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Complete Filmography
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947
as J.P. Blackstone
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, de...
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1944
as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
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
1944
as Rev. Upperman (uncredited)
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
1944
as Presidential Secretary (uncredited)
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...
Keep 'Em Slugging
1943
as Mr. Quink
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangl...
My Heart Belongs to Daddy
1942
as Smith, Faculty Member
A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in a pregnant widow.
Apache Trail
1942
as Meredith - Stage Passenger (uncredited)
The brother of a notorious outlaw is put in a charge of a stagecoach line way station in dangerous Apache territory. A stagecoach arrives at the stati...
The Palm Beach Story
1942
as Pullman Conductor
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...
Sullivan's Travels
1941
as Preacher at Revival Mission (uncredited)
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...
They Meet Again
1941
as Redmond, Governor's Secretary
Dr. Christian takes time out from his appointed rounds to help clear a bank teller of embezzlement charges.
1-2-3-Go!
1941
as Horace
While playing baseball, Mickey runs into the street to catch a fly ball and is struck by a car. When the gang visit him in the hospital they are appal...
The Lady Eve
1941
as Lawyer at Phone in Pike's Office (uncredited)
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...
Christmas in July
1940
as Mild Juror (uncredited)
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...
Hullabaloo
1940
as Audition Official
A radio actor faces trouble when a science-fiction story causes the audience to panic.
I Love You Again
1940
as Mr. Hines - Floorwalker (uncredited)
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.
The Great McGinty
1940
as Mayor Wilfred H. Tillinghast
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 Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Little Man
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The...
East Side of Heaven
1939
as Loftus (uncredited)
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
Sergeant Madden
1939
as Police Prompter
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Made for Each Other
1939
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Valet (uncredited)
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off f...
Hard to Get
1938
as Mr. Petewyler (uncredited)
When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by Bill Davis, he makes her work out her bill by making b...
Girls on Probation
1938
as Mr. Engstrom
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
The Sisters
1938
as Tom Selig
Three daughters of a small down pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.
The Rage of Paris
1938
as Assistant Manager (uncredited)
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of he...
The Devil's Party
1938
as Webster
Adults who grew up as slum kids meet later in life, but murder disrupts their reunion.
One Wild Night
1938
as McBride (uncredited)
Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four men who had all withdrawn large sums of money fro...
You and Me
1938
as Mr. Klein (uncredited)
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Am...
Love on a Budget
1938
as Fred - Chief Councilman
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle wh...
Start Cheering
1938
as Librarian
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him expelled.
The Black Doll
1938
as Coroner
Nicholas Rood, dishonest mine owner, finds a Black Doll on his desk and knows that vengeance is about to overtake him for murdering his former partner...
Love Takes Flight
1937
as Grey
A commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.
The Westland Case
1937
as Dr. Shuttle
A detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows were locked from the inside.
The Wrong Road
1937
as Beamish
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, ...
It's All Yours
1937
as Dabney
Jimmy Barnes arrives from Europe to be educated by his multi-millionaire uncle, Edward J. Barnes and in five years the extravagant escapes of Jimmy, n...
She's No Lady
1937
as Mr. Douglas
Alden "Bill" Carter III sees a beautiful woman, Jerry, dining alone at the Park Savoy in New York, and after a brief flirtation, introduces himself. A...
Easy Living
1937
as Jeweler (uncredited)
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 ...
Ever Since Eve
1937
as Hotel Manager
Madge Winton, a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Ma...
Paradise Express
1937
as Phineas K. Trotter
A small railroad is being squeezed out of business by the tactics of a trucking company owned by gangsters.
Join the Marines
1937
as Capt. James
New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Marine colonel's daughter he gets kicked off the tea...
We Who Are About to Die
1937
as Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspic...
Laughing at Trouble
1936
as Sam Turner
A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publisher who has befriended him. She knows who the re...
Great Guy
1936
as Furniture Salesman (Uncredited)
A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
as Wedding Minister
A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.
How to Be a Detective
1936
as Worried Citizen (uncredited)
This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical characteristics.
Don't Turn 'em Loose
1936
as Judge Bass - Head of Parole Board
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast th...
Lady Luck
1936
as J. Baldwin Hemingway
New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposals of honest reporter David Haines. When she is an...
Walking on Air
1936
as Mr. Thompson (uncredited)
A strong-willed young woman hires a student to impersonate a boorish French count and brings him home to meet her parents.
Sing, Baby, Sing
1936
as Mr. Vissinger
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolph...
M'Liss
1936
as James Morpher
The third film version of the Bret Harte tale, starring Anne Shirley as a miner's daughter in a small town who falls for a handsome young schoolteache...
Poor Little Rich Girl
1936
as Percival Gooch
Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed soap manufacturer father. When her nurse is injured en ...
Fury
1936
as Grouch (uncredited)
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wr...
Early to Bed
1936
as Smithers
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with ...
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Budington (uncredited)
Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the bi...
Two in the Dark
1936
as Mr. Pinkley (uncredited)
Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) conne...
Magnificent Obsession
1935
as Perry
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
Bad Boy
1935
as Department Store Manager
An unemployed loafer who spends his time playing pool decides he's ready to look for a job so he can secure his girlfriend's parents' approval for the...
$1,000 a Minute
1935
as Jewel clerk
Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend $720,000 in twelve hours.
Welcome Home
1935
as Titwillow
A con artist attends a reunion in his hometown and discovers that his former classmates are trying to trick an old millionaire into returning to build...
Men of Action
1935
as Mr. Evans
A villainous banker and his hired saboteurs attempt to thwart construction of Sweetwater Dam.
The Raven
1935
as Chapman - Buyer of Poe Memorabilia (uncredited)
A brilliant but deranged neurosurgeon becomes obsessively fixated on a judge's daughter. With the help of an escaped criminal whose face he has surgic...
Chinatown Squad
1935
as William Ward
Police search for the killer of a man who misused $700,000 intended for the Chinese Communists.
Vagabond Lady
1935
as Spear Department Head (uncredited)
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns...
Traveling Saleslady
1935
as Delegate (uncredited)
A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a...
A Night at the Ritz
1935
as Mr. Hassler
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935
as Dr. O'Rourke
An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third and final film with Edna May Oliver and James Glea...
One Hour Late
1934
as Barlow
A secretary catches the eye of her amorous boss while her regular boyfriend keeps trying to propose marriage to her.
Babbitt
1934
as Willis Ivans
Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George ...
Jealousy
1934
as Mr. Smith
Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her and her employer, Mr. Lambert, at ringside during ...
I'll Fix It
1934
as School Principal
A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in w...
I Sell Anything
1934
as Franj Entwistle (uncredited)
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
No Ransom
1934
as Grant
In this family comedy, the wealthy executive of a steel company must endure life with a strict, teetotaling wife, a wild daughter, and a deadbeat son....
Student Tour
1934
as Assistant to Dean
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
Wake Up and Dream
1934
as George Spelvin
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
Kansas City Princess
1934
as Mr. Greenway
Rosie and Marie are wisecracking Kansas City manicurists. Marie is an unabashed golddigger but Rosie would like to marry her gangster boyfriend Dynami...
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Justice of the Peace (Uncredited)
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.
Springtime for Henry
1934
as Alfred Ordway
A rakish fellow involves himself with a married woman. Later his secretary endeavors to win him away with the promise of a more stable relationship. T...
One More River
1934
as Perkins (Uncredited)
A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934
as James Gardner (uncredited)
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.
The Notorious Sophie Lang
1934
as Jeweler (uncredited)
After an extended stay in England, Sophie Lang returns to America. She is beautiful, sophisticated--and a notorious jewel thief. A New York police det...
Let's Try Again
1934
as Phillips
To divorce, or not to divorce. That is the question pondered by a married couple of 10 years who miss their burning desire for each other (Clive Brook...
Unknown Blonde
1934
as Mr. Vail
An unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases finds that he's framing his own daughter.
It Happened One Night
1934
as Zeke
A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them be...
The Super Snooper
1934
Andy is a rich and well-respected man. But he's concerned what sort of boyfriend his daughter might have gotten as she's talking marriage and her prev...
The 9th Guest
1934
as Osgood's Secretary (Uncredited)
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's v...
Hold Your Temper
1933
The day starts out fine for Leon, but as it goes on, things start to deteriorate.
In the Money
1933
as Professor Higginbottom
When the chemical company owned by eccentric Professor Higginbottom files for bankruptcy, the formerly-affluent family loses its income. Levelheaded o...
The Chief
1933
as Man at Alderman Meeting
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
Only Yesterday
1933
as Burton (Uncredited)
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in h...
Curtain at Eight
1933
as Watkins, theater watchman
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? ...
Ann Vickers
1933
as Mr. Penny (uncredited)
After a love affair ending in an abortion, a young prison reformer submerges herself in her work. She then falls for a controversial and married judge...
Shanghai Madness
1933
as Van Emery
In the 1920s Pat Jackson destroys a Chinese post and is discharged from the Navy. Li Po Chang hires him to run a gunboat up the river. He drops Wildet...
A Shriek in the Night
1933
as Wilfred
Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the death of a millionaire philanthropist who fell fro...
Laughing at Life
1933
as Businessman
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities and an American detective named Mason. His globe ho...
Bed of Roses
1933
as Hoyt - Paige's Secretary (uncredited)
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
Gambling Ship
1933
as Roger (uncredited)
Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross-country by train to begin a new life with a new n...
His Private Secretary
1933
as Little
Dick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get work on his company's business, is opposed. She takes a j...
Man Hunt
1933
as John Harper, Realtor (uncredited)
A teen detective tries to help a jewel thief's daughter.
The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
1933
as Boswell (uncredited)
Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.
Pleasure Cruise
1933
as Rollins
Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a cruise. Her husband also gets on the cruise as a worker...
The Eleventh Commandment
1933
as Charlie Moore
A wealthy recluse dies in her New York mansion, leaving an estate worth $50 million. Shortly after, various people turn up claiming to be the rightful...
Daring Daughters
1933
as Hubbard
A savvy city girl tries to protect her naive sister, who has just moved from the country, from the temptations--and men--of big-city life.
Dangerously Yours
1933
as Dr. Ryder
A playboy asks his friend to borrow his yacht to entertain his girlfriend.
Goldie Gets Along
1933
as Mayor Silas C. Simms
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
No Other Woman
1933
as Bridge Player
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortunately, success does not bring happiness.
20,000 Years in Sing Sing
1932
as Dr. Meeker (uncredited)
Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.
Call Her Savage
1932
as Mr. Russell, Attorney (Uncredited)
A high-spirited, short-tempered, young woman hates her father and loves to rebel against him. She marries a man whom her father hates but her marriage...
Red Haired Alibi
1932
as Waiter at Peacock Inn
A young woman new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the man is a notorious gangster.
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932
as Willis
Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton...
Vanity Street
1932
as Albert Kerr
A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to get her a job in "The Follies".
The Crusader
1932
as Oscar Shane
Gangsters scheme to get rid of a crusading District Attorney by blackmailing him through his daughter.
The All-American
1932
as Smythe
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
American Madness
1932
as Ives
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank r...
Devil and the Deep
1932
as Mr. Planet
Naval commander Charles Sturm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane jealousy over every man she speaks to. His obsessive behavi...
Madame Racketeer
1932
as Shiffem
International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a ...
Dynamite Ranch
1932
as Smithers
Howell breaks up a train robbery only to find that it's a fake. However the money is missing and he is blamed. He escapes and sets out to find the rea...
Make Me a Star
1932
as Hardy Powell
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.
New Morals for Old
1932
as Art Student (uncredited)
Proper parents who treat their adult children as teenagers have a son who wants to go to Paris to study art, and a daughter in love with a married man...
Love in High Gear
1932
as Thaddeus Heath
A young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn the situation to his advantage.
The Impatient Maiden
1932
as Mr. Thomas
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
Peach-o-Reno
1931
as Secretary
After a quarrel at their 25th wedding anniversary, Joe and Aggie Bruno decide to divorce each other, and both leave for Reno. So do their daughters Pr...
Take 'em and Shake 'em
1931
Take 'em and Shake 'em is a 1931 Comedy short.
Side Show
1931
as Dr. Martin
A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.
Gold Dust Gertie
1931
as Minister Tate
Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
Blondes Prefer Bonds
1931
as The Husband
Louise Fazdenda decides to get a make-over to rekindle the romance in her marriage. Somehow the rejuvenation process takes them back to the time of th...
Inspiration
1931
as Gavarni
The film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars include Robert Montgomery, Lewis Stone, Marjorie Rambeau a...
The Criminal Code
1931
as Leonard Nettleford
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 year...
Going Wild
1930
as Robert Story
Rollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop. It is a case of mist...
Along Came Youth
1930
as Adkins (uncredited)
Broke and stranded in England, American sportsman Larry Brooks and his pal Ambrose take increasingly odd jobs to remain in proximity to the aristocrat...
The Life of the Party
1930
as Secretary
Two female song-pluggers decide to become ruthless gold-diggers, with comic results.
On Your Back
1930
as Victor
On Your Back is a 1930 American drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and written by Howard J. Green. The film stars Irene Rich, Raymond Hackett, H...
Night Work
1930
as George Twining
Willie, as an assistant window-dresser, is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department store. To add insult-to-injury Willie is also the store's ...
Dumb-bells in Ermine
1930
as Siegfried Strong
In a small town in Virginia, Faith Corey, daughter of a socially prominent family, meets and falls in love with Jerry Malone, a prizefighter, though h...
The Girl Said No
1930
as The Minister
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plot...
Seven Days Leave
1930
as Mr. Willings
In London, during WWI, a lonely woman who wants to feel a part of the war effort pretends to her friends to have a son fighting in the war. She is sho...
Peacock Alley
1930
as Crosby
Claire Tree spends the night in the hotel room of her friend and confidante, saying goodbye to him before her impending marriage the following day. Wh...
Her Private Affair
1929
as Michael Sturm
A married society woman accidentally kills her would-be lover and blackmailer and then suffers a crisis of conscience when his disgruntled butler is c...
Say It with Songs
1929
as Mr. Jones
Joe Lane, radio entertainer and songwriter, learns that the manager of the studio, Arthur Phillips, has made improper advances to his wife, Katherine....
The Wheel of Life
1929
as George Faraker
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...
Stolen Kisses
1929
as Hoyt
A crotchety old coot wants his son and daughter-in-law to have kids so he can have grandchildren, but so far they haven't done so. In a somewhat ham-h...
My Man
1928
as Thorne
Fannie Brand, an industrious girl who supports her brother and sister by working in a theatrical costume house, falls in love with Joe Halsey, a young...
Home, James
1928
as William Waller (floorwalker)
An artistic salesgirl falls in love with a chauffeur not realising he is actually the heir to a huge fortune.
Just Married
1928
as Steward
After many outrageous moments, a young girl marries her former acquaintance, not with her fiancee.
Husbands for Rent
1927
as Waldo Squibbs
A newlywed couple, after six months of marriage, decides that they've made a mistake and plan to divorce. Her father, however, has other ideas and hat...
A Texas Steer
1927
as Knott Innitt
Laconic cowboy Maverick Brander just happens to be a very wealthy rancher, but the money doesn't really mean that much to him. The same can't be said ...
Shanghai Bound
1927
as Algy
Landing at a Chinese port, tough sea captain Bucklin and his passengers are threatened by a marauding war lord, who intends to kill the captain and ho...
Ten Modern Commandments
1927
as George Disbrow
A chorus girl falls in love with a budding composer.
Tillie the Toiler
1927
as Mr. Smythe
Tillie is a secretary always dressed in the height of fashion who tries to capture a millionaire named Pennington Fish. Once she gets a stenographic p...
The Mysterious Rider
1927
as King's Secretary
Jack Holt stars as Ben Wade, a rancher framed on a robbery charge by crooked lawyer Harkness (Charles Sellon).
An Affair of the Follies
1927
as The Inventor
Young husband Jerry, a clerk, loses his job, and in order to bring money into the house, his wife Tamara goes back to her old job as a dancer in the F...
Up in Mabel's Room
1926
as Simpson
Mabel catches her husband buying lingerie, and he won't explain who it's for. She divorces him, but later learns he was buying her an anniversary gift...
Footloose Widows
1926
as Henry
Department-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J. A. Smith. Through a misunderstanding, they pick on the ...
The Midnight Sun
1926
as Yessky - Kusmin's Secretary
The Crown of Lies
1926
as Fritz
Olga Kriga, a New York boarding house maid, is loved by John Knight, an automobile salesman, asks her to wed him. One day in a delicatessen, she is se...
Monte Carlo
1926
as Bancroft
Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local newspaper, which sends along its ace reporter Bancroft ...
The Gilded Butterfly
1926
as Mr. Ralston
Left penniless after the death of her reprobate father Linda Haverhill procures a loan from John Converse, who is smitten with her. She squanders the ...
Eve's Lover
1925
as Amos Potts
Austin Starfield has his greedy eye on a steel mill belonging to Eve Burnside. He persuades an impoverished count, Leon Molnar to marry Eve so he can ...
Any Woman
1925
as Jones
When Ellen Linden comes back home from finishing school, she finds out that her wealthy father has lost all his money. She must get a job to help supp...
The Sporting Venus
1925
as Detective
Familiar story of spoiled heiress, Blanche Sweet, who dabbles in romance with commoner Ronald Colman. They roam the highlands together hunting since t...
Head Winds
1925
as Winthrop Van Felt
Peter kidnaps Patricia to prevent her from marrying the wrong man.
The Lost World
1925
as Prof. Summerlee
The first film adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's classic novel about a land where prehistoric creatures still roam.
Sundown
1924
as Henry Crawley
Cattlemen attempt to keep their lands and herds from being overrun by nesters.
To the Ladies
1924
as Tom Baker
Three clerks for the Kincaid Piano Company -- Leonard Beebe, Chester Mullin, and Tom Baker are in competition for a promotion to factory manager.
Her Marriage Vow
1924
as Winslow
A man sees his wife flirting with a former boyfriend. Enraged, he decides to end the marriage. After cooling down, though, he begins to have second th...
Daring Youth
1924
as Winston Howell
On the eve of the marriage of her daughter, Alita, Mrs. Allen, unhappily married for 25 years, advocates writer Fannie Hurst's widely publicized mode ...
Do It Now
1924
At the urging of his sweetheart, Rosemary Smith, a man (William Fairbanks) leaves his soft job in the east and goes west to settle a dispute over oil ...
The Love Piker
1923
as Professor Click
Hope Warner, a wealthy young woman, is arrested for speeding in her roadster and meets Martin Van Huisen, a young civil engineer who helps her. Hope f...
Souls for Sale
1923
as Jimmy Leland (uncredited)
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
An Old Sweetheart of Mine
1923
as Frederick McCann
A husband goes through a trunk in an attic and finds a memento that reminds him of childhood sweetheart. The pair grow up and marry, facing tribulatio...
The White Flower
1923
as Gregory Bolton
Konia Markham, the daughter of an American father and a Hawaiian mother, is told by a sorceress that the man who presents her with a perfect white flo...
The Strangers' Banquet
1922
as Morel
In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John Treve...
Little Wildcat
1922
as Mr. Wilding
Robert Ware takes it upon himself to tame wild girl, Mag, to prove to his doubting friend Arnold, he can turn her into a graceful young lady. Later, w...
The Understudy
1922
as Cathbert Vane
The Top of New York
1922
as Mr. Brady
Hilda lives in a tenement apartment with her aunt, Mrs. Brady, and her crippled younger brother Micky, and works in a department store where her boss ...
Kissed
1922
Constance Keener, who is betrothed to young millionaire Merton Torrey, confesses to him her desire for romance such as he does not give her. On the oc...
Too Much Wife
1922
as John Coningsby
The Foolish Age
1921
as Lester Hicks
After graduating from college, rich girl Margery Carr decides to do some good in the world. Much to the chagrin of her father, she decides to open an ...
Red Courage
1921
as Nathan Hitch
Pinto Peters and his pal Chuckwalla Bill ride into town just as the editor of the local newspaper is being urged to leave by a gang of thugs led by Jo...
Camille
1921
as Count de Varville
Camille is a courtesan in Paris. She falls deeply in love with a young man of promise, Armand Duval. When Armand's father begs her not to ruin his hop...
Don't Neglect Your Wife
1921
as Ben Travers
The wife of a prominent San Francisco doctor, feeling neglected by her husband, finds herself attracted to a young newspaper reporter. ...
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
1921
as Lieutenant Schnitz
Set in the years before and during World War I, this epic tale tells the story of a rich Argentine family, one of its two descending branches being ha...
A Slave of Vanity
1920
as Croker Harrington
Iris, a British aristocrat, must choose between the poor Laurence and the rich Frederick. She decides to marry the wealthier Frederick, but at the las...
In the Heart of a Fool
1920
as Mortie Sands
Laura Nesbit, daughter of old Dr. Nesbit and belle of the younger social set in the town of Harvey, plans to marry Grant Adams, the editor of the loca...
Trumpet Island
1920
as Henry Caron
Richard moves to a remote island to escape from the memory of Eve. Who had been forced to marry another man. But fate still has more in store.
The Desperate Hero
1920
as Whitty
Henry Baird, a young newspaperman with a second-hand car but little money, decides to raffle off the car at a county picnic, so that he can take out h...
Nurse Marjorie
1920
as Anthony, Duke of Donegal
Lady Marjorie Donegal becomes a nurse in hospital, much to the dismay of her aristocratic family. She falls in love with one of her patients, a common...
The Grim Game
1919
as Dr. Harvey Tyson
Jailed unjustly for a murder he did not commit, a young man uses his amazing powers of escape to free himself and pursue the actual killers, who hold ...
Cowardice Court
1919
as Lord Cecil Bazelhurst
A feud in the Adirondack Mountains develops when Randolph Shaw will not give up a shack and its acreage adjoining the estate of Lord Cecil Bazelhurst,...
The Yellow Dog
1918
as Albert Walker
In the small shipbuilding town of Danforth, Albert Walker realizes, to his distress, that German sympathizers, spies and draft evaders, by voicing dou...
Station Content
1918
Director
A wayward wife abandons her husband but finds redemption by preventing a railway accident and finding her way back to him.
Mr. Opp
1917
as Mr. D. Webster Opp
Optimistic in the face of failure, Daniel Webster Opp finally attains success as a traveling salesman for a shoe firm, but just when his prospects are...
Bringing Home Father
1917
as Pa Swazey
Peter Drake meets and falls in love with Jackie Swazey, the daughter of a feisty suffragette and incipient politician. In order to impress her, he agr...
The Man Who Took a Chance
1917
as James
Monty Gray returns to the US after spending 10 years building railroads in China. As he enters a hotel he runs into an old friend from college whom he...
Little Partner
1916
as Reggie
Agnes Vernon is the daughter of an old prospector whose hard luck leads him to turn holdup. The father is hanged and the girl, unknowing the real trut...
The Devil's Bondwoman
1916
as The Alchemist
After a prologue that takes place in Hell, young millionaire Mason Van Horton becomes involved with Doria, the vampish wife of influential businessman...
A Stranger from Somewhere
1916
as Daniel Darling
A rancher moves to the city, and finds competition for the affections of an heiress in the form of a doppelganger.
Love Never Dies
1916
as Monsieur Jarnier
Love Never Dies was set in France, and convincingly so (which was not often the case in American-made films of this period). It is established in the ...
The Heart of a Show Girl
1916
Elspeth Marner is a seventeen-year-old premiere danseuse. Frank Masterson is the most hated as well as the most respected critic of dramatic art in Ne...