Biography
Henry O'Neill (1891–1961) was an American film actor known for playing gray-haired fathers, lawyers, and similarly roles during the 1930s and 1940s. O'Neill began his acting career on the stage, after dropping out of college to join a traveling theatre company. He served in the military in World War I, then returned to the stage. In the early 1930s he began appearing in films, including The Big Shakedown, Santa Fe Trail, Anchors Aweigh, The Green Years, and The Reckless Moment. His last film w...
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Complete Filmography
The Wings of Eagles
1957
as Capt. Spear
The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.
Untamed
1955
as Squire O'Neill
When the great potato famine hits Ireland, the diaspora begins as thousands emigrate. Among those leaving the Emerald Isle is Katie O'Neill and her hu...
The Sun Shines Bright
1953
as Joe D. Habersham
With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a yo...
Scarlet Angel
1952
as Morgan Caldwell
After robbing a sea captain in New Orleans, a beautiful saloon girl flees and assumes a dead woman's identity.
Scandal Sheet
1952
as Charlie Barnes
A tabloid editor assigns a young reporter to solve a murder the editor committed himself.
The Family Secret
1951
as Donald Muir
When his son accidentally kills someone, a lawyer must defend the man wrongly charged with the murder.
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Judge Keating
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
The Flying Missile
1950
as Thomas A. Scott
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
The Milkman
1950
as Bradley, Sr.
A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
Convicted
1950
as Detective Dorn
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
The Second Woman
1950
as Ben Sheppard
In flashback from a 'Rebecca'-style beginning: Ellen Foster, visiting her aunt on the California coast, meets neighbor Jeff Cohalan and his ultramoder...
No Man of Her Own
1950
as Mr. Harkness
A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
Holiday Affair
1949
as Mr. Crowley
Just before Christmas, department store clerk Steve Mason meets big spending customer Connie Ennis, who's actually a comparison shopper sent by anothe...
The Reckless Moment
1949
as Tom Harper
After discovering the dead body of her teenage daughter's lover, a housewife takes desperate measures to protect her family from scandal.
Strange Bargain
1949
as Timothy Hearne
Bookkeeper Sam Wilson learns from his boss, Malcolm Jarvis, that he is losing his job because the company is closing down. Jarvis then makes a strange...
You're My Everything
1949
as Prof. Adams
In 1924, stage-struck Boston blueblood Hannah Adams picks up musical star Tim O'Connor and takes him home for dinner. One thing leads to another, and ...
Alias Nick Beal
1949
as Judge Ben Hobbs
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul to bring down a local mob boss, a smooth-talking ...
Leather Gloves
1948
as Dudley
A fallen prizefighter must choose between two women from vastly different walks of life.
The Return of October
1948
as President Hotchkiss
A wholesome girl believes her new racehorse, October, is the reincarnation of her favorite uncle, Willie.
Little Mister Jim
1947
as Chaplain
After his mother's death, a young boy tries to help his father stop drinking.
The Beginning or the End
1947
as Gen. Thomas F. Farrell
The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of Hiroshima, are detailed in this docudrama.
Three Wise Fools
1946
as Prof. Horace Appleby
An orphan girl melts the hearts of three crusty old men.
The Green Years
1946
as Canon Roche
An orphaned young boy is guided by his great-grandfather and strives to go to university to become a doctor. However, the boy's harsh grandfather stan...
Bad Bascomb
1946
as Gov. Winton
A western bandit is reformed by his love for a little girl.
The Virginian
1946
as Mr. Taylor
Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot...
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Lewis J. Malbery
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. ...
Anchors Aweigh
1945
as Admiral Hammond
Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the affairs of an aspiring singer and her precocious nephew...
Dangerous Partners
1945
as Duffy
A young couple's accident could make them rich, if they can evade a Nazi spy ring.
Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
as Maj. Gen. Lee Rand
A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.
Between Two Women
1945
as Larry Goff - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
A young doctor proves his worth at a metropolitan hospital.
This Man's Navy
1945
as Lt. Cmdr. Roger Graystone
During World War II, Chief Aviation Pilot Ned Trumpet is in charge of an airship at Lakehurst, New Jersey naval base. Trumpet orders an unauthorized a...
Dark Shadows
1944
as Dr. Everett Colner
A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.
Nothing But Trouble
1944
as Mr. Hawkley
Two bumbling servants are hired by a dizzy society matron to cook and serve a meal for visiting royalty.
Barbary Coast Gent
1944
as Colonel Watrous
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He disc...
Two Girls and a Sailor
1944
as John Dyckman Brown II
A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also...
Main Street Today
1944
as Vance Clark
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional work...
Rationing
1944
as Senator Edward White
A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
The Heavenly Body
1944
as Professor Stowe
The beautiful wife of a tweedy astronomer becomes convinced that her astrologer's prediction of a new dream man in her life will come true.
A Guy Named Joe
1943
as Col. Sykes
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 ...
Lost Angel
1943
as Professor Josh Pringle
Alpha's been raised along scientific principles, and will make Mike Regan a great human interest story for his paper. But when his interview prompts A...
Whistling in Brooklyn
1943
as Inspector Holcomb
Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.
Girl Crazy
1943
as Mr. Danny Churchill, Sr.
Rich kid Danny Churchill has a taste for wine, women and song, but not for higher education. So his father ships him to an all-male college out West w...
Best Foot Forward
1943
as Maj. Roger W. Reeber
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-hun...
Thousands Cheer
1943
as Captain in Frank Morgan Skit (uncredited)
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a fe...
For God and Country
1943
as Captain Chaplain
The story of the U.S. Army Chaplain Service as dramatized in the stories of three chaplains, Father Michael O'Keefe, Arnold Miller, and Tom Manning.
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
1943
as Warden Kenneson
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which...
Air Raid Wardens
1943
as Rittenhause
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.
The Human Comedy
1943
as Charles Steed
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to w...
Stand by for Action
1942
as Cmdr. Stone M.C
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...
White Cargo
1942
as The Reverend Dr. Roberts
In Africa early in World War II, a British rubber plantation executive reminisces about his arrival in the Congo in 1910. He tells the story of a love...
Tortilla Flat
1942
as Father Ramon
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friend...
This Time for Keeps
1942
as Arthur Freeman
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
Born to Sing
1942
as Frank Eastman
A group of children put on a show in order to prove that a down and out musician was the real composer of a Broadway show's songs.
The Bugle Sounds
1942
as Lt. Col. Harry Seton
An old-time cavalry sergeant's resistance to change could cost him his post.
Johnny Eager
1941
as A.J. Verne
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
Shadow of the Thin Man
1941
as Major Jason I. Sculley
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.
Honky Tonk
1941
as Daniel Wells
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right...
Blossoms in the Dust
1941
as Judge
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 ...
Whistling in the Dark
1941
as Philip Post
Radio crime show host 'The Fox' along with his fiancée and ex-girlfriend are kidnapped by a larcenous cult who demand that he help them plan a perfect...
Down in San Diego
1941
as Col. Halliday
A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at w...
The Get-Away
1941
as Warden Alcott
A jailed cop befriends a mob chieftain and stages a breakout with him.
Billy the Kid
1941
as Tim Ward
Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended and hired by a peaceful rancher, Eric Keating. When Ke...
Men of Boys Town
1941
as Mr. Maitland
Father Flanagan raises funds, helps a disabled boy, and saves an older boy from reform school.
The Trial of Mary Dugan
1941
as Galway
Mary Dugan is a young woman accused of murdering her billionaire lover. In the process, his defense lawyer acts wrongly against them, and is replaced ...
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Cyrus Brody
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assign...
Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Doctor
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Service with the Colors
1940
as Colonel Nelson
Service with the Colors is a 1940 American short drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. This drama is "dedicated to the soldiers of the United States...
Money and the Woman
1940
as Mr. Mason
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
They Drive by Night
1940
as District Attorney (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...
Young America Flies
1940
as Dr. Webster
World War II propaganda film from Warner Brothers.
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Dr. Cameron
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. J...
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Dr. Lentz
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.
Castle on the Hudson
1940
as District Attorney
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Calling Philo Vance
1940
as Markham
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's ...
The Fighting 69th
1940
as Colonel
Although loudmouthed braggart Jerry Plunkett alienates his comrades and officers, Father Duffy, the regimental chaplain, has faith that he'll prove hi...
Invisible Stripes
1939
as Parole Officer Masters
A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison.
Four Wives
1939
as Dr. Clinton Forrest, Sr.
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her enga...
A Child Is Born
1939
as Dr. Lee
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939
as A.H. Remson
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up wit...
Everybody's Hobby
1939
as Thomas 'Tom' Leslie
A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
The Right Way
1939
as Mr. Martin
A young boy whose father is dead joins a secret society that, unknown to him, has subversive motives. His mother realizes the menace represented by th...
Juarez
1939
as General Miguel Miramon
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
The Man Who Dared
1939
as Matthew Carter
An elderly grandfather proves to be heroic when he takes a stand against local city corruption.
Sons of Liberty
1939
as Member of Continental Congress
Set during the American Revolution, this colorful 2 reel short tells the story of Haym Salomon, American patriot and financier of the American Revolut...
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Attorney Kellogg
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Lucky Night
1939
as Calvin Jordan
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 ...
Dodge City
1939
as Colonel Dodge
In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of a railroad line.
Wings of the Navy
1939
as Prologue Speaker
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give...
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
1939
as Sen. H. Baldwin
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and...
Brother Rat
1938
as Colonel Ramm
Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father.
Girls on Probation
1938
as Judge
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
The Chaser
1938
as Mr. Calhoun
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the tr...
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Judge
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceed...
Racket Busters
1938
as Governor
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
White Banners
1938
as Sam Trimble
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook ...
Yellow Jack
1938
as Gorgas
A fairly accurate historical account of Walter Reed's search for the cause of "Yellow Jack" or Yellow Fever and those who risked their lives in the pu...
Jezebel
1938
as General Theopholus Bogardus
In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.
Gold Is Where You Find It
1938
as Judge
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1...
Wells Fargo
1937
as Henry Wells
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fres...
First Lady
1937
as George Mason
A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.
Submarine D-1
1937
as Admiral Thomas
Butch Rogers and Sock McGillis are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer. At sea and underwat...
The Life of Emile Zola
1937
as Colonel Picquart
A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins...
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
1937
as D.M. Gateway
A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
The Singing Marine
1937
as Captain Skinner
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an a...
The Go-Getter
1937
as Commander Tisdale
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Draegerman Courage
1937
as Dr. Thomas Haslett
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners.
Marked Woman
1937
as Arthur Sheldon
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.
Green Light
1937
as Dr. Endicott
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research ...
The Great O'Malley
1937
as Defense Attorney
His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter profoundly affects an intractable Irish policeman (Pat O'Brien...
Rainbow on the River
1936
as Father Josef
A young boy is forced to leave his family in the South and move in with relatives he doesn't know in New York.
Anthony Adverse
1936
as Father Xavier
Based on the novel by Hervey Allen, this expansive drama follows the many adventures of the eponymous hero, Anthony Adverse. Abandoned at a convent by...
Two Against the World
1936
as Jim Carstairs
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a...
The White Angel
1936
as Dr. Scott
In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable professio...
The Big Noise
1936
as Charlie Caldwell
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half inte...
Bullets or Ballots
1936
as Ward Bryant
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger th...
The Golden Arrow
1936
as Mr. Appleby
A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
Road Gang
1936
as George Winston
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...
Boulder Dam
1936
as Mr. Agnew
Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.
The Walking Dead
1936
as District Attorney Werner
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence...
The Story of Louis Pasteur
1936
as Dr. Emile Roux
A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and tha...
Freshman Love
1936
as President Simpkins
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.
Personal Maid's Secret
1935
as Mr. Wilton Palmer
A longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised by others. Director Arthur Greville Collins' 1935...
Dr. Socrates
1935
as Greer
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor...
The Case of the Lucky Legs
1935
as District Attorney C. Manchester
A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason.
Special Agent
1935
as District Attorney Roger Quinn
A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster's bookkeeper. When she agrees to testify, an infor...
We're in the Money
1935
as Stephen Dinsmore
Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, but they're offered a thousand dollars to serve fou...
Bright Lights
1935
as J.C. Anderson
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
Stranded
1935
as Mr. Tuthill
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
Oil for the Lamps of China
1935
as Edward Hartford
An American oil company representative almost sacrifices his marriage for his career.
Black Fury
1935
as John W. Hendricks
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.
Dinky
1935
as Col. Barnes
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a prison term on a framed fraud charge.
Alias Mary Dow
1935
as Henry Dow
A taxi-dancer agrees to pose as a girl who had been kidnapped as a child 18 years before.
The Florentine Dagger
1935
as Victor Ballau
A playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Elihu Dimuck
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
Living on Velvet
1935
as Harold Thornton
A lay-about falls for his best friend's fiancee. The two of them run away from a life of privilege to one of middle-class normalcy. When an influx of ...
The Great Hotel Murder
1935
as Mr. Claude Harvey
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.
Sweet Music
1935
as Louis Trumble
A midwest band leader and his lead singer share a love-hate relationship as they try for success in New York.
A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio
1935
as Director (uncredited)
This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casti...
Bordertown
1935
as Attorney J.L. Chase (uncredited)
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
The Man Who Reclaimed His Head
1934
as Fernand de Marnay
A writer discovers he's being used as a pawn by greedy businessmen.
The Secret Bride
1934
as Jim Lansdale
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of b...
Murder in the Clouds
1934
as John Brownell
Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy he...
Flirtation Walk
1934
as Gen. John "Jack" Brent Fitts
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years ...
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Mr. Harper
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn t...
Madame du Barry
1934
as Duc de Choiseul
Brought to Versailles as the companion of courtier D'Aigullon, former street waif Madame du Barry charms her way into the heart of gouty King Louis XV...
Big Hearted Herbert
1934
as Goodrich Sr.
After cantankerous and miserly Herbert Kalness insults his daughter's fiance and prospective in-laws at a dinner party, Mrs. Kalness devises a scheme ...
Side Streets
1934
as George Richards
A spinster dressmaker falls for a ne'er-do-well.
The Man with Two Faces
1934
as Inspector Crane
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartme...
Midnight Alibi
1934
as Ardsley
An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father.
The Key
1934
as Dan
A British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man.
Now I'll Tell
1934
as Tommy Doran
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by whic...
The Personality Kid
1934
as Stephens
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
Fog Over Frisco
1934
as Oren Porter
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is...
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
as Lemuel Tappan
Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.
Upperworld
1934
as Banker Making Toast
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the m...
Wonder Bar
1934
as Richard
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and t...
Journal of a Crime
1934
as Doctor
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Midnight
1934
as Edgar V. Ingersoll
Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His daughter Stella claims to have killed her lover, the gangste...
I've Got Your Number
1934
as Mr. John P. Schuyler
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
Fashions of 1934
1934
as Duryea
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide disco...
Bedside
1934
as Dr. William Chester
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.
Massacre
1934
as J.R. Dickinson
Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the reservation of his youth, only to discover that his peopl...
The Big Shakedown
1934
as Mr. Sheffner
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical prod...
The House on 56th Street
1933
as Baxter - the Laywer (uncredited)
A beautiful chorine marries a handsome rich socialite, but her idyllic life ends when she visits a dying old beau and is charged when he commits suici...
Lady Killer
1933
as Ramick
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.
Son of a Sailor
1933
as Naval Officer
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
The World Changes
1933
as Orin Nordholm Sr.
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr....
From Headquarters
1933
as Inspector Donnelly
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
The Kennel Murder Case
1933
as Dubois (uncredited)
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broke...
I Loved a Woman
1933
as Mr. Farrell
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as he reluctantly inherits the mantle and falls in l...