Birthday:
06-22-1889
Deathday:
06-21-1957 (67 years)
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York, USA
Biography
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Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer (making several recordings in 1907) in vaudeville and went on to be an actor on Broadway, where he appeared in Room Service.
He appeared in nearly 140 films between 1914 and 1955. His year of birth is given variously as 1889 or 1893 in the standard reference books, but the latter seems to be the correct one as his New York Times obituary records his age as 63.
MacBride was best known for his portrayal of detectives in crime films. One such role was as Sgt. Roberts in the 1941 comedy Topper Returns, starring Roland Young. He also did several slapstick roles in films with comedians such as the Marx Brothers.
He had the role of Milton J. Clyde on the television version of My Friend Irma.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. Survivors included his wife and a stepson.
Donald Hugh MacBride (June 23, 1893 – June 21, 1957) was an American character actor on stage, in films, and on television who launched his career as a teenage singer (making several recordings in 1907) in vaudeville and went on to be an actor on Broadway, where he appeared in Room Service.
He appeared in nearly 140 films between 1914 and 1955. His year of birth is given variously as 1889 or 1893 in the standard reference books, but the latter seems to be the correct one as his New York Times obituary records his age as 63.
MacBride was best known for his portrayal of detectives in crime films. One such role was as Sgt. Roberts in the 1941 comedy Topper Returns, starring Roland Young. He also did several slapstick roles in films with comedians such as the Marx Brothers.
He had the role of Milton J. Clyde on the television version of My Friend Irma.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California. Survivors included his wife and a stepson.
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The Seven Year Itch
Act like M. Brady
event1955 star_border 7.1
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With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!
Blondie Takes a Vacation
Act like Harvey Morton
event1939 star_border 6.2
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Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.
Love Crazy
Act like 'Pinky' Grayson
event1941 star_border 7.1
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Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.
My Sister Eileen
Act like Officer Lonigan
event1942 star_border 6.7
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Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen hopes to succeed on the stage. The two end up living in a dismal basement apartment in Greenwich Village, where a parade of odd characters are constantly breezing in and out. The women also meet up with magazine editor Bob Baker, who takes a personal interest in helping both with their career plans.
That Goes Double
Act like The Cop (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6
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Complications ensue when a singer discovers he has a double in this musical short film.
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
Act like Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine
event1939 star_border 6.6
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Charlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a world of magick and mysticism peopled with a stage magician, a phoney spiritualist, and a for-real mind reader.
Buck Privates Come Home
Act like Police captain
event1947 star_border 6.3
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Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
High Sierra
Act like Big Mac
event1941 star_border 7
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Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
The Invisible Woman
Act like Foghorn
event1940 star_border 5.7
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Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that will make her invisible so that she can use her invisibility to exact revenge on her ex-boss.
Peaceful Relations
Act like Irate Camper
event1936
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An Educational Pictures comedy starring the husband and wife team of Tim and Irene Ryan.
Little Giant
Act like The conductor
event1946 star_border 5.3
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Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like "The Time of Their Lives," in that Abbott and Costello don't have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot.
The Thin Man Goes Home
Act like Police Chief MacGregor
event1944 star_border 7.1
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On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
The Killers
Act like R.S. Kenyon
event1946 star_border 7.3
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Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
The Story of Seabiscuit
Act like George Carson
event1949 star_border 5.8
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Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel
Blonde Alibi
Act like Inspector Carmichael
event1946 star_border 3.9
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Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a checkered past.
Room Service
Act like Gregory Wagner
event1938 star_border 6.5
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Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.
Murder Over New York
Act like Insp. Vance
event1940 star_border 6.1
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When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
The Saint's Double Trouble
Act like Inspector John H. Bohlen
event1940 star_border 5.6
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Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Act like Inspector Williams
event1941 star_border 6.9
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Boxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on the job, snatched Joe's spirit prematurely from his body. Before the matter can be rectified, Joe's body is cremated; so the celestial Mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy Bruce Farnsworth, who's just been murdered by his wife. Joe tries to remake Farnsworth's unworthy life in his own clean-cut image, but then falls in love; and what about that murderous wife?
The Glass Key
Act like Farr
event1942 star_border 6.6
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A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Act like Hotel Manager
event1939 star_border 7
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In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Act like Dist. Atty. John, Markham
event1939 star_border 5.5
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The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
The Stooge
Act like Diner Proprietor (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 6.6
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Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.
The Chemist
event1936 star_border 6
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Buster plays Elmer "Happy" Triple, a scientist who is expected to develop the next big thing. That big thing ends up to be a powder when combined with water, produces major blasts that make no sound, which catches the eyes of three robbers who want Elmer's secret powder.
Jinx Money
Act like Police Capt. James Q. Broaderik
event1948 star_border 4.7
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A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.
The Brute Man
Act like Police Captain M. J. Donelly
event1946 star_border 4.5
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A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.
The Doughgirls
Act like The Judge
event1944 star_border 7
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Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.
Juke Girl
Act like 'Muckeye' John
event1942 star_border 6.5
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During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules by monopoly, dirty contracts and violence. Steve helps organize against the buyer, leading to further escalation ending in a lynch mob.
The Daring of Diana
Act like Jimmy Towne
event1916
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To assuage his grief over the death of his wife during childbirth, newspaper publisher John Briscoe resettles in Paris. Twenty-five years pass, during which time Briscoe's estranged son Jason has taken charge of his dad's newspaper. When Jason refuses to support crooked politician Stange in an upcoming election, he receives a cablegram from Briscoe Sr., who overrides his son's decision.
Twelve Crowded Hours
Act like Detective Sergeant Joe Keller
event1939 star_border 5.2
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An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Sailor Beware
Act like Chief Bos'n Mate (uncredited)
event1952 star_border 6.2
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Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy.
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
Act like Chief Peter Painter
event1940 star_border 6.5
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Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
Jane's Bashful Hero
Act like Willie
event1916 star_border 8
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Husbandless Jane has her eye set on Willie but he is too bashful to take the initiative. To make him jealous, she creates a scarecrowl who happens to resemble the notorious bank robber Banker Bill. The constable, sure she is harboring the fugitive, is out to make an arrest.
Doll Face
Act like Lawyer Ferguson
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.
Meet Danny Wilson
Act like Sergeant Kelly
event1952 star_border 4
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A lounge singer sees his career skyrocket after he signs a contract for a mobster nightclub owner.
Footlight Fever
Act like Jeff Crandall
event1941 star_border 6
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Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles in "Curtain Call" as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.
Curtain Call
Act like Jeff Crandall
event1940 star_border 7.3
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Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
Girl on the Spot
Act like Inspector Gleason
event1946
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Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot", with a result that either G&S and/or the plot are always seemingly on stage-wait or in the wings awaiting a cue. Lois Collier is the girl-on-the-spot of the title because she was on the scene of a murder. The police conclude she didn't do it and they use her to set a trap for the real killer, a G&S addict, by financing a Broadway production starring Collier.
A Stranger in Town
Act like Vinnie Zephyr Blaxton
event1943 star_border 6.5
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In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.
Bowery Battalion
Act like Herbert Frisbie
event1951 star_border 8
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Slip, Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.
The Acid Test
event1932
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George Shelton asks Tom Howard to help him impress his girl as a he-man. Howard is to insult him, and then Shelton comes up and punches out Howard. The gag works, so Howard tries to use the same gag, recruiting Donald MacBride as his foil.
Here Comes Flossie!
Act like Flossie's Driver
event1933
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A clumsy handyman mixes up a mail-order bride and a prize cow, both named "Flossie," with humorous results.
Gall and Golf
event1917 star_border 4.8
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Golf, we discover in this early Semon short, is a game that is played by striking a croquet ball with a hockey stick and seeing how many times it can hit Larry Semon.
The Wrong, Wrong Trail
Act like I. Peek - Head Detective
event1934
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A freshly minted private eye is sent to a sanitarium as a gag.
Topper Returns
Act like Sgt. Roberts
event1941 star_border 6.4
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Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington, the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.
The Girl and the Gambler
Act like Mike Bascom
event1939 star_border 4
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An outlaw kidnaps a dancer and her lover in order to win a bet.
The Flying Irishman
Act like Roy Thompson
event1939 star_border 4.6
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This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
Who's Crazy
event1937
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Harry (Harry Gribbon) and Beulah are married when the story begins. However, Harry has plenty of evidence that Beulah might be cheating on him...but he's VERY slow to notice the signs. However, when Harry tries to catch his wife in the act with another man, police catch him climbing the fire escape and assume he's some kissing bandit. This leads to a visit with the police psychologist.
His Woman
Act like Crewman
event1931 star_border 3.5
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Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on board his ship. En route to New York, ships mate Gatson sexually attacks her. The Captain knocks Gatson overboard in an ensuing scuffle. A romance developing between the Captain and Miss Clark is put to the test in New York after an assault investigation uncovers the girl's questionable past.
The Girl from Mexico
Act like L. B. Renner
event1939 star_border 4.2
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Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
Good News
Act like Coach Johnson
event1947 star_border 6.2
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At fictitious Tait University in the Roaring '20s, co-ed and school librarian Connie Lane falls for football hero Tommy Marlowe. Unfortunately, he has his eye on gold-digging vamp Pat McClellan. Tommy's grades start to slip, which keeps him from playing in the big game. Connie eventually finds out Tommy really loves her and devises a plan to win him back and to get him back on the field.
The Great Man Votes
Act like Iron Hat McCarthy
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.
Annabel Takes a Tour
Act like Thompson, RR Conductor
event1938 star_border 5
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Annabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a rival gets engaged to a Marquis; so she makes studio head Webb re-hire disgraced publicity agent Morgan for her personal appearance tour. The trip proceeds with a flurry of Morgan's crazy, slapstick publicity stunts. Then Annabel has her chance to "bag" a real Viscount.
Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Act like Percy Fitzbadden
event1942 star_border 4.4
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Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb.
Beat the Band
Act like P. Aloysius Duff
event1947 star_border 4
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Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.
Aces Wild
Act like Mr. Dawson (uncredited)
event1933
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Tom Howard gets into a poker game on the train with some guys who make up their own rules.
By Might of His Right
Act like The Wife's Big Brother
event1915 star_border 5
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By Might of His Right premiered in December 1915. The comedy shows what happens when a boorish houseguest overstays his welcome. Henry’s brother-in-law takes to stealing his chair and cigarettes but the last straw comes when, in a display of boxing prowess, he knocks his host out cold.
Out of This World
Act like J.C. Crawford
event1945 star_border 7.3
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An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.
The Amazing Mr. Williams
Act like Lieutenant Bixler
event1939 star_border 5.8
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Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Act like Dennis Kavanaugh
event1945 star_border 5.7
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When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
Northwest Passage
Act like Sergeant McNott
event1940 star_border 6.3
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Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
Hold That Blonde!
Act like Mr. Kratz
event1945 star_border 6.4
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Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged upon helping some crooks steal a valuable necklace. Complications include two scantily attired individuals, one of them drunk, clinging to the cornice of a skyscraper and a large band of crooks in quest of the precious jewels.
Best Foot Forward
Act like Capt. Bradd
event1943 star_border 6
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Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
Gobs and Gals
Act like Cmdr. J.E. Gerrens
event1952
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Two sailors (Robert Hutton) mail love letters from a remote weather station, enclosing photos of their chief (Cathy Downs).
Newlyweds' House Guest
Act like Bob's Boss
event1952
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Newlyweds Bob and Suzi have landlord troubles when Suzi's mother arrives on a visit and brings her dog and dogs are forbidden in their apartment house and they face eviction. Mother leaves and all is well. Bob's boss (Donald MacBride) tells Bob he will promote him to sales manager if Bob takes care of his unruly police dog while he is out of town. Nothing ventured, nothing gained thinks Bob until the irate landlord shows up again. But Bob's boss takes care of that problem by buying the property and saying Bob and Suzi can keep all the dogs they want.
His Pest Girl
Act like Elevator operator
event1937
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Tim Ryan teams with his wife, Irene, playing a salesman who runs into a saleswoman with an identical sales case.
Northward, Ho!
Act like Himself
event1940 star_border 5
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Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest Passage filmed on location in Idaho.
A Safe Investment
event1915 star_border 5
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A husband scolds his wife for not being able to manage her finances better. Unbeknown to her, he's getting rich from a crooked stock scam he's started, and is making so much money that he brings it home by the basketful. Unbeknown to him, his wife, determined to prove that she's more capable than he thinks she is, takes the money and decides to invest it--in a new stock opportunity she's heard about.
Ghost Buster
Act like JR Lynch
event1952 star_border 6
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Gil Lamb, window washer at the "Daily Record" has aspirations of becoming a reporter and marrying Carol Hughes, the city editor's secretary. When he hears of the disappearance of a town millionaire's nephew, he sets out, disguised as a nurse, for the millionaire's mansion to solve the case
Wyoming
Act like Bart - Henchman
event1940 star_border 5.9
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With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
They Got Me Covered
Act like Mason
event1943 star_border 5.9
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Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.
The Dark Horse
Act like John Rooney
event1946
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Story of a war veteran, who is persuaded by a machine politico to run for alderman. He finds that disreputable politicians are using his war record to push through some shady legislation, so he renounces these hacks.
Cuban Fireball
Act like Captain Brown
event1951 star_border 4.5
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Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los Angeles to claim a multimillion-dollar inheritance. To fend off fortune hunters, she disguises herself as a meek little old lady.
Texas Carnival
Act like Concessionaire #2
event1951 star_border 4.4
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A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.
Wayward
Act like Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 6
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Story of a mother's antagonism to her son's wife. Based on the novel "Wild Beauty" by Mateel Howe Farnham.
My Favorite Wife
Act like Hotel Clerk
event1940 star_border 6.9
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Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock when he learns that Ellen spent her time alone on an island with another man.
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Act like Sgt. Valentine
event1942 star_border 2
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The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy), who split up over a disagreement and join the army, Tim to escape Vince's wrath and Vince to get his lunch-hooks on Tim. Both of our heroes run afoul of Army discipline and protocol in general, and tough top sergeant Valentine (Donald MacBride).
Artistic Temper
event1932 star_border 5
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Ruth Etting shows how she make a perfect three minute egg by singing a song with a length of exactly three minutes.
You're in the Army Now
Act like Colonel Dobson
event1941 star_border 3.6
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Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
The Misleading Lady
Act like Bill - Asylum Guard
event1932
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A scheming socialite meets her match in the out-of-touch wildlife explorer she ventures to ensnare.
Buzzin' Around
Act like Policeman
event1933 star_border 6
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Fatty invents a liquid with flubber-like properties which makes objects resilient and unbreakable. Unfortunately, in his rush to get out of the house to demonstrate his invention, he unknowingly grabs a jar of moonshine instead of the jar which holds his wonder liquid. To make matters worse, as he drives to the demonstration, a football-sized beehive falls from a tree onto the cargo bed of his truck . . .
Campus Sleuth
Act like Insp. Watson
event1948
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A photographer is choked to death just outside of where a college dance is being held. The body is discovered by Lee Watson, but promptly disappears, as it is being whisked from one point to another on the campus by a night watchman, who is an ex-convict.
Howd' Ya Like That?
Act like Customs Officer
event1934
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Two sailors come ashore in New York with enough liquor--which was illegal at the time, due to Prohibition--to have a good time. They wind up getting involved with an actress in vaudeville and her very jealous boyfriend. Not only that, but a Customs Officer who found out they smuggled booze ashore is closing in on them.
My Mummy's Arms
Act like Egyptian (uncredited)
event1934
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Two Americans attempt to make time with the daughter of the British financier of an archaeological expedition to Egypt.
Smoked Hams
Act like Stagehand (uncredited)
event1934
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A vaudeville team convinces an agent to book their new act, which uses a Civil War theme.
His First Flame
Act like Fire Chief (as Don McBride)
event1935
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After fire chief, Fire-Eating Sam's girlfriend is married to Smoky Moe, and his house is burned down during a wedding ceremony, he gets revenge on Moe and plays a humiliating joke on him.
A Peach of a Pair
Act like The Baron - Dinner Guest (uncredited)
event1934
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Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.
So You Won't T-T-T-Talk
Act like Angry Neighbor (uncredited)
event1934 star_border 3.5
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A hen-pecked husband takes his shrewish wife, and her obnoxious little brother, on a weekend camping trip. Along for the ride are the boorish downstairs neighbors (Shemp Howard and Ruth Gillette). A pleasant getaway turns into a nightmare thanks to the antics of Junior, an uncooperative tent, a lazy and oblivious Henry, and a skunk.
Serves You Right
Act like Muscle Bound Pete (as Don MacBride)
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.
Lady Bodyguard
Act like R.L Barclay
event1943 star_border 4
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A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister fires his secretary, Miss Tracy, just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check "girl" known as Mother Hodges; Avery Jamieson, a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don't let Terry make any test flights.
Rhubarb
Act like Pheeny
event1951 star_border 5.5
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Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
Holiday Rhythm
Act like Earl E. Byrd
event1950
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A young executive is trying to convince an airline to sponsor a travel show on television, but he's not getting anywhere. When he tells his fiancé that he may have to postpone their honeymoon, she goes off on him, and as he backs away from her he hits his head on a fire extinguisher and knocks himself out. While unconscious he dreams his own version of the show he's trying so hard to sell.
You'll Never Get Rich
Act like Top Sergeant
event1941 star_border 6.6
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A Broadway choreographer gets drafted and coincidentally ends up in the same army base as the boyfriend of his object of affection.
She Gets Her Man
Act like Henry Wright
event1945 star_border 3.7
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The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
The Egg and I
Act like Mr. Henty
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.
Rise and Shine
Act like Coach Graham
event1941 star_border 6
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The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game
Two Tickets to Broadway
Act like Policeman
event1951 star_border 4.3
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A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.
Penthouse Rhythm
Act like Brewster
event1945
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Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline
A Night to Remember
Act like Bolling
event1942 star_border 6.5
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A woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the perfect atmosphere for her mystery writer husband to create his next book. They soon find themselves in the middle of a real-life mystery when a corpse turns up in their apartment.
The Time of Their Lives
Act like Lt. Mason
event1946 star_border 7
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Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
Nut Guilty
Act like Dan Riley (uncredited)
event1936
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In this short film, Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen preside over the courtroom for a day, dispensing their own comic brand of justice.
Joe Palooka in the Knockout
Act like Crockett
event1947 star_border 6
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The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.
Louisiana Purchase
Act like Capt. Pierre Whitfield
event1941 star_border 6.6
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A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Animal Crackers
Act like House Party Guest (uncredited)
event1930 star_border 6.9
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The well-known explorer and hunter Captain Spaulding has just returned from Africa, and is being welcomed home with a lavish party at the estate of influential society matron Mrs. Rittenhouse when a valuable painting goes missing. The intrepid Captain Spaulding attempts to solve the crime with the help of his silly secretary Horatio Jamison, while sparring with the anarchic Signor Emanuel Ravelli and his nutty sidekick The Professor.
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey
Act like Mayor
event1950 star_border 4
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Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennyworth and by considerably-less-helpful manager, Knobby Walsh.
The Fabulous Joe
Act like Lawyer Gilbert
event1947 star_border 5.8
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Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two "mystery gardenias" at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore's boyfriend, Louie. But Milo's troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It's a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can't talk!
The Capitol
Act like Jimmy Vincent (as Donald Hugh McBride)
event1919
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Margaret Kennard takes her baby daughter Agnes and leaves her husband Eustace for James Carroll. Upon discovering that James is a thief, she leaves him, joins the Salvation Army, and places Agnes in a convent. Twenty years pass. Agnes marries young Congressman Blake. James is now a lobbyist trying to prevent Blake from passing an anti-profiteering bill. Attempting to help her husband, Agnes sets out to prove that James is a scoundrel.
The Dark Corner
Act like Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
event1946 star_border 6.6
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Ex-con turned private investigator Bradford Galt suspects someone is following him and maybe even trying to kill him. With the assistance of his spunky secretary, Kathleen Stewart, he dives deep into a mystery in search of answers.
Smart Politics
Act like Phineas Wharton, Sr. / Phineas Wharton, Jr.
event1948 star_border 6
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The growth of juvenile crime in a small town starts a movement for the building of a youth center.
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