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Love in High Gear (1932)
Character: Hotel Proprietor
A young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn the situation to his advantage.
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Loose Change (1928)
Character: Sandy MacDuff
A young woman decides to vamp her friend's husbands visiting Scottish uncle, but her scheme to trick him into marrying him backfires when her own husband catches on.
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Keystone Hotel (1935)
Character: Man with Ear Trumpet
The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the first prize to an elderly cleaning woman, angry members of the audience respond by hurling custard pies. The Keystone Kops are summoned, and arrive just in time to get plastered with pastry.
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Harold Teen (1928)
Character: Grandpop Teen
Farmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his spirited nature causing much excitement on the campus. He joins a fraternity, goes out for football, and directs his class theatrical effort. Instead of a school play, Harold suggests doing a western motion picture. Part of the plot requires them to blow up the dam that has cut off the water supply to Harold's homestead in the country. After the explosion Harold runs away because he is afraid of being arrested, but he returns just in time to win a football game for his team.
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The Dancing Millionaire (1934)
Character: Dancing Academy Customer
The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition
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Madame Behave (1925)
Character: N/A
A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing witness important to the case of the plaintiff. He attracts the romantic attention of two old roués and one hot Broadway showgirl.
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365 Days (1922)
Character: Grandpa
A very rich old man promises to leave his extended family his fortune if they all move in together and get along for one year.
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Jungle Pals (1923)
Character: N/A
The human pals of three apes become so attached to them that they take them to their home in the city where the apes prove too destructive to be really appreciative.
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Court Plaster (1924)
Character: N/A
Process server Neal Burns raids a hospital to bring a reluctant doctor to trial.
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Are Scotchmen Tight (1929)
Character: Sandy MacDuff
Two competitive Scotsmen are neighbours. Trouble starts when a tax inspector announces his imminent arrival, and the Scotsmen have to stash their expensive furniture. As soon as one succeeds in hiding every last stick, the other figures out where to put his. In his neighbour's now empty house!
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A Wireless Lizzie (1929)
Character: Grandpa Abner
Walter has invented an automatic remote-control for his jalopy. When a potential buyer comes to look it over, Walter proudly shows how he cam the car stop and go, turn corners and steer correctly. His spiteful rival, Bill, switches the plug and the car runs out of control. Walter and his sweetheart, Mary, plan to elope but they discuss their plans in front of an open microphone at the broadcast station, and Mary's father hears it and sets out to stop their elopement.
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Boys Will Be Boys (1932)
Character: 'Grandpa'
Frank Albertson's parents are worried about his seeing a showgirl instead of an "upstanding" young lady of class. But then Frank's father learns that the showgirl in question is the same one he himself has been flirting with. Eventually the whole family ends up at the nightclub, where the showgirl has a number of surprises in store for them.
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Reckless Romance (1924)
Character: Grandpa
Jerry Warner (Barnes) and Edith Somers (Breamer) are in love, but her father Judge Somers (Marshall) will not allow them to marry because he sees Jerry as a poor prospect. When Jerry's uncle sends him ten thousand dollars to set up a business Judge Somers tells him if he has that money at the end of six months, he can marry Edith. After several close calls all turns out all right for the lovebirds.
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No Vacancies (1923)
Character: An Old Goat
Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy. The plot centers around Jack and his wife who are looking for a place to rent. But what to do when the housing situation is not exactly easy?
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Grandpa's Girl (1924)
Character: N/A
A 1924 Jack Duffy comedy. Jean manages to be expelled from college to be able to go to Europe with her grandfather. When he learns about that, grandpa disinherits Jean and starts looking for a grandson to replace her. Jean dresses as a boy, Oswald. Grandpa then tries to marry Oswald and test his new grandson’s strength.
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Chicken Feathers (1927)
Character: Old Charley Kale
Comedy starring Jack Duffy and Anne Cornwall, featured in James Roots' 100 Essential Film Comedies
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Long Hose (1928)
Character: N/A
Jack Duffy had two skills that helped make him the lead in a nice series of short comedies in the 1920s: the usual ability to take one of the bone-breaking falls that slapstick called for and the ability to make himself up as an old coot, which gave him a nice character and made the pratfalls more impressive. In this one he manages to get himself tangled up coming down the pole at the fire station -- very amusing.
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The Freshman's Finish (1931)
Character: N/A
At one of those typical movie colleges where there are no classes, the co-eds are parading around in their bathing suits, while the freshmen and sophmores concentrate on higher things, like the motorboat race. So fierce is their rivalry that dean Jack Duffy decrees that the winner of the race and his classmates get to go to the dance, while the losers are barred. To prevent Carlyle Moore Jr. From winning, the sophmores force him to torment beat cop Vernon Dent and get thrown in jail. Will their perfidy prevail, and 30-year-old student Vera Steadman have to dance with a sophmore?
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Say Uncle (1928)
Character: N/A
Synopsis is unknown at this time, may be a lost film.
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Nifty Nags (1927)
Character: N/A
Jack Duffy is terrified of horses, so when Gayle Lloyd wants to lift the mortgage by running her horse in the harness race that Saturday, he's chosen to drive the rig. The rest of the movie is about the farcical mishaps on the way to his inevitable victory..
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Fresh Air (1921)
Character: John Henry
A hunting comedy full of cartoonish gags.
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The Gold Racket (1937)
Character: Hinkle
At the request of the Mexican government, a federal agent and a lady reporter team up to catch a gang that has been smuggling gold from Mexico to the U.S. and then selling it to the U.S. government.
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The Brass Bowl (1924)
Character: O'Hagan
After arriving unexpectedly at his country home, Dan Maitland discovers a young woman attempting to open his safe. She mistakes him for Anisty, a notorious thief who is Dan's double, and he gives her the jewels from the safe. Anisty appears, and there follow confusion and thrilling episodes in which Anisty is captured, escapes, and poses as Dan. Dan finally brings Anisty to justice and declares his love for Sylvia, who confesses she was searching Dan's safe to recover papers that might incriminate her father.
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Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)
Character: Old Pirate
Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.
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Hollywood on Parade No. A-1 (1932)
Character: Self
In the first entry of this series, the show open with a troupe of dancing chorus girls getting a salute from crossed-eyed Ben Turpin. Then the master of ceremonies, Fredric March, brings on the various acts, starting with a pre-teen Mitzi Green), dressed as an adult and singing "Was That the Human Thing to Do?" , followed by Ginger Rogers and Jack Oakie singing-and-dancing to "The Girl Who Used to be You." Then the Three Brox Sisters do a triple imitation of Marlene Dietrich singing 'Falling in Love Again." 'Jack Duffy' does a drunken hillbilly bit involving a lamp post, the the finale has Eddie Peabody, playing a banjo for some chorus girls on a pedestal.
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Hostage for a Day (1994)
Character: SWAT #3
Warren Kooey is a man who's tired of his current life; a witch of a wife, a boss who complains about everything he does and looses his lifesavings (stolen by the wife). He has only one thing on his mind: Alaska
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Sally (1930)
Character: Roue
Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Working as a waitress, she serves Blair (Alexander Gray), and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to socialite Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phoney. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has a show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.
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Our Hospitality (1923)
Character: Sam Gardner (uncredited)
A young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
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A Rarin’ Romeo (1925)
Character: N/A
A 1925 comedy featuring Walter Hiers and Jack Duffy. A theater company does a unique presentation of the Shakespeare classic after consuming gasoline in their drinks.
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Texas Terror (1935)
Character: Jake Abernathy
Sheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers. He encounters his dead buddy's sister and helps her run her ranch. Then she finds out about his past.
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Wild Brian Kent (1936)
Character: Old-time fireman
Polo player Brian stops in a Kansas town and find a girl and her aunt needing money to keep their ranch. He also finds his new real estate partner is the crook trying to do the women out of their ranch.
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School Days (1920)
Character: School Board Chairman
Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up.
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Pop Goes the Easel (1935)
Character: Bearded Man (uncredited)
The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film.
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The Bakery (1921)
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery owner to fall into a vat of cake batter Larry finds his job in jeopardy, but he redeems himself by foiling a robbery planned by the bakery foreman.
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A Dog's Life (1918)
Character: Man in Dance Hall (uncredited)
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
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She Couldn't Take It (1935)
Character: Farmer
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
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Love Takes Flight (1937)
Character: Bartender
A commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.
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Neighbors (1920)
Character: The Judge (uncredited)
The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.
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Ella Cinders (1926)
Character: Fire Chief
Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of her dead-end life and go to Hollywood, where she is promised a job in the movies. When she arrives in Hollywood, she discovers that the contest was a scam and the job non-existent. But through pluck, luck, and talent, she makes it in the movies anyway, and finds true love.
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Divorce Made Easy (1929)
Character: Uncle Todd
When his aunt disapproves of his marriage to Mabel Deering and threatens to disinherit him, Percy elicits the aid of his buddy Billy Haskell, who is engaged to Eileen Stanley. It is arranged that Billy and Mabel be found together in compromising circumstances by Percy and his aunt, but matters are complicated by the arrival of Billy's uncle in the city, and Aunt Emma becomes very fond of him. All is subsequently explained and thoughts of "divorce" are smoothed away as Uncle Todd couples up with Aunt Emma, and Billy and Eileen, and Percy and Mabel, reinstitute their carefree engagements.
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Love's Young Scream (1928)
Character: The Mayor
Young lovers pursued by her father -- and then a series of sight gags based on the mayhem of their auto ride.
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The Grocery Clerk (1919)
Character: Old geezer / Hick
Big Ben has the largest store in the town of New Ralgia. His chief clerk is in love with the post mistress. The three of them get involved in a series of mishaps with their customers and with the town ladies' man, whose advances conceal a more sinister purpose.
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