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Hollywood Hobbies (1939)
Character: Narrator (uncredited)
In this short film, two starstruck movie fans hire a tour guide and see a plethora of Hollywood stars.
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Think First (1939)
Character: Crime Lab Technician
Episode 24 of the Crime Does Not Pay series. Margie Smith (Laraine Day) works as a waitress at a drive in restaurant. She likes to date and look nice but on her salary, she can't keep up with everyone else. However, a friend shows her that stealing is easy, cool and lets you dress like success. At first, it works out just fine, but remember--this is a Crime Does Not Pay film and you KNOW she'll soon get caught and prosecuted.
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Northward, Ho! (1940)
Character: Himself
Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.
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Women on the Warpath (1943)
Character: Narrator (voice)
Women shown helping the war effort by doing jobs that at the time were traditionally associated with men.
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America the Beautiful (1945)
Character: Narrator
Created in 1945 by the Warner Bros. Studio to sell U.S. Savings Bonds, “America the Beautiful” opens to the patriotic strains of the song of the same name. The film paints a picture of the United States as an industrious society on the move.
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Love on Tap (1939)
Character: Tommy
In this musical short, a man tries to woo the manager of a dance troupe.
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A Failure at Fifty (1940)
Character: Lincoln's Friend
The story of Abraham Lincoln's 30-year struggle of persistence-through-failure is told to an unemployed 50 year old man.
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A Boy and His Dog (1946)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
11 year old Davy discovers that a chained gentle dog, Buck, is badly wounded around the neck because of the thick, tight collar he is made to constantly wear by his unfeeling owner. When Buck comes through the fence and becomes stuck, Davy removes the collar. Even though the boy tells him to stay in his owner's yard, the dog follows him home.
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Okay for Sound (1946)
Character: N/A
This short was released in connection with the 20th anniversary of Warner Brothers' first exhibition of the Vitaphone sound-on-film process on 6 August 1926. The film highlights Thomas A. Edison and Alexander Graham Bell's efforts that contributed to sound movies and acknowledges the work of Lee De Forest. Brief excerpts from the August 1926 exhibition follow. Clips are then shown from a number of Warner Brothers features, four from the 1920s, the remainder from 1946/47.
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Beachhead to Berlin (1945)
Character: Narrator of Chaplain's Letter (voice)
From the Department of the Navy.This historical recording from the National Archives may contain variations in audio and video quality based on the limitations of the original source material.
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Frontier Days (1945)
Character: Narrator
U.S. Marshal Clay Stacy brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by an old Nemesis.
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Lone Star Ranger (1942)
Character: Phil Lawson
Texas Ranger Buck Dunne is assigned to round up a gang of bank robbers. The leader of the gang turns out to be the "respectable" Judge Longstreth, making life difficult for Dunne inasmuch as he's in love with Longstreth's niece Barbara.
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Vacation from Love (1938)
Character: Mark Shelby
A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.
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Northwest Passage (1940)
Character: Captain Ogden
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
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Stronger Than Desire (1939)
Character: Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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Confidence Girl (1952)
Character: Narrator (voice)
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.
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Help Wanted (1939)
Character: Labor Commissioner's Representative
A temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket
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Burma Convoy (1941)
Character: Victor Harrison
A truck convoy traveling the Burma Road is menaced by a group of smugglers.
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They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Character: 7th Michigan officer (uncredited)
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
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Miracles for Sale (1939)
Character: Nightclub Master of Ceremonies
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
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Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many difficulties with the Army lifestyle. Moreover, her ex-husband is working as a consultant with the Army, and he uses his position to disrupt her romantic plans by making her join a group of WACs who are testing new equipment.
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Mob Town (1941)
Character: Officer Cutler
Wayward youths get out of trouble thanks to a policeman.
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Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
Character: Jack Hamilton
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
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Call Northside 777 (1948)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
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Treat 'Em Rough (1942)
Character: Jordan Perkins
When his father is accused of graft, a former boxer returns home to clear his name.
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We Who Are Young (1940)
Character: Commentator (uncredited) (voice)
A man violates company policy by getting married.
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Millionaires in Prison (1940)
Character: Dr. William 'Bill' Collins
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
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Murder Among Friends (1941)
Character: McAndrews
A society doctor helps an insurance-company file clerk check deaths related to a big policy.
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Dead Men Tell (1941)
Character: Capt. Kane of the Suva Star
When the elderly woman sponsoring a treasure hunt is murdered on board her docked ship, Charlie Chan must deal with a treasure map in four pieces, the ghost of a hanged pirate, a talking parrot, a recalcitrant sea captain and several suspicious passengers - and a second murder.
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Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
Character: Butch
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.
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The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
Character: Radio Announcer
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 Hardys Ride High (1939)
Character: Clerk
Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney George Irving, that he could be the heir to 2 million dollars. In order to claim the inheritance, he and his family must leave for Detroit. The disinherited heir Philip 'Phil' Westcott, adopted son of the deceased relative, has to leave the fabulous mansion Detroit. But the playboy Phil ain't going down without a fight. He decides on a charm offensive. First with Polly Benedict and foremost Andrew 'Andy' Hardy, the son of Judge Hardy.
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Macao (1952)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an international crime lord. Undercover, can he mislead the bad guys and still woo the attractive singer/petty crook, Julie Benson?
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The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939)
Character: Paul Rodney (Voice)
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.
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On Borrowed Time (1939)
Character: James Northrup
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future and wary of a scheming relative who seeks custody of the child. One day Mr. Brink, an agent of Death, arrives to take Gramps "to the land where the woodbine twineth." Through a bit of trickery, Gramps confines Mr. Brink, and thus Death, to the branches of a large apple tree, giving Gramps extra time to resolve issues about Pud's future.
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Charlie Chan in Rio (1941)
Character: Paul Wagner
In Rio de Janiero to arrest a nightclub singer on suspicion of a murder in Hawaii, Charlie Chan becomes involved with the Rio police in solving the singer's own murder.
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Special Agent (1949)
Character: Narrator (voice)
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now (1947)
Character: Martin Webb
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among many others. Mark Stevens was dubbed by Buddy Clark, well known singer of the 30's and 40's
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Bombay Clipper (1942)
Character: Dr. Gregory Landers
Someone has absconded with $4,000,000 worth of diamonds, and that someone may very well be a passenger on the Bombay Clipper.
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Objective, Burma! (1945)
Character: Narrator (voice)
A group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to locate and blow up a radar station. They accomplish this well enough, but when they try to rendezvous at an old air-strip to be taken back to their base, they find Japanese waiting for them, and they must make a long, difficult walk back through enemy-occupied jungle.
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Last of the Duanes (1941)
Character: Texas Ranger Capt Laramie
Based on Zane Grey's tale of a man who gains an unfair reputation as a gunfighter while out to avenge his father's death.
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Spring Madness (1938)
Character: Walter Beckett
Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go to Russia after graduation, a decision Sam has kept from his girlfriend, Alexandra Benson.
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