Frederick Burton
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Senator Dearhorn (uncredited)After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his...
Movie pageI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Southern Prison Official (uncredited)A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of...
Movie pageJezebel
as First Director (uncredited)In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who...
Movie pageThe Big Trail
as Pa BascomYoung scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to...
Movie pageFury
as Daniel Hopkins (uncredited)Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to...
Movie pageGo West
as JohnsonEmbezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his...
Movie pageThe Old Maid
as Mr. Halsey (uncredited)The lives of two cousins are complicated by the return of an ex-boyfriend and an illegitimate child.
Movie pageConfessions of a Nazi Spy
as U.S. District Court JudgeFBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.
Movie pageThe Woman from Monte Carlo
as President of CourtmartialOn the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night....
Movie pageSadie McKee
as Uncle Snowden (uncredited)A maid has romances with a two-timer, a boozing millionaire and the master of the house.
Movie pageTheodora Goes Wild
as Governor WyattThe small-town prudes of Lynnfield are up in arms over 'The Sinner,' a sexy best-seller. They...
Movie pageTwo Seconds
as JudgeA condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being...
Movie pageOne Way Passage
as The DoctorA terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a...
Movie pageBefore I Hang
as Governor PrentissDr. John Garth conducting an innovative medical experiment aimed at prolonging life and...
Movie pageNo Other Woman
as AndersonA steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks....
Movie pageCounsellor at Law
as CrayfieldA successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.
Movie pageThird Finger, Left Hand
as Mr. ThompsonMagazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male...
Movie pageMcFadden´s Flats
as JeffersonDan McFadden builds an apartment house in a working-class neighborhood on New York's East Side...
Movie pageThe Voice of Bugle Ann
as The WardenA Missouri farmer's (Lionel Barrymore) son (Eric Linden) loves the daughter (Maureen O'Sullivan)...
Movie pageOne Night of Love
as Howard - ImpresarioMary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic...
Movie pageAn American Tragedy
as Samuel GriffithsA social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
Movie pageJoe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Bishop BannonJoe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...
Movie pageThe Saint in New York
as William ValcrossA crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar,...
Movie pageGangs of Chicago
as uncreditedA criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends...
Movie pageBrigham Young
as Mr. WebbBased on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to...
Movie pageThe Accusing Finger
as The GovernorA proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself...
Movie pageBabes on Broadway
as Mr. MorrisPenny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them...
Movie pageThe Calling of Dan Matthews
as James B. StrongDan Matthews (Richard Arlen), a young parson, is in love with Hope Strong (Charlotte Wynters),...
Movie pageSilver Queen
as Dr. HartleyA beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father...
Movie pageBedside
as Hospital SuperintendentBob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual...
Movie pageKentucky
as Presiding OfficerYoung lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky...
Movie pageState's Attorney
as Second Trial JudgeCorrupt alcoholic attorney Tom Cardigan is one of the best lawyers around, commanding the...
Movie pageGolden Harvest
as Judge GoodhueA play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest....
Movie pageSilver on the Sage
as Tom HamiltonHoppy goes undercover as a gambler from the East when Bar 20 cattle are stolen by unknown...
Movie pageFreighters of Destiny
as John MaceyA young man seeks vengeance on the outlaws who killed his father.
Movie pageMan With Two Lives
as Hobart BennettA man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair....
Movie pageFlirtation Walk
as LandacreA private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to...
Movie pageThe Wet Parade
as Major RandolphThe evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the...
Movie pageThe Working Man
as Judge LarsonA successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children...
Movie pageAir Devils
as ConspiratorTwo daredevil pilots go after the same girl.
Movie pageToo Busy to Work
as Judge HardyA hobo searches the countryside for the daughter he lost when his wife left him...
Movie pageSecret Service
as Gen. RandolphIn 1864 a Secret Service agent for the Union army goes undercover in Richmond and pretends to be...
Movie pageAnna Ascends
as Mr. FiskWhile working in Siad Coury’s coffeehouse in a Syrian neighborhood of New York City, Syrian...
Movie pageShipmates Forever
as Admiral Graves (uncredited)An admiral's son with no interest in carrying on the family tradition is a successful crooner....
Movie pageThe Teeth of the Tiger
as Doctor VarneyLiving quietly under the assumed name Paul Sernine, reformed gentleman crook Arsene Lupin is...
Movie pageMummy's Boys
as Professor EdwardsWheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology...
Movie pageLove Birds
as BarbwireZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville meet when both are sold deeds to an abandoned ranch in the...
Movie pageAnne of Green Gables
as Matthew CuthbertAnne Shirley, an orphan, is taken into the lives of a generous farmer and his sister. She grows...
Movie pageThe All-American
as Mr. NeuchardThe story of the rise and fall of an All-American football player.
Movie pageThe Man from Dakota
as Campbellite Religious LeaderA frontier scout, a Boston officer and a Russian girl escape with a map past Confederates.
Movie pageWhistling in the Dark
as Mr. Van Buren (uncredited)A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist...
Movie pageRuggles of Red Gap
as Cousin Egbert FloudHarry Leon Wilson has written nothing more diverting than this story of the irreproachable...
Movie pageYes or No
as Donald VaneTwo wives, one rich, one poor, each find themselves tempted by romantic seducers, and each faces...
Movie pageWashington Melodrama
as Dean LawfordAn elderly businessman (Frank Morgan) plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town...
Movie pageOkay, America!
as The President (uncredited)A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Movie pageTransient Lady
as Major MarshallA senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows...
Movie pageHollywood Cavalcade
as ThomasStarting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she...
Movie pageFireman, Save My Child
as Mr. PlattJoe Grant is an inventor, fireman and baseball player in his small hometown. He gets an offer to...
Movie pageBroadway Bad
as Robert North Sr.Showgirl Tony Landers, supported by her friend Flip Daly, fights for the custody of her son...
Movie pageThe Duke Comes Back
as Arnold CorbinAfter winning the heavyweight championship, boxer Duke Foster (Allan Lane) quits the ring to...
Movie pageLove Is News
as J.D. JonesWhen a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she...
Movie pageThe Night of June 13
as Judge (uncredited)Elna Curry, once a concert pianist, develops an unfounded jealousy of neighbor, Trudie Morrow....
Movie pageJunior G-Men of the Air
as Col. MitchellA group of street kids battle a terrorist gang led by a Japanese spy.
Movie pageGetting Mary Married
as Amos BussardEarly feature from American cinema pioneer Allan Dwan, starring Marion Davies
Movie pageHeliotrope
as Heliotrope Harry Hasdock (as Fred Burton)A prison inmate obtains his release from prison in order to rescue his daughter from the...
Movie pageSmarty
as Judge (uncredited)Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in...
Movie pageThe Rejected Woman
as Leyton CarterDiane Duprez falls in love with Leslie in the snows of a Canadian village. And when they are...
Movie pageSweepstakes
as Pop BlakeA popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
Movie pageKing for a Night
as GovernorA prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
Movie pageBroadway Broke
as Augustin DalyNellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a...
Movie pageRunning Wild
as D.W. HarveyCowardly Elmer Finch is browbeaten by his wife, daughter, fat son and the family dog. After...
Movie pageInside Information
as Police Commissioner FentonA rookie cop and his girlfriend's uncle, a police captain, disagree on the methods that should...
Movie pageThe Fear Market
as Jim CarsonA woman struggles to overcome a cabal of blackmailers, but learns that the boss of the...
Movie pageCheating Cheaters
as George BrocktonTwo gangs of crooks, living side-by-side, each mistake the other for a wealthy household and...
Movie pageFlight to Fame
as General DarrowAn evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
Movie pageArizona
as Col. BenhamA lost film. An Army lieutenant at a remote post in Arizona tells a young woman that he does not...
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