Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pierre Frank Watkin (December 29, 1889 – February 3, 1960) was an American character actor in many films, serials, and television series from the 1930s through the 1950s, especially westerns. He is perhaps best remembered for being the father of Eleanor Twitchell, the lady who captures Lou Gehrig's heart in Pride of the Yankees (1942) Watkin was born in Sioux City, Iowa. In the 1920s, he had his own theatrical troupe, the Pierre Watkin Players. In 1927, th...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Rin-Tin-Tin: Hero of the West
1991
as Doc Hyer
Rin-Tin-Tin and his master Rusty as heroes in the old west. Cut from 1950s TV series.

The Challenge of Rin Tin Tin
1958
The 101st Cavalry discover the survivors of an Apache raid on a wagon train. Feature film from The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin TV show.

Marjorie Morningstar
1958
as Civil Official (uncredited)
While working as a counselor at a summer camp, college-student Marjorie Morgenstern falls for 32-year-old Noel Airman, a would-be dramatist working at...

Spook Chasers
1957
as Dr. Moss
Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.

Don't Knock The Rock
1956
as Mayor George Bagley
Rock-and-roller Arnie Haynes returns to his hometown as a hero to the teenagers. However, the mayor and other concerned adults have banned him from pe...

Shake, Rattle and Rock!
1956
as Armtrong
A TV star meets with opposition from adults who object to the opening of a rock 'n' roll palace for teens.

Cha-Cha-Cha Boom!
1956
as Investor
A programmer with a Latin American beat.

Thunder Over Arizona
1956
as Dr. Peterson
Ervin Plummer-played by the estimable George Macready, who like his good friend Vincent Price was a man of culture and erudition who specialised in ba...

The Maverick Queen
1956
as McMillan
Kit Banion, a Virginia-born beauty and product of post-Civil War chaos, has settled in Wyoming and prospered; acquiring a fortune and a hotel, which, ...

Sudden Danger
1955
as George Caldwell
Detective Andy Doyle suspects that a suicide is actually a murder. He suspects the victim's son, Wallace who is blind and he pursues him until he gets...

Lay That Rifle Down
1955
as Mr. Coswell
A story about a girl from the sticks doing drudge work at a hotel and dreaming of a better life.

Creature with the Atom Brain
1955
as Mayor Bremer
Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the killers, when encountered, walk away unharmed by police bu...

The Big Bluff
1955
as Mr. Winthrop
When a scheming fortune hunter finds his rich wife is not going to die as expected, he and his lover make other plans to get her millions.

About Mrs. Leslie
1954
as Lewis
A lonely, unhappy owner of a Beverly Hills boarding house reflects on her lonely, unhappy life and the lonely, unhappy man she once loved.

Johnny Dark
1954
as Ed J. Winston
A young auto racer competes in a Canada-to-Mexico race in a car he designed himself. Director George Sherman's 1954 film stars Tony Curtis, Piper Laur...

The Flaming Urge
1953
as Albert Cruickshank
A pyromaniac tries to fight his obsession with fire. This movie uses the pyromaniac urge as an extraordinarily transparent metaphor for homosexuality...

The Stranger Wore a Gun
1953
as Jason Conroy
Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a wanted man, flees to Prescott Arizona where he runs int...

Canadian Mounties vs. Atomic Invaders
1953
as Commissioner Morrison
A villain named Marlof attempts to set up secret missile bases inside Canada so he can launch missiles at the U.S. The Canadian Mounted Police dispatc...

The Lost Planet
1953
as Ned Hilton
Dr. Ernst Grood , having already dominated the planet Ergro, now intends to take over the control of the Earth. Unfortunately for him, reporters oppo...

Thundering Caravans
1952
as Head Marshal
Marshal Rocky Lane is sent to help the Sheriff who is under attack from both the miners whose ore wagons are disappearing and the newspaper editor for...

Hold That Line
1952
as Morgan T. Stanhope
The Bowery Boys are enrolled in a fancy college by a pair of rich snobs who think they can turn the Boys into classy guys. Sach becomes a football sta...

Mysterious Island
1951
as Confederate Officer
It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and ...

In Old Amarillo
1951
as George B. Hills
A drought is about to end the cattle business. The owner of a canning factory wants to buy all the remaining cattle cheap. He plans to ruin the cattle...

Two Lost Worlds
1951
as Magistrate Jeffries
Shipwreck survivors land on an uncharted island inhabited by prehistoric beasts.

The Second Face
1950
as Mr. Hamilton
A homely girl is seriously injured in a car crash. When she eventually wakes up in the hospital, she's astounded to see that plastic surgery has trans...

Last of the Buccaneers
1950
as Gov. Claiborne
Swashbuckler about the adventures of pirate Jean Lafitte after he helped save New Orleans from a British invasion during the War of 1812.

Sunset in the West
1950
as Gordon MacKnight
Roy puts a stop to gun smuggling.

Redwood Forest Trail
1950
as Arthur Cameron
Forest Ranger and singing cowboy, Rex Allen, attempts to save a camp for underprivileged boys with the help of "Alfalfa " Switzer who plays one of the...

Atom Man vs. Superman
1950
as Perry White
Superman battles Lex Luthor, who is using a teleportation device and a new identity as Atom Man in his criminal plans.

The Big Hangover
1950
as Samuel C. Long
A young law school graduate is hired by a prestigious firm, but he neglects to inform them he is allergic to even a single whiff of alcohol.

Rock Island Trail
1950
as Major
A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.

Over the Border
1950
as Rand Malloy
Bringing Bart Calhoun (Marshall Reed) to justice for his complicity in a robbery/murder, Johnny assumes that his job is over. Not by a long shot! Calh...

Radar Secret Service
1950
as Mr. Hamilton
A federal agent and his partner track uranium-ore hijackers with radar.

Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950
as Head Steward
The story revolves around a colt born in Kentucky and named "Blue Grass". and the training of the colt to win the Kentuck Derby. and how all of that a...

The Story of Seabiscuit
1949
as Charles S. Howard
Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Wo...

Zamba
1949
as Benton
Jenny and her six-year-old son, Tommy, are flying over the Belgian Congo when they are forced to bail out and become separated. Jenny lands in a dense...

The Fountainhead
1949
as Cortlandt Official (uncredited)
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to ...

Hold That Baby!
1949
as John Winston
While working in a laundromat, the boys find a baby hidden among the linen. They soon find out that the baby, who is the heir to a fortune, has been a...

Flamingo Road
1949
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.

El Paso
1949
Ex-confederate officer Clay Fletcher jumps at the chance to reunite with his once lady-friend, Susan Jeffers, when his father, Judge Fletcher, sends h...

Alaska Patrol
1949
as Mr. Sigmund
Spotted after he microfilms secret U.S. Navy documents, foreign agent Rattick is killed when he tries to make a getaway. Naval Intelligence officer Ca...

Knock on Any Door
1949
as Purcell - Lawyer (uncredited)
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.

Miss Mink of 1949
1949
as Cranston
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.

Slightly French
1949
as Publicity Man (uncredited)
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new dis...

Siren of Atlantis
1949
as Colonel
Two Foreign Legion soldiers, Jean (Dennis O'Keefe) and Andre (Jean Pierre Aumont), accidentally discover the famed lost continent of Atlantis. Bewitch...

Incident
1948
as C. W. Sloan
An innocent man -- due to a case of mistaken identity -- is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker tries to find the actual intended target -- a gang...

An Innocent Affair
1948
as T.D. Hendricks
Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his rich ex-fiancée. Unfortunately she is more interested i...

The Gallant Blade
1948
as Governor
Larry Parks in a Cinecolor swashbuckler.

The Strange Mrs. Crane
1948
as Clinton Crane
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former...

The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948
as Hoffman
Security guard, wounded in a robbery of furs, arouses the suspicions of an insurance investigator.

Fighting Back
1948
as Colonel
An ex-convict, freed to fight in World War II, gets a factory job and is accused when a bracelet is missing.

Daredevils of the Clouds
1948
as Douglas Harrison
Terry O'Rourke, an American operating a small airline in Canada, is having a tough time making a go of it; he has to cope with unfavorable weather con...

Superman
1948
as Perry White
Superman comes to Earth as a child and grows up to be his home's first superhero with his first major challenge being to oppose The Spider Lady.

The Shanghai Chest
1948
as Judge Wesley Armstrong
Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three murder sites, and all three victims were connected ...

The Counterfeiters
1948
as Carter
Scotland Yard cop goes undercover to nab counterfeiter and his gang.

Money Madness
1948
as Judge (uncredited)
A murderous bank robber on the run from the law hides out in a small town.

The Hunted
1948
as Simon Rand, Attorney
A cop investigating a jewel robbery finds that all trails lead to his girlfriend - but she claims she's being framed.

Mary Lou
1948
as Airline President
Airline hostess Ann Parker is fired for being undignified when she sang to calm the passengers during a storm. Mike Connors, publicity man for Frankie...

Glamour Girl
1948
as T.J. Hopkins
A talent scout and her colleague form their own company when their agency ignores their latest discovery.

Brick Bradford
1947
as Professor Salisbury
Brick Bradford, soldier-of-fortune and time-machine traveler, is hired to protect the Interceptor Ray, an anti-guided missile weapon. His task takes h...

Beyond Our Own
1947
as Dr. Blake
This latter-day parable focuses on two brothers. Peter Rogers is an ambitious, hard-driving attorney. Bob Rogers is a thoughtful, contemplative doctor...

Her Husband's Affairs
1947
as Vice President Beitler
Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets constructive (and on-target) feedback, which he hates. T...

Song of Love
1947
as Duke of X (uncredited)
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifel...

The Wild Frontier
1947
as Frank Lane
Outlaws are in control of the land so the town of Clayton City writes the governor for an honest marshal. That marshal is Frank Lane, who brings his s...

Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Prison Official (uncredited)
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his wo...

The Red Stallion
1947
as Richard Moresby
Family film about an elderly rancher, her young grandson, and the horse that the child raises from a colt.

Hard Boiled Mahoney
1947
as Dr. Rolfe Carter
Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment...

Violence
1947
as Ralph Borden
Magazine writer Ann Mason infiltrates the United Defenders, a public service organization which is actually a front for racketeers. But a case of amne...

Jack Armstrong
1947
as Uncle Jim Fairfield
15 episode serial where Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, battles the evil Dr. Grood, who has placed a death ray aboard his spaceship orbiting Ear...

Magnificent Doll
1946
as Harper
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Ma...

Sioux City Sue
1946
as G.W. Rhodes
A Hollywood scout averts disaster for a singing cowboy she has misled.

Swamp Fire
1946
as P.T. Hilton
Buster Crabbe and Johnny Weissmuller battle it out in Cajun country! Johnny, a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi, is seduced away from his fiance (Ca...

High School Hero
1946
as Governor Huffington
The football team can't score a win, the paper is on the outs, and the musical is booting performers. Can the plucky band of Whitney High students tur...

The Missing Lady
1946
as Police Commissioner Weston
While investigating the theft of a valuable jade statue known as "The Missing Lady" -- and the subsequent murder of an art dealer -- imperceptible sle...

G.I. War Brides
1946
as Editor
Linda Powell, and English girl, stows away on a ship bound for the United States in order to join the G.I. she loves. She assumes the identity of an E...

Behind the Mask
1946
as Police Commissioner Weston
Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.

Murder Is My Business
1946
as Arnold Ramsey
Michael Shayne is a private detective who is disliked greatly by Pete Rafferty, local chief of police detectives. Rafferty notifies the newspaper pres...

I Ring Doorbells
1946
as G.B. Barton
Set at a major newspaper, this crime drama centers on a fellow who returns to newspaper reporting after he bombs as a playwright. Believing his grown ...

Claudia and David
1946
as Hartley Naughton
The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Conne...

Little Giant
1946
as P.S. Van Loon
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thum...

The Madonna's Secret
1946
as District Attorney
This drama is an updated version of Ulmer's 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows the exploits of an eccentric Parisian painter who h...

The Shadow Returns
1946
as Police Commissioner J.R. Weston
The Shadow (Kane Richmond) cracks a case of missing jewels, murder and plastics.

Shock
1946
as Blake - Belmont Arms Hotel Manager
In this thriller, psychiatrist Dr. Cross kills his wife and expects to get away with murder, until he discovers that the slaying was observed by a nex...

Adventure
1945
as Mr. Buckley
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

Dakota
1945
as Wexton Geary
In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sand...

Follow That Woman
1945
as J.B. Henderson
A private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.

Captain Tugboat Annie
1945
as Dr. Turner
This tale of two tugboats focuses upon the rivalries between two operators competing to win a major shipping contract. Meanwhile a tugboat office secr...

Apology for Murder
1945
as Craig Jordan
Head over heels in love with a stern and cold older businessman's young wife, a reporter is seduced into conspiring to murder him so she can inherit h...

I Love a Bandleader
1945
as Dr. Gardiner
A painter suffering from amnesia convinces himself that he's a famous bandleader and finds romance with a pretty singer. Comedy with music.

Divorce
1945
as John Carter
A woman who has been married and divorced five times comes back to her small hometown, where she proceeds to complicate, and potentially destroy, the ...

Secrets of a Sorority Girl
1945
as Dr. Harlan Johnson
In this crime drama, a sorority girl is photographed hanging around with known criminals in illicit gambling dens. The resulting pictures are then use...

Over 21
1945
as Joel I. Nixon (uncredited)
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.

Mr. Muggs Rides Again
1945
as Dr. Fletcher
After having been framed by gamblers, Muggs is barred from riding in horse races. Snce he can no longer race, he takes up a collection so Ma Brown, wh...

I'll Tell the World
1945
as Dr. Mullins
A PR man saves a struggling radio station from ruin.
Three's a Crowd
1945
as Marcus Pett
What would you do in this house of fear... if you knew that your husband killed your former flame?

Thrill of a Romance
1945
as Tycoon (uncredited)
A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

The Phantom Speaks
1945
as Charlie Davis
The spirit of an executed murderer enters the body of a physician, and forces him to do its bidding--namely, murder.

I'll Remember April
1945
as Dr. Armitage
The daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets involved in a feud and murder.

Keep Your Powder Dry
1945
as Mr. Lorrison
A debutante, a serviceman's bride and a girl from a military family join the Women's Army Corps.

Strange Illusion
1945
as District Attorney Wallace Armstrong
An adolescent believes that his widowed mother's suitor may have murdered his father.

Docks of New York
1945
as Captain Jacobs
The East Side Kids are pursued by killers seeking a stolen necklace.

Here Come the Co-Eds
1945
as Police Chief (uncredited)
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly cl...

The Great Mike
1944
as Colonel Whitley
Story of a boy and his horse. Mike is the horse and is owned by Speck and his best friend Jimmy, together they have a paper route, on which they deliv...

End of the Road
1944
as District Attorney
A crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious "Flower Shop Murder" is innocent of the crime. He believes he knows who the...

Dead Man's Eyes
1944
as Hayden's Lawyer
Artist David Stuart is blinded by a jealous model whose portrait he is painting. His fiance's father generously offers his eyes for a sight restoring ...

Shadow of Suspicion
1944
as Frank Randall
Brash ladies' man James Dale and his partner, wisecracking Everett Northrup, are sent by Cartell & Co. jewelers to safeguard the arrival of the fa...

Atlantic City
1944
as Sen. Hodges
In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and vaudeville house proprietor, has big plans: he thinks it ...

Oh, What a Night!
1944
as Tom Gordon
An international jewel thief tries to keep his secret from his neice.

South of Dixie
1944
as Dean Williamson
To save their music publishing firm from bankruptcy, Bill "Brains' Watson creates a colorful life-story about his partner, Danny Lee, representing him...

Jungle Woman
1944
as Dr. Meredith
Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reve...

Ladies of Washington
1944
as Dr. John Crane (uncredited)
The new boarder at a Washington, D.C. rooming house for women likes the fast life, but her recreational activities lead to her involvement in murder.

Bermuda Mystery
1944
as Herbert Bond
A private eye and a niece investigate when six World War I veterans start dying in the same week.

The Chance of a Lifetime
1943
as State Governor Rutledge (Uncredited)
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.

Crazy House
1943
as Prosecutor
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names eva...

Swing Shift Maisie
1943
as Judge
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Bre...

Fired Wife
1943
as Doctor
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets out, she will lose her job. Unfortunately, her ne...

Destroyer
1943
as Admiral
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...

Du Barry Was a Lady
1943
as Ambrose
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Loui...

Mission to Moscow
1943
as Naval Attache (uncredited)
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

It Ain't Hay
1943
as Maj. Harper (uncredited)
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find...

Cinderella Swings It
1943
as Brock Harris
Scattergood Baines, Coldriver's most popular citizen, neighborly counselor and sly old fox, entices a Broadway producer to Coldriver to see the gay mu...

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
as British Agent Z
A training film for OSS agents who are to be dropped behind enemy lines.

Whistling in Dixie
1942
as Doctor
Radio sleuth Wally 'The Fox' Benton travels to Georgia with his fiancé Carol to be married; and to help Carol's college chum, Ellamae Downs, solve a m...

Ice Capades Revue
1942
as Wiley Stone
Promoter Ann Porter decides to start her own Ice Show despite the efforts of ex-racketeer Duke Baldwin who owns a rival show. Jeff Stewart, a rich, su...

Stand By All Networks
1942
as Grant Neeley
An intrepid radio reporter sets out to track down and expose Nazi agents.

The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Mr. Twitchell
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

The Magnificent Dope
1942
as Carson
Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest failure in the USA, for publicity value when the "dope" t...

Meet the Stewarts
1942
as Club Guest (uncredited)
A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.

Obliging Young Lady
1942
as John Markham
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

Heart of the Rio Grande
1942
as Randolph Lane
As foreman of a dude ranch, Gene has two problems. One is a guest, the spoiled daughter of a millioniare, and the other is the disgruntled ex-foreman ...

Nazi Agent
1942
as Grover Blaine McHenry
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and...

The Adventures of Martin Eden
1942
as Amos Morley
Author writes about his experiences sailing at sea, struggles to get his work published.

Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
1941
as Crothers
The benefactor of the Stack Memorial Hospital dies after an operation. Ellery Queen investigates when it is revealed the cause of death was murder by ...

Jesse James at Bay
1941
as Phineas Krager - Land Dealer
When Jesse learns that Krager is cheating settlers, he and his gang rob trains to obtain money for them to purchase their land. Krager, finding a Jess...

Great Guns
1941
as Col. Wayburn
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.

Buy Me That Town
1941
as Carlton Williams
A gangster and his mob buy a small-town in this warm comedy. They, tired of trying to make it as big city hoods, buy the town to use as a hideout. The...

Lydia
1941
as Speaker
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young ...

Cracked Nuts
1941
as Mr. Benson
A young man in a small town wins $5000 in a radio contest. He goes to New York City to propose to his girlfriend, but gets mixed up with a crooked att...

Nevada City
1941
as Amos Norton
The conflict between a railroader and a stage line owner is being aggravated by bad guys who are sabotaging both sides. Roy and Gabby mediate the conf...

For Beauty's Sake
1941
as Middlesex
A woman-hater who inherits a beauty salon gets a new perspective on females after capturing a gang of thieves.

Naval Academy
1941
as Capt. Davis

Adventure in Washington
1941
as Frank Conroy
A troubled youth is offered the opportunity to serve as a Senate page in Washington, DC.

She Knew All the Answers
1941
as George Wharton
Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee approves of his mate. So she goes to work in the trustee's br...

Meet John Doe
1941
as Hammett
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...

A Man Betrayed
1941
as Governor
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is ac...

Petticoat Politics
1941
as Alfred Wilcox
Pa Higgins has decided to retire but winds up being forced to run for mayor. Ladd is both boyfriend to the Higgins girl and the son of Pa's opponent.

Life with Henry
1941
as Mr. Joseph Anderson
Henry Aldrich wants to win a trip to Alaska.

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940
as Boss Crogan
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.

The Bank Dick
1940
as Mr. Skinner
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank gu...

Dr. Kildare's Crisis
1940
as Mr. Robert Chandler
Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother.

Father Is A Prince
1940
as Mr. Lee
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...

Mystery Sea Raider
1940
as Straker
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship" for German submarines in the Atlantic.

Knute Rockne All American
1940
as Commissioner at Hearing (uncredited)
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.

No Time for Comedy
1940
as First-Nighter (uncredited)
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.

Hired Wife
1940
as Charlie - Phyllis's Escort
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once t...

Five Little Peppers in Trouble
1940
as J.H. King
The last of the four "Five Little Peppers" films finds the children having a hard time adjusting to their new boarding school.

Rhythm on the River
1940
as Uncle John
Popular songwriter Oliver Courtney has been getting by for years using one ghost writer for his music and another for his lyrics. When both writers me...

I Love You Again
1940
as Mr. W.H. Sims
Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and loves his soon-to-be-ex wife.

Captain Caution
1940
as American Consul
When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.

Golden Gloves
1940
as A.P. Barton - Editor (uncredited)
An amateur boxer's girlfriend inspires him to face a ring pro entered by a gangster.

Sailor's Lady
1940
as Captain
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is acci...

Out West with the Peppers
1940
as J.H. King
When her doctor advises her to move West because of her health, Mrs. Pepper takes her five kids and relocates to Oregon to live with her sister. But a...

The Saint Takes Over
1940
as Ben Egan
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the...

Earthbound
1940
as President of the Court
A murdered man helps his widow bring his killer to justice.

Gangs of Chicago
1940
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way.

Road to Singapore
1940
as Morgan Wycott (uncredited)
Two playboys try to forget previous romances in Singapore – until they meet a beautiful dancer.

Teddy the Rough Rider
1940
as Sen. Platt
This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 ...

The Great Victor Herbert
1939
as Albert Martin
In his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert's...

Geronimo
1939
as Col. White
The army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a rampage of raiding and murder, is hampered by a feud betwee...

The Covered Trailer
1939
as Horace Cartwright
The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly...

Rulers of the Sea
1939
as Mr. Caldwell (Uncredited)
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks, and his win against a crack sailing boat in the ...

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
as Senator Barnes
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new ...

Everything's on Ice
1939
as Hotel Manager
Comedy about a little girl who's uncle makes her an ice skating star, only to take all of her money.

Wall Street Cowboy
1939
as Roger Hammond
When his ranch falls on hard times, Cowboy Roy Roger has trouble making his mortgage payment and he takes his song and dance to Wall Street to try to ...

The Jones Family in Hollywood
1939
as Movie Studio Producer (uncredited)
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.

Outside These Walls
1939
as Hewitt Bronson
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent ...

They Made Her a Spy
1939
as Colonel Wilson
When her brother is killed by sabotage, Irene Eaton (Sally Eilers) joins the secret service and goes undercover to unroot the culprits.

Society Lawyer
1939
as Henry V. Adams
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help ...

The Adventures of Jane Arden
1939
as Albert Thayer
Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is di...

King of Chinatown
1939
as Dist. Atty. Philips (uncredited)
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice and protection rackets in her city's Chinatown.

The Spirit of Culver
1939
as Capt. Wharton
Tom Allen, an orphan accustomed to waiting in bread lines is awarded a scholarship to the Culver Military Academy. Talked into attending so that he c...

Secret Service of the Air
1939
as Chief of the Secret Service
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal a...

Risky Business
1939
as Abernathy
Radio commentator Dan Clifford takes desperate chances to save the life of a young girl who has been kidnapped.

Fast and Loose
1939
as Victor Stockton (uncredited)
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.

Wings of the Navy
1939
as Capt. March
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...

Off the Record
1939
as Barton
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.

King of the Underworld
1939
as District Attorney
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her lice...

The Mysterious Miss X
1939
as Winslow
After being mistaken for Scotland Yard detectives, two vaudevillians (Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler) try to solve a murder in a Midwestern town.

There's That Woman Again
1938
as Mr. Nacelle
Bill Reardon, a private detective, is working on a case involving stolen items from a local jewelry store. The case takes a different turn when Bill's...

Illegal Traffic
1938
as Jigger
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...

Girls on Probation
1938
as Mr. Storm
A dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.

The Mad Miss Manton
1938
as Mr. Fenton (uncredited)
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves t...

Young Dr. Kildare
1938
as Mr. Robert Chanler
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his k...

The Lady Objects
1938
as Mr. Harper
A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get h...

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
1938
as Mr. Wondel
A wealthy businessman promises to donate a huge endowment to his college alma mater, but there's one condition -- his loser of a son, a student at the...

Girls' School
1938
as Mr. Alfred Simpson
Wealthy high school girls are sent to a boarding school to learn proper etiquette. Linda Simpson stays out all night. She tells her roommate, Betty Fl...

You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with Tony Kirby, but his wealthy banker father and snobbish m...

Boy Meets Girl
1938
as B.K. Whitacre
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie abo...

Smashing the Rackets
1938
as John Nelson Davis
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile...

The Chaser
1938
as Mr. Beaumont
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the tr...

There's Always a Woman
1938
as Mr. Ketterling
An investigator for the District Attorney's office quits to open his own detective agency. However, business is so bad that he finally decides to give...

Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as District Attorney (as Pierre Watkins)
Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into cold-blooded murder! Assisted by detective-in-training Le...

Tip-Off Girls
1938
as George Murkil
A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.

State Police
1938
as Col. C.B. Clarke
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.

Dangerous to Know
1938
as Senator Carson
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), wit...

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
as Mr. Carter (uncredited)
A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the belle in question is Lorraine de Grissac, a very wealthy ...

Midnight Intruder
1938
as Attorney Peter Winslow
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.

Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as L.T. Yorkland
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.

Daughter of Shanghai
1937
as Mr. Yorkland (uncredited)
A Chinese-American woman tries to expose an illegal alien smuggling ring.

Breakfast for Two
1937
as Gordon Faraday
After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has escorted him home. Valentine is attracted to Jonathan and set...

Stage Door
1937
as Carmichael
The ups and downs in the lives and careers of a group of ambitious young actresses and show girls from disparate backgrounds brought together in a the...

The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
as Governor
An actor plots "the perfect crime" by confessing to murders he didn't commit.

Confession
1937
as Lawyer Stagoff (uncredited)
Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is revealed that some years earlier Michael ruined Vera's l...

Paradise Isle
1937
as Dr. Steinmeyer
Stranded on an island, a blind artist (Warren Hull) falls in love with a native (Movita).

The Californian
1937
as Miller
Native son returns from school in Spain to California in 1855 and finds corrupt politicians stealing land from old California families. He becomes a s...

Ever Since Eve
1937
as Barton
Madge Winton, a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Ma...

The Singing Marine
1937
as General
Bob Brent, a young Marine from Arkansas, impresses his comrades with his singing ability, and they pitch in to send him to New York to compete in an a...

The Go-Getter
1937
as Browne
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.

Michael O'Halloran
1937
as Mark Grave
A wealthy woman's wild lifestyle finally drives her husband to take their two children, move out of the house and file for divorce. Positive she'll lo...

The Hit Parade
1937
as J. B. Hawley
Agent Pete Garland is fired by society singer Monica Barrett after he got her a new radio contract, because she thinks her lawyer friend Teddy Leeds f...

Mountain Justice
1937
as Governor
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.

Internes Can't Take Money
1937
as Dr. Fearson
Dr. Kildare treats and falls for impoverished ex-con Janet Haley, widow of a bank robber, who can't find her baby. Later she helps Kildare sew up gang...

Marked Woman
1937
as Judge #2 (uncredited)
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters.

Bill Cracks Down
1937
as William 'Bill' Reardon Sr.
William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he ...

History Is Made at Night
1937
An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep he...
Under Southern Stars
1937
as Robert E. Lee
Set in the springtime of 1863 in Chancellorsville, Virginia during the War Between the States, this colorful short profiles the heroic Confederate Gen...

Green Light
1937
as Dr. Booth
A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a patient's death and buries himself at a wilderness research ...

Sea Devils
1937
as USS Taroe Commander
Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming officer, but there is competition when a new, brash,...

She's Dangerous
1937
as H.J. Conrad
A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of bond thieves.

Devil's Playground
1937
as Submarine Commander
A remake of Frank Capra's Submarine (1928), Devil's Playground is a snappy Columbia "B plus" picture starring Richard Dix and Chester Morris. Submarin...

Dangerous Number
1937
as Mr. Stark - the Bridegroom
Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that his former girlfriend, Eleanor Breen is about to marry. ...

Larceny on the Air
1937
as Kennedy
A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.

King of Hockey
1936
as Thomas A. White
Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.

Wanted: Jane Turner
1936
as Andrew Norris (uncredited)
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.

Country Gentlemen
1936
as Mr. Grayson
After being run out of town after town for trying to sell worthless stock, two con artists breeze into the small town of Chesterville, where they find...

Love Letters of a Star
1936
as Hobbs
A woman commits suicide after being blackmailed, and her husband resolves to kill the man responsible. Blackmail, suicide, murder, a cover-up not to m...

Under Your Spell
1936
as Allen's Lawyer (uncredited)
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bring him back. They fall in love.

The Big Game
1936
as The College Chancellor
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.

Swing Time
1936
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner P...

The Gentleman from Louisiana
1936
as Roger Leland
In Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of small-time criminals.

China Clipper
1936
as Secretary of State (uncredited)
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

Bunker Bean
1936
as Mr. Barnes (uncredited)
A shy office worker becomes a hero when a fortune teller calls him another Napoleon.

Counterfeit
1936
as Matt McDonald
A cop goes undercover to infiltrate and break up a counterfeiting ring.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Arthur Cedar (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...

It Had to Happen
1936
as District Attorney
A poor boy rises to power in politics.

You May Be Next!
1936
as Bernard Pine (uncredited)
Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.

Two in the Dark
1936
as City Editor (uncredited)
Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) conne...

If You Could Only Cook
1935
as Mr. Balderson (uncredited)
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.

Dangerous
1935
as George Sheffield
Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail t...

He Who Gets Slapped
1924
as Spectator at Final Performance (uncredited)
After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown w...