Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Harvey (September 10, 1882 – December 15, 1955) was an American actor who appeared in at least 177 films. He is not to be confused with Paul Harvey the broadcaster. Primarily a character actor, Harvey began his career on stage and in silent films. He appeared in the Broadway and original film versions of The Awful Truth, then had supporting roles in many Hollywood films, often portraying dignified executives or authority figures. He was a vacationing...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Bogart: The Untold Story
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends a...
Meet the Governor
1955
as Gov. John H. Dirks
A backwoods lawyer's race for the governor's office is thwarted by mainstream opponents who dig up dirt from his past.
High Society
1955
as Henry Baldwin
Sach receives news that he is the heir to the Terwilliger Debussy Jones fortune. Accompanied by his pal Slip, he arrives at the Jones mansion to revie...
Three for the Show
1955
as Col. Harold J. Wharton (uncredited)
This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husba...
Three for the Show
1955
as Col. Harold J. Wharton
This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husba...
Sabrina
1954
as Dr. Calaway
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for...
Calamity Jane
1953
as Henry Miller
Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way...
Remains to Be Seen
1953
as Mr. Bennett
A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.
April in Paris
1952
as Secretary Robert Sherman
A series of misunderstandings leads to a chorus girl traveling to Paris to represent the American theater, where she falls in love with a befuddled bu...
Dreamboat
1952
as D.W. Harrington
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been vio...
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952
as Judge Wilkins
When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.
Here Come the Nelsons
1952
as Samuel T. Jones
The homespun Nelson family must deal with various comical situations, including an encounter with gangsters.
The First Time
1952
as Leeming
A married couple welcomes their first child.
The Tall Target
1951
as Minor Role (uncredited)
A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train ride headed for Washington in 1861.
Let's Go Navy!
1951
as Lt. Cmdr. O. Tannen
The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
Excuse My Dust
1951
as Cyrus Random, Sr.
Joe, inventor in an American Small town of 1895 has problems with his new invention, a car, driven with a gasoline motor. Everybody is making fun abou...
Thunder in God's Country
1951
as Carson Masterson
Hidden Valley has managed to retain its Old Western atmosphere, free of modern-day corruption, until escaped convict Smitty arrives with plans of taki...
Father's Little Dividend
1951
as Reverend Galsworthy
Newly married Kay Dunstan announces that she and her husband are having a baby, leaving her father to come to grips with the fact that he will soon be...
Up Front
1951
as Col. Akeley
Military comedy set during WWII, inspired by Bill Mauldin's popular newspaper cartoons of soldiers "Willie" and "Joe".
The Flying Missile
1950
as Gen. Benton
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
The Milkman
1950
as D.A. Abbott
A dairy owner's son takes a job as milkman with a rival company.
Three Little Words
1950
as Al Masters
Song-and-dance man Bert Kalmar can't continue his stage career after an injury, so he has to earn his money as a lyricist. By chance, he meets compose...
The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1950
as Brendon Boyd
A captain tries to keep home as tight as his ship.
The Lawless
1950
as Chief of Police Blake
A newspaper editor takes on the cause of oppressed migrant Mexican fruit pickers.
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
A cowboy is hired by a stagecoach boss to stop the railroad reaching his territory and putting him out of business. He uses everything from Indians to...
Father of the Bride
1950
as Reverend Galsworthy
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself,...
Riding High
1950
as Whitehall
A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win the big race.
The Yellow Cab Man
1950
as Pearson Hendricks
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is always getting hit or hurt in some way. On the day that...
Side Street
1950
as Emil Lorrison
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a...
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950
as Brig. Gen. Lamson (uncredited)
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home ...
Unmasked
1950
as Harry Jackson
The editor of a sleazy tabloid newspaper has been borrowing money from his lover, the wife of a rich theatrical producer, and promises to marry her wh...
Take One False Step
1949
as Mr. Arnspiger
Catherine Sykes disappears after a midnight drive with Professor Andrew Gentling . When she's presumed murdered, his friend Martha convinces him that ...
Special Agent
1949
as Mr. Travis - Rancher (uncredited)
A California railroad agent hunts two brothers for murder and robbing a payroll express.
The Girl from Jones Beach
1949
as Jim Townsend
Glamour artist Bob Randolph is world famous for his paintings of a stunning beauty dubbed "The Randolph Girl". What the world doesn't know is that his...
The Fountainhead
1949
as Opera Businessman (uncredited)
An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism despite personal, professional and economic pressures to ...
Mr. Belvedere Goes to College
1949
as Dr. Keating
A middle-aged genius goes to college for the first time.
Duke of Chicago
1949
as Chester Cunningham
To save his publishing firm, a prizefighter comes out of retirement in a fixed match.
Down to the Sea in Ships
1949
as John Briggs
During a whaling expedition in the late 1800's, the aging Captain Bering Joy (Lionel Barrymore) and his new first mate, Dan Lunceford (Richard Widmark...
John Loves Mary
1949
as Gen. Biddle
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...
Family Honeymoon
1948
as Chancellor Fenster
Grant Jordan, bachelor botany professor, marries Katie, a widow with three kids, despite the machinations of Grant's former girlfriend Minna. But on t...
Smuggler's Cove
1948
as Terrence Mahoney
Slip and Sach are working as cleaners in a high rise building. They enter an office to clean it when a messenger hears them use Slip's given name, Ter...
A Southern Yankee
1948
as Hotel Manager
Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming an agent for the Union's secret service during the Civi...
Waterfront at Midnight
1948
as Commissioner Ryan
Hoping to put the cuffs on criminal mastermind Socks Barstow, detective Mike Hanrohan is stymied by the fact that his younger brother Denny has joined...
Give My Regards to Broadway
1948
as Mr. Boyd
A family vaudeville act is threatened when the eldest son is offered a contract to play baseball. Musical.
Blondie's Reward
1948
as John D. Dickson
After bungling a real-estate transaction, Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) is demoted to office boy by his flustered boss Radcliffe (Jerome Cowan). Num...
Speed to Spare
1948
as Al Simmons
Stunt driver Cliff Jordan takes a job with his old pal Jerry McGee, branch manager of an express trucking firm. Jerry is married to Mary, Cliff's form...
Call Northside 777
1948
as Martin J. Burns
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal t...
The Judge Steps Out
1947
as John Struthers II (uncredited)
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
Wyoming
1947
as Judge Sheridan
Small ranchers battle against a land baron trying to take their spreads.
Danger Street
1947
as Turlock
Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
Living in a Big Way
1947
as Judge
A World War II pilot (Gene Kelly) comes home to a bride (Marie McDonald) who, spoiled by her father (Charles Winninger), now wants a divorce.
High Barbaree
1947
as John Case
After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while awaiting rescue.
Out of the Blue
1947
as Mr. Holliston
Set in an apartment building whose occupants include Arthur Earthleigh, a meek and mild type married to the beautiful-but-domineering Mae; a Bohemian ...
The Late George Apley
1947
as Julian H. Dole
George and Catherine Apley of Boston lead a proper life in the proper social circle, as did the Apleys before them. When grown daughter Eleanor falls ...
That Brennan Girl
1946
as Judge (uncredited)
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a ...
Heldorado
1946
as C.W. Driscoll
Roy Rogers, a Nevada State Ranger Captain in charge of the Rangers Reclamation Service, makes a trip to Las Vegas for the annual Heldorado Frontier Da...
Shadow of a Woman
1946
as Howard K. Brooks
Brooke's marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that her husband is starving his son from a prior marriage to death in ord...
Easy to Wed
1946
as Curtis Farwood
When a newspaper accuses a wealthy socialite of being a homewrecker, she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit. The publication's frazzled head e...
The Bamboo Blonde
1946
as Patrick Ransom, Sr.
A pilot of a B 29 meets Louise Anderson, a singer in a New York nightclub. He falls in love with her, but he had to leave next day for action in the P...
In Fast Company
1946
as Patrick McCormick
The Bowery Boys come to the rescue when a corrupt taxi company puts the squeeze on several independent drivers.
A Night in Casablanca
1946
as Mr. Smythe
The Marx Brothers are employed at a hotel in postwar Casablanca, where a ring of Nazis is trying to recover a cache of stolen treasure.
They Made Me a Killer
1946
as District Attorney Booth
A fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and murder charges.
Blondie's Lucky Day
1946
as Jonathan Butler Sr.
Not only must Blondie put on a brave face when her husband Dagwood is fired for the umpteenth time by Mr. Dithers, but she must also tolerate the atte...
Up Goes Maisie
1946
as Mr. J.G. Nuboult
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Gay Blades
1946
as J.M. Snively
New York hockey player Andy Buell is approached by Hollywood talent scout Nancy Davis to play the hunk lead in "The Behemoth" but he would prefer she ...
Spellbound
1945
as Dr. Hanish
When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, dis...
Don't Fence Me In
1945
as Governor Thomas
Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magazine who comes West to find out the true story of K...
Swingin' on a Rainbow
1945
as Thomas Marsden
A young girl goes to New York to find a band leader who has stolen all the songs she wrote and is passing them off as his own.
Mama Loves Papa
1945
as Mr. McIntosh
A loose remake of the 1935 comedy of the same name. Thanks to the efforts of his social-climbing wife Jessie, furniture store employee Wilbur Todd is ...
Midnight Manhunt
1945
as Mr. McAndrews, Night Editor (Uncredited)
Two reporters search for a missing body in a wax museum.
The Chicago Kid
1945
as Carter
The story of Joe Ferrill, whose efforts to raise enough money so that his imprisoned father can live comfortably upon release come to naught when the ...
The Southerner
1945
as Ruston
Sam Tucker, a cotton picker, in search of a better future for his family, decides to grow his own cotton crop. In the first year, the Tuckers battle d...
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945
as Hotel Manager Thompson
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at exactl...
Thoroughbreds
1944
as John Crandall
Sgt. Rusty Curtis of the U.S. Cavalry is unhappy about the Army's plan to replace horses with tanks so, after a medical discharge, he tries to buy his...
In the Meantime, Darling
1944
as General Garnett
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house with other soldiers and their wives. Her spoiled ways...
Jamboree
1944
as P.J. Jarvis
A trio of competing bands vie for a spot on a rural radio program.
Henry Aldrich Plays Cupid
1944
as Sen. Tom Caldicott
High-school student Henry Aldrich hopes to improve his grades by finding a sweetheart for his unmarried teacher.
Mystery Broadcast
1943
as Arthur J. Stanley
A radio detective sets out to solve an old murder case, with the help of her sound man and another radio detective. They manage to talk to the people ...
Man from Music Mountain
1943
as Arthur Davis
Roy returns home to fine a range feud between the cattlemen and the sheepmen. When his friend is killed he finds the rifle had a defective pin. He lea...
Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Dr. Kirby (uncredited)
An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
Heart of the Golden West
1942
as James Barrabee
Lambert owns the trucking line that ships cattle to market. When he raises his rates Roy decides to ship the cattle on the River Boat. When Lambert an...
You Can't Escape Forever
1942
as Major Turner
A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.
Moonlight Masquerade
1942
as John Bennett Sr.
Two business partners, John Bennett, Sr. and Robert Forrester, are starting to get nervous when the birthday of Victoria, Forrester's daughter, approa...
The Man Who Wouldn't Die
1942
as Dudley Wolff
A man believed to be dead and buried escapes from his grave and returns to the scene of the crime seeking revenge.
Blondie's Blessed Event
1942
as William Lawrence (uncredited)
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...
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942
as Landeck
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
Remember the Day
1941
as Sen. Phillips
Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls him as her student back in 1916 and his relation to Da...
You're in the Army Now
1941
as General Philpot
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
1941
as Dist. Atty. Winton
Like the first entry, this one is played mostly for laughs, with Radio's Mister District Attorney. James Ellison replacing Dennis O'Keefe as feckless ...
Rise and Shine
1941
as Orville Turner
The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game
Three Girls About Town
1941
as Fred Chambers, editor
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the ...
You Belong to Me
1941
as Barrows
A playboy marries a woman doctor then grows jealous of her male patients.
Great Guns
1941
as Gen. Taylor
Laurel and Hardy join the army. They are hardly soldiers, but they believe their employer, (Dick Nelson) will need them now he's drafted.
Law of the Tropics
1941
as Alfred King, Sr.
Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a teleg...
Puddin' Head
1941
as Mr. Harvey
On the day that United Broadcasting System's new building is dedicated, bumbling vice-president Harold L. Montgomery, Sr. discovers that he gave the w...
Out of the Fog
1941
as Judge Moriarty
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather...
Ride on Vaquero
1941
as Colonel Warren
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,...
High Sierra
1941
as Mr. Baughmam
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort.
Arizona
1940
as Solomon Warner
Phoebe Titus is a tough, swaggering pioneer woman, but her ways become decidedly more feminine when she falls for California bound Peter Muncie. But P...
Behind the News
1940
as D. A. Hardin S. Kelly
As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter ...
Maryland
1940
as Buckman
A woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do with horses. But when he falls for the daughter of his fa...
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
as Dr. Bentley
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 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...
Typhoon
1940
as Dea's father
Two men searching for black pearls are marooned on an island when their crew mutinies. There they run into a beautiful girl who had been washed up on ...
The Marines Fly High
1940
as Col. Hill
Marine lieutenants Dan and Jim fight bandits in the South American jungle, while competing for the attention of beautiful Joan Grant.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
1940
as Defense Attorney
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.
High School
1940
as James Wallace
A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her new surroundings and being with other students when she'...
Brother Rat and a Baby
1940
as Sterling Randolph
Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as a football coach.
Two Thoroughbreds
1939
as Horse Owner
A farm boy trains a wild colt on his own.
Meet Dr. Christian
1939
as John Hewitt
The first of six films in the "Dr. Christian" series, starring Jean Hersholt as a small town doctor trying to convince local officials to approve fund...
They Shall Have Music
1939
as Heifetz' Manager
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the...
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as Colonel Grimes
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Afric...
News Is Made at Night
1939
as Inspector Melrose
Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal o...
The Forgotten Woman
1939
as Charles Courtenay
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
The Gorilla
1939
as A.P. Conway
When an escaped circus gorilla appears to have gone on a murderous rampage, a threatened attorney calls on the detective trio of Garrity, Harrigan and...
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939
as Gov. John Bentley
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find th...
Never Say Die
1939
as Jasper Hawkins
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry h...
Charlie Chan in Honolulu
1938
as Inspector Rawlins
While Charlie is distracted with the birth of his first grandchild, son Jimmy impersonates his father in order to investigate a murder aboard a freigh...
The Sisters
1938
as Caleb Ammon
Three daughters of a small down pharmacist undergo trials and tribulations in their problematic marriages between 1904 and 1908.
If I Were King
1938
as Burgundian Herald
King Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in his kingdom. At a local tavern, he overhears the brash...
I'll Give a Million
1938
as Corcoran
After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is k...
The Higgins Family
1938
as Ollie Thornwald
Pa Higgins' attempts at success in the advertising business are constantly frustrated by his eccentric family.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938
as Cyrus Bartlett
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secr...
Love on a Budget
1938
as Emory Fisher
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle wh...
A Slight Case of Murder
1938
as Mr. Whitewood
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
Algiers
1938
as Commissioner Janvier
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. ...
High Flyers
1937
as Horace Arlington
Two men running a carnival airplane ride are hired to fly to retrieve what they think are photos for a reporter. Actually, they are retrieving diamond...
My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937
as Mr. Sinclair
A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
Big City
1937
as District Attorney Gilbert
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...
On Again—Off Again
1937
as Mr. Applegate
This wacky vaudeville-style romp casts the irreverent comedy team as feuding co-owners of a drug company, William “Willy” Hobbs and Claude Augustus Ho...
The Devil Is Driving
1937
as Sam Mitchell
In the fine tradition of And Sudden Death, Columbia's The Devil is Driving tabulates the dangers of drunken driving in an exciting, unabashedly melodr...
The Soldier and the Lady
1937
as Tsar
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles away, with a critical message for Grand Duke Vladimir...
23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937
as Gen. Markley
Army training Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can get himself invited to breakfast with his commanding officer, General Markley. But he gets into an unh...
Black Legion
1937
as Billings
When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into joining the secretive Black Legion, which intimidates fore...
Mind Your Own Business
1936
as Brannigan
Nature reporter Orville Shanks retreats to the woods for material for his "Our Wild Friends" column and to volunteer for his favorite cause, the Boy S...
Three Men on a Horse
1936
as Clarence Dobbins
A meek salesman with an uncanny ability to pick horses is virtually kidnapped by a trio of gamblers.
The General Died at Dawn
1936
as American Husband (uncredited)
China, 1930s, during the ravaging civil war. General Pen entrusts O'Hara, an intrepid American adventurer, with the mission of providing a large sum o...
The Plainsman
1936
as Yellow Hand
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
Mad Holiday
1936
as Chief Gibbs (uncredited)
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
Yellowstone
1936
as Radell
Murder mystery set in Yellowstone National Park.
Postal Inspector
1936
as Police Lt. Ordway (uncredited)
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936
as Insp. Parr
In order to give up her life of crime and go straight, renowned jewel thief Sophie Lang fakes her own death and retires to London. She soon finds a jo...
Private Number
1936
as Perry Winfield
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler a...
The Witness Chair
1936
as Martin
Late one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley Whittaker (Douglas Dumbrille, locking the door and taking t...
The Walking Dead
1936
as Blackstone
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence...
August Week End
1936
as George Washburne
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful young girl who's loved by a younger and not-so-wealthy...
The Petrified Forest
1936
as Mr. Chisholm
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and th...
Rose of the Rancho
1936
as Boss Martin
It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of C...
Thanks a Million
1935
as Maxwell
A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political campaign. When the inebriated Judge has to be replac...
Broadway Melody of 1936
1935
as Managing Editor
Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is t...
Alibi Ike
1935
as Lefty Crawford
Idiosyncratic new recruit Francis "Ike" Farrell tries to help the Cubs to the pennant with his pitching and hitting.
Goin' to Town
1935
as Donovan
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...
Four Hours to Kill!
1935
as Capt. Seaver
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends the time in the lobby of a Broadway theater where a...
I'll Love You Always
1935
as Sandstone
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...
The Whole Town's Talking
1935
as 'J.G.' Carpenter
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to h...
A Wicked Woman
1934
as Ed Trice
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed...
Broadway Bill
1934
as James Whitehall (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 Skinner
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman a...
Kid Millions
1934
as Shiek Mulhulla
A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.
The Affairs of Cellini
1934
as Emissary
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
She Was a Lady
1934
as Jeff Dyer
Before his daughter can formally claim her rightful title, her father dies. Now her blue-blooded American suitor finds that his father refuses to allo...
Hat, Coat and Glove
1934
as The Prosecuting Attorney
A prominent New York attorney defends his estranged wife's lover, who's been charged with the murder of a model in Greenwich Village.
Handy Andy
1934
as Charlie Norcross
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty y...
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934
as J.P. Madden / Jerry Delaney
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes he disguises himself as a Chinese servant and begin...
Born to Be Bad
1934
as Attorney Brian
Letty, a young woman who ended up pregnant, unmarried and on the streets at fifteen is bitter and determined that her child will not grow up to be tak...
The Last Gentleman
1934
as One of Judd's Creditors (uncredited)
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for...
The House of Rothschild
1934
as Solomon Rothschild
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued by his five sons. From humble beginnings the busine...
Looking for Trouble
1934
as James Regan
Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and lef...
Advice to the Lovelorn
1933
as Gaskell
Los Angeles newspaper reporter Toby Prentiss is continually in trouble with his editor. He is demoted to running the paper's "Miss Lonelyhearts" advic...
The Wiser Sex
1932
as Blaney
A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been framed for a murder he didn't commit.
The Awful Truth
1929
as Dan Leeson
Story of a wealthy couple whose individual infidelities lead inexorably to the divorce court.
Two Masters
1928
Men Who Have Made Love to Me
1918
as The Literary Man
The story of six affairs of the heart, drawn from controversial feminist author Mary MacLane's 1910 syndicated article(s) by the same name, later publ...