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The Devil and John Q (1952)
Character: John Q.
The devil poses as a business tycoon to try and raise the price on home living to start another war and it's up to John Q to stop him.
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Skybound (1935)
Character: Grant the Mechanic
Captain John Kent is a pilot in charge of the border patrol. Two crooks who head up a smuggling operation, Morley and his associate Faber, are trying to outwit Kent. The smugglers hope that they can influence Kent's younger brother Doug to help them, and they employ an attractive singer in an attempt to win Doug over.
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Getting Wasted (1980)
Character: Mr. Kramer
An uptight military school gets a dose of hippie-infused rebellion when a group of students gather in support of the 1960s uprising going on around them. When a few students decide to bring the more liberal, artsy side of the revolution onto campus, they face opposition from much of the school's staff.
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So You Want to Know Your Relatives (1954)
Character: Rocco McDoakes (uncredited)
Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons in the family closet.
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Inside O.U.T. (1971)
Character: Harry
Agents from The Office of Unusual Tactics (aka O.U.T.), a secret government agency, clean up snafus created by other government organizations.
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Secrets of a Co-Ed (1942)
Character: Soapy
An attorney's immature college-student daughter becomes romantically involved with a mobster, unaware that a nightclub singer also loves him - or that her father is secretly the mob's leader.
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Emergency! (1972)
Character: Committee Chairman
The pilot movie to the hit series about Los Angeles paramedics and their interaction with the fire department and hospital system.
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Carnival Nights (1968)
Character: Policeman
Jack Benny presents a variety hour with a carnival theme that stars Lucille Ball, Johnny Carson, Ben Blue, and Paul Revere and The Raiders. Cameos by The Smothers Brothers (as Joe-Joe, the two-headed boy), George Burns (as Martine, the Bearded Lady), and Dean Martin (as Rip Van Rinkle, the sleeping man). Songs include Lucille Ball singing "It's So Nice To Have a Man Around the House" and "Cleo" (to the tune of "Mame"), "Too Much Talk" and "Him or Me" sung by Paul Revere and The Raiders.
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Hawmps! (1976)
Character: Smitty
In old-west Texas, the cavalry's horses can't take the heat. So the military sends them camels instead, and assigns one man to convince the unit that the camels are a good idea.
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Jan & Dean: On the Run (1966)
Character: Harry
8 hours in the life of college student teen superstars Jan & Dean! They fly from LA to San Diego to a sold-out show. They visit the zoo, do some skateboarding, then it's off to Washington, DC for another concert. In the end, it's back to school for exams.
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The Edge of Innocence (1957)
Character: N/A
An unscrupulous criminal lawyer falls in love with a wealthy widow and becomes involved with her brother's disappearance and murder.
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Chase (1973)
Character: N/A
A special police unit goes after a cop-killer in this pilot film to the short-lived series.
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Pardon My Sarong (1942)
Character: Wise Guy at Gas Station (uncredited)
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat trip that finds them on a tropical island, where a jewel thief has sinister plans for them.
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Our Miss Brooks (1956)
Character: Herb
The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Brooks, wisecracking English teacher at Madison High School, still hoping to tie the knot with shy biology teacher Philip Boynton (Robert Rockwell).
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The Vampire (1957)
Character: Sgt. George Ryan
A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
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Dragnet (1954)
Character: Mr. Archer
Two homicide detectives try to find just the facts behind a mobster's brutal murder.
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Reg'lar Fellers (1941)
Character: Mr. Hall, Radio Announcer
Based on the comic strip by Gene Byrnes, the "Reg'lar Fellers", and one girl-feller, tinker with building a land/water machine, form a kid-band and go on the radio, celebrate a birthday, get involved with gangsters...and reunite a wealthy recluse with her baby granddaughter and estranged daughter-in-law.
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Night Into Morning (1951)
Character: Joe - the Bartender
Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.
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The Midnight Story (1957)
Character: Charlie Cuneo
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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The Wayward Girl (1957)
Character: Used-Furniture Buyer (uncredited)
Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket.
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Iron Man (1951)
Character: Melio (uncredited)
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
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Side Street (1950)
Character: News Photographer
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000. When he decides to return the money, things go wrong - and that is only the beginning of his troubles.
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The Star (1952)
Character: Roy
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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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)
Character: Orderly (uncredited)
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
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Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Character: Danny Oly
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
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Those High Grey Walls (1939)
Character: Orderly (uncredited)
Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from the police.
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What's My Lion? (1961)
Character: Narrator (voice)
It's open season for hunting, and Rocky the Mountain Lion takes refuge from gunfire by sneaking into a cabin owned by Elmer Fudd.
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Hold That Woman! (1940)
Character: Furniture Company Repossessor
A skip tracer--someone who collects late payments from people who've purchased appliances, etc., or takes them back them when they don't pay--repossesses a small radio from a deadbeat who's skipped payments. What he doesn't know is that a gang that has stolen diamonds from a Hollywood movie star has stashed them inside the radio, and they start hunting for him.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Character: Reporter for the Globe (uncredited)
A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Nautilus, commanded by Captain Nemo.
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I Died a Thousand Times (1955)
Character: Art (uncredited)
After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
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Cross-Country Romance (1940)
Character: Omaha Reporter
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
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Just for You (1952)
Character: George - Jordan's Chauffeur (as Herbert Vigran)
Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. Girlfriend, Carolina a musical comedy star, urges Jordan to take his kids on a vacation and get to know them before they are all grown up. Is Jordan already too late?
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Dear Uncle (1953)
Character: (voice)
Lost industrial cartoon from late 1940s or early 1950s telling everyone to PAY YOUR TAXES!. Directed by Carl Urbano. Produced by John Sutherland. Sponsored by harding College.
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The Mystery Man (1935)
Character: Fingerprint Man (uncredited)
Hard-boiled newspaper reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) goes a bit too far in celebrating a work bonus and wakes up on a train bound for St. Louis with only a buck on his person. To remedy the problem, Doyle pawns the revolver he's carrying. When the gun is subsequently used in a murder, Doyle's problems only multiply. In the meantime, he's also fallen in love with a comely stranger (Maxine Doyle) he convinced to impersonate his wife.
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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)
Character: Man in Subway (uncredited)
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
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The Loneliest Runner (1976)
Character: Guard
A young boy who still wets the bed finds escapism from his abusive mother and his own embarrassment by going running after school.
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The Judge (1949)
Character: Reporter with pipe
A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients.
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Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives. Remake of The Broadway Melody (1929).
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Vagabond Lady (1935)
Character: Edgar (uncredited)
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
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The Gun Runners (1958)
Character: Freddy (uncredited)
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.
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The Errand Boy (1961)
Character: Cigar Smoker in Elevator
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mail room so that he can have access to the lot. But all that Morty ever finds is that he can cause havoc no matter what he does.
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The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
Character: Rugger Grady
The newly crowned Rose Bowl Princess and a tough but tender football player find the California Rose Bowl is an area for their budding romance.
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The Band Wagon (1953)
Character: Man on Train (uncredited)
A Broadway artiste turns a faded film star's comeback vehicle into an artsy flop.
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All My Sons (1948)
Character: Wertheimer (uncredited)
During WWII, industrialist Joe Keller commits a crime and frames his business partner Herbert Deever. Years later, his sin comes back to haunt him when his son plans to marry Deever's daughter.
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Never Wave at a WAC (1953)
Character: Photographer
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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Public Pigeon No. 1 (1957)
Character: Club Manager
Swindlers con a lunchroom clerk into doing them a favor, supposedly on behalf of the FBI.
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The Reluctant Astronaut (1967)
Character: NASA Doctor
Roy Fleming is a small-town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is as a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a layperson into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.
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New York Town (1941)
Character: Barker (uncredited)
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
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The Day of the Wolves (1971)
Character: The Realtor
A group of six thieves selected from different areas are sent a letter that promises them a minimum of $50,000 and includes a plane ticket. The letter instructs them to grow a beard. After being given a blindfolded ride from the airport, they arrive at a ghost town and meet with the boss (Number #1, Jan Murray). All of the "Wolves" are assigned a number, wear identical overalls and instructed never to take off the gloves that they are given. They are only to address eachother by their numbers; in that way, if one is caught, he can't rat-out the others. Number #1 reveals to them that they will take over a town, and clean it out. Using the ghost town for training, they develop their tactics to fleece the town.
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My Dog, the Thief (1969)
Character: Helicopter Mechanic
As ratings for Jack Crandall's lifeless airborne traffic reports plummet, a super-size St. Bernard on the lam stows away in his chopper. Crandall's new co-pilot helps send ratings sky-high, but the canine's chronic kleptomania generates girl trouble, jewel thievery, and loads of laughs.
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Lucky Me (1954)
Character: Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promising them stardom if it comes to fruition.
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Last of the Desperados (1955)
Character: Coroner (bit)
After killing Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett is relentlessly dogged by members of the Kid's gang.
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I Was a Mail Order Bride (1982)
Character: Casey
On a bet with one of his practical-joking partners, a Los Angeles lawyer responds to an ad from a pretty Chicago magazine writer offering herself as a bridal candidate as an investigative reporting assignment, and then makes another bet that he can keep the relationship platonic for two weeks.
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The Ghost Ship (1943)
Character: Chief Engineer
Captain Stone's newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a friend. But when a couple of his crew members die mysteriously, Tom starts doubting Stone's authority.
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Cancel My Reservation (1972)
Character: Roscoe Snagby
Bob Hope is a stressed out talk show host who is sent on a vacation to Arizona on doctor's orders and has to play Sherlock Holmes with his wife, the lovely Eva Marie Saint, to solve a series of murders that has Bob as the prime suspect.
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
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World Without End (1956)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Four astronauts returning from man's first mission to Mars enter a time warp and crash on a 26th-century Earth devastated by atomic war. At first unaware where they are, but finding the atmosphere safe to breathe, they start exploring and find themselves in a divided future where disfigured mutants living like cavemen inhabit the surface, while the normals live comfortably below the surface but are dying as a race from lack of natural water, air and sunlight.
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Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)
Character: Bill Barnett
Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't know he has won.
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The Flintstones: Little Big League (1978)
Character: Judge Shale (voice)
Fred manages a little league baseball team that seems absolutely hopeless, except for a player that he blindly refuses to recognize.
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Gypsy (1962)
Character: Announcer at Minsky's (voice) (uncredited)
Gypsy's mother Rose dreams of a life in show business for her daughters, but Louise becomes a huge burlesque star. Stage musical loosely based on the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee.
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Party Girl (1958)
Character: Bailiff / Radio Newscaster (voice) (uncredited)
Slick lawyer Thomas Farrell has made a career of defending mobsters in trials. It's not until he meets a lovely showgirl at a mob party that he realizes that there's more to life than winning trials. Farrell tries to quit the racket, but mob boss Rico Angelo threatens to hurt the showgirl if Farrell leaves him.
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A Hatful of Rain (1957)
Character: Man in Elevator (uncredited)
A Korean War veteran's morphine addiction wreaks havoc upon his family.
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Redhead (1934)
Character: Factory Worker (uncredited)
A girl marries a playboy from a rich family, expecting a life of comfort and luxury. However, her new father-in-law turns his ne'er-do-well son out into the street with no money, and promises the girl that if she can make a man out of her new husband, the father will give her $10,000 and see that she gets a quick divorce.
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Herbie Rides Again (1974)
Character: Window Washer
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
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Hunt the Man Down (1950)
Character: Collins' Aide (uncredited)
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.
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Bedtime for Bonzo (1951)
Character: Lt. Daggett
College prof Peter Boyd tries to salvage his professional and personal reputation by using a lab chimp to prove that environment trumps heredity in behavioral development.
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The Brass Bottle (1964)
Character: Eddie
A genie tends to get his master into more predicaments than he gets him out of.
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Oklahoma Annie (1952)
Character: Otto
A spunky storekeeper is determined to clean up corruption in her small town, as well as win the heart of the new sheriff. Comedy.
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Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
Character: Fat
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
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Cry Baby Killer (1958)
Character: John Lawson - Gambelli's Lawyer (uncredited)
After committing what he thinks is murder, teenage Jimmy Wallace panics and holds a couple hostage.
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That Certain Feeling (1956)
Character: TV Director
When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and soon-to-be wife.
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The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
Character: Denver Tour Spieler (uncredited)
The buoyant Molly Brown has survived the first crisis of her life—a flood. Sixteen years later she sets out to make her way in the world. She assures the Leadville saloon keeper that she can sing and play the piano, and learns quickly. Soon she marries Johnny Brown, who in a few years will be able to replace the original cigar wrapper wedding ring with a replica in gold and gemstones. The Browns head for Europe and bring a few crowned heads back to Denver for a party that turns into a ballroom brawl. Molly goes to Europe alone, returning on the Titanic. She didn't survive a flood as a baby for the story to end here.
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Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)
Character: Reporter Who Wins Cardgame (uncredited)
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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Charlotte's Web (1973)
Character: Lurvy (voice)
Wilbur the pig is scared of the end of the season, because he knows that come that time, he will end up on the dinner table. He hatches a plan with Charlotte, a spider that lives in his pen, to ensure that this will never happen.
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Calling Homicide (1956)
Character: Ray Engel
Cop Andy Doyle investigates a car-bombing murder and the killing of a sleazy modeling agency owner. Are they connected?
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Who's a Dummy? (1941)
Character: N/A
Mrs. Errol, rehearsing for a play but keeping it a secret from Leon, forces him to take a taxi, as she needs the family car. The taxi driver tells Leon a tale of a love triangle that sets Leon's imagination on fire. He follows his wife and discovers her rehearsing a love scene with an actor, and he thinks it is real. He is leaving when he hears a pistol shot and rushes back, to discover his wife stuffing a dummy in a hamper, but he thinks it is a real body. To protect his wife, Leon steals the hamper, and is almost lynched by a crowd who also thinks the hamper contains a real body.
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First Monday in October (1981)
Character: Justice Ambrose Quincy
For the first time in history a woman is appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, where she becomes a friendly rival to a liberal associate.
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It All Came True (1940)
Character: Monks
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house.
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Bells Are Ringing (1960)
Character: Barney Lampwick (uncredited)
Ella Peterson works in the basement office of Susanswerphone, a telephone answering service. She listens in on others' lives and adds some interest to her own humdrum existence by adopting different identities for her clients. They include an out-of-work Method actor, a dentist with musical yearnings, and in particular playwright Jeffrey Moss, who is suffering from writer's block and desperately needs a muse.
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Uranium Boom (1956)
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk
Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins and mining engineer Grady Mathews find uranium in the Colorado badlands. While Grady guards the claim, Brad goes to register it in town, where he meets and marries Jean Williams. Returning to the claim, Brad learns that Jean was once Grady's fiancée. Grady, as one would expect, is somewhat put out and leaves the mine in Brad's hands, while he hooks up with a confidence man and engineers a scheme to break the back of Brad's somewhat rapidly-created mining empire.
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Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
Character: Hopps (voice)
Set on the subterranean Mine-World, a band of human worker are treated like slaves under the power of the evil overlord Zygon until one, Orin, unearths the hilt of a mythical sword that only he can master. Escaping the planet, he runs into the rogue smuggler Dagg and a pair of helpful droids and the princess, who all team up to return to the Mine-World with a plan to defeat Zygon and free Orin's enslaved people.
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The Miracle on 34th Street (1955)
Character: Postal Clerk
One Kris Kringle, a department-store Santa Claus, causes quite a commotion by suggesting customers go to a rival store for their purchases. But this is nothing to the stir he causes by announcing that he is not merely a make-believe St. Nick, but the real thing.
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The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Character: Finney
Torch singer Helen Morgan rises from sordid beginnings to fame and fortune only to lose it all to alcohol and poor personal choices.
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Happy Landing (1934)
Character: Radio Operator
An action-filled film with outlaws-of-the-clouds at war with the men of the U. S. Flying Service. A young pilot, Nick Ferris, fights to track down a dangerous gang of smugglers and clear his name of an undeserved stigma.
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Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)
Character: Agent (segment "Reckless Youth")
Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of contemporary life and pop culture skewers some of the silliest spectacles ever created in the name of entertainment.
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House of Strangers (1949)
Character: Man Next to Gino at Fight (uncredited)
Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three of his four grown sons refuse to help their father stay out of prison after he's arrested for his questionable business practices. Three of them take over the business but kick their father out. Max, a lawyer, is the only son that remains loyal.
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Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad (1948)
Character: Reporter
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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O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Character: Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
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The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Character: Vito Maggio (uncredited)
Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
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And Baby Makes Three (1949)
Character: Woodley
A recently divorced couple see things differently after learning they are going to be parents.
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Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Character: TV Announcer (uncredited)
When a hypochondriac assumes that he is dying, he makes an elaborate plan to ensure his wife's happiness. However, trouble ensues when she misunderstands his intentions.
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Every Girl Should Have One (1978)
Character: Ambrose
A merry whodunnit diamond caper unfolds after a woman's million dollar necklace is stolen while she is having her portrait done.
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Period of Adjustment (1962)
Character: Christmas Caroler (uncredited)
A newlywed couple on their honeymoon visit friends who are having marital problems of their own.
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Benji (1974)
Character: Lt. Ted Samuels
Benji is a stray who has nonetheless worked his way into the hearts of a number of the townspeople, who give him food and attention whenever he stops by. His particular favorites are a pair of children who feed and play with him against the wishes of their parents. When the children are kidnapped, however, the parents and the police are at a loss to find them. Only Benji can track them down, but will he be in time? If he can save the day, he may just find the permanent home he's been longing for.
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City of Missing Girls (1941)
Character: Danny Mason
A female reporter goes undercover to investigate the series of mysterious disappearances of young women, who were all linked to a local drama school.
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Appointment with Danger (1950)
Character: Policeman
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.
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It Ain't Hay (1943)
Character: Man in Microphone Room (uncredited)
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
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It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Character: Nashby (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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Redhead (1941)
Character: Morocco Club bartender
A wealthy businessman's irresponsible son and a down-on-her-luck model enter into a marriage of convenience, and end up falling in love.
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The Great Gildersleeve (1942)
Character: George, the jeweller
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
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Behind the News (1940)
Character: Reporter #1 on Phone
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).
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Murder by Invitation (1941)
Character: Eddie Stats, photographer
The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.
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Somebody Loves Me (1952)
Character: Lipscott
Backstage musical biography of nightclub star Blossom Seeley that charts her rocky relationship with vaudeville singer Benny Fields.
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Babe (1977)
Character: Heckler (uncredited)
This is the life story of Babe Didrikson Zaharias, one of the greatest athletes of the 20th century, from her early Texas tomboy days to her Gold Medal triumphs at the 1932 Olympics, her remarkable career as a champion golfer, her fulfilling marriage to wrestler George Zaharias, and the final battle with the only thing tougher than she was.
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The Payoff (1942)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
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White Christmas (1954)
Character: Novello (uncredited)
Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show business. In time they befriend and become romantically involved with the beautiful Haynes sisters who comprise a sister act.
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Behave Yourself! (1951)
Character: Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.
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Let's Do It Again (1953)
Character: Charlie Foster (uncredited)
Composer Gary Stuart (Ray Milland) and his wife, Connie (Jane Wyman), have an argument over her alleged affair with Courtney Craig (Tom Helmore). The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph (Karin Booth) and Connie with businessman Frank McGraw (Aldo Ray). However, they start to realize that they still have strong feelings for each other. The Stuarts must make a decision before their divorce is final.
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The Long, Long Trailer (1954)
Character: Trailer Salesman (uncredited)
A newly wed couple, Tacy and Nicky, travel in a trailer for their honeymoon. The journey is a humorous one that could end up destroying their marriage.
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The Love Bug (1968)
Character: Policeman on Bridge (uncredited)
Down-on-his-luck race car driver Jim Douglas teams up with a little VW Bug that has a mind of its own, not realizing Herbie's worth until a sneaky rival plots to steal him.
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Plunderers of Painted Flats (1959)
Character: Mr. Perry
To scare the squatters from the cattle country he claims as his own, rancher Ed Sampson orders the Martin farm house burned. Galt Martin is killed, and his eldest son, Joe, is pistol-whipped. Timmy Martin sees the killer, Cass Becker and points him out when he and Joe are in Painted Flats. Cass forces Joe to put on a gun but Ned East, a retired gunfighter, saves the inexperienced Joe by forcing Cass to draw on him, and Ned is the winner.
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Hazard (1948)
Character: Gambler in Courtroom (uncredited)
A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before he can collect, she skips town, with a private detective hot on her trail.
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Night in New Orleans (1942)
Character: Player (uncredited)
A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under interrogation.
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Susan Slept Here (1954)
Character: Sergeant Sam Hanlon
On Christmas Eve, suffering from a case of writer's block, screenwriter Mark Christopher and his gofer Virgil get an unexpected visit from Sergeant Maizel. Knowing Christopher is working on a juvenile delinquent script, the sergeant brings by delinquent Susan thinking she will inspire Christopher while providing a place for her to spend the holidays outside of juvenile hall.
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The Burning Cross (1947)
Character: Jim Todd
Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.
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Illegal (1955)
Character: Municipal Court Bailiff (uncredited)
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
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The Racket (1951)
Character: Paradise Club Manager (uncredited)
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
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Gunsight Ridge (1957)
Character: R.B. Davis - Justice of the Peace
An undercover agent takes the job of sheriff in order to find the men responsible for a series of stagecoach robberies.
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At Gunpoint (1955)
Character: Matt, a Saloon Patron
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
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The Noose Hangs High (1948)
Character: Coat Thief (uncredited)
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
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