Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Irving Bacon (September 6, 1893 – February 5, 1965) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 500 films. Bacon played on the stage for a number of years before getting into films in 1920. He was sometimes cast in films directed by Lloyd Bacon (incorrectly named as his brother in some sources) such as The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938). He often played comical "average guys". In the late 1930s and early 1940s, he played the weary postman Mr. ...
Known For
Complete Filmography

James Stewart: A Wonderful Life
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

Fort Massacre
1958
as Charlie
New Mexico Territory, August 1879. The few surviving members of a cavalry column, which has been relentlessly decimated by the Apaches, attempt to rea...

Ambush at Cimarron Pass
1958
as Judge Stanfield
A small Army patrol unit and a couple of former Confederates reluctantly throw in their lot together after being attacked by a band of Native American...

Dakota Incident
1956
as Tully Morgan
Indians attack a stagecoach, and a disparate band of passengers must band together to fight them off.

Hidden Guns
1956
as Doc Carter
The outlaw Stragg has the town so intimidated that no one will speak against him no matter what he does. Sheriff Young heads for a nearby town, where ...

At Gunpoint
1955
as Al Ferguson
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.

Run for Cover
1955
as Scotty
An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

A Star Is Born
1954
as Graves
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.

Black Horse Canyon
1954
as Doc Spain
The story of a wild black stallion and the cowboys who set out to capture him.

Duffy of San Quentin
1954
as Doc Sorin
San Quentin's new warden crusades for reform and for a framed inmate who loves a nurse.

The Glenn Miller Story
1954
as Mr. Miller
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1...

Devil's Canyon
1953
as Prison Guard
An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.

Sweethearts on Parade
1953
as Sheriff Doolittle
Cam Ellerby brings his traveling medicine show to town and it spells glamour and excitement to young Sylvia Townsend.

Fort Ti
1953
as Sgt. Monday Wash
Future horror-film entrepreneur William Castle warmed the director's chair for Fort Ti. Set in the 18th century, the film recounts the exploits of Rog...

Kansas Pacific
1953
as Casey
Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the front...

O. Henry's Full House
1952
as Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is...

Rose of Cimarron
1952
as Sheriff
A white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.

Room for One More
1952
as Mayor Michael J. Kane
Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the innocence of children. To the unhappy surprise of her hu...

Desert of Lost Men
1951
as Sheriff Skeeter Davis
Rocky Lane arrives at the town of Bear Creek to help insure the safe arrival of forty thousand dollars the citizens have raised to build a new hospita...

Here Comes the Groom
1951
as Baines
Foreign correspondent Pete Garvey has 5 days to win back his former fiancée, or he'll lose the orphans he adopted.

Cause for Alarm!
1951
as Mr. Carston, Postman
A bedridden and gravely ill man believes his wife and doctor are conspiring to kill him, and outlines his suspicions in a letter.

Mr. Music
1950
as Benson - Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
A golf-crazy songwriter tries to avoid the long, solitary hours of concentration needed to produce a hit musical. His producer and his secretary consp...

Katie Did It
1950
as Train Conductor
Katherine Standish, who has been brought up in a strict manner in a prudish New England town, falls in love with a city slicker commercial artist, Pet...

Emergency Wedding
1950
as Filbert - Mechanic
Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr., who is jealous his wife is spending too much time with her male patients. ...

Born to Be Bad
1950
as Jewelry Salesman
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master o...

Never a Dull Moment
1950
as Tunk Johnson (uncredited)
Kay Kingsley, a sophisticated and successful songwriter in New York City. falls in love with a widowed rancher, Chris Heyward, she meets at the Madiso...

The Happy Years
1950
as Mr. Conover
Based on a collection of stories with the focus on young John Humperkink "Dink" Stover, a student at the Lawrenceville Prepatory School, in 1896, whos...

Riding High
1950
as Hamburger Man
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.

Woman in Hiding
1950
as Link
As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in a freak auto accident. But Deborah is alive, if n...

Sons of New Mexico
1949
as Chris Dobbs
Not quite as memorable as his previous Riders in the Sky, Gene Autry's Sons of New Mexico is still well up to the star's standard. This time, Gene tri...

Dear Wife
1949
as Mike Man
In this sequel to Dear Ruth, teenaged Miriam starts a political campaign to nominate Bill Seacroft, her brother-in-law, for state senator in oppositio...

The House Across the Street
1949
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
Dave Joslin, the managing editor of a big-city newspaper, is demoted and moved to the Miss Lonely Hearts column-writing department by the newspaper's ...

It's a Great Feeling
1949
as RR Information Clerk
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and ...

Down Memory Lane
1949
as (archive footage)
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo a...

Manhandled
1949
as Sgt. Fayle
Merle Kramer works as a stenographer for a psychiatrist. She is casually dating Karl Benson, a private eye and former cop. Merle mentions in passing t...

The Big Cat
1949
as Matt Cooper the Mailman
A city boy arrives in his late mother's birthplace to discover the locals have been pestered by a cougar.

The Green Promise
1949
as Julius Larkin
A stubborn farmer is raising his children alone. When his oldest daughter gets a suitor, the father nearly goes on the rampage, but he is forced to ch...

El Paso
1949
as Stage Passenger (uncredited)
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...

John Loves Mary
1949
as George Beachwood
After four long years apart, there are so many things returning World War II soldier John Lawrence wants to tell his sweetheart, Mary McKinley. That h...

Dynamite
1949
as Jake
Two members of a dynamite crew--a rugged veteran and a young college drop-out--finds themselves at odds regarding safety precautions for their co-work...

Words and Music
1948
as Hollywood Realtor (uncredited)
Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, ...

Whispering Smith
1948
Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go ...

Family Honeymoon
1948
as Mr. Webb
Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on t...

Moonrise
1948
as Judd Jenkins
Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until one night, in a fit of rage, he kills his most persist...

Good Sam
1948
as Tramp
Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and un...

The Velvet Touch
1948
as Herbie
After accidentally killing her lecherous producer, a famous actress tries to hide her guilt.

State of the Union
1948
as Buck Swenson
An industrialist is urged to run for President, but this requires uncomfortable compromises on both political and marital levels.

Adventures in Silverado
1948
as Jake Willis
Author Robert Louis Stevenson takes a trip to Napa Valley, California, in 1880 and gets involved in the exploits of a stagecoach driver who captures a...

Albuquerque
1948
as Dave Walton
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whos...

Rocky
1948
as Bert Hillman
Out fishing one day, painter John Hammond and his son Chris come across Bert Hillman, the foreman of a local ranch. He and his ranch hand are searchin...

California's Golden Beginning
1948
A description and enactment of the discovery of gold by James Marshall, and the role played by John Sutter. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

Monsieur Verdoux
1947
as Pierre Couvais
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 Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
1947
as Melvin
Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sist...

Dear Ruth
1947
as Delivery Man
Lt. William Seacroft, on leave from the Italian front, arrives at the New York home of Ruth Wilkins, with whom he has been corresponding. Unknown to b...

Saddle Pals
1947
as Thaddeus Bellweather
Autry is drawn into the plot when he's given power of attorney in a property settlement involving his old pal and a gang of land swindlers. The pal th...

My Brother Talks to Horses
1947
as Mr. Piper
Living with his family in Baltimore, 9-year-old Lewie Penrose claims that he can converse with horses--and also pick the winners of upcoming races. Wh...

Wake Up and Dream
1946
as Toll Gate Attendant
Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.

Night Train to Memphis
1946
as Rainbow
A mountain community is thrown into turmoil as the townspeople debate the advantages and disadvantages of having a railroad.

One Way to Love
1946
as Train Conductor
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.

Spellbound
1945
as Railway Gateman (uncredited)
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, dis...

Star in the Night
1945
as Mr. Dilson (uncredited)
Nick, a motel owner who has lost faith in more than just the humanity of mankind, is visited by a kindly stranger on Christmas Eve. The motel's guests...

Week-End at the Waldorf
1945
as Sam Skelly
Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for ...

Guest Wife
1945
as Nosey Stationmaster
Christopher Price, a small-town bank executive, continues to be loyal to and idolize his boyhood friend, Joseph Jefferson Parker, a famous war corresp...

Hitchhike to Happiness
1945
as Dennis Colby
An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of getting a break. Unfortunately, most of them believ...

Out of This World
1945
as Irving Krunk
An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.

Patrick the Great
1945
as Mr. Merney
A famous stage actor hopes to land the lead role in a big new Broadway musical, but he's unaware his teenage son has already been given the part.

Under Western Skies
1945
as Sheriff James Whitcolm Wyatt
An Arizona teacher (Noah Beery Jr.) saves a vaudeville star (Martha O'Driscoll) and her troupe from a bandit (Leo Carrillo).

Can't Help Singing
1944
as Bath House Barber (uncredited)
With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young army officer; the Senator can't stand him, and has hi...

The Thin Man Goes Home
1944
as Tom
On a trip to visit his parents, detective Nick Charles gets mixed up in a murder investigation.

Heavenly Days
1944
as Tower, the Butler
Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.

Casanova Brown
1944
as Hotel Manager
Cass Brown is about to marry for the second time; his first marriage, to Isabel was annulled. But when he discovers that Isabel just had their baby, C...

The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944
as Missionary (uncredited)
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to escape from Java with some crewmen of the cruiser Marb...

Since You Went Away
1944
as Bartender at Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
In 1943, several people enter, re-enter, and exit the difficult life of a Midwestern family whose patriarch has been called up to war, leaving behind ...

Her Primitive Man
1944
as Track Man
An anthropologist unwittingly takes a man disguised as a "primitive man" back to New York as a specimen.

Knickerbocker Holiday
1944
as Peter Van Stoon
The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650...

Week-End Pass
1944
as Sheriff Todd
A run-away socialite "Babs" Bradley (Martha O'Driscoll), using an alias, wants to join the WACs, finds romance with a shipyard worker, Johnny Adams (N...

Chip Off the Old Block
1944
as Prof. Frost
The son of a strict Navy officer falls for the daughter of a musical-comedy star.

A Guy Named Joe
1943
as Cpl. Henderson (uncredited)
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to ...

In Old Oklahoma
1943
as Ben
Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim "Hunk" Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Ca...

Footlight Glamour
1943
as Mr. Crumb
Mr. Dithers is trying to encourage a businessman to build a war-time manufacturing plant on land he owns while Dagwood tries to prevent the businessma...

Top Man
1943
as School Principal
In this WW II musical, a young man suddenly finds himself in charge of his family when his father is called to war. To help the flagging spirits of lo...

Johnny Come Lately
1943
as Chief of Police
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will b...

So's Your Uncle
1943
as Dempster
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not appr...

This Is the Army
1943
as Waiter (uncredited)
In WW I dancer Jerry Jones stages an all-soldier show on Broadway, called Yip Yip Yaphank. Wounded in the War, he becomes a producer. In WW II his son...

Hers to Hold
1943
as Dr. Bacon
Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the s...

Action in the North Atlantic
1943
as Bartender (uncredited)
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as pa...

Mister Big
1943
as Jimmy, Malt Shop Proprietor
Students at the Davis School of the Theatre are assigned "Antigone" as their class play, but they conspire to do a swing musical instead.

It's a Great Life
1943
as Mailman
Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mixed up in a fox hunt, and Blondie must save the day...

The Desperadoes
1943
as Dan Walters - Bartender
Popular mailcoach driver Uncle Willie is in fact in league with the town's crooked banker. They plan to have the bank robbed after emptying it, and wh...

King of the Cowboys
1943
as Deputy Cluckas
Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from b...

A Stranger in Town
1943
as Orin Todds
In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seem...

Dixie Dugan
1943
as Mr. Kelly
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast abo...

Two Weeks to Live
1943
as Omar Tennyson Gimpel
When Abner is mistakenly diagnosed as having only two weeks to live, his partner gets the idea that they can make a ton of money by having Abner perfo...

The Amazing Mrs. Holliday
1943
A missionary tries to outwit the U.S. government and smuggle Chinese orphans into the country.

Shadow of a Doubt
1943
as Station Master
Just when Charlie is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle a...

Get Hep to Love
1942
as Mr. Hardwicke
Orphan prodigy singer runs away from her oppressive aunt and tricks a rural couple into adopting her.

Between Us Girls
1942
as Soda Clerk
A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mother's 12-year-old daughter.

Pardon My Sarong
1942
as Gas Station Proprietor (uncredited)
A pair of bus drivers accidentally steal their own bus. With the company issuing a warrant for their arrest, they tag along with a playboy on a boat t...

Footlight Serenade
1942
as Stagehand
Conceited World Champion boxer Tommy Lundy decides to test his popularity in a Broadway show. Tommy always has an eye for the ladies and he starts pay...

Lady in a Jam
1942
as Motel Proprietor (uncredited)
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of ...

Thru Different Eyes
1942
as Stu Johnson
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.

The Spoilers
1942
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle wit...

Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
as Mr. Crumb
Cookie is born, producing unmitigated joy in the Bumstead household. Adding to the chaos a new baby always creates is the appearance of Hans Conried a...

The Bashful Bachelor
1942
as Sheriff / Fire Chief
Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a ...

Star Spangled Rhythm
1942
as New England Farmer (uncredited)
Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his son arrives in Hollywood on shore leave with his buddie...

Young America
1942
as Bart Munson
Young America is a 1942 American drama film directed by Louis King and written by Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Ro...

Freckles Comes Home
1942
as Constable Caleb Weaver
Freckles Winslow comes home from college and the sheriff accuses him of murder, gangsters put him on the spot, and his girl friend, Jane, falls in lov...

Holiday Inn
1942
as Gus
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her for his new dance partner after fickle Lila Dixon gi...

Remember the Day
1941
as Cecil
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Da...

Cadet Girl
1941
as Train conductor
A West Point cadet and his bandleader brother fall for a singer in the band.

They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Uniform Salesman (uncredited)
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains th...

The Great Man's Lady
1941
as Parson
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is...

Moon Over Her Shoulder
1941
as Conrad - Taxi Driver
Marriage counselor advises his bored wife to take up painting through which she meets a hubbie-rival yachtsman.

Henry Aldrich for President
1941
as Mr. McCloskey
Henry Aldrich finds himself in a heated election for high-school class president.

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
1941
as The Soda Jerk
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little...

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

It Started with Eve
1941
as Raven
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a...

Our Wife
1941
as Doorman (uncredited)
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.

Blondie in Society
1941
as Mailman
Dagwood brings home a pedigreed Great Dane which an important company client wants and which Blondie enters in the big dog show.

Accent on Love
1941
as Smedley
A young man of privilege abandons his thankless job as a company vice-president, walks out on his spoiled wife, and joins the working classes, leading...

Caught in the Draft
1941
as Cogswell
Don Bolton is a movie star who can't stand loud noises. To evade the draft, he decides to get married...but falls for a colonel's daughter. By mistake...

Ride on Vaquero
1941
as Jailer Smoky
The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by his captor, the commander of a U.S. Army regiment,...

Meet John Doe
1941
as Beany
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 Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941
as Mr. Albert Merney
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where she had his seats and the next day she shows up as h...

The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
1941
as Projectionist
A reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.

Blondie Goes Latin
1941
as Mailman (uncredited)
Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the female drummer in the ship's band, while Penny Singleto...

Western Union
1941
as Barber
When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern...

Tobacco Road
1941
as Bank Teller
Shiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existe...

Back Street
1941
as Ticket seller
Previously filmed in 1932, and remade a third time in 1961, this second film version of Fannie Hurst's novel stars Margaret Sullavan as a fashion desi...

The Wild Man of Borneo
1941
as Carriage Driver
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.

Four Mothers
1941
as Cigar Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

Michael Shayne: Private Detective
1940
as Fisherman
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulett...

She Couldn't Say No
1940
as Abner
Two big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with the oddball and very shrewd characters in a small town.

Blondie Plays Cupid
1940
as Mailman
The Bumstead family is off to see relatives in the country when Blondie runs into Charlie and Millie, an eloping couple needing her help.

Dreaming Out Loud
1940
as Wes Stillman
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.

The Howards of Virginia
1940
as Tom Norton
Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she marries down-to-earth surveyor Matt Howard. Matt joins the ...

Young People
1940
as Otis
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the f...

The Return of Frank James
1940
as Bystander
Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

Gold Rush Maisie
1940
as Harry Gilpin
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously...

Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940
as Mailman
Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid. ...

Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
as Sweeney
A couple can't make ends meet. He is an airplane mechanic and makes extra money testing planes. When the baby arrives things get better.

Sailor's Lady
1940
as Storekeeper (uncredited)
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...

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!
1940
as Cabbie
In despair after breaking up with his girlfriend, a man hires a thug he has never seen to kill him. However, he changes his mind when he falls in love...

Lillian Russell
1940
as Soldier
Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
as Lippincott
Longtime school sweethearts discover married life, thanks to a disagreeable live-in mother-in-law and pressing business obligations, is more rocky tha...

Edison, the Man
1940
as Sheriff
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...

The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940
as Sam Appleby (uncredited)
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage to falsely claim that they are married.

Star Dust
1940
as Hotel Desk Clerk
When Hollywood film studios reject her because she's too young, an Arkansas woman sets out to build a career as an actress on her own.

The Grapes of Wrath
1940
as Driver
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...

Blondie on a Budget
1940
as Mailman
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters w...

Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Becker
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.

Broadway Melody of 1940
1940
as Orange Stand Counterman (uncredited)
Johnny Brett and King Shaw are an unsuccessful dance team in New York. A producer discovers Brett as the new partner for Clare Bennett, but Brett, who...

His Girl Friday
1940
as Gus (uncredited)
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wi...

Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Hospital Official
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
as Paul Gillis
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...

Gone with the Wind
1939
as Corporal
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruc...

Too Busy to Work
1939
as Gilligan
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run for mayor, so they decide to neglect their househ...

Blondie Brings Up Baby
1939
as Mailman
Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically co...

Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
1939
as Sheriff Clem Diggers
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.

The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939
as Woodbury
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.

Pack Up Your Troubles
1939
as Soldier
Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.

At the Circus
1939
as Telegraph Clerk (uncredited)
Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay, Carter's accomplices steal the money so he can take ov...

On Your Toes
1939
as Second Stage Manager
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
as Clerk
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for ...

Rio
1939
as 'Mushy'
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlem...

Indianapolis Speedway
1939
as Fred Haskill
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.

I Stole a Million
1939
as Simpson (uncredited)
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.

Blondie Takes a Vacation
1939
as Mailman
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life saving...

News Is Made at Night
1939
as Mike, Fingerprint Man
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal o...

Second Fiddle
1939
as Harvey Vaughan
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.

Bachelor Mother
1939
as Clerk at Exchange Window (uncredited)
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, D...

The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
as Hotel Clerk
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.

Torchy Runs for Mayor
1939
as Hubert Ward
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

Lucky Night
1939
as Conductor
Cora, an heiress who gives it all up for the excitement of looking for a job and living on her own, meets up with unemployed and flat broke Dick. The ...

Big Town Czar
1939
as Real Estate Man
When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart...

The Oklahoma Kid
1939
as Hotel Clerk
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money fro...

The Spirit of Culver
1939
as Hotel Desk Clerk in Culver
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...

Blondie Meets the Boss
1939
as 1st Mailman (uncredited)
Dagwood inadvertently gets cornered in to resigning. When his wife Blondie tries to ask Dagwoods boss Mr. Dithers for his job back, he ends up hiring ...

Tail Spin
1939
as Storekeeper (Uncredited)
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to r...

Nancy Drew... Reporter
1939
as Tracy (uncredited)
While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to submit a news story, local attorney Carson Drew's daughter...

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939
as Jailer (uncredited)
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step a...

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
1939
as Tad (uncredited)
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by...

Made for Each Other
1939
as Newark Radio Operator (uncredited)
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939
as Patrol Sergeant at Italian Restaurant (uncredited)
Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.

They Made Me a Criminal
1939
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

Blondie
1938
as Mr. Beazley (uncredited)
Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy occasion is marred when the bumbling Dagwood gets himself in...

The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Chester - Smith's Secretary (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...

Exposed
1938
as Crankpool
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.

Hard to Get
1938
as Gas Station Attendant (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...

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

There Goes My Heart
1938
as Mr. Dobbs
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.

The Sisters
1938
as Robert Forbes
Three daughters of a small down pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.

Sing, You Sinners
1938
as Lecturer on Seals
Of the singing Beebe brothers, young Mike just wants to be a kid; responsible Dave wants to work in his garage and marry Martha; but feckless Joe thin...

You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Henry - the Head Waiter (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...

Give Me a Sailor
1938
as The Druggist (uncredited)
Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they get home he is going to ask his beautiful girlfrien...

Professor Beware
1938
as Painter
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the po...

The Chaser
1938
as Harvey
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...

The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
1938
as Foreman of Jury
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceed...

Racket Busters
1938
as Counter Man (uncredited)
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.

Tropic Holiday
1938
as Sol Grunnion (uncredited)
A screenwriter falls in love with a Mexican woman while searching for a story line south of the border.

Kentucky Moonshine
1938
as Palace Hotel Clerk
The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.

Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938
as Sheriff Tuttle (Uncredited)
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 Sam
A federal agent goes after a hijacking ring that uses beautiful women to help it hijack the rigs of unsuspecting truckers.

The First Hundred Years
1938
as Wilkins
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a high-powered executive, doesn't want to leave NYC...

The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Prisoner Playing Harmonica (uncredited)
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.

Midnight Intruder
1938
as Evans
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.

True Confession
1937
as Coroner
A writer takes a job as a secretary because her scrupulous husband isn't bringing in the dough as an attorney. When her new employer is murdered, she ...

Big Town Girl
1937
as Gas Station Attendant
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a cro...

It's Love I'm After
1937
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
An infatuated debutante renews a Shakespearean actor's running feud with his leading lady.

Big City
1937
as Jim Sloane
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New York City during a period of corruption, mob contr...

Vogues of 1938
1937
as Curson - Accountant
An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The...

Exclusive
1937
as Dr. Boomgarten
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government C...

Topper
1937
as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of thei...

Marry the Girl
1937
as Happy Elmer
Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is o...

Big Business
1937
as Mr. Kinney - Man with Toothache
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.

Angel's Holiday
1937
as Fingerprint Expert
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline K...

They Gave Him a Gun
1937
as Tall Soldier (uncredited)
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.

A Star Is Born
1937
as Station Agent (uncredited)
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her ido...

Internes Can't Take Money
1937
as Jeff
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...

Dangerous Number
1937
as Detective
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. ...

Hopalong Cassidy Returns
1936
as Peg Leg Holden
A crusading newspaper editor recruits his old friend Hoppy to take the job of Marshall in a town rife with vice and murder directed at helpless miners...

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
1936
as Drug Store Clerk
Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, ...

Murder with Pictures
1936
as Det. Keogh
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the story. Girard and lawyer Redfield throw a party for t...

Wives Never Know
1936
as Dr. Mumford
The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J. Hugh Ramsay, author of the bestselling book, "Marr...

Lady Be Careful
1936
as Happy
Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful. The...

Let's Make a Million
1936
as Jerry
A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.

The Texas Rangers
1936
as David's father (uncredited)
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.

Hollywood Boulevard
1936
as Gus - Trocadero Bartender
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of the era, has-been actor John Blakeford agrees to w...

China Clipper
1936
as Charlie - the Janitor (uncredited)
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.

To Mary - with Love
1936
as Chauffeur
Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keepin...

A Son Comes Home
1936
as Hamburger Stand Proprietor
A mother experiences the torment of discovering that her own son is a killer.

Earthworm Tractors
1936
as Taxicab Driver
A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.

Rhythm on the Range
1936
as Rodeo Announcer
Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he regards as a vagabond, till he learns that she's the owner o...

San Francisco
1936
as Picnicker (uncredited)
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 19...

Forgotten Faces
1936
as Pretty
Harry Ashton is a superstitious gambling house owner, who relies on sprigs of heliotrope as his good luck charm. One day, Harry catches his wife, Cleo...

The Singing Kid
1936
as Maine Driver (uncredited)
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl ...

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
1936
as Frank (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...

Petticoat Fever
1936
as Carl
A lonely radio operator in Labrador falls for an engaged woman.

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine
1936
as Mailman
A well-established tale of a long-running feud between two mountain clans.

Love on a Bet
1936
as Farmer on Hay Wagon
An aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play’s far-fetched plot: making a cross-...

The Music Goes 'Round
1936
as Stuttering Man
Harry Wallace (Harry Richman) is the star of a musical comedy who, while on a leave of absence from Broadway, encounters a troupe of untalented showbo...

Drift Fence
1936
as Windy Watkins, Traft Foreman
Although Larry "Buster" Crabbe earns top billing, the hero of Drift Fence is former Western star Tom Keene as Jim Travis, who, at a rodeo, meets city ...

Timothy's Quest
1936
as Henry-the Drunken Wagon Master
Timothy (Dickie Moore), an orphan, is sent with his sister, Gay (Sally Martin), to a farm run by Vilda Cummins (Elizabeth Patterson, an old maid with ...

Hitch Hike Lady
1935
as Ed Simpson
Brit Amelia Blake travels to America to join her son Alfred. Fate forces her to hitchhike to California, a perilous journey that she shares with kind ...

Man of Iron
1935
as Jake
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.
Millions in the Air
1935
as Mr. Perkins
The daughter of a radio-program sponsor wants to get on the air too, but her father doesn't allow it, so she enters an amateur contest on his radio pr...

Ship Cafe
1935
as Slim
The singing stoker and the vamp.

Bad Boy
1935
as Butcher
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...

She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Man at Toll Gate
The wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-cent...

It's a Great Life
1935
as Slim (uncredited)
Desperate for work, Johnny Barclay leaves Ma and Grandpop to join the newly formed Civilian Conversation Corps. On the way he meets cynical young hobo...

Two-Fisted
1935
as Brick Briggs
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is...

Powdersmoke Range
1935
as Gun Store Proprietor
Three cowboys buy a ranch but have to fight off gunmen to keep it.

Page Miss Glory
1935
as Waiter (uncredited)
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.

Redheads on Parade
1935
as Entwhistle (uncredited)
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.

Diamond Jim
1935
as Passenger
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.

Here Comes Cookie
1935
as Thompson
A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to ...

The Murder Man
1935
as Merry-Go-Round Operator (uncredited)
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When Henry Mander is investigated for the murder of his...

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Mr. Vernoy
A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.

Manhattan Moon
1935
as Lunch Man
Night club owner Dan Moore is trying to collect a debt owed to him by playboy Reggie Van Dorn, but Reggie is a playboy with no money but lots of socia...

Men Without Names
1935
as Town Character
A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory.

The Glass Key
1935
as Waiter (uncredited)
When Paul Madvig, a successful politician who fights his rivals to seize the city, becomes implicated in a murder, Ed Beaumont, his friend and right-h...

Mary Jane's Pa
1935
as Clerk Getting Tied Up
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and ...

Goin' to Town
1935
as Cowboy
Cleo Borden grew up in a saloon, loves the men—and the men love her—but her aspirations lead her to enter into a contract to marry a wealthy man. When...

Private Worlds
1935
as McLean
At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charl...

It's A Small World
1935
as Cal
Socialite, privileged, Jane Dale and lawyer Bill Shevlin meet in an automobile accident at night, on a dirt road, in a storm, near a hick town which ...

I'll Love You Always
1935
as Theater Manager (uncredited)
Nora Clegg, an actress, marries Carl Brent, an unemployed young engineer, whose estimation of his worth and ability keeps him from getting a job. He f...

Murder on a Honeymoon
1935
as Man with Pelican (uncredited)
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...

The Gay Bride
1934
as Weight-Guesser (uncredited)
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

Broadway Bill
1934
as Hamburger Stand Owner (uncredited)
Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his daughter Alice are fed up with that. Brooks quits his j...

The President Vanishes
1934
as Gray Shirt Garage Attendant (uncredited)
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman a...

By Your Leave
1934
as Harry
A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.
No Ransom
1934
as Heinie
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....

The Pursuit of Happiness
1934
as Bijah
Lederer is a Hessian soldier who defects to the Americans during the Revolutionary War.He falls in love with a Yankee girl, but a thuggish local milit...

You Belong to Me
1934
as Stage Manager
When vaudeville performer Florette Faxon is left penniless with her six-year-old son Jimmy, she relies on the friendship of fellow performer Bud Hanni...

Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
as Hat Check Attendent
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten dow...

Hat, Coat and Glove
1934
as Coat Salesman (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 Hell Cat
1934
as Regan
Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a feisty young heiress who feels Collins has insulte...

Now I'll Tell
1934
as Casino Attendant (uncredited)
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by whic...

Honor of the Range
1934
as Townsman (uncredited)
After Sheriff Ken puts money in the safe, his brother Clem gives Rawhide the combination. With the money gone the disgruntled townsmen make Boots Sher...

House of Mystery
1934
as Ned Pickens
Out of the Mystic Temples of Old India crept this terrible Monster to wreak vengeance of the Hindu Gods. One by one its victims fell with not a trace ...

George White's Scandals
1934
as Hick (uncredited)
Reporter Miss Lee is looking for a story and approaches George White as he's assembling the latest edition of his famous revue. As it turns out, she h...

It Happened One Night
1934
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
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...

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
as Joel Prentiss
Miss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son Michael since her husband's death the previous year. One mo...

Lone Cowboy
1933
as Zeke (uncredited)
Young Scooter O’Neal, orphaned after his father’s suicide, is sent out West to live with family friend Dobe Jones. Unaware of his father’s fate Scoote...

Sitting Pretty
1933
as Dice Player (uncredited)
Jack Oakie and Jack Haley are songwriters are enroute from New York to Hollywood to make their fame and fortune; Ginger Rogers, a lunchwagon propriete...

Female
1933
as Gas Station Attendant (Uncredited)
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engin...

Ann Vickers
1933
as Waiter (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...

Golden Harvest
1933
as Rev. Dr. Simmons (uncredited)
A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest. Ambitious grain trader Chris Martin corners the wheat market...

Lady for a Day
1933
as Pool Hall Dupe (uncredited)
Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York'...

Double Harness
1933
as Crab Counterman
After tricking him into marriage, a woman tries to win the love of her philandering husband.

Private Detective 62
1933
as Cab Driver
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a...

Lilly Turner
1933
as Earle Yokum (uncredited)
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
1933
as Airport Weatherman
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.

The Mind Reader
1933
as Reporter (uncredited)
Con-man Chandler and his partner Frank decide to start a clairvoyant act. Chandler falls for Sylvia, one of their marks, but their relationship is cha...

The Keyhole
1933
as Grover - Brooks' Chauffeur (uncredited)
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.

Sing, Bing, Sing
1933
as Mr. Lake
After singing over the radio, Bing Crosby transmits a signal to elope to his sweeheart Helen; but her father is listening too. Undaunted, Bing tries, ...

He Learned About Women
1933
as Stage Door Man
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...

Hello, Everybody!
1933
as Radio Announcer (uncredited)
The setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the sisters, but everyone at home, and in the whole town,...

File 113
1933
as Lagors
A Parisian cop sets out to solve a sudden series of crimes, including robbery and blackmail. Based on a novel by Émile Gaboriau.

The Match King
1932
as Messenger with Bracelet (uncredited)
Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipula...

Lawyer Man
1932
as Court Guard (uncredited)
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York City political party boss named Gilmurry. Adam's s...

Central Park
1932
as Oscar (uncredited)
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again i...

If I Had a Million
1932
as China Shop Salesman (uncredited)
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.

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Bill - Barber (uncredited)
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s false...

The Big Broadcast
1932
as Prisoner (uncredited)
The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to his love life than to his career.

Madame Racketeer
1932
as Gus, the Desk Clerk
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 ...

High Hats and Low Brows
1932
as Butler
Sixth entry in the Rufftown 2-reel comedy series based on stories by Arthur 'Bugs' Baer.

Million Dollar Legs
1932
as Secretary of War (uncredited)
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
Just a Pain in the Parlor
1932
as Servant
Harry Sweet stars as a hick Olympic hero who is housed in a high society mansion and causes havoc to the high brow party in progress.

This Is the Night
1932
as Sparks
When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their planned trip to Venice, Gerald must invent a wife to cov...

The Big Timer
1932
as Slim Dugan (uncredited)
Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.

No One Man
1932
as Henry - License Clerk
When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to the doctor who treated him, a hard-working ideali...

Union Depot
1932
as Depot Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend S...

Branded Men
1931
as Ramrod
When Rod, Ramrod, and Half-A-Rod ride into Steep Gulch, they immediately become Sheriffs. The previous Sheriffs have been killed by Mace and his gang ...

Bad Girl
1931
as Expectant Father (uncredited)
A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage...

Alias: The Bad Man
1931
as Ned 'Repeater' Simpson
A ranger joins the outlaw gang whose boss he believes is a murderer.

Big Business Girl
1931
as Waiter (uncredited)
A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfriend spends the summer in Europe with his band.

The Vice Squad
1931
as Masher (uncredited)
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.
Blondes Prefer Bonds
1931
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...
Lime Juice Nights
1931
as Irving
Karl Dane & George K. Arthur trading places while dining.
The Itching Hour
1931
as Elmer
Comedy spoof of THE CAT AND THE CANARY. A female athlete and her entourage take refuge on a stormy night in a strange hotel that seems to be haunted.

Scandal Sheet
1931
as Reporter Kent (uncredited)
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.
Knights Before Christmas
1930
as Pa
Karl Dane and his pal come home for a disastrous Christmas.

Boarding House Blues
1930
A boarding house maid is treated mean, until inheriting oil gives her a new gleam.

Street of Chance
1930
as Harry
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Fra...

Burning Up
1930
as Yokel Driver (uncredited)
Racecar-driver Lou Larrigan gets mixed up with a crooked gang of racetrack promoters, and is in love with Ruth Morgan, whose father is marked as a vic...

Half Way to Heaven
1929
as Slim
Odd little circus film about trapeze artists and obsessive love.

The Saturday Night Kid
1929
as McGonigle (uncredited)
Mayme and sister Janie are salesgirls in Ginsberg's Department Store. Mayme is in love with store clerk Bill, but Janie tries to steal him from her. H...

Side Street
1929
as Henchman Slim (uncredited)
Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.

Matchmaking Mamma
1929
as Clifford Figfield
This marriage is the second for both Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius McNitt. He is panty-whipped by his social climbing second wife. She has recruited Cliffo...

The Rodeo
1929
as Mabel's Father, Jimmy's Father-in-Law
The film begins with a family at home having a meal. The biggest laugh involved some candles being substituted for asparagus and the hilarity that res...

Two Sisters
1929
as Chumley
Twin sisters, one good and honest and sweet, and the other given to totin' pistols and pulling robberies, keep confusing a detective about which one h...

Tide of Empire
1929
as Townsman (uncredited)
California's gold discovery in 1848 draws a "tide of empire" to the area, which becomes ripe for bandits.

Calling Hubby's Bluff
1929
as Meadows the Butler
Late silent short with a Hal Roach approach to situational comedy. Bevan is battling a widow and his wife, Carmelita Geraghty and Vernon Dent making i...

The Old Barn
1929
as The Stranger
The folks discover what appears to be a haunted barn.

His New Stenographer
1928
as Vernon Vance
Billy Brooks, a lawyer, sets out to get a divorce for a client by framing him in a compromising situation. But the scheme goes askew when the client's...

Motorboat Mamas
1928
as Cafe Patron
Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.

The Campus Carmen
1928
as President
A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.

The Head Man
1928
as Mayor
Because he refuses to be a tool for a political mob, Watts, an ex-senator, is relegated to the public wastebasket. When he opposes a rival politician ...

The Swim Princess
1928
as College Dean
The Swim Princess is a silent comedy short.

The Best Man
1928
as The Bride's Father
A bride and groom are all set to get married, but they can't until the best man shows up. When the best man eventually does show up, he causes a few p...

Smith's Army Life
1928
as Inspecting Officer
19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.

The Girl from Everywhere
1927
as The Casting Director
Mack Sennett comedy short subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and limburger cheese.
For Sale, a Bungalow
1927
as The Waiter
For Sale, a Bungalow is a 1927 comedy short
Smith's Cook
1927
as Mr. Dunhill
The Smiths' cook, exasperated by giving up her day off in order to cook for an unappreciative guest, decides to leave her employment in order to get m...
Smith's Pony
1927
as Ship Maintenance Man
The Smith's visit San Francisco to attend a horse show only to have their precocious daughter cause some minor comical mishaps and their over-sized ca...
Smith's Fishing Trip
1927
as Jake - the Handyman
Twelfth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family gos fishing while their house is renovated.

His First Flame
1927
as Man Who Jumps Out of Window (uncredited)
Fire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid matrimony at all costs. Still, the lovestruck Harry is de...

Broke in China
1927
as Military Officer
Donald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The proprietor believes he's a penniless ne'er-do-well - ...

The Jolly Jilter
1927
as Tall Servant
Silent comedy short film starring Ben Turpin
A Dozen Socks
1927
as Ball Toss Operator
A poor sap tries to impress his girl by fighting the great boxing champion Jack Dempsey.

Kitty from Killarney
1926
as Inspector #1
Kitty from Killarney is a 1926 comedy short.

A Blonde's Revenge
1926
as Banker Cody
Turpin plays a candidate who poses as the worker's friend but spends hi time buttering up wealthy women and seizing upn any opportunity to womanise.
Smith's Picnic
1926
as Joe Smiley
The accident-prone Smith family (Raymond McKee, Ruth Hiatt, and Mary Ann Jackson) head to the beach in this Mack Sennett comedy directed by Alf Gouldi...

Smith's Uncle
1926
as 1st Elderly Sucker
Here it's Andy Clyde in a long beard as Raymond McKee's rich uncle Dan. He quickly becomes entangled with Carmelita Geraghty, the vamp next door, and ...
Masked Mamas
1926
as The Practical Joker's Friend
A Billy Bevan slapstick comedy short.

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
1926
as Joe, Card player
A dancing instructor goes to a married woman's home, to giver her lessons, while her husband is absent. He leaves and goes to a poker game. The husban...

A Prodigal Bridegroom
1926
as Lizzie's Brother
Ben returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensnares him. Ben enjoys being ensnared. In order to ge...
Meet My Girl
1926
as Mr. Lane - Thelma's Father
Ralph is the poor inventor of an automobile motor with revolutionary claims. Marvin is the wealthy and one time college pal. Unknown to either of them...
Trimmed in Gold
1926
as Barber
Two barbers, Billy and Andy head out West when one of their customers tells them that gold can literally be scooped up off the ground. Unbeknownst to ...

Whispering Whiskers
1926
as Train Chef
Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde play hobos who hop onto a train where they are hired. Their misadventures lead to chaos, blending mistaken identity with cl...

Hot Cakes for Two
1926
as Photographer
Hot Cakes for Two is a silent film comedy

The Gosh-Darn Mortgage
1926
as Justice of the Peace
An over the top parody film

Isn't Love Cuckoo?
1925
as John Lodge - Bebe's Father
An auto salesman fall in love with a rich girl but she is already engaged.

Over Thereabouts
1925
as Officer
Hapless pilot Billy manages to raise himself from KP duty to flying ace. He manages to wreck havoc on the German Air Force and return home a hero!

Hurry, Doctor!
1925
as The Paper Hanger
Hurry, Doctor! is a 1925 comedy short

A Rainy Knight
1925
as Peggy's Ex-Husband
Sweethearts Jimmie Carter and Bessie Barnes work for Adolph Brock at the Acme Corporation. One day while he is out for a drive in his jalopy of a car,...

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
1925
as Driver Seeking Car (uncredited)
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of ...
Good Morning, Nurse
1925
as Servant
Roland Royce (Ralph Graves) takes his family and a beautiful nurse (Olive Borden) on a camping trip but everything goes wrong.

Remember When?
1925
as Picnicker (uncredited)
Little orphan Harry is separated from his childhood sweetheart. Years later, he finds she's a bearded lady in a circus.