Grant Mitchell

Grant Mitchell

1874-06-17 Columbus, Ohio, USA 127 Credits

Biography

Grant Mitchell (born John Grant Mitchell Jr.) was an American stage and screen actor. He is best remembered for his portrayals of fathers, husbands, bank clerks, businessmen, school principals and similar type characters, usually supporting, in films of the 1930s and 1940s. Mitchell, a Yale post graduate at Harvard Law, gave up his law practice to become an actor, making his stage debut at age 27. He appeared in lead roles on Broadway in such plays as "It Pays to Advertise", "The Champion", "Th...

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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

5.7
Acting

Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy

1964

as Ed Loomis in 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

Hollywood: The Selznick Years

1961

as 'Dinner at Eight' (archive footage) (uncredited)

3.3
Acting

Henry Fonda hosts this retrospective on the career and films of iconic filmmaker David O. Selznick, who epitomized the era of the auteur producer in t...

Who Killed Doc Robbin?

Who Killed Doc Robbin?

1948

as Judge

3.7
Acting

A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.

Blondie's Anniversary

Blondie's Anniversary

1947

as Samuel Breckenbridge

5.6
Acting

Blondie finds a valuable watch that has been hidden by hubby Dagwood. She assumes that it's a surprise wedding gift, but the truth is that Dagwood ha...

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

The Corpse Came C.O.D.

1947

as Mitchell Edwards

5.7
Acting

Rival reporters (George Brent, Joan Blondell) investigate a Hollywood star (Adele Jergens) and the box she receives with a dead man inside.

Honeymoon

Honeymoon

1947

as Congressman Crenshaw

6.4
Acting

A prospective bride and groom have misadventures in Mexico City.

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

It Happened on Fifth Avenue

1947

as Al Farrow

7.0
Acting

A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the a...

Blondie's Holiday

Blondie's Holiday

1947

as Samuel Breckenridge

6.0
Acting

Dagwood gets a raise due to a new contract with a bank manager. Blondie misunderstanding the amount of the raise pledges more than they can afford to...

Easy to Wed

Easy to Wed

1946

as Homer Henshaw

6.2
Acting

When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit. The publication's frazzled head e...

Leave Her to Heaven

Leave Her to Heaven

1945

as Carlson (uncredited)

7.4
Acting

A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.

Guest Wife

Guest Wife

1945

as House Detective

6.2
Acting

Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war corresp...

Her Favorite Patient

Her Favorite Patient

1945

as Mr. Pope

5.7
Acting

A beautiful female doctor visits her small hometown on her way back to Chicago. Her overworked uncle, who is the town's doctor, wants her to stay and ...

Conflict

Conflict

1945

as Dr. Grant

6.6
Acting

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister.

A Medal for Benny

A Medal for Benny

1945

as Mayor of Pantera

4.5
Acting

Outcast Benny Martin joined the army to escape public scorn. But when townspeople learn that he is to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, they p...

Crime, Inc.

Crime, Inc.

1945

as Wayne Clark

4.2
Acting

A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his info...

Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls

1945

as Ralph Neely

6.1
Acting

A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money. A beautiful gold-digger who works at a resort hote...

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

Watchtower Over Tomorrow

1945

as Passenger with newspaper

5.0
Acting

Short documentary film about the Dumbarton Oaks plan and the proposed formation of the United Nations.

And Now Tomorrow

And Now Tomorrow

1944

as Uncle Wallace

5.7
Acting

Emily Blair is rich and deaf. Doctor Vance, who grew up poor in Blairtown, is working on a serum to cure deafness which he tries on Emily. It doesn't ...

When the Lights Go On Again

When the Lights Go On Again

1944

as Arnold Benson

5.5
Acting

The hometown life of a young soldier suffering from shellshock amnesia is revealed in flashback.

The Impatient Years

The Impatient Years

1944

as Hotel Clerk

6.3
Acting

Standing before a divorce court judge are Sergeant Andy Anderson and Janie Anderson asking him to dissolve their marriage. Janie's father, William Smi...

Arsenic and Old Lace

Arsenic and Old Lace

1944

as Reverend Harper

7.6
Acting

Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against marriage, suddenly falls in love and gets married;...

Step Lively

Step Lively

1944

as Dr. Gibbs

6.0
Acting

Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.

See Here, Private Hargrove

See Here, Private Hargrove

1944

as Uncle George

6.0
Acting

Journalist Marion Hargrove enters the Army intending to supplement his income by writing about his training experiences. He muddles through basic trai...

Dixie

Dixie

1943

as Mr. Mason

3.0
Acting

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he winds up in New York, where he sells his songs to a music ...

All by Myself

All by Myself

1943

as J.D. Gibbons

Acting

Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jea...

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday

1943

as Edgar Holliday

6.4
Acting

A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.

My Sister Eileen

My Sister Eileen

1942

as Walter Sherwood

6.7
Acting

Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers. Ruth wants to get a job as a writer, while Eileen ...

Orchestra Wives

Orchestra Wives

1942

as Dr. Ward

6.0
Acting

Connie Ward is in seventh heaven when Gene Morrison's band rolls into town. She is swept off her feet by trumpeter Bill Abbot. After marrying him, she...

Cairo

Cairo

1942

as Mr. O.H.P. Boggs

5.8
Acting

Reporter Homer Smith accidently draws Marcia Warren into his mission to stop Nazis from bombing Allied Conwoys with robot-planes.

The Gay Sisters

The Gay Sisters

1942

as Gilbert Wheeler

6.5
Acting

The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.

March On, America!

March On, America!

1942

as John Quincy Adams (archive footage) (uncredited)

4.7
Acting

The story of America from the Pilgrims in 1620 to the attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Americans always working for freedom.

Meet the Stewarts

Meet the Stewarts

1942

as Mr. Goodwin

4.3
Acting

A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

Larceny, Inc.

Larceny, Inc.

1942

as Mr. Aspinwall

6.9
Acting

Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...

The Man Who Came to Dinner

The Man Who Came to Dinner

1941

as Ernest W. Stanley

6.9
Acting

An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a Midwestern family.

Skylark

Skylark

1941

as Frederick Vantine

6.5
Acting

As her fifth wedding anniversary approaches, a woman realizes that she is fed up with always coming in second to her husband's advertising business. J...

One Foot in Heaven

One Foot in Heaven

1941

as Clayton Potter

6.6
Acting

Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.

Nothing But the Truth

Nothing But the Truth

1941

as Mr. Bishop

7.1
Acting

A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twenty-four hours.

The Feminine Touch

The Feminine Touch

1941

as Dean Hutchinson

5.1
Acting

A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Rus...

The Great Lie

The Great Lie

1941

as Joshua Mason

6.8
Acting

After a newlywed's husband apparently dies in a plane crash, she discovers that her rival for his affections is pregnant with his child.

The Penalty

The Penalty

1941

as Judge

6.0
Acting

In this crime drama, a ruthless gangster's son is soon following in his father's footsteps. When his daddy kills an FBI agent and a cabby, the boy see...

Footsteps in the Dark

Footsteps in the Dark

1941

as Wellington Carruthers

6.9
Acting

A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police attempting to solve crimes. This causes him no end of...

Tobacco Road

Tobacco Road

1941

as George Payne

6.6
Acting

Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existe...

Father Is A Prince

Father Is A Prince

1940

as John W. Bower

5.0
Acting

Carpet-sweeper manufacturer John Bower has no patience with inefficiency, lawyers, or vacuum cleaners. He's a bit of a skinflint, too. His family thin...

We Who Are Young

We Who Are Young

1940

as Jones

5.8
Acting

A man violates company policy by getting married.

My Love Came Back

My Love Came Back

1940

as Dr. Kobbe

5.2
Acting

Amelia is a gifted violinist who is in danger of quitting the Brissac Academy of Music. Julius arranges to have a scholarship given to her through his...

New Moon

New Moon

1940

as Governor of New Orleans

6.8
Acting

A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.

Edison, the Man

Edison, the Man

1940

as Snade

6.6
Acting

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New Yor...

It All Came True

It All Came True

1940

as Rene Salmon

5.8
Acting

After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow him to stay at his eccentric mother's boarding house...

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940

as Caretaker

7.8
Acting

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncl...

Castle on the Hudson

Castle on the Hudson

1940

as Dr. Ames - the Psychologist (uncredited)

6.8
Acting

A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

The Secret of Dr. Kildare

1939

as John Xerxes Archley

5.6
Acting

Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

as Senator MacPherson

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 ...

The Monroe Doctrine

The Monroe Doctrine

1939

as John Quincy Adams

6.7
Acting

The story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.

Hell's Kitchen

Hell's Kitchen

1939

as Hiram Krispan

6.2
Acting

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the i...

On Borrowed Time

On Borrowed Time

1939

as Mr. Pilbeam

7.5
Acting

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are inseparable. Gramps is concerned for Pud's future...

6,000 Enemies

6,000 Enemies

1939

as Warden Alan Parkhurst

6.0
Acting

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus

1938

as Henry Peck

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 ...

The Headleys at Home

The Headleys at Home

1938

as Ernest Headley

Acting

In this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists that her husband invite a renowned financier, who is ne...

That Certain Age

That Certain Age

1938

as Jeweler

5.1
Acting

Dashing reporter Vincent Bullit has just returned from covering the Spanish Civil War. His boss, newspaper magnate Fullerton, has more plans to send h...

Youth Takes a Fling

Youth Takes a Fling

1938

as Duke

1.0
Acting

McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it m...

Reformatory

Reformatory

1938

as Arnold Frayne

6.0
Acting

A new inmate at a juvenile reformatory tries to organize a mass breakout.

Women Are Like That

Women Are Like That

1938

as Mr. Snell

5.7
Acting

Businesswoman Claire King is the daughter of a powerful advertising executive. When Claire marries humble copywriter Bill Landin, she wants to use her...

Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

1938

as B.L. Faulkin

5.4
Acting

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her curre...

Lady Behave!

Lady Behave!

1937

as Burton Williams

4.7
Acting

It's bad enough that Clarice Kendall Andrews, Paula's irresponsible sister, comes home from celebrating Mardi Gras and drunkenly mentions that she got...

First Lady

First Lady

1937

as Ellsworth T. Banning

6.2
Acting

A politician's wife plots for her husband to become the next U.S. President.

The Last Gangster

The Last Gangster

1937

as Warden

6.3
Acting

A crime boss goes searching for his ex-wife and son after a ten-year prison stint. His old gang has other plans though, and use the child to try and m...

Music for Madame

Music for Madame

1937

as District Attorney Ernest Robinson

5.0
Acting

An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party w...

The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

1937

as Georges Clemenceau

6.6
Acting

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins...

The Devil Is a Sissy

The Devil Is a Sissy

1936

as Paul Krumpp

6.9
Acting

A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-well-bred peers at school.

Piccadilly Jim

Piccadilly Jim

1936

as Herbert Pett

6.5
Acting

Jim's father wants to marry Eugenia, but her sister Netta refuses to allow it. When Jim sees Ann at a club, he falls for her even though she is with L...

My American Wife

My American Wife

1936

as Robert Cantillon

Acting

Ann Sothern essays the title role in My American Wife. The story opens in Smelter City, Arizona, where the richest man in town is grizzled old Indian ...

Parole!

Parole!

1936

as Marty Crawford

6.0
Acting

Soon after the prison release of a lawyer (Henry Hunter), his dedication to improving his life puts him at odds with other parolees who have returned ...

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

1936

as John Summers, Luxury's Owner

6.2
Acting

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

Moonlight Murder

Moonlight Murder

1936

as Paul Adams

5.0
Acting

An escaped lunatic, a mysterious swami, and various lovers all have designs on a famous opera singer.

The Garden Murder Case

The Garden Murder Case

1936

as District Attorney Markham

5.5
Acting

Two people with ties to rich murdered socialite Lowe Hammle die from unusual suicides—but Vance suspects foul play.

Next Time We Love

Next Time We Love

1936

as Michael Jennings

6.2
Acting

A young married couple's relationship becomes strained when he is assigned overseas as a foreign correspondent and she becomes a major stage star.

Her Master's Voice

Her Master's Voice

1936

as Horace J. Twilling

6.0
Acting

Besieged by his adoring female fans, radio celebrity Ned "The Fireside Troubadour" Farrar hides out at the home of his wife Queena's imperious Aunt Mi...

A Dream Comes True

A Dream Comes True

1935

as Egeus (archive footage) (uncredited)

5.5
Acting

A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).

Seven Keys to Baldpate

Seven Keys to Baldpate

1935

as Thomas Hayden

6.6
Acting

A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things ...

Things You Never See on the Screen

Things You Never See on the Screen

1935

as Self

5.0
Acting

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1935.

In Person

In Person

1935

as Judge Thaddeus Parks

6.3
Acting

Carol Corliss, a beautiful movie star so insecure about her celebrity that she goes around in disguise, meets a rugged outdoorsman who is unaffected b...

It's in the Air

It's in the Air

1935

as W. R. Gridley

5.0
Acting

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, bu...

A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream

1935

as Egeus

6.4
Acting

Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling, while meanwhile, a troupe of amateur actors rehear...

Redheads on Parade

Redheads on Parade

1935

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Acting

A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to prevent him from withdrawing his support.

Broadway Gondolier

Broadway Gondolier

1935

as E.V. Richards, Radio Producer

5.4
Acting

A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.

Men Without Names

Men Without Names

1935

as Andrew Webster

6.0
Acting

A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.

Traveling Saleslady

Traveling Saleslady

1935

as Rufus Twitchell

5.9
Acting

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...

Straight from the Heart

Straight from the Heart

1935

as Austin

Acting

In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help him blackmail the incumbent by using a little bab...

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935

as Louis Lamson

6.4
Acting

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

One More Spring

One More Spring

1935

as Henry Sheridan

5.8
Acting

Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.

The Secret Bride

The Secret Bride

1934

as Willis Martin

5.9
Acting

Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of b...

365 Nights in Hollywood

365 Nights in Hollywood

1934

as J. Walter Delmar

Acting

Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn into the plans of the school's owner to bilk a wea...

Gridiron Flash

Gridiron Flash

1934

as Howard Smith

3.3
Acting

A college football team recruits a tough convict.

The Case of the Howling Dog

The Case of the Howling Dog

1934

as District Attorney Claude Drumm

6.5
Acting

A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign ...

One Exciting Adventure

One Exciting Adventure

1934

as Fussli

Acting

One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of the 1933 German film What Women Dream.

The Cat's-Paw

The Cat's-Paw

1934

as Silk Hot McGee

6.2
Acting

Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife. Corrupt politicians enlist him to run for mayor as...

We're Rich Again

We're Rich Again

1934

as Wilbur Page

4.0
Acting

A polo-playing grandmother and her broke brood get back in the money with a Wall Street bet.

Twenty Million Sweethearts

Twenty Million Sweethearts

1934

as Sharpe

6.0
Acting

Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.

The Show-Off

The Show-Off

1934

as Mr. 'Pa'

5.7
Acting

Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board. After he helps Joe sell his patent ...

The Poor Rich

The Poor Rich

1934

as Tom Hopkins

Acting

Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family mano...

Dinner at Eight

Dinner at Eight

1933

as Ed Loomis

6.7
Acting

An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of t...

Convention City

Convention City

1933

as J.B. Honeywell

3.7
Acting

Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City. President J.B. Honeywell is to choose a new company sale...

King for a Night

King for a Night

1933

as Rev. John Williams

6.2
Acting

A cocky prizefighter on his way to the bigtime in New York comes crashing down when his sister is involved in a murder and he takes the blame.

Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady

1933

as Jasper Bradley Sr.

6.9
Acting

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get...

Wild Boys of the Road

Wild Boys of the Road

1933

as James Smith

6.9
Acting

At the height of the Great Depression, Tommy's mother has been out of work for months when Eddie's father loses his job. Eager not to burden their par...

Saturday's Millions

Saturday's Millions

1933

as Ezra Fowler

5.0
Acting

Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainte...

The Stranger's Return

The Stranger's Return

1933

as Allen

6.2
Acting

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer.

I Love That Man

I Love That Man

1933

as Dr. Crittenden - Dentist

Acting

Innocent Nancy Carroll falls in love with con man Edmund Lowe and the pair swindle their way across the country until they decide to settle down in a ...

Heroes for Sale

Heroes for Sale

1933

as George Gibson

7.0
Acting

Tom Holmes is someone guided by honesty and moral rectitude, a heroic veteran of the World War I marked by the unbearable suffering caused by his batt...

Tomorrow at Seven

Tomorrow at Seven

1933

as Austin Winters

6.0
Acting

People in an old, dark mansion are menaced by a maniac called "The Black Ace".

Lilly Turner

Lilly Turner

1933

as Dr. Hawley

5.6
Acting

One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engine...

Central Airport

Central Airport

1933

as Mr. Blaine

6.1
Acting

Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.

Our Betters

Our Betters

1933

as Thornton Clay

5.4
Acting

Soon after being wed, American heiress Lady Pearl Grayston realizes her husband has married her for her money and is keeping a mistress. The two maint...

He Learned About Women

He Learned About Women

1933

as Appleby

Acting

He Learned About Women is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and written by Lloyd Corrigan, Ray Harris and Harlan Thompso...

No Man of Her Own

No Man of Her Own

1932

as Vane

6.5
Acting

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

20,000 Years in Sing Sing

1932

as Tester of Convicts' IQs (uncredited)

6.3
Acting

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

If I Had a Million

If I Had a Million

1932

as Prison Priest (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

Three on a Match

Three on a Match

1932

as Mr. Gilmore (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery ...

Big City Blues

Big City Blues

1932

as Station Agent

5.3
Acting

An Indiana boy comes into an inheritance and moves to New York City, living it up with his girlfriend until he gets in over his head and someone gets ...

A Successful Calamity

A Successful Calamity

1932

as Connors

5.2
Acting

Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy an...

Week-End Marriage

Week-End Marriage

1932

as Doctor

6.0
Acting

In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.

The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case

1932

as Martin Collins

6.0
Acting

A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall aft...

The Star Witness

The Star Witness

1931

as Pa Leeds

6.7
Acting

A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals...

Man to Man

Man to Man

1930

as Barber John Martin Bolton

5.7
Acting

A young man attempts to overcome the memory of his father, who was sent to jail for committing a murder.

The Man from M.A.R.S.

The Man from M.A.R.S.

1922

as Arthur Wyman

Acting

An inventor makes contact with Mars via television. The film is notable for using the 3-D process called Teleview, similar to today's alternating fra...

The Misleading Lady

The Misleading Lady

1916

as Stephen Weatherbee

Acting

Helen Steele, who has theatrical aspirations, has been told by Sidney Parker that, owing to her lack of stage experience he cannot entertain her propo...