Charles Williams

Born: 1898-09-27

Charles Williams was born on September 27, 1898 in Albany, New York. He was an actor and writer, known for It's a Wonderful Life (1946), Hollywood and Vine (1945) and Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938). He was married to Isabel and Virginia Josephine Evans. He died on January 3, 1958 in Hollywood, California.


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as Cousin Eustace
Released: 1946-12-20

A holiday favourite for generations... George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the...

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The Pride of the Yankees

as Little Strength Machine Contestant (uncredited)
Released: 1942-07-14

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.

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The Postman Always Rings Twice

as Doctor (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-02

A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.

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Without Reservations

as Louis Burt (uncredited)
Released: 1946-05-13

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the...

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The Thin Man

as Fighter Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-25

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get...

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Night and Day

as Music Store Customer (uncredited)
Released: 1946-07-02

When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured,...

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The Magnetic Monster

as Cabbie
Released: 1953-02-18

The Office of Scientific Investigations tracks down the source of increased magnetism and...

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The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine

as The Pitchman
Released: 1942-03-27

A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to...

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The Trespasser

as Joe, the stage manager
Released: 1947-07-03

Stevie Carson, a newspaper reporter, and Danny Butler, the "morgue" manager on the same...

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A Lawless Street

as Mr. Willis (uncredited)
Released: 1955-11-15

A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out...

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Whispering Footsteps

as Second Bank Teller
Released: 1943-12-30

An Ohio bank clerk's life becomes a nightmare when his descriptions is a fit of a maniac killer.

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Task Force

as Luggage Salesman (uncredited)
Released: 1949-08-30

After learning the finer points of carrier aviation in the 1920s, career officer Jonathan Scott...

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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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The Ice Follies of 1939

as Max Morton (Uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-10

Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary...

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The Flying Irishman

as Car Repo Man
Released: 1939-04-07

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan...

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Mr. Moto's Gamble

as Gabby Marden
Released: 1938-04-07

Celebrated as supersleuth, Mr. Moto comes out fighting when a brutal boxing match turns into...

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Blondie of the Follies

as Lottie's Friend Mr. Kinskey (uncredited)
Released: 1932-09-01

New York City tenement dwelling neighbors Blondie and Lottie are longtime best friends. When...

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Days of Jesse James

as Northern Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-20

Days of Jesse James is a 1939 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers....

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History Is Made at Night

as uncredited
Released: 1937-03-05

An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from...

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The Judge

as Reporter
Released: 1949-01-31

A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds...

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Sinner Take All

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1936-12-18

A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York...

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Alexander's Ragtime Band

as Agent
Released: 1938-05-24

Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz...

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Love and Hisses

as Irving Skolsky
Released: 1937-12-21

As part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist...

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Identity Unknown

as Auctioneer
Released: 1945-04-02

A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he...

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Sabotage

as (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-13

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is...

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The Accused

as Dorgan's Assistant (uncredited)
Released: 1949-01-12

A prim psychology professor fights to hide a murder she committed in self-defense.

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Charlie Chan on Broadway

as Meeker, Burke's Lawyer
Released: 1937-09-22

Returning from European exile where she avoided testifying against her criminal associates, a...

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Woman in the Dark

as Hotel Desk Clerk
Released: 1934-11-08

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back...

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Gateway

as Reporter
Released: 1938-08-05

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she...

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The Great Man's Lady

as Assayer
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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My Favorite Spy

as 3rd Speaker in Park
Released: 1942-06-12

The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy...

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Atlantic City

as Chalmers
Released: 1944-09-15

In 1915, Atlantic City is a sleepy seaside resort, but Brad Taylor, son of a small hotel and...

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Wedlock Deadlock

as Chester
Released: 1947-12-18

Newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house...

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I Escaped from the Gestapo

as Secretary
Released: 1943-05-14

A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though,...

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Hollywood Boulevard

as Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1936-08-20

With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines...

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Fighting Trouble

as uncredited
Released: 1956-09-16

An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a...

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Greenwich Village

as Author
Released: 1944-09-27

In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.

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Espionage

as Simmons (uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-26

Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the...

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Lullaby of Broadway

as Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1951-03-26

Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home...

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Rhythm on the Range

as Gopher Mazda
Released: 1936-07-01

Cowboy Jeff Larabee returns from the east and meets Doris Halloway, a young girl, that he...

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Parole, Inc.

as Titus Jones
Released: 1948-11-24

A federal agent's life is in danger when he's exposed while investigating a parole scheme.

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The Girl from Monterrey

as Harry Hollis
Released: 1943-10-04

Mexican club singer Lita Valdez is amazed to find that her younger brother Alberto is a talented...

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Time to Kill

as Dentist
Released: 1942-12-24

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

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Forgotten Women

as Stagehand
Released: 1931-11-25

Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra,...

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It Happened in Hollywood

as Hymie - Photographer
Released: 1937-09-07

A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

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Vogues of 1938

as Customs Man in Fall Show
Released: 1937-08-18

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was...

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Born to Be Wild

as Company Spotter
Released: 1938-02-16

Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast...

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The Fleet's In

as Photographer
Released: 1942-01-24

Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a...

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Hitchhike to Happiness

as Park Magician (uncredited)
Released: 1945-07-16

An aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes...

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The Lady from Cheyenne

as Clerk
Released: 1941-04-11

Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the...

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Wife, Husband and Friend

as Jaffee
Released: 1939-03-03

Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her...

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Primrose Path

as (uncredited)
Released: 1940-03-22

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken...

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Johnny Apollo

as Photographer (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-19

Wall Street broker Robert Cain, Sr., is jailed for embezzling. His college graduate son Bob then...

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Love Is News

as Joe Brady
Released: 1937-02-26

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she...

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Marshal of Amarillo

as Hiram Short
Released: 1948-07-15

Nugget, Underwood and Short walk to the Half-Way House after the driver purposely wrecks the...

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Central Airport

as Hotel Desk Clerk
Released: 1933-04-15

Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for...

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Trade Winds

as Reporter Jones (Uncredited)
Released: 1938-12-28

After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware...

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Undercover Doctor

as Pinky Valkus
Released: 1939-06-09

Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh,...

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Sadie McKee

as Pest in Café (uncredited)
Released: 1934-05-09

A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.

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Men with Wings

as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1938-07-16

Reporter Nicholas Ranson is jubilant when, on 17 Dec 1903, in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina,...

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Call of the Canyon

as uncredited
Released: 1942-08-17

A radio saleswoman helps a singing cattleman trap a shady meat buyer with a bogus broadcast.

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Wedding Present

as uncredited
Released: 1936-10-09

Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically...

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Scared Stiff

as Reporter (Uncredited)
Released: 1945-06-22

A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.

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Main Street to Broadway

as Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1953-10-12

In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying...

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Night in New Orleans

as Citizen (Uncredited)
Released: 1942-07-01

A policeman's family helps to exonerate him of murder charges in the death of a man he had under...

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Stand-In

as Mr. Mack
Released: 1937-10-29

An east coast efficiency expert, who stakes his reputation on his ability to turn around a...

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The Mad Genius

as Stagehand (uncredited)
Released: 1931-09-30

A crippled puppeteer rescues an abused young boy and turns the boy into a great ballet dancer....

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Blue, White, and Perfect

as Theodore H. Sherman Jr.- Printer
Released: 1942-01-06

In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and...

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The Gay Nighties

as Timid Man
Released: 1933-06-22

This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of...

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Hollywood Stadium Mystery

as Jake
Released: 1938-02-21

A boxer is killed in the ring, and the only clue is a tune that a man was whistling.

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Wake Up and Live

as Charlie Alberts, Agent
Released: 1937-08-23

Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist...

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Mr. District Attorney

as Detective in Café (uncredited)
Released: 1941-03-27

An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.

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The Man Who Walked Alone

as Reporter
Released: 1945-03-15

A war hero returns home following a medical discharge and ends up entangled with a young woman...

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Big Business

as Florist Shop Customer
Released: 1937-06-18

A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an...

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Flying Fists

as Meggs, the Reporter
Released: 1937-07-01

A lumberjack knocks out a champion boxer in a brawl, gets drawn into the boxing world where he...

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A Boy, a Girl and a Dog

as Mr. Stone
Released: 1946-07-01

During World War II, a young boy and girl, living with their respective families in an apartment...

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The Nuisance

as Skating Rink Official (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-03

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a...

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Little Miss Broadway

as Mike Brody
Released: 1938-07-29

An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people....

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Hollywood and Vine

as Chick Jones
Released: 1945-04-25

A young girl arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star in the movies but finds that...

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Marked Men

as Charlie Sloane
Released: 1940-09-30

A man accused of planning a prison break turns the tables on escaped cons by leading the group...

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End of the Road

as Jordan
Released: 1944-11-10

A crime writer believes that a man imprisoned for committing the notorious "Flower Shop Murder"...

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Call of the Rockies

as Burton Witherspoon
Released: 1944-07-14

Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City....

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According to Mrs. Hoyle

as Charlie
Released: 1951-05-20

A retired teacher sells her apartment to a group of gangsters.

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Strangers of the Evening

as 1st Passerby
Released: 1932-05-14

Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine...

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A Very Honorable Guy

as Druggist
Released: 1934-04-18

Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an...

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Saddle Pals

as Leslie
Released: 1947-06-05

Autry is drawn into the plot when he's given power of attorney in a property settlement...

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Hazard

as Little Motorist (uncredited)
Released: 1948-05-28

A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But...

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Women Without Names

as Hugh Gilman
Released: 1940-03-14

Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused...

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One Thrilling Night

as Theatre Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1942-06-05

A honeymoon couple in New York for one night of wedded bliss before he's to join the army,...

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The West Side Kid

as Reporter
Released: 1943-08-23

Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her...

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Grand Ole Opry

as Politician (uncredited)
Released: 1940-06-25

Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of...

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Passkey to Danger

as Mr. Williams
Released: 1946-05-11

An advertising man's new campaign for a fashion designer attracts the attention of mysterious...

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Sky Racket

as Nightclub Entertainer
Released: 1937-10-01

A government agent sets out to capture a gang of airmail bandits who use a death ray to blow...

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Career Girl

as Louis Horton
Released: 1944-01-11

Joan Terry, from Kansas City, comes to New York to get a job on the stage. But until she finds...

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Girl in 313

as Henry, Husband
Released: 1940-05-31

A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is...

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Merry Go Round of 1938

as Dave Clark
Released: 1937-11-14

Two screwy characters travel to Hollywood and cause mischief.

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Lady Chaser

as Apartment House Manager
Released: 1946-11-25

A poisoned aspirin creates headaches for a woman who received the deadly pill from a stranger,...

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The Strange Mrs. Crane

as Juror
Released: 1948-10-07

Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the...

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Actor in 'The Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1964-09-02

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

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Queen of Burlesque

as Carr, manager of Regent Hotel
Released: 1946-07-24

Various performers and backstage crew come under suspicion when a dancer is found murdered at a...

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Sweethearts of the U.S.A.

as Mr. Pike
Released: 1944-03-07

A WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various...

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Kentucky Jubilee

as Yes Man
Released: 1951-05-18

A film director travels to Kentucky to seek out local talent for a hillbilly musical film....

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Those High Grey Walls

as Stranger (uncredited)
Released: 1939-09-21

Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for...

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Song of the Open Road

as Man Saying 'It's a Trick' (uncredited)
Released: 1944-06-21

A beautiful child star tires of life in the spotlight and so disguises herself and sneaks off to...

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Charlie McCarthy, Detective

as Peters (uncredited)
Released: 1939-12-22

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter...

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Blossoms On Broadway

as uncredited
Released: 1937-11-19

A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.

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The Missourians

as Postmaster Walt
Released: 1950-11-25

In the little town of Dorado, widely known as a town with no crime and no bank to rob, young...

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Heading for Heaven

as Eddie Williams
Released: 1947-12-06

A fake swami and his crooked business partner, hoping to buy the land that's targeted for a new...

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Gasoline Alley

as Mortie
Released: 1951-01-02

A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.

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Jim Hanvey, Detective

as Brackett
Released: 1937-04-05

Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance...

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Flying Cadets

as Mr. Prim / Primmie, Bookkeeper
Released: 1941-10-24

Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.

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Gambling Ship

as Baby Face (Charles T. Pearson Jr.)
Released: 1933-06-23

Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels...

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Amateur Crook

as Drunk Witness
Released: 1937-12-10

Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of...

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The Old Homestead

as Gabe Waters
Released: 1922-10-08

Silent drama film based upon the play of the same name by Denman Thompson.

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Strictly Unreliable

as Billy Freeman - Theatrical Agent (uncredited)
Released: 1932-04-30

Zasu inadvertently turns Thelma's vaudeville act into a shambles.

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Fair Warning

as Hotel Clerk
Released: 1937-03-05

In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a...

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Redhead from Manhattan

as Box Office Attendant
Released: 1943-05-06

Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship,...

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Moon Over Manhattan

as uncredited
Released: 1935-02-15

A musical short about a young couple, an artist for an advertising firm and a hopeful model....

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Dance Team

as Benny Weber
Released: 1932-01-17

From Wikipedia.com A 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Sidney Lanfield and written...

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Adventures of Superman

as Tim
First aired: 1952-09-19

Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...

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Adventures of Superman

as Yo Yo
First aired: 1952-09-19

Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...

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The Abbott and Costello Show

as Duncan
First aired: 1952-12-05

Bud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary...

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The Cisco Kid

as Fred Appleby
First aired: 1950-09-05

The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the...

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The Cisco Kid

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
First aired: 1950-09-05

The Cisco Kid is a half-hour American Western television series starring Duncan Renaldo in the...

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The Gene Autry Show

as Reporter Lewis (uncredited)
First aired: 1950-07-23

The Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes...

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Annie Oakley

as Fred
First aired: 1954-01-09

Annie Oakley was an American Western television series that fictionalized the life of famous...

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Mr. & Mrs. North

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-03

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...

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Public Defender

as Sam
First aired: 1954-03-11

The Public Defender is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley as...

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Topper

as Harlon
First aired: 1953-10-09

Topper is an American fantasy sitcom based on the 1937 film of the same name. The series was...

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