Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Regis Toomey (August 13, 1898 – October 12, 1991) was an American film and television actor. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, he was one of four children of Francis X. and Mary Ellen Toomey and attended Peabody High School. He initially pondered a law career, but acting won out and he established himself as a musical stage performer. Educated in dramatics at the University of Pittsburgh, where he became a brother of Sigma Chi, Toomey began as a...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Evil Town
1987
as Doc Hooper
A mad scientist seeks eternal youth by developing a drug derived from human pituitary glands, aided by the local townsfolk, who help abduct visitors t...
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
1976
as Burlesque Stagehand
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.
Dr. Shagetz
1975
as Doc Hooper
Passing through a small town, two young hippie couples stumble upon a town where the old folks all act strange and even stranger things are happening ...
The Phantom of Hollywood
1974
as Joe
The internationally famous Worldwide Studios has hit hard times and is forced to sell its Hollywood backlot to property developers. The trouble is som...
The Carey Treatment
1972
as Sanderson the Pathologist
A doctor uncovers a hotbed of corruption when he tries to clear a colleague of a murder charge.
Cover Me Babe
1970
as Michael Atterbury
Student filmmaker lets nothing stand in the way of his getting a studio contract.
Change of Habit
1969
as Father Gibbons
Dr. John Carpenter takes the job of running a health center in a low-income district. He enlists three women to help out who — unbeknownst to him — ar...
Gunn
1967
as The Bishop
The madam of a floating bordello hires private eye Peter Gunn to prove a gangster killed a crime boss.
The Night of the Grizzly
1966
as Cotton Benson
Marshall "Big Jim" Cole turns in his badge and heads to Wyoming with his family in order to settle on some land left him by a relative. He faces oppos...
Johnny Shiloh
1965
as Mr. Clem
Johnny Shiloh is a 1963 made for TV film that originally aired in two parts on the Wonderful World of Disney in Color. It was released in other countr...
Man's Favorite Sport?
1964
as Bagley
Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he cr...
The Errand Boy
1961
as Studio Exec with the Baron
Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their spy. Morty works for Mr. Sneak and gets a job in the mai...
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
1961
as Dr. Jamieson
The crew of an atomic submarine battle to save the world from global destruction.
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
1961
as Bill Baird
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
The Last Sunset
1961
as Milton Wing
At a Mexican ranch, fugitive O'Malley and pursuing Sheriff Stribling agree to help rancher Breckenridge drive his herd into Texas where Stribling coul...
Guns of the Timberland
1960
as Sheriff Taylor
Logger Jim Hadley and his lumberjack crew are looking for new forest to cut. They locate a prime prospect outside the town of Deep Wells. The resident...
The Hangman
1959
as Soldier at Fort
A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town....
The Hangman
1959
as Orderly (uncredited)
A marshal nicknamed "The Hangman" because of his track record in hunting down and capturing wanted criminals traces a robbery suspect to a small town....
Warlock
1959
as Skinner
A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire t...
Joy Ride
1958
as Miles Renny
Teenage story of a bad apple in a barrel evolving from a kid's desire to drive a new T-bird.
Sing Boy Sing
1958
as Rev. Easton
The teenage son of a rural preacher becomes a huge Elvis-like rock 'n' roll star, but he has trouble adjusting to fame and success.
No Time at All
1958
as Joe Donaldson
An airliner flying nonstop at night from Miami to New York fails to check in, then disappears from radar. We see how its disappearance affects people ...
Curfew Breakers
1957
as Coach Bettger
Police Lieutenant Lacey, with aid from Coach Bettger, heads a crack-down on dope-peddling to high-school athletes. One kid dies from an overdose, two ...
Dakota Incident
1956
as Minstrel
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off.
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956
as Murph
Three jurors are ripe for bribery by the lawyer of a playgirl up for murder.
Great Day in the Morning
1956
as Father Murphy
After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundame...
Guys and Dolls
1955
as Arvide Abernathy
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky ...
Top Gun
1955
as Jim O'Hara
A gunslinger returns to his hometown to warn of an impending outlaw gang attack, but he's met with hatred and fear for his previous killings.
Atomic Energy as a Force for Good
1955
as Mike Farrell
Drama showing the reactions of citizens of a small town to the construction of a nuclear energy plant in their community, and their acceptance of the ...
The Human Jungle
1954
as Bob Geddes
Danforth is assigned to take over the police department in a section of a large city saddled with juvenile delinquency, petty crimes, graft and also a...
The High and the Mighty
1954
as Tim Garfield
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-t...
Drums Across the River
1954
as Sheriff Jim Beal
When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.
The Backbone of America
1953
as Bill Carmody
An account executive tries to find the perfect American family to use in a forthcoming advertising campaign.
The Nebraskan
1953
as Col. Markham
War looms on the horizon when an Army officer's American Indian aide is accused of murdering a tribal elder.
Take the High Ground!
1953
as Chaplain (uncredited)
Sgt. Thorne Ryan, who once fought bravely in Korea, now serves as a hard-nosed drill instructor to new Army recruits at Fort Bliss, Texas. But is he r...
Main Street to Broadway
1953
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspira...
Island in the Sky
1953
as Sergeant Harper
A C-47 transport plane, named the Corsair, makes a forced landing in the frozen wastelands of Labrador, and the plane's pilot, Captain Dooley, must ke...
Son of Belle Starr
1953
as Tom Wren
The son of the notorious female bandit Belle Starr wants to live an honest life, but finds himself getting drawn into his mother's old profession.
It Happens Every Thursday
1953
as Mayor Hull
New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly newspaper in Eden, California. They have humorous problem...
Never Wave at a WAC
1953
as General Ned Prager
A divorced socialite decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. She soon encounters many d...
My Pal Gus
1952
as Farley Norris
A single father falls in love with his son's schoolteacher.
Just for You
1952
as Mr. Hodges
Jordan Blake (a widower) is a successful Broadway Producer who has always been to busy for his children, Barbara and Jerry. Girlfriend, Carolina a mus...
The Battle at Apache Pass
1952
as Dr. Carter
Major Jim Colton is a sympathetic leader who has a working relationship with Apache leader Cochise. Colton is undermined by corrupt and politically am...
My Six Convicts
1952
as Dr. Gordon
A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have n...
Crossroads - U.S.A.
1952
as Bill Marshall
Group of people trapped in gas station during a storm teach a young man valuable life lessons.
The People Against O'Hara
1951
as Fred Colton, Police Sound Man
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
The Tall Target
1951
as Insp. Tim Reilly (uncredited)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Show Boat
1951
as Sheriff Ike Vallon (uncredited)
A dashing Mississippi river gambler wins the affections of the daughter of the owner of the Show Boat.
Navy Bound
1951
as Capt. Charles Danning
A sailor who is a champion boxer in the Navy is forced to leave the service because his family's business, a tuna fishing operation, is in financial t...
Cry Danger
1951
as Gus Cobb
After serving five years of a life sentence, Rocky Mulloy hopes to clear his friend who's still in prison for the same crime.
Tomahawk
1951
as Smith (uncredited)
In 1866, a new gold discovery and an inconclusive conference force the U.S. Army to build a road and fort in territory ceded by previous treaty to the...
Frenchie
1950
as Carter
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she onl...
Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone
1950
as Reporter (uncredited)
Harriet O'Malley tries to solve a murder aboard a train en route to New York.
Undercover Girl
1950
as Hank Miller
After her father is murdered, a girl joins the police force in an effort to track down the killers.
Again Pioneers
1950
as Dave Harley
Citizens of Fairview are outraged when they learn children from the "Patch", a squalid migrant camp on the outskirts of town, will soon be attending F...
Dynamite Pass
1950
as Dan Madden
A cowhand becomes involved in a war between a road construction crew and the greedy toll-owner hoping to thwart the new project.
Beyond the Forest
1949
as Sorren
Rosa, the self-serving wife of a small-town doctor, gets a better offer when a wealthy big-city man insists she get a divorce and marry him instead. S...
The Devil's Henchman
1949
as Tip Banning
Insurance agent Jesse Arno is posing as a sailor while on the trail of a gang of waterfront thieves, supposedly headed by Tip Banning. Arno is aware t...
Mighty Joe Young
1949
as John Young
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to H...
Come to the Stable
1949
as Monsignor Talbot
Two nuns arrive unannounced in the small New England town of Bethlehem, where they recruit various townspeople to help them build a children's hospita...
The Phantom Creeps
1949
as Lt. Jim Daley
An edited version of the 4½ hour serial about a mad scientist who attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
The Boy with Green Hair
1948
as Mr. Davis
Peter, an orphaned boy, is adopted by Gramp Frye after his parents are killed in Europe while doing war relief work. The boy feels safe with his new c...
Station West
1948
as Jim Goddard
When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence investigator John Haven goes undercover to a mining and logging t...
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
1948
as Police Inspector Clint Judd
An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetr...
Raw Deal
1948
as (uncredited)
Joe Sullivan is itching to get out of prison. He's taken the rap for his accomplice Rick, a sadistic mobster who owes him $50,000 from the job they pu...
Reaching from Heaven
1948
as Pastor
Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped menta...
The Bishop's Wife
1947
as Mr. Miller
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily...
Magic Town
1947
as Ed Weaver
Rip Smith's opinion-poll business is a failure...until he discovers that the small town of Grandview is statistically identical to the entire country....
High Tide
1947
as Inspector O'Haffey
A car accident traps two men inside a car near the water. With the tide coming in, they discuss the circumstances that led up to the accident.
The Big Fix
1947
as Lt. Brenner
Ken Williams (James Brown), a star basketball player on a college team learns that a police lieutenant (Regis Toomey) is the head of a gambling ring a...
The Guilty
1947
as Detective Heller
Two friends land in hot water when they begin dating twins and one of the women ends up dead.
The Thirteenth Hour
1947
as Don Parker
In this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled.
Child of Divorce
1946
as Ray Carter
An eight-year-old girl is an unwilling and disturbed witness of parental quarrels in her home, and when the parents finally secure a divorce, the judg...
Sister Kenny
1946
as New York Reporter (uncredited)
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validi...
Her Sister's Secret
1946
as Bill Gordon
A WWII tale of romance that begins during New Orlean's "Mardi Gras" celebration when a soldier and a girl meet and fall in love. He asks her to marry ...
The Big Sleep
1946
as Chief Inspector Bernie Ohls
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the comple...
Mysterious Intruder
1946
as James Summers
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
Follow That Woman
1945
as Barney Manners
A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.
Spellbound
1945
as Det. Sgt. Gillespie
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, dis...
Betrayal from the East
1945
as Agent Posing as 'Sgt. Jimmy Scott'
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.
Strange Illusion
1945
as Dr. Vincent
An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.
The Doughgirls
1944
as Timothy Walsh
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, hi...
Murder in the Blue Room
1944
as Inspector McDonald
A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house long-considered to be haunted.
When the Lights Go On Again
1944
as Bill Regan
The hometown life of a young soldier suffering from shellshock amnesia is revealed in flashback.
Dark Mountain
1944
as Steve Downey
A woman doesn't realize that the man she has just married is a gangster. When she is implicated in a murder he committed, she turns to an ex-boyfriend...
Raiders of Ghost City
1944
as Capt. Clay Randolph [Chs. 1-6]
During the latter stages of the Civil War, a gang of supposed Confederates, headed by Alex Morel (Lionel Atwill), raid all gold shipments destined for...
Song of the Open Road
1944
as Connors
A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to join a Civilian Conservation Corps camp to work with ...
Follow the Boys
1944
as Dr. Henderson
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star on the lot--often playing themselves--in musical ...
Phantom Lady
1944
as Detective
A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
Adventures of the Flying Cadets
1943
as Capt. Ralph Carson
Four youthful cadets are implicated in a series of murders, and must attempt to clear themselves of suspicion.
Destroyer
1943
as Lt. Cmdr. Clark
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to what was very nearly her last voyage. Among the c...
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Blackstone McDaniel
The tumultuous presidency of 19th-president Andrew Johnson is chronicled in this biopic. The story begins with Johnson's boyhood and covers his early ...
The Forest Rangers
1942
as Frank Hatfield
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidence of arson. He suspects Twig Dawson but can't prov...
I Was Framed
1942
as Bob Leeds
A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
Bullet Scars
1942
as Dr. Steven Bishop
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also take...
You're in the Army Now
1941
as Captain Joe Radcliffe
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Fitzhugh Lee
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains th...
New York Town
1941
as Jim Martin (uncredited)
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stef...
Law of the Tropics
1941
as Tom Marshall
Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a teleg...
The Nurse's Secret
1941
as Inspector Tom Patten
An apparent suicide by a rich woman leads her nurse and a policeman to an insurance scam.
Reaching for the Sun
1941
as Intern
Comedy of a North Woods clam-digger who journeys to Detroit to earn money for outboard motor by working on auto assembly line.
The Devil and Miss Jones
1941
as 1st Policeman
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...
A Shot in the Dark
1941
as William Ryder
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
Meet John Doe
1941
as Bert Hansen
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The p...
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
as Wallace
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.
Dive Bomber
1941
as Tim Griffin
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protect pilots from blacking out when they go into a ste...
Arizona
1940
as Grant Oury
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But P...
March On, Marines
1940
as Drill Sergeant
Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes th...
North West Mounted Police
1940
as Constable Jerry Moore
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Cor...
'Til We Meet Again
1940
as Freddy
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...
Northwest Passage
1940
as Webster
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force e...
His Girl Friday
1940
as Sanders
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wi...
Thunder Afloat
1939
as Ives
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Hidden Power
1939
as Mayton
Dr. Garfield gets so involved in his research for an antitoxin for severe burns that he completely neglects his wife, Virginian, and their young son, ...
Indianapolis Speedway
1939
as Dick Wilbur
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.
Trapped in the Sky
1939
as Lt. Gary
In this exciting spy drama, enemy agents endeavor to steal the plans for a top secret silent aircraft. The plane's inventor wants to sell his inventio...
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
1939
as Tom - in Coffee Shop (uncredited)
FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Union Pacific
1939
as Paddy O'Rourke
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opp...
Street of Missing Men
1939
as Jim Parker
An ex-con vows vengeance on the newspaper responsible for putting him behind bars, but has a change of heart when another racketeer threatens to bring...
Society Smugglers
1939
as Johnny Beebe
The Treasury Department plants a female agent in the office of a luggage company that is suspected of smuggling diamonds.
Wings of the Navy
1939
as First Flight Instructor
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...
The Mysterious Miss X
1939
as Jack Webster
After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler) try to solve a murder in a Midwestern town.
The Phantom Creeps
1939
as Lt. Jim Daly
A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
Pirates of the Skies
1939
Cafe waitress Barbara Whitney refuses to acknowledge her marriage to Air Policeman Nick Conlon until he upgrades his career. He does so by infiltratin...
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938
as Ted Hall
G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.
Illegal Traffic
1938
as Windy
G-Man Charles Bent Martin is sent out to break up a nationwide racket. A transport company is aiding fugitives making a getaway in exchange for the li...
Hunted Men
1938
as Donovan
Notorious racketeer Joe Albany kills James Flowers when he discovers he is embezzling from the club they own. Joe escapes through a window and hails a...
Blind Alibi
1938
as Doctor Wilson - Veterinarian
A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed sister's love letters.
The Invisible Menace
1938
as Lt. Matthews
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 ...
Submarine D-1
1937
as Tom Callan
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...
Big City
1937
as Fred Hawkins
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...
Back in Circulation
1937
as Buck
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...
The Lady Escapes
1937
as American reporter (uncredited)
A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a European playboy.
Midnight Taxi
1937
as Hilton
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeiters.
Bulldog Edition
1936
as Jim Hardy
Two rival newspapers are engaged in a circulation battle, complicated by the fact that a vicious gangster inserts himself into the middle of it. Also ...
Skull and Crown
1935
as Bob Franklin, alias Rocky Morgan
Rin-Tin-Tin brings the killer of his mistress to justice.
Bars of Hate
1935
as Ted Clark
Ted Clark rescues pickpoket Danny from a mob, and restores Danny's loot, a pocketbook, to its owner Ann Dawson. She is carrying a letter that proves h...
Shadows of the Orient
1935
as Inspector Bob Baxter
A classic "B" featurette about "smugglin' in Chinamen for $300 a load"
Manhattan Moon
1935
as Eddie
Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of socia...
'G' Men
1935
as Eddie Buchanan
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend...
One Frightened Night
1935
as Tom Dean
Eccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide his money and give each guest a million dollars before t...
Great God Gold
1935
as Phil Stuart
Greed, ambition and hunger-for-power drive John Hart, a New-York-City stock-market broker, into crooked dealings and deception, but he doesn't realize...
Shadow of Doubt
1935
as Reed Ryan
When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.
Red Morning
1934
as John Hastings
A captain's daughter become marooned on an island after the ship is taken over by a mutinous crew.
Redhead
1934
as Scoop
A girl marries a playboy from a rich family, expecting a life of comfort and luxury. However, her new father-in-law turns his ne'er-do-well son out in...
She Had to Choose
1934
as Jack Berry
A young actress hits Hollywood determined to be a movie star and runs into a lot of roadblocks along the way.
Murder on the Blackboard
1934
as Detective Smiley North
There are plenty of guilty secrets at the school where Hildegarde Withers teaches. When she finds the body of the pretty music teacher, she calls in h...
Picture Brides
1934
as Dave Hart
Four "Picture Brides", from New Orleans, arrive in the Brazilian jungle on a riverboat, brought there to marry workers at Lottagrasso, a remote mining...
Hollywood on Parade No. B-1
1934
Short film in which Frankie Darro as a Telegram delivery boy visits various Hollywood locations to make deliveries. He visits the Los Angeles Pier and...
Big Time Or Bust
1933
as Jimmie Kane
Newlywed carnival performers decide to try their luck in New York, but their marriage begins to crumble when their careers take separate paths.
She Had to Say Yes
1933
as Tommy Nelson
Florence Denny is Tommy Nelson's girlfriend and secretary at a clothing manufacturer during the Great Depression. In order to boost sales they have be...
How to Break 90 #5: Impact
1933
as Himself
Bobby Jones attempts to undo the damage done by a meddling old fool.
Laughing at Life
1933
as Pat Collins / Mc Hale
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe ho...
Soldiers of the Storm
1933
as Brad Allerton
Soldiers of the Storm is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman.
State Trooper
1933
as Michael Rolph
Mike Rolph quits his job, seemingly, as a highway patrolman and takes the position of the Police Chief of W. J. Brady's oil refinery. He is also roman...
The Penal Code
1932
as Robert Palmer
A man is released from prison and tries to get back into life on the outside without his family and friends knowing he's been in jail.
A Strange Adventure
1932
as Detective-Sergeant Mitchell
A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer in an old dark house.
They Never Come Back
1932
as Jimmy Nolan
Prizefighter Jimmy Nolan, facing an opportunity to get a championship fight, is knocked out when he sustains what is apparently a permanent injury to ...
The Crowd Roars
1932
as Dick Wilbur
Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to beco...
The Midnight Patrol
1932
as John Martin
A cub reporter rashly makes a promise to solve a murder mystery within 24 hours, then must make good on his boast.
Shopworn
1932
as David Livingston
A waitress falls for a wealthy young man but has to fight his mother to find happiness.
Under Eighteen
1932
as Jimmie Slocum
Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during the Depression: Those you make and those you take. De...
Touchdown!
1931
as Tom Hussey
Football coach Dan Curtis is eager for his small college team to win at all costs.
24 Hours
1931
as Tony Bruzzi
A nightclub singer is carrying on an affair with a married man. When she is found murdered, her lover is suspected of the crime.
Graft
1931
as Dustin Hotchkiss
Cub reporter Dusty investigates the murder of the District Attorney and stumbles into a plot involving a kidnapping and a crooked election.
Murder by the Clock
1931
as Office Cassidy
A policeman investigates a woman's link to murders that are preceded by a shrilling horn inside a family mausoleum.
Kick In
1931
as Chick Hewes
Chick Hewes is released from prison and finds work as an accountant. Two years later, Chick's crooked friend, Benny LaMarr, to whom he is indebted for...
The Finger Points
1931
as Charlie 'Breezy' Russell
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on...
Finn and Hattie
1931
as Henry Collins
The Haddocks are going on a European vacation and from their reception at the station, where the whole town goes to see them off, it is clear who wear...
Scandal Sheet
1931
as Regan
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.
Other Men's Women
1931
as Jack Kulper
The friendship of two working stiff railroad engineers is put to the test when one falls for the other’s wife.
A Man from Wyoming
1930
as Jersey
A story about a man from Wyoming who enlists in the Army and is sent to the front during World War I. There he saves the life of an American society g...
Good Intentions
1930
as Richard Holt
When love came the way of this gentleman crook he turned to the right---only to be caught in the swirling eddy of his criminal past! (original ad)
Shadow of the Law
1930
as Tom Owens
John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the sha...
The Light of Western Stars
1930
as Bob Drexell
A friend of Dick Bailey is killed by a mysterious assailant, whom Dick suspects to be Stack, who is in league with the crooked sheriff. Out on a spree...
Crazy That Way
1930
as Robert Metcalf
Young heiress Ann Jordan and her fiancè Frank Oakes would be happy except for the constant appearance of Robert Metcalf, who follows her or them every...
Framed
1930
as Jimmy McArthur
Rose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five years later, as a nightclub hostess, she is sought by Chu...
Street of Chance
1930
as 'Babe' Marsden
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Fra...
Rich People
1929
as Jef MacLean
Connie Hayden (Constance Bennett) faces a dilemma; will she choose the rich guy or the ordinary Joe? Naturally, Connie has the answer in time for the ...
Illusion
1929
as Eric
A vaudeville magician team is broken up when Carlee, an ex--circus performer, becomes infatuated with socialite Hilda Schmittlap. Meanwhile his vaudev...
The Wheel of Life
1929
as Lt. MacLaren
British officer Capt. Leslie Yeullat is at present on leave in London. Falling in love with Ruth Dangan, the wife of his commanding officer, Yeullat d...
Alibi
1929
as Danny McGann
Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When a policeman is murdered during a robbery, he falls...