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Rhapsody in Brew (1933)
Character: Mr. Atchley, Blystone's Attorney (uncredited)
The Schmaltz Brothers are tricked into buying a beer garden.
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Wolf of New York (1940)
Character: Detective
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
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Pirates of the Skies (1939)
Character: N/A
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltrating a hi-jacking gang, posing as passengers, that robs airplanes carrying valuable items and money, and parachuting their escape from the scene of the crime.
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Our Wife (1941)
Character: Ticket Man (uncredited)
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
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Hot Money (1935)
Character: Beresford - Apartment Manager (uncredited)
A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.
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The Westerner (1934)
Character: Wayne Wallace
A rancher (Tim McCoy) and his buddy (Joseph Sauers) scare rustlers out of business.
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Desert Command (1946)
Character: El Kadur
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion. Feature version of the movie serial, The Three Musketeers (1934).
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The Women Men Marry (1937)
Character: Arnold (uncredited)
A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him.
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Little Nellie Kelly (1940)
Character: Police Surgeon (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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Romance of the Limberlost (1938)
Character: N/A
An orphaned girl is being raised in the Limberlost by her aunt, who hates her because the girl's mother married the man that the aunt loved. The girl's existence is close to being servitude bondage, and her only companions are the birds and the animals of the forest. She meets and falls in love with a young man whose ambition is to be a lawyer. But her aunt is arranging for her to be married to the wealthiest man in the Limberlost, a drunken, coarse bully.
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Inflation (1942)
Character: Clothing Store Manager (uncredited)
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)
Character: Finney's Lawyer
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
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You Only Live Once (1937)
Character: Teletype Operator (uncredited)
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.
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Gentleman Jim (1942)
Character: (uncredited)
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
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Nancy Drew... Reporter (1939)
Character: The Chemist (uncredited)
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter Nancy intercepts a real story assignment. She "covers" the inquest of the death of a woman who was poisoned. Nancy doesn't think the young woman accused of the crime is guilty and corrals her neighbor Ted into searching for a vital piece of evidence and stumbles onto the identity of the real killer.
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Trade Winds (1938)
Character: Detective (Uncredited)
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sam, a skirt chasing detective, is following her and must outwit him to escape imprisonment.
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Scarlet River (1933)
Character: Clink McPherson
Unable to find open range near Hollywood, western actor Tom Baxter and his troop head to Judy Blake's ranch to shoot their film.
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Appointment for Love (1941)
Character: Headwaiter (uncredited)
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymoon ends very quickly when Jane voices her progressive views on marriage which include the two having separate apartments. Andre then tries to make his wife jealous in order to lure her into his bedroom.
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Belle Starr (1941)
Character: Carpetbagger (uncredited)
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.
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Idaho (1943)
Character: Board Member
A deputy sets out to prove that a respected judge, who had once been a criminal, is being framed for crimes committed by a crooked saloon owner.
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King of the Texas Rangers (1941)
Character: Druggist Porter
Tom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a network of Axis spies.
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Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
Character: Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
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The West Side Kid (1943)
Character: Businessman
Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her time to parties; his daughter Gloria is in one scandal after another, changing husbands as often as her moods, and son Jerry spends his time getting drunk and chasing women. Sam hires gangster Johnny April to bump him off but Johnny, liking the old man, defers the killing and sets about making the family appreciate Sam.
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This Time for Keeps (1942)
Character: Masquerade Party Judge
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
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The Santa Fe Trail (1930)
Character: Marc Coulard
A sheepman tries to hire Indians as herders. Though the Indians are blamed for farmers' losses, the hero shows that a white crook is responsible.
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East Side of Heaven (1939)
Character: Executive (uncredited)
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
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Black Hills Express (1943)
Character: Mayor Jason Phelps
A man framed for a series of Wells' Fargo stage robberies and a comical sheriff's deputy join forces to uncover the real robbers, unaware that a U.S. Marshal assigned to the case and the Mayor of the town which is at the center of the robberies, are the leaders of the gang.
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I Love You Again (1940)
Character: Man Greeting Wilson Saying 'Look Chief' (uncredited)
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
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Bombshell (1933)
Character: Car Salesman (uncredited)
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
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The Fatal Hour (1940)
Character: Frank Belden, Sr.
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.
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Birthday Blues (1932)
Character: John, the inconsiderate father
Dickie throws a birthday party to try to raise money to buy his mother a birthday present.
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S.O.S Tidal Wave (1939)
Character: N/A
A news reporter-commentator at a combined radio-television broadcasting station gives up his stand against the election of a corrupt mayoral candidate after a gangster threatens his family. Features tidal wave stock footage from RKO's "Deluge" (1933), q.v.
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Free, Blonde and 21 (1940)
Character: Payne, Sugar Daddy
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
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Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
Character: Peter (uncredited)
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.
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Freaks (1932)
Character: Doctoer (uncredited)
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.
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Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Character: Insurance Agent (uncredited)
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
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Pack Up Your Troubles (1939)
Character: Booking Agent
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.
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The Three Musketeers (1933)
Character: El Kadur
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after El Shaitan, a bad guy who is never seen as he tries to wipe out the Foreign Legion. CHAPTER TITLES: 1. The Fiery Circle; 2. One For All, All For One; 3. The Master Spy; 4. Pirates of the Desert; 5. Rebel Rifles; 6. Death's Marathon; 7. Naked Steel; 8. The Master Strikes; 9. The Fatal Cave; 10. Trapped!; 11. The Measure of a Man; 12.The Value of Comrades.
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Portia on Trial (1937)
Character: Jack Madden
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather Angel), who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon (Neil Hamilton). Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earle's father, powerful publisher John Condon (Clarence Kolb), forced them apart. She has a pretty good idea of what is going on in Elizabeth's head, since she herself was on the verge of killing Earle Condon when his father ruthlessly took custody of her illegitimate son. As Portia toils and strains to free her client, she carries on a romance with Dan Foster (Walter Abel) -- the attorney for the prosecution. LA Law and The Practice have nothing on this one!
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Radio Patrol (1937)
Character: Casey
About a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new bulletproof steel.
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Navy Born (1936)
Character: Commander Seeley
A naval officer gets more than he bargained for when he adopts a recently orphaned young boy, the son of his late best friends. Despite the resistance of the lad's surviving relatives, who worry that growing in the Navy will be hard on the boy, the officer loves and takes good care of the boy. At least he does until the child is abducted by a gangster who has mistaken him for his long-lost boy. Fortunately for the young fellow, the officer rallies the entire Navy and comes to the rescue.
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The Sagebrush Troubadour (1935)
Character: Henry Nolan
Before he was murdered Grandpa Martin found a gold mine. He failed to record it and now everyone is looking for Martin's old horse that can lead them to it. When under-cover Texas Ranger Autry arrives to investigate, he is accused of the murder and finds the Sheriff after him.
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The Sphinx (1933)
Character: Oliver P. Curran
A man known to be a mute is suspected of committing a murder, as he was noticed at the scene. However, witnesses saw and heard him talking as he was leaving the scene of the crime. The police must determine if he is the actual killer or if he is being framed.
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Prescott Kid (1934)
Character: Bonner
Cowboy Tim Hamlin arrives in a town plagued by a gang of cattle rustlers.
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The Accusing Finger (1936)
Character: Senator
A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investigator rival for her affections rally to find the real killer, while he is confronted by the misery of life on death row.
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Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
Character: Commissioner Treadway
Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new railroad; Red Ryder opposes this strategy.
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In Old California (1942)
Character: Higgins
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
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Midnight Warning (1932)
Character: Dr. Steven Walcott
Guests at a luxury hotel are horrified when they witness a man literally "disappear into thin air." The vanished man's relatives hire a detective, who goes to the hotel to investigate the disappearance.
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Haunted House (1940)
Character: Prosecuting Attorney
Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
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Homicide Bureau (1939)
Character: Curtis - Crime Lab Technician
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect. Detective Jim Logan is ordered to meet the incoming new-head of the Police Department lab and internal affairs, J.G. Bliss, and takes an instant dislike to her over her attitude toward criminal's rights.
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Mission to Moscow (1943)
Character: Father (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
Character: Lathered Man in Barber Shop (uncredited)
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
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They Gave Him a Gun (1937)
Character: Army Doctor (uncredited)
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
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Hell's House (1932)
Character: Captain of the Guard
A teenager lands in a brutal reform school for refusing to squeal on his bootlegger boss.
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Johnny Eager (1941)
Character: Gambler Who Made Eight the Hard Way (uncredited)
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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Millie (1931)
Character: District Attorney Sanders (uncredited)
After a tumultuous first marriage, Millie Blake learns to love her newfound independence and drags her feet on the possibility of remarriage. The years pass, and now Millie's daughter garners the attentions of men - men who once devoted their time to her mother.
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Lost Angel (1943)
Character: Pepi (uncredited)
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts Alpha to run away from the institute and ask him to show her some magic, Mike gets more responsibility than he bargained for. Especially since another story of his, one involving gangsters, has also come home to roost.
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City of Chance (1940)
Character: Bill - Croupier
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
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Too Busy to Work (1939)
Character: Charles Carter
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.
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Blondie (1938)
Character: Man on Bus (uncredited)
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself involved in a scheme that is promising financial ruin for the Bumstead family.
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Queen Christina (1933)
Character: Antonio's Companion in Coach (uncredited)
The popular monarch, Queen Christina of Sweden, must choose between love and loyalty to her nation when she unexpectedly falls for a Spanish envoy.
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Gambling Ship (1933)
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross-country by train to begin a new life with a new name. On the train, he meets Eleanor and they fall in love. Eleanor is afraid to tell Ace she's a soiled dove and Ace doesn't tell Eleanor of his shady past. Old enemies won't let Ace begin his new life, and old commitments's won't free Eleanor of her sordid ties. Ace's old life and Eleanor's deception collide with the typical results. But love conquers all!
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Saga of Death Valley (1939)
Character: Dr. Ward
When Tasker kills Roy Rogers he takes one of his young sons. Fifteen years later the other son Roy arrives buying a ranch in the valley where Tasker now controls the water supply. Roy organizes the ranchers for a showdown with Tasker not knowing that his brother is Tasker's chief henchman.
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In the Navy (1941)
Character: Senate Committee Member (uncredited)
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
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Love and Hisses (1937)
Character: Joe Moss
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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Honky Tonk (1941)
Character: Sen. Ford
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
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Stand Up and Fight (1939)
Character: Fox Hunt Guest
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
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Come Live with Me (1941)
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
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Union Depot (1932)
Character: Station Agent Having No Available Berths (uncredited)
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.
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Sky Murder (1940)
Character: Mark - Party Guest
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.
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Gun Justice (1933)
Character: Sam Burkett
Wanting the Lance ranch, Burkett kills Lance and brings in an imposter to pose as the heir Ken Lance. Ken learns of the plan, captures the imposter, and arrives posing as himself. In an ensuing gunfight a man is killed and Ken is in trouble when not only is he accused of the murder, but the imposter escapes and convinces the Sheriff he's the real Ken Lance.
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If I Had a Million (1932)
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk (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 Outlaw Deputy (1935)
Character: Howger
While searching for his friend's killer, a former outlaw (Tim McCoy) thwarts a robbery and becomes a lawman.
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Honeymoon Lodge (1943)
Character: Theatrical Man
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol Sterling (David Bruce, June Vincent) make a last-ditch attempt to avoid their legal breakup by restaging their mountain-resort honeymoon. Things get complicated when a rancher named Big Boy (Rod Cameron, in a Ralph Bellamy-style "sap" role) shows up at the resort in ardent pursuit of Carol, while Lorraine Logan (Harriet Hilliard) sets her cap for Bob.
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Fingers at the Window (1942)
Character: Ambulance Doctor (uncredited)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Chicken Wagon Family (1939)
Character: Mean-Looking Man
Addie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile roam the country-side in a mule-drawn wagon, trading trinkets to farmers for chickens which they sell in the cities. Addie and her father love the care-free life, but Mrs. Fippany and Cecile want to settle down in New York City. As soon as the "chicken wagon family" reaches New York, Addie gets into mischief and a policeman, Matt Hibbard, helps her and falls in love with Cecile. He helps the family settle into a deserted firehouse which is up for public sale.
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Without Orders (1936)
Character: Worried Man Awaiting Salt Lake Flight
At Portland, Oregon, playboy pilot Len Kendrick lands at the end of a cross-country record flight, met by his father J.P. Kendrick who owns Amalgamated Air Lines. Len is a media darling, adored by fans for his daring flights. He is in love with Amalgamated stewardess Kay Armstrong who is dating veteran pilot "Wad" Madison. Len dates her sister Penny who learns that his hard-drinking and recklessness has caused the death of his co-pilot. Penny knows that he was drinking before the fateful flight and only escaped prosecution by bribing a bartender. She leaves Len who ends up at Amalgamated as a line pilot, being tutored by Wad.
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Sundown Trail (1931)
Character: Mr. Marston
Dorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late father's will. For Dorothy to inherit everything, she must stay on the ranch for 5 years. If she does not, everything goes to Buck, who is the manager. She does not like Buck, so she makes a deal with the wrong people for cattle and then the outlaws go to the ranch to get the $10,000 from her. But Buck is on the job.
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Mountain Rhythm (1939)
Character: Mr. Daniels
Cavanaugh and McCauley are after the ranchers land. When the Government announces the land will be put up for auction, the ranchers pool their money only to have it stolen by Cavanaugh's men. They then plan to sell their cattle but Cavanaugh announces a fake gold strike and the cowhands all leave. But Gene's hobo friend the Judge says he will get the cattle to market and he sends out a signal to his hobo friends.
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Gold (1932)
Character: Kramer
A cowboy turned gold miner fights a gang that buys miner's claims and then murders them.
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Exclusive Story (1936)
Character: Attorney (uncredited)
A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious gangster behind bars.
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Sadie McKee (1934)
Character: Intern with Dr. Briggs (uncredited)
A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
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The Dude Bandit (1933)
Character: Al Burton
After Burton kills Dad Mason and makes it look like a suicide, Ace Cooper arrives to investigate. He poses as a coward during the day but at night he becomes the daring Dude Bandit.
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Cipher Bureau (1938)
Character: Cmdr. Nash
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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The Secret Witness (1931)
Character: Herbert 'Bert' Folsom
A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor believes the man is innocent and sets out to prove who really committed the murder.
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Branded Men (1931)
Character: Ramsey aka Cunningham
When Rod, Ramrod, and Half-A-Rod ride into Steep Gulch, they immediately become Sheriffs. The previous Sheriffs have been killed by Mace and his gang who don't wait long before they make an attempt on the new trio.
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Slightly Dangerous (1943)
Character: Man Getting on Bus (uncredited)
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
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Corvette K-225 (1943)
Character: Civilian
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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Gangster's Boy (1938)
Character: Sammy Trip
A popular high school valedictorian and star athlete becomes a pariah when it's discovered that his father is a former bootlegger.
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Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
Character: Christian Wilk
A chemical manufacturer is killed just after asking detective James Wong to help him. So Detective Wong decides to investigate this as well as two subsequent murders.
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The Mystery of Mr. Wong (1939)
Character: Carslake
Detective James Lee Wong must find the "Eye of the Daughter of the Moon," a priceless but cursed sapphire stolen in China and smuggled to America. His search takes him into the heart of Chinatown and to the dreaded "House of Hate" to find the deadly gem before it can kill again.
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G-men vs. the Black Dragon (1943)
Character: Harrison J. Caldwell [Ch. 5]
Japanese spies attempt to subvert America's war effort; G-Men attempt to thwart their plot.
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General Spanky (1936)
Character: Slavemaster at Meeting
Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.
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Ladies' Man (1931)
Character: Headwaiter
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."
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Mad Love (1935)
Character: Train Conductor (Uncredited)
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
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For Me and My Gal (1942)
Character: Assistant Stage Manager (uncredited)
Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI.
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The Gay Caballero (1940)
Character: Sheriff McBride
The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only that: Before his death, he is believed to have attempted to steal Susan Wetherby's land.
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Missing Witnesses (1937)
Character: Macey's Attorney (uncredited)
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
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The Lady Objects (1938)
Character: Doctor
A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.
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Men in Her Life (1931)
Character: District Attorney
A wealthy ex-bootlegger comes to the rescue of a formerly rich society girl after her gold-digging fiancé leaves her stranded when he finds out she's broke. The bootlegger proposes a deal: he will settle her debts if she teaches him how to be "a gentleman".
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Big Time Or Bust (1933)
Character: Lewis
Newlywed carnival performers decide to try their luck in New York, but their marriage begins to crumble when their careers take separate paths.
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Repent at Leisure (1941)
Character: Floor Walker
Everyone in a large department store knows that a rising star is married to the owner's daughter, except her husband.
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Against the Law (1934)
Character: O'Brien
Steve Wayne, a daring young ambulance driver for a large hospital in Los Angeles, is a rival with his friend, Doctor Bill Barie (the house surgeon in the Emergency Ward), for the attentions of nurse Martha Gray. Despite their rivalry, Steve still endeavors to free his friend from the grip of a merciless racketeer and a gambling gang. But Steve fails in his efforts and then sets out to avenge his friend and smash-up the gang.
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The Old Barn Dance (1938)
Character: Maxwell
Autry and his buddies have a horse selling business which is threatened by a tractor company which claims horses are out of date.
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Near the Trail's End (1931)
Character: Bart Morgan
Bart Morgan controls the town of Cactus City and is keeping all men away from Jane Rankin. When Johnny Day arrives and takes an interest in Jane, Morgan tries to kick him out. Johnny refuses to go and the stage is set for a showdown.
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I Can't Escape (1934)
Character: Harley
An ex-convict, unable to get a good job because of his prison record, gets mixed up in a phony stock scam.
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Say It in French (1938)
Character: Bit Part
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....
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Speed Wings (1934)
Character: Crandall
A kidnapping, three airplane crashes and several fist-fights adds speed to the plot in which the plans of a new, faster airplane motor invented by brothers Tim and Jerry are stolen and suspicion falls on their office secretary Mary Stuart. But she can pilot an airplane with the best of them and she risks her life to save Tim. And when she gets kidnapped, Jerry regains his lost nerve in rescuing her.
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Mystery Mountain (1934)
Character: Dr. Edwards
Ken Williams is determined to discover the identity of the mysterious Rattler, who preys upon railroads and transportation companies like that owned by Jane Corwin. The Rattler is especially difficult to catch because of his skill at disguising himself as other people.
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The Phantom Creeps (1939)
Character: Experimental Lab Tech
A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
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Border Cafe (1937)
Character: Railroad Ticket Agent (uncredited)
The spoiled, hard-partying son of a senator runs away from home after being reprimanded by his father, finds himself down-on-his luck in a tiny western town, and is rehabilitated through the friendship and wisdom of a kind and patient rancher.
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The Crime Patrol (1936)
Character: Doctor Simmons
Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training expenses. Santell orders Bob to take a dive in the fourth round so Santell can recoup prior gambling losses. Taunted by his ring opponent, Bob wins the fight. Realizing that his profession and underworld characters connected to it are causing him problems, Bob decides to join the police force. After taking nurse Mary Prentiss (Geneva Mitchell) to a drive-in restaurant where the total bill is a depression-era cheap eighty-two cents, Bob and his fellow officers round-up a gang of fur thieves in a warehouse shoot-out.
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Wife vs. Secretary (1936)
Character: Postal Clerk (uncredited)
Linda, the wife of a publishing executive, suspects that her husband Van’s relationship with his attractive secretary Whitey is more than professional.
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Edison, the Man (1940)
Character: Broker
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.
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Geronimo (1939)
Character: George Boutwell
The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud between two officers--who are father and son.
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The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935)
Character: Debor
A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as a God-Horse, to the U.S. to be trained as a polo pony. He escapes, meets Rinty and with the help of Frank Bradley is returned to Sujan. The natives have been persuaded to turn against their God-Horse, however he is rescued just in time before he is burned as a sacrifice.
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Two for Tonight (1935)
Character: Manager
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
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The Local Bad Man (1932)
Character: Joe Murdock
The Murdock's bank is in trouble. So they ship money on the train and rob it to get back the money plus the insurance, Bonner and his two pals recover the money only to be thrown in jail.
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Quiet Please, Murder (1943)
Character: Air Raid Warden
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
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The Arizona Terror (1931)
Character: Captain Cole Porter
Captain Porter's scheme is to buy livestock and then have his men show up later to kill the buyer and retrieve the money. When his men kill the next victim, he frames the Arizonian for the murder. The Arizonian escapes the law and joins up with the outlaw Vasquez. Knowing Porter's scheme, he plans to trap him by using Vasquez as the next buyer.
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Chained (1934)
Character: S.S. Official (uncredited)
Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise to Argentina so that she can think it over. While traveling, however, Diane falls in love with fellow traveler Mike. She resolves to come clean to Richard, but upon return she becomes conflicted when she finds out he was able to get divorced after all.
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The Little Foxes (1941)
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
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