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Empty Holsters (1937)
Character: Charlie, Ace's Henchman
Ace owns just about everything around except for the Bank, which is owned by John Ware. Ace also has his eye on Judy, but Judy only has eyes for Clay. Since Ace is a crook, he holds up the stage and has his cronies swear that Clay was the bandit which gets Clay 10 years in jail. After he gets out in 5 for good behavior, Clay sets out to find who framed him and stole the stage strongbox. Since the sheriff does not like Clay, he takes his guns away as part of his probation and it makes Clay a target for the Ace gang.
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Prairie Thunder (1937)
Character: Chris
To increase profits for his shipping company, Lynch has goaded the Indians to attack both the telegraph line and the new railroad. When Lynch sells rifles to the Indians, Rod Farrell captures Lynch and his gang. But Lynch's Indian friends free him and this time Farrell finds himself the prisoner.
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Treachery Rides the Range (1936)
Character: Burley Barton
The Indians need the Buffalo to survive and the Government has promised to keep the herds free from hunters. But Carter, of Carter and Barton, just signed a big contract for furs and Buffalo meat so they want the herds. The only way they can get them is to rile the Indians up enough to go on the warpath and break the treaty. After the trouble starts, the Indians get the Colonel's daughter and hold her prisoner. Written by Tony Fontana
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Murder in the Clouds (1934)
Character: Secret Service Escort
Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy hears about the assignment and sabotages it by murdering Bob's fellow flyers and making off with the liquid. While the government conducts a vast search for the formula, the spies entangle Judy in their web of deceit, causing Bob to set off on his own in an effort to save his sweetheart and retrieve the missing mixture.
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan (1936)
Character: Martin's Detective Escort
A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator.
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Hard to Handle (1933)
Character: Dance Worker Owed Three Weeks' Wages (uncredited)
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
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Jailbreak (1936)
Character: Guard Murray
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
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Fireman, Save My Child (1932)
Character: Lem
Joe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to play in a big team and hopes to get more money for his inventions. But Joe's invited to present his invention to a fire extinguisher company at the same time when he is supposed to play. Will he be able to show the effectiveness of his invention and win the game?
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Over the Wall (1938)
Character: Bruiser in Pinball Room
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
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Ever Since Eve (1937)
Character: Bandit (uncredited)
Madge Winton (Marion Davies), a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Matthews (Robert Montgomery), accidentally sees her without her disguise, she has to pretend to be her roommate Sadie.
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Sons o' Guns (1936)
Character: Apache Dancer
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with fellow actress Berenice, he acts like joining the forces going over there, but that turns out to be real. In France he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as spy. He escapes from prison, only to end in the uniform of a German officer leading "his" soldiers in an Allied trap. But being escaped from prison and wearing the enemy's uniform isn't that healthy in wartime.
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The Devil's Mate (1933)
Character: Witness
A convicted murderer has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. He decides to spill the name of the man who hired him, but just before he does he's killed by a poison dart. A police detective and a pretty young newspaper reporter team up to find out the identity of the man behind the killings.
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The Mayor of Hell (1933)
Character: Guard in School Armory (uncredited)
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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Earthworm Tractors (1936)
Character: Road Worker
A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
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Murder by an Aristocrat (1936)
Character: Sheriff Frank Whiting
A wealthy family is blackmailed. Murder results. And a nurse at the scene of the crime is determined to figure out who-done-it.
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The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938)
Character: Sam Hedges, the Gardener
Two marine lieutenants battle a masked would-be world conqueror who uses electricity as a weapon.
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Devil's Island (1939)
Character: Guard Handcuffing Pierre
A French doctor sentenced for treason performs brain surgery on the prison commandant's daughter.
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Pride of the West (1938)
Character: Saunders's Short Partner
Caldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching the robbers. With her father the Sheriff under pressure, Mary sends for Hoppy who finds the stolen money and sets a trap to bring in the entire gang.
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Overland Stage Raiders (1938)
Character: N/A
After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly the gold out. The owner of the shipping line brings in Eastern gangsters to thwart them.
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Smart Blonde (1937)
Character: Cop Guarding Room (uncredited)
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
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Diamond Jim (1935)
Character: Mug
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Draegerman Courage (1937)
Character: Gene - Rescue Worker (uncredited)
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
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The Thin Man (1934)
Character: Burly Party Waiter-Bodyguard (uncredited)
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
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Dr. Socrates (1935)
Character: Gangster
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
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Midnight Court (1937)
Character: Mechanic
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
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Road Gang (1936)
Character: Guard in Blackfoot Mine (uncredited)
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
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Buried Loot (1935)
Character: Cell Guard (uncredited)
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a surprise.
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My Bill (1938)
Character: Jake - Piano Mover (uncredited)
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
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Trailin' West (1936)
Character: Henchman Hawk
A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.
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Big City Blues (1932)
Character: Subway Guide (uncredited)
An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets killed.
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I Sell Anything (1934)
Character: Spectator Bidding $4.50 (uncredited)
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
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Tiger Shark (1932)
Character: Crewman (uncredited)
A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
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House of Mystery (1934)
Character: Mr. Gage (uncredited)
Out of the Mystic Temples of Old India crept this terrible Monster to wreak vengeance of the Hindu Gods. One by one its victims fell with not a trace of the bloody assassin.
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Female (1933)
Character: Shooting Gallery Onlooker (Uncredited)
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
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Guns of the Pecos (1936)
Character: Hank Brady, Blake's Henchman
A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.
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While the Patient Slept (1935)
Character: Frank - Detective (uncredited)
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
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Secret Service of the Air (1939)
Character: The Turnkey
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
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It Happened Out West (1937)
Character: Henchman Hank
Bank employee assigned to tell Arizona rancher her property is no good gets suspicious when her foreman agrees. Turns out his banker boss and the foreman know there's silver on that property.
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The Dark Horse (1932)
Character: Delegate Spreading the Word
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
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The Invisible Menace (1938)
Character: Boat Loading Announcer
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.
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Each Dawn I Die (1939)
Character: Guard in Warden's Office (uncredited)
A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
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Mexicali Rose (1939)
Character: The Alcade
Gene Autry and his sidekick Frog look into a phony oil scam being perpetrated on a mission orphanage.
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Stranded (1935)
Character: Bridge Worker (uncredited)
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Fog Over Frisco (1934)
Character: Man in Mayard's Office (Uncredited)
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
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The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
Character: Bailiff (uncredited)
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
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Lady Killer (1933)
Character: N/A
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.
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Broadway Gondolier (1935)
Character: Pete
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
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Love Begins at Twenty (1936)
Character: Lumpy - Bank Robber
A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.
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Dodge City (1939)
Character: Conductor (uncredited)
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
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The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
Character: Officer Reilly (uncredited)
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
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Gateway (1938)
Character: Guard
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
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Dinky (1935)
Character: Joe- Policeman
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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Clipped Wings (1937)
Character: Sgt. Phalen
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days. Jerry, now a Captain in the U.S. Department of Justice, is given an assignment to capture some border oil smugglers. Through his friendship with Raoul McGuire, one of the suspects, Jerry is accepted as a member of the gang. Mickey is in love with Raoul's sister, Molly. Gang leader Moran shoots and wounds Raoul, and is himself shot down by Jerry. Mickey flies Molly and her wounded brother to a hospital. Jerry takes off in another plane to guard Mickey's craft from a pursuing airplane, and crashes his plane into the gangster's plane but parachutes to safety.
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Smarty (1934)
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Vernon Thorpe secures a divorce for her, and Vicki and Vernon are soon married. Vicki's yen for wearing revealing clothes and a penchant for inviting ex-husband to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting one on her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where Tony is entertaining Bonnie, who is not all that entertained by the presence of Vicki, especially after Vicki shows every intent of moving in and staying.
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The Lone Ranger Rides Again (1939)
Character: Paul Daniels
Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The Lone Ranger is on hand to help the homesteaders battle Bart's men as he overcomes traps, ambushes, burning buildings and other obstacles in his attempt to bring peace to the valley.
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Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
Character: Fireman
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!
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Penthouse (1933)
Character: Crelliman's Henchman (uncredited)
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
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Baby Face (1933)
Character: Laborer (uncredited)
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.
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Manhattan Parade (1931)
Character: Deputy with Sheriff
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
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Blazing Sixes (1937)
Character: Chuck - Hess Henchman
Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent series of gold robberies and the method they use to get the gold out of the county unseen. Complicating matters is the arrival of pretty Barbara Morgan who has come to claim her inheritance - the ranch the outlaw gang is using for their headquarters.
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