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I'll Take Romance (1937)
Character: Steward
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
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The Shadow (1940)
Character: Policeman
The Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself invisible and is trying to take over the world with his death ray.
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Kid Glove Killer (1942)
Character: Mack - Detective (uncredited)
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
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Sergeant Madden (1939)
Character: Older Policeman
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
Character: Deck Steward (uncredited)
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.
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Cafe Hostess (1940)
Character: Cop
A dancehall girl meets a sailor and they fall in love, but the club’s owner doesn’t want the girl to leave.
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The Man They Could Not Hang (1939)
Character: Bailiff (uncredited)
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unjustly hanged for murder, he is brought back to life by his trusted assistant. Re-animated he turns decidedly nasty and sets about murdering the jury that convicted him.
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Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)
Character: Exit Guard
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
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You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
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Sabotage Squad (1942)
Character: Unspecified Policeman
A police lieutenant and a patriotic professional gambler, rivals in life and love, combine efforts to corner a gang of Nazi saboteurs operating out of a barber shop, in which their mutual girlfriend works, and unmask its secret leader.
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The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
Character: Bill
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
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Glamour for Sale (1940)
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
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Start Cheering (1938)
Character: Photographer
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
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The Red Menace (1949)
Character: Jack Tyler (as William J. Lally)
A couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.
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Phantom Raiders (1940)
Character: Port Inspector
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.
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Sky Murder (1940)
Character: Second Man in Monrose's Office
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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Angels Over Broadway (1940)
Character: Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
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Fingers at the Window (1942)
Character: Police Sergeant (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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Men Without Souls (1940)
Character: Guard (uncredited)
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge.
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
Character: Cop
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
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Convicted Woman (1940)
Character: Prison Guard
A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.
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If You Could Only Cook (1935)
Character: Bill - New York Cop (uncredited)
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
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Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison. He takes a girl with him who has a brother already in prison. She has visited the prison twice in the month, so is not suppose to visit again. However when the group is completed the girl is included as well as Inspector Farrady. One of the clowns in the show is kidnapped and replaced by a con who wants to get even with two ex-partners. Boston Blackie figures out that a con has replaced one of his clowns but is unable to stop him. Blackie's clothes are stolen and a murder is committed. Of course, the Inspector immediately suspects Blackie of being involved. Now it is Blackie's job to find the killer, exonerate himself and help the girl free her brother.
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Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy), who split up over a disagreement and join the army, Tim to escape Vince's wrath and Vince to get his lunch-hooks on Tim. Both of our heroes run afoul of Army discipline and protocol in general, and tough top sergeant Valentine (Donald MacBride).
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Love Crazy (1941)
Character: Sanitarium Guard (uncredited)
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
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Pleasure Palace (1980)
Character: English Husband
Story of a professional gambler, connoisseur, gourmet and sportsman who sets out to help a Las Vegas hotel-casino owner from losing his controlling interest to a business syndicate but finds his reputation is on the line when he runs into a mystery lady who seems to operate on both sides of the law.
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Gang Bullets (1938)
Character: Court Clerk (uncredited)
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.
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Dick Tracy's G-Men (1939)
Character: Thug in Ghost Town
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
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Dancing Co-Ed (1939)
Character: Policeman
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
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