Biography
Frank Faylen (born Francis Charles Ruf) was an American stage, screen, and television actor. He is best remembered for his movie performances as the cynical male nurse in The Lost Weekend (1945) and Ernie the taxi driver in It's a Wonderful Life (1946), as well as for his portrayal of long-suffering grocer Herbert T. Gillis on the 1950s television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.
Known For
Complete Filmography
James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
1977
as Herbert T. Gillis
Thirty-minute reunion of the classic series that includes Bob Denver and title star Dwayne Hickman.
Funny Girl
1968
as Keeney
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Fol...
When the Boys Meet the Girls
1965
as Phin Gray
A playboy helps a young woman turn her father's Nevada ranch into a haven for divorcees.
The Monkey's Uncle
1965
as Mr. Dearborne
College whiz-kid Merlin Jones concocts a method for teaching advanced information to a chimpanzee, then creates a flying machine of his own design, ul...
Fluffy
1965
as Catfish
A college professor gets into trouble when he tries to prove any animal can be domesticated, including an African lion.
North to Alaska
1960
as Arnie (uncredited)
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has ...
Dino
1957
as Frank Mandel
A juvenile delinquent on parole receives support from a social worker and a girl from a slum.
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957
as Sheriff Cotton Wilson
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corr...
7th Cavalry
1956
as Sgt. Kruger
An officer accused of cowardice volunteers to bring back General Custers's body after Little Big Horn.
Three Brave Men
1956
as Enos Warren
A lawyer takes the case of a Navy clerk who sues after he's fired for suspected Communist beliefs.
Everything But the Truth
1956
as 'Mac' McMillan
Upset with the prevarications of the adult world, Willie launches a truth-telling campaign at school, with the blessings of his pretty teacher Joan Ma...
Away All Boats
1956
as Chief Phillip P. 'Pappy' Moran
The story of USS 'Belinda', a U.S. naval ship, and its crew during the battle of the Pacific 1943-1945, as it prepares for action and landing troops o...
Terror at Midnight
1956
as Fred Hill
A newly promoted police sergeant discovers his girlfriend my be involved with a gang of car thieves.
The McConnell Story
1955
as Sfc. Sykes
Joe McConnell was sure that he was meant to be a pilot, but was stuck as a restless army private. It seemed that his ambition was blocked at every ste...
The Looters
1955
as Stan Leppich
A rescue team is dispatched to look for the survivors of a plane crash in the Colorado Rockies. They find the survivors--and also find $250,000 in cas...
The Lone Gun
1954
as Fairweather
Cruze arrives in town and when he stands up to the three Moran brothers, he gets appointed Marshal. First the brothers kill a rancher while framing an...
Riot in Cell Block 11
1954
as Commissioner Haskell
A prisoner leads his counterparts in a protest for better living conditions which turns violent and ugly.
Red Garters
1954
as Billy Buckett
A spirited cast kicks up its heels in a lively musical spoof of cowboy films crammed with spur-jangling tunes by Jay Livingstone and Ray Evans and dec...
99 River Street
1953
as Stan Hogan
A former boxer turned taxi driver earns the scorn of his nagging wife and gets mixed up with jewel thieves.
Hangman's Knot
1952
as Cass Browne
In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers led by Major Matt Stewart attack the wagon of gold escorted by Union cavalry and the soldiers are killed. The...
The Lusty Men
1952
as Al Dawson
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of...
The Sniper
1952
as Anderson
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 ...
My Favorite Spy
1951
as Newton
A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy's girlfriend, who is also a spy.
Detective Story
1951
as Det. Gallagher
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a preci...
Passage West
1951
as Curly
In 1863, having escaped from a rock-quarry prison in Salt Lake, six inmates led by convicted murderer Pete Black take over a small wagon train headed ...
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Walter, room service waiter
A young man, morally destroyed by his parents not loving him and by the fear of being not capable to make his girlfriend happy, rises on the ledge of ...
Copper Canyon
1950
as Mullins
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny...
The Eagle and the Hawk
1950
as Red' Hyatt - Danzeeger's Foreman
Texas Ranger Todd Crayden is assigned a suicide mission South of the Border, to smuggle a government agent into Mexico...
Convicted
1950
as Convict Ponti
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
Francis
1950
as Sergeant Chillingbacker
The truthful soldier Stirling didn't know how to lie about his source of information, the talking army Mule, Francis, so he was treated as a lunatic a...
The Nevadan
1950
as Jeff
A mysterious stranger crosses paths with an outlaw bank robber and a greedy rancher.
Whispering Smith
1948
as Whitey Du Sang
Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go ...
Blood on the Moon
1948
as Jake Pindalest
Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes c...
Race Street
1948
as Phil Dickson
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
Hazard
1948
as Oscar
A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But before he can collect, she skips town, with a private dete...
Road to Rio
1947
as Trigger
Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away onboard a ship bound for Rio, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of...
Variety Girl
1947
as Frank Faylen
Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business charity) are woven into a framework about two hopeful ...
The Perils of Pauline
1947
as Mr. Joe Gurt
Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville p...
The Trouble with Women
1947
as Geeger
A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A newswoman, using a pseudonym, accuses him of advocating wif...
Welcome Stranger
1947
as Bill Walters
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing Doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; b...
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947
as Boss
Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter's romance with a serviceman.
California
1947
as Whitey
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but news of the Gold Rush scatters the train. When Jo...
Suddenly It's Spring
1947
as Harold Michaels
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
It's a Wonderful Life
1946
as Ernie
A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents rich skinfli...
Cross My Heart
1946
as Fingerprint Expert
A compulsive liar admits to a killing she didn't commit so her husband, a lawyer, can clear her and build a reputation for himself.
Two Years Before the Mast
1946
as Hansen
In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is shanghaied aboard the Pilgrim, one of his father's own ship...
Blue Skies
1946
as Mack
Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical numbers. Dancer Jed loves showgirl Mary, who loves com...
Our Hearts Were Growing Up
1946
as Federal Agent
Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with kind-hearted bootlegger Donlevy who helps them get their boy frie...
The Well Groomed Bride
1946
as Cabbie
A man and a woman fight over the last bottle of champagne left in San Francisco--she wants it for a wedding, and he wants to use it to christen a ship...
The Blue Dahlia
1946
as Man Recommending Motel
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
To Each His Own
1946
as Babe
During World War I, small-town girl Josephine Norris has an illegitimate son by an itinerant pilot. After a scheme to adopt him ends up giving him to ...
Masquerade in Mexico
1945
as Brooklyn (uncredited)
An American singer stranded in Mexico is hired by a banker to distract a Mexican matador who is making a play for the banker's wife. They hatch a sche...
The Lost Weekend
1945
as 'Bim' Nolan
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Eva...
Incendiary Blonde
1945
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New York nightclub owner and celebrity with alleged underwor...
The Affairs of Susan
1945
as Brooklyn Boy (Uncredited)
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Sus...
You Came Along
1945
as Bellboy (uncredited)
War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chaperone" Ivy Hotchkiss. Bob's a cheerful Lothario with ...
Bring on the Girls
1945
as Sailor
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hote...
Bombalera
1945
as Houlihan
1945 film nominated for an Oscar in the category Best Short Subject, Two Reel
The Canterville Ghost
1944
as Lieutenant John Kane
The descendent of a ghost imprisoned for cowardice hopes to free the spirit by displaying courage when under duress.
Address Unknown
1944
as Jimmie Blake
When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted to Nazi propaganda.
Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble
1944
as Taxi Driver #2 (uncredited)
Andy is going to Wainwright College as did his father. He sees a pretty blonde on the train and he is alternately winked at or slapped every time he s...
And the Angels Sing
1944
as Holman
The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in performing together, and this plays havoc with the plans of Po...
See Here, Private Hargrove
1944
as M.P. (uncredited)
Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic trai...
Standing Room Only
1944
as Cabbie
During WWII, an executive and his secretary arrive in Washington, DC on business but, because of the housing shortage, are unable to find hotel rooms....
The Gang's All Here
1943
as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
A Guy Named Joe
1943
as Major (uncredited)
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to ...
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
1943
as Speed Dugan
A woman of twenty-one opens her grandfather's will left to her thirteen years earlier, per his instructions. Murder soon follows.
The Unknown Guest
1943
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Residents get suspicious when a shady character takes over the local hunting lodge right after the two old-timers who own it disappear.
Corvette K-225
1943
as Shipyard Painter
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Sailor (uncredited)
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Nazty Nuisance
1943
as Seaman Benson
Germany's Adolf Hitler, with his Axis-stooges, Italy's Mussolini and Japan's Suki Yama, although he tried to avoid taking them, is on his way, via sub...
Young Ideas
1943
as Reporter (uncredited)
A widow's grown children try to break up her romance with a college professor.
Yanks Ahoy
1943
as Quartermaster Jenkins
Sergeants flirt with a nurse aboard ship and go fishing for a Japanese Sub.
Get Going
1943
as Hank
Judy King, newly arrived in Washington, applies for a secretary job with a government agency and while being interviewed by Bob Carlton, an agent with...
Prairie Chickens
1943
as Clem
Two unemployed cowhands help a pill-popping rancher find the nasty varmint who's been rustling cattle.
Good Morning, Judge
1943
as Ben Pollard
A songwriter is sued for libel, and when he gets to court he discovers that his girlfriend is the plaintiff's attorney.
Mission to Moscow
1943
as Reporter (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.
Taxi, Mister
1943
as Henchman Silk
The owner (William Bendix) of a cab company tries to foil a racketeer.
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Gateman (uncredited)
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
The Falcon Strikes Back
1943
as Cecil, a Hobo (uncredited)
The Falcon is framed for the murder of a banker and the theft of war bonds. He makes his escape into the mountains where he hides out in a rustic lodg...
Dixie Dugan
1943
as Soldier (uncredited)
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast abo...
Silver Skates
1943
as Eddie
The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts.
Fall In
1942
as Capt. Gillis
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
Across the Pacific
1942
as Sidewalk Toy Vendor (uncredited)
Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is court-martialed out of the army and boards a Japanese ship f...
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, decides to raise it by divorcing him and marrying an...
Somewhere I'll Find You
1942
as Soldier Driving Jeep
Journalist brothers feud over a woman they both fall for while covering World War II in the far east.
Wake Island
1942
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island b...
A-Haunting We Will Go
1942
as Train Detective (uncredited)
Stan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable coffins with disastrous but funny results.
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Yankee Third Base Coach (uncredited)
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Tough as They Come
1942
as Collector
The 'Dead End Kids & Little Tough Guys' are working as collectors for a finance company, when they discover the company's illegal activities and t...
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942
as Stage Manager (Uncredited)
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton ...
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942
as Sergeant on Parade (uncredited)
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.
Whispering Ghosts
1942
as Curly
A detective (Milton Berle) who solves cases on the radio investigates the mysterious decade-old murder of a sea captain.
About Face
1942
as Bartender Jerry
Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.
Mokey
1942
as Police Desk Sergeant
A newlywed tries to deal with her troubled stepchild.
Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as Soldier (uncredited)
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddie...
Joe Smith, American
1942
as Man in Waiting Room with Matches (uncredited)
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnap...
Steel Against the Sky
1941
as Egg Man in Diner (uncredited)
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
1941
as Marine Sergeant (uncredited)
A middle-aged businessman who has lived a conservative life according to the routine conventions of society, still remembers the beautiful young woman...
Top Sergeant Mulligan
1941
as Pat Dolan
Frank Faylen and Charlie Hall (a longtime Laurel & Hardy foil) star as Dolan and Doolittle, a pair of goofy druggists who join the army to escape ...
Sergeant York
1941
as But! Boy (uncredited)
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep rel...
Let's Go Collegiate
1941
as Speed Dorman
Rawley University is about to receive a star athlete who could give it the first championship rowing team it's ever had. Unfortunately, he gets drafte...
Tanks a Million
1941
as Pvt. Skivic
Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to serge...
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
as Man with Man Carrying Dead Child
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very young. Edna discovers by chance how the law treats ...
Father Steps Out
1941
as Tall Hobo 'King', aka The King of Siam
Story concerns railroad tycoon J.B. Matthews (Jed Prouty) taking over a rival line, being sent on an R&R vacation by his doctor, falling off his p...
The Reluctant Dragon
1941
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be f...
Thieves Fall Out
1941
as Pick
Eddie Barnes, tired of being a nobody and living with his parents, decides to cash in his mother's legacy and use the money to buy a business. Unfortu...
Model Wife
1941
as Master of Ceremonies
Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.
Footsteps in the Dark
1941
as Gus a Taxi Driver (uncredited)
A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police attempting to solve crimes. This causes him no end of...
Come Live with Me
1941
as Waiter
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
East of the River
1940
as Tour Guide (uncredited)
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
Just a Cute Kid
1940
as Benny
When he has to pay a debt to a fearsome money lender, a man accepts the help of a friend who takes him to a scientist where he can sell his body, but ...
City for Conquest
1940
as Band Conductor and Emcee (uncredited)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York C...
No Time for Comedy
1940
as Cab Driver
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
They Drive by Night
1940
as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck business. The Fabrini boys constantly battle distri...
Pop Always Pays
1940
as Minerva Auto Loan Cashier
A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money. This 1940 comedy s...
Blame It on Love
1940
as Studio Electrician
A short film put out by the Hotpoint Company to demonstrate their Electric Ranges.
Brother Orchid
1940
as Parkway Biltmore Desk Clerk (uncredited)
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himsel...
La Conga Nights
1940
as Jeepers Peepers
In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The story centers around a dizzy music lover, who has gr...
Edison, the Man
1940
as Galbreath
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New Yor...
Saturday's Children
1940
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.
Curtain Call
1940
as Spike Malone
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Tim
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncl...
Alice in Movieland
1940
as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Alice wins a free trip to Hollywood and dreams about her arrival.
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as Guard Who is Slugged (uncredited)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Engineer Sergeant (uncredited)
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove hi...
Married and in Love
1940
as Jim Carter, Man in Bar
Two married couples become engulfed in a storm of emotional fury when Doctor Leslie Yates runs into writer Doris Wilding, his old college flame, whom ...
Invisible Stripes
1939
as Steve - Henchman on Bank Job (uncredited)
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
Gone with the Wind
1939
as Soldier Aiding Dr. Meade (uncredited)
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruc...
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939
as Pete Foley - 1st pilot
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
Reno
1939
as J. Hezmer Briggs
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
No Place to Go
1939
as Pete Shaffer
An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but he learns his life still has purpose when he befri...
Slapsie Maxie's
1939
as Tiger Dorsey
In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in Slapsie Maxie's restaurant, Maxie arranges a boxing match be...
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Recruiting Officer (uncredited)
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Waterfront
1939
as Skids Riley
A hard-living dockworker finds religion until his brother is murdered.
Five Came Back
1939
as Photographer (uncredited)
Twelve people are aboard Coast Airline's flagship the Silver Queen enroute to South America when the airplane encounters a storm and is blown off cour...
It's a Wonderful World
1939
as Peters - Stagehand (uncredited)
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by ...
Lucky Night
1939
as Play Palace Announcer (uncredited)
Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The ...
Women in the Wind
1939
as Chuck - the Mechanic (uncredited)
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
The Flying Irishman
1939
as New York Mechanic
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...
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Adjutant (uncredited)
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...
You Can't Get Away with Murder
1939
as Boat Tour Guide (uncredited)
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, F...
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939
as Henchman (uncredited)
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Idiot's Delight
1939
as Ed
A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are closed at the start of WWII.
Crime Rave
1939
When a crime wave hits town, bank robbers find haven in Errol's home.
No Time to Marry
1938
as Waxler
In this lightweight comedy, two news reporters who are engaged to be married endure romantic difficulties in their competitive pursuit of a "big scoop...
The Invisible Menace
1938
as Private of the Guard
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of ...
Headin' East
1937
as Joe
A cattle rancher comes to the aid of farmers by heading to NYC to stop the racketeers hijacking their produce shipments.
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
as Horse Buyer
An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
Back in Circulation
1937
as James Maxwell - a Reporter (uncredited)
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival papers, and keep her editor happy. When the Express get...
Ever Since Eve
1937
as Bandit Leader at Monteray Tavern (uncredited)
Madge Winton, a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Ma...
They Won't Forget
1937
as Reporter
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with polit...
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
as Ted Parks
A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is s...
The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
1937
as Charlie Downs
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve th...
Kid Galahad
1937
as Barney
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
San Quentin
1937
as Convict Envying Hoffman (uncredited)
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery....
The Go-Getter
1937
as Country Club Man #2 (uncredited)
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
The Cherokee Strip
1937
as Joe Brady
A singing lawyer and other homesteaders participate in the Oklahoma land rush and found the town of Big Rock, but the fast-growing frontier settlement...
Marked Woman
1937
as Cabbie #2 (uncredited)
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Midnight Court
1937
as Reporter
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
Smart Blonde
1937
as Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
King of Hockey
1936
as Swede
Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.
Night Waitress
1936
as Policeman at Torre's
Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San Francisco waterfront dive. The customers are low char...
All American Chump
1936
as Reporter (uncredited)
A country bumpkin who's a mathematical genius falls into the hands of gangsters.
The Sky Parade
1936
as Pilot (uncredited)
Aviation action highlights this programmer which concerns foreign intrigue and a pair of WW1 buzz-boys developing a high-tech aircraft.
China Clipper
1936
as Weatherman (uncredited)
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Gatley - Pinball Racketeer (uncredited)
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger th...
Border Flight
1936
as Jimmie
Frances Farmer's second film is a typical B-programmer from the Paramount lot of 1936--up and coming stars (John Howard, Robert Cummings, Grant Wither...
Romance in the Air
1936
as Sure-Fire
Road Gang
1936
as Radio Dispatcher
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a priso...
Double Exposure
1935
as Press Photographer (uncredited)
An aspiring photographer and his bumbling assistant go to great lengths to take a picture of a beautiful actress whose wealthy husband does not want h...