Erville Alderson
From Wikipedia Erville Alderson (September 11, 1882, Kansas City, Missouri – August 4, 1957, Glendale, California) was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1957.
The Grapes of Wrath
as Arkansas Storekeeper (uncredited)Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...
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The Greatest Show on Earth
as Spectator (uncredited)To ensure a full profitable season, circus manager Brad Braden engages The Great Sebastian,...
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The Bishop's Wife
as StevensAn Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate...
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Santa Fe Trail
as Jefferson DavisAs a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B....
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Jesse James
as Old MarshallAfter railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank...
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Sergeant York
as Nate TomkinsAlvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is...
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Police Chief (uncredited)A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of...
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The Spiral Staircase
as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)On a stormy night, the mute servant to an ailing matriarch is stalked by a serial killer.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his...
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The Spirit of St. Louis
as Burt (uncredited)Charles Lindbergh struggles to finance and design an airplane that will make his 1927 New York...
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Fury
as Plumber (uncredited)Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to...
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Back to Bataan
as Teacher (uncredited)An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
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Canyon Passage
as Judge (uncredited)In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his...
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Objective, Burma!
as Gen. Joseph W. StilwellA group of men parachute into Japanese-occupied Burma with a dangerous and important mission: to...
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Hangmen Also Die!
as Liberal Official (uncredited)During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot,...
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The Scarlet Empress
as Chancelor Alexei BestuchefDuring the 18th century, German noblewoman Sophia Frederica, who would later become Catherine...
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Pursued
as Townsman at Trial (uncredited)A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a...
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Tobacco Road
as uncreditedShiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their...
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The Tall Target
as Minister (uncredited)A detective tries to prevent the assassination of President-elect Abraham Lincoln during a train...
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The Black Cat
as Doctor Williams (uncredited)Greedy heirs wait in a mansion for a rich cat lover to die, only to learn her cats come first.
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Station West
as Stageline Hired Hand (uncredited)When two US cavalrymen transporting a gold shipment get killed, US Army Intelligence...
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Something to Live For
as Critic (uncredited)Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of...
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Summer Stock
as Zeb (uncredited)To Jane Falbury's New England farm comes a troup of actors to put up a show, invited by Jane's...
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Magnificent Doll
as DarcyWhile packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the...
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Commandos Strike at Dawn
as Johan GarmeA gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village,...
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The Sea of Grass
as First Station Agent (uncredited)On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant...
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Honky Tonk
as Man with RailFast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but...
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Marie Antoinette
as Passport Official (uncredited)The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...
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Haunted Gold
as Tom BenedictJohn Mason returns to the Sally Ann mine to claim his half share. Janet Cater also returns...
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Along Came Jones
as Bartender (uncredited)An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it...
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Cynara
as JasonA London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to...
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The Thirteenth Guest
as John AdamsThirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the...
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The Doctor Takes a Wife
as Harrison, the Printer (uncredited)A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual...
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Parnell
as FatherIrish politician Charles Stewart Parnell struggles to free his country from English rule, but...
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The Cabin in the Cotton
as Sock FisherSharecropper's son Marvin tries to help his community overcome poverty and ignorance.
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Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
as Farmer (uncredited)A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
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Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
as BailiffYoung Andy develops a crush on his drama teacher. When his play is chosen as the school's annual...
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The Merry Widow
as Cart Driver (uncredited)Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved...
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Wells Fargo
as Marshal SamIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
as Sheriff at Jail (uncredited)Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes...
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Desperate
as Simon Pringle (uncredited)An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
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Edison, the Man
as First LecturerIn flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story...
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Arrowsmith
as Pioneer (uncredited)A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use...
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State Fair
as Martin, Hog Breeder (Uncredited)The children of Iowa farmers find love, with mixed results, at the state fair.
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The Stranger's Return
as FarmhandA divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she...
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Geronimo
as Undetermined RoleThe army's effort to capture Apache chief Geronimo, who is leading a band of warriors on a...
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They Call It Sin
as Mr. CullenAn innocent, young, small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted,...
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Flowing Gold
as Doctor (uncredited)In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes...
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My Favorite Blonde
as SheriffLarry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he...
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When the Daltons Rode
as District Attorney WadeYoung lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the...
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Sorrowful Jones
as Happy the Mortician (uncredited)A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her...
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Out West with the Hardys
as Court Deputy (uncredited)Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his...
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Gold Is Where You Find It
as Lawyer Cryden (uncredited)Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic...
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
as Stonewall Jackson (uncredited)Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...
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The Actress
as Mike McGrath (uncredited)The true story of Ruth Gordon's early struggles on the road to stage stardom.
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Bad Men of Missouri
as Mr. AdamsThe Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds...
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Dancing in the Dark
as Emery's NeighborEmery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit...
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
as Police Chief RobertsA writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the...
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Knute Rockne All American
as Kansas Farmer Witnessing Airplane Crash (uncredited)The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
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Stand Up and Fight
as Mr. Wyatt, Blake's NeighborA southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
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Captain China
as DoctorThe title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after...
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The Exciters
as Chloroform CharlieRonnie Rand, Required to marry before she is 21 or lose her inheritance, Ronnie Rand meets...
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Love Finds Andy Hardy
as Court Attendant (uncredited)Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
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And the Angels Sing
as Mr. LittlefieldThe singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in...
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
as Boylston - City Council Member (uncredited)A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
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Woman Wanted
as ConstableJust after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...
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The Man Without a Country
as President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At...
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Land of Liberty
as Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana')This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
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Kidnapped
as MungoIn Scotland in 1752, seventeen-year-old David Balfour is cheated out of his birthright by his...
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Incendiary Blonde
as Ranch Owner (uncredited)Paramount's highly-fictionalized 1945 musical biography of Texas Guinan, the Roaring '20s New...
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The Man in the Barn
as Farmer (uncredited)After John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln, he escaped to Maryland and was...
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Two Sisters from Boston
as Mr. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in...
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Cynthia
as Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)Sheltered by her conservative parents, a small-town teenager finally goes out on a date.
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The Shanghai Chest
as Walter SomervaleCharlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all...
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Judge Hardy's Children
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)Judge Hardy takes a business trip to Washington, DC, where Andy promptly falls for the French...
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To the Last Man
as Judge (uncredited)In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to...
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The Hardys Ride High
as Bailiff (uncredited)Sixth of the Judge Hardy series. Judge James K. Hardy is brought the fabulous news from attorney...
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The Farmer Takes a Wife
as Pioneer Wagon FatherA farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
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The Valley of the Giants
as CouncilmanBryce Cardigan struggles to protect his Redwood inheritance from a railroad-owner, who is also...
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America
as Justice MontagueThe story of a family caught up in the American Revolutionary War.
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Again Pioneers
as Pa AshbyCitizens of Fairview are outraged when they learn children from the "Patch", a squalid migrant...
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Speakeasy
as City editorNewspaper staffer Alice Woods persuades the editor to allow her to chase a story, that of...
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Outside These Walls
as Sauers (uncredited)Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper....
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The Postman Didn't Ring
as Robert Harwood Sr.Stolen way back in 1880, a sack of United States mail is discovered in an old attic in 1942. The...
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Lazy River
as SheriffEx-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.
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The Feathered Serpent
as Prof. Scott (uncredited)In order to learn the location of a fabled Aztec treasure, a professor kidnaps his colleague,...
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First Comes Courage
as SorenMerle Oberon plays a Norwegian resistance figure in a small town, married to a Nazi commandant....
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Romance of Louisiana
as Radio Broadcaster / Thomas JeffersonA short historical drama about the Louisiana Purchase.
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Hello, Everybody!
as HortonThe setting is a farm. Kate Smith and Sally Blane play sisters; assorted relatives live with the...
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An American Romance
as Olson - Detroit Auto Works Technician (uncredited)A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.
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The Girl from Chicago
as Col. CarltonMary Carlton, who lives with her invalid father on a cotton plantation, receives a letter from...
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Hazard
as Clerk in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But...
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The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe
as BurkeBiography of Edgar Allan Poe and the women in his life.
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Redemption
as Bearded Mariner in CafeIn Russia in the early 1900s, Fedya, a handsome, self-indulgent womanizer, falls in love with...
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Wild and Woolly
as Deacon (uncredited)Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and...
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Pursuit
as Cop"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of...
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You Can't Escape Forever
as Mr. Crowder (uncredited)A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime...
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Isn't Life Wonderful
as The ProfessorA family from Poland has been left homeless in the wake of World War I. They move to Germany and...
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Maryland
as DiggsA woman tormented by the hunting death of her husband forbids her son to have anything to do...
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Sally of the Sawdust
as Judge Henry L. FosterJudge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl...
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Boys' Ranch
as Al (uncredited)A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a...
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The Lady from Cheyenne
as Ike FairchildFictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the...
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Rangers of Fortune
as Mr. EllisAn US Army misfit and his pals roam the west in search of adventure. Arriving in a small town,...
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The Richest Man in Town
as Frank the BarberThe conflicting views of two leading citizens in a small town are reconciled when they come...
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The Mighty Treve
as Chris HibbensStory of a dog that is fanatically devoted to its master.
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The Heart of Maryland
as Maj. Gen. KendrickAt the outbreak of the War Between the States, Maryland Calvert is loved by Maj. Alan Kendrick,...
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Mountain Justice
as Man at Meeting / Wedding GuestStalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid...
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Trifles of Importance
as Frederick the Great (uncredited)Part of John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series, this short shows how three seemingly unimportant...
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Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter
as Clint GriffithWhen a close friend of the Drew family is accused of murder in a rural community, Nancy, aided...
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Judge Hardy and Son
as Bailiff (uncredited)Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest.
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The White Rose
as Man of the WorldA wealthy young Southern aristocrat, Joseph, graduates from a seminary and, before he takes...
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Educating Father
as Dr. WilloughbyJones family romp with father trying to convince son to follow him as a druggist, rather than...
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Too Many Cooks
as J. W. Simpson - Construction WorkerA young couple, soon to wed, begin building their dreamhouse, but their interfering relatives...
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Oklahoma Outlaws
as John KincaidIn this short western, a gang of outlaws plots to gain control of the town of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Highway West
as Dr. John Cook (uncredited)A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
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Lincoln in the White House
as Secretary of State William H. SewardThis short chronicles Abraham Lincoln's presidency from his inauguration through delivery of the...
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Fazil
as Iman IdrisAn Arab prince born and raised in the desert and a beautiful Frenchwoman from Paris fall in love...
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Mobs, Inc.
as Town Insurance AgentCaptain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling...
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Mobs Incorporated
as Town Insurance AgentCaptain Braddock of the Los Angeles Racket Squad schools a group of cadet policemen by telling...
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as Pa HollisDirector Leslie Goodwins' 1941 military drama, about various men who become buddies when they...
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Henry Goes Arizona
as Dr. John Clemens (uncredited)A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.
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The Fortune Hunter
as Blinky LockwoodThe Fortune Hunter is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring...
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The Dawn Trail
as Jeff DentonDissension arises between cattlemen in Osage County, Texas, and sheepherders who have settled...
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Hoopla
as SheriffA hula dancer at a carnival sets out to seduce the naive son of the show's manager.
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The Lash
as Judge TraversA nobleman returns home to Southern California after the Mexican American War to find his people...
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Society Fever
as Uncle AndyA mother starts to get worried when she finds out that some wealthy friends have been invited to...
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What's Buzzin', Cousin?
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)Musicians help a woman (Ann Miller) and her friends make some money with a ghost-town hotel.
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Arizona Trail
as Dan TrentA young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family...
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Square Shooter
as Dr. WayneTim returns from prison after being framed for murder to clear his name and retrieve the ranch...
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Fleetwing
as Trad Ben SabamCapturing a beautiful horse and slave girl, Thurya young Arab Jaafor’s happiness is short lived...
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John Meade's Woman
as uncredited"Teddy" Connor, a woman recently orphaned, leaves her uncle's Midwestern farm for Chicago, where...
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The Good-Bad Wife
as Col. DenbighWilliam Carter, a young Virginian in Paris, becomes enchanted with music hall dancer Fanchon La...
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Career Woman
as Dr. AndersonA young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and...
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Mr. Whitney Had a Notion
as Thomas JeffersonHistorical short showing how Eli Whitney (best known for the invention of the cotton gin) played...
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The Fighting Code
as Joshua La PlanteThe death of a young woman's father puts a cowboy on the trail of a killer.
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Careful, Soft Shoulders
as Government OfficialIn this espionage movie, set in Washington during WW II, the daughter of an ex-senator has...
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The Monroe Doctrine
as William SewardThe story of President Monroe's response to attempts by Spain to interfere in South America.
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Her Man
as uncreditedA wealthy woman moves to Appalachia to educate illiterate mountaineers, but gets caught up...
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Racket Squad
as uncreditedRacket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...
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Telephone Time
as uncreditedTelephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from...
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