Biography
Walter Andrew Brennan (July 25, 1894 – September 21, 1974) was an American actor and singer. He won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performances in Come and Get It (1936), Kentucky (1938), and The Westerner (1940), making him one of only three male actors to win three Academy Awards. Brennan was also nominated for his performance in Sergeant York (1941). Other noteworthy performances were in To Have and Have Not (1944), My Darling Clementine (1946), Red River (1948), and Rio...
Known For
Complete Filmography
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy ...
Golden Saddles, Silver Spurs
2000
as (archive footage)
This documentary traces the history of the B-Western from it's silent movie origins to its demise in the early 1950s. The film contains a large number...
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift those veils, one by one, to find how images, at one ti...
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...
La Classe américaine
1993
as 'Stumpy' (archive footage)
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of...
Smoke In The Wind
1975
as H. P. Kingman
The Civil War is over but in the Ozarks of Arkansas people are not ready to forgive and forget. The Mondier brothers have returned from fighting for t...
Home for the Holidays
1974
as Benjamin Morgan
An ailing man summons his four daughters home for Christmas and asks them to kill his new wife, who he suspects is poisoning him.
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Self (archive footage)
A documentary filmography of Howard Hawks, including lengthy footage of Hawks himself discussing his films and many clips from his best-known pictures...
Two for the Money
1972
as Cody Guilford
Two cops, who have quit the police department to become private detectives and bounty hunters, hunt for a killer who has eluded capture for years.
The Day They Hanged Kid Curry
1971
as Silky O'Sullivan
Hayes visits con-artist Silky O'Sullivan at his San Francisco mansion and discovers that Kid Curry is on trial for murder in Colorado. Heyes rushes to...
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
as Nash Crawford
Walter Brennan is back as the clever and funny over the hill Texas Ranger Nash Crawford. This time the gang must face corruption in their own home tow...
The Young Country
1970
as Sheriff Matt Fenley
An adventurous young gambler searches for the owner of a mysterious fortune.
The Over the Hill Gang
1969
as Nash Crawford
A retired Texas Ranger and three aged pals help to clean up a town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken judge and a trigger-happy sheriff.
Support Your Local Sheriff!
1969
as Pa Danby
In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band
1968
as Grandpa Bower
The Bower Family Band petitions the Democratic National Committee to sing a Grover Cleveland rally song at the 1888 convention, but decide instead to ...
The Movie Orgy
1968
as Self (archive footage)
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloopers, satirical short films and promotional and gov...
Who's Minding the Mint?
1967
as Pop Gillis
A bumbling government employee accidentally destroys a small fortune and decides to break into the US Mint to replace it, but before long everyone wan...
The Gnome-Mobile
1967
as D.J. Mulrooney / Knobby
An eccentric millionaire and his grandchildren are embroiled in the plights of some forest gnomes who are searching for the rest of their tribe. While...
Project XX: End of the Trail
1967
as Self - Narrator
This classic episode of NBC News' "Project Twenty" series presents an early look at the travesty of the frontier settlers' inhumane treatment of Nativ...
The Oscar
1966
as Quentin
An amoral lowlife accidentally stumbles into an acting career that sets him on a trajectory to Hollywood stardom. But everyone on whom he steps on the...
The Shooting of Dan McGrew
1965
as Narrator
An adaptation of Robert W. Service’s poem.
Those Calloways
1964
as Alf Simes
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over...
How the West Was Won
1962
as Col. Jeb Hawkins
The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one ...
Shootout at Big Sag
1962
as 'Preacher' Hawker
A man has his eyes set on controlling the Big Sag territory in Montana and hopes to achieve his goal by forcing a newly-arrived family from Texas from...
Rio Bravo
1959
as Stumpy
A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the broth...
God Is My Partner
1957
as Dr. Charles Grayson
A retired surgeon starts giving away money to religious causes and his family tries to file suit, claiming that he's incompetent.
Tammy and the Bachelor
1957
as John Dinwitty
An unsophisticated young woman from the Mississippi swamps falls in love with an unconventional southern gentleman.
The Way to the Gold
1957
as Uncle George Williams
Following his release from prison, an ex-con heads straight for a cache of gold buried somewhere in a small village.
Armored Attack!
1957
as Karp
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Re-edited version of The North Star (1943), to remove positive referenc...
The Proud Ones
1956
as Jake
Robert Ryan plays an aging sheriff responsible for law and order in a frontier cattle town. Virginia Mayo plays his fiancee. As if handling wild cattl...
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
as Uncle Jesse Jackson
An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.
Come Next Spring
1956
as Jeffrey Storys
Matt Ballot has returned home after 12 years of hard-drinking in all 48 states. His wife has managed to raise their 14-year-old daughter and 12-year-o...
Glory
1956
as Ned Otis
A lovesick girl and her grandfather groom their filly for the Kentucky Derby.
At Gunpoint
1955
as Doc Lacy
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
The Brush Roper
1955
as Grandpa Atkins
An old rancher, a spinner of tall western tales of his former derring-do to impress his young grandson, decides to capture a dangerous bull single-han...
Man on a Bus
1955
as Saul
Six people who have emigrated to Israel from different countries are all on a bus traveling through the Negev Desert. They find themselves stranded ov...
Bad Day at Black Rock
1955
as Doc T.R. Velie Jr.
One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, sec...
Four Guns to the Border
1954
as Simon Bhumer
A group of outlaws plan and execute a robbery in a small town. However, things go awry as the team attempt a getaway, when a couple of the locals atte...
Drums Across the River
1954
as Sam Brannon
When whites hunger after the gold on Ute Indian land, a bigoted young man finds himself forced into a peacekeeping role.
The Far Country
1954
as Ben Tatum
During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner run afoul of the law in Alaska and are forced to work fo...
Sea of Lost Ships
1953
as C.P.O 'Chief' O'Malley
The son of a deceased Coast Guard hero is raised by a Coast Guard NCO, who also has a son the same age. When they get older both are accepted into the...
Lure of the Wilderness
1952
as Jim Harper
A young girl and her father, who is unjustly accused of murder, seek refuge in a Georgia swamp until they are befriended by a trapper who penetrates t...
Return of the Texan
1952
as Grandpa Firth Crockett
A young widower named Sam Crockett returns from Kansas City to his small hometown in rural Texas, bringing with him his feisty grandfather and two you...
The Wild Blue Yonder
1951
as Maj. Gen. Wolfe
Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of a beautiful n...
Best of the Badmen
1951
as 'Doc' Butcher
After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders a chance to claim allegi...
Along the Great Divide
1951
as Timothy 'Pop' Keith
US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Rode...
Surrender
1950
as Sheriff Bill Howard
Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of b...
The Showdown
1950
as Cap MacKellar
Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money...
Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950
as Rimrock
Traveling entertainer gets mixed up with bank robbers.
A Ticket to Tomahawk
1950
as Terence Sweeny
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...
Singing Guns
1950
as Dr. Jonathan Mark
Notorious stagecoach robber Rhiannon is unintentionally appointed as deputy when he saves the sheriff's life and must wear two hats between his new jo...
Task Force
1949
as Pete Richard
After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott and his pals spend the next two decades promoting the ...
Brimstone
1949
as Pop Courteen
A U.S. Marshal goes undercover to stop a cattle smuggling gang, but when his cover is blown, the hunter becomes the hunted.
The Green Promise
1949
as Mr. Matthews
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...
Blood on the Moon
1948
as Kris Barden
Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes c...
Red River
1948
as 'Groot' Nadine
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journe...
Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!
1948
as Tony Maule
Light-hearted, old-style romance about a farm-hand who arranges to buy a pair of mules from his employer. No one is able to handle the mules and he mu...
Driftwood
1947
as Murph
An orphan helps a doctor fight an epidemic in a small western town, in one of Allan Dwan’s closely observed studies in Americana.
Nobody Lives Forever
1946
as Pop Gruber
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
My Darling Clementine
1946
as Old Man Clanton
Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They deci...
Centennial Summer
1946
as Jesse Rogers
In 1876 Philadelphia, two sisters vie for the affections of a Frenchman who's come to town to prepare the French pavilion for the Centennial expositio...
A Stolen Life
1946
as Eben Folger
A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.
Dakota
1945
as Capt. Bounce of the Riverbird
In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sand...
To Have and Have Not
1945
as Eddie
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
The Princess and the Pirate
1944
as Featherhead
Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, h...
Home in Indiana
1944
as J. F. 'Thunder' Bolt
'Sparke' Thorton, a lad with a penchant for trouble, is sent to live with his Uncle and Aunt Bolt in Indiana after his Aunt Henrietta Bolt dies. Thoug...
The North Star
1943
as Karp
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."
The Last Will and Testament of Tom Smith
1943
as George, Mailman
Tom Smith, an American pilot, is shot down and captured by the Japanese. While imprisoned and awaiting execution, he recalls his life at home in the U...
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
as Prof. Stephen Novotny
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprote...
Slightly Dangerous
1943
as Cornelius Burden
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
Stand by for Action
1942
as Chief Yeoman Henry Johnson
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yach...
The Pride of the Yankees
1942
as Sam Blake
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
Rise and Shine
1941
as Grandpa
The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game
Swamp Water
1941
as Tom Keefer
A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to to...
Breakdowns of 1941
1941
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
Sergeant York
1941
as Pastor Rosier Pile
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep rel...
This Woman Is Mine
1941
as Captain Jonathan Thorne
Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Many adventures follow.
Meet John Doe
1941
as The Colonel
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...
Nice Girl?
1941
as Hector Titus
Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice gi...
The Westerner
1940
as Judge Roy Bean
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by...
Maryland
1940
as William P. Stewart
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...
Northwest Passage
1940
as 'Hunk' Marriner
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force e...
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
as Jim
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their...
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as Jeff Slocum
When American newspaperman and adventurer Henry M. Stanley comes back from the western Indian wars, his editor James Gordon Bennett sends him to Afric...
They Shall Have Music
1939
as Professor Lawson
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...
Land of Liberty
1939
as Ezra Peavey (edited from 'The Buccaneer')
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Walter
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt...
Kentucky
1938
as Peter Goodwin
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby, but during the Civil War, her family sided with ...
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Sugar
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...
The Texans
1938
as Chuckawalla
After the Civil War, an ex-Confederate soldier faces new battles, including the elements and a carpetbagger intent on destroying him.
Mother Carey's Chickens
1938
as Ossian Popham
A financially-strapped mother and her children relocate from the city to a small rural town.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1938
as Muff Potter
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witn...
The Buccaneer
1938
as Ezra Peavey
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
Wild and Woolly
1937
as Gramp 'Hercules' Flynn
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) tea...
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
1937
as Cappy Ricks
Cappy Ricks, a crusty old sea captain, returns home from a long voyage to discover that his family and his business are in chaos--his daughter is set ...
When Love Is Young
1937
as Uncle Hugo
In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to school. The trouble is, no one notices her. Later a m...
She's Dangerous
1937
as 'Oats'
A beautiful woman suspected of being a jewel thief is actually a detective tracking down a ring of bond thieves.
Banjo on My Knee
1936
as Newt Holley
A young husband leaves his river shantyboat community in Pecan Point, Tennessee and travels to New Orleans in search of his runaway wife.
Come and Get It
1936
as Swan Bostrom
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.
Fury
1936
as Bugs Meyers
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wr...
The Moon's Our Home
1936
as Lem
A writer and an actress meet and marry without really knowing each other--they are even unaware that both bride and groom are equally famous. During t...
These Three
1936
as Taxi Driver
Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe. The school takes off and many students e...
Three Godfathers
1936
as Samuel 'Gus' Barton
In a town called New Jerusalem, three bandits hold up a bank. After a gun battle with the townspeople, the three robbers retreat into the scorching Ar...
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935
as Station Agent
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 ...
Metropolitan
1935
as Grandpa
Opera prima donna leaves the Metropolitan to form her own company with Tibbett as leading man. She leaves this company too which means Tibbett and com...
Barbary Coast
1935
as Old Atrocity
Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette wheel of Luis Chamalis' Bella Donna, a rowdy gambling hou...
She Couldn't Take It
1935
as Peddler
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...
We're in the Money
1935
as Wedding Witness (uncredited)
Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, but they're offered a thousand dollars to serve fou...
The Perfect Tribute
1935
as Stone Cutter (uncredited)
The day after his Gettysburg Address, President Abraham Lincoln meets a wounded Confederate soldier in a hospital. The blinded rebel, not knowing his ...
Man on the Flying Trapeze
1935
as 'Legs' Garnett
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences.
Lady Tubbs
1935
as Joseph
A cook in a railroad construction camp inherits $500,000. She pretends to be English royalty and barges into the New York social scene.
Party Wire
1935
as Paul - Railroad Telegrapher (uncredited)
When a small-town girl's boyfriend leaves in disgrace, gossips spread false reports of her pregnancy.
Bride of Frankenstein
1935
as Peasant (uncredited)
Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed. Dr. Frankenstein wants to get out of the evil experimen...
West Point of the Air
1935
as Soldier at Kelly's Wreckage
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
The Wedding Night
1935
as Bill Jenkins
While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a...
Restless Knights
1935
as Father (uncredited)
Set in Medieval times, the stooges learn they are of royal blood and vow to save the kingdom. They become the queen's royal guards but are sentenced t...
Law Beyond the Range
1935
as Abner
Tim is dismissed from the Rangers for letting his friend Kane who is accused of murder escape. When newspaper editor Alexander dies, Tim takes over to...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1935
as First Gossip
A choirmaster addicted to opium and obsessed with a beautiful young woman will stop at nothing to possess her.
Northern Frontier
1935
as Stuttering Cook
A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.
Brick-a-Brac
1935
as Lem
In this episode of the "Mr. Average Man" series, Edgar Kennedy lays bricks.
Helldorado
1935
as Pete
Arthur T. Ryan, a hitchhiker, gets a ride from haughty, society girl Glenda Wynant and her fiance, wealthy J. F. Van Avery after he helps them to repl...
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Reporter on Ship (uncredited)
Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe, seeki...
Prescott Kid
1934
as Zeke - Stage Driver
Cowboy Tim Hamlin arrives in a town plagued by a gang of cattle rustlers.
There's Always Tomorrow
1934
as Auto mechanic
Ignored by his ever-busy wife and children, a middle-aged businessman finds companionship with a former female employee.
Great Expectations
1934
as Prisoner on Ship
A young boy, Pip, encounters an escaped prisoner, Magwitch, and steals food for him. After the convict is captured, Pip meets the reclusive Miss Havis...
Gridiron Flash
1934
as Proprietor of Java Joe's
A college football team recruits a tough convict.
Death on the Diamond
1934
as Hot Dog Vendor (uncredited)
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debts. He hires ace player Larry Kelly to ensure the v...
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Clifford (uncredited)
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step int...
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Clifford
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step int...
Murder in the Private Car
1934
as Switchman (uncredited)
Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daug...
The Life of Vergie Winters
1934
as Roscoe (uncredited)
A small town politician, kept from marrying the love of his life, eventually marries another woman and his career ascends, but he secretly continues t...
Half a Sinner
1934
as Radio Announcer
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.
Woman Haters
1934
as Train Conductor (uncredited)
The stooges join the "Women Haters" club and vow to have nothing to do with the fair sex. Larry marries a girl anyway and attempts to hide the fact fr...
I'll Tell the World
1934
as Otto - Bicycle Repair Man
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, new...
Riptide
1934
as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Mary is an impetuous romantic who marries British aristocrat Lord Philip Rexford on a whim. Their marriage is successful, though, and they grow closer...
Good Dame
1934
as Elmer Spicer
A chorus girl gets stranded in a small midwestern town. Against her better judgement, she hooks up with a smooth-talking con artist who says he can he...
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...
The Poor Rich
1934
as Dr. Johnson the Coroner (uncredited)
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at their long abandoned and very much run down family mano...
Radio Dough
1934
as Drunk Customer (uncredited)
Two partners in a clothing store decide they want to become radio performers.
Beloved
1934
as Stuttering Boarder
Story about four generations in a family of musicians.
Cross Country Cruise
1934
as Niagara Falls Boatman (Uncredited)
A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kills his jealous wife and implicates her in the murde...
Fugitive Lovers
1934
as 2nd Bus Driver (uncredited)
In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New York bound for Los Angeles--with Legs close on her heels...
King for a Night
1933
as Soda Jerk
A cocky prizefighter on his way to the bigtime in New York comes crashing down when his sister is involved in a murder and he takes the blame.
The Invisible Man
1933
as Bicycle Owner (uncredited)
After experimenting on himself and becoming invisible, scientist Jack Griffin, now aggressive due to the drug's effects, seeks a way to reverse the ex...
My Woman
1933
as Auditioning Man Who Does Animal Sounds (Uncredited)
A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.
Curtain at Eight
1933
as Backstage Detective [extra]
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? ...
Saturday's Millions
1933
as Reporter
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainte...
Golden Harvest
1933
as Farmhand at Wedding (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...
Sailor Beware!
1933
as Stuttering Thief
A pair of sailors are on shore leave - skirt chasing and raising hell. They're targeted and pursued by a gang looking for a sailor with a winning lott...
Sensation Hunters
1933
as Stuttering Waiter
Dale Jordan is first accepted by the aristocratic first-cabin passengers on a south-bound Panama-Pacific liner until they discover she is a member of ...
One Year Later
1933
as Man Chuckling at Train Station
A man is convicted of killing his boss, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife. On board the train taking him to prison for his execution...
Strange People
1933
as The Radio Repairman
All 12 jury members who sent an innocent man to the gallows are gathered together for a demonstration of how convictions can be made on circumstantial...
The Phantom of the Air
1933
as 'Skid' (uncredited)
An adventure serial presented in 12 chapters. Inventor Thomas Edmunds uses a super plane, 'The Phantom,' to protect his new anti-gravity invention, th...
The Big Cage
1933
as Ticket Taker
A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.
Lucky Dog
1933
as Drunk #2
A rich man's enemies cause him to lose his money, his best friend (his dog), as he goes to jail. Once free he spends all his time hunting for his lost...
The Rustler's Roundup
1933
as Walt (uncredited)
Winters is after the Brand ranch, and his man Brett who is foreman there is rustling the Brand stock. But Tom is on to their game and breaks up their ...
Girl Missing
1933
as Joe, Garage Attendant (Uncredited)
Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June de...
Parachute Jumper
1933
as Counterman at Jewel Diner (uncredited)
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
Goldie Gets Along
1933
as Stuttering Waiter
A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.
Man Of Action
1933
as Cashier Summers
The Sheriff shoots the robber of the Bank and recovers the money bag only to find it empty. Ranger Tim Barlow arrives and takes over the investigation...
Manhattan Tower
1932
as Mechanic (uncredited)
The lives of the residents of a Manhattan apartment building are intertwined with the actions of a crooked investor.
Afraid to Talk
1932
as Protester Sign Carrier (uncredited)
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
Women Won't Tell
1932
as Man in Junkyard
A homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts in a claim on his estate for her daughter, who is actu...
Once in a Lifetime
1932
as Lighting Technician (uncredited)
Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.
The All-American
1932
as News Commentator at Game (uncredited)
The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
The Iceman's Ball
1932
as Officer Dugan
Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station. The new police commissioner believes...
Cornered
1932
as Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Shortly after Moody Pierson saves Sheriff Tim's life, Moody is arrested for murder. Tim doesn't believe he did it and lets him get away. Kicked out as...
Speed Madness
1932
as Joe
More mile-a-minute action with the stunt ace Richard Talmadge playing the loafer son of a shipbuilder facing financial ruin. Bob Stuart takes charge o...
Two-Fisted Law
1932
as Bendix the Deputy Sheriff
Rancher Tim Clark borrows money from Bob Russell, who then rustles Clark's cattle so he will be unable to repay the money. Thus Russell is able to che...
Miss Pinkerton
1932
as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to fer...
Scandal for Sale
1932
as Newspaperman
A man is promised $25,000 if he can bring the circulation of a newspaper up to one million.
The Airmail Mystery
1932
as Holly
A pilot and a gold mine owner go up against the evil Black Hawk, who has invented a plane that can take off and land without using a runway.
The Impatient Maiden
1932
as Cigar Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
Texas Cyclone
1932
as Sheriff Lew Collins
When Texas Grant rides into town people think the supposedly dead Jim Rawlins has returned. After a confrontation with Utah Becker, Grant learns Jim's...
Law and Order
1932
as Lanky Smith (uncredited)
A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, Ariz.
The Unexpected Father
1932
as Sailor (uncredited)
A wealthy bachelor hires a pretty young nanny to look after his adopted daughter. Sparks quickly fly between the two, much to the dismay of the man's ...
A House Divided
1931
as Musician (uncredited)
A New England fisherman's second wife prefers his son.
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931
Scratch-As-Catch-Can is a 1932 American short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th Academy Awards f...
Neck and Neck
1931
as Hector
Bill Grant is a small-time gambler who spends more time embellishing his accomplishments than actually doing anything. He has a small run of good luck...
Grief Street
1931
as Walt
A reporter helps the police investigate the murder of a disagreeable and philandering actor who is found strangled to death in his theater dressing ro...
Honeymoon Lane
1931
as Driver
Based on Dowling's 1925 stage vehicle of the same name, the story is set in motion when the king of the mythical European nation of Bulgravia visits a...
Many a Slip
1931
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
See America Thirst
1930
as Spumoni Bodyguard (uncredited)
Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.
Little Accident
1930
as Milkman (uncredited)
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.
King of Jazz
1930
as Desk Sergeant ('Springtime') / Soldier ('All Noisy on the Eastern Front') / Waiter ('Oh! Forevermore!') / Front End of Horse / Quartet Member ('Nellie')
Made during the early years of the movie musical, this exuberant revue was one of the most extravagant, eclectic, and technically ambitious Hollywood ...
Dames Ahoy
1930
as Side Show Barker
Three sailors go searching for a girl who swindled one of them out of half his pay.
The Long, Long Trail
1929
as Skinny Rawlins
Its time for the big race and its the Rambling Kid riding Dynamite versus Wilson's horse Thunderbolt. When Gyp informs Wilson that Lightning is faster...
The Last Performance
1929
as Clown (uncredited)
A middle-aged magician is in love with his beautiful young assistant. She, on the other hand, is in love with the magician's young protege, who turns ...
One Hysterical Night
1929
as Paul Revere
The scheming aunt and uncle of William Judd, heir to the family fortune, persuade him to pose as Napoleon at a fancy masquerade ball, but they are act...
Flight
1929
as Marine Pilot
Two Marine pilots in love with the same girl are assigned a mission to find a notorious bandit in Nicaragua. This early talkie from director Frank Cap...
His Lucky Day
1929
as Road House Thug (uncredited)
When a young man acts foolish, he's either insane, in debt or in love, and there's not much difference! Real estate agent Charles Blaydon is in love a...
The Lariat Kid
1929
as Pat O'Shea
A lawman goes undercover to help his brother, a rancher, fight off horse thieves working for his greedy neighbor, who wants his ranch.
Smilin' Guns
1929
as Ranch Foreman
After "Dirty Neck" Jack Purvin sees a newspaper photograph of Eastern socialite Helen Van Smythe, soon to arrive at the nearby dude ranch, he hightail...
The Michigan Kid
1928
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Michigan Kid is a gambler in the backwoods of Alaska trying to make enough money to go back to his hometown and impress the girl he loves. His chi...
The Ballyhoo Buster
1928
Bob Warner sells some cattle to two men who later drug him and rob him of the sale money. He takes a job with a medicine show as a barker, offering a ...
A Fighting Finish
1927
as Student
Another chapter of the Universal Pictures silent serial "The Collegians".
Blake of Scotland Yard
1927
as Henchman (uncredited)
12 part silent serial- 1. The Castle of Fear 2. The Spider's Web 3. The Vanishing Heiress 4. The Room Without a Door 5. Shots in the Dark 6. Ambushed ...
Alias The Deacon
1927
as Cashier at Cunningham's Rink
A hillbilly deacon, who is actually a cardsharp in disguise, becomes involved in a small-town fight game.
The Ridin' Rowdy
1927
Buffalo is banished to the wilderness after playing a nasty practical joke on his rancher father. During his exile, Billy meets and falls in love with...
Sensation Seekers
1927
as Below Deck Yacht Crewman
The prohibition is in full swing and Egypt Hagen, a new woman, is the constant subject of controversy in her religious small town. After a scandalous ...
Tearin' Into Trouble
1927
as Billy Martin
A young society scion is hi-jacked by a couple of bandits who force him to drive them West.
Flashing Oars
1927
as Hula Hula Hut Customer
Series #1, Episode #9 of The Collegians with the main focus on rowing and clubbing.
Spangles
1926
as Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
At a three-ring circus, 'Spangles' Delancy, a beautiful bareback horse rider, falls in love with a wanted man, Dick Radley, who uses the circus as a h...
The Calgary Stampede
1925
as Racing Spectator in Grandstand at Rodeo (uncredited)
Real life rodeo champion Hoot Gibson plays Dan Molloy, an expert rider who wins the big one, the Calgary Stampede. When the father of his new French-C...
Lorraine of the Lions
1925
as Minor Role (uncredited)
A ship carrying a touring circus troupe sinks at sea, and Lorraine, a young girl, is washed up on a deserted island. Her only companion is a gorilla f...
Webs of Steel
1925
A railroad engineer and his wife try to stop a gang of robbers from holding up their train.