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Happy Days (1929)
Character: Colonel Billy Batcher
In Fox's contribution to the all-star revue cycle of early talkies, showboat singer Margie, hearing that the show is in arrears, goes to New York to gather all of the former stars to stage a minstrel show as a benefit.
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A Successful Calamity (1932)
Character: Furniture Mover (uncredited)
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.
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Clive of India (1935)
Character: Surveyor
Fort St. David, Cuddalore, southern India, 1748. While colonial empires battle to seize an enormous territory, rich in spices and precious metals beyond the wildest dreams, and try to gain the favor of the local kings, Robert Clive (1725-1774), a frustrated but talented clerk who works for the East Indian Company and struggles to earn his fortune, makes a bold decision that will change his life forever.
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Two Against the World (1936)
Character: News Vendor (uncredited)
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
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The Man Who Played God (1932)
Character: The Doctor
While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royle is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his career over as a result of his injury, Royle returns to New York City with his sister Florence, close friend Mildred Miller, and considerably younger fiancée Grace Blair. After abandoning thoughts of suicide, Montgomery discovers he can lip read, and he spends his days observing people in Central Park from his apartment window. As he learns of people's problems, he tries to help them anonymously and becomes absorbed in his game of "playing God".
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Cardinal Richelieu (1935)
Character: Old Inn-Keeper
The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.
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Peck's Bad Boy (1934)
Character: Minister (as Charles Evans)
Young boy Bill Peck adores his father and tries to be good, but the arrival of Bill's cousin Horace upsets Bill's plans. Horace's brattish ways result in Bill rather than Horace getting in trouble.
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Disraeli (1929)
Character: Mr. Potter, Disraeli's Gardener
Prime Minister of Great Britain Benjamin Disraeli outwits the subterfuge of the Russians and chicanery at home in order to secure the purchase of the Suez Canal.
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Alexander Hamilton (1931)
Character: Zack Whalen
The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
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Daybreak (1931)
Character: Officer on Inspection Tour
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
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The Millionaire (1931)
Character: The Gardener
A millionaire automaker retires upon the advice of his doctor, but becomes so bored he buys half interest in a gas station and works it on the sly.
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Old English (1930)
Character: Appleby - a Shareholder
An old man unethically provides an income for his two grandchildren.
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The Expert (1932)
Character: Hard of Hearing Grant Resident
An elderly gentleman arrives for an extended stay with his grown son in Chicago.
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The Working Man (1933)
Character: Mr. Haslitt
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
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The Greene Murder Case (1929)
Character: Lawyer Canon (uncredited)
Philo Vance investigates when a murderer preys upon members of a wealthy family on New York's Upper East Side.
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