
Birthday:
02-28-1891
Deathday:
09-19-1953 (62 years)
Birthplace:
Camberwell, London, England, UK
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A Man Betrayed
Act like Al aka Scarface, Cameron's Henchman (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 5.4
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Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of integrity is sweet in this instance, since Wayne happens to be in love with the politician's daughter (Frances Dee).
The Border Whirlwind
Act like Palo, The Scorpion
event1926
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A film directed by John P. McCarthy
Single Handed
Act like Gypsy Joe
event1923
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Hector MacKnight, known to the townspeople as "Goofy" and an irritatingly terrible fiddler, is innocently drawn into a rigged poker game. A general fight brings the sheriff, and a chase ensues. Before the confusion is ended and Hector cleared, he meets Ruth Randolph and becomes involved in a circus while trying to recover the other half of her treasure map.
The Cop
Act like Lord Courtney
event1928 star_border 6
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Pete Smith, a lift bridge operator in a harbor, feels lonely in his cabin, his only visitor being a policeman on patrol, Sgt. Coughlin. One night, after hearing shots, Smith gives shelter to a wounded man, whom he hides from Coughlin. Before leaving, the man, Marcas, promises to return the favor and the coat he borrows from him. Later, Smith enters the police, and his chief, Mather, suspects he is protecting Marcas, who is actually a gangster. Marcas sends a girl, Mary Monks, to deliver a luxurious coat with a fur collar to Smith. Pete and Mary get along well, and for his sake, she betrays Marcas, who is eventually shot to death by the cops, after having stopped his mob from killing Smith. Mary goes away alone into the night, and when Mather finds out that Pete is protecting her, he drops away the evidence of her presence on the spot.
The Scarlet Empress
event1934 star_border 6.9
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During the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine the Great, travels to Moscow to marry the dimwitted Grand Duke Peter, the heir to the Russian throne. Their arranged marriage proves to be loveless, and Catherine takes many lovers, including the handsome Count Alexei, and bears a son. When the unstable Peter eventually ascends to the throne, Catherine plots to oust him from power.
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
event1947 star_border 6.4
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A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.
Cock o' the Walk
Act like José
event1930 star_border 3.2
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Carlos Lopez is a handsome Argentine sportsman. Many women love him and he toys with them all. His days are filled with romance and intrigue and he manages to get himself feared and hated by most of the married men in Buenos Aires.
The Volga Boatman
Act like White Army Officer
event1926 star_border 6.3
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During the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the peasant Feodor.
In Gay Madrid
Act like Night Club Patron
event1930 star_border 5
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Ricardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves nightclubs and courting pretty girls. His father hopes to instill a more serious attitude in his son by transferring him to a school in the rural town of Santiago. At Santiago, his father's old friend is to be his guardian. When Ricardo arrives at Santiago he joins a fraternity, and continues his carefree lifestyle while serenading and courting his guardian's daughter, Carmina.
Synthetic Sin
Act like Tony
event1929
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A young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises her a role in his next production. Unfortunately the production is a disaster and her husband proclaims her unfit for the role. Rather then return home in defeat, she stays in New York and accidentally gets involved with some vicious gangsters.
Innocent Husbands
Act like The Sheik (uncredited)
event1925 star_border 6.2
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Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in Melvin's bedroom just before Mame returns.
Sailor's Holiday
Act like Her Secretary
event1929 star_border 5.2
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Sailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when a street woman swindles them out of some money by telling them she is looking for her long-lost brother, a sailor.
A Shriek in the Night
Act like Detective (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 5.1
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Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell from his penthouse balcony. When it is discovered that the plunge was not an accident, the building's residents come under suspicion. Soon, the body count begins to mount as three more murders occur by strangulation.
Fatal Lady
Act like Brazilian Opera Troupe (uncredited)
event1936
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On her debut as an opera star, Marion Stuart is interrogated and possibly implicated in the death of a male acquaintance. Released, although thoroughly shaken-up, Marion attempts to perform but loses her voice onstage. Humiliated, but driven to sing, she travels to South America under the assumed name of Maria Delasano, and works in an opera company under the tutelage of Feodor Glinka, who wants her to shun men and save herself for her art. Mary resists the persistent attentions of wealthy young Phil Roberts, who follows the company in hopes of marrying her. ...
Morocco
Act like Cafe Customer (uncredited)
event1930 star_border 6.3
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Mogador, Morocco. Late 1920s. A complex romance develops between a womanizing Legionnaire and a disillusioned Parisian cabaret singer.
The Green Hornet
Act like Henchman (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 5.5
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A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide.
Arabian Tights
Act like The Sheik (uncredited)
event1933
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Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
Captain Caution
Act like Barfly in Pub
event1940 star_border 5.3
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When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
Third Finger, Left Hand
Act like Headwaiter
event1940 star_border 6.8
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Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the deception and decides to show up at Margot's family home posing as her husband!
The Mighty
Act like Hood
event1929 star_border 5
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In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. The major then falls in love with the late soldier's sister and decides to accept a position in town as the new police commissioner.
The Girl from Scotland Yard
Act like Valet #1
event1937 star_border 5
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A female agent tacks down the cause of mysterious explosions.
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Act like Gigolo (uncredited)
event1923 star_border 6.8
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When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
Afraid to Talk
Act like Prison Patient
event1932 star_border 6
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Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
Home Stuff
Act like Jim Sackett
event1921
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Stranded in the small town of Buckeye Junction young actress Madge Joy crawls upon a load of hay and falls asleep. Knocked unconscious when young farmer Robert Deep hitches up the wagon not realizing she’s inside she awakes in the Deep living room. "Ma" Deep takes to her at once, but old “Pa” Deep looks at her sternly. Claiming to be a runaway orphan rather than an actress she becomes a member of the family. Falling for Madge Robert confesses he dreams of being a playwright, that night his sister Susan, who has run away to be an actress, reappears. Pa Deep is furious when he finds out his daughter has been on the stage, but Madge reveals that she is herself an actress threatening to go away with Robert unless he makes up with his daughter. Eventually Madge finds fame in New York with Robert following with a play he knows is right.
Honky Tonk
Act like Bartender
event1941 star_border 6.4
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Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Act like Albert von Lauengram
event1937 star_border 7.5
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A kingdom's ascending heir, marked for assassination, switches identities with a lookalike, who takes his place at the coronation. When the real king is kidnapped, his followers try to find him, while the stand-in falls in love with the king's intended bride, the beautiful Princess Flavia.
Madame X
Act like Sidewalk Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
event1929 star_border 6
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A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
Young Donovan's Kid
Act like Mike Novarro
event1931
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A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.
Human Wreckage
Act like Dunn
event1923
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An attorney's wife is determined to fight the evils of addictive substances.
Scared Silly
event1927
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The guests at a dinner party in a mansion are spooked when a creepy "spirtualist" decides to stay for dinner.
Arsène Lupin
Act like Museum Guard (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 6.9
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A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Act like Thin Henchman (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 3
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Dan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters), the daughter of James B. Strong ('FRederick Burton'), a man who controls the town with his real estate and business interests. Strong is an upstanding citizen who has fallen into the hands of a clever racketeer, Jeff Hardy (Douglass Dumbrille), who acts as Strong's manager of some innocent-appearing amusement places that are really secret dens of vice.
Million Dollar Ransom
Act like Gangster (Uncredited)
event1934
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To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.
Blonde Crazy
Act like Conman (uncredited)
event1931 star_border 7
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Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
Marked Woman
Act like Croupier (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 6.5
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In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
After Midnight
Act like Gus Van Gundy
event1927 star_border 7
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When Joe, a hold-up man, tries to rob Mary, a nightclub hostess, she winds winds up knocking him out. She takes pity on him, however, and nurses him back to health. He decides to go straight and marry her. Mary buys a $1000 Liberty Bond as an investment, while Joe saves up and buys a taxi to start his own business. Then Maisie, Mary's wild and money-crazy sister, shows up, which leads to tragedy.
So This Is Marriage?
Act like Donald Gibson
event1924
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The only known copy of this film copy was reported to have been destroyed in the 1967 MGM Vault fire.
Maisie Gets Her Man
Act like Tall Thin 'Heel' (Uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6.5
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Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?
Perils of Pauline
Act like Henchman
event1933 star_border 5.7
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A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil doctor and his gang are also looking for it.
The Kiss
Act like Lounge Lizard (uncredited)
event1929 star_border 6.2
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An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted.
The Locked Door
Act like Party Guest on Rum Boat
event1929 star_border 5.9
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On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character that she used to be intimate with, and determines to intervene.
Hold Your Man
Act like Elite Club Headwaiter (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6.1
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Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
Madam Satan
Act like Zeppelin Reveler
event1930 star_border 5.9
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A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
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