
Birthday:
01-01-1892
Deathday:
10-29-1963 (71 years)
Birthplace:
Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA
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Tales of Frankenstein
Act like Doctor
event1958 star_border 7.2
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In this pilot for a series that was never picked up, Dr. Frankenstein has just finished rebuilding his creation, but the monster is unresponsive. He needs to try something different to make it work, perhaps some new parts. Enter a terminally ill sculptor and his assertive wife…
Angel Face
Act like Arthur Vance
event1953 star_border 7.1
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Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
All the King's Men
Act like Judge Monte Stanton
event1949 star_border 7
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A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for the wild ride are an earnest reporter, a heretofore classy society girl, and a too-clever-for-her-own-good political flack.
Over-Exposed
Act like Max West, Photographer
event1956 star_border 5.1
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This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money.
Slattery's Hurricane
Act like Adm. William F. Ollenby
event1949 star_border 5.4
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A pilot wants a life of ease, flying for drug smugglers and looking the other way until his conscience is tweaked by a woman he has misused. The story unfolds in flashbacks as the pilot battles the storm and recalls his failures, including a love affair with the wife of his best friend.
From the Terrace
Act like Fritz Thornton
event1960 star_border 6.7
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Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.
The Night the World Exploded
Act like Gov. Chaney
event1957 star_border 4.6
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With his assistant, Laura Hutchinson, Dr. David Conway develops a device to advance the fledgling science of earthquake prediction. After forecasting a large trembleor that will rock California within twenty-four hours, Conway cannot persuade the Governor to act. When the prediction proves true and further tests indicate that there are more quakes to come, Conway and Laura seek to perfect their device. Subsequent tests deep within Carlsbad Caverns discover an unknown element—E-112—that is responsible for the earthquakes and threatens to destroy the globe if it ever reaches the surface. The team determines that with only four weeks until Armageddon, the race is on to neutralize the killer element before it takes a devastating toll.
The Naked City
Act like City Editor (uncredited)
event1948 star_border 7.2
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After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
Pier 23
Act like Father Donovan
event1951 star_border 5.2
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Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and theatrical release. Each of the three films was evenly divided into two half-hour "episodes," and each starred Hugh Beaumont as San Francisco-based amateur sleuth Dennis O'Brien. In Pier 23, O'Brien first tackles the case of a wrestler who has died of a suspicious heart attack after refusing to lose a match. He then agrees to help a priest talk an escaped criminal into returning to prison.
The Story on Page One
Act like Judge Carey
event1959 star_border 5.1
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An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
When Gangland Strikes
Act like Luke Ellis
event1956
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In this crime drama, mobsters swear to get revenge upon a zealous public prosecutor as he tries to get them put into prison. The desperate mobsters try to stop him by using his innocent daughter in a blackmail scheme.
No Time to Be Young
Act like The Dean
event1957 star_border 6.1
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A melodrama about young adults growing up and facing the pressures of life.
Harriet Craig
Act like Henry Fenwick
event1950 star_border 7.5
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A perfectionist woman's devotion to her home drives away friends and family.
The Violent Men
Act like Dr. Henry Crowell (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 6.4
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A former Union Army officer plans to sell out to Anchor Ranch and move east with his fiancée, but the low price offered by Anchor's crippled owner and the outfit's bullying tactics make him reconsider. When one of his hands is murdered he decides to stay and fight, utilizing his war experience. Not all is well at Anchor with the owner's wife carrying on with his brother who also has a Mexican woman in town.
East Side, West Side
Act like Horace Elcott Howland
event1949 star_border 7
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A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing himself to be seduced by a former girlfriend.
The Bandits of Corsica
Act like Paoli
event1953 star_border 5.8
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Siamese twins separated at birth retain a psychic link; each feels the other's pain and happiness.
South Sea Woman
Act like Captain at Court-martial
event1953 star_border 5.4
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Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.
FBI Girl
Act like John Williams
event1951 star_border 5.9
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G-men grab a gangster and a governor thanks to a clerk in the fingerprints division.
The Last Posse
Act like Arthur Hagan
event1953 star_border 6
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A posse's pursuit of bank robbers ends with loot missing and a sheriff (Broderick Crawford) wounded.
Horizons West
Act like Eli Dodson
event1952 star_border 5.7
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Brothers Dan and Neil Hammond return to Texas after the Civil War. Ambitious Dan turns to rustling and then shady land deals to build an empire. Being held for a murder, he is rescued from a lynch mob by Neil, who is now the Marshal, but there is eventually a falling out between the brothers, good triumphing over evil.
She's Working Her Way Through College
Act like Dean Rogers
event1952 star_border 5.1
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Shapely burlesque dancer Hot Garters Gertie aka Angela Gardner meets her future drama professor. Her new landlady proves to be the professor's wife. Angela helps breath life into the annual school stage show...but someone has discovered her secret past.
David Harding, Counterspy
Act like Dr. George Vickers
event1950 star_border 5.7
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A Counterspy in the US military is killed under suspicious circumstances. His friend, Jerry Baldwin, a Navy Commander, is assigned to replace him and stop a saboteur in a torpedo factory.
Never Say Goodbye
Act like Dr. Andrews
event1956 star_border 6.6
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In present-day U.S., Dr. Michael Parker, a prominent surgeon, unexpectedly runs into his German-born wife whom he thought was dead. Victor, an artist and his "dead" wife's now boyfriend, berates Dr. Parker for "killing" her. The bulk of the story flashes back to Austria during World War II as we learn how Dr. Parker met and married his wife, and the one mistake that may have cost him his family.
Powder River
Act like Prudy
event1953 star_border 6.2
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Ex-marshal Chino Bull has hung up his guns until his prospecting partner is shot dead. Chino then takes over as the law in town, forming a friendship with gun-man Mitch Hardin and making enemies of the Logan brothers. When Hardin' girl from the east arrives, he makes her pretty unwelcome - as does his new flame, saloon owner Frenchie.
Three Sailors and a Girl
Act like B.P. Morrow - Bank President
event1953 star_border 6
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A group of sailors invest in a musical revue.
Paula
Act like Russell
event1952 star_border 6.5
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A woman, distraught because of her recent miscarriage, accidentally injures a child in a hit-and-run accident, but she keeps the incident a secret. Overcome with guilt and remorse, she seeks out the child in the hospital and attempts to help him regain his speech, even though, if successful, it might mean he will implicate her for the crime.
The Family Secret
Act like Henry Archer Sims
event1951 star_border 5.7
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When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Act like Judge Jennings
event1951 star_border 5
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Film based on the story of Al Jennings, a former train robber turned attorney.
For the Love of Mary
Act like Justice Williams
event1948 star_border 5.8
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Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.
On the Isle of Samoa
Act like Peter Appleton
event1950 star_border 7.5
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After committing a robbery, a man is inspired to confess by a lovely native girl he meets on a small island.
Spoilers of the Forest
Act like Clyde Walters
event1957
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Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with her stepfather (John Alderson). Coveting Joan's property, lumber baron Eric Warren (Ray Collins) sends out his foreman Boyd Caldwell (Rod Cameron) to persuade her to sell. Instead, Caldwell falls in love with the girl, vowing to protect her trees from the eco-unfriendly Warren. Republic's wide-screen Naturama process is shown to good advantage throughout Spoilers of the Forest.
The Studebaker Story
Act like Bob
event1953
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The history of the Studebaker family, their success at making wagons and the company's venture into automobiles.
Birdman of Alcatraz
Act like Judge (uncredited)
event1962 star_border 7.5
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After killing a prison guard, convict Robert Stroud faces life imprisonment in solitary confinement. Driven nearly mad by loneliness and despair, Stroud's life gains new meaning when he happens upon a helpless baby sparrow in the exercise yard and nurses it back to health. Despite having only a third grade education, Stroud goes on to become a renowned ornithologist and achieves a greater sense of freedom and purpose behind bars than most people find in the outside world.
A Millionaire for Christy
Act like Benjamin Chandler
event1951 star_border 6.4
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Christy Sloane is sent on a business trip to inform radio personality Peter Lockwood that his uncle has died and left him $2 million. Christy, who's in financial straits, decides to try to snag Peter. Zany hijinks ensue and romantic sparks fly.
Pinky
Act like Judge Shoreham
event1949 star_border 7.1
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Pinky, a light skinned black woman, returns to her grandmother's house in the South after graduating from a Northern nursing school. Pinky tells her grandmother that she has been "passing" for white while at school in the North. In addition, she has fallen in love with a young white doctor, who knows nothing about her black heritage.
Storm Warning
Act like Faulkner
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.
Deep Waters
event1948 star_border 6
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A state welfare agent persuades a Maine lobsterman to take a troubled orphan boy aboard.
The Vampire
Act like Autopsy Surgeon (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 6.2
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A small town doctor mistakenly ingests an experimental drug made from the blood of vampire bats which transforms the kindly medic into a bloodthirsty monster.
Three Violent People
Act like Carleton
event1956 star_border 6.1
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A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.
Deadline - U.S.A.
Act like Lawrence White (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 6.8
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With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.
The Secret of Convict Lake
Act like Tom Fancher (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.6
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After a group of convicts escapes from prison, they take refuge in the wilderness. While most of the crew are ruthless sociopaths, Jim Canfield is an innocent man who was jailed under false pretenses. When Canfield and his fellow fugitives reach an isolated farming settlement where the men are all away, it creates tension with the local women. Things get direr when rumors of hidden money arise, and Canfield discovers that the man who framed him is part of the community.
Living It Up
Act like Conductor
event1954 star_border 6.4
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Homer Flagg (Lewis) is a railroad worker in the small town of Desert Hole, New Mexico. One day he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris (Martin), diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live. A reporter for a New York newspaper, hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor, to provide an all-expenses paid trip to New York.
No Sad Songs for Me
Act like Mr. Caswell
event1950 star_border 6.2
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Mary Scott learns she only has ten months to live before dying of an incurable disease. She manages to keep the news from her husband, Brad and daughter, Polly. She tries to make every moment of her life count, but her effort is weakened by the discovery that Brad is interested in his assistant, Chris Radner. But when she learns that Brad does indeed love her and not Chris, and that Chris is leaving town, she realizes what she must do to ensure the future happiness of Brad and Polly. She persuades Chris to stay, makes a genuine friend of her and watches Polly grow towards Chris.
Violent Saturday
Act like Mr. Fairchild
event1955 star_border 6.7
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Three men case a small town very carefully, with plans to rob the bank on the upcoming Saturday, which turns violent and deadly.
You Can't Run Away from It
Act like Minister
event1956 star_border 4.3
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A reporter stumbles on a runaway heiress whose story could salvage his career.
A Kiss in the Dark
Act like Martin Soames
event1949 star_border 4.7
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Eric Phillips's manager buys him a building with tenants, one of whom catches his eye.
Headline Hunters
Act like Paul Strout
event1955 star_border 4
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A rookie reporter in pursuit of an expose gets tangled up with big-time mobsters.
Wild in the Country
Act like Dr. Underwood
event1961 star_border 6.4
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A troubled young man discovers that he has a knack for writing when a counselor encourages him to pursue a literary career.
The Buccaneer
Act like Junior State Senator
event1958 star_border 6.4
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During the War of 1812 against Britain: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city. In this situation an island near the city becomes strategically important to both parties, but it's inhabited by the last big buccaneer: Jean Lafitte. Although Lafitte never attacks American ships, the governor hates him for selling merchandise without taxes - and is loved by the citizens for the same reason. When the big fight gets nearer, Lafitte is drawn between the fronts. His heart belongs to America, but his people urge him to join the party that's more likely to win.
December Bride
(3 ep.)
event1954 star_border 5.5
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December Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959, adapted from the original CBS radio network series that aired from June 1952 through September 1953.
Dragnet
(1 ep.)
event1951 star_border 6.4
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Follows the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show takes its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinated measures for apprehending criminals or suspects.
Lassie
(1 ep.)
event1954 star_border 6.1
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Lassie is the pet of Jeff Miller, an 11-year-old farm boy. The two become best friends and enjoy family adventures in the American countryside, teaching each other about love, nature and commitment.
Adventures of Superman
Act like Dr. Anderson (1 ep.)
event1952 star_border 6.7
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Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!"
Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"
Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
Crossroads
Act like Gibson Collier (1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 5
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An anthology series based on the activities of clergymen from different denominations.
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