Cap Somers

Born: 1893-04-27

Cap Somers (born Frederic Grant Somers) was an American bit actor and stuntman. He became known as Cap after returning from France during WWI as a captain in the United States Marine Corps. Cap Somers' career in films spanned the years from 1923 to his death. He additionally extensively acted in television series, primarily westerns, during the 1950s and 1960s.


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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

as Barfly (uncredited)
Released: 1962-04-13

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard (James Stewart) attends the funeral of a local man named...

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To Kill a Mockingbird

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1962-12-20

Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of...

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Witness for the Prosecution

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1957-12-17

An ailing famous barrister agrees to defend Leonard Vole in a sensational murder trial where his...

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as Seaman (uncredited)
Released: 1966-07-30

The Dynamic Duo faces four super-villains who plan to hold the world for ransom with the help of...

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Around the World in Eighty Days

as (uncredited)
Released: 1956-10-17

Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...

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Limelight

as Music Hall Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1952-10-23

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again...

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7 Men from Now

as Townsman
Released: 1956-08-04

A former sheriff relentlessly pursuing the 7 men who murdered his wife in Arizona crosses paths...

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Rio Lobo

as Card Player (uncredited)
Released: 1970-04-01

After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to...

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River of No Return

as Council City Barfly (uncredited)
Released: 1954-04-30

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her...

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Cheyenne Autumn

as Soldier on Train (uncredited)
Released: 1964-10-15

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

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Friendly Persuasion

as Carnival Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1956-11-25

The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to...

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The Return of Frank James

as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1940-08-10

Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.

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Imitation of Life

as Truck Driver
Released: 1959-06-26

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a...

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The Flame and the Arrow

as Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1950-07-07

Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy...

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The Spirit of St. Louis

as Crowd Member in France (uncredited)
Released: 1957-04-01

Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York...

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Support Your Local Gunfighter

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1971-05-26

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies...

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The Invisible Man's Revenge

as Pub Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1944-06-09

A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner...

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The Tin Star

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1957-10-23

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

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Bend of the River

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1952-01-23

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of...

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The Tall Men

as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1955-09-22

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from...

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The Far Country

as Miner (uncredited)
Released: 1954-02-12

During the Klondike Gold Rush, a misanthropic cattle driver and his talkative elderly partner...

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I Walk Alone

as Butcher (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-31

Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is...

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Captain Kidd

as Pirate (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-22

Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a...

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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1969-10-10

An aging lawman and an aging outlaw join forces when their respective positions in society are...

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Raw Deal

as (uncredited)
Released: 1948-05-21

Joe Sullivan (O'Keefe) has taken the rap for Rick (Burr), who double-crosses him with a flawed...

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Man's Favorite Sport?

as Fisherman (uncredited)
Released: 1964-01-31

Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or...

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Go West

as Bartender
Released: 1940-12-06

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his...

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California

as Miner (uncredited)
Released: 1947-02-21

"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo,...

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Reign of Terror

as Citizen (uncredited)
Released: 1949-10-15

The French Revolution, 1794. The Marquis de Lafayette asks Charles D'Aubigny to infiltrate the...

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Creature with the Atom Brain

as Policeman (uncredited)
Released: 1955-07-01

Murders, with victims dying from spines broken by brute strength, erupt in the city and the...

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A Big Hand for the Little Lady

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1966-06-08

A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area,...

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It's Always Fair Weather

as Bar Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1955-08-30

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war....

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Edge of Darkness

as Soldier (uncredited)
Released: 1943-04-09

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth...

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Storm Warning

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1951-02-10

A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux...

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Two Lost Worlds

as uncredited
Released: 1951-01-05

Shipwreck survivors land on an uncharted island inhabited by prehistoric beasts.

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Captive Wild Woman

as Roustabout (uncredited)
Released: 1943-06-04

An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with...

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Pitfall

as Prisoner
Released: 1948-08-11

An insurance man wishing for a more exciting life becomes wrapped up in the affairs of an...

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Alias Nick Beal

as Campaign Worker
Released: 1949-03-04

After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his...

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Great Day in the Morning

as Miner (uncredited)
Released: 1956-05-16

After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved...

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The Duel at Silver Creek

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1952-09-05

When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the...

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Comanche Territory

as uncredited
Released: 1950-05-01

Silver has been found on comanche territory and the government accomplished a peaceful agreement...

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Crack-Up

as Cop (Uncredited)
Released: 1946-09-06

Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up,...

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Albuquerque

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1948-02-20

Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted...

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A Bullet for Joey

as Gambler (uncredited)
Released: 1955-04-15

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American...

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Fury at Furnace Creek

as Trial Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1948-04-30

The Arizona wilderness, 1880. Gen. Fletcher Blackwell sends a message telling Capt. Walsh, who...

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Panhandle

as Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1948-02-22

An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.

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After Midnight with Boston Blackie

as Police Officer
Released: 1943-03-18

Blackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.

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The Stooge

as Diner Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1951-11-15

Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his...

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Background to Danger

as Chef
Released: 1943-07-03

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

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Gunmen from Laredo

as uncredited
Released: 1959-03-01

A framed Texas rancher escapes from prison for a showdown with a saloonkeeper.

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Frenchie

as Saloon Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1950-12-25

Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find...

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The Yellow Mountain

as (uncredited)
Released: 1954-11-16

A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo...

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Santa Fe Passage

as uncredited
Released: 1955-05-12

A disgraced Indian scout and his partner are hired to escort a wagonload of guns through Indian...

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The Chinese Ring

as Dock Worker (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-06

Soon after a Chinese princess comes to the US to buy planes for her people, she is murdered by a...

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Luv

as Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1967-07-26

Depressed by the direction his life is taking, Harry decides to take his own life by jumping off...

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Ten Gentlemen from West Point

as Graduation Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1942-06-26

This historical drama tells the story of the first class to graduate from the U.S. Military...

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Phantom Raiders

as Man in Cafe
Released: 1940-06-07

In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers...

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The Public Pays

as Police Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1936-10-10

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is...

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The Blue Angel

as Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: 1959-09-04

Remake of Josef von Sternberg's 1930 classic.

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Bright Leaf

as Man at Tobacco Auction (uncredited)
Released: 1950-06-16

Two tobacco growers battle for control of the cigarette market.

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The Crime of Helen Stanley

as Electrician (uncredited)
Released: 1934-04-20

An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with...

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Belle of the Yukon

as Barfly (uncredited)
Released: 1944-12-27

Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an...

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Sky Murder

as Man at Meeting
Released: 1940-09-27

This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of...

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Little Nellie Kelly

as Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-22

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and...

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Deep in the Heart of Texas

as Henchman
Released: 1942-09-25

Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the...

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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Released: 1943-05-08

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are...

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Song of Revolt

as Spectator at Execution (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-29

This MGM Tabloid Musical short tells the story of how France's national anthem, "La...

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The Solid Gold Girl

as Barfly
Released: 1964-02-14

While searching for the man who framed him for a crime he didn't commit, Harrison Destry (John...

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Money to Loan

as Arresting Officer
Released: 1939-03-11

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who...

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Ride Out for Revenge

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1957-10-31

When an Indian chief is murdered in a hateful town, a sympathizing ex marshal tries to stop the...

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California Passage

as Townsman (uncredited)
Released: 1950-12-15

A series of reversals bring two desperate people together. When a saloon owner is framed by his...

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Wagon Train

as Townsman
First aired: 1957-09-18

The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later...

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Have Gun, Will Travel

as Townsman (uncredited)
First aired: 1957-09-14

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957...

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Rawhide

as Townsman (uncredited)
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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