DeWitt Jennings

Born: 1871-06-21

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia DeWitt Clarke Jennings (June 21, 1871 – March 1, 1937) was an American stage and film actor. He appeared in 17 Broadway plays between 1906 and 1920, and in 153 films between 1915 and 1937. In 1935, Jennings played Sailing Master Fryer in Mutiny on the Bounty with Clark Gable and Charles Laughton. He died in Hollywood, California at the age of 65.


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Mutiny on the Bounty

as Fryer
Released: 1935-11-22

Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS...

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The Big Trail

as Boat Captain Hollister (uncredited)
Released: 1930-11-01

Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to...

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Ladies They Talk About

as Detective Tracy (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-04

A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.

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Mystery of the Wax Museum

as Police Captain, 12th Precinct
Released: 1933-02-18

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

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Death on the Diamond

as Patterson
Released: 1934-09-14

Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off...

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The Big House

as Wallace
Released: 1930-06-14

Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where...

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Min and Bill

as Groot
Released: 1930-11-29

Min, the owner of a dockside hotel, is forced to make difficult decisions about the future of...

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The President Vanishes

as Cullen
Released: 1934-11-17

The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American...

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The Criminal Code

as Yard Captain Gleason
Released: 1931-01-03

After young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is...

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Sing, Baby, Sing

as Mr. Lee, the Landlord
Released: 1936-08-21

The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is...

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Within the Law

as Inspector Burke
Released: 1923-04-28

When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to...

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The Bat Whispers

as Police Captain
Released: 1930-11-13

Infamous burglar "The Bat" commits a daring jewelry theft despite heavy police presence. Soon...

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Alibi

as Officer O'Brien
Released: 1929-04-20

Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison....

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Arrowsmith

as B.W. Tozer (uncredited)
Released: 1931-12-07

A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use...

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Slave Ship

as Snodgrass
Released: 1937-06-16

Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced...

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A Dog of Flanders

as Carl Cogez
Released: 1935-03-22

Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose...

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The Accusing Finger

as Prison Warden
Released: 1936-11-17

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself...

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Silver Dollar

as George, the Mine Foreman
Released: 1932-12-22

A farmer strikes it rich out West, then leaves his wife for a young beauty.

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I Dream Too Much

as Man Yelling for Food (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-29

Opera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled...

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This Is My Affair

as Bradley Wallace
Released: 1937-05-28

President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very...

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By Whose Hand?

as City Editor (uncredited)
Released: 1932-07-06

On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry...

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The Little American

as English Barrister
Released: 1917-07-12

A young American has her ship torpedoed by a German U-boat but makes it back to her ancestral...

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Two Arabian Knights

as American Consul
Released: 1927-09-23

During World War I, two American soldiers fight to escape the Germans while squabbling over a...

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The Squaw Man

as Sheriff Bud Hardy
Released: 1931-07-21

Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for...

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The Match King

as Bodensky (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-31

Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of...

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Movie Crazy

as Mr. Hall
Released: 1932-09-23

After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test...

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The Secret Six

as Chief of Police Donlin
Released: 1931-04-18

Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang,...

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The Desert Outlaw

as Doc McChesney
Released: 1924-08-24

Tom Halloway, compelled through circumstances to become an outlaw, robs the express office on...

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Night Court

as Court Policeman (uncredited)
Released: 1932-06-04

A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a...

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Front Page Woman

as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: 1935-07-11

Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes...

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Strictly Personal

as Captain Reardon
Released: 1933-03-17

Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a...

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Exit Smiling

as Orlando Wainwright
Released: 1926-11-06

The travails of a third-rate traveling theatre company and its wardrobe lady / maid who dreams...

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Sins of Man

as Twichelesko
Released: 1936-06-19

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche)...

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Little Man, What Now?

as Emil Kleninholz
Released: 1934-06-04

A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the...

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Murder on a Honeymoon

as Captain Beegle
Released: 1935-02-22

A schoolteacher and amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane gets...

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Massacre

as Sheriff Jennings
Released: 1934-01-20

Upon the death of his father, who was the tribal chieftain, Joe Thunder Horse returns to the...

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We Who Are About to Die

as Mike Brannigan
Released: 1937-01-08

John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and...

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The Enemy Sex

as Harrigan Blood
Released: 1924-08-25

A well-known sextet has been invited to a society gathering, and when one of them turns up...

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Mary Jane's Pa

as Sheriff
Released: 1935-04-27

Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family,...

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Seven Footprints to Satan

as Uncle Joe
Released: 1929-01-27

A young man of society wants to make an expedition to Africa, but his fiancée asks him for help...

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Exclusive Story

as Captain (uncredited)
Released: 1936-01-17

A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious...

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The Valiant

as Warden Holt
Released: 1929-05-19

A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother,...

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The Mystic

as Director of Police
Released: 1925-09-26

Zara, a phony psychic in a Hungarian carnival who, under the guidance of a Svengali-like con man...

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The Night Ride

as Capt. O'Donnell
Released: 1930-01-12

Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank...

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Chip of the Flying U

as J.G. Whitmore
Released: 1926-03-14

A remake of a 1915 Tom Mix/Selig Western, this film was yet another silent oater (loosely) based...

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The Deadwood Coach

as Jim Shields - in play
Released: 1924-12-07

A man searches for the villains who murdered his parents

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The Deadwood Coach

as Jim Shields
Released: 1924-12-07

A man searches for the villains who murdered his parents

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Captain of the Guard

as Priest
Released: 1930-03-28

In this operetta, the captain of the king's guard secretly works for the rebellion during the...

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While London Sleeps

as Inspector Burke
Released: 1926-11-27

Rinty is a police-dog assigned to a young Scotland Yard police-officer who covers the Limehouse...

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A Wicked Woman

as The Sheriff
Released: 1934-12-07

A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's...

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Don't

as Mr. Moffat
Released: 1925-11-15

Don't is a 1926 silent Comedy

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The Fire Brigade

as Fire Chief Wallace
Released: 1926-12-20

Terry O'Neill is the youngest of a family of Irish firefighters. He falls in love with Helen...

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Secret of the Chateau

as Louis Bardou
Released: 1934-12-03

Murder results when a group of houseguests converge on a chateau, each plotting to steal a...

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Golden Harvest

as Sheriff (uncredited)
Released: 1933-09-21

A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest....

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The Air Mail Pilot

as uncredited
Released: 1928-02-11

A high-flying action film involving a pilot battling air mail robberies.

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Merton of the Movies

as Jeff Baird
Released: 1924-11-03

A wannabe film star journeys to Hollywood, but soon finds his dreams do not pan out. This film...

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I Loved a Woman

as Banker (uncredited)
Released: 1933-09-23

The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and...

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Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Jim Cargan
Released: 1929-12-25

A writer rents what he believes is a deserted lodge in order to complete his novel. But then six...

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Village Tale

as Sheriff Ramsey
Released: 1935-06-15

The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love...

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Kelly the Second

as Judge (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
Released: 1936-08-21

A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.

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Charlie Chan's Courage

as Constable Brackett (as DeWitt C. Jennings)
Released: 1934-07-06

Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder...

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Made on Broadway

as Moriarty
Released: 1933-05-19

A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway...

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The Meanest Gal in Town

as Police Chief (uncredited)
Released: 1934-01-12

A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.

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Out of Luck

as Capt. Bristol
Released: 1923-07-23

Believing he has committed murder, Sam Pertune, a simple westerner, enlists in the Navy, then...

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Flesh and Blood

as Detective Doyle
Released: 1922-08-22

A convict hiding in Chinatown assumes the identity of a cripple to track down a businessman who...

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Circus Days

as Daly
Released: 1923-07-30

10-year-old Toby runs away from his abusive uncle to join the Big Top.

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The Trial of Mary Dugan

as Inspector Hunt
Released: 1929-06-08

A woman is tried for the murder of her lover. Director Bayard Veiller's 1929 courtroom drama...

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That I May Live

as Chief of Police
Released: 1937-09-13

Crooks use a man's safe-cracking skills then involve him in more crime after he spends three...

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McFadden's Flats

as Patrick Halloran
Released: 1927-02-06

Irish contractor McFadden and Scottish barber McTavish become fast friends, and McTavish's son...

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A Lady's Profession

as Mr. Stephens
Released: 1933-03-03

A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.

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Fox Movietone Follies of 1929

as Jay Darrell
Released: 1929-05-25

Lila Beaumont is an understudy in a Broadway musical. Her boyfriend, George Shelby, arrives in...

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Central Park

as Police Desk Sergeant Monahan (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-10

Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get...

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The Hillcrest Mystery

as Tom Cameron
Released: 1918-03-29

During a party held in honor of his daughter Marion, Thomas Sterling announces that he will turn...

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One Year Later

as Deputy Russell
Released: 1933-08-24

A man is convicted of killing his boss, whom he suspected of having an affair with his wife. On...

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Those Who Dance

as Captain O'Brien
Released: 1930-04-18

A policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.

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Police Car 17

as Captain T. J. Hart
Released: 1933-09-30

Motor patrolman Tim Conlon and his partner Bumps O'Neill vie for the attentions of Helen Regan,...

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Reform Girl

as Capt. Balfour
Released: 1933-03-04

A young girl just out of prison and desperate for money finds herself involved in a plot to...

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Dancers in the Dark

as Police Sergeant McGroody
Released: 1932-03-11

A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town....

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There Are No Villains

as Detective Flint
Released: 1921-11-14

In San Francisco, California, Rosa Moreland of the Secret Service is unable to obtain evidence...

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The Poverty of Riches

as Lyons
Released: 1921-11-01

John and Katherine Colby decide to put off parenthood until he has become wealthy. Their...

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A Dangerous Affair

as City Editor
Released: 1931-09-29

Holt plays police lieutenant McHenry, while Graves is his friendly rival, crime reporter Wally...

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Salvation Nell

as McGovern
Released: 1931-07-01

Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and...

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The Golden Snare

as 'Fighting' Fitzgerald
Released: 1921-07-10

Sgt. Philip Raine of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police is sent to the mountains to capture...

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The Night Flyer

as Bucks
Released: 1928-02-05

Jimmy Bradley, a fireman on the old locomotive No. 99, loves Kate Murphy, daughter of the...

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A Man's Game

as Chief Jordan
Released: 1934-06-16

During one blaze, Firefighters Tim and his partner Dave (Ward Bond) rescue pretty stenographer...

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The Daring Young Man

as Mayor's Committee Official
Released: 1935-07-17

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl...

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Take the Stand

as Police Commissioner
Released: 1934-08-07

A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective...

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The Fighting Rookie

as Police Commissioner
Released: 1934-05-15

Patrolman Jim Trent (Jack La Rue) hears the screams of a woman and rushes to her aid in an...

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Hit and Run

as Joe Burns
Released: 1924-08-10

Big league baseball scout Red McCarthy signs up "Swat," a bush leaguer from a desert town, and...

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Fifty Roads to Town

as Captain Galloway
Released: 1937-06-03

A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on...

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Midnight Morals

as Dan McKennan
Released: 1932-08-01

A rookie cop falls for a "taxi dancer" in a dance hall, but his father has strong objections to...

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Blinky

as Col. 'Raw Meat' Islip
Released: 1923-08-17

Blinky, the bespectacled son of Col. "Raw Meat" Islip, is scorned by his fellow cavalrymen...

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Thru Different Eyes

as Paducah
Released: 1929-04-13

Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose...

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Thru Different Eyes

as Paducah
Released: 1942-06-19

A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous...

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Me, Gangster

as Police Chief
Released: 1928-10-20

Told in the form of a diary, the story details the rise and fall of gangster boss Jimmy Williams.

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By Divine Right

as Tug Wilson
Released: 1924-02-17

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The Primrose Path

as Joe Malone
Released: 1931-01-25

A naive high school girl falls for the school's star football player. Her ignorance in the...

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Caught Plastered

as Police Chief H.A. Morton
Released: 1931-08-21

Set in a drugstore the boys take on to save a nice old lady from the clutches of the local...

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Alias Ladyfingers

as Lt. Ambrose
Released: 1921-10-30

When Rachel Stetherill's daughter marries a man of whom she disapproves, Rachel disowns her....

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Trapped

as Police Chief
Released: 1931-10-28

The Shadow's second movie short, an adaptation from a Ray Humphreys story, "The Cat's Paw," from...

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On Your Guard

as Joshua Perkins
Released: 1933-01-31

An ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in...

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Red Hot Speed

as Judge O'Brien
Released: 1929-01-27

A newspaper publisher's daughter is arrested for speeding. In order to avoid embarrassing her...

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Go Straight!

as The Hunter
Released: 1925-04-27

Gilda is a crook who wants to go straight, but her pals keep holding her back. She moves to...

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Mixed Faces

as Murray McGuire
Released: 1922-10-21

Judge Granger, a candidate for mayor, attempts to persuade Mary Allen Sayre to marry him. She...

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Beating the Game

as G.B. Lawson
Released: 1921-09-01

Professional safecracker Fancy Charlie breaks into the apartment of G.B. Lawson, a...

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Sherlock Brown

as J. J. Wallace
Released: 1922-06-26

The secret formula for the world's most powerful explosive has been stolen from the U.S....

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The Great Mail Robbery

as Captain Davis
Released: 1927-07-19

Veteran serial director George B. Seitz keeps things perpetually on the move in The Great Mail...

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The Splendid Road

as Capt. Bashford
Released: 1925-12-06

Young Sandra De Hault arrives by ship in Sacramento, California, during the 1849 Gold Rush....

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The Crash

as Supt. Carleton
Released: 1928-10-07

The Crash (1928)

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