Spec O'Donnell

Spec O'Donnell

1911-04-09 Fresno, California, USA 107 Credits

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Laurel & Hardy: Year One

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

2023

10.0
Acting

Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and Blackhawk Films®, offers fans new and old the rar...

Convoy

Convoy

1978

as 18 Wheel Eddie

6.3
Acting

Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But connivin...

Ride the High Country

Ride the High Country

1962

as Pianist (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old f...

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

Has Anybody Seen My Gal?

1952

as Candy Seller (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.

Pat and Mike

Pat and Mike

1952

as Hicks' Caddy (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets fluste...

Strangers on a Train

Strangers on a Train

1951

as Carnival Patron (uncredited)

7.7
Acting

Having met on a train, a smooth-talking psychotic socialite shares his theory on how two complete strangers can get away with murder to an amateur ten...

Double Exposure

Double Exposure

1944

as Messenger

5.5
Acting

In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is mistaken for evidence of a murder and she must try to pr...

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1944

as Son of Townsman (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell party for the troops to find that she married some...

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

as Young Man in Line (uncredited)

7.6
Acting

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married;...

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1944

as Theatre Usher (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set of costly flops. Outside his theater one night, Fly...

Crazy House

Crazy House

1943

as Bellhop

5.0
Acting

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 eva...

Hers to Hold

Hers to Hold

1943

as William Morley

6.9
Acting

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 s...

All by Myself

All by Myself

1943

as Messenger

Acting

Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jea...

It Ain't Hay

It Ain't Hay

1943

as Newsboy (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find...

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man

1943

as Villager in Tavern (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so tr...

Stand by for Action

Stand by for Action

1942

as Jason (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yach...

The Glass Key

The Glass Key

1942

as Campaign Headquarters Usher (uncredited)

6.6
Acting

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help during a re-election campaign.

The Male Animal

The Male Animal

1942

as Gagged Student (uncredited)

4.1
Acting

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threaten...

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1941

as Elevator Operator

6.3
Acting

A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.

Love Crazy

Love Crazy

1941

as Anniversary Singer (uncredited)

7.1
Acting

Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorce and insanity.

Second Chorus

Second Chorus

1941

as Disappointed Fan at Stage Door (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men are still attending college by failing their exam...

Freshman Year

Freshman Year

1938

as Rogers

Acting

A budding entrepreneur nearly loses everything after his get-rich quick scheme selling "flunk" insurance to his fellow students goes terribly awry.

Penrod's Double Trouble

Penrod's Double Trouble

1938

as Carnival Patron (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical child.

Held For Ransom

Held For Ransom

1938

as Delivery Boy

4.7
Acting

A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.

Accidents Will Happen

Accidents Will Happen

1938

as "Specs" Carter

6.0
Acting

A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife.

Walking Down Broadway

Walking Down Broadway

1938

as Messenger

5.7
Acting

Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many differ...

The Daredevil Drivers

The Daredevil Drivers

1938

as Bellboy (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.

Blondes at Work

Blondes at Work

1938

as First Newsboy (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in...

You're Only Young Once

You're Only Young Once

1937

as Drowsy (uncredited)

5.8
Acting

Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.

Night Club Scandal

Night Club Scandal

1937

as Copy Boy

4.0
Acting

When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island

1937

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)

4.9
Acting

A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.

Love Is on the Air

Love Is on the Air

1937

as Pinky

5.0
Acting

A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.

Varsity Show

Varsity Show

1937

as Student

6.2
Acting

Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadw...

Exclusive

Exclusive

1937

as Phone Boy

6.0
Acting

When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government C...

Public Wedding

Public Wedding

1937

as Elevator Operator

5.7
Acting

The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fake 'public wedding' in the mouth of their unprofita...

Angel's Holiday

Angel's Holiday

1937

as Newsboy

5.5
Acting

Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline K...

Melody for Two

Melody for Two

1937

as Page

Acting

A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.

College Holiday

College Holiday

1936

as Lafayette

5.2
Acting

College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.

King of Hockey

King of Hockey

1936

as Clapping Fan

5.0
Acting

Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.

Earthworm Tractors

Earthworm Tractors

1936

as Telegram Boy

5.0
Acting

A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.

Man Hunt

Man Hunt

1936

as George (uncredited)

Acting

A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.

Freshman Love

Freshman Love

1936

as Eddie

6.0
Acting

A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.

Stars Over Broadway

Stars Over Broadway

1935

as Boy Hanging Sign - 'At Your Service, Madame' Number

5.2
Acting

An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.

Kentucky Blue Streak

Kentucky Blue Streak

1935

as O'Donnell - Bellhop

4.0
Acting

A nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his sentence. Now, Coughlin can ride his family's pride and jo...

Circumstantial Evidence

Circumstantial Evidence

1935

as Sydney (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then taking the rap for it. However, the "fake" murder...

The Good Fairy

The Good Fairy

1935

as Kid in Movie Theater (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, determined to succeed in her first job by doing goo...

The Dancing Millionaire

1934

as Newspaper Boy

Acting

The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

1934

as Office Boy

6.0
Acting

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten dow...

One Night of Love

One Night of Love

1934

as Call Boy

5.5
Acting

Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro, Guilio Monterverdi. After spending endless working...

David Harum

David Harum

1934

as Tim (uncredited)

7.0
Acting

Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom he has traded horse flesh. Taylor is a bank teller...

Hold Your Temper

Hold Your Temper

1933

Acting

The day starts out fine for Leon, but as it goes on, things start to deteriorate.

Mickey's Touchdown

Mickey's Touchdown

1933

as Referee

Acting

Mickey and the gang get ready for a big game of football. But Stinky Davis has a few tricks up his sleeve to stop the gang from winning. Special guest...

His Weak Moment

1933

Acting

A comedy short.

Baby Face

Baby Face

1933

as Office Boy (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her hap...

Lilly Turner

Lilly Turner

1933

as Delivery Boy (uncredited)

5.6
Acting

One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engine...

Parole Girl

Parole Girl

1933

as Magazine Subscription Salesman (uncredited)

5.9
Acting

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.

The Secrets of Wu Sin

The Secrets of Wu Sin

1932

as Copy Boy

6.0
Acting

A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.

The Death Kiss

The Death Kiss

1932

as Pete

5.1
Acting

When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to surface. As the studio heads worry about negative ...

The Big Broadcast

The Big Broadcast

1932

as Office Boy

7.1
Acting

The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.

Exposure

Exposure

1932

as Inky

2.0
Acting

A reporter runs into a pretty young girl who has inherited her father's failing business. She wants to give it up, but he tries to convince her to mak...

Hello Trouble

Hello Trouble

1932

as Joey - Cowhand

6.0
Acting

After killing a friend in a gunfight, Jeff Douglas quits the Texas Rangers. He arrives at the Kenyon ranch just as Jonathan Kenyon apparently commits ...

Young America

Young America

1932

as Bull Butler (Uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do about them. One of the cases involves 13 year old Arth...

The Knockout

The Knockout

1932

as Ringside Spectator (uncredited)

4.5
Acting

When Mickey accidentally knocks out a local boxing champ, he is forced to take the fighter's place in a bout.

Who's Who in the Zoo

Who's Who in the Zoo

1931

as Herbie - Son

Acting

Billy takes a trip to the the zoo with his wife and two sons. He is proud to show his knowledge about wild animals to his older son, who is preparing ...

The Mystery Train

The Mystery Train

1931

as Caddy

4.4
Acting

A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.

Sweepstakes

Sweepstakes

1931

as Jockey

4.5
Acting

A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.

Blondes Prefer Bonds

1931

Acting

Louise Fazdenda decides to get a make-over to rekindle the romance in her marriage. Somehow the rejuvenation process takes them back to the time of th...

The Itching Hour

1931

as The Concentrated Spinach Baby

Acting

Comedy spoof of THE CAT AND THE CANARY. A female athlete and her entourage take refuge on a stormy night in a strange hotel that seems to be haunted.

Blood and Thunder

Blood and Thunder

1931

as Rudy (uncredited)

3.0
Acting

Mickey overhears the gang rehearsing a play and thinks it's real.

Traffic Tangle

1930

as Gregory

Acting

A drive in a new car with the family turns into a fiasco.

Boarding House Blues

Boarding House Blues

1930

Acting

A boarding house maid is treated mean, until inheriting oil gives her a new gleam.

Two Plus Fours

Two Plus Fours

1930

as Spec

4.5
Acting

This short subject was done by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm boys shortly after they finished The King of Jazz where lead singer Bing Crosby made his motion ...

Rich Uncles

1930

Acting

When the rich uncle finds the bride in the company of one of her former suitors, he mistakes him for the bridegroom.

Show Girl in Hollywood

Show Girl in Hollywood

1930

as Office Boy

5.8
Acting

Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

The Grand Parade

The Grand Parade

1930

as Call Boy

Acting

No one suffered more magnificently in the early-talkie era than the inimitable Helen Twelvetrees. In Grand Parade, the actress is cast as Molly, the s...

Dance Hall

Dance Hall

1929

as Newspaper Vendor

3.8
Acting

A dance trophy winning young couple is temporarily split up when a playboy aviator leads the girl to believe he's in love with her.

The Sophomore

The Sophomore

1929

as Joe's Nephew

4.5
Acting

Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nost...

Movie Night

Movie Night

1929

as Mrs. Chase's Brother

6.0
Acting

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...

A Pair of Tights

A Pair of Tights

1929

as The Kid

7.6
Acting

Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilat...

Show Girl

Show Girl

1928

as Radio delivery boy (uncredited)

Acting

An aspiring dancer fakes her own kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Her new found fame causes trouble with her boyfriend.

Danger Street

Danger Street

1928

as Sammy

Acting

Rolly Sigsby, a society clubman bitterly weary of life, wanders into the middle of a gunfight between the organized gangs on the lower East side in th...

Hot News

Hot News

1928

as Spec

Acting

Aspiring newsreel camera girl Pat Clancy, is hired by her father, a publisher, to work on The Sun and causes Scoop Morgan, the paper's best cameraman,...

Vamping Venus

Vamping Venus

1928

as Western Union Boy / Mercury

Acting

A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician is vaulted into ancient Greece after receiving a bump on the head. This film is lost.

Dumb Daddies

Dumb Daddies

1928

as The Son

Acting

Max mistakes his son's acting for reality. When the play calls for the son to commit a murder (on a mannequin), Max winds up trying to hide the body f...

Pass the Gravy

Pass the Gravy

1928

as Ignatz

6.4
Acting

Schultz raises prize chickens and roosters that are always getting into neighbor Max Davidson's garden and eating the seeds, leading to constant feudi...

Fighting Fathers

1927

Acting

One of many LOST MGM silent films.

Should Second Husbands Come First?

Should Second Husbands Come First?

1927

as The Widow's Younger Son

8.5
Acting

A woman's two sons pretend to be insane in order to de-rail their mother's plans to remarry.

Call of the Cuckoo

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

as Love's Greatest Mistake

5.7
Acting

Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

We're All Gamblers

We're All Gamblers

1927

as Spec

Acting

The second of Thomas Meighan's three 1927 vehicles, We're All Gamblers was also the first of two collaborations between Meighan and director James Cru...

Don't Tell Everything

Don't Tell Everything

1927

as Asher Ginsberg alias The Maid

10.0
Acting

Max and his son Asher are invited to a party, where Max meets a rich widow, but Asher keeps annoying all of the guests, so Max refuses to speak to him...

Special Delivery

Special Delivery

1927

as Office Boy

6.0
Acting

The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swi...

Casey at the Bat

Casey at the Bat

1927

as Spec

6.0
Acting

Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scou...

Why Girls Say No

Why Girls Say No

1927

as Maxie Whisselberg

6.3
Acting

A short comedy by Leo McCarey about a Jewish father who is worried about his daughter.

Old Ironsides

Old Ironsides

1926

as Cabin Boy (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Ironsides"--against the Barbary pirates then terrorizi...

Private Izzy Murphy

Private Izzy Murphy

1926

as The Monohan Kid

Acting

Isadore "Izzy" Goldberg changes his name to I. Patrick Murphy because his store is in an Irish-neighborhood in New York City. He meets Eileen Cohannig...

Sparrows

Sparrows

1926

as Ambrose

7.1
Acting

Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp, must rescue the others when their cruel master de...

Don Key (Son of Burro)

1926

as Office Boy

6.0
Acting

The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring w...

Little Annie Rooney

Little Annie Rooney

1925

as Abie

6.9
Acting

A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city neighborhood. Preserved by the Academy Film Arch...

Webs of Steel

Webs of Steel

1925

Acting

A railroad engineer and his wife try to stop a gang of robbers from holding up their train.

The Dressmaker from Paris

The Dressmaker from Paris

1925

as Jim

Acting

An American soldier falls in love with a French maiden but their romance is thwarted when the Yanks return home. Years later she comes to America to p...

The Devil's Cargo

The Devil's Cargo

1925

as Jimmy

Acting

John Joyce arrives in Sacramento with his sister, Martha, and aunt to become the editor of a newspaper. He is determined to clear the town of the low-...

Speed Boys

Speed Boys

1924

as Spec

Acting

While Spec's father is ill, he takes over as conductor on the miniature railroad.

Sweet Dreams

Sweet Dreams

1924

as Spec - Wanda's Brother

Acting
Alice's Fishy Story

Alice's Fishy Story

1924

4.8
Acting

Alice wants desperately to get out of practicing her piano so she can go have fun with her friends. She tricks her mother into thinking she's still pl...

The Darling of New York

The Darling of New York

1923

as Willie

7.0
Acting

Santussa, an orphan who becomes separated from her nurse en route to America to live with her grandfather, is cared for by gangsters who hide their st...

The Country Kid

The Country Kid

1923

as Joe Applegate

Acting

Ben Applegate's father dies, leaving him and his brothers Joe and Andy orphans and having to run the family farm. Their Uncle Grimes is their legal gu...

Little Johnny Jones

Little Johnny Jones

1923

as Freckle faced Little Boy

Acting

Jockey Johnny Jones is hired to ride The Earl of Bloomsburg's horse at the English Derby. Crooked gambler Robert Anstead frames Johnny as a thief and ...