Granville Bates

Born: 1882-01-06

Granville Bates (January 7, 1882 - July 8, 1940) was an American actor.


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The Mortal Storm

as Professor Berg
Released: 1940-06-20

The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s....

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Make Way for Tomorrow

as Mr. Hunter (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-09

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed....

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Brother Orchid

as Pattonsville Superintendent
Released: 1940-06-07

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill...

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My Favorite Wife

as Judge Walter Bryson
Released: 1940-05-17

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of...

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Of Mice and Men

as Carlson
Released: 1939-12-24

An intellectually disabled giant and his level headed guardian find work at a sadistic cowboy's...

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I Live My Life

as Yacht Captain (Uncredited)
Released: 1935-10-04

A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.

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Green Light

as Sheriff
Released: 1937-02-20

A brilliant young surgeon takes the blame for a colleague when a botched surgery causes a...

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The Plainsman

as Van Ellyn
Released: 1936-11-16

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

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They Won't Forget

as Detective Pindar
Released: 1937-07-14

A southern town is rocked by scandal when teenager Mary Clay is murdered on Confederate...

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Mr. Chump

as Abner Sprague
Released: 1938-08-08

A naive young trumpet player inadvertently becomes involved with bank embezzlers. Comedy.

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The Great O'Malley

as Jake - Bar Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-13

His role in the plight of an unemployed man (Humphrey Bogart) and his disabled daughter...

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Wells Fargo

as Bradford, banker
Released: 1937-12-31

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...

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The Great Man Votes

as The Mayor
Released: 1939-01-13

In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from...

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Eternally Yours

as Ship Captain
Released: 1939-10-07

Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say...

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Flowing Gold

as Charles Hammond
Released: 1940-08-24

In the American oilfields, a fugitive from justice's destiny is intertwined with the fortunes...

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Poppy

as Mayor Farnsworth
Released: 1936-06-17

Carny con artist and snake-oil salesman Eustace McGargle tries to stay one step ahead of the...

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Waikiki Wedding

as Uncle Herman
Released: 1937-03-23

Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P....

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It Happened in Hollywood

as Sam Bennett
Released: 1937-09-07

A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.

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Hard to Get

as Judge Harkness
Released: 1938-11-05

When spoiled young heiress Maggie Richards tries to charge some gasoline at an auto camp run by...

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Blackwell's Island

as Stuart Granger
Released: 1939-01-24

A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.

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Mountain Justice

as Judge Crawley
Released: 1937-04-24

Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid...

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A Man to Remember

as George Sykes
Released: 1938-10-14

On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.

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Mannequin

as Mr. Gebhart (Uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-21

Jessie, a young working class woman, seeks to improve her life by marrying her boyfriend, only...

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Fast and Furious

as Chief Miller
Released: 1939-10-06

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York,...

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Nancy Steele Is Missing!

as Flaherty
Released: 1937-03-12

After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She...

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Millionaire Playboy

as Stafford
Released: 1940-03-14

A young millionaire gets hiccups whenever he kisses a pretty woman.

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Next Time I Marry

as H.E. Crocker
Released: 1938-12-09

Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain...

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The Good Old Soak

as Sam
Released: 1937-04-23

A small town drunk beats a teetotal banker guilty of a shady transaction.

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Midnight

as Richard McGrath
Released: 1934-03-07

Jury foreman Edward Weldon's questioning leads to the death sentence for Ethel Saxon. His...

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Brother Rat and a Baby

as First Doctor
Released: 1940-01-13

Three comrades graduate from Viriginia Military Institute. Bing has a chance to return to VMI as...

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Woman Wanted

as Casey
Released: 1935-08-02

Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...

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Garden of the Moon

as Angus McGillicuddy
Released: 1938-09-23

Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by...

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The Shining Hour

as Second Man on Plane (uncredited)
Released: 1938-11-18

A nightclub dancer shakes the foundations of a wealthy farming family after she marries into it.

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When's Your Birthday?

as Judge O'Day
Released: 1937-02-19

Some shady characters discover that a sad sack nightclub bus boy has the ability to predict...

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Indianapolis Speedway

as Mr. Greer
Released: 1939-08-05

A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession...

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Here Comes Trouble

as uncredited
Released: 1936-02-21

Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a...

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Women in Hiding

as Dr. Bates
Released: 1940-06-22

In this Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young woman wants to save her baby, but is afraid of...

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Larceny on the Air

as Prof. Rexford Sterling
Released: 1937-01-11

A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose...

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The Smiling Lieutenant

as Bill Collector (uncredited)
Released: 1931-08-01

An amorous lieutenant is forced to marry a socially awkward princess, though he tries to keep...

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The Jury's Secret

as Judge Pendegast
Released: 1938-01-16

A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her...

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Espionage Agent

as Phineas T. O'Grady
Released: 1939-09-30

When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the...

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Beloved Enemy

as Ryan
Released: 1936-12-25

In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace...

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Woman in the Dark

as Sheriff Fred Grant
Released: 1934-11-08

A recently released prisoner lives alone in his cabin so that his bad temper won't get him back...

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Naughty But Nice

as Judge Kennith B. Walters, Superior Court
Released: 1939-06-23

Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and...

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Important News

as Sheriff (uncredited)
Released: 1936-02-29

In this short film, a small-town newspaper editor struggles with what to publish on his paper's...

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Private Affairs

as Judge Samuel Elmer Hamilton
Released: 1940-07-05

A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up...

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Young Dr. Kildare

as Harry Cook (uncredited)
Released: 1938-10-14

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a...

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Go Chase Yourself

as Halliday
Released: 1938-04-22

When a bank is robbed, a not-so-bright teller is wrongly suspected of being part of the holdup...

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Charlie McCarthy, Detective

as Judge Black
Released: 1939-12-22

Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter...

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Wings Over Honolulu

as Grocery Clerk
Released: 1937-05-16

A Navy pilot gets involved in a romantic triangle while stationed in Hawaii.

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Chatterbox

as Philip Greene Sr.
Released: 1936-01-17

Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama...

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Jealousy

as Lawyer
Released: 1929-09-13

Yvonne, proprietor of a Paris gown shop, marries Pierre, a poor artist, concealing from him an...

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Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Pop Hardy
Released: 1938-07-09

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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Honor Among Lovers

as Clark
Released: 1931-02-28

Jerry Stafford falls for his secretary, Julia Traynor, but instead she marries a shady character...

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The Perfect Specimen

as Hooker - Garage Owner
Released: 1937-10-23

Raised in seclusion to be the epitome of mental, physical and moral perfection, Gerald Beresford...

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Youth Takes a Fling

as Mr. Judd
Released: 1938-09-22

McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves...

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Let's Get Married

as Hank Keith
Released: 1937-04-14

Let's Get Married is a 1937 American comedy film starring Ida Lupino, who plays the daughter of...

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Drunk Driving

as Mr. Jenks (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-28

In this Crime Does Not Pay series entry, John Jones is an up and coming businessman who drinks...

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The Sap from Syracuse

as Sidney Nycross
Released: 1930-07-26

Ellen Saunders is an heiress on a cruise to Europe being pursued by a day laborer mistaken for a...

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The Affairs of Annabel

as Mr. Fletcher
Released: 1938-09-09

Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to...

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Back in Circulation

as Dr. Evans
Released: 1937-08-27

Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival...

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13 Hours by Air

as Pop Andrews
Released: 1936-04-30

Womanizer and airline pilot Jack Gordon must fly the world's fastest airliner from New York to...

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The Wiser Sex

as City Editor
Released: 1932-03-14

A young woman goes undercover to gather evidence to free her boyfriend, an attorney who has been...

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Romance on the Run

as Phelps
Released: 1938-05-11

A (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets...

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Under Suspicion

as K.Y. Mitchell
Released: 1937-11-22

Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his...

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Pride of the Blue Grass

as Col. Robert Griner
Released: 1939-10-06

A young man is determined to turn his beloved racehorse, which is blind, into a champion.

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Sweepstakes Winner

as Pop Reynolds
Released: 1939-05-20

A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes...

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Twelve Crowded Hours

as James McEwen
Released: 1939-02-23

An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.

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O'Shaughnessy's Boy

as Doctor
Released: 1935-09-27

A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling...

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Men Against the Sky

as Mr. Burdett
Released: 1940-09-06

A draftswoman, the sister of an aging, alcoholic pilot, secretly uses her brother's ideas to...

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Times Square Playboy

as Mort Calhoun
Released: 1936-05-09

A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers...

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The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning

as Mr. Boss
Released: 1937-09-11

Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all...

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Pursuit

as Auto Camp Manager
Released: 1935-08-09

"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of...

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The Captain's Kid

as Sheriff Pengast
Released: 1936-11-14

In this children's adventure, the children of a small town are enthralled by the tales of the...

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Alibi Racket

as Hopkins
Released: 1935-09-14

How police interrogation cracks the "airtight" alibi of a criminal.

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Young Mother Hubbard

as James
Released: 1917-10-29

Forced by the death of her mother to care for her three brothers and sisters, little Mona...

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