Granville Bates
Granville Bates (January 7, 1882 - July 8, 1940) was an American actor.
Make Way for Tomorrow
as Mr. Hunter (uncredited)At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed....
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My Favorite Wife
as Judge Walter BrysonYears after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of...
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The Smiling Lieutenant
as Bill Collector (uncredited)An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep...
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The Mortal Storm
as Professor BergThe Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s....
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The Plainsman
as Van EllynWild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
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Of Mice and Men
as CarlsonAn intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's...
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Espionage Agent
as Phineas T. O'GradyWhen Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the...
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Brother Orchid
as Pattonsville SuperintendentWhen retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill...
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13 Hours by Air
as Pop AndrewsWomanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to...
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Back in Circulation
as Dr. EvansMorning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival...
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Wells Fargo
as Bradford, bankerIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
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They Won't Forget
as Detective PindarA southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate...
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Mannequin
as Mr. Gebhart (Uncredited)Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only...
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The Perfect Specimen
as Hooker - Garage OwnerRaised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford...
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Fast and Furious
as Chief MillerJoel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York,...
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Blackwell's Island
as Stuart GrangerA reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
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Flowing Gold
as Charles HammondIn the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes...
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Young Dr. Kildare
as Harry Cook (uncredited)A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a...
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It Happened in Hollywood
as Sam BennettA silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
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The Shining Hour
as Second Man on Plane (uncredited)A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.
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Eternally Yours
as Ship CaptainAnita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say...
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Woman in the Dark
as Sheriff Fred GrantA recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back...
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The Great O'Malley
as Jake - Bar Proprietor (uncredited)His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter...
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Private Affairs
as Judge Samuel Elmer HamiltonA girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up...
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Let's Get Married
as Hank KeithLet's Get Married is a 1937 American comedy film starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of...
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Green Light
as SheriffA brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a...
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Brother Rat and a Baby
as First DoctorThree comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as...
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Beloved Enemy
as RyanIn 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace...
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Charlie McCarthy, Detective
as Judge BlackScotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter...
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I Live My Life
as Yacht Captain (Uncredited)A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
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Naughty But Nice
as Judge Kennith B. Walters, Superior CourtDonald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and...
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Midnight
as Richard McGrathJury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His...
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Chatterbox
as Philip Greene Sr.Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama...
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Garden of the Moon
as Angus McGillicuddyDon Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by...
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Honor Among Lovers
as ClarkJerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character...
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A Man to Remember
as George SykesOn the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
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Woman Wanted
as CaseyJust after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...
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The Good Old Soak
as SamA small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.
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Millionaire Playboy
as StaffordA young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.
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Cowboy from Brooklyn
as Pop HardyA singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
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Indianapolis Speedway
as Mr. GreerA champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession...
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy
as DoctorA circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling...
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Hard to Get
as Judge HarknessWhen spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by...
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Wings Over Honolulu
as Grocery ClerkA Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.
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Twelve Crowded Hours
as James McEwenAn ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
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Next Time I Marry
as H.E. CrockerHeiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain...
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The Great Man Votes
as The MayorIn 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from...
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Youth Takes a Fling
as Mr. JuddMcCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves...
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Waikiki Wedding
as Uncle HermanTony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P....
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When's Your Birthday?
as Judge O'DaySome shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict...
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Men Against the Sky
as Mr. BurdettA draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to...
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The Affairs of Annabel
as Mr. FletcherWonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to...
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Sweepstakes Winner
as Pop ReynoldsA scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes...
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The Wiser Sex
as City EditorA young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been...
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Drunk Driving
as Mr. Jenks (uncredited)In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks...
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Go Chase Yourself
as HallidayWhen a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup...
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Larceny on the Air
as Prof. Rexford SterlingA doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose...
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Women in Hiding
as Dr. BatesIn this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of...
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Pursuit
as Auto Camp Manager"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of...
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Jealousy
as LawyerYvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an...
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The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning
as Mr. BossCarey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all...
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Mr. Chump
as Abner SpragueA naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.
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Romance on the Run
as PhelpsA (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets...
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Pride of the Blue Grass
as Col. Robert GrinerA young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.
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Here Comes Trouble
as uncreditedDonovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a...
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Nancy Steele Is Missing!
as FlahertyAfter being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She...
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The Jury's Secret
as Judge PendegastA reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her...
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Mountain Justice
as Judge CrawleyStalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid...
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Poppy
as Mayor FarnsworthCarny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the...
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Times Square Playboy
as Mort CalhounA stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers...
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The Sap from Syracuse
as Sidney NycrossEllen Saunders is an heiress on a cruise to Europe being pursued by a day laborer mistaken for a...
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Important News
as Sheriff (uncredited)In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's...
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The Captain's Kid
as Sheriff PengastIn this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the...
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Alibi Racket
as HopkinsHow police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.
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Young Mother Hubbard
as JamesForced by the death of her mother to care for her three brothers and sisters, little Mona...
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Under Suspicion
as K.Y. MitchellJack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his...
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