
Birthday:
01-02-1915
Deathday:
10-31-1993 (78 years)
Birthplace:
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Belle Starr's Daughter
Act like Townsman
event1948 star_border 4.4
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The daughter of famous outlaw Belle Starr arrives at the town where her mother was murdered to find her killer.
The Grissom Gang
event1971 star_border 6.7
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The Grissom Gang is a remake of the notorious 1949 British melodrama No Orchids For Miss Blandish. Kim Darby plays a 1920s-era debutante who is kidnapped and held for ransom. Her captors are the Grissoms, a family comprised of sadists and morons, and headed by Ma Barker clone Irene Dailey. One of the Grissoms, played by Scott Wilson, takes a liking to his prisoner, which results in a bloody breakdown of the family unit. Both The Grissom Gang and the original No Orchids For Miss Blandish were inspired by the best-seller by James Hadley Chase, though neither film retains Chase's original ending.
Hollow Triumph
Act like Jerry
event1948 star_border 6.5
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Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
Mother Wore Tights
Act like Clarence (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 5.3
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In this chronicle of a vaudeville family, Myrtle McKinley (class of 1900) goes to San Francisco to attend business school, but ends up in a chorus line. Soon, star Frank Burt notices her talent, hires her for a "two-act", then marries her. Incidents of the marriage and the growing pains of eldest daughter Miriam are followed, interspersed with nostalgic musical numbers.
Three Husbands
Act like Seedy Little Man - Tout (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 5
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When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of three husbands, with whom he regularly played poker, to a letter he left each of them claiming to have had an affair with each's wife.
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
Act like Bernie (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 6
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Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Tayloe to leave his dull newspaper job in Texas and move to New York to become a playwright. Along the way, his car breaks down and a girl walking along the highway asks for a lift. It turns out she's a nice girl, named Perry, running away from a job at a gasoline station. Soon they're off to New York together, but part ways once they arrive. Time passes and Eddie is failing to sell his play; Perry is failing to find a job. Odd circumstances, involving an old pickpocket named Mandy, bring them together again.
Doll Face
Act like Harold, the Soda Jerk (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 4.5
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Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost writer to do all the work, but doesn't count on the possibility that Doll Face and her collaborator might have more than a book on their minds.
The Fabulous Suzanne
Act like Little Man
event1946 star_border 5
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Suzanne, a waitress, comes up with a sure-fire method for winning at the racetrack and, later, when she inherits a fortune from a customer of the restaurant, she use the same system for investing her money. Her stock broker tries to dissuade her, but she persists and her investments increases her wealth.
The World's Greatest Lover
Act like Second Wardrobe Man
event1977 star_border 5.8
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When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.
The Swap
Act like Cemetery Caretaker
event1979 star_border 3.7
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Vito gets out of jail after serving ten years and tries to find out who killed his younger brother.
The Red Pony
Act like Telegrapher
event1949 star_border 5.7
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Peter Miles stars as Tom Tiflin, the little boy at the heart of this John Steinbeck story set in Salinas Valley. With his incompatible parents -- the city-loving Fred and country-happy Alice -- constantly bickering, Tom looks to cowboy Billy Buck for companionship and paternal love.
A Perfect Match
Act like Leo
event1980
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A successful fashion designer who learns that she has a mysterious illness that threatens her life searches frantically for the one suitable donor for a bone-marrow transplant -- the daughter she, as a teenager, had given up for adoption.
Scrooged
Act like Foreman
event1988 star_border 6.8
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Frank Cross is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature has driven away the love of his life. But after firing a staff member on Christmas Eve, Frank is visited by a series of ghosts who give him a chance to re-evaluate his actions and right the wrongs of his past.
Winter Wonderland
Act like Bellboy
event1946 star_border 4.3
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A farm girl has a romance with a ski instructor.
Miracle on 34th Street
Act like George (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 7.4
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Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
Act like Milton Wurtle (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 6.5
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A fast-talking salesman is "kidnapped" by a town, which intends to use him in its annual race with a rival community.
The Unholy Rollers
Act like Man in Bar
event1972 star_border 5.7
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Karen wants more action out of life and quits her job at the cannery to become a skater in the roller derby. She encounters friction from the other skaters - especially Mickey, the current number one star of the team. Karen proves herself a feisty competitor but refuses to be a team player. As she skates her way to roller stardom, she incurs the wrath of jealous team members and the owner of the team.
The Lady from Shanghai
Act like Reporter (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 7.3
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A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
A Walk in the Sun
Act like Johnson
event1945 star_border 5.7
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In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.
Dead Reckoning
Act like Photographer
event1946 star_border 6.7
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War heroes Rip Murdock and Johnny Drake are sent to Washington, D.C, to receive top honors for their service. Johnny, seemingly terrified by the publicity that awaits him, jumps off the train and later turns up dead. Suspecting foul play, Rip begins digging into his pal's past. He encounters cover-ups, threats to his own life and deadly femme fatale Coral Chandler.
Back to the Planet of the Apes
Act like Man
event1980 star_border 5.3
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Astronauts Pete Burke and Allan Virdon crash on Earth in the far future and are captured by the apes. The men befriend a chimp named Galen who helps them to escape. In the hopes of finding a way to get back to their own time, the astronauts search for a computer in an earthquake-threatened city, with which they will be able to access their flight records. [The first of five telefilms edited from episodes of the 1974 TV series; this film combines the episodes "Escape from Tomorrow" and "The Trap"]
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Act like Elwood (uncredited)
event1972 star_border 6.3
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Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.
Dakota Lil
Act like Barfly
event1950 star_border 5
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Female outlaw helps lawmen trap railroad bandits.
Quicksand
Act like Auditor
event1950 star_border 6.1
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Young auto mechanic Dan Brady takes $20 from a cash register at work to go on a date with blonde femme fatale Vera Novak. Brady intends to put the money back before it is missed, but the garage's bookkeeper shows up earlier than scheduled. As Brady scrambles to cover evidence of his petty theft, he fast finds himself drawn into an ever worsening "quicksand" of crime.
Ma and Pa Kettle
Act like Alvin
event1949 star_border 7.2
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The Kettles and their fifteen children are about to be evicted from their rundown rustic home when Pa wins the grand prize by coming up with a new tobacco slogan. Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family's new wealth, which includes a completely automated modern home, and accuses Pa of stealing the slogan. Reporter Kim Parker proves Birdie wrong and marries Tom Kettle.
A Woman's Secret
Act like Fred (Uncredited)
event1949 star_border 5.7
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A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.
Dancing in the Dark
Act like Little Man
event1949 star_border 5
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Emery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit the skids. Fortunately, he is able to convince studio head Melville Crossman to cast him in the adaptation of a hit Broadway show. Crossman has one condition: Slade must travel to New York and convince the female star of the stage production to join the film. Slade goes, but, when he eyes the winsome Julie Clarke, he hatches a different scheme.
The Killer That Stalked New York
Act like Worried Man (uncredited)
event1950 star_border 6.1
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In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
The Tall Target
Act like Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.8
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A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
The Argyle Secrets
Act like Melyin 'Pinky' Pincus
event1948 star_border 6
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A framed reporter and the crooks on his trail scramble to locate a book containing the names of American war profiteers and traitors who collaborated with the Nazis during the war.
Love Nest
Act like Glazier (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 Great Man's Whiskers
Act like Whately
event1972
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A young girl writes to President Abraham Lincoln to advise him to grow a beard.
...All the Marbles
Act like Geisha's Doctor
event1981 star_border 6.3
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A two-bit promoter tries to take a women's wrestling team to the top.
Trouble Preferred
Act like Ed Roberts (uncredited)
event1948
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A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.
Crack-Up
Act like Milquetoast (Uncredited)
event1946 star_border 5.6
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Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
Hustle
Act like Liquor Store Clerk
event1975 star_border 5.7
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The body of teenager Gloria Hollinger is found dead on a Los Angeles beach, and Lt. Phil Gaines is in charge of the investigation. Gaines learns that the girl, a stripper and prostitute, committed suicide, but he ignores the connection between her and a powerful mob lawyer, Leo Sellers. Hollinger's father, however, is not satisfied with Gaines's results, and attempts to investigate the case on his own.
Adam-12
Act like Mr. Lyden (1 ep.)
event1968 star_border 7.1
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Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
Madame's Place
Act like Benny Zane (1 ep.)
event1982 star_border 7.3
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Madame's Place is an American sitcom that featured the misadventures of Madame, a puppet in the form of a bawdy old movie star with a naughty sense of humor.
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