soon finds herself mooning over an attractive local repairman and listening to his ideas about inventing equipment for film.
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The Winning Ticket (1935)
Character: Lefty Costello
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
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Tin Pan Alley (1940)
Character: Kid Skeets' Cornerman (uncredited)
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
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The Accused (1949)
Character: Referee (uncredited)
A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.
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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
Character: Referee
Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight for a year. His trainer Knobby has picked up another fighter, but gangsters are pressing him to fix fights. Joe decides to risk his eyesight to save Knobby's honor.
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Blueprint for Robbery (1961)
Character: Nick Tony
A gang of career criminals plots the robbery of an armored car company's headquarters. Although the robbery itself goes off as planned, it's not long before the gang members are fighting among themselves over everybody's share of the loot and trying to avoid capture by the police, who are pouring all their resources into capturing the robbers. Based on a real-life 1950 Brinks Armored Car Co. robbery in Boston.
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Hot Blood (1956)
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Stephen Torino, who is tricked by his brother Marco into an arranged marriage with tempestuous Annie Caldash. Annie is willing to give the union a go, but Torino wants none of it.
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It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Character: Charlie's Henchman (uncredited)
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
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Wyoming Mail (1950)
Character: Guard (uncredited)
In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly tempting to train robbers, in particular an organized gang with one of the mail's supposed guardians in their pay. Prizefighter Steve Davis, a former army intelligence man, is hired to track down the gang and save the Territorial Mail Service. Steve goes undercover in territorial prison, leans Morse Code from a fellow prisoner, breaks jail, infiltrates the gang...and finds time to romance dance-hall singer Mary, who proves to have hidden depths...
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Something to Live For (1952)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.
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City for Conquest (1940)
Character: Referee in Wales Fight (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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The Ambushers (1967)
Character: Rapist (uncredited)
When an experimental flying saucer crashes, secret agent Matt Helm has to bring back the secret weapons hidden on board.
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In This Corner (1948)
Character: Johnny Hart
A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.
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Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Character: Texan (uncredited)
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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Guys and Dolls (1955)
Character: Liverlips Louie (uncredited)
In New York, a gambler is challenged to take a Salvation Army missionary to Havana, and unexpectedly they fall for each other. And the bet has a hidden motive ... classic song and dance ensues!
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Character: Hard Hat in Crowd (uncredited)
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.
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Body and Soul (1947)
Character: Davis-Marlowe Fight Referee (uncredited)
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
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Hi-Jacked (1950)
Character: Strongarm (uncredited)
A parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of involvement with hijackers.
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Pier 23 (1951)
Character: Mushy Cavelli
Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour "episodes," and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O'Brien. In Pier 23, O'Brien first tackles the case of a wrestler who has died of a suspicious heart attack after refusing to lose a match. He then agrees to help a priest talk an escaped criminal into returning to prison.
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