Dorothy Dwan

Dorothy Dwan

1906-04-26 Sedalia, Missouri, USA 22 Credits

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The Fighting Legion

The Fighting Legion

1930

as Molly Williams

Acting

After being shot, a dying Marshal Dawson gives Dave Hayes his badge and asks him to finish his job. Dave becomes Marshal but when Bowie, the man that ...

The Peacock Fan

The Peacock Fan

1929

as Peggy Kendall

Acting

A bumbling detective sent to investigate a murder at a wealth home is replaced by a sneering second investigator of mixed racial ancestry in this myst...

The California Mail

The California Mail

1929

as Molly Butler

Acting

During the darkest hour of the American Civil War, the Union desperately needs gold to keep its armies in the field and its credit good. Federal Agent...

The Drifter

The Drifter

1929

as Ruth Martin

Acting

Silent cowboy western starring Tom Mix, Bernard Bolden, Dorothy Dwan, Barney Furey, Albert J. Smith, and Ernest Wilson. Also, note that this is a "los...

The Devil Bear

The Devil Bear

1929

as Werta

Acting

A ship's captain keeps a tame gorilla as a pet. During a mutiny the captain is injured by a blow and the gorilla saves him by hiding him in a cave. As...

Obey Your Husband

Obey Your Husband

1928

as Joyce Kennedy

Acting

An inveterate gambler is charged with killing a card sharp.

The Virgin Queen

The Virgin Queen

1928

as Bess Throckmorton

Acting

The Virgin Queen is a 1928 MGM silent fictionalized film short in two-color Technicolor. It was the third short film produced as part of Metro-Goldwyn...

Behind the Counter

Behind the Counter

1928

as Dorothy Brown

7.0
Acting

Eddie, a prim store salesman, gets locked in overnight and battles hoodlums.

Silver Valley

Silver Valley

1927

as Sheila Blaine

Acting

Fired for crashing his aeroplane into his employer's ranch, Tom Mix is elected sheriff in a town with, as a title stated, "a high mortality rate among...

Tumbling River

Tumbling River

1927

as Edna Barton

Acting

Tom heroically saves rancher's daughter Dorothy Dwan from both a raging river and a gang of cattle rustlers led by popular western villain Wallace McD...

The Land Beyond the Law

The Land Beyond the Law

1927

as Ginger O'Hara

Acting

Deputy Marshal Jerry Steele (Ken Maynard) heads off to Oklahoma where a gang of nasty cattle rustlers is terrorizing the local ranchers. After a bit o...

Spuds

Spuds

1927

as Madelon

Acting

In France during World War I, an army payroll car containing $250,000 turns up missing. A GI, nicknamed "Spuds" because of his prowess at peeling pota...

Hills of Kentucky

Hills of Kentucky

1927

as Janet

2.0
Acting

Adapted from Dorothy Yost's story, "The Untamed Heart"

The Canyon of Light

The Canyon of Light

1926

as Concha Deane

Acting

The story begins as Tom Mills (Tom Mix) rides off to fight in WWI. Leaving his ranch in the care of his sister Ellen (Carmelita Geraghty) and her husb...

The Great K&A Train Robbery

The Great K&A Train Robbery

1926

as Madge Cullen

5.7
Acting

Cullen has hired Tom to try and stop the robberies on his railroad. Knowing Cullen's secretary Holt is tipping off the gang, Tom works undercover by p...

The Call of the Klondike

The Call of the Klondike

1926

as Violet Winter

6.5
Acting

A desert prospecter, Dick Norton, decides to head to the Klondike in search of gold. In the Klondike, Norton becomes a mining engineer whose honesty u...

The Perfect Clown

The Perfect Clown

1925

as The Girl

6.2
Acting

A clerk is given $10,000 to deposit at the bank, but the bank is closed for the night so he tries to get to the bank president's house with the money.

The Cloudhopper

The Cloudhopper

1925

as Dorothy Jack

4.5
Acting

The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase foot...

The Dome Doctor

1925

as Dorothy

1.0
Acting

The proprietors of a hairdressing and beauty emporium and the neighboring delicatessen battle over everything including the hairdresser's love of the ...

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

1925

as Dorothy

5.5
Acting

A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.

Kid Speed

Kid Speed

1924

as Lou DuPoys

5.2
Acting

Avery DuPoys is a wealthy businessman, organising a race. He meets one of the competitors of the race, who is in love with DuPoys's daughter. Another ...

Her Boy Friend

Her Boy Friend

1924

as Iva Method, the girl detective

5.5
Acting

Young and beautiful Iva Method is spying for the police at the Dropem Inn, a sleazy club that the police suspect is a front for a bootlegging operatio...