Fred Kelsey
Frederick Alvin Kelsey (August 20, 1884 – September 2, 1961) was an American actor, film director, and screenwriter. Kelsey directed one- and two-reel films for Universal Film Manufacturing Company. He appeared in more than 400 films between 1911 and 1958, often playing policemen or detectives. He also directed 37 films between 1914 and 1920. Kelsey was caricatured as the detective in the 1943 MGM cartoon Who Killed Who? directed by Tex Avery. He was born in Sandusky, Ohio and died at the Motion Picture Country Home in Hollywood, California, aged 77.
To Catch a Thief
as Party Guest (uncredited)An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch...
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Christmas in Connecticut
as Harper (uncredited)While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a...
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O. Henry's Full House
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and...
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They Died with Their Boots On
as Ft. Lincoln Bartender (uncredited)The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his...
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Auntie Mame
as Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew...
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Mildred Pierce
as Bumped First Night Diner (uncredited)A hard-working mother inches towards disaster as she divorces her husband and starts a...
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Action in the North Atlantic
as Joe (uncredited)Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are...
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Lady Gangster
as Policeman (uncredited)An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery....
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A Star Is Born
as Audience Member (uncredited)A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own...
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The Damned Don't Cry
as Man on Dock (uncredited)Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
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The Man Who Came to Dinner
as Detective (uncredited)An acerbic critic wreaks havoc when a hip injury forces him to move in indefinitely with a...
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Flamingo Road
as Train Conductor (uncredited)A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town...
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The Opposite Sex
as Club Patron (uncredited)Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an...
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The Enforcer
as uncreditedAfter years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a...
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The Inspector General
as Villager (uncredited)An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up...
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Twentieth Century
as Train Detective (uncredited)A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she...
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The Fountainhead
as Old Watchman (uncredited)An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism...
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A Stolen Life
as Bartender (uncredited)A twin takes her deceased sister's place as wife of the man they both love.
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Old Acquaintance
as Train Conductor / Man at Radio Broadcast (uncredited)Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
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Colorado Territory
as (uncredited)After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one...
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The Flame and the Arrow
as Guard (uncredited)Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy...
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Crime Wave
as Old Man Crossing Street (uncredited)Reformed parolee Steve Lacey is caught in the middle when a wounded former cellmate seeks him...
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Gentleman Jim
as Sutro (uncredited)As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and...
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Northern Pursuit
as Train Conductor (uncredited)Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later...
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Illegal
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to...
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Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Pub Waiter in Errol Flynn Number (uncredited)An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.
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Hans Christian Andersen
as First GendarmeA small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak...
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Storm Warning
as Townsman (uncredited)A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux...
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A Woman of Affairs
as Detective (uncredited)Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and...
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Room for One More
as uncreditedAnne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the...
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Three Strangers
as Man on the Street / Man in PubOn the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy...
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The Crime of the Century
as Police Guard (uncredited)Driven to desperation by his young and extravagent wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has plotted...
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
as Chief of Detectives (uncredited)The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich...
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as BailiffA man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death....
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Westbound
as Townsman (uncredited)As the Civil War spills our nation’s blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital...
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Backfire
as Fight Fan (uncredited)When he's discharged from a military hospital, ex-GI Bob Corey goes on a search for his army...
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Goodbye, My Fancy
as Party Guest (Uncredited)Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a...
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Mr. Skeffington
as Cop in Raid (uncredited)A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her...
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Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to...
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Lucky Me
as Passerby on Street (uncredited)Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a...
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In This Our Life
as Jailer (uncredited)An unhappy, self-centered woman runs off with her sister's husband, wreaking havoc and ruining...
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If I Had a Million
as Prison Jailer (uncredited)An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...
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Dancing in the Dark
as DeputyEmery Slade was one of the brightest stars in Hollywood in 1932, but by 1949 his career has hit...
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Secrets of the Lone Wolf
as Wesley DickensMichael Lanyard's faithful butler Jamison is mistaken for his boss by a gang of jewel robbers.
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Never Say Goodbye
as Policeman (uncredited)Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is...
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Charlie Chan at Treasure Island
as Detective - in Cab and at TheatreCharlie Chan's investigation of a blackmail-induced suicide as a case of murder leads him into a...
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X Marks the Spot
as Police Officer MartinA private detective, soon to enlist in the army, is drawn into one final case when his police...
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Invisible Ghost
as Detective RyanThe town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
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The Silver Chalice
as Silversmith (uncredited)A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim...
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Larceny, Inc.
as BronsonThree ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they...
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King of the Jungle
as Cop (uncredited)A white youth raised in the jungle by animals is captured by a safari and brought back to...
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Nora Prentiss
as Turnkey (uncredited)Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a...
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Crime by Night
as Dad Martin (uncredited)A private eye and his secretary probe a murder and find an international spy.
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Private Number
as Detective in Ellen's Apartment (Uncredited)Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son...
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Tell No Tales
as Policeman at School (uncredited)A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could...
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Little Annie Rooney
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough...
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Counter-Espionage
as DickensThe Lone Wolf tracks down Nazi spies in London during the German bombing.
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The Golden Fleecing
as Cop (uncredited)A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.
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Charlie Chan in Reno
as Reno Desk Sergeant (uncredited)Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of...
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Murder in the Big House
as "Screw"When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter...
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The Unfaithful
as Courtroom SpectatorChristine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of...
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The Garden Murder Case
as Heath's Assistant (Uncredited)Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things...
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The Woman Racket
as Police CaptainDuring a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her....
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Saratoga Trunk
as Train Conductor (uncredited)An opportunistic Texas gambler and the exiled Creole daughter of an aristocratic family join...
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Come Out Fighting
as Mr. McGinnis, Sr. (as Fred Kelsy)The police commissioner asks some local street kids to toughen up his ballet-loving son.
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The Last Warning
as InspectorA producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of...
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Lightning Strikes Twice
as DuganAn actress goes up to a dude ranch for relaxation, when she falls in love with a ranch owner...
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One Foot in Heaven
as Train Conductor (uncredited)Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.
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Huddle
as Policeman (uncredited)Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a...
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Bromo and Juliet
as The Detective (uncredited)A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on...
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One Mile from Heaven
as Smitty - PolicemanA female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised...
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Horses' Collars
as Detective Hyden Zeke (uncredited)The Stooges are private detectives in the Old West trying to help a girl recover an IOU from a...
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Detective DickensA reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.
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Wrong Again
as uncreditedStable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear...
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Manslaughter
as Member of the Jury (uncredited)Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of...
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The Silk Lined Burglar
as Capt. von HoffmeierGentleman crook Boston Blackie answers a want ad for an expert safecracker placed by Doris...
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My Six Convicts
as Store DetectiveA psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain...
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Murder on the Waterfront
as Capt. BealA sailor and his wife become involved in a murder investigation.
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Pete - Railroad DetectiveNew York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in...
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Wide Open
as DetectiveAn eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.
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Sailor's Luck
as CopU.S. sailor Jimmy Harrigan, on shore leave in San Pedro, meets and falls for Sally Brent She...
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Souls for Sale
as Detective Quinn (uncredited)A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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I Was Framed
as DrunkA reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
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The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
as DickensA hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of...
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Bullet Scars
as Police Chief HansenDr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe...
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One Dangerous Night
as Detective DickensReformed jewel thief the Lone Wolf investigates the murder of a playboy who was blackmailing...
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Josette
as Hotel DetectiveTwo young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think...
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Slave Ship
as Seaman at AuctionAction-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced...
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If a Body Meets a Body
as DetectiveCurly learns that he is named in the will of his rich uncle, so the boys head for the uncle's...
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The Girl Said No
as PolicemanA comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of...
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Scandal Sheet
as Detective Sgt. Vincent MolloyConfirming his principle that no one escapes the news, a tabloid editor prints a scathing story...
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Super-Sleuth
as JailerA movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve...
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Moving Vanities
as Police Officer (uncredited)Leon Errol moves because of a rent increase.
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The Light of Victory
as Captain Eric von ProhmeU.S. Navy Lieutenant George Blenton becomes drunk at an official reception, and his fiancee,...
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Serenade
as Opera Attendee (uncredited)A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps...
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Chicken Wagon Family
as PolicemanAddie Fippany, her father Jean Paul Batiste Fippany, her mother Josephine and her sister Cecile...
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The Noose Hangs High
as Cop (uncredited)Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to...
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Love Is News
as Cop (uncredited)When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she...
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True to Life
as Cop (uncredited)A writer for a radio program needs some fresh ideas to juice up his show. For inspiration, he...
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Tiny Troubles
as JudgeAlfalfa "trades in" his whining baby brother for another baby--who turns out to be a midget...
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Crazy Like a Fox
as Man with Badge on Train (uncredited)Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She...
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A Society Sensation
as JIm CoxA wealthy society playboy falls in love with the daughter of a poor fisherman. After Valentino...
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The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
as DickensComplicated plot involving missing stamp collection and kidnapped businessman, with the Lone...
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Guilty as Hell
as Detective DuffyRichard Arlen is the convicted murderer and Adrienne Ames his sister who believes in his...
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Mr. District Attorney
as Officer McCloskeyAn assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
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The Crime Doctor
as BloodgoodWhen he finds out that his wife is having an affair, a criminologist commits the perfect...
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Down on the Farm
as Bit RoleExcitement runs high when a family's farm is chosen as the site for a big cornhusking contest.
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Homicide
as Officer O'BrienMichael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the...
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Tall Man Riding
as Townsman (uncredited)Still seeking revenge against ranch owner Tuck Ordway for publicly whipping him years earlier...
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School for Girls
as DetectiveAfter being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory...
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Don't Shoot
as Police OfficerCourt, a crook, is forced to marry Velma by her enraged fiancé, who mistakes him for her...
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Deserted at the Altar
as The Other ManAnna Moore, a poor orphaned country girl, and her little brother, Tommy, live with hypocritical...
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While the City Sleeps
as Detective in Shadow BoxA tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an...
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Rough Riders' Round-up
as AgitatorRoy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a...
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Make Your Own Bed
as TurnkeyWalter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then...
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The Green Archer
as Capt. ThompsonThe struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on...
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Clock Wise
as LandlordPop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.
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Among the Missing
as Police Sgt. MurphySeeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon...
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The Lone Wolf Strikes
as DickensDelia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
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Side Show
as Sheriff HornsbyA circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.
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Harold Teen
as Mr. LovewellFarmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his...
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I'll Tell the World
as Sergeant at BorderLee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the...
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High School
as Junk ManA teenager who's been raised and home-schooled at her father's Texas ranch must adjust to her...
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Red Haired Alibi
as CorcoranA young woman new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that...
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My Favorite Blonde
as Sam - PolicemanLarry Haines, a mediocre vaudeville entertainer, boards a train for Los Angeles. Aboard, he...
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Pacific Blackout
as CopFalsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout...
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Safety in Numbers
as CopThe Jones family patriarch, also mayor, is swindled into thinking the town swamp is a rich...
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Food and Magic
as uncreditedA sideshow barker uses magic and visual aids to alert the public that proper food management is...
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Young Donovan's Kid
as CollinsA crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as JailerThe Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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One Clear Call
as StarnesAn outcast who runs a road house of ill repute leads his mother to believe him dead. His only...
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The Witness Chair
as Detective CostiganLate one night, secretary Paula Young (Ann Harding) leaves the office of her boss, Stanley...
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The Gorilla
as MulliganAn ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
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High Tension
as Desk SergeantBrawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't...
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The Sagebrush Troubadour
as Hank PolkBefore he was murdered Grandpa Martin found a gold mine. He failed to record it and now everyone...
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A Notorious Gentleman
as uncreditedA lawyer sets out to commit the perfect murder.
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Going Wild
as The ConductorRollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace...
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Road to Paradise
as CaseyLoretta Young plays dual roles in this 1930 crime drama about a young thief planning to steal...
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Carnival
as Bit Part"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and...
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How DOooo You Do
as DetectiveMurder occurs when several of the most popular radio personalities of the '40s converge on a...
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Angel's Holiday
as ConductorLively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes...
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Death Flies East
as Police Lieutenant O'BrienEvelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn...
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Too Busy to Work
as Hank FidlerThe Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to...
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Deadwood Dick
as BottlesColumbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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Diamond Jim
as Horsley's SecretaryA loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Love in High Gear
as Detective DuffyA young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn...
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The Donovan Affair
as CarneyInspector Killian tries to solve a murder case with his assistant Carney.
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The Little Red Schoolhouse
as First DetectiveUpset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are...
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Only Saps Work
as Murphy (uncredited)Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work....
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One Frightened Night
as Sheriff JenksEccentric tycoon Jasper Whyte hosts a dinner at his mansion and announces that he will divide...
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Jewish Prudence
as Rent CollectorPapa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry...
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Scarlet Pages
as MurphyNora Mason becomes entangled in a family mix-up of murder and scandal that threatens to ruin her...
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Borrowing Trouble
as PolicemanThe Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken...
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Night Spot
as Police Band LeaderA young singer, Marge Dexter, becomes involved in trouble when she works in a nightclub in which...
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Men Without Law
as Deputy Sheriff JeffReturning from the war, Buck finds his younger brother in trouble.
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Trial by Trigger
as Jerry (uncredited)California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by...
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Paths to Paradise
as ConfederateTwo thieves discover a professional and personal relationship when individual heist plans are...
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Misbehaving Husbands
as Sgt. MurphyMarital comedy in which a department store mannequin is mistaken for "the other woman".
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Big Business
as Oil Man at WellA small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an...
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Spy Ship
as Night WatchmanA radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position...
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The Last Card
as Detective (uncredited)Ralph Kirkwood is falsely tried for murder. He is found guilty after being represented by...
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That I May Live
as Abner JenkinsCrooks use a man's safe-cracking skills then involve him in more crime after he spends three...
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The Song of Life
as Police InspectorA woman abandons her husband and baby to look for a better life in the big city. Years later, as...
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Jim - DetectiveDennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita....
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Hiss and Yell
as Policeman (uncredited)Vera thinks she's witnessed a man decapitating his wife. Actually, she's only seen magician...
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Rough Necking
as Joe Cuttlehammer Sr.The Blondes and Redheads series, June's father forbids her to see her boyfriend, so she sneaks...
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The Third Degree
as Assistant Chief of DetectivesAlicia, a circus artist, deserts her husband and child to elope with Underwood, her handsome...
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The Lawful Cheater
as Tom HoranDisguised as a boy, a young woman gets an inner-city street gang back on the straight and narrow...
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Beloved
as MulvaneyStory about four generations in a family of musicians.
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Subway Express
as Detective KearneyInspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder...
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The Public Menace
as Mike - Cop1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster...
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On Trial
as ClerkA man is put on trial for the murder of his best friend. A young attorney wants to become...
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At the Stroke of Twelve
as Police SergeantThis entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short...
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Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
as DetectiveMa and Pa Slocum sell up their thriving packed-lunch business (based on Ma's home cooking, Pa's...
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Wild and Woolly
as Policeman (uncredited)Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and...
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Lovebound
as Detective HahnBesse Belwin works as a stenographer for district attorney John Mobley. It doesn't take long for...
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The Strange Mr. Gregory
as LefertThe title character, played by Edmund Lowe, is a famous magician who fakes his own death -- then...
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Alias Jimmy Valentine
as Bit Part (uncredited)The saga of Alias Jimmy Valentine began with the O. Henry story "A Retrieved Reformation". This...
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Detour to Danger
as Det. KelseyTwo young men set out on a fishing trip. They run into a gang of criminals who are menacing two...
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Lights Out
as DeckerNotorious crooks "Hairpin" Annie and Sea Bass steal a suitcase on the train and discover that it...
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There Are No Villains
as DugallIn San Francisco, California, Rosa Moreland of the Secret Service is unable to obtain evidence...
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Discarded Lovers
as DelaneyIn this murder mystery, sexy blonde film star Irma Gladden is found dead in her car after...
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A Gem of a Jam
as Police ChiefThe stooges are janitors working in the offices of Doctors Harts, Burns and Belcher. Some crooks...
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Friendly Enemies
as uncreditedAs youths, Carl Pfeiffer and Henry Block came to America from Germany. Pfeiffer became a...
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She Had to Eat
as Police Officer Tracy (uncredited)An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric...
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Everybody's Doing It
as Police SergeantGangsters are attempting to control the solutions (and winning) of the puzzles in a national...
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Time Out for Romance
as PolicemanA girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted...
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The Faker
as Police DetectiveRita Martin, the partner of a phony spiritualist who uses information supplied by her to gull...
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The Lady Escapes
as Man on telephone (uncredited)A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a...
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The Naughty Flirt
as Policeman (uncredited)A coquettish socialite falls for a straight-laced associate in her father's law firm. But she...
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The Night Hawk
as uncreditedOur Western star begins this actioner rather improbably, as a New York City gangster. But soon...
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Frontier Days
as Mayor Stone (uncredited)U.S. Marshal Clay Stacy brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by an old Nemesis.
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Seven Sinners
as PolicemanSix burglars separately break into the Vickers mansion on Long Island to loot the safe but catch...
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The Moth
as Detective BlakeWealthy young socialite Diane Wyman squanders her fortune and becomes involved in a scandalous...
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Tenderloin
as Detective SimpsonRose Shannon, a dancing girl at "Kelly's," in the 'Tenderloin' district of New York City,...
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Excuse Me
as George KetchemA sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.
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Straight, Place and Show
as Cop at RacetrackThe Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling...
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Revenue Agent
as Sgt. WallaceAccountant Augustis King discovers that his wife, Marfhe, is having an affair with his boss Sam...
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So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck
as FredJoe McDoakes attempts to deal with his myriad neuroses.
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Love and Hisses
as OfficerAs part of their public feud, Bandleader Bernie pretends a girl singer is no good so columnist...
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Soft Cushions
as The PoliceDouglas MacLean stars as The Young Thief, who falls in love with The Girl, played by Sue Carol....
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The Yellow Dog
as Max KummichIn the small shipbuilding town of Danforth, Albert Walker realizes, to his distress, that German...
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The Uneasy Three
as uncreditedOften hysterical spoof of Tod Browning's THE UNHOLY THREE (and several others of his crime...
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Captain Fly-by-Night
as GomezFirst one stranger, then another, arrive at the presidio, each with a government pass and each...
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Dog Shy
as CopCharley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone...
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The Empty Cab
as The DetectiveA cub reporter investigates a gang of counterfeiters.
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The Thirteenth Hour
as Det. ShawA detective goes in search for the villain responsible for several burglaries and a murder.
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Naughty Baby
as DuganA cloak room girl (Alice White) falls for a rich boy who may not actually be rich.
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There Ain't No Santa Claus
as Store Detective (uncredited)Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless...
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Snooper Service
as uncreditedHarry and El, private sleuths, are hired to follow a beautiful showgirl.
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Roaring Guns
as uncreditedFarmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying...
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The Eleventh Hour
as The Submarine CommanderAn evil prince plans to use a super-explosive to take over the world.
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Bag and Baggage
as FredCountry girl Hope Anthony follows Hal Tracy to the city, where she becomes involved in a jewel...
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The 13th Juror
as The DetectiveA 1927 American mystery film directed by Edward Laemmle and written by Charles Logue and Walter...
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Danger Ahead
as Detective O'BrienCaptain Matthews is paid 40,000 dollars in cash by Nick Conrad for his shipment of silk from...
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Atlantic Adventure
as Police Officer RileyWhen reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he...
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The Yankee Consul
as Agent John J. DoyleA whale of a comedy thriller. It's a Niagra of roaring laughter Faster Than the Wind!
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The Fire Flingers
as Sgt. PowersA poor man assumes the identity of a wealthy look-alike after accidentally killing him; his wife...
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Outlaw's Son
as uncreditedTwo episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
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At Sea Ashore
as Cop (uncredited)Patsy's working at Rumplemeyer's Donut Shop in Brooklyn. By accident she catches Mr....
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Here Comes Mr. Zerk
as PolicemanHarry, a famous scientist, is mistaken for an escaped lunatic.
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Smiling Irish Eyes
as County Fair ManagerA 1929 film directed by William A. Seiter.
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Many Sappy Returns
as FinneganCharley mistakes a lunatic as the father of the girl he's interested in.
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The Wright Idea
as M. T. FlattA chipper young inventor seems to have a stroke of good luck when an eccentric millionaire gives...
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Atta Boy
as DetectiveMonty Milde, would-be newspaper reporter, stumbles into a high-profile kidnapping mystery.
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Murder on the Roof
as RyanThis primarily two-set programmer has a has-been criminal lawyer, Anthony Sommers (William V....
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Doc Jones (uncredited)The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...
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