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The Earl of Chicago (1940)
Character: Kilmount Salesman with Gun (uncredited)
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
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Meet the O'Briens (1954)
Character: Sam
An unsold pilot about a clumsy, unemployed dopey guy with a wife living with his in-laws.
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Time Out for Murder (1938)
Character: Henchman
A bank runner is accused of killing a woman for whom he deposited a large amount. Reporter and bank official investigate.
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Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
Character: Mike Mulvey
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
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Disbarred (1939)
Character: Harp Harrigan
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of a prominent vice crusader. Cradon, not wishing to be without an income,is impressed by the way Joan Carroll handled a small-town murder, poses as a real estate agent and offers to get her into a law firm of a friend of his. Placed in the office of Roberts, running a front for Cradon, Joan is taught every trick of the trade. With her cases all prepared for her, she goes from one courtroom victory to another, soon becoming the darling of the underworld and the despair of all law-enforcing authorities.
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Indestructible Man (1956)
Character: "Carney"
A scientific experiment involving subjecting a corpse to an extreme charge of electricity accidentally revives an executed criminal and makes him impervious to harm, allowing him to seek revenge on his former partners, and deal similarly with anyone else who gets in his way.
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The House Across the Bay (1940)
Character: Taresca's Henchman / Driver
Nightclub owner Steve Larwitt sees his empire of investments collapse as he faces tax evasion charges and attacks by rivals. Believing Steve will be safer in prison for one year, his wife, Brenda, testifies against him on advice from his lawyer, Slant Kolma, who is in love with her. After Steve receives 10 years in Alcatraz, Brenda moves to be near him and avoids advances of airplane builder Tim Nolan, who knows nothing about her past.
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Confidence Girl (1952)
Character: Johnny Gregg
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.
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The Clown (1953)
Character: Television Director
Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes Dodo and faithfully believes in a comeback. He persuades "Uncle" Goldie, Dodo's agent in the good old days, to find a booking for Dodo. He can't, and Dink is sent to live with his remarried-and-wealthy mother, Paula. The unhappy Dink runs back to his father. His welcome return gives Dodo the courage needed to try a knockabout TV show offered by Goldie
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Youth Will Be Served (1940)
Character: Dan McKay
A precocious youngster organizes a show to save a government youth camp from a local entrepreneur.
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Garden of the Moon (1938)
Character: Thug Shooting at Quinn (uncredited)
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Character: Shipping Agent (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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How to Make a Monster (1958)
Character: John Nixon
When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.
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The Steel Trap (1952)
Character: Ken Woodley
Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday and then plans to flee to Brazil over the weekend.
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Dangerous to Know (1938)
Character: Crouch
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase, a socialite not impressed by his power nor his wealth, having no money herself, and Steve makes frantic efforts to win her and turns away from the loyal Lin Yang.
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King of Alcatraz (1938)
Character: Dave Carter
A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's crew hatch a plot to overpower him and rescue the ship's passengers.
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Dance with Me, Henry (1956)
Character: Lt. Garvey
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling to keep his adopted children. When Bud is forced to make a shady deal, Lou tries to arrange a deal with the DA, but winds up framed for murder.
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The Hucksters (1947)
Character: Pitch Man (uncredited)
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
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On Moonlight Bay (1951)
Character: Contest Barker
The Winfield family moves into a new house in a small town in Indiana. Tomboy Marjorie Winfield begins a romance with William Sherman who lives across the street. Marjorie has to learn how to dance and act like a proper young lady. Unfortunately William Sherman has unconventional ideas for the time. His ideas include not believing in marriage or money, which causes friction with Marjorie's father, who is the local bank vice president
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I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)
Character: Doyle
A hypnotherapist uses a temperamental teenager as a guinea pig for a serum which transforms him into a vicious werewolf.
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Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
Character: Capt. Dahlen
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
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City of Chance (1940)
Character: Charlie Nevins
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
Character: Tour Bus Spieler (uncredited)
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
Character: Tour Guide on Bus (uncredited)
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
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The Affairs of Annabel (1938)
Character: Martin
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for publicity.
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Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
Character: Croupier
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's father orchestrates a scheme of his own to set things right. He is aided by a cabaret singer, while placating a jealous wife.
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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum (1940)
Character: Henchman Grenock
A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper and Bluebeard. In addition to making wax statues the doctor performs plastic surgery. It is here that an arch fiend takes refuge.
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The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
Character: Walter Winchell (segment "Baby Weems") (voice) (uncredited)
Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.
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Lucky Legs (1942)
Character: Mike Manley
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. Unfortunately, the money has "made the rounds" prior to reaching Gloria and several less-than-scrupulous characters set out to separate Gloria from her inheritance.
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The Glass Key (1942)
Character: Rusty
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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Parole Fixer (1940)
Character: Edward 'Slim' Racky
This expose of the U.S. parole system, as seen through the eyes of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, takes dead aim on lawyers who manipulate the justice system in order to get undeserving convicts parole from prisons. The point is made when FBI agents are assigned to track down "Big Boy" Bradmore, who after getting an undeserved parole, via the efforts of a shyster lawyer, promptly murders an FBI agent.
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Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
Character: Buddy De Sylva
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
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Juvenile Jungle (1958)
Character: Joe the Cook
Planned kidnapping goes awry when gang leader falls for the victim.
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Forty Naughty Girls (1937)
Character: Windy Bennett
Hildegarde Withers and Inspector Piper try to solve a murder while attending a popular Broadway show.
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Mr. Moto's Gamble (1938)
Character: Sammy (as Edward Marr)
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Lee Chan, Moto sets out to track down the killer based on a single ominous clue: a poisoned boxing glove! But when Moto's hunch points to a corrupt gambling syndicate, he's forced to wager his very life to unmask the culprit—or go down for the count...permanently!
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The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
Character: Director (uncredited)
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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King of Chinatown (1939)
Character: Bert, Fight Trainer
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.
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One Dangerous Night (1943)
Character: Mac, Henchman
Reformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing three socialites.
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The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
Character: Walter Talbot (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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Sudden Money (1939)
Character: Diamond
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $150,000 grand prize in the sweepstake contest. With their windfall, each member of the family decides to pursue a dream.
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Julie (1956)
Character: Airline Official
A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.
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Deadline for Murder (1946)
Character: Keller
A favor for an old friend leads a Los Angeles gambler (Kent Taylor) into a dangerous search for a missing document.
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Grand Jury Secrets (1939)
Character: Malin
A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room session.
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Hollywood Canteen (1944)
Character: Dance Director (uncredited)
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
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Circus Today (1940)
Character: Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
A barker guides us through a sideshow, a menagerie, and on to the big top, for a series of typical Avery gags. For example, the trapeze artists, the Flying Cadenzas, literally fly; the lion puts his head in the tamer's mouth; and the human cannonball flies around the world.
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I Love Trouble (1948)
Character: Sharpy
A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's mysterious past.
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Tail Spin (1939)
Character: Kansas City Mechanic (Uncredited)
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
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Gateway (1938)
Character: Motorboat Man
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
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Scandal Sheet (1939)
Character: Bert Schroll
The crimes of a tabloid publisher are exposed by a reporter, his secret illegitimate son.
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Tell It to a Star (1945)
Character: Billy Sheehan
Carol (Ruth Terry), the cigarette girl at a swank Palm Springs hotel, dreams of singing in the establishment's nightclub. She gets a chance when her well-to-do uncle, "Colonel" Morgan (Alan Mowbray), and a pal blow into town ... until their visit turns out to be a con job. Carol's voice impresses the bandleader (Robert Livingston), but the hotel manager (Franklin Pangborn), still smarting from Morgan's chicanery, isn't ready to give her a chance.
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Johnny Apollo (1940)
Character: Harry - Henchman
Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then turns to crime to raise money for his father's release. As assistant to mobster Mickey Dwyer, then falls for Dwyer's girl Lucky. He winds up in the same prison as his father.
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Women Without Names (1940)
Character: Photographer
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name
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