Brian Donlevy

Born: 1901-02-09

Brian Donlevy  (February 9, 1901 – April 5, 1972) was an Ulster-born American film actor, noted for playing tough guys from the 1930s to the 1960s. He usually appeared in supporting roles. Among his best known films are Beau Geste (1939) and The Great McGinty (1940). For his role as Sergeant Markoff in Beau Geste he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. His obituary in The Times newspaper in the United Kingdom stated that "any consideration of the American 'film noir' of the 1940s would be incomplete without him". Description above from the Wikipedia article Brian Donlevy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia


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Jesse James

as Barshee
Released: 1939-01-14

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank...

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Kiss of Death

as Assistant D.A. Louis D'Angelo
Released: 1947-08-27

An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.

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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid

as (in "The Glass Key") (archive footage)
Released: 1982-05-21

Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...

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The Big Combo

as Joe McClure
Released: 1955-02-13

Police Lt. Leonard Diamond vies to bring a clever, well connected, and sadistic gangster to...

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Canyon Passage

as George Camrose
Released: 1946-07-17

In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his...

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Beau Geste

as Sergeant Markoff
Released: 1939-07-24

When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves...

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Hangmen Also Die!

as Dr. Franticek Svoboda
Released: 1943-04-15

During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot,...

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Never So Few

as Gen. Sloan
Released: 1959-12-07

A U.S. military troop takes command of a band of Burmese guerillas during World War II.

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Destry Rides Again

as Kent
Released: 1939-11-30

When a tough western town needs taming, the mild-mannered son of a hard-nosed sheriff gets the job.

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Quatermass II

as Prof. Bernard Quatermass
Released: 1957-05-24

In England, a group of space scientists led by Bernard Quatermass, who have developed plans for...

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The Glass Key

as Paul Madvig
Released: 1942-09-08

A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused...

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Cowboy

as Doc Bender, Trailhand
Released: 1958-01-23

Chicago hotel clerk Frank Harris dreams of life as a cowboy, and he gets his chance when, jilted...

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Union Pacific

as Sid Campeau
Released: 1939-05-05

One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad...

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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Governor McGinty
Released: 1943-12-12

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild...

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Impact

as Walter Williams
Released: 1949-03-20

After surviving a murder attempt, an auto magnate goes into hiding so his wife can pay for the...

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The Errand Boy

as Tom 'T.P.' Paramutual
Released: 1961-11-28

Paramutual Pictures wants to know where all the money is going so they hire Morty to be their...

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Barbary Coast

as Knuckles Jacoby
Released: 1935-10-13

Mary Rutledge arrives from the east, finds her fiancé dead, and goes to work at the roulette...

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The Quatermass Xperiment

as Bernard Quatermass
Released: 1955-08-26

The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then...

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Five Golden Dragons

as Dragon #3
Released: 1967-08-03

While travelling through Hong Kong, Bob Mitchell accidentally stumbles into the middle of...

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The Virginian

as Trampas
Released: 1946-05-05

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible...

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Hoodlum Empire

as Sen. William J. 'Bill' Stephens
Released: 1952-04-15

It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to...

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The Great McGinty

as Daniel 'Dan' McGinty
Released: 1940-08-01

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine...

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Kurt Devlynne in 'A Southern Yankee' (arch. foot.) (uncredited)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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Shakedown

as Nick Palmer
Released: 1950-09-01

Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the...

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Billy the Kid

as Jim Sherwood
Released: 1941-05-30

Billy Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended...

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Arizona Bushwhackers

as Mayor Joe Smith
Released: 1968-03-01

During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a...

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Wake Island

as Maj. Geoffrey Caton
Released: 1942-08-11

In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries...

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Born Reckless

as Bob Kane
Released: 1937-06-25

Racketeer Jim Barnes is trying to force the independent taxicab-drivers to join his "protection...

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Mary Burns, Fugitive

as Spike
Released: 1935-11-15

A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a...

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How to Stuff a Wild Bikini

as B.D. 'Big Deal' MacPherson
Released: 1965-07-14

When he's stationed in Tahiti, a sailor hires a witch doctor to keep an eye on his girlfriend.

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Pit Stop

as Grant Willard
Released: 1969-05-14

Rick Bowman, a drag racing street punk, comes to the attention of crafty businessman Grant...

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Monsieur Beaucaire

as unknown
Released: 1924-08-11

The Duke of Chartres is in love with Princess Henriette, but she seemingly wants nothing to do...

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13 Hours by Air

as James Evarts
Released: 1936-04-30

Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to...

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In Old Chicago

as Gil Warren
Released: 1938-04-15

The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually...

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Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood

as Professor Bernard Quatermass (archive footage)
Released: 1987-06-26

A retrospective of the films of Britain's Hammer Studios, renowned for making stylish horror...

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Waco

as Ace Ross
Released: 1966-09-01

Preacher Sam Stone and his new beautiful wife Jill stand by the grave of Sheriff Billy Kelly,...

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When the Daltons Rode

as Grat Dalton
Released: 1940-08-23

Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the...

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James Stewart: A Wonderful Life

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1988-11-22

Documentary about James Stewart's long career as an actor and positive personal life.

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I Wanted Wings

as Capt. Mercer
Released: 1941-03-26

Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the...

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Curse of the Fly

as Henri Delambre
Released: 1965-05-01

The son of the inventor of a matter-transporter, which turned him into a monster when he tried...

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Allegheny Uprising

as Ralph Callendar
Released: 1939-11-10

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of...

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Brigham Young

as Angus Duncan
Released: 1940-09-27

Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to...

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The Beginning or the End

as Maj. Gen. Leslie R. Groves
Released: 1947-02-19

The research, development, and deployment of the first atomic bomb, as well as the bombing of...

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Gammera the Invincible

as Gen. Terry Arnold
Released: 1966-12-15

An atomic explosion awakens Gammera, a giant fire breathing turtle monster from his millions of...

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Duffy's Tavern

as Brian Donlevy
Released: 1945-09-28

The staff of a record factory drown their sorrows at Duffy's Tavern, while the company owner...

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Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1997-05-12

Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By...

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Woman They Almost Lynched

as Charles Quantrill
Released: 1953-03-20

Laying on the Missouri-Arkansas border, the neutral Border City, its female mayor and city...

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Kansas Raiders

as Quantrill
Released: 1950-11-15

Outraged by Redleg atrocities, the James and Younger Brothers along with Kit Dalton join...

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Half Angel

as Duffy Giles
Released: 1936-05-22

Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is...

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Another Face

as Broken Nose Dawson / Spencer Dutro III
Released: 1935-12-20

The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his...

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The Fat Spy

as George Wellington
Released: 1966-05-11

A mostly-deserted island, which is believed to be the home to the fountain of youth, is off the...

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Strike Me Pink

as Vance
Released: 1936-01-24

Meek Eddie Pink becomes manager of an amusement park beset by mobsters.

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Command Decision

as Brigadier General Clifton I. Garnet
Released: 1948-12-23

High-ranking officers struggle with the decision to prioritize bombing German factories...

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Hold Back the Dawn

as Movie Actor (uncredited)
Released: 1941-09-26

Romanian-French gigolo Georges Iscovescu wishes to enter the USA. Stopped in Mexico by the quota...

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Stand by for Action

as Lieut. Cmdr. Martin Roberts
Released: 1942-12-31

U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned...

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Heaven Only Knows

as Adam 'Duke' Byron
Released: 1947-09-12

Also released as Montana Mike, Heaven Only Knows is an offbeat western with fantasy overtones....

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Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)
Released: 1944-01-01

This short celebrates the 20th anniversary of MGM. Segments are shown from several early hits,...

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The Great Man's Lady

as Steely Edwards
Released: 1942-04-15

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt...

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Killer McCoy

as Jim Caighn
Released: 1947-12-01

Tommy McCoy grew up poor and scrappy. As a young man he discovers that he can fight with his...

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The Remarkable Andrew

as General Andrew Jackson
Released: 1942-03-05

When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city...

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Fighting Coast Guard

as Cmdr. McFarland
Released: 1951-05-31

Story of how the Coast Guard trained to help win World War II.

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This Is My Affair

as Batiste Duryea
Released: 1937-05-28

President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very...

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Human Cargo

as Packy Campbell
Released: 1936-05-15

Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an...

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Crack-Up

as Ace Martin
Released: 1936-12-14

Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.

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An American Romance

as Stefan Dubechek aka Steve Dangos
Released: 1944-04-16

A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.

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Birth of the Blues

as Memphis
Released: 1941-11-07

Jeff grows up near Basin Street in New Orleans, playing his clarinet with the dock workers. He...

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Rogue's Gallery

as Detective Lee
Released: 1968-01-01

A private eye gets in trouble when he tries to help a woman in distress.

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The Pigeon That Took Rome

as Col. Sherman Harrington
Released: 1962-06-19

An American Infantry officer assigned to a cloak-and-dagger role in Rome uses homing pigeons for...

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Our Hearts Were Growing Up

as Tony Minnetti
Released: 1946-06-14

Russell and Lynn are a pair of college students in the 1920s. They get mixed up with...

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Two Years Before the Mast

as Richard Henry Dana
Released: 1946-11-22

In 1834, Charles Stewart (Alan Ladd), the spoiled, dissolute son of a shipping magnate, is...

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36 Hours to Kill

as Frank Evers
Released: 1936-07-24

Duke and Jeanie Benson, an outlaw couple hiding out under assumed names. Duke realizes that he...

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Midnight Taxi

as Charles 'Chick' Gardner
Released: 1937-04-04

A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of...

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Slaughter Trail

as Capt. Dempster
Released: 1951-10-15

Three outlaws rob the stage and then flee. When their horses give out they murder some Indians...

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A Cry in the Night

as Ed Bates
Released: 1956-08-17

A police captain's emotions get in the way when his daughter is kidnapped.

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Hostile Guns

as Marshal Willett
Released: 1967-07-01

US Marshal Gid McCool leads a wagon train of convicted felons to Huntsville prison. The only...

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South of Tahiti

as Bob
Released: 1941-10-17

Three men survive a plane crashes on an uncharted Pacific island, south of Tahiti. One falls in...

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The Lucky Stiff

as John J. Malone
Released: 1949-05-26

A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.

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Behind Prison Gates

as Agent Norman Craig / Red Murray
Released: 1939-07-28

An agent for the state attorney general poses as a convict to learn about bank loot.

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The Trouble with Women

as Joe McBride
Released: 1947-06-25

A psychology professor comes up with a theory that women have a desire to be subjugated. A...

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Ride the Man Down

as Bide Marriner
Released: 1952-11-25

After Celia's father dies, a war erupts over control of his land.

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High Tension

as Steve Reardon
Released: 1936-07-10

Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't...

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Song of Scheherazade

as Capt. Vladimir Gregorovitch
Released: 1947-02-26

A beautiful cabaret dancer inspires composer Rimsky-Korsakov.

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Nightmare

as Daniel Shane
Released: 1942-11-10

An ex-gambler helps a beautiful widow, and becomes involved with a murder, secret agents, and...

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Escape from Red Rock

as Bronc Grierson
Released: 1957-12-01

Pursued by a posse, a rancher and a young woman, partners in crime, are chased into Indian country.

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Mother's Boy

as Harry O'Day
Released: 1929-07-01

Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is...

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We're Going to Be Rich

as Yankee Gordon
Released: 1938-07-03

A perpetual dreamer talks his wife into moving with him from their home in Australia to South...

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Battle Of Broadway

as Chesty Webb
Released: 1938-04-22

The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's...

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Sharpshooters

as Steve Mitchell
Released: 1938-11-18

Ace newsreel cameraman is working in a mythical European country when the king is assassinated....

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A Southern Yankee

as Kurt Devlynn
Released: 1948-08-05

Red Skelton plays Aubrey Filmore, a feather-brained but lovable bellboy who dreams of becoming...

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A Gentleman After Dark

as Harry Melton
Released: 1942-04-16

A greedy woman betrays her jewel thief husband to the police, for the reward. Her husband's...

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Girl In Room 13

as Steve Marshall
Released: 1960-01-01

A letter summons American detective Steve Marshall to Sao Paulo, Brazil, in search of fugitive...

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Gentlemen of the Press

as Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1929-05-04

A newspaperman is drawn away from family life by the needs of his paper until a new woman enters...

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Two Yanks in Trinidad

as Vince Barrows
Released: 1942-03-26

The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian...

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Damaged Hearts

as Jim Porter
Released: 1924-02-21

Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both...

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Stalingrad

as Narrator (English version)
Released: 1943-05-14

Soviet documentary film.

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A Modern Cinderella

as Charlie the Chauffeur
Released: 1932-11-05

Anita Ragusa, the daughter of a costume company owner, delivers a dress for a costume ball at...

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Perry Mason

as General Roger Brandon
First aired: 1957-09-21

The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...

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Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre

as Fred Childress
First aired: 1956-10-05

Dick Powell's Zane Grey Theatre, sometimes simply called Zane Grey Theatre, is an American...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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Target: The Corruptors!

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-09-29

Target: The Corruptors! is an American crime drama series starring Stephen McNally which aired...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Dan Carmody
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Daniel J. McGinty
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Lux Video Theatre

as Walter Williams
First aired: 1950-10-02

Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The...

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Studio One

as Jim
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Climax!

as Sam Marvin
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Family Affair

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9,...

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The Texan

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-09-29

The Texan was a Western television series starring popular B movie actor Rory Calhoun, which...

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Rawhide

as Jed Reston
First aired: 1959-01-09

The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across...

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Dangerous Assignment

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-01-01

A U.S. government agent travels the world on undercover missions in this 1950s series. Star...

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