Clem Bevans

Born: 1880-10-16

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Clem Bevans (October 16, 1879 – August 11, 1963) was an American character actor best remembered for playing eccentric, grumpy old men. Bevans had a very long career, starting in vaudeville in 1900 in an act with Grace Emmett. He progressed to burlesque, Broadway, and even light opera, before making his film debut at the age of 55 in Way Down East (1935). His portrayal was so good, he became stereotyped and played mostly likable old codgers for the rest of his life. Bevans played the neighbour of Gregory Peck in The Yearling and the gatekeeper in Harvey (1950). However, he did occasionally play against type, for example as a Nazi spy in Alfred Hitchcock's Saboteur (1942). He also made some television appearances, including the role of murderer Captain Hugo in the 1958 Perry Mason episode "The Case of the Demure Defendant" and as Pete in The Twilight Zone episode "Hocus-Pocus and Frisby" (1962). He played Captain Cobb in Disney's TV miniseries Davy Crockett. His first cousin was actress Merie Earle, best known as Maude Gormley on The Waltons.


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Harvey

as Mr. Herman Shimelplatzer
Released: 1950-12-04

The story of Elwood P. Dowd who makes friends with a spirit taking the form of a human-sized...

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This Gun for Hire

as Scissor Grinder
Released: 1942-04-24

Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked...

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The Yearling

as Pa Forrester
Released: 1946-12-18

Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer...

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Sergeant York

as Zeke
Released: 1941-09-27

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is...

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Saboteur

as Neilson
Released: 1942-04-24

Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of...

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Portrait of Jennie

as Capt. Cobb
Released: 1948-12-25

A mysterious girl inspires a struggling artist.

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Dodge City

as Charley (uncredited)
Released: 1939-04-08

In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of...

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The Stranger Wore a Gun

as Jim Martin
Released: 1953-07-30

Having been a spy for Quantrill's raiders during the Civil War, Jeff Travis thinking himself a...

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Tall in the Saddle

as Card Game Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1944-09-29

When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has...

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Topper

as Board Member (uncredited)
Released: 1937-07-16

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as...

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Go West

as Railroad Official
Released: 1940-12-06

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

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Texas

as Abilene Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1941-10-09

Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up....

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The Paleface

as Hank Billings
Released: 1948-12-17

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity...

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The Human Comedy

as Henderson
Released: 1943-03-02

Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his...

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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates

as Cap'n Cobb
Released: 1956-07-18

Davy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River")...

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Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

as Tadpole
Released: 1942-06-13

Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.

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The Kentuckian

as Riverboat Captain (uncredited)
Released: 1955-07-22

A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

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They Made Me a Criminal

as Ticket Taker (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-21

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

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Ten Wanted Men

as Tod Grinnel
Released: 1955-02-01

When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher...

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Moonrise

as Coroner
Released: 1948-10-01

Stigmatized from infancy by the fate of his criminal father, a man is bruised and bullied until...

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Ben Mattling
Released: 1940-02-22

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...

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Maisie

as Station Agent (Uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-22

Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new...

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Zenobia

as Sheriff
Released: 1939-04-21

A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming...

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Of Human Hearts

as Elder Massey
Released: 1938-02-11

This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil...

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Streets of Laredo

as Pop Lint
Released: 1949-05-27

Texas, 1878: cheerful outlaw-buddies Jim, Lorn and Wahoo rescue spunky orphan Rannie Carter from...

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Man in the Saddle

as Pay Lankershim
Released: 1951-12-02

A small rancher is being harassed by his mighty and powerful neighbor. When the neighbor even...

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Young Tom Edison

as Mr. Waddell
Released: 1940-03-15

Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and...

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King of the Underworld

as Villager #3 (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-14

Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove...

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Mourning Becomes Electra

as Ira Mackel
Released: 1947-11-19

Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping...

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Half a Sinner

as Snuffy
Released: 1940-04-05

Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally...

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Girl with an Itch

as Gramps
Released: 1958-11-12

Ben Cooper, an old farmer, falls in love with the young blond hitchhiker Mari Lou. She falls in...

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The Boy from Oklahoma

as Amiel "Pop" Pruty
Released: 1954-02-27

A town despot makes a guileless patsy the sheriff, lives to regret it.

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Hangman's Knot

as Plunkett, the Station agent
Released: 1952-11-15

In 1865, a troop of Confederate soldiers led by Major Matt Stewart attack the wagon of gold...

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20 Mule Team

as Chuckawalla
Released: 1940-05-03

It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining...

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Idiot's Delight

as Jimmy Barzek
Released: 1939-01-27

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are...

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Rim of the Canyon

as Loco John
Released: 1949-07-01

20 years ago, 3 men robbed a stage and hid $30,000. They were caught and sent to prison by...

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The Oklahoma Kid

as Postman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-11

McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious...

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The Woman of the Town

as Buffalo Burns
Released: 1943-12-31

Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of...

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Relentless

as Dad
Released: 1948-06-15

A man wrongly accused of murder tracks the true culprit across the desert.

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The Smiling Ghost

as Sexton at cemetery
Released: 1941-09-06

Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt...

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Big City

as Grandpa Sloane
Released: 1937-09-03

Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in...

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Fly By Night

as Station Watchman
Released: 1942-01-19

Young intern Jeff Burton, impulsively offers a lift to an odd-looking gentlemen. It soon turns...

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Who Killed Aunt Maggie?

as Driver (Uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-01

When a much-despised matriarch is murdered, or apparently murdered, all of her relatives and...

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The Forest Rangers

as Terry McCabe
Released: 1942-10-21

Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds...

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Young Fugitives

as Benjie Collins
Released: 1938-06-30

A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.

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Captains of the Clouds

as Sam 'Store-Teeth' Morrison
Released: 1942-02-12

Inspired by Churchill's Dunkirk speech, brash, undisciplined Canadian bush pilot Brian MacLean...

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Tell It to the Judge

as Alonzo K. Roogle
Released: 1949-11-18

Marsha Meredith, an attorney-at-law, is nominated for a federal judgeship, but her nomination is...

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The Millerson Case

as Sheriff Luke Akers
Released: 1947-05-29

While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.

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Hell's Kitchen

as Mr. Quill
Released: 1939-07-08

A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's...

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Every Sunday

as uncredited
Released: 1936-11-28

Edna's grandfather is a conductor of a small orchestra that gives concerts in the park every...

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Rhythm on the Range

as Gila Bend
Released: 1936-07-01

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

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Gallant Bess

as Smitty
Released: 1946-12-05

Marshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues...

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Way Down East

as Doc Wiggin
Released: 1935-10-25

A family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that...

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Captain Eddie

as Jabez
Released: 1945-06-18

WWI flyer Eddie Rickenbaker remembers his life which brought him from a car salesman, race...

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Idol of the Crowds

as Andy Moore (as Clem Bevins)
Released: 1937-09-30

Retired hockey player Johnny Hansen, in order to make money to enlarge his chicken farm, returns...

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Highway 13

as Bill 'Pops' Lacy
Released: 1948-12-28

Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial...

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Lucky Jordan

as Gas Station Attendant
Released: 1942-11-16

Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries...

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Captive of Billy the Kid

as Skeeter Davis
Released: 1952-01-21

Five people have a part of a map leading to Billy the Kid's treasure. When one of them is...

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Stand Up and Fight

as Bum in jail
Released: 1939-01-06

A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.

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Loaded Pistols

as Jim Hedge
Released: 1948-12-15

A singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer.

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Thunder Afloat

as 'Cap' Finch
Released: 1939-09-15

A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.

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Outside These Walls

as Smedley (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-04

Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper....

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Untamed

as "Smokey" Moseby
Released: 1940-07-24

A courageous doctor braves a fierce blizzard in the Canadian wilderness to save a remote...

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Pacific Blackout

as Midas Plant Night-Watchman
Released: 1941-12-31

Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout...

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Main Street Lawyer

as Zeke
Released: 1939-11-02

Story of a lawyer, gangster and a floozy.

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Big Jack

as Saltlick Joe
Released: 1949-04-12

Wallace Beery, in his final film, plays a bandit in this period drama set in Colonial America.

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Silver City Bonanza

as Town Loafer
Released: 1951-03-01

Blind Pete Horne knows the location of the Lost Spanish Silver Lode, but is knifed before he can...

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Gold Rush Maisie

as 'Pop' Graybeard (Uncredited)
Released: 1940-07-26

Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet...

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Davy Crockett's Keelboat Race

as Captain Cobb
Released: 1955-10-15

Davy and Georgie end a particularly successful season of trapping and hunting with the hopes of...

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Dangerous Number

as Monte Christo (Actor Friend)
Released: 1937-01-22

Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that...

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Deputy Marshal

as Doc Vinson
Released: 1949-10-28

A lawman takes on gangsters attempting to steal property wanted for a railroad.

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Calling All Husbands

as Judge Todd
Released: 1940-09-07

A henpecked husband and his bossy wife are due for a surprise when the wife's former boyfriend...

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Wake Up and Dream

as Henry Pecket
Released: 1946-12-02

Aided by her eccentric friends, a young woman goes looking for her missing brother.

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Angel's Holiday

as Sheriff
Released: 1937-06-07

Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes...

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Yankee Fakir

as Shaggy Hartley (aka "Prof. Davis")
Released: 1947-04-01

A medicine show pitchman investigates a small town murder in Arizona.

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The Twinkle In God's Eye

as Prospector
Released: 1955-10-13

A new parson arrives in the mining town of Lodestone and attempts to build a church. Western.

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Northward, Ho!

as Newspaper-reading skeptic
Released: 1940-02-10

Behind-the-scenes promotional featurette to publicize the epic outdoor adventure Northwest...

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The Kansan

as Bridge-Tender
Released: 1943-09-10

Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the...

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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven

as Capt. Bjorn
Released: 1948-07-16

Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in,...

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Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey

as Mr. Edwards
Released: 1950-02-05

Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey...

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Miracle Money

as Mr. Greene (uncredited)
Released: 1938-03-26

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.

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The Captain Is a Lady

as Samuel Darby
Released: 1940-06-21

Because of a bad investment, Captain and Mrs. Peabody are evicted from their home. Mrs. Peabody...

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The Gal Who Took the West

as Hawley (as old Timer)
Released: 1949-09-01

In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud...

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Girl from God's Country

as Ben
Released: 1940-07-30

Jim Holden, a young doctor practicing in Alaska, eagerly awaits the arrival of his new nurse,...

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Yankee Doodle Goes to Town

as Curdleface (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-17

Made just before America would be forced into the Second World War, this short subject is a...

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Wyoming

as Pa McKinley
Released: 1940-09-13

With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be...

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Granny Get Your Gun

as Smokey
Released: 1940-02-10

An elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges.

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I'll Tell the World

as Grandpa Burton
Released: 1939-03-09

This 40-minute short, produced for MacFadden Publications, is basically a plug for the selling...

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Hurricane at Pilgrim Hill

as Sam 'Bigmouth' Smedley
Released: 1950-12-08

An elderly man leaves Wyoming to visit his daughter in a small Massachusetts town because, even...

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Happy Go Lucky

as Mr. Smith
Released: 1943-01-04

A gold-digger hopes to land a rich husband in Trinidad, but gets mixed up with a beach boy and...

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One Wild Night

as Deaf Man (uncredited)
Released: 1938-06-02

Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of...

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Undercover Doctor

as Sam Whitmore
Released: 1939-06-09

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

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Help Wanted

as H.L. (Pop) Daniels
Released: 1939-06-10

A temporary laborer who helps bring down a mob-sponsored employment racket

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Ambush

as Pop Stebbins
Released: 1939-01-20

Four bandits swoop down on a California bank and flee with $98,000, leaving a truck as the only...

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The Parson of Panamint

as Crabapple Jones
Released: 1941-07-25

As he looks over the dusty, deserted remains of the western "boom town" of Panamint, grizzled...

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Comet Over Broadway

as Benson
Released: 1938-12-03

Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.

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She Couldn't Say No

as Eli Potter
Released: 1940-12-07

Two big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with...

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Grissly's Millions

as Old Tom
Released: 1945-01-16

An eccentric wealthy man is murdered, and the police set out to find his killer.

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Riding on Air

as Sheriff
Released: 1937-06-18

Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from...

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The Cowboy Quarterback

as Lem the Mailman
Released: 1939-07-29

Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field...

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Tom Sawyer, Detective

as Sheriff "Turkeyneck" Slocum
Released: 1938-12-24

The further adventures of Twain's most beloved fictional characters of Tom Sawyer and his...

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

as Mailman
Released: 1942-10-01

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of...

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Lady Bodyguard

as Elmer Frawley
Released: 1943-01-02

A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore...

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Yes, My Darling Daughter

as Henry - Baggage Man
Released: 1939-02-25

Ellen is a free spirited young woman in love with Doug. Sadly he must leave America for a two...

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The Phantom Rider

as Mr. Hudson
Released: 1936-07-06

The Phantom Rider helps Mary Grayson thwart a plot to steal her land.

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Night Work

as Smokestack Smiley
Released: 1939-08-04

The Fitch family is managing an apartment building when the grandfather of their adopted son...

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Gold Raiders

as Doc Mason
Released: 1951-09-09

The Three Stooges travel West where they become heroes by nabbing a gang of would-be robbers.

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Mr. Chump

as Pop (uncredited)
Released: 1938-08-08

A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.

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Mountain Music

as Medicine Show Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1937-06-18

Mary Beamish, a folksy Ozark girl, yearns for the glitter of show business and for a man. She...

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People on Paper

as Horatio Curdlepuss (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-17

Americans are preoccupied with the news, but need an escape from many of the events reported in...

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Perry Mason

as Capt. Hugo
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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The Twilight Zone

as Pete
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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Maverick

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-09-22

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers...

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Thriller

as Obed
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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Thriller

as The Old Gaffer
First aired: 1960-09-13

Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62...

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Gunsmoke

as Fly
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Screen Director's Playhouse

as Stryker
First aired: 1955-10-05

Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed...

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The Real McCoys

as uncredited
First aired: 1957-10-03

The Real McCoys is an American situation comedy co-produced by Danny Thomas' "Marterto...

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The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin

as Kid Hooker
First aired: 1954-10-15

The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin is an American children's television program. Beginning in October...

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The Wonderful World of Disney

as Captain Cobb
First aired: 1954-10-27

Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different...

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