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Strange Holiday (1945)
Character: Tommy, the Newsboy
An American businessman returns from a hunting trip to find fascists have overrun the country in this propaganda film.
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Cop on the Beat (1975)
Character: Paramedic
An aging street cop goes after a gang of toughs involved in several robbery-rapes on his beat in this pilot (a spin-off from "Police Story") for the 1975-76 series. The veteran cop concept also was the basis for "The Blue Knight" series at the same time — and that, too, was based on a Joseph Wambaugh creation. Also known as "The Return of Joe Forrester."
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American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
Character: Miguel
American soldiers stranded in the Philippines after the Japanese invasion form guerrilla bands to fight back. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2001.
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Rose of Cimarron (1952)
Character: Willie, as a Boy
A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.
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Gallant Journey (1946)
Character: Cutty (uncredited)
Director William A. Wellman adds another to his long line of salutes-to-aviation films in this bio of an aviation pioneer, John Montgomery (Glenn Ford.) In 1883 he built a practical glider despite the opposition of his friends, who thought he was crazy, and of his family, who were afraid that his dreams of flying would hurt his father's political ambitions. He pursues his education at Santa Clara University where the Jesuits lend a helping and understanding hand. An earthquake destroys what appears to be a working model for an airplane, but a gold-sorting machine Montgomery invented, and then neglected, promises to provide for his financial needs to keep working on his aircraft until he gets involved in costly lawsuits defending his invention.
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Panic in the Streets (1950)
Character: Vince Poldi - Younger Brother
A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.
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Canyon Crossroads (1955)
Character: Mickey Rivers
A mining engineer, who is shunned by his peers for his unorthodox beliefs concerning the whereabouts of large uranium deposits, joins forces with a girl and her father to search for the mineral. When the father is hurt in an accident, daughter and engineer continue the project, aided by a Native American guide. Unbeknownst to the group, a reputable citizen of the town, really of low moral value, is shadowing them, his intention to jump their claim.
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Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)
Character: Chito as a Boy
In this western, a young cowboy rides out to avenge his father's killer. Eventually, he finds the scoundrel, but by this time opts not to kill him for the cowboy has fallen in love with the outlaw's niece. Later, the killer ends up killed and the hero is blamed for the crime.
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A Thousand and One Nights (1945)
Character: Salim
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.
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Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)
Character: Mike Denton
In this story of stolen cars, stolen guns, and stolen thrills, a delinquent girl lures middle-aged, would-be Romeos into a setup, and waits for her equally delinquent boyfriend to make their "score." When one of their schemes goes awry, the pair implicate an innocent girl in an armed robbery. A jailbreak and hostage situation follow.
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Humoresque (1947)
Character: Phil Boray as a Child
A classical musician from a working class background is sidetracked by his love for a wealthy, neurotic socialite.
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Mohawk (1956)
Character: Keoga
An artist working in a remote army post is juggling the storekeeper's daughter, his fiancée newly arrived from the east, and the Indian Chief's daughter. But when a vengeful settler manages to get the army and the braves at each other's throats his troubles really begin.
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The Vicious Years (1950)
Character: Mario
Mario, an Italian war orphan, sees Luca Rossi commit a murder. Eager for a home and family life, Mario promises not to tell the police if Luca takes him into his household and family. Luca fears and hates Mario, but his father, mother and sister all come to love him.
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Thunder Pass (1954)
Character: Rogers
A cavalry unit escorts a group of civilians through dangerous territory inhabited by Indians on the warpath.
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The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942)
Character: Riki
After a long absense from the island, Chester Tuttle returns to Tahiti to find that little has changed. His large family, particularly his scheming Uncle Jonas, would rather dance and romance than earn a living. When Jonas loses the family plantation in a cockfight, Chester saves the day by towing in a large ship abandoned at sea and claiming the salvage. But opening a joint bank account in the name of the Tuttle clan may not have been a wise decision.
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Adventures of Red Ryder (1940)
Character: Little Beaver
Calvin Drake employs a group of low-lifes to drive away land owners along the path of a new railroad; Red Ryder opposes this strategy.
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Bad Boy (1949)
Character: Floyd
A lawman tries to find the source of a juvenile delinquent's bad behavior.
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Michael O'Halloran (1948)
Character: Joey
A young crippled girl and her love for a teenage newsboy despite her over-protective and alcoholic mother's objections.
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The Kid from Cleveland (1949)
Character: Dan Hudson
Johnny Barrows, a young man heading toward a life of juvenile delinquency as his home life spirals out of control, sneaks into the 1948 World Series and seeks friendship by playing a sympathetic orphan. He finds stability and mentorship in sportscaster Mike Jackson and the Cleveland Indians, who try to set Johnny on the right path in this touching story for the whole family.
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Daughter of the West (1949)
Character: Ponca
A convent-raised woman learns of her American Indian heritage through romance with an educated Navajo (Philip Reed) during the 1880s.
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Missile to the Moon (1958)
Character: Gary
Two escaped convicts are found hiding in a rocketship built by a renegade inventor, who forces them to become the crew for a trip to the Moon. Also on board, as inadvertent stowaways, are his assistant and his secretary; and none of them are aware that the inventor is actually a Lunarian explorer sent to Earth by the dying Lunar civilization and the only remaining male member of that civilization.
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Song of Arizona (1946)
Character: Chip Blaine
Roy Rogers rides to the rescue when a bank robber's orphaned son (Tommy Cook), who is living at a ranch for homeless boys run by Gabby Whittaker (George "Gabby" Hayes), attracts the attention his father's rowdy gang, who want to claim the boy's inheritance for themselves
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High School Hellcats (1958)
Character: Freddie (uncredited)
The Hellcats are an all-female gang bent on bucking authority at their high school. New student Joyce moves into the neighborhood and quickly draws their attention. Desperate for acceptance and unhappy with her home life, she becomes close to the Hellcats and begins drinking, dancing and meeting boys. Can Joyce's parents stop her descent into depravity?
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The Gatling Gun (1971)
Character: Pvt. Elwood
Doctor Gatling invented a war machine to beat all arrows, and guns.
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Cry of the City (1948)
Character: Tony Rome
Petty crook and cop-killer Martin Rome, in bad shape from wounds in the hospital prison ward, still refuses to help slimy lawyer Niles clear his client by confessing to another crime. Police Lt. Candella must check Niles' allegation; a friend of the Rome family, he walks a tightrope between sentiment and cynicism. When Martin fears Candella will implicate his girlfriend Teena, he'll do anything to protect her. How many others will he drag down to disaster with him?
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates (1943)
Character: Johnny Zaloris
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
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The Thing with Two Heads (1972)
Character: Priest (uncredited)
A rich but racist man is dying and hatches an elaborate scheme for transplanting his head onto another man's body. His health deteriorates rapidly, and doctors are forced to transplant his head onto the only available candidate: a black man from death row.
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Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Character: Paul Pendergrass - the Tennis Player (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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Jungle Girl (1941)
Character: Kimbu
Dr. John Meredith has been driven from civilization by the criminal activities of his twin brother Bradley Meredith. With his infant daughter, he settles in the African jungle, where his ability to cure the native ills has resulted in his virtual control of the Masamba tribes, who possess vast diamond mines coveted by a gang of crooks.
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The Homestretch (1947)
Character: Pablo Artigo
A young couple's marriage is threatened by the husband's love of horses and the racetrack circuit.
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Battle Cry (1955)
Character: Cpl. Ziltch - Huxley's orderly
The dramatic story of US Marines in training, in combat, and in love, during World War II. The story centers on a major who guides the raw recruits from their training to combat.
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The Suspect (1945)
Character: Child Violinist (uncredited)
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
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Alaska Passage (1959)
Character: Hubie
Al Graham runs a trucking business in Alaska, America’s final frontier which confronts him with washed out bridges, female hitchhikers and mayhem concerning his partner Gerard Mason and his scheming wife.
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Night Passage (1957)
Character: Howdy Sladen
Grant MacLaine, a former railroad troubleshooter, lost his job after letting his outlaw, the Utica Kid, escape. After spending five years wandering the west and earning his living playing the accordion, he is given a second chance by his former boss.
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Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1944)
Character: N/A
Wilbert Winkle, a henpecked, mild-mannered, middle-aged bank clerk and handyman finds himself in the midst of battle in the South Pacific.
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The Battle at Apache Pass (1952)
Character: Little Elk
Major Jim Colton is a sympathetic leader who has a working relationship with Apache leader Cochise. Colton is undermined by corrupt and politically ambitious Indian agent Neil Baylor who sets up a false attack, and the abduction of a local farmer's son. While Colton is away investigating the matter, Baylor convinces Lieutenant Bascom that Cochise's band is to blame, and incites him to lead an expedition against the Apache band to return the boy.
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