Dick Curtis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Dick Curtis (May 11, 1902 – January 3, 1952) was an American actor who made over 230 film and television appearances during his career. Curtis was born Richard Dye in Newport, Kentucky. Standing at 6' 3", Curtis appeared in films stretching from Charles Starrett to The Three Stooges. In most of his films, he played villains or heavies. He made television appearances on The Lone Ranger and The Range Rider. He appeared in California Gold Rush, Spook Town, The Gene Autry Show, and many others. Though his forte was in villainous roles, Curtis had a genuine comedic touch. As such, modern audiences will recognize Curtis for his roles in such Three Stooges films as Yes, We Have No Bonanza, You Nazty Spy!, and The Three Troubledoers. With the help of his friend and actor Russell Hayden, Curtis helped develop Pioneertown, a western movie set location in Southern California that was used for many television and film westerns.
King Kong
as Member of Ship's Crew (uncredited)Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world...
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Batman
as Agent Croft of Section 50Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham...
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The Gunfighter
as Crowd Extra (uncredited)The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
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Scarlet Street
as Detective (uncredited)Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful...
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You Can't Take It with You
as Strongarm Man (uncredited)Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...
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Boom Town
as Hiring Boss (uncredited)Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both...
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Three Men from Texas
as GardnerHoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.
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The Man They Could Not Hang
as Jury Foreman Clifford KearneyDr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is...
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Rawhide
as Hawley (uncredited)At a desolate relay station, a stagecoach attendant and a stranded woman traveller are held...
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Honky Tonk
as Tough Man on TrainFast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but...
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Abilene Town
as 'Cap' RykerMarshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two...
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Jackass Mail
as Jim SwadeAn unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
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The Son of Monte Cristo
as Guard (Uncredited)Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil...
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Blondie on a Budget
as Tony - Mechanic (uncredited)Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's...
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Blind Alley
as Trooper with JoeA gangster takes a doctor and his family hostage.
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The Arizonian
as Saloon PatronClay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness...
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Joe (uncredited)Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...
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The Nitwits
as Cop on StakeoutA would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder...
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Scared Stiff
as Bus Driver (Uncredited)A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
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Spook Town
as Sam BensonDry Gulch Trading Post owner Kurt Fabian advances money on mortgages to the local settlers to...
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The Shadow
as CarlosMary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's...
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The Texas Rangers
as uncreditedIt's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of...
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Billy the Kid
as Kirby ClaxtonBilly Bonney is a hot-headed gunslinger who narrowly skirts a life of crime by being befriended...
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Rawhide
as Henchman ButchSaunders with his Cattlemen's Protective Agency is running roughshod over the ranchers. Lawyer...
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Tell It to the Marines
as Marine in BarracksU.S. Marine Sergeant O'Hara has his hands full training raw recruits, one of whom, 'Skeets'...
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The Lady Objects
as Jail GuardA former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as...
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Lorna Doone
as CarthAn English farmer leads a village uprising against their corrupt landlords.
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Homicide Bureau
as Radio Broadcaster (voice)After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave,...
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Lady in the Death House
as Willis MillenAs a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got...
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Rock Island Trail
as Barton - Railroad AgitatorA greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.
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Wyoming
as Ed LassiterSmall ranchers battle against a land baron trying to take their spreads.
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Song of Arizona
as Henchman BartRoy Rogers rides to the rescue when a bank robber's orphaned son (Tommy Cook), who is living at...
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Wyoming
as Corky - HenchmanWith the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be...
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Flying G-Men
as KormanFour flying G-Men protect America against enemy spies; one of the four assumes the identity of...
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Ghost Patrol
as Henchman CharlieA Professor has an invention that will bring down planes causing them to crash and Dawson is...
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Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
as Frank McLoweryUneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
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Government Agents vs Phantom Legion
as ReganTwo federal agents battle a gang that hijacks trucks carrying materials vital for the security...
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Let Us Live
as Death Row Inmate (uncredited)When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is...
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You Nazty Spy!
as Mr. Ohnay (uncredited)In this satire of the Nazis the Stooges are wallpaper hangers in the country of Moronica. When...
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The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
as Heavy (uncredited)Spies force former jewel thief Michael Lanyard to steal defense secrets in Washington.
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The Roundup
as Ed Crandall (as Richard Curtis)Originally written as a stage vehicle for corpulent character actor Macklyn Arbuckle, Ernest...
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My Six Convicts
as GuardA psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain...
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City Streets
as Madden (uncredited)When her mother dies, wheel-chair bound Winnie Brady is taken in by shopkeeper and neighbor...
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Up the River
as New Inmate (uncredited)Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious...
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Valley of Terror
as Henchman BuckA cowboy is arrested for rustling cattle. A lynch mob is formed by his buddy to try and arrange...
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The Phantom
as Tartar Chieftain (uncredited)Two expeditions are trying to reach the Lost City of Zoloz -- one headed by Professor Davidson,...
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Colorado Trail
as Henchman Slash DriscollIn this western a traveling gun ends up in a small town and rescues an important rancher. Out of...
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So Ends Our Night
as Gestapo Stormtrooper (uncredited)An anti-Nazi on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler's...
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Mandrake the Magician
as DorganMandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.
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Salute to the Marines
as Cpl. MosleyIt is a comic book propaganda film which has Beery as a retired USMC NCO who, when the Japanese...
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Blondie
as Daily Gazette Reporter (uncredited)Blondie and Dagwood are about to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary but this happy...
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Men Without Souls
as DukeA prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of...
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Snooper Service
as uncreditedHarry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl.
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The Traitor
as MorganTo prevent a lynching, Ranger Tim lets two outlaws go saying he will get them later. This gets...
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Wildcat Trooper
as HenriA Royal Canadian Mountie is assigned to bring in a criminal called "The Raven." The problem is...
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Western Frontier
as Pioneer SettlerKen and his sister are separated while young when the Indians attack their wagon train. Ken, now...
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Wild Beauty
as John AndrewsIn this western, a Native American boy and his horse Wild Beauty make friends with a gentle...
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California Gold Rush
as Chopin - the Harmonica KillerCalifornia Gold Rush is set in 1849. Ryder heads to Sutter's Mill, where he must contend with...
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Boothill Brigade
as Bull BerkeRancher Reynolds has fired his men and hired killers and is now using a crooked land deal to put...
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Juvenile Court
as Detective Capturing Dutch Adams (uncredited)Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a...
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Pardon My Gun
as Clint HayesIn this western, a rancher is ambushed, killed, and robbed, but for some reason the killers...
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Waterfront
as Drunken Sailor (uncredited)A Nazi spy passes himself off as an optometrist in San Francisco's waterfront district. Someone...
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Whirlwind
as Lon KramerA singing postal inspector (Gene Autry) and his partner (Smiley Burnette) save a woman's (Gail...
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The Famous Ferguson Case
as O'Toole (uncredited)A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by...
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The Stranger from Texas
as Bat StringerThings get under way when US marshal Tom (Starrett) finds himself in the midst of a range war....
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Santa Fe Uprising
as Henchman Luke CaseThe Duchess, the aunt of Red Ryder, comes to town to protect her property. Crawford, a town...
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Rockin' Thru the Rockies
as Indian Chief (uncredited)The stooges are frontier guides leading a minstrel show west. When hostile Indians run the...
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Flat Foot Stooges
as Mr. ReardonThe stooges are firemen at a station that still uses horses to pull the engines. A salesman who...
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Life Begins with Love
as Radical (uncredited)A spoiled playboy is forced to leave town to avoid the press, which latches on to his statement,...
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Sea Raiders
as Mate on the 'Astoria'A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
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Mutiny Ahead
as Stevens (as Richard Dye)A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure.
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Shut My Big Mouth
as HenchmanA shy horticulturist becomes involved with a local criminal in the old west.
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Traffic in Crime
as Jake SchultzPolice Chief Jim Murphy, in a crime-ridden city, deputizes newspaper-reporter Sam Wire, to work...
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Northern Frontier
as Henchman Pete (uncredited)A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.
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Trails of the Wild
as Henchman RoperAn agent tracking down a man who disappeared in the mysterious "Ghost Mountain" area discovers...
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My Son is Guilty
as MonkHonest cop Tim Kerry struggles to keep his son Ritzy from becoming involved in a crime ring.
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The Vanishing Westerner
as BartenderPosing as wanted men, Chris and Waldorf get hired by Sanderson. He sends them to kill the...
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Texas Stagecoach
as Shoshone LarsenThe Kinkaids and the Harpers both run stage lines and are friendly competitors. Appleby is after...
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Higher Than a Kite
as Gen. Bommel (uncredited)The stooges are auto mechanics working for the R.A.F. in England. After wrecking an officers car...
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Rose of Cimarron
as Clem DawleyA white girl raised by Indians sets out to find out who murdered her adoptive parents.
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Arizona Cyclone
as Quirt CrenshawCrenshaw and Randolph are competing freight haulers and Randolph's lead man Tom Baxter has given...
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Murder in Greenwich Village
as Campbell Security GuardA society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In...
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Crash Goes the Hash
as Prince Shaam of UbeedarnIts suspected that a society matron, Mrs. Van Bustle, will marry the exotic Prince Shaam. To get...
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The Game That Kills
as WhiteyFerguson is a rough-and-tumble hockey player who discovers that his chosen profession is nothing...
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Two Gun Law
as Len EdwardsHero Bob Larson takes on an impressive triumvirate of villains.
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Blake of Scotland Yard
as NickySir James Blake has retired from Scotland Yard so that he can assist his niece Hope and her...
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Crashing Through Danger
as ForemanThree electrical linemen work through the hazardous conditions of the Depression Era. Sparks...
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Guns in the Dark
as Brace StevensWhen Johnny and Mendez argue, the lights go out, and in the ensuing gunfight Johnny thinks he...
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Wagon Wheels Westward
as Henchman TuttleIn this western, Red Ryder leads a wagon train of homesteaders into a ghost town and discovers...
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Roar of the Iron Horse
as Campo - The Baron's Chief GunmanColumbia Pictures elevated stunt man Jock O'Mahoney to stardom in this 15 chapter western serial...
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Overland with Kit Carson
as DrakeWhen Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward expansion of the United States, the...
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Lost City of the Jungle
as Henchman JohnsonA movie serial in 13 chapters, and Lionel Atwill's final film: Following the end of WWII,...
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Women in Prison
as MacThe superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When...
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Burning Gold
as SwedeJim Thornton is an independent wildcat driller in Califonia who hits a gusher and overnight...
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Rio Grande
as Ed BarkerNo relation to the 1950 John Ford classic of the same name, Rio Grande is yet another...
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The Main Event
as SawyerFBI agent Mac Richards takes his girlfriend, Helen Phillips, to a world championship boxing...
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Vengeance of the West
as Jeff GormanAnita Morell arrives by stagecoach in a small California town to find her father murdered and...
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Riders of Black River
as Blaize CareweFormer Texas Ranger Wade Patterson (Starrett) returns to his home town, only to find that the...
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Lawless Breed
as Bartley Mellon / Captain Isaac MellonGovernment agents Ted Everett and Tumbleweed are sent to Spearville, Texas, where the law...
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The Taming of the West
as RawhideWhen the marshal of the lawless town of Prairie Port is shot while trying to break up a saloon...
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North of Shanghai
as CreightonIn this newspaper drama, a female reporter and a newsreel cameraman are both assigned to cover...
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Glove Slingers
as Madigan - Kid Benson's Trainer (uncredited)A fighter trains for the big bout, and discovers that his opponent is his girlfriend's brother.
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I Can Hardly Wait
as Patient (uncredited)The stooges are defense workers who have trouble getting to sleep when Curly gets a toothache....
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Three Arabian Nuts
as HassanThe stooges are delivering some Arabian antiques, which include a magic lamp complete with...
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Navajo Trail Raiders
as Henchman BradOutlaw gangs are plundering the freight lines that bring supplies into Yellow Creek. The only...
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Time Out for Trouble
as Louie DerringerCharley Chase is engaged to be married and while in a department store, shopping for his...
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Trail of Vengeance
as CartwrightThere is a range war between the ranchers led by Tilden and the outlaw gang of Link Carson....
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We Want Our Mummy
as Jackson (uncredited)The stooges go to Egypt in search of the mummy of king Rootin-Tootin for which a museum will pay...
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Mystery Ship
as Van BrockFBI agents Allan Harper and Tommy Baker are in charge of a group of subversives, spies and...
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The Lion's Den
as Henchman Slim BurtisMerwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the...
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Shooting Straight
as ButchA gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
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Western Caravans
as Mort KohlerA caravan of settlers is arriving and the ranchers intend to keep them out. It looks like a...
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Across the Sierras
as Mitch CarewElliott is hunted by Curtis who has spent six years behind bars because of his testimony. After...
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Phantom Patrol
as Henchman JosefA deranged killer escapes into the Canadian woods. He tries to fool the locals by pretending he...
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Pioneers of the Frontier
as Matt BrawleyWild Bill Saunders discovers that his uncle Mort has been murdered by an unscrupulous ranch...
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Behind Prison Gates
as Capt. SimmonsAn agent for the state attorney general poses as a convict to learn about bank loot.
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Stick to Your Guns
as Nevada TealeBuck Peters arranges for Hoppy, California, Johnny and other cowboys to go to the aid of friends...
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I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
as JulesA ship's officer is sentenced to Devil's Island for murder after a fatal brawl.
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Outpost of the Mounties
as Wade BeaumontIn this adventure, a courageous Canadian Mountie must bring peace an embattled miner and an...
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The Old Wyoming Trail
as Ed SladeIn an effort to compete with Republic's popular songfest Westerns, fours music numbers --...
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Moonlight on the Range
as Hank - HenchmanTom "Killer" Dane kills Jeff's friend, who then pursues him. Jeff and Dane are look-alike half...
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A Lawman Is Born
as Lefty DroganAn outlaw falsely accused of murder realizes the only way to clear himself is to become a lawman.
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Blazing Six Shooters
as Lash BenderThe story revolves around a valuable silver deposit, located between two ranches. Villain Lash...
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The Gambling Terror
as DirkBrett runs a protection racket for an unknown boss. When Jeff Hayes arrives and opens a gambling...
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Yes, We Have No Bonanza
as MaxeySet in a western town, the stooges are working as waiters in a saloon with the three girls they...
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Cowboy in the Clouds
as Roy MadisonA rancher who becomes a pilot staunchly defends the newly formed Civil Air Patrol from the...
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Outside These Walls
as FlintWalen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper....
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Don't Throw That Knife
as Mr. WycoffThe stooges become census takers and wind up in the apartment of a lady whose husband is both...
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Riders of the Northwest Mounted
as Victor RenaudFur thieves, who murder trappers when they refuse to give up their pelts at a low price, occupy...
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West of the Santa Fe
as Matt TaylorUS marshal Lawlor (Starrett) takes on a gang of cattle rustlers headed by Taylor (Dick Curtis)....
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Oily to Bed, Oily to Rise
as Clipper - Swindler in Back Seat (uncredited)Once again, the Stooges are three hapless tramps. After nearly destroying a farmer's (Richard...
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Mandrake the Magician
as Dorgan - Thug (Chs. 6-8)Feature version of the American serial film, produced for export only, never exhibited in the...
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Terry and the Pirates
as Master FangDr. Herbert Lee, an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his...
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Bullets for Rustlers
as StrangSteve Beaumont, an operative for the Cattleman's Protective Association, is assigned the...
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Bar-Z Bad Men
as Brent - Ranch ForemanJim Waters arrives at Ed Parks' ranch to find Parks' cattle herd mysteriously increased. Hamp...
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Wild Horse Round-Up
as BillDoan is trying to get control of the valley by having his night riders drive the ranchers out....
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Adventure in Sahara
as KarnoldiAgadez is a lonely French outpost baking under the desert sun and commanded by the cruel and...
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Men of San Quentin
as Butch MasonA corrupt official at San Quentin tries to frame an innocent guard for several murders within...
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Covered Wagon Raid
as Henchman GrifUnder the leadership of a cutthroat named Grif, a band of outlaws has systematically been...
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Bride and Gloom
as Joe KeelerIn this Columbia All-Star Comedy (production number 8439), Shemp Howard finds himself in a love...
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Ragtime Cowboy Joe
as Bo GilmanUniversal's Ragtime Cowboy Joe is a modern western with a dash of music, not unlike the standard...
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Outlaws of the Prairie
as DraggCharles Starrett plays two-fisted frontiersman Dart Collins in this slick Columbia "B" western....
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Get Along, Little Zombie
as uncreditedThere's a monster running around loose in the house Hugh is showing to two prospective clients.
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Racing Luck
as 'Dynamite'Racehorse-owner Dan Morgan is ruled off the track and out of racing when his horse is doped by a...
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Spoilers of the Range
as Lobo SavageHero Jeff Strong (Starrett) comes to the rescue of a group of victimized ranchers. The villains...
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Off Again, On Again
as Louie DerringerGood samaritan Shemp rescues a girl from an accident, and a newspaper photographer snaps a...
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Mystery of the Riverboat
as Craig Cassard [Ch. 1]A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble...
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Smashing the Spy Ring
as Williams (uncredited)G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.
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Two-Fisted Rangers
as Dirk HoganThad Lawson arrives in Oak Valley to avenge the murder of his brother, the local sheriff. He...
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The Three Troubledoers
as Badlands BlackieSet in the old west, the stooges become marshals in a town with a high death rate for lawmen....
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The Singing Buckaroo
as Henchman OdieBarbara Evans has $25,000 and Gifford is after it. When his henchman fail to get it he refuses...
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Code of the Mounted
as Henchman SnakeyA thug robs and kills a fur trapper. He is caught and locked up by the Mounties, but is soon...
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The Awful Goof
as Joe MarkA girl keeps meeting Charley the wrong moments, including losing her dress in his car, and later...
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