
Birthday:
02-17-1878
Deathday:
07-01-1942 (64 years)
Birthplace:
Newark, New Jersey, USA
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Angels Over Broadway
Act like Joseph Hopper
event1940 star_border 5.9
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Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Act like Joe Brady
event1941 star_border 5.4
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Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.
The Remarkable Andrew
Act like Dr. Benjamin Franklin
event1942 star_border 8.2
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When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city budget, his superiors try to explain it away. When he insists on pursuing the matter, he's in danger of being blamed himself. In his trouble, the spirit of Andrew Jackson, whom he idolizes, visits him, and in turn, summons much high-powered talent from American history...which only Andrew can see.
No Hands on the Clock
Act like Oscar Flack
event1941 star_border 4.9
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A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
The White Hope
Act like Income Tax Collector
event1936
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Joe Cook (Joe Cook) is a gymnasium owner and boxing promoter who is working to build up prizefighter George the Greek (George Givot) as the next Great White Hope that will defeat world-heavyweight-champion Joe Louis (who, obviously, isn't in the film). But Joe also has problems with a finance company and an indictment for income-tax evasion.
Watch the Birdie
Act like Mr. Ripley
event1935 star_border 5.5
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Prankster Bob is traveling to New York by ship with his girlfriend and he proposes to marry her. Along the trip, he plays pranks on the captain, passengers and his future father-in-law. When they arrive in the harbor, the captain and his father-in-law decide to revenge and the captain asks his men to retain Bob at the customs for hours. Then he heads to the office of his father-in-law where his girlfriend is waiting for him. But her father is still upset with Bob. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Reno
Act like Judge #2
event1939 star_border 6
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A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
The Wacky Family
Act like Mr. Carr
event1936
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Tim has just been promoted to sales manager and his boss says he will be out to visit Tim and Irene in their new country home to see how his employees live. But Irene's wacky family----Ma, Pa and Brother---have moved in with them and converted the home into a hotel.
The Big Courtship
Act like Lemuel K. Wacky
event1937
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An Educational Pictures short starring Tim and Irene Ryan.
Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Act like Horace Morris
event1941 star_border 6
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In this comedy, the marital conflicts between a meek banker and his nagging wife are chronicled.
Tillie the Toiler
Act like Simpkins
event1941
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While attending stenographer school, Tillie Jones meets office boy Mac, who falls in love with her at first sight. Though Tillie likes Mac as a friend, she continually throws him over for handsomer men.
Tin Pan Alley
Act like Mike Buckner
event1940 star_border 5
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Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
Little Nellie Kelly
Act like Keevan
event1940 star_border 6
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Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway.
Sky Murder
Act like Judge Whitmore
event1940 star_border 6.3
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This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.
Cross-Country Romance
Act like Camp Proprietor
event1940 star_border 6.4
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A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
Lucky Partners
Act like Plainclothesman (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6
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Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
Soft Drinks and Sweet Music
Act like Diner Owner
event1934
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In this Broadway Brevity short, a soda jerk/songwriter dreams (literally) of performing his songs on Broadway.
Gang Busters
Act like Mayor Hansen
event1942 star_border 5.2
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Police detectives battle the League of Murdered Men, a gang of resurrected dead criminals.
Apache Trail
Act like Judge Keeley
event1942 star_border 6.4
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The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the station with a valuable box of cargo, and the outlaw brother soon shows up, though denying that he's planning to take the cargo box. Soon, however, rampaging Apaches attack the station, and the station manager, his brother and a disparate group of passengers and employees must fight them off.
Serves You Right
Act like Winters
event1935
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Johnny (Shemp Howard) is promised the chief process server's job if he can serve a summons on Musclebound Pete, a local hood. Like the servers before him, he's not only unsuccessful, but beat up for his efforts. Pete's only weakness is women, so Johnny switches clothes with girlfriend Helen, and goes after Pete in drag.
Blonde Inspiration
Act like Guard at Jail (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 5.4
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A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
Mr. District Attorney
Act like Judge White
event1941 star_border 6.2
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An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
Obliging Young Lady
Act like Judge Hilborn H. Knox
event1942 star_border 5
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A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
Panama Hattie
Act like Mac (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 4
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Sailors and spies mingle in between the acts at Hattie's nightclub in the Canal Zone.
The Talk of the Town
Act like Judge Grunstadt (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 7.3
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Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood friend, which she has recently rented to a high-principled law teacher.
Too Busy to Work
Act like Jailer
event1939
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The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their household chores.
Soak the Rich
Act like Rockwell, 3rd Detective (ice cream)
event1936
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Tycoon Humphrey Craig is fearful that a "soak the rich" bill will pass in the United States Senate.
Come Live with Me
Act like Buck (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 6.9
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Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
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