Known For
Complete Filmography

So Young, So Bad
1950
as Police Sergeant (archive footage) (uncredited)
Idealistic and naive Dr. Jason arrives at a school for delinquent girls and immediately begins to try to make a difference in the lives of some of the...

Johnny Angel
1945
as Reporter (uncredited)
George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.

West of the Pecos
1945
as Jeff Slinger
Heading west for his health, Colonel Lambeth takes his daughter Rill along. Lost on the desert they are saved by Pecos and Chito. The Colonel hires th...

Zombies on Broadway
1945
as Benny
Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.

Zombies on Broadway
1945
Casting
Two bumbling press agents must search for a zombie to fulfill a commitment to their ex-gangster boss's new nightclub or face the consequences.

Betrayal from the East
1945
as (uncredited)
A carnival showman tries to keep Japanese spies from sabotaging the Panama Canal.

Birthday Blues
1945
as Thief
Leon, not willing to admit he had forgotten the birthday of his wife, tells her he left her present at the office, and she insists he go get it. On th...

Youth Runs Wild
1944
as Dickens (uncredited)
The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war.

Girls! Girls! Girls!
1944
as Police Detective
Errol is mistakenly involved in the raid of a burlesque show where he had innocently gone in order to hire some talent, including a fan dancer, for hi...

A Night of Adventure
1944
as Benny Sarto
A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.
Radio Rampage
1944
as Radio Announcer
When the family radio goes on the fritz, Edgar, naturally, decides to fix it himself in order to save a few bucks. That Edgar will destroy the house d...

On the Spot
1940
as Dave Nolan
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into natio...

Son of the Navy
1940
as Police Officer
A runaway boy pretends to be the son of a Navy man, only to turn both their lives upside down.

Women Without Names
1940
as Police Broadcaster
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts...

Torture Ship
1939
as Harry 'The Carver' Bogard
A mad scientist uses captured criminals as experiments for his study on "the criminal mind" aboard his private ship.

Mutiny in the Big House
1939
as Convict Frankie
A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison...

Renegade Trail
1939
as Bob Smoky Joslin
Hoppy goes to town to help Marshal Windy with some rustlers and winds up helping the widow Joyce when confidence men try to take her herd. King's Men ...

Some Like It Hot
1939
as Barker (uncredited)
Nicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic City's boardwalk. Even with the band of his friend, struggl...

The Saint Strikes Back
1939
as Harry Donnell
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after b...

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

Tarnished Angel
1938
as Lou
A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony evangelist offering "cures" to the sick and disabled.

Crime Takes a Holiday
1938
as Jerry Clayton
A district attorney uses psychology to expose a criminal gang by publicizing the prosecution of an innocent man.

Idol of the Crowds
1937
as Kelly
Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns to the game and leads his team into the championship ...

Bad Guy
1937
as Charlie Edwards
A power-company troubleshooter has his brother get him out of prison by running high voltage to the bars of his cell.

One Mile from Heaven
1937
as Peter Brindell
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.

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

We Who Are About to Die
1937
as MacAndrews
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspic...
Beware Of Ladies
1936
as Randy Randall
An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredit the political candidate she's been assigned to w...
With Love and Kisses
1936
as Flash Henderson
A naïve farmer writing songs tries his chances in New York. Unlucky, he is helped by a crooner who lusts after one of his songs. Ignoring the real val...

The Last Outlaw
1936
as Sheriff Arthur Billings
After serving 25 years in prison for robbery, Dean Payton returns to his home town to see his daughter, Sally, who is unaware he is her father. He bef...

Below the Deadline
1936
as Terry Mulvaney
After a good-natured Irish cop is framed for a diamond robbery and murder and presumed dead in a train wreck, he gets plastic surgery and returns to e...

Song of the Trail
1936
Director
A cowboy realizes too late that his girlfriend's father had been cheated out of everything in a crooked card game. He sets out to get revenge on the c...

Boulder Dam
1936
as Cable Operator (uncredited)
Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man on the run.

Sutter's Gold
1936
as Crazed Sailor
Story of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.

Black Gold
1936
as Joe (uncredited)
Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruthless oil baron J.C. Anderson sets his sights on th...

Black Gold
1936
Director
Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruthless oil baron J.C. Anderson sets his sights on th...

Rose of the Rancho
1936
as Frisco
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...

Frisco Waterfront
1935
as Eddie
As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes into the polling booth, critically injuring him and his opponen...

False Pretenses
1935
as Pat Brennan
A girl who's just lost her job meets a drunk millionaire on a bridge who's just lost his money. They go back to his house, and eventually come up with...

Valley of Wanted Men
1935
as Kelly Dillon
Three men escape from prison, go back to their hometown to try to find out who framed them.

Cheers of the Crowd
1935
as Lee Adams
To draw attention to a popular show, a publicity expert hires a former carnival character, not knowing that the man is on the run from the law.

Death from a Distance
1935
as Det. Lt. Ted Mallory
While a distinguished astronomer is giving a lecture in a planetarium, a shot rings out and one of the audience members is found dead. A tough detecti...

The Headline Woman
1935
as Craig
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first hoping...

'G' Men
1935
as Gerard
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend...

Circus Shadows
1935
as A Dip
A phoney "psychic" ring tricks a pretty young circus performer into working for them.

Star of Midnight
1935
as Tommy Tennant
When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.

Times Square Lady
1935
as Ed Brennan
A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's crooked associates think they can outwit the naive heir ...

Car 99
1935
as Dispatch Operator Harper
A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted rookie...

Wings in the Dark
1935
as Jake Brashear
In his dedicated pursuit of technology that will aid pilots to safely "fly blind" during adverse conditions, aerial innovator Ken Gordon is literally ...

Northern Frontier
1935
as Duke Milford
A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.

The World Accuses
1934
as Hugh Collins
When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up early in life.

I Sell Anything
1934
as Smiley
Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?

A Successful Failure
1934
as Phil Stardon
Ellery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares about is how much money he makes, and all that his bo...

Desirable
1934
as Chet
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.

Take the Stand
1934
as Bill Hamilton
A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets out to find the killers.

He Was Her Man
1934
as Monk, Curly's Hitman
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".

Half a Sinner
1934
as 'Slim' Sullivan
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.

Born to Be Bad
1934
as Steve Karns
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...

Men in White
1934
as Pete
A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he...

School for Girls
1934
as Elliott Robbins, aka Buck Kreegar
After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered by a sadistic and corrupt female warder. However,...

Good Dame
1934
as 'Spats' Edwards
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...

Lady Killer
1933
as Smiley
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star.

Back Page
1933
as Brice Regal
A former New York reporter (Peggy Shannon) is hired as editor of a failing, small town newspaper in California.

I'm No Angel
1933
as 'Flea' Madigan
The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head ...

Curtain at Eight
1933
as Reporter Mooney
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? His would-be fiancee? Her father? Her boyfriend? ...

One Year Later
1933
as Tony Richards
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...

Secret of the Blue Room
1933
as Max, Chauffeur
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The thr...

The Little Giant
1933
as Albert J. 'Al' Daniels
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as soc...

Elmer, the Great
1933
as Whitey
Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr. Wade of the Chicago Cubs comes to get him, it is only...

Destination Unknown
1933
as Georgie
A group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.

Air Mail
1932
as 'Dizzy' Wilkins
A group of air mail pilots risk their lives to deliver important mail through bad weather conditions.

Once in a Lifetime
1932
as Jerome 'Jerry' Hyland
Story of a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies.

Back Street
1932
as Reporter (uncredited)
A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back streets" of his life.

Tom Brown of Culver
1932
as American Legion Doctor
Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.

Fast Companions
1932
as Crooked Owner
A crooked jockey tries to reform.

Radio Patrol
1932
as Pat Bourke
A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing house is to be robbed.

Night World
1932
as Klauss
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's st...

The Famous Ferguson Case
1932
as Rusty Callahan
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following events in the upstate New York town of Cornwall aft...

The Big Timer
1932
as Sullivan
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.

The Circus Show-Up
1932
as Billy Dooley
The sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch ...

Law and Order
1932
as Luther Johnson
A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, Ariz.

The Drifter
1932
as Montana
A man known as The Drifter returns home to his cabin in the woods and winds up getting involved with an escaped convict, a gunfighter, lumber company ...

Discarded Lovers
1932
as Bob Adair
In this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after shooting the last scene in her film, "Falling Star" at Emine...

Arrowsmith
1931
as Terry Wickett
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Reckless Living
1931
as Kid Regan
In order to be able to buy a gas station, a young couple run a speakeasy. Complications arise when the husband loses their money to bookies.

Blonde Crazy
1931
as Jerry (uncredited)
Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.

Street Scene
1931
as Steve Sankey
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. T...

The Star Witness
1931
as Deputy Thorpe
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an innocent family, have clammed up in fear of reprisals...

The Miracle Woman
1931
as Bill Welford
After an unappreciated minister dies, his daughter loses her faith in God, prompting her to open a phony temple with a con man. Can the love of a blin...

Dance, Fools, Dance
1931
as Whitey
When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling and witty girl, finds a job as an aspiring reporter...

The Criminal Code
1931
as State's Attorney
After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is prosecuted by ambitious Mark Brady and sentenced to 10 year...

New Moon
1930
as Dimitri
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriv...

Min and Bill
1930
as Alec
Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of Nancy, the young woman she took in as an infant.

Remote Control
1930
as Frank
A radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.

College Lovers
1930
as Eddie Smith
Romance on a college campus.

Call of the Flesh
1930
as Captain Enrique Vargas
A postulant falls in love with a flamboyant singer from a cafe next door to her convent.

Ella Cinders
1926
as Studio Actor (uncredited)
Poor Ella Cinders is much abused by her evil step-mother and step-sisters. When she wins a local beauty contest she jumps at the chance to get out of ...