William Demarest

William Demarest

1892-02-27 Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA 144 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Carl William Demarest (February 27, 1892 – December 27, 1983) was an American character actor, known for playing Uncle Charley in My Three Sons. A veteran of World War I, Demarest became a prolific film and television actor, appearing in over 140 films, beginning in 1926 and ending in the 1970s. He frequently played crusty but good-hearted roles. Demarest started in show business working in vaudeville, appearing with his wife Estelle Collette (real name E...

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Television: The First Fifty Years

1999

as Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)

Acting

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter ...

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

1997

as Self (archive footage)

7.0
Acting

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17 she was a Ziegfeld Girl. At 20 she earned excellen...

The Millionaire

The Millionaire

1978

as Oscar Pugh

Acting

Three people's lives are drastically changed when they are suddenly given one million dollars each by an eccentric billionaire in this pilot to a pros...

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood

1976

as Studio Gatekeeper

4.1
Acting

A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.

The Wild McCullochs

The Wild McCullochs

1975

as Father Gurkin

4.0
Acting

A story about the rich McCulloch Family, their overbearing father and the children's misguided blaming him for everything that doesn't go right.

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

Don't Be Afraid of the Dark

1973

as Mr. Harris

6.1
Acting

A young couple inherits an old mansion inhabited by small demon-like creatures who are determined to make the wife one of their own.

That Darn Cat!

That Darn Cat!

1965

as Mr. MacDougall

6.6
Acting

A young woman suspects foul play when her cat comes home wearing a wristwatch. Convincing the FBI, though, and catching the bad guys is tougher than s...

Viva Las Vegas

Viva Las Vegas

1964

as Mr. Martin

6.2
Acting

Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets...

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963

as Police Chief Aloysius

7.0
Acting

A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is t...

Son of Flubber

Son of Flubber

1963

as Mr. Hummel

5.9
Acting

Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hope...

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

Gunfight at Black Horses Canyon

1961

as Jeb

5.6
Acting

Feature-length Western based on the hit TV show 'Tales of Wells Fargo,' about a Wells Fargo Company troubleshooter who becomes the target of an outlaw...

Twenty Plus Two

Twenty Plus Two

1961

as Desmond Slocum

6.2
Acting

A famous movie star's fan club secretary has been brutally murdered. She has in her office old newspaper clippings regarding a missing heiress. Did th...

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein

1961

as Henry Hecht

6.0
Acting

Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.

Pepe

Pepe

1960

as Movie Studio Gateman

6.2
Acting

Mario "Cantinflas" Moreno is a hired hand, Pepe, employed on a ranch. A boozing Hollywood director buys a white stallion that belongs to Pepe's boss. ...

The Rawhide Years

The Rawhide Years

1956

as Brand Comfort

5.5
Acting

Ben Matthews gives up the flashy life of a riverboat gambler, hoping to settle down in Galena with his girlfriend, luscious entertainer Zoe. But Galen...

The Mountain

The Mountain

1956

as Father Belacchi

6.9
Acting

Selfish Chris Teller pressures his older brother, a retired climber, to accompany him on a treacherous Alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash ...

Hell on Frisco Bay

Hell on Frisco Bay

1955

as Dan Bianco

5.2
Acting

A cop framed for a murder he did not commit hunts the San Francisco waterfront for the Mob racketeers who are responsible.

Sincerely Yours

Sincerely Yours

1955

as Sam Dunne

5.8
Acting

He dazzled America for decades with his musical artistry. Now fans as well as those curious about this exciting entertainer’s unique appeal can relive...

Lucy Gallant

Lucy Gallant

1955

as Charles Madden

7.0
Acting

A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.

The Private War of Major Benson

The Private War of Major Benson

1955

as John

6.7
Acting

A Major noted for advancing with his mouth before thinking is given a choice: to be drummed out of the Army, or take command of and shape up the ROTC ...

The Far Horizons

The Far Horizons

1955

as Sgt. Gass

6.2
Acting

Virginia, 1803. After the United States of America acquires the inmense Louisiana territory from France, a great expedition, led by William Lewis and ...

Jupiter's Darling

Jupiter's Darling

1955

as Mago

4.3
Acting

Rome is on the verge of being conquered by Hannibal. While Rome's ruler, Fabius Maximus, plots a defense against Hannibal's armies, Fabius' fiancée, A...

The Yellow Mountain

The Yellow Mountain

1954

as Jackpot Wray

5.1
Acting

A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by h...

Escape from Fort Bravo

Escape from Fort Bravo

1953

as Campbell

6.2
Acting

A Southern belle frees a Rebel officer and his men from a Union captain's Arizona fort.

Here Come the Girls

Here Come the Girls

1953

as Dennis Logan

4.4
Acting

Bob Hope stars as an inept member of the chorus boy in a turn of the century stage show. After being fired, he finds himself starring acting as a deco...

Dangerous When Wet

Dangerous When Wet

1953

as Pa Higgins

6.0
Acting

The health conscious, dairy-farming Higgins family begin each day with an invigorating swim. One day, traveling health-tonic salesman, Windy Weebe, co...

The Lady Wants Mink

The Lady Wants Mink

1953

as Harvey Jones

6.0
Acting

A woman raises mink to get the coat she's always wanted.

The Blazing Forest

The Blazing Forest

1952

as Syd Jessup

6.0
Acting

Estranged brothers (John Payne, Richard Arlen) find themselves on the same lumberjack crew hired by a feisty widow to clear the timber from her Nevada...

What Price Glory

What Price Glory

1952

as Corporal Kiper

5.5
Acting

Two military men, Captain Flagg and Sergeant Quirt, who are rivals to begin with, grow more at odds with each other when Quirt is made Flagg's top ser...

Behave Yourself!

Behave Yourself!

1951

as O'Ryan

6.0
Acting

A young man takes in a dog that turns out to be wanted by mobsters.

The Strip

The Strip

1951

as Fluff

5.7
Acting

Drummer Stanley Maxton moves to Los Angeles with dreams of opening his own jazz club, but falls in with a gangster and a nightclub dancer and ends up ...

Excuse My Dust

Excuse My Dust

1951

as Harvey Bullitt

7.2
Acting

Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun abou...

The First Legion

The First Legion

1951

as Monsignor Michael Carey

6.8
Acting

A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.

He's a Cockeyed Wonder

He's a Cockeyed Wonder

1950

as Bob Sears

3.3
Acting

An orange packer (Mickey Rooney) foils robbers with magic and wins the boss's (William Demarest) daughter (Terry Moore).

Never a Dull Moment

Never a Dull Moment

1950

as Mears

5.4
Acting

Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the Madiso...

Riding High

Riding High

1950

as Happy

5.8
Acting

A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

When Willie Comes Marching Home

When Willie Comes Marching Home

1950

as Herman Kluggs

6.8
Acting

When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home ...

Red, Hot and Blue

Red, Hot and Blue

1949

as Charlie Baxter

5.8
Acting

In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.

Jolson Sings Again

Jolson Sings Again

1949

as Steve Martin

6.0
Acting

In this sequel to The Jolson Story, we pick up the singer's career just as he has returned to the stage after a premature retirement. But his wife has...

Sorrowful Jones

Sorrowful Jones

1949

as Regret

6.1
Acting

A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her father doesn't return, he learns that taking care of a...

Whispering Smith

Whispering Smith

1948

as Bill Dansing

6.5
Acting

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 ...

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Night Has a Thousand Eyes

1948

as Lt. Shawn

6.7
Acting

When heiress Jean Courtland attempts suicide, her fiancée Elliott Carson probes her relationship with John Triton. In flashback, we see how stage ment...

The Sainted Sisters

The Sainted Sisters

1948

as Vern Tewilliger

7.0
Acting

Two female con artists from New York City, fleeing the law with money from their latest scam, hide out in a small town in Maine, near the Canadian bor...

On Our Merry Way

On Our Merry Way

1948

as Floyd

5.5
Acting

Oliver Pease gets a dose of courage from his wife Martha and tricks the editor of the paper (where he writes lost pet notices) into assigning him the ...

Variety Girl

Variety Girl

1947

as Barker

6.1
Acting

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

The Perils of Pauline

1947

as George 'Mac' McGuire

6.2
Acting

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 Jolson Story

The Jolson Story

1946

as Steve Martin

6.6
Acting

At the turn of the 20th century, young Asa Yoelson decides to go against the wishes of his cantor father and pursue a career in show business. Gradual...

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

Our Hearts Were Growing Up

1946

as Peanuts Schultz

6.2
Acting

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...

Pardon My Past

Pardon My Past

1945

as Chuck Gibson

6.0
Acting

Eddie York (MacMurray) is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.

Hollywood Victory Caravan

Hollywood Victory Caravan

1945

as Bill, the Security Guard

5.2
Acting

A girl is desperate to get to Washington D.C. to be with her lonesome brother, a wounded G.I. She persuades Bing Crosby to let her join his caravan.

Duffy's Tavern

Duffy's Tavern

1945

as William Demarest

6.1
Acting

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner faces threats of bankruptcy.

Along Came Jones

Along Came Jones

1945

as George Fury

5.7
Acting

An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it would be best to leave town, until he meets the gunman...

Salty O'Rourke

Salty O'Rourke

1945

as Smitty

5.2
Acting

A gambler and his buddy find a wise-guy jockey for their long-shot horse.

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

1944

as Constable Edmund Kockenlocker

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...

Hail the Conquering Hero

Hail the Conquering Hero

1944

as Sgt. Heppelfinger

7.0
Acting

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to ...

The Great Moment

The Great Moment

1944

as Eben Frost

5.8
Acting

The biography of Dr. W.T. Morgan, a 19th century Boston dentist, during his quest to have anesthesia, in the form of ether, accepted by the public and...

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time

1944

as Brandt

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...

Nine Girls

Nine Girls

1944

as Walter Cummings

5.3
Acting

One of the members of a sorority is found murdered. Although the police are called in to investigate, some of the girls decide to do some sleuthing on...

True to Life

True to Life

1943

as Uncle Jake

6.0
Acting

A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he rents a room with a typical American family and begins t...

Dangerous Blondes

Dangerous Blondes

1943

as Detective Gatling

6.0
Acting

Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance wh...

Stage Door Canteen

Stage Door Canteen

1943

as William Demarest

5.8
Acting

A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati...

Johnny Doughboy

Johnny Doughboy

1942

as Harry Fabian

5.4
Acting

As sixteen year old Ann Winters begins a relationship with an older actor to further her career, lookalike fan Penelope Ryan is recruited by a group o...

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

1942

as Police Officer

6.5
Acting

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling tra...

Behind the Eight Ball

Behind the Eight Ball

1942

as McKenzie

4.7
Acting

The story takes place at a summer theater in the Berkshire Mountains, where heroine Joan Barry (Carol Bruce) is staging a Broadway-bound musical comed...

The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story

1942

as First Member Ale and Quail Club

7.0
Acting

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...

Pardon My Sarong

Pardon My Sarong

1942

as Detective Kendall

6.5
Acting

A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat t...

My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy

1942

as Flower Pot Policeman

5.2
Acting

The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).

True to the Army

True to the Army

1942

as Sgt. Butts

Acting

A wire-walker, on the run from gangsters, masquerades as a soldier at her boyfriend's Army base.

All Through the Night

All Through the Night

1942

as Sunshine

7.0
Acting

Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.

Glamour Boy

Glamour Boy

1941

as Papa Doran

6.0
Acting

Former child star Jackie Cooper headlines this sentimental behind-the-scenes comedy drama. He plays an ex-child star who now jerks sodas for a living ...

Sullivan's Travels

Sullivan's Travels

1941

as Mr. Jones

7.4
Acting

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise a...

Dressed to Kill

Dressed to Kill

1941

as Inspector Pierson

6.3
Acting

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

Country Fair

Country Fair

1941

as Stogie McPhee

Acting

Johnny Campbell isa glib campaign manager for gubenatorial candidate Stogie McPhee. Having impulsively promised Johnny that she'll marry him if McPhee...

Ride on Vaquero

Ride on Vaquero

1941

as Bartender Barney

4.2
Acting

The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army regiment,...

Rookies on Parade

Rookies on Parade

1941

as Mike Brady

Acting

The story details the misadventures of two itinerant songwriters named Duke (Crosby) and Cliff (Foy) as they try to survive Army boot camp. Intending ...

The Devil and Miss Jones

The Devil and Miss Jones

1941

as First Detective

7.7
Acting

The wealthiest man in the world, John P. Merrick, is a private person who likes to stay anonymous. One of his many assets is Neeley's Department Store...

The Lady Eve

The Lady Eve

1941

as Muggsy

7.2
Acting

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean start...

Little Men

Little Men

1940

as Constable Tom Thorpe

5.6
Acting

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's h...

Christmas in July

Christmas in July

1940

as Mr. Bildocker

6.9
Acting

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the girl he loves. His latest attempt is the Maxford Ho...

The Golden Fleecing

The Golden Fleecing

1940

as Swallow

5.3
Acting

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

Comin' Round the Mountain

Comin' Round the Mountain

1940

as Gutsy Mann

Acting

A Tennessee boy (Bob Burns) returns from the big city, runs for mayor and puts his musical kin on the radio.

The Great McGinty

The Great McGinty

1940

as Skeeters - The Politician

6.9
Acting

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to help with vote fraud. His great aptitude for this br...

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter

1940

as Victor Walsh

5.0
Acting

Broadway producer Nickie North and press agent Scoop Trimble find an investor for their next show who insists that they cast his ex-girlfriend, Claric...

Wolf of New York

1940

as Bill Ennis

7.0
Acting

A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.

Laugh It Off

1939

as Barney 'Gimpy' Cole

2.0
Acting

Four former actresses decide to restart their careers by opening up a nightclub.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Bill Griffith

7.9
Acting

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new ...

Miracles for Sale

Miracles for Sale

1939

as Quinn

6.4
Acting

A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.

The Cowboy Quarterback

The Cowboy Quarterback

1939

as Rusty Walker

5.5
Acting

Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his gir...

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939

as Police Sgt. Ernest Heath

5.5
Acting

The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.

King of the Turf

King of the Turf

1939

as Arnold

7.0
Acting

Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of one of his jockeys. One day he meets Goldie who has ...

The Great Man Votes

The Great Man Votes

1939

as Charles Dole

6.1
Acting

In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, ...

While New York Sleeps

While New York Sleeps

1938

as Red Miller

Acting

Newspaperman (Whalen) looks into the deaths of bond-carriers while romancing a show girl (Rogers).

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938

as Daro

4.8
Acting

Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner ...

Josette

Josette

1938

as Joe, Diner Owner

6.5
Acting

Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they b...

One Wild Night

One Wild Night

1938

as Collins

5.5
Acting

Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money fro...

Romance on the Run

Romance on the Run

1938

as Police Lt. Eckhardt

Acting

A (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets involved in recovering a stolen necklace. In the process also...

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

1938

as Harry Kipper

6.7
Acting

Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secr...

Rosalie

Rosalie

1937

as Army Coach

5.5
Acting

West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an European kingdom.

Big City

Big City

1937

as Mr. Beecher

7.4
Acting

Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob contr...

Wake Up and Live

Wake Up and Live

1937

as Radio Center Tour Guide

5.3
Acting

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.

Blonde Trouble

Blonde Trouble

1937

as Paul Sears

Acting

Fred Stevens is an aspiring songwriter from Schenectady who journeys to New York City, hoping to make a name for himself. On the train he meets dental...

Easy Living

Easy Living

1937

as Wallace Whistling

7.0
Acting

J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bought (very expensive) sable coat and throws it out ...

The Great Gambini

The Great Gambini

1937

as Sergeant Kirby

6.0
Acting

A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a p...

The Great Hospital Mystery

The Great Hospital Mystery

1937

as Mr. Beatty

4.0
Acting

A nurse's brother who's pursued by the mob, hides out in a hospital by pretending to be a patient.

The Hit Parade

The Hit Parade

1937

as Parole Officer

5.0
Acting

Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds f...

Oh, Doctor

Oh, Doctor

1937

as Marty Short

Acting

A hypochondriac is afraid he will die before he gets an inheritance that will "cure" him.

Don't Tell the Wife

Don't Tell the Wife

1937

as Larry 'Horace' Tucker

Acting

After being released from prison, con man Thurston Hall gathers his gang of cronies--along with innocent chump Guy Kibbee--to help him sell worthless ...

Time Out for Romance

Time Out for Romance

1937

as Willoughby Sproggs

5.6
Acting

A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his loot.

Mind Your Own Business

Mind Your Own Business

1936

as Droopy

Acting

Nature reporter Orville Shanks retreats to the woods for material for his "Our Wild Friends" column and to volunteer for his favorite cause, the Boy S...

Charlie Chan at the Opera

Charlie Chan at the Opera

1936

as Sergeant Kelly

6.8
Acting

A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years a...

Love on the Run

Love on the Run

1936

as Editor

6.4
Acting

A runaway bride and an undercover reporter get caught up in political intrigue as they lead a merry chase across Europe and uncover a spy plot.

Wedding Present

Wedding Present

1936

as 'Smiles' Benson

6.5
Acting

Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great...

The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld

1936

as Gene Buck (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girl...

White Lies

White Lies

1935

as Roberts

6.0
Acting

A powerful publisher John Mitchell whose pursuit of sensational headlines at the expense of all else takes a personal toll when his daughter Joan is i...

Hands Across the Table

Hands Across the Table

1935

as Regi's Date Natty (uncredited)

6.9
Acting

A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.

Diamond Jim

Diamond Jim

1935

as Harry Hill

6.0
Acting

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

Bright Lights

Bright Lights

1935

as Detective

4.5
Acting

Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.

The Murder Man

The Murder Man

1935

as 'Red' Maguire

6.9
Acting

Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his...

The Casino Murder Case

The Casino Murder Case

1935

as Auctioneer (uncredited)

6.5
Acting

When Philo Vance receives a note that harm will befall Lynn at the casino that night, he takes the threat seriously while the DA dismisses it. At the ...

After Office Hours

After Office Hours

1935

as Police Detective (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

A managing editor sends a socialite reporter to spy on her boyfriend, mixed up in murder.

Fugitive Lady

Fugitive Lady

1934

as Steve Rogers

6.0
Acting

In this thriller, a young woman marries a dashing young man who, unbeknownst to her, is a jewel thief.

Many Happy Returns

Many Happy Returns

1934

as Brinker

5.3
Acting

Gracie Allen assumes the "management" of the shop owned by her papa Horatio Allen, turning it into a radio station and then an aviary---with the usual...

Fog Over Frisco

Fog Over Frisco

1934

as Spike Smith

6.2
Acting

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...

Seeing Things

1930

as The Heir

Acting

The heir to a fortune will only receive his inheritance if he spends the night in a supposedly haunted house.

The Crash

The Crash

1928

as Louie

Acting

The Crash (1928)

The Butter and Egg Man

The Butter and Egg Man

1928

as Jack McLure

Acting

Peter Jones is a young man who arrives on Broadway from Chillicothe, Ohio, hoping to invest $20,000 in a play and turn a profit sufficient to buy a lo...

Five and Ten Cent Annie

Five and Ten Cent Annie

1928

as Briggs

Acting

Street cleaner Elmer Peck (Clyde Cook) inherits a million dollars from his uncle Adam Peck (Tom Ricketts) on the conditions that he retains the uncle'...

Pay as You Enter

Pay as You Enter

1928

as 'Terrible Bill' McGovern

Acting

Trolley car conductor Clyde Jones and bus conductor "Terrible Bill" Jones are arch rivals for the hand of coffee-shop owner Mary Smith.

A Girl in Every Port

A Girl in Every Port

1928

as Man in Bombay (uncredited)

6.4
Acting

Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally settle down, will this mysterious young woman come betwe...

Sharp Shooters

Sharp Shooters

1928

as 'Hi Jack' Murdock

Acting

A "love-'em-and-leave-'em" sailor hooks up with a dance-hall girl in Paris while waiting for his ship to sail. She falls in love with him, and when hi...

The Night Court

The Night Court

1927

as Defense Counsel

Acting

A police raid on a night club results in the entire cast of the club's floor show being hauled into court, where they must perform their routines for ...

A Reno Divorce

A Reno Divorce

1927

as James, the chauffeur

Acting

An attractive heiress, Carla (May McAvoy), and David (Ralph Graves), a successful artist, fall in love following an automobile accident. and are marri...

The Jazz Singer

The Jazz Singer

1927

as Buster Billings (uncredited)

6.1
Acting

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer. This is the first...

A Sailor's Sweetheart

A Sailor's Sweetheart

1927

as Detective

7.0
Acting

Cynthia Botts, the headmistress of a girls’ school, stands to inherit a fortune on the condition that no scandal ever be associated with her name. But...

The Bush Leaguer

The Bush Leaguer

1927

as John Gilroy

Acting

"Specs" White owns a garage in town and is the local baseball team's #1 pitcher--but he's more interested in working on his latest invention, a new an...

The First Auto

The First Auto

1927

as The Village Cut-Up

4.5
Acting

The transition from horses to automobiles at the turn of the century causes problems between a father and son.

What Happened To Father

What Happened To Father

1927

as Detective Dibbin

Acting

William Bradberry, an absent-minded Egyptologist, turns from a henpecked husband to a dominating one who, unknown to his daughter Betty and wife, writ...

The Black Diamond Express

The Black Diamond Express

1927

as Train Engine Fireman

Acting

Dan Foster, the engineer of the Black Diamond Express express train falls in love with Jeanne Harmon, whose snobbish, high society mother, Mrs. Harmon...

Simple Sis

Simple Sis

1927

Acting

Simple Sis is a 1927 American silent comedy-melodrama directed by Herman C. Raymaker and starring Louise Fazenda as a poor, plain laundress hoping for...

A Million Bid

A Million Bid

1927

as George Lamont

Acting

To satisfy her controlling mother and secure both of their futures, a daughter hesitantly enters a loveless marriage to a wealthy businessman. Years l...

Matinee Ladies

Matinee Ladies

1927

as Man About Town

Acting

Law student Bob Ward, short on money, takes a job as a "dancing companion" at a roadhouse, where most of his clients are women looking for a little ex...

The Gay Old Bird

The Gay Old Bird

1927

as Mr. Fixit

Acting

A maid is forced to take the place of the lady of the house when she is temporarily incapacitated.

Don't Tell the Wife

Don't Tell the Wife

1927

as Ray Valerian

Acting

The Carters, a nouveau riche couple from Peoria, Illinois, decide to take a trip to Europe in the company of John Carter's best friend Henry. While in...

Finger Prints

Finger Prints

1927

as Cuffs Egan

Acting

A gang of inept crooks and even more inept lawmen search for a cache of hidden money.