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Here Comes Trouble (1936)
Character: Detective
Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette lighter containing some hot rocks.
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A Light in the Window (1927)
Character: Teddie Wales
Dorothy, the unsophisticated daughter of Johann Graff, a stern, protective cobbler, dreams of entering café society after a night out with a friend. One night, Dorothy meets Bert Emmonds; they marries after three dates, and the outraged Johann disowns her. When Bert is falsely arrested for stealing an automobile, Dorothy is forced to work as a cigarette girl. She and Bert are later reunited, and Johann forgives his daughter.
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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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Movieland (1926)
Character: N/A
A wealthy man pretends to be a dummy on a movie set in order to meet to his favourite actress.
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A Midnight Adventure (1928)
Character: Mr. Caldwell
A murder is committed at a country mansion. All the guests present at the estate fall under immediate suspicion as investigators attempt to solve the mystery before they strike again.
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Human Cargo (1936)
Character: Detective
Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to the United States, and then makes further victims of them by extortion payments. They go to Vancouver, Canada and board a ship carrying aliens. But the gang recognizes them as reporters and gang-henchmen Tony Scula (Ralf Harolde) and Ira Conklin take them off the ship. But Campbell recognizes Scula as the gunman who killed Carmen Zoro.
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Chinatown Squad (1935)
Character: Radio Police
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
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Hardboiled (1929)
Character: Jerry
Chorus girl Teena Johnson may be "hard-boiled," but she's no golddigger. Thus, when the father of her wealthy sweetheart Kyle Stannard tries to buy her off, Sally refuses the money. She sticks by Kyle even after he is disinherited and forced to go to work. The financial strain on the young couple's marriage eventually takes its toll, and before long they separate, with Sally returning to the chorus line to square her husband's debts.
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Hold That Kiss (1938)
Character: Bartender
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
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Straight from the Heart (1935)
Character: N/A
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little baby as evidence in a paternity suit. The girl goes along with it until she learns that the mayor is innocent.
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The Glass Key (1942)
Character: Henrys' Dinner Guest (uncredited)
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
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Ex-Champ (1939)
Character: Bartender
A former prizefighter tries to help his son pay off his gambling debts.
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Fast and Furious (1939)
Character: Singer at Party (uncredited)
Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
Character: Husband (uncredited)
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
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Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
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