Clarence Wilson
Clarence Hummel Wilson (November 17, 1876 – October 5, 1941) was an American character actor. He appeared in nearly 200 movies between 1920 and 1941, mostly in supporting roles as an old miser or grouch. He had notable supporting roles in films like The Front Page (1931), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Wilson also played in several Our Gang comedies, most notably as Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day and school board chairman Alonzo Pratt in Come Back, Miss Pipps, his final film. Wilson died on October 5, 1941, approximately three weeks before the release of Come Back, Miss Pipps.
The Front Page
as Sheriff HartmanHildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused...
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A Star Is Born
as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies....
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Son of Frankenstein
as Dr. Berger (uncredited)One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma...
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You Can't Take It with You
as John BlakelyAlice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Money Lender (uncredited)A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to...
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Undetermined Role (uncredited)In 15th century France, a gypsy girl is framed for murder by the infatuated Chief Justice, and...
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Imitation of Life
as Mr. Bristol, Landlord (uncredited)A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter....
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Mad Love
as Piano Creditor (Uncredited)An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's...
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Lady Killer
as uncreditedAn ex-gangster tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal activities after he accidentally...
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The Son of Kong
as Hilda's Father (uncredited)Beleaguered adventurer Carl Denham returns to the island where he found King Kong.
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Love Me Tonight
as Shirtmaker (uncredited)A Parisian tailor finds himself posing as a baron in order to collect a sizeable bill from an...
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Drums Along the Mohawk
as Paymaster (uncredited)Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in...
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The Count of Monte Cristo
as FouquetAfter greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering...
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Little Men
as W.L. ReynoldsJo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a...
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The Sport Parade
as ToastmasterTwo Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
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Woman Trap
as Detective Captain (as Wilson Hummell)In Woman Trap, Hal Skelly is hard-bitten police sergeant Dan Malone, whose mission in life is to...
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The Case of the Black Cat
as Mr. ShusterLawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter...
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Wicked
as JurymanMargot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber...
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The Wet Parade
as Charles Evan Hughes Campaigner (uncredited)The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the...
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as Finn's Lawyer Morris (uncredited)Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward...
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Melody Ranch
as Judge HendersonHis Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier...
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Haunted House
as Eph, Service Station OwnerTeenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
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The Penalty
as A Crook (uncredited)Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated...
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Jewel Robbery
as Prefect of PoliceA gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of...
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Now I'll Tell
as Joe DavisA two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his...
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The Mad Miss Manton
as Norris' Attorney (uncredited)When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears,...
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In Old Chicago
as LawyerThe O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually...
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Terror Aboard
as Ship's DoctorAn ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find...
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Ruggles of Red Gap
as Jake HenshawIn this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a...
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Flying High
as Lunch Counter Manager (uncredited)An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
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The Rainmakers
as Dennis P. HoganRoscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry...
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Man Of The People
as Skinny Wilson - SulkerAn Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
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It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
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Road Show
as Sheriff (uncredited)Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by...
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The Big Parade of Comedy
as Actor in 'Hollywood Party' (archive footage) (uncredited)Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Jake Singer (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show...
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Rasputin and the Empress
as Minor Role (uncredited)The story of corrupt, power-hungry, manipulative Grigori Rasputin's influence on members of the...
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Millionaire Playboy
as Mr. JamisonA young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
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Wedding Present
as SimmonsCharlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically...
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Big News
as CoronerA reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he...
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The Purchase Price
as Justice of the Peace Elmer (uncredited)Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride...
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Penguin Pool Murder
as Bertrand B. HemingwayNew York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous...
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It's in the Air
as Amos WhippleCon men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin...
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Little Miss Nobody
as Herman SladeA runaway orphan is befriended by a kind-hearted pet store owner with a criminal past.
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The Keyhole
as J. Weems - Acme Detective Agency Head (uncredited)A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
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Little Old New York
as Willie StoutInventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help...
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Educating Father
as Jess BoyntonJones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than...
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Winner Take All
as Ben IsaacsOverworked boxer Jim goes to a health ranch in New Mexico to recover where he falls in love with...
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We Who Are Young
as R. GlassfordA man violates company policy by getting married.
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Bondage
as Dr. I. M. Harper (uncredited)Judy Peters is about to be sentenced after she has pled guilty to her third offense of...
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Let Us Live
as Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is...
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A Shriek in the Night
as PerkinsRival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind...
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King for a Night
as Mr. WhistlerA prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
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Forsaking All Others
as Hotel Manager (Uncredited)A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
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On the Wrong Trek
as Mr. Wilson (car owner)Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in...
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The Beast of the City
as Coroner (uncredited)Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to...
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Operator 13
as Josiah Claybourne (uncredited)American Civil War, 1862. After the disaster of the Second Battle of Bull Run, Major Allen,...
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Paid
as Max Hardy (uncredited)Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she...
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Ladies' Man
as JewelerA society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness...
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The Great Hotel Murder
as GirandoCrime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a...
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The All-American
as Football Game Spectator (uncredited)The story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
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Waterfront Lady
as Truant OfficerWhen a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business,...
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Bachelor Bait
as Clement GraftsmanAfter being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.
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The Famous Ferguson Case
as County AttorneyA foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by...
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Under Eighteen
as A.J. Dietrich, Attorney (uncredited)Working girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during...
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Pick-up
as Sam FosterThe scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both...
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The Mysterious Rider
as Gentry, the BarberThe ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles...
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Some Like It Hot
as Mr. IvesNicky Nelson is a fast-talking sideshow barker with a wax-and-alive concession on Atlantic...
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Navy Wife
as Bridge PlayerA Hawaiian naval nurse weds a widowed officer partly because he has a crippled daughter.
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
as Stationmaster (uncredited)Spies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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Having Wonderful Time
as Mr. GTeddy Shaw, a bored New York office girl, goes to a camp in the Catskill Mountains for rest and...
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Sutter's Gold
as Streetcar OwnerStory of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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Damaged Goods
as Dr. N.R. ShryerA groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
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A Successful Failure
as H.T. FlintlyEllery Cushing is full of catchy sayings and old-fashioned wisdom. But all that his family cares...
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I Dream Too Much
as The Lawyer (uncredited)Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled...
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Gridiron Flash
as HunsackerA college football team recruits a tough convict.
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Desperate Trails
as Malenkthy CulpA young man helps a marshal in his battle against outlaws.
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A Dog of Flanders
as Antoine - Official with Court Order (uncredited)Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose...
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A Girl in Every Port
as Bartender in Marseille (uncredited)Two sailors with a rivalry over chasing women become friends. But when one decides to finally...
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Unknown Blonde
as Max KeibelAn unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases...
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The Winning Ticket
as Dolan - Pool Hall ProprietorA barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
as Bidder at Eliza's Auction (uncredited)In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but...
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Sweepstakes
as EmoryA popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
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Day of Reckoning
as Bail BondsmanIn this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught...
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When a Man's a Man
as Garvey, Gambert's LawyerA landslide has diverted water from the Baldwin ranch to Cambert's. With their cattle dying,...
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The Tin Man
as Mad ScientistThelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius...
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East Side of Heaven
as Telegraph Operator (uncredited)A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the...
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Amateur Daddy
as William J. 'Bill' HansenJim Gladden, a construction site foreman, is partially responsible for the accidental death of...
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Young April
as Flower vendor (uncredited)Young orphan Victoria Sax becomes a grand duchess and is summoned to a remote kingdom.
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Kentucky Kernels
as Peck - LawyerThe Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky...
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The Dangerous Maid
as Jewars (Jeffreys' secretary)Barbara Winslow helps her rebel brother, Rupert, escape from the king's forces by disguising...
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The Girl in 419
as Walter C. HortonA hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much...
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Flaming Guns
as J.P. MulfordA ranch manager falls in love with a banker's daughter, but after a quarrel with the girl's...
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Come Back, Miss Pipps
as Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)On Mickey's birthday, Miss Pipps, the school teacher, serves cake and ice cream during school...
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One Frightened Night
as Mr. FelixEccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide...
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I Like it That Way
as The Professor (as Clarence Hummel Wilson)A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
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Officer O'Brien
as Patello's AttorneyBill O'Brien is promoted to lieutenant in the police department for his arrest of Mike Patello,...
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Storm at Daybreak
as Capt. Durosch (uncredited)Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the...
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Two Wise Maids
as TwitchellThe two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers...
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Her Majesty, Love
as Uncle CorneliusThe wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles...
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Hats Off
as C.D. PottinghamThe first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and...
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Soft Boiled
as The ReformerJohn Steele, a rich uncle, threatens to disinherit his nephew, Tom Steele, unless the latter...
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The Phantom of Crestwood
as Apartment House Manager (uncredited)Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
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The Sea Ghost
as Henry SykesA crooked lawyer trying to cheat a young girl out of her inheritance tries to convince a sea...
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Paddy O'Day
as Lawyer BrewsterA wealthy, eccentric collector of stuffed birds and a beautiful Russian singer provide refuge to...
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Dangerous Paradise
as ZangiacomoHeyst, a hermit on his own tropical island, plays unwilling host to red-headed stowaway Alma....
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Love in the Rough
as BrownWhen a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he...
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Love Begins at Twenty
as Jonathan RampA henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes.
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The Land of Jazz
as uncreditedNina, engaged to a French captain, and Nancy, engaged to a doctor who runs an insane asylum on...
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Little Robinson Crusoe
as 'Singapore' ScroggsLeft an orphan by the death of his father, Mickey Hogan sails for Australia to live with...
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Night Life in Reno
as Adrian GarrettA story of love, humor and drama against the background of America's "Biggest Little City." An...
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Kentucky Moonshine
as AttorneyThe Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.
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Smoke Lightning
as Deputy Jake TullyAfter Smoke wins the Blake ranch in a poker game, Blake commits suicide and Smoke deeds the...
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Shrimps for a Day
as Mr. CrutchA magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his...
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The First Born
as Kury Lar (as Wilson Hummel)Loey Tsing, the first love of Chan Wang, is sold into slavery by her father. Although Chan...
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The Great Gambini
as DoctorA millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects,...
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Young Ironsides
as J. Caldwall EvansHarry is hired by a rich family to stop their daughter from entering a beauty contest.
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Tillie and Gus
as Phineas PrattTillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas...
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It May Happen to You
as Van Buren Sheafor aka Pop (uncredited)From MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series. Mobsters convince a meat packing company employee to...
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The Westland Case
as Charles FrazeeA detective must solve a case where a girl was murdered in a room--and all the doors and windows...
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I'll Fix It
as John StevensA power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has...
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Strictly Unconventional
as George - Ted's ValetAn adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic...
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Beyond the Law
as TalbotBeyond the Law is a 1934 American film of crime, directed by D. Ross Lederman, starring Tim McCoy.
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Nurse to You!
as Mr. WilsonCautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and...
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The Last Hour
as QualesSteve Cline returns to the U.S. after earning his fortune in South America. He reads in the...
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Down To Earth
as Ed EggersHusband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.
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Public Ghost # 1
as E. H. ComptonCharley is hired to haunt a house.
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Friendly Neighbors
as Silas BartonThe Weaver Brothers hit the road and taste the hobo's life in this, the sixth, entry in the...
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Ladies Must Dress
as Office ManagerJoe and Eve are engaged, but Joe cannot help contrasting the drabness of her attire with the...
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Wake Up and Dream
as HildebrandThe story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
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While the Devil Laughs
as Joe FranklinMary Franklin has a drunken father, an invalid mother, and a kid brother and sister to support....
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