
Birthday:
10-30-1912
Deathday:
12-13-1966 (54 years)
Birthplace:
Clarksville, Tennessee, USA
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Giant
Act like Judge Oliver Whiteside
event1956 star_border 7.6
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Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.
Dead Ringer
Act like Apartment Manager
event1964 star_border 6.9
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The working class twin sister of a callous wealthy woman impulsively murders her out of revenge and assumes the identity of the dead woman. But impersonating her dead twin is more complicated and risky than she anticipated.
An Affair to Remember
Act like Ned Hathaway
event1957 star_border 7.4
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A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Cimarron
Act like Lou Brothers (uncredited)
event1960 star_border 6.1
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The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
Lover Come Back
Act like Charlie
event1961 star_border 7
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Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
Billy Rose's Jumbo
Act like Ellis
event1962 star_border 5.6
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The daughter of a circus owner fights to save her father from a takeover spearheaded by the man she loves.
The Spirit of St. Louis
Act like O.W. Schultz, Salesman Atlas Suspender Co.
event1957 star_border 6.6
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Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York to Paris flight the first solo trans-Atlantic crossing.
No Name on the Bullet
Act like Sid
event1959 star_border 6.6
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When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
Something Wild
Act like Warren Gates
event1961 star_border 6.2
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A young rape victim tries desperately to pick up the pieces of her life, only to find herself at the mercy of a would-be rescuer.
Storm Warning
Act like Wally (uncredited)
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.
Tall Man Riding
Act like Bartender
event1955 star_border 5.6
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Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier and breaking up his relationship with Ordway's daughter, cowboy Larry Madden plans to oust Ordway from his ranch by having his claim to the land declared invalid. Ordway's daughter Corinna, believing Madden to be the cause of the family's recent misfortunes, is unaware that the local saloon owner also has designs upon the Ordway holdings.
The Big Land
Act like Dick McCullough
event1957 star_border 6.2
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Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranchers that their stock will bring $10 a head at auction. Instead, ruthless cattle baron Brog (Anthony Caruso) has scared off all competition and offers much less.
I Died a Thousand Times
Act like Crowd Member (uncredited)
event1955 star_border 6.1
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After aging criminal Roy Earle is released from prison he decides to pull one last heist before retiring — by robbing a resort hotel.
The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
Act like Sheriff Oscar Matthison
event1958 star_border 6.5
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Three Indians were brutally murdered by a gang of hooded outlaws. Each one possessed a silver medallion, which were sections cut off from a large silver plaque which served as a treasure map to a secret location where a large amount of gold is reputedly stashed. Two more medallions are unaccounted for, and the The Lone Ranger and his friend Tonto must use all their resources to intercept the gang, prevent further carnage and save the owners of the medallions.
Ada
Act like Al Winslow
event1961 star_border 6.4
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A popular but naive country singer is elected governor of a southern state and, once in office, decides to dismantle the corrupt political machine that got him elected. Director Daniel Mann's 1961 political drama stars Susan Hayward, Dean Martin, Wilfred Hyde-White, Martin Balsam, Ralph Meeker, Connie Sawyer, William Walker, Ray Teal, Larry Gates and Kathryn Card.
The Big Circus
Act like Jonathan T. Nelson (Banker)
event1959 star_border 6.5
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A circus owner tries to keep his financially troubled circus on the road, despite the efforts of a murderous saboteur who has decided that the show must not go on.
Seven Days in May
Act like Stewart Dillard (uncredited)
event1964 star_border 7.2
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A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
Outlaw's Son
Act like Blessingham
event1957 star_border 5.8
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A young boy grows to adulthood believing his father was the man responsible for a murder committed during a bank robbery.
She's Working Her Way Through College
Act like Man Exiting Hotel Elevator
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.
Summer and Smoke
Act like Dignitary-Bandleader (uncredited)
event1961 star_border 6.7
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In a small Mississippi town in 1916, an eccentric spinster battles her romantic yearnings for the randy boy next door.
The Texas Rangers
Act like Waco Bartender (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 5.7
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It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
The View from Pompey's Head
Act like Police Desk Sergeant
event1955 star_border 3.5
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Anson Page, a lawyer with Southern roots leaves New York, his wife and his kids for Georgia. His assignment is to investigate the case of Garvin Wales, a famous writer, now nearly blind and embittered, whose royalties have apparently never reached him. Back in his native South, Page finds himself immediately exposed to what he had fled : racial and class prejudices. But he also meets his former love, Dinah, now married to go-getter uncouth businessman Mickey Higgins. Will he find out whatever happened to 2,000 dollars in rights Wales did not cash? Will Dinah and Anson renew their love story?
A Star Is Born
Act like Harrison (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 7.1
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A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
Raintree County
Act like Party Guest (uncredited)
event1957 star_border 6.4
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In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
Days of Wine and Roses
Act like Landry (uncredited)
event1963 star_border 7.5
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An alcoholic falls in love with and gets married to a young woman, whom he systematically addicts to booze so they can share his "passion" together.
Don't Go Near the Water
Act like Rep. Arthur Smithfield
event1957 star_border 5.1
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Madison Avenue-trained Navy men handle public relations on a South Pacific island during World War II.
The Sniper
Act like Detective
event1952 star_border 6.6
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Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.
The Painted Hills
Act like Steve (uncredited)
event1951 star_border 4.1
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After years of prospecting, Jonathan finally strikes gold. He returns to town only to discover that his partner has since died and left Tommy fatherless. He decides to leave Shep with Tommy to cheer him up. Meanwhile, Jonathan's new partner isn't interested in sharing the gold, and lures Jonathan to his death.
Who's Got the Action?
Act like Judge Swinely
event1962 star_border 5.2
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A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.
The Boy from Oklahoma
Act like Harry
event1954 star_border 5.2
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A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.
The Jazz Singer
Act like Leon Ballinger
event1953 star_border 5.5
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A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.
Trouble Along the Way
Act like Mr. Wallace
event1953 star_border 5.9
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Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.
Baby, the Rain Must Fall
Act like Mr. Tillman
event1965 star_border 6.2
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Henry Thomas tries to overcome the horrors of his childhood and start a new life with his wife and kid. However, his abusive step-mother and his dependence on alcohol threaten to ruin his future.
Ricochet Romance
Act like Mr. Harvey
event1954 star_border 7
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Marjorie Main is the whole show in the Universal programmer Ricochet Romance. Playing the outspoken new cook at a rundown dude ranch, Marjorie forces everyone around her to pitch in and bring some life back into the place. She also sets her sights on old layabout Chill Wills, scheming to rope the critter into marriage. Veteran comedy director Charles W. Lamont moves the proceedings along with style, never missing an opportunity for a low-comedy slapstick turn. The most surprising aspect of Ricochet Romance is that it is not an entry in Marjorie Main's Ma and Pa Kettle series.
Room for One More
Act like Mr. Roberts
event1952 star_border 6.3
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Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her husband she takes in the orphan Jane, a problem child who already tried to kill herself once.
Million Dollar Mermaid
Act like Policeman
event1952 star_border 6.4
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After overcoming polio, Annette Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
The Wheeler Dealers
Act like J. R. Martin
event1963 star_border 6.2
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Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
Apache Rifles
Act like Owens
event1964 star_border 5.5
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A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizing the countryside.
The Killer That Stalked New York
Act like Charlie (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.
New Faces
Act like Mr. Clayborn (uncredited)
event1954 star_border 6.5
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New Faces was a musical revue with songs and comedy skits tied together by a quirky plot. It ran on Broadway for nearly a year in 1952 and was then made into a motion picture in 1954. It helped jump start the careers of several young performers including Paul Lynde, Alice Ghostley, Eartha Kitt, Carol Lawrence, performer/writer Mel Brooks (as Melvin Brooks), and lyricist Sheldon Harnick. The film was basically a reproduction of the stage revue with a thin plot added. The plot involved a producer and performer (Ronny Graham) in financial trouble and is trying to stave off an angry creditor long enough to open his show. A wealthy Texan offers to help out, on the condition that his daughter be in the show.
The High Cost of Loving
Act like Boylin, Executive
event1958 star_border 5.7
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Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.
Dennis the Menace
event1959 star_border 6.5
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This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family, Henry, Alice, and their only child Dennis, an energetic, trouble-prone, mischievous, but well-meaning boy, who often tangles with his peace-and-quiet-loving neighbor George Wilson, a retired salesman, or, later, with George's brother John, a writer. Dennis is basically a good, well-intentioned boy who always tries to help people, but who winds up making situations worse – often at Mr. Wilson's expense.
The Rifleman
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event1958 star_border 7
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The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico Territory. The show was filmed in black-and-white, half-hour episodes. "The Rifleman" aired on ABC from September 30, 1958 to April 8, 1963 as a production of Four Star Television. It was one of the first prime time series to have a widowed parent raise a child.
One Step Beyond
Act like C.C. Higgins (1 ep.)
event1959 star_border 5.6
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Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The original series ran for three seasons on ABC from January 1959 to July 1961.
Ensign O'Toole
Act like Leslie (1 ep.)
event1962 star_border 6.5
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Ensign O'Toole is a military comedy that aired on NBC from September 23, 1962, to May 5, 1963, with 31-year-old Dean Jones in the title role of a nonchalant United States Navy ensign during the early 1960s. Jones, born in 1931 in Alabama and a Navy veteran of the Korean War, played an officer aboard the fictional U.S. Navy destroyer USS Appleby, which roamed the Pacific Ocean.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Act like Franklin (1 ep.)
event1955 star_border 7.7
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A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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