
Birthday:
11-09-1892
Deathday:
08-26-1962 (69 years)
Birthplace:
New York City, New York
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An American Tragedy
event1931 star_border 6.1
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A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
Covered Wagon Trails
event1930
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Deputy Sheriff "Smoke" Sanderson (Bob Custer) is after a gang of smugglers, led by Brad Vogel (J.P. McGowan) operating along the Texas/Mexico border but he does not know that Chet Clayton (Perry Murdock), the brother of his sweetheart, Wanda Clayton (Phyllis Bainbridge), is one of the gang members.
Stage Struck
Act like Policeman (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 5.6
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A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
The Golden Blade
event1953 star_border 6.3
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Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient Bagdad and inspired from the Arabic fairy tales of One Thousand and One Nights.
Riders of the Rio Grande
Act like Henchman Snakey
event1929
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Jack is a cowboy posing as an outlaw in order to infiltrate the gang of counterfeiters who has kidnapped Barbara.
Vicki
Act like Theatre Patron (uncredited)
event1953 star_border 5.5
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A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
The Oklahoma Kid
event1939 star_border 5.9
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McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.
Lady on a Train
event1945 star_border 6.5
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While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
Code of the West
Act like Leary
event1929
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Leary is using the Express Agent's liking for alcohol to enable his men to steal insured packages. Then he claims the insurance. Railroad Agent Hartley is sent to investigate and suspecting Leary, he and the Sheriff plan to trap them the next time they try their scheme.
The Finger Points
Act like Blanco's Bodyguard (uncredited)
event1931 star_border 6.6
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Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
Comanche Territory
event1950 star_border 4.8
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Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement with the indians. When James 'Jim' Bowie comes into the scene he finds the white settlers living near by planning to attack the indians although they know about that agreement and the beautiful Katie seems to play a leading role in this intrigue.
The Nitwits
Act like Cop
event1935 star_border 6.1
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A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher.
Each Dawn I Die
Act like Convict (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.8
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A corrupt D.A. with governatorial ambitions is annoyed by an investigative reporter's criticism of his criminal activities and decides to frame the reporter for manslaughter in order to silence him.
Follow Me Quietly
Act like Policeman
event1949 star_border 6
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When it rains in the city, a serial killer known as "The Judge" looks for his next strangling victim. For months, the madman has been stalking at night, leaving behind clues, but police efforts have been fruitless. Constructing a life-size dummy of the murderer, police Lt. Harry Grant is growing obsessed with capturing him, and always following Grant is the relentless reporter Ann Gorman looking to break the story, but the hunt continues.
The Far Country
Act like Miner (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 6.9
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During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work for a saloon owner to take her supplies into a newly booming but lawless Candian town.
Midnight Manhunt
Act like Police Officer (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 4.5
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Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
Foxfire
Act like Miner (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 6
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A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride.
The House Across the Bay
Act like Prison Guard
event1940 star_border 5.3
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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.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Act like Bartender (uncredited)
event1956 star_border 6.6
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Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
Down to Their Last Yacht
Act like Ship Passenger (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 6
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Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets sail for the South Seas. Screwball comedy, with songs.
Bridal Bail
Act like Mac the Cop
event1934 star_border 3
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When a theater offers a free wedding to a couple, confusion reigns.
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Act like Juror (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.2
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Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.
Cornered
Act like Jopo (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6
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A World War II veteran hunts down the Nazi collaborators who killed his wife.
O'Malley Rides Alone
Act like Sled Sassoon - aka Brag
event1930
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Mounties O'Malley and Calhoun are sent to see why miners are not returning with their gold. Arriving, they recover the gold from a robbery attempt.
Back Trail
Act like Bartender (uncredited)
event1948
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Back Trail is one of the livelier entries in Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series. Brown rides into a small town where he becomes embroiled in a blackmail scheme. The town's banker (Ted Adams), a pillar of respectability, once served a jail term. Outlaw leader Pierce Lyden threatens to reveal Adams' secret if the banker doesn't let him know in advance when the gold shipments are going through. Adams tearfully tells Brown the whole story, whereupon Johnny rides shotgun on the next shipment himself. Back Trail was one of the last films directed by workhorse Christy Cabanne, whose career stretched all the way back to the D.W. Griffith days.
Canyon Passage
Act like Miner (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.6
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In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Act like Joe
event1935 star_border 6.1
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A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
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