Brooks Benedict
Brooks Benedict (born Harold J. Mann, February 6, 1896 – January 1, 1968) was an American actor of the silent and sound film era, where he played supporting and utility roles in over 300 films, mostly uncredited.
Out of the Past
as Kibitzer in Blue Sky Club (uncredited)Jeff Bailey seems to be a mundane gas station owner in remote Bridgeport, California. He is...
Movie pageA holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the...
Movie pageRemember the Night
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with...
Movie pageStrangers on a Train
as Tennis Umpire (uncredited)Two strangers meet on a train. They’ve never met before. Both of whom have someone they’d like...
Movie pageThe Roaring Twenties
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...
Movie pageI Married a Witch
as Country Club Guest (uncredited)Rocksford, New England, 1672. Puritan witch hunter Jonathan Wooley is cursed after burning a...
Movie pageThey Died with Their Boots On
as Well-Wisher (uncredited)The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his...
Movie pageMr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senate Clerk (uncredited)Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...
Movie pageThe Thin Man
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get...
Movie pageHoliday Inn
as Guest at Inn (uncredited)Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants...
Movie pageThe Razor's Edge
as Party Guest (uncredited)An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the...
Movie pageNow, Voyager
as Party Guest (uncredited)A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a...
Movie pageAnother Thin Man
as West Indies Club Patron (uncredited)Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from...
Movie pageThe Killers
as Party Guest (uncredited)Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the...
Movie pageHouseboat
as Pitchman (uncredited)An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Movie pageLured
as ConcertgoerSandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has...
Movie pageWoman of the Year
as Clayton's Secretary (uncredited)Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship...
Movie pageThe Freshman
as The College CadHarold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending...
Movie pageSons of the Desert
as A Son of the Desert (uncredited)Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise...
Movie pageThey Won't Believe Me
as uncreditedOn trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand...
Movie pageThe Letter
as Party Guest (uncredited)After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Movie pageThe Unsuspected
as Party Guest (uncredited)The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his...
Movie pageThey Shall Have Music
as Man in Concert Audience (uncredited)The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his...
Movie page'G' Men
as Man (uncredited)James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has...
Movie pageThe Dancing Masters
as Sidewalk Barker (uncredited)The Dancing Masters is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film. The plot involves the team running...
Movie pageThe Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as StockbrokerIn 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few...
Movie pageThe Glass Key
as Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused...
Movie pageThe Unfaithful
as Party GuestChristine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of...
Movie pageThe Hard Way
as Embassy Club Patron (Uncredited)Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their...
Movie pageIn Old Chicago
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually...
Movie pageKitty Foyle
as Speakeasy Patron - 100% American (uncredited)Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low,...
Movie pageNo More Ladies
as Bar Owner Joe Williams (uncredited)A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
Movie pageFollow the Fleet
as David SullivanWhen the fleet puts in at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with his...
Movie pageHold That Ghost
as Maitre d' (uncredited)Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will....
Movie pageI Walk Alone
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is...
Movie pageOne Night in the Tropics
as Croupier (uncredited)Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a...
Movie pageSpeedy
as Steve CarterSpeedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then...
Movie pageSlightly Dangerous
as Man in Lobby (uncredited)Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...
Movie pageWoman Wanted
as Casino Manager in Nightclub (uncredited)Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...
Movie pageMy Sister Eileen
as Taxicab Driver (uncredited)Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their...
Movie pageCrash Dive
as Angry Man at Hotel Registration DeskA US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German...
Movie pageRide 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Spectator (uncredited)Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad...
Movie pagePhantom Lady
as Theatre Party Guest (uncredited)A mystery woman is a murder suspect's only alibi for the night of his wife's death.
Movie pageI Wake Up Screaming
as Nightclub patron (uncredited)A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a...
Movie pageShow Boat
as uncreditedDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...
Movie pageWallflower
as uncreditedTwo stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.
Movie pageThe Young in Heart
as Party Guest (uncredited)A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named...
Movie pageOver 21
as Man in Gow's Outer Office (uncredited)A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old...
Movie pageThe Gay Bride
as Wedding guest (uncredited)Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life...
Movie pageLady Killer
as uncreditedAn ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally...
Movie pageOur Wife
as Concert Attendee (uncredited)A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Movie pageWhat Price Hollywood?
as MutoSassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film...
Movie pageFingers at the Window
as Psychiatrist at Lecture (uncredited)In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders,...
Movie pageDu Barry was a Lady
as Club Patron (uncredited)Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with...
Movie pageHot Tip
as Racetrack SpectatorAn amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing...
Movie pageCowboy from Brooklyn
as Man with Radio Station ManagerA singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
Movie pageCheating Blondes
as Jim CarterA reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.
Movie pageDerelict
as McFallTwo rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the...
Movie pagePainting The Clouds With Sunshine
as Casino Manager (uncredited)The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold...
Movie pageRose of Washington Square
as Man in Box at Wintergarden (uncredited)Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband...
Movie pageGangs Inc.
as Frankie Bailey, Key Witness (uncredited)Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it...
Movie pageBlossoms On Broadway
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Movie pageWeary River
as Jerry's Guest (uncredited)A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on...
Movie pageGood Girls Go to Paris
as Party Guest (uncredited)Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English...
Movie pageMurder on a Honeymoon
as Roswell T. ForrestA schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets...
Movie pageCrazy House
as PhotographerOle Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another...
Movie pageThe Defense Rests
as CharlieA sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Movie pageRhubarb
as Dill's Lawyer #1 (uncredited)Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb....
Movie pageNo, No, Nanette
as Birthday Party GuestPerky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle...
Movie pageBroadway Hostess
as Man in Gambling House (uncredited)Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
Movie pageBulldog Drummond's Revenge
as Smith TredgoldCaptain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo...
Movie pageBuck Privates Come Home
as Street Onlooker (uncredited)Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French...
Movie pageTogether Again
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor...
Movie pageThe Great Gambini
as Traveling SalesmanA millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects,...
Movie pageThe Constant Nymph
as Party GuestThe daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the...
Movie pageEarly to Bed
as CraigChester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years...
Movie pagePublic Hero Number 1
as Bar Patron (uncredited)G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums...
Movie pageThe Trespasser
as Reporter (uncredited)A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His...
Movie pageMr. Moto Takes a Vacation
as Gangster (uncredited)Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of...
Movie pageStraight, Place and Show
as Country Club PatronThe Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling...
Movie pageJohnny O'Clock
as Card PlayerWhen an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the...
Movie pageThe Gang's All Here
as Club New Yorker Patron (uncredited)A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Movie pageThe Strong Man
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a...
Movie pageThe Affairs of Annabel
as Man in Webb's Office (uncredited)Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to...
Movie pageGabriel Over the White House
as White House Press Correspondent (uncredited)A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a...
Movie pageNo Other Woman
as ChauffeurA steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks....
Movie pageGoing Places
as Party Guest / Racetrack SpectatorA sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he...
Movie pageBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?
as Self (archive footage)Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American...
Movie pagePortia on Trial
as Portia's Co-CounselLady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather...
Movie pageThe People Against O'Hara
as Gambler (uncredited)A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
Movie pageThe Only Woman
as First OfficerA 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.
Movie pageCharlie Chan in Panama
as Nightclub / Dance ExtraCharlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would...
Movie pageFun on a Weekend
as Gambling House Bouncer (Uncredited)Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired...
Movie pageA Very Honorable Guy
as Donny DetroitWell respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an...
Movie pageSmashing the Rackets
as Court ClerkJim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a...
Movie pageCharlie Chan in Reno
as Man in Line-UpMary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of...
Movie pageTramp, Tramp, Tramp
as Taxi DriverA poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear...
Movie pageFast Life
as Henchman with Gun (uncredited)Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their...
Movie pagePick-up
as TonyThe scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both...
Movie pageThe Widow from Chicago
as Mr. Mullins, Floor ManagerA woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother's death.
Movie pageSo This Is Washington
as First Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think...
Movie pageThird Finger, Left Hand
as Night Club PatronMagazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male...
Movie pageHired Wife
as Phyllis's Friend (uncredited)Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect...
Movie pageStreet of Chance
as Al Mastick'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor...
Movie pageThunder in the Night
as Party GuestOfficer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet....
Movie pageThe Office Wife
as JamisonLarry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive...
Movie pageHere Comes the Band
as Audience Member (uncredited)In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by...
Movie pageJosette
as Nightclub Table Extra (uncredited)Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think...
Movie pageMeet Me on Broadway
as Backstage Extra (uncredited)Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a...
Movie pageThe Miracle of the Bells
as Drunken ManThe body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that...
Movie pageFight for Your Lady
as Reporter (uncredited)Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a...
Movie pageHe Married His Wife
as Nightclub PatronRace horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His...
Movie pageWelcome Danger
as Handcuffed Prisoner at Police Station (uncredited)A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
Movie pageThe Day the Bookies Wept
as Major 'Brownie' Horner (uncredited)A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
Movie pageThe Housekeeper's Daughter
as MugA mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
Movie pageChampagne Charlie
as Mr. WaldenThe story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
Movie pageSunset Murder Case
as Al (Uncredited)Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed...
Movie pageI Take This Oath
as BurlyThe trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.
Movie pageGirl Crazy
as George MasonNew York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very...
Movie pageMillionaires in Prison
as Reporter (uncredited)A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick...
Movie pageTwo for Tonight
as Dance Extra (uncredited)A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
Movie pageSuddenly It's Spring
as Nightclub PatronA WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
Movie pageGun Smoke
as Spot SkeeFollowing a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of...
Movie pageI Accuse My Parents
as Pedestrian (uncredited)Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters....
Movie pageLove Takes Flight
as EddieA commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.
Movie pageThere Goes the Groom
as Extra at Class Reunion (uncredited)After striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be...
Movie pageThree on a Ticket
as Jim LacyA private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh...
Movie pageMurder in the Music Hall
as JoeAn orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.
Movie pageDon't Bet on Blondes
as Man with Doc at Foyot's Bar (Uncredited)Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His...
Movie pageWhy Girls Go Back Home
as Crook in Badger GameTrusting country girl Marie Downey falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley. As he...
Movie pageWeekend for Three
as Old Field Inn PatronJim is hardly thrilled when his new bride, Ellen, invites an old friend, Randy, over for dinner....
Movie pageThe Drop Kick
as Ed PembertonCollege football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent...
Movie pageMexican Spitfire
as Roulette Croupier (uncredited)Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage:...
Movie pageThree's a Crowd
as Minor Role (uncredited)Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and...
Movie pageThree Girls Lost
as Airport Lothario (uncredited)Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartmenthouse resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts...
Movie pageHis Master's Voice
as Jack FentonA loyal dog follows his master to the front in World War One.
Movie pageAtlantic Adventure
as Ship PassengerWhen reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he...
Movie pageTrade Winds
as Roger (Uncredited)After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware...
Movie pageThe Sophomore
as Dan WillisJoe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is...
Movie pageBuried Loot
as Man in Getaway Car (uncredited)An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for...
Movie pageOne Night at Susie's
as Mobster (Uncredited)A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he...
Movie pageSlightly Static
as Member of Stock Company (uncredited)Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.
Movie pageAggie Appleby, Maker of Men
as Hiring Clerk (uncredited)Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.
Movie pageRecaptured Love
as PatIn this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle...
Movie page365 Nights in Hollywood
as Dancing Boy (uncredited)Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is...
Movie pageBackstage
as HarryJulia, Myrtle, Fanny, and Jane - all chorus girls, after weeks of rehearsing for a show, find...
Movie pageThe Gorilla
as ReporterAn ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
Movie pageKiller at Large
as CroupierTwo newspaper reporters become involved with another killing while investigating a murder, which...
Movie pageLet's Face It
as Night Club Patron (uncredited)A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want...
Movie pageMoran of the Marines
as Basil WorthAdventures of a marine in China.
Movie pageWhite Flannels
as PaulA smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz, stands in the way of the engagement of her college son...
Movie pageCupid's Fireman
as Bill EvansMcGee becomes a fireman over the protests of his mother, who doesn't want to see her son...
Movie pageCollege Days
as Kenneth SladeJim Gordon, the son of a proud and loving father, enters the University of California as a...
Movie pageRanson's Folly
as Lt. CurtisU. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and...
Movie pageClear the Decks
as TrumbullThis 1929 drama about mistaken identities contains three eight minute scenes that involve...
Movie pageThe Cowboy Kid
as Trig MorganOur hero catches a gang of bank robbers while taking time out to romance the banker's pretty...
Movie pageWestern von gestern
as Starcroft, Marsdens GehilfeWestern von gestern is a German television series.
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