
Birthday:
05-31-1880
Deathday:
10-18-1958 (78 years)
Birthplace:
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Act like Randall (as J.E. Bernard)
event1935 star_border 4.2
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Right after the Civil War, an ex-Union soldier sets out to become a schoolmaster in his small town, even though many locals still harbor a resentment against "Yankees". He goes up against the town bully, who both want the same girl, and his troubles multiply when a vicious band of nightriders set out to drive him out of town.
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Act like Apartment House Manager (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 5.5
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An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator.
Sudan
Act like Horse Owner (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.3
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A desert pickpocket, his sidekick, and an escaped slave help an incognito queen in danger.
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Act like Bellocona Steward Bringing Purse (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6
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A woman doctor decides to have a baby without benefit of marriage.
No Other Woman
Act like Butler
event1933 star_border 5.2
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A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
Four Jacks and a Jill
Act like Jailer (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6
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Karanina "Nina" Novak, is befriended by Nifty, the leader of a four-piece orchestra, and in return, secures an engagement for them at the Little Aregal Cafe, with herself as the vocalist, by pretending she once knew the King or Aregal back in the old country. Steve shows up pretending to be the King of Aregal, and complicates the growing romance between Nina and Nifty. When Steve runs off with Opa, the real King of Aregal (also Steve) appears and complicates things again.
Law of the Underworld
Act like Club Headwaiter Frank
event1938 star_border 5.5
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A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
Happy Land
Act like Clerk (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 6.2
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An Iowa drugstore owner becomes embittered when his son is killed in World War II. The druggist believes that the boy's life was cut short before he had an opportunity to truly appreciate his existence.
History Is Made at Night
event1937 star_border 6.6
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An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.
Wells Fargo
Act like Customer
event1937 star_border 5.1
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In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
Midnight Taxi
Act like Copy Reader
event1937 star_border 5
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A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
Madame X
Act like Deck Steward on Yacht
event1937 star_border 6.2
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An alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that she is his mother, takes the assignment to defend her in court.
Next Time I Marry
Act like Man Watering Lawn
event1938 star_border 6.8
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Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would steal her heart and money. So Nancy pays Tony Anthony, working on a WPA road project, to marry, then divorce her. When Nancy inadvertently drives off with Tony's dog, Tony seemingly kidnaps her to retrieve the pooch, which leads to a cross-country race between the two to reach Reno and the divorce court since neither one wants to be the second to file papers.
Tell No Tales
Act like Man talking to Officer Simmons (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5.3
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A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
A Double Life
Act like Joe (Landlady's Husband) (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.3
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A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.
Mary Jane's Pa
Act like Plainclothesman with Sheriff
event1935 star_border 6
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Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
M'Liss
Act like Doctor
event1936 star_border 5
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The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteacher.
The Great Man Votes
Act like 'Brad' Bradley
event1939 star_border 6.1
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In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
Let Us Live
Act like Man in Courtroom Corridor (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 6.8
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When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Thunder Afloat
Act like Fisherman (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5.9
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A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Bachelor Mother
Act like Store Watchman (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7.1
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Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
Beau Geste
Act like Legionnaire (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7
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When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.
Danger Flight
Act like Brown
event1939 star_border 3.7
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Crooks plot to steal a payroll being shipped by air.
While the Patient Slept
Act like 'Murph' Murphy - the Ballistics Expert (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 6.4
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A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
House of Dracula
Act like Brahms - Coroner (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 5.5
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A scientist working on cures for rare afflictions, such as a bone softening agent made from molds to allow him to correct the spinal deformity of his nurse, finds the physical causes of lycanthropy in wolf-man Larry Talbot and of vampirism in Count Dracula, but himself becomes afflicted with homicidal madness while exchanging blood with Dracula.
Hers to Hold
Act like Mr. Kitnacker
event1943 star_border 6.8
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Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the starry-eyed daughter of wealthy Judson and Dorothy Craig (Charles Winninger, Nella Walker). Developing a crush on much-older playboy Bill Morley (Joseph Cotton), Penelope stops at nothing to land the elusive Morley as her husband. Highlights include Durbin's renditions of "Begin the Beguine" and the "Seguidilla" from Carmen, and a captivating sequence that includes highlights from Durbin's earlier films, presented as home movies!
Sister Kenny
Act like Ticket Taker (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.5
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An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
Thundering Hoofs
Act like Stage Driver Hank
event1942 star_border 3.2
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Bill Underwood falls out with his father and chooses the life of a cowhand rather than take charge of his father's stage line.
It's a Wonderful Life
Act like Townsman (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 8.3
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A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinflint Mr. Potter from taking over the entire town is George's modest building and loan company. But on Christmas Eve the business's $8,000 is lost and George's troubles begin.
You Can't Take It with You
Act like Neighbor (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 7.5
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Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish mother strongly disapprove of the match. When the Kirbys are invited to dinner to become better acquainted with their future in-laws, things don't turn out the way Alice had hoped.
Laddie
Act like Tom Crispin
event1940 star_border 6
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Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.
The Saint Takes Over
Act like Customs Inspector
event1940 star_border 6.3
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The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. This film focuses on the character of Inspector Henry Farnack. When Farnack is framed by a gang he is investigating, it is up to The Saint to clear his name.
The Sea of Grass
Act like Homesteader (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.3
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On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
20 Mule Team
Act like Second Barfly Counting Bill's Money
event1940 star_border 6
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It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
White Bondage
Act like Man in Barber Shop
event1937 star_border 6
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A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
Adam's Rib
Act like Mr. Bonner - Adam's Father (uncredited)
event1949 star_border 7.1
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A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.
Kitty Foyle
Act like Nightclub Waiter #1 (uncredited)
event1940 star_border 6.5
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A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.
I Love You Again
Act like Watchman
event1940 star_border 7.2
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Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
They Knew What They Wanted
Act like The R.F.D.
event1940 star_border 5.5
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While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
The Captain's Kid
Act like Courtroom Spectator
event1936 star_border 6
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In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the town drunk.
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Act like Train Conductor (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 5
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A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among many others. Mark Stevens was dubbed by Buddy Clark, well known singer of the 30's and 40's
Raiders of San Joaquin
Act like Jim Blake (as Joseph Bernard)
event1943 star_border 6
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In this western, two cowboys ride to the rescue of ranchers who are fighting to keep a land-grabber from taking their land and selling it to the railroad
Apache Trail
Act like Tall Man (uncredited)
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.
A Lady Takes a Chance
Act like Gambler
event1943 star_border 5.7
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A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.
Sign of the Wolf
Act like Hank
event1941 star_border 6
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Two German shepherds and their mistress (Grace Bradley) crash-land in Canada by a fox breeder's (Michael Whalen) farm.
A Night at the Ritz
Act like Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 3
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A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
Obliging Young Lady
Act like Dining Car Headwaiter (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 5
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A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
Action in the North Atlantic
Act like Ed (uncredited)
event1943 star_border 7.1
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Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
Tom, Dick and Harry
Act like Judge in Dream (uncredited)
event1941 star_border 5.5
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Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman Tom, Chicago millionaire Dick and auto mechanic Harry. But Janie just can't seem to make up her mind between them. While fantasizing about her futures with each of the men, Janie spends her time desperately trying to juggle between them until she can make a decision.
Crazy House
Act like Car Owner / Swiss Bellringer
event1943 star_border 5
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Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
Murder in the Clouds
Act like Operator
event1934 star_border 4.7
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Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy hears about the assignment and sabotages it by murdering Bob's fellow flyers and making off with the liquid. While the government conducts a vast search for the formula, the spies entangle Judy in their web of deceit, causing Bob to set off on his own in an effort to save his sweetheart and retrieve the missing mixture.
The Truth About Youth
Act like Headwaiter (uncredited)
event1930 star_border 5.7
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A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.
Anchors Aweigh
Act like Old Doorman (uncredited)
event1945 star_border 6.8
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Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew.
She Had to Eat
Act like Railroad Man (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 5
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An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
Pat and Mike
Act like Gibby
event1952 star_border 6.3
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Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
Wild and Woolly
Act like Townsman (uncredited)
event1937
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Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) team up with character greats like Walter Brennan and Lon Chaney Jr. to help their hometown celebrate its golden anniversary. Not unexpectedly, things go astray when a bank robber hopes to cash in on the excitement, but fortunately his plans are thwarted by the towns newly elected sheriff (Brennan)...who's a reformed crook himself!
Reunion in France
Act like R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6.4
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Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
Lilies of the Field
Act like Mildred Hawker's Lawyer
event1930 star_border 3.5
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Mildred Harker loses custody of her child in a messy divorce settlement. Leaving her hometown in disgrace, Mildred heads to New York, where after a crash course in the school of hard knocks she joins the chorus of a Ziegfeld-like musical revue. Now a full-fledged gold-digger, she enjoys the favors of backstage johnnies and elderly sugar daddies, but finally finds true love in the form of Park Avenue socialite Ted Willing.
The Egg and I
Act like Asa Pettingrew (Uncredited)
event1947 star_border 7
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World War II veteran Bob MacDonald surprises his new wife, Betty, by quitting his city job and moving them to a dilapidated farm in the country. While Betty gamely struggles with managing the crumbling house and holding off nosy neighbors and a recalcitrant pig, Bob makes plans for crops and livestock. The couple's bliss is shaken by a visit from a beautiful farm owner, who seems to want more from Bob than just managing her property.
Moonlight in Vermont
Act like Lavery
event1943 star_border 6
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A poor country girl from Vermont travels to New York City to attend a theatrical school.
California
Act like Miner (uncredited)
event1947 star_border 6.5
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"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Johnny and Michael finally arrive, Lily is rich from her saloon and storekeeper (former slaver) Pharaoh Coffin is bleeding the miners dry. But worse troubles are ahead: California is inching toward statehood, and certain people want to make it their private empire.
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