Don Costello
A Broadway stage actor, Costello entered films in 1935 and in 1939 was put under contract with MGM. Known for his wicked sense of humor, Costello often times played the role of a menace or a tough guy. Date of Death 24 October 1945, Hollywood, California
Here Come the Co-eds
as Diamond (uncredited)Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a...
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The Blue Dahlia
as LeoSoon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an...
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Another Thin Man
as "Diamond Back" VogelNot even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from...
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as LeftyBoxer Joe Pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes...because a Heavenly Messenger, new on...
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Johnny Eager
as BillikenA charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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The Whistler
as Lefty Vigran aka Gorss (Uncredited)A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill...
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Sleepers West
as Carl IzzardPrivate eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder...
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A-Haunting We Will Go
as Doc LakeStan and Ollie get involved with con men, crooks, a genial magician, and two interchangeable...
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The Red Dragon
as Charles MasackChan is faced with suspects in a stolen atomic bomb formula case, that are being killed with...
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Just Off Broadway
as George DolphinPrivate detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a...
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Along Came Jones
as Leo GledhillAn easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it...
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Last of the Duanes
as Jim BlandBased on Zane Grey's tale of a man who gains an unfair reputation as a gunfighter while out to...
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Air Raid Wardens
as HeydrichTwo bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi...
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Crime Doctor
as Nick Ferris / Jim WarrenRobert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to ...
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A Lady Takes a Chance
as DrunkA city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget...
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Incendiary Blonde
as Gus Vettori (uncredited)Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New...
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I'll Wait for You
as Police Sergeant BrentA gangster hides out on a farm and falls for the farmer's daughter.
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Follow That Woman
as NickA private detective's wife takes over his business when he enters the Army.
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Whistling in the Dark
as 'Noose' GreenThe operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is...
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Murder on the Waterfront
as Gordon ShaneA sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.
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A Night to Remember
as Eddie TurnerA woman rents a gloomy basement apartment in Greenwich Village thinking it will provide the...
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Texas Masquerade
as Ace MaxsonA young Eastern lawyer, seriously injured in a stage holdup, secures the help of Hoppy,...
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One Crowded Night
as LeftyThe future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky...
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Hot News Margie
as Football Player (uncredited)Margie is a reporter on a tabloid newspaper. Her assignment is to find out whether there is any...
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Crime of the Century
as Joe, BartenderEx-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved...
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Joe Smith, American
as MeadJoe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after...
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Truck Busters
as Anthony 'Tony' BonettiAn independent truck driver organizes his fellow truckers to resist the efforts of a crooked...
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Wildcat Bus
as Sid CaseyA broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.
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Mystery Man
as Bud TrillingHoppy's ranch is threatened by rustlers. Hoppy and the gang oblige as usual.
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Ride on Vaquero
as RedgeThe Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released...
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as FredJoe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...
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Great Stagecoach Robbery
as Jed QuinlanIn this western, Red Ryder tries to be a good example for a young man who idolizes his father,...
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Sundown Jim
as Dobe HydeUS marshal Sundown Jim Majors main purpose in life is to bring a deadly frontier feud to a...
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Unholy Partners
as Georgie PelottiA crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.
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Marshal of Laredo
as Henchman Pretty Boy MurphySubstituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot...
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