
Birthday:
06-15-1894
Deathday:
04-11-1955 (60 years)
Birthplace:
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Biography
Not the widest known actor, Leo Cleary starred in numerous films in the 40s and 50s, gaining fame and recognition prior to his death. Cleary died in Hollywood, CA in 1955.
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Golf Slappy
Act like Narrator
event1942
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Golf in a few difficult lessons with Eddie Gribbon.
The Human Jungle
Act like Karns
event1954 star_border 5.3
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Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a recent unsolved murder of a strip-tease dancer. Recognizing the laxity of the department he implements many changes and soon finds himself under fire by the newspapers, the attorney of a racket leader and the denizens of this human jungle.
Storm Warning
Act like Barnet (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.6
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A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister.
Confidence Girl
Act like Mr. Sheridan
event1952 star_border 5.4
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After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds the police struggling to keep up with the deceptive duo's exceedingly complicated schemes.
Bells of Coronado
Act like Dr. Frank Harding
event1950 star_border 5.2
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An insurance investigator must track down thieves before they take off in a plane with stolen uranium ore.
State Penitentiary
Act like Warden-Narrator
event1950 star_border 6.5
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A man wrongly accused of a crime must decide between getting involved in a prison break, or remaining in jail until his wife can prove his innocence.
Glory Alley
Act like Pastor (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 5.8
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A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
White Heat
Act like Railroad Fireman (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 7.7
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A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Dance, Girl, Dance
Act like Court Clerk (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.4
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Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
Millionaires in Prison
Act like Deputy Taking Collins to Prison (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6
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A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
Desert of Lost Men
Act like Dr. Stephens
event1951
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Rocky Lane arrives at the town of Bear Creek to help insure the safe arrival of forty thousand dollars the citizens have raised to build a new hospital. After one of the town's doctors is killed in an ambush, Rocky devises a plan with the remaining doctor and sheriff to smoke out the bad guys.
You Can't Fool Your Wife
Act like Mr. Doolittle
event1940 star_border 4.5
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Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky than idyllic.
A Date with the Falcon
Act like Detective Brody (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6.5
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In the second film of the series (and not a second part of anything), Gay Lawrence, aka The Falcon, is about to depart the city to marry his fiancée, Helen Reed, when a mystery girl, Rita Mara, asks for his aid in disposing of a secret formula for making synthetic diamonds. He deliberately allows himself to be kidnapped by the gang for which Rita works. His aide, "Goldy" Locke, trails the kidnappers and brings the police. But the head of the gang escapes, and the Falcon continues the pursuit.
Lightning Strikes Twice
Act like Editor
event1951 star_border 5.7
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Sent to a dude ranch in the west to recover her health, a New York actress falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of the murder of his wife.
The Great Jewel Robber
Act like Haley (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 7.2
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Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
The Pride of St. Louis
Act like Houston Mgr. Ed Monroe
event1952 star_border 6.9
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The story of Jerome "Dizzy" Dean, a major-league baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs in the 1930s and 1940s.
Love Nest
Act like Detective Donovan (Uncredited)
event1951 star_border 5.7
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Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.
The Red Menace
Act like Father O'Leary
event1949 star_border 4.1
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A couple try to leave the Communist party after a murder by the group they were once loyal to.
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