Known For
Complete Filmography
The Long Shot
1939
Story
A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents...
Newsboys' Home
1938
as O'Dowd
A beautiful girl inherits a newspaper that sponsors a charity home for boys.
She Asked for It
1937
as Mr. Switch, the Lawyer
Dwight Stanford and his wife, Penny, are a pair of spendthrifts who can't hold on to money, dependent for support on Dwight's rich uncle, who sends th...
She's No Lady
1937
as Uncle John
Alden "Bill" Carter III sees a beautiful woman, Jerry, dining alone at the Park Savoy in New York, and after a brief flirtation, introduces himself. A...
They Won't Forget
1937
as Confederate Soldier
A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate Decoration Day. Andrew Griffin, a small-time lawyer with polit...
The Go-Getter
1937
as M. M. Barker
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
The Prince and the Pauper
1937
as The Watch
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he meet...
In His Steps
1936
as Davidson
Tom and Ruth are disowned by their parents after eloping. They take up jobs as tenant farmers and and learn the true value of marriage, working and li...
Postal Inspector
1936
as Ritter
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
Grand Jury
1936
as Tom Evans
When a grand jury acquits a gangster accused of murder, a retired elderly citizen decides it's up to him to see that the criminal is proven guilty and...
Klondike Annie
1936
as Brother Bowser
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.
Follow the Fleet
1936
as Captain Hickey
When the US Navy fleet docks at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his old dancing partner, Sherry Martin, while Bake's...
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Elijah Quimby
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things ...
I Found Stella Parish
1935
as James
A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.
Page Miss Glory
1935
as Mr. Kimball
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.
Anna Karenina
1935
as Matve
In 19th century Russia a woman in a respectable marriage to a senior statesman must grapple with her love for a dashing soldier.
A Dog of Flanders
1935
as Sacristan
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
I'll Love You Always
1935
as Mr. Clegg
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...
David Copperfield
1935
as Dr. Chillip
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relations...
The Little Minister
1934
as John Spens
The stoic, proper Rev. Gavin Dishart, newly assigned to a church in the small Scottish village of Thrums, finds himself unexpectedly falling for one o...
Cleopatra
1934
as Soothsayer
The queen of Egypt barges the Nile and flirts with Mark Antony and Julius Caesar.
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934
as Claude
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten dow...
The Merry Frinks
1934
as J. Harold Brumby
An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
Fashions of 1934
1934
as Paris Bookseller
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide disco...
Dinner at Eight
1933
as Fosdick
An ambitious New York socialite plans an extravagant dinner party as her businessman husband, Oliver, contends with financial woes, causing a lot of t...
Lady Killer
1933
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.
Little Women
1933
as Doctor Bangs
Four sisters come of age during the American Civil War. With their father away fighting, the family, headed by their mother, experiences tribulations,...
College Coach
1933
as Professor
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a g...
Ever in My Heart
1933
as Eli, the Gardener
World War I brings tribulations to an American woman married to a German.
Night Flight
1933
as Pierre Roblet
Story of South American mail pilots, and the dangers they face flying at night.
I Cover the Waterfront
1933
as Old Chris
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
Murders in the Zoo
1933
as G.A. Evans
Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored, beautiful, much younger wife entertains herself in...
The Match King
1932
as Christian Hobe (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...
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Favius Fontelas
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
Doctor X
1932
as Dr. Duke
A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.
Two Seconds
1932
as Doctor
A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flash...
Forgotten Commandments
1932
as Priest
A framework story serves as context for a retelling of the Exodus story and, most importantly, a recycling of footage from the silent version of The T...
So Big!
1932
as Adam Ooms (uncredited)
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
Scandal for Sale
1932
as Brownie
A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.
Dance Team
1932
as Herbert Wilson
Jimmy Mulligan and Poppy Kirk, both out of work, strike up a conversation outside a radio shop and discover a shared dream of hitting it big dancing a...
High Pressure
1932
as Dr. Rudolph Pfeiffer
Gar Evans is a con artist, who pretends to be the owner of a "Golden Gate Artificial Rubber Company", and he is looking for investors. Finding them is...
Sooky
1931
as Mr. Willoughby
Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend, Sooky Wayne, who lives in Shantytown with his sickly mother. The Boo...
Heaven on Earth
1931
as Captain Lilly
A young boy finds out that the man he thought was his father actually killed his real father, then adopted him.
Sob Sister
1931
as Pa Stevens
Jane Ray, a very clever reporter of crimes of passion, or "sob sister," for a New York tabloid, begins to feel depressed by the sordidness of her late...
The Secret Call
1931
as Frank Kelly
The Secret Call is adapted from The Woman, a play by William C. DeMille (brother of Cecil B.) Peggy Shannon plays Wanda Kelly, the daughter of a disgr...
Up Pops the Devil
1931
as Mr. Platt
The marriage of an advertising man is jeopardized when he gets a chance to sell a novel he's been working on and quits his job to concentrate on writi...
Charlie Chan Carries On
1931
as Kent
Charlie steps in to solve the murder of a wealthy American found dead in a London hotel. Settings include London, Nice, San Remo, Honolulu and Hong Ko...
Finn and Hattie
1931
as Mr. Perkins (N.Y. street cleaner)
The Haddocks are going on a European vacation and from their reception at the station, where the whole town goes to see them off, it is clear who wear...
Scandal Sheet
1931
as Egbert Bertram Arnold
Confirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story about his wife.
The Dancing Town
1928
as Pa Pepperall
Young kids face off in a dance competition.
The Quarterback
1926
as Elmer Stone
Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University. Twe...