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The World Accuses (1934)
Character: Jerome Rogers
When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up early in life.
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Jungle Woman (1926)
Character: Stephen Mardyke
Englishman Martin South (Eric Bransby Williams) is leading an expedition into the Dutch New Guinea hinterland to search for gold, being joined by George Mardyke (Jameson Thomas), who he thinks is his friend. The expedition is attacked by headhunters and Mardyke leaves Martin for dead so he can pursue the latter's fiancee, Eleanor (Lillian Douglas), the daughter of a plantation manager. Meanwhile, Martin is nursed back to health by native girl, Hurana (Grace Savieri), who falls in love with him and helps him escape from some angry natives. Hurana is bitten by a snake and dies, and Martin arrives back to civilisation in time to rescue Eleanor from Mardyke. Was partially filmed back to back on Thursday Island with 'The Hounds of The Deep'
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The White Sheik (1928)
Character: Westwyn
In the Sahara a British Riff chief weds a captured girl to save her from the tribe.
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Roses of Picardy (1927)
Character: Georges d'Archeville
In France, and ex-lieutenant returns to find his sweetheart is caring for a baron's blinded son.
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The Feather (1929)
Character: Roger Dalton
'A clerk embezzles money to pay for a girl's singing lessons in Rome.' (British Film Institute)
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Week-End Wives (1929)
Character: Henri Monard
A lawyer spends the weekend with a married actress at the same hotel as his wife and her lover. This British silent film exists in an abridged 2-reel (32-min) format.
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The Rising Generation (1928)
Character: Major Kent
A major and his wife return from abroad and pose as servants to observe their adolescent children.
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Sing Sing Nights (1934)
Character: Robert McCaigh
A respected war correspondent is found murdered, with three bullets--from three different guns--in him. Three different men are arrested, convicted and sentenced to death for the murder, but only one can be the actual killer. A criminologist sets out to find who is really guilty.
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The Hate Ship (1929)
Character: Vernon Wolfe
A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to murder him.
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The Sins Ye Do (1924)
Character: Captain Barrington
A divorced knight nearly becomes the lover of his married daughter.
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Night Birds (1930)
Character: Deacon Lake
Early British thriller about a master criminal named 'Flash Jack', who heads a gang of top-hatted thieves that rob the wealthy. A detective tracks the crimes to a posh night club.
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Poppies of Flanders (1927)
Character: Jim Brown
An Earl's reformed son fakes a relapse on learning his sweetheart loves another, and dies saving his life.
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Stolen Sweets (1934)
Character: Barrington Thorne
Wealthy but unhappy Patricia Belmont meets fun-loving insurance salesman Bill Smith (and his fun-loving friends Sam Ragland and Betty Harkness)on a ship cruise and falls in love, much to the annoyance of her high-society, fortune-hunting fiance Barrington Thorne.
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Escapade (1932)
Character: John Whitney
Upon release from the penitentiary, Phillip Whitney tells his friend, Bennie, that he is going straight, and visits his lawyer brother John. Phillip looks up to John and while incarcerated maintained contact with him through a continental mailing agency. As John has no idea he was in prison, Phillip tells him that he has just returned from Japan.
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The Apache (1925)
Character: Gaston d'Harcourt
In Paris an Apache dancer weds his ex-fiancée's sister for revenge but learns to love.
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Blighty (1927)
Character: David Marshall
A chauffeur becomes an officer and later cares for his master's widow and child.
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The Devil Plays (1931)
Character: Harry Forrest
A mystery novelist's detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder is committed.
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Night Life in Reno (1931)
Character: John Wyatt
A story of love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An (interrupted) indiscretion by John Wyatt with a floozy prompts his wife, June, to make a trip to Reno, Nevada in order to get a quickie six-week-waiting-period divorce. John, penitent over his past actions (since he got caught), follows his wife to Reno and manages a reconciliation after a murder gives him a chance to prove his true devotion.
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High Treason (1929)
Character: Michael Deane
The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States. A bloody border incident puts both sides on high alert.
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The House of Secrets (1936)
Character: Coventry
Two men stumble into an old mansion, and get involved with a crazed scientist, torture chambers and sinister medical experiments.
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The Curtain Falls (1934)
Character: Martin Deveridge
In this drama an older actress plays her last role. The aging thespian is terribly depressed and ready to kill herself when she finds out that an older more successful friend has vanished. The missing actress's family is in a real quandry. To help them, the other impersonates the older actress. Loose ends are knitted together and then she admits her ruse.
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Character: Mr. Semple (uncredited)
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an instant target for everyone. Deeds outwits them all until Babe Bennett comes along. When small-town boy meets big-city girl anything can, and does, happen.
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A Woman's Man (1934)
Character: Roger Pentley - Playboy
A temperamental movie star storms off the set of her latest picture in order to carry on a fling with an ambitious, publicity-hungry prizefighter.
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Beggars in Ermine (1934)
Character: James 'Jim' Marley
John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his steel mill.
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The Phantom President (1932)
Character: Jerrido
Too bad for presidential hopes of banker T.K. Blair; his party feels he has too little flair for savoir faire. But at a medicine show, the party bosses find Blair's double: huckster Doc Varney. Of course, they scheme to make Varney T.K.'s public spokesman; at first, he even fools Blair's girlfriend Felicia, providing a romantic complication. As election eve approaches, the conspirators face the problem of what to do with Varney...who has difficult decisions of his own to make.
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Elstree Calling (1930)
Character: N/A
A series of 19 musical and comedy "vaudeville" sketches presented in the form of a live television broadcast hosted by Tommy Handley (as himself).
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A Successful Failure (1934)
Character: Jerry Franklin
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his boss at the newspaper sees is that Cushing is getting too old to keep up with his work. So his loyal co-worker Phil decides to see what he can do to help everyone see what his friend has to offer.
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Lady Luck (1936)
Character: Jack Conroy / Voice of announcer at racetrack
New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposals of honest reporter David Haines. When she is announced the winner of $2,500 and a ticket worth $150,000 for champion horse Lady Luck, if the horse wins an upcoming race, Mamie is pursued by wealthy sportsman Jack Conroy and nightclub owner and racketeer Tony Morelli.
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The League of Frightened Men (1937)
Character: Michael Ayers
Nero Wolfe agrees to investigate a series of murders that seem to be tied in with a past Harvard hazing prank that went awry.
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The Solitaire Man (1933)
Character: Inspector Kenyon
An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.
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The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
Character: Dr. Phillip J. Boyer
When a wealthy art dealer is murdered, the private investigator hired for the case discovers a web of blackmail, corruption and stolen bonds.
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Extravagance (1930)
Character: Harrison Morrell
Alice Kendall is the darling of her social set, the sons and daughters of millionaires, although Alice's mother has impoverished herself to provide Alice with the luxuries she expects as her right. Mom blows what's left of her fortune to provide the best trousseau that money can buy when Alice marries Fred Garlan, and then wishes Fred lots of luck. Now, Alice is trying to coax Fred into buying her a new sable coat while Fred is busily trying to borrow enough money to keep his business afloat.
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No More Orchids (1932)
Character: Prince Carlos
Despite loving another man, a young woman is talked into marrying a wealthy and boorish prince in order to help her financially-strapped father.
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Souls at Sea (1937)
Character: Pelton (uncredited)
Michael 'Nuggin' Taylor and Powdah save lives during a sea tragedy in this story about the slave trade on the high seas during 1842.
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Girl Loves Boy (1937)
Character: Mack
Bob Conrad is the playboy son of town squire Charles Conrad. Much against his dad's wishes, Bob falls in love with Dorothy McCarthy, the daughter of penniless widow Mrs. McCarthy. At the insistence of his dad, Bob weds Sally Lace. Dorothy's broken heart is mended however, when it turns out that Sally's divorce from her previous husband was never finalized.
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Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
Character: Dr. Anton Racine
While investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers that the body of the expedition's leader concealed inside the mummy's wrappings.
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Piccadilly (1929)
Character: Valentine Wilmot
A young Chinese woman, working in the kitchen at a London dance club, is given the chance to become the club's main act.
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The Last Outpost (1935)
Character: Cullen
During WW1, the destinies of British officers Michael Andrews and John Stevenson seem intertwined on the battle front as much as on a more personal level.
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Coronado (1935)
Character: Carlton
Southern California's Hotel Coronado caters to and is frequented by members of the social upper-crust. Although she lives on the wrong side of the San Diego track, in a tent-city with her father. Otto, and ditzy sister, Violet, June Wray is a singer with the Eddy Duchin Orchestra appearing to the hotel. Johnny Marvin, an aspiring songwriter and the son of a wealthy automobile manufacturer, is staying at the hotel and, from they moment June and Johnny meet, they fall instantly in love. Trouble arises when Johnny's father objects to the romance, and complications and help arrive in the form of two Marine-hating sailors,Chuck Hornbostel and "Pinky" Falls, when Chuck marries June's ditzy sister.
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Convicted (1931)
Character: Bruce Allan
A criminologist investigates the murder of a Broadway producer on an ocean liner.
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Bombay Mail (1934)
Character: Capt. Gerald Worthing
In India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta and Bombay.
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Brief Moment (1933)
Character: Count Armand
A high living society playboy marries a nightclub singer, and she soon realizes that, though they're genuinely in love, the husband's endless partying completely dominates and is destroying their marriage.
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Chances (1931)
Character: Lt. Taylor (uncredited)
Two brothers, Jack and Tom, are in love with the same woman, Molly. While the two brothers go off to war and Molly does her part in the effort, Tom believes that Rose is waiting for him, while in fact, she loves Jack and only turned to Tom on the rebound. Jack and Molly meet while he is on leave, and when he returns to battle, he doesn't know how to handle the situation with his brother.
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Self Defense (1932)
Character: Jeff Bowman
Katy Devoux runs a gambling-drinking joint in British Columbia. She is a fair-playing business woman, but is ashamed of the source of her income, so she has had her daughter Nona raised in the states. Jeff Bowman, an unprincipled scoundrel and business rival, arranges for her daughter to come to town in hope of bringing shame to the mother. He overplays his hand and is killed by Tim Reed, a faithful retainer of Katy's and in love with Nona. The plea is self defense.
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The Invisible Man (1933)
Character: Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments. His sudden departure, however, has Cranley's daughter Flora worried about him. Griffin has taken a room at the nearby Lion's Head Inn, hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible. But the experimental drug has also warped his mind, making him aggressive and dangerous. He's prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance.
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The Moonstone (1934)
Character: Godfrey Ablewhite
A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector Charles Irwin to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house.
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Death Goes North (1939)
Character: Robert Druid, alias Herbert Barlow
Sergeant Ken Strange, of the Canadian Mounted Police, and his dog, King, are on the trial of the murderer.
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The Farmer's Wife (1928)
Character: Samuel Sweetland
Successful middle-aged farmer Samuel Sweetland becomes widowed, then his daughter marries and leaves home. Deciding he wishes to remarry, Sweetland pursues some local women he considers prospects.
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A Lost Lady (1934)
Character: Lord Verrington
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
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One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
Character: Russell
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends and through persistence, charm and a few misunderstandings, is able to get Leopold Stokowski to lead them in a concert that leads to a radio contract.
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The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Character: N/A
During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
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The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935)
Character: Hendrickson
In the Northwest Frontier of India, the 41st Bengal Lancers leaded by the harsh Colonel Tom Stone are having trouble with the rebellious leader Mohammed Khan. After two casualties, the experienced but insubordinate Lieutenant Alan McGregor receives as replacement, the arrogant Lieutenant Forsythe and the immature son of Colonel Stone, Lieutenant Donald Stone. With the intention to prove that he will not have any privilege in the troop, the reception of Colonel Stone to his son is absolutely cold, but he becomes the protégé of McGregor. When Lieutenant Stone is kidnapped by Mohammed Khan, McGregor and Forsythe disobey the direct order of their commander, disguise as Indian peddlers and go to Khan's fortress to attempt to rescue their friend.
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Chu-Chin-Chow (1924)
Character: Omar
In Baghdad a girl escapes from a robber sheikh and thwarts a plot to rob a merchant.
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It Happened One Night (1934)
Character: King Westley
A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from Florida to New York and they end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops along the way.
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Jane Eyre (1934)
Character: Charles Craig
Jane Eyre is an orphan who was raised by her aunt until she came to Thornfield Hall as governess to the young ward of Edward Rochester. But Jane is attracted by the intelligent and energetic Sir Rochester, a man of almost twice her age. But just when Sir Rochester seems to pay attention to her, he invites the beautiful and wealthy Blanche Ingram to stay at his house.
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Three Wise Girls (1932)
Character: Arthur Phelps
Romantic comedy drama about three friends in New York. Cassie has come to New York and goes to work as a model where her friend Gladys works. She falls in love with wealthy young Jerry who is already married. Gladys has the same probelm with her man Phelps.
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Mister Dynamite (1935)
Character: Carey Williams
A gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.
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