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Pardon My Backfire (1953)
Character: Escaped Convict
The stooges are auto mechanics who need money so they can marry their girls. When some escaped convicts pull into their garage, the boys manage to capture them and use the reward money to marry their sweethearts. It appears to be an early attempt at 3D with the closeups and effects used.
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Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
Character: Hymie
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
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Creeps (1956)
Character: (voice) (uncredited)
The Stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Sir Tom, who has no intention of leaving. The ghost foils the their attempts to take the armor, and is about to skewer them with a sword when it's revealed that the they were only telling a bedtime story to their "sons", also played by the Stooges.
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Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Bob's favorite memories and funniest moments on TV The biggest Stars! ... The biggest laughs! On DVD for the first time, this special 90 minute collection proves that laughter is the universal language with a sidesplitting salute to slapstick, satire, sketch comedy and zingers. Featuring Bob's funniest moments on television, this tribute includes a virtual who's who of legendary entertainers like Bing Crosby, Jackie Gleason, Roy Rogers, Ingrid Bergman, Bob Newhart, Lucille Ball, Ann-Margret, Jack Benny, Angie Dickinson, Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, Danny Thomas, Don Rickles, Milton Berle, Redd Foxx, Dorothy Lamour, Frank Sinatra, John Wayne, Dyan Cannon, Debbie Reynolds, Lassie and more.
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Rose of Santa Rosa (1947)
Character: Doorman
Angry because his father, Don Manuel Ortega, had arranged a marriage with a girl he has never met, Dolores de Garfias, Ramon Ortega, despite the threat of being disinherited, becomes an entertainer at a local night club. His father uses his influence and has the club closed. Ramon goes to Santa Rosa and helps a beautiful senorita, Rose, open her new night club and falls in love with her. When his father arrives, Ramon learns that "his" Rose is the Dolores his father wanted him to marry in the first place.
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Buzzy and the Phantom Pinto (1941)
Character: The Stranger
Rancher Timothy Wade is ambushed by a masked man riding a pinto horse. His young son, Buzzy Wade and the loyal ranch foreman, Dude Bates, are mystified as to who anyone would kill Wade. But, Jim Dana, a U.S. government undercover agent, has his suspicions that the reason may have been in order to acquire the ranch from Buzzy and his older sister, Ruth. Dana thinks the ranch may have a large deposit of a mineral useful to a foreign country. His suspicions are confirmed when a couple of guys with heavy-accents show up inquiring about the property.
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The Jazz Singer (1959)
Character: Messenger
The conflict between the Rabbi father and the son who disappoints him by seeking a secular career instead of a religious touches a Jewish cord, although it has a universal aspect.
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Enter Laughing (1967)
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
A machinist's apprentice in Depression-era New York, David dreams of becoming the new Ronald Colman. Defying the wishes of his parents, David lands a nonpaying job in a seedy theatrical production directed by broken-down ham Marlowe.
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Dynamite (1949)
Character: Photographer (uncredited)
Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves at odds regarding safety precautions for their co-workers.
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)
Character: Sneezing Bank Customer (uncredited)
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.
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Blackbeard's Ghost (1968)
Character: Popcorn Vendor
The eponymous wraith returns to Earth to aid his descendant, elderly Emily Stowecroft. The villains want to kick Emily and her friends out of their group home so that they can build a crooked casino. Good guy Steve Walker gets caught in the middle of the squabble after evoking Blackbeard's ghost.
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The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
Character: Fiorello LaGuardia
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
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G.I. Jane (1951)
Character: Mousey
A civilian, ordered to report to his draft board, slips off into a dream about the army life ahead of him. He is assigned to a remote desert post where the soldiers crave female companionship. He forges orders that brings a platoon of WACs who are forbidden to fraternize with the soldiers.
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Second Chorus (1941)
Character: Shaw's First Manager (uncredited)
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exams seven years in a row. In the midst of a performance, Danny spies Ellen Miller who ends up being made band manager. Both men compete for her affections while trying to get the other one fired.
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The Ghost Talks (1949)
Character: Ghost of Peeping Tom (voice)
The stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Peeping Tom, who has no intention of leaving. The ghost foils the stooges attempts to take the armor, until Lady Godiva shows up and the two ride off together.
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Sarge Goes to College (1947)
Character: Professor
A Marine Sergeant wounded in overseas combat requires an operation, and the Navy psychiatrist recommends that ‘Sarge’ be given a few weeks’ rest before hospitalization. Through the Dean of San Juan Junior College, Sarge enters on a temporary basis. Meanwhile, the Teen-Agers are rehearsing a show and Freddie's worried as they have no band.
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Little Miss Broadway (1947)
Character: Benson Henchman
Upon leaving finishing school, Judy Gibson goes to meet her presumed wealthy and socially prominent relatives. However they are penniless Broadway characters and take possession of a Long Island mansion owned by an incarcerated thief so Judy doesn't find out the truth. Judy arrives with her fiancé and his father, who tries to sell worthless stock to Judy's family. They give him $200,000, part of the stashed loot they found belonging to the home-owner thief.
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The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964)
Character: Short Fisherman (uncredited)
Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.
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Killer at Large (1947)
Character: Taxi Driver
Two newspaper reporters become involved with another killing while investigating a murder, which leads to the involvement of the girl reporter's father.
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Deadline (1948)
Character: Doc Snodgrass
A Pony Express rider discovers some mysterious goings-on during the construction of a telegraph line. When a murder is committed, he is blamed for it.
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The Cool Ones (1967)
Character: Uncle Steve
A young, millionaire rock promoter creates a new boy/girl team for his teen TV dance show. Will the ambitious go-go dancer and has-been pop star fall in love for real?
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What a Way to Go! (1964)
Character: Publicity and Press Agent (uncredited)
A four-time widow discusses her four marriages, in which all of her husbands became incredibly rich and died prematurely because of their drive to be rich.
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The Big Heat (1953)
Character: Nick (uncredited)
After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate.
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The Comancheros (1961)
Character: Nervous Drunk (uncredited)
Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.
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Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
Character: Train Conductor
A conman arrives in town trying to sell his miracle methods of weight loss to the ladies. It's left to the good Dr. Christian to expose this fake and save a fragile young girl's life.
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Under the Yum Yum Tree (1963)
Character: Delivery Man (uncredited)
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
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Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
Character: Emcee
A film director travels to Kentucky to seek out local talent for a hillbilly musical film. There, he gets kidnapped.
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Go, Johnny, Go! (1959)
Character: Call Boy
Rock-n-roll promoter Alan Freed holds a talent search to develop a new rock star, then must find the elusive, mystery contestant (Jimmy Clanton) who doesn't know he has won.
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Lover Come Back (1961)
Character: Sam - Clothing Store Owner (uncredited)
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
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Good Times (1967)
Character: Solly
Given the opportunity to headline their own feature film by studio executive Mr. Mordicus, Sonny and Cher have three days to come up with an idea for a hit movie or they'll have to use the studio's hackneyed script.
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A Star Is Born (1954)
Character: Agent (uncredited)
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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The Underworld Story (1950)
Character: Gus the Waiter (uncredited)
A blacklisted reporter brings his shady ways to a small-town newspaper after being fired from a big city daily.
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The Main Street Kid (1948)
Character: Riley
A young boy is struck by lightning, and discovers afterwards that he has the power of telepathy.
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Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Character: Hatrack
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
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My Gun Is Quick (1957)
Character: Shorty
Detective Mike Hammer's investigation of a murder puts him in the middle between warring jewel thieves.
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Remedy for Riches (1940)
Character: Townsman
A small town doctor suspects the stranger in town is promoting an oil swindle. The fourth entry in the "Dr. Christian" series of six films.
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The Jazz Singer (1953)
Character: Stagehand
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
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Tricky Dicks (1953)
Character: Chopper
The stooges are policemen on the trail of a murderer. They unsuccessfully interrogate an Italian organ grinder, among other suspects, and then catch the bad guy after a gun fight that nearly destroys the police station.
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The Swinger (1966)
Character: Seedy Character (uncredited)
An authoress writes a steaming sex-novel and proceeds to live out her heroine's adventures.
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O. Henry's Full House (1952)
Character: Convict (Prologue) (uncredited)
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".
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The Gangster (1947)
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental breakdown as his big plans begin to crumble. Beautiful Belita is his singer girlfriend who only fuels his paranoia.
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It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
Character: Butch - Assistant at Stillman's Gym (uncredited)
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
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Hold On! (1966)
Character: Photographer
Herman's Hermits' first film, in which the British band has the chance to have an American spacecraft named for them.
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Dr. Broadway (1942)
Character: Hershel, newsboy (uncredited)
A New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
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3 Nuts in Search of a Bolt (1964)
Character: Television Technician
An out-of-work method actor is hired by a male model, an ecdysiast, and a car salesman who live together to save money. They want the actor to listen to their problems and go see a psychiatrist, so they can get counseling for cheap. The psychiatrist is intrigued by the split personalities indicated by the three separate sets of problems presented by the actor, and soon producers are climbing out of the woodwork trying to buy the rights to the film, while the actor is having trouble keeping his act together.
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Your Cheatin' Heart (1964)
Character: Pie Eating Contest Barker (uncredited)
The story of the country and western singer Hank Williams.
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The Conqueror (1956)
Character: Honest John (uncredited)
Mongol chief Temujin battles against Tartar armies and for the love of the Tartar princess Bortai. Temujin becomes the emperor Genghis Khan.
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Crime Doctor (1943)
Character: Third Reporter in Court
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
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Kilroy Was Here (1947)
Character: Sugar Bowl Proprietor
"Kilroy Was Here" was a popular expression during World War II, but it's not much fun to John J. Kilroy, who has to try to live with all the jokes and wisecracks regarding his name.
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Skidoo (1968)
Character: Mayor's Husband
Ex-gangster Tony Banks is called out of retirement by mob kingpin God to carry out a hit on fellow mobster "Blue Chips" Packard. When Banks demurs, God kidnaps his daughter Darlene on his luxury yacht.
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Illegal (1955)
Character: News Vendor (uncredited)
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
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