Harry Semels
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictures, appearing in several Three Stooges shorts including Disorder in the Court, Wee Wee Monsieur and Three Little Sew and Sews. He also appeared in feature films like Road to Morocco, The Princess and the Pirate and The Kid from Brooklyn. A versatile character actor, Semels often appeared as villains, waiters, soldiers, lawyers, et al.
The Great Dictator
as Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid...
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Baby Face
as Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon...
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Midnight
as Police Officer (uncredited)An unemployed showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian society.
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Twentieth Century
as Poster Artist (uncredited)A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she...
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It Happened One Night
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)A rogue reporter trailing a runaway heiress for a big story joins her on a bus heading from...
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Foreign Correspondent
as Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover...
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You Can't Take It with You
as Man (uncredited)Alice, the only relatively normal member of the eccentric Sycamore family, falls in love with...
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Ninotchka
as Gurganov (uncredited)A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who...
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to...
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Marie Antoinette
as Townsman at Execution (uncredited)The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of...
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Woman of the Year
as Mug (uncredited)Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship...
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Hell's Angels
as Anarchist (uncredited)When World War I breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford university,...
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Thunder Afloat
as Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
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They Drive by Night
as Leo, Cashier (uncredited)Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small...
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Movie Maniacs
as Cecil Z. Swinehardt - DirectorThe stooges arrive in Hollywood hoping to make it in the movie business. They sneak into a movie...
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American Madness
as uncreditedSocially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of...
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Road to Utopia
as Lombardi - Spitting Passenger (uncredited)While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had...
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Dishonored
as uncreditedThe Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
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I Live My Life
as Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
as Race Track Spectator (uncredited)Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...
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Strange Affair
as Man in Police Lineup (Uncredited)Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a...
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Riding High
as Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)A horse trainer who has fallen on hard times looks to his horse, Broadway Bill, to finally win...
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Strange Cargo
as Convict (uncredited)Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
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Missing Witnesses
as Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
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North West Mounted Police
as Half-breed ArcherTexas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him)...
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Moontide
as WaiterAfter a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
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Road to Morocco
as Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the...
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Kid Galahad
as (uncredited)Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the...
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Broadway Bill
as Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons- in-law, Dan Brooks and his...
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Balalaika
as (uncredited)A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary...
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Safe in Hell
as Jury Member (uncredited)To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where...
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Bombay Mail
as Platform ConductorIn India, a police inspector investigates a murder that took place on a train between Calcutta...
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New Moon
as BondsmanA revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
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Midnight Taxi
as Joe, CountermanA federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of...
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Wells Fargo
as Minor RoleIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
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Captain Thunder
as BarflyA notorious Mexican bandit goes all soft and mushy when he falls for a beautiful senorita. ...
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Reunion in France
as R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a...
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More Than a Secretary
as Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)When the co-owner of a secretarial school visits a magazine editor to find out why he runs...
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Our Daily Bread
as Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by...
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A Thousand and One Nights
as Leader of CaravanOn the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp...
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The Wedding Night
as Wedding GuestWhile working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett...
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The Diary of a Chambermaid
as Townsman (Uncredited)Celestine, the chamber-maid, has a new job in the country, at the Lanlaires. She has decided to...
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Weary River
as Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on...
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Phantom Raiders
as Cafe BartenderIn this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers...
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Kit Carson
as AideFrontiersman Kit Carson fights off Indian attacks on the trail to California.
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as NeighborJoe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...
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Damaged Lives
as WaiterAn extramarital affair leads to a young couple contracting venereal disease.
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Seven Sinners
as Antro's Henchman (uncredited)Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her...
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Elmer, the Great
as Waiter (uncredited)Elmer does not want to leave Gentryville, because Nellie is the one that he loves. Even when Mr....
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State Police
as Albert MortonThe state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
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After Midnight with Boston Blackie
as Greek FloristBlackie is arrested when retrieving stolen gems from a safety deposit box for a friend.
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Suicide Fleet
as Havana MerchantThree US sailors aboard a decoy ship fight German U-boats in World War I and try to win Sally...
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Hollywood Round-Up
as Tony PapaliniWhile filming a western on location, the stand-in/stunt double for an egotistical cowboy movie...
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Slightly Dangerous
as Italian at concert (uncredited)Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...
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Give Us This Night
as PrisonerAfter being introduced to the world of opera, a fisherman (Jan Kiepura) falls for a woman...
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Big News
as Reno Henchman (uncredited)A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he...
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The Hard Way
as Passerby (Uncredited)Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their...
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Riley the Cop
as French PolicemanIn this early comedy from John Ford, Riley is a New York Irish cop sent to Germany to track down...
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Flirting with Fate
as Member of Sancho's BandA troupe of traveling entertainers become stranded in Paraguay.
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The Case of the Velvet Claws
as A. G. 'Kicky' KickopopolosPerry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a...
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And One Was Beautiful
as Courtroom SpectatorA teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
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General Nuisance
as Latin America DelagateA millionaire falls for an army nurse, who tells him she likes men in uniform. So he enlists at...
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A Very Honorable Guy
as GreekWell respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an...
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Disorder in the Court
as District Attorney (uncredited)The Stooges are key witnesses at a murder trial. Their friend Gail Tempest, who dances at the...
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The House Without a Key
as SaladineA Pathe serial in ten chapters of two-reels each: Dan Winterslip, a wealthy man in Honolulu, has...
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Torch Singer
as Waiter in BistroWhen she can't support her illegitimate child, an abandoned young woman puts her up for adoption...
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I'll Give a Million
as Man in Cafe (uncredited)After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out...
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The Last Command
as A Soldier (uncredited)A former Imperial Russian general and cousin of the Czar ends up in Hollywood as an extra in a...
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Bridal Bail
as Hotel ManagerWhen a theater offers a free wedding to a couple, confusion reigns.
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I Love a Mystery
as Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)In San Francisco, detective partners Jack Packard and Doc Long are hired by socialite Jefferson...
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Those Who Dance
as HoodA policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.
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I Sell Anything
as Statue Smasher (uncredited)Auctioneer Spot Cash Cutler is planning the scam of a lifetime, but will he get burned?
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Star Reporter
as MikeAn idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.
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Crashing Thru
as Man Who Reports GunfightRenfrew of the Mounties hunts brother-and-sister gold hijackers.
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Ghost Valley
as PawneeA cowboy and a beautiful girl inherit a supposedly haunted gold mine.
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This Is the Night
as Man in the Manhole (uncredited)When Stephen, the husband of Gerald’s mistress, Claire, discovers a pair of tickets for their...
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I Am Suzanne!
as Balcony SpectatorA dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. ...
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Overland Mail
as PanchoOverland mail riders Jack Mason and his pal, Porchy, learn that an Indian uprising is imminent...
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Hot Water
as Barber (uncredited)The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous...
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A Lady Takes a Chance
as GreekA city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget...
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Dizzy Pilots
as Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)The Three Stooges, as the Wrong Brothers, aid the war effort by inventing a new plane in this...
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Badman's Territory
as Bettor (uncredited)After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is...
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The Girl of the Golden West
as Peon ServantMary Robbins is a moderately educated, beautiful, young woman who owns the saloon called "The...
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Sin's Pay Day
as Louie JoeA woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she...
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Night Beat
as Enricco PommettiA young couple finds themselves mixed up with mobsters planning to rob a warehouse.
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The Soldier and the Lady
as Tartar (Uncredited)In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles...
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Midnight Blunders
as Dr. Wong (uncredited)The evil Dr. Wong abducts prominent scientist Dr. Edwin Millstone. Bumbling bank guards Tom and...
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Tiger Shark
as Crewman (uncredited)A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
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Rocky Rhodes
as Dick BoggsRocky Rhodes returns to find his father dead and his best friend Joe accused of the murder. The...
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He Stayed for Breakfast
as CommunistSet in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy...
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He Stayed for Breakfast
as ComradeSet in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy...
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as Saloon BouncerThe Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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Down to Their Last Yacht
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)Left only with their yacht after going broke in the Great Depression, a high-society family sets...
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The Yellow Ticket
as JailerA young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a...
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Make Your Own Bed
as PedestrianWalter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then...
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One Rainy Afternoon
as Clerk (Uncredited)Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes...
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Drum Taps
as Henchman PeteSkinner and his gang are grabbing land from the ranchers. When they go after Kerry's ranch Ken...
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Little Nellie Kelly
as Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and...
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The Chance of a Lifetime
as Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a...
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Human Cargo
as BarretoBonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an...
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Movie Night
as Movie PatronA family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...
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Storm at Daybreak
as Serbian Villager (uncredited)Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the...
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The Gay Desperado
as ManuelOpera singer Chivo is currently playing a singing cowboy, and Mexican bandito Braganza kidnaps...
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Can't Help Singing
as Peon (uncredited)With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young...
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Three Little Sew and Sews
as Count Alfred GehrolThe stooges are sailors working in a ships' tailor shop. When they can't get passes to go...
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Vanity Street
as Italian Street Workman (uncredited)A New York policeman helps a hungry and penniless young woman start life anew by arranging to...
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Young Blood
as Tony MurulloA reformed gunfighter battles a crooked sheriff who used to be a member of his gang.
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Here Comes the Bride
as SevierA young man with little means wants to marry a rich girl, and thinks up a scheme to get rich.
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My Dear Miss Aldrich
as Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)A young woman inherits a newspaper whose editor refuses to hire lady reporters.
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King of the Turf
as Coffee Pot ProprietorMason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death...
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Stone of Silver Creek
as R. J. SimmonsIn perhaps the most tranquil B-Western of the 1930s, Buck Jones, who also produced, plays the...
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Hurricane Hutch
as Jim TiegerleyStory concerns a paper mill, a mortgage and the struggle to obtain the lost formula for making...
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Sally of the Subway
as Leopold Von TrumpCon artists use a member of a European royal family to swindle a major jewelry company.
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Virgin Lips
as PatronIn a banana republic, way south of the Texas border, a dumb-Dora American girl, Norma (Olive...
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Beware of Blondes
as Portugee JoeJeffrey (Matt More), a jewelry store clerk prevents a robbery and, as a reward, given a vacation...
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The Delightful Rogue
as HymieA modern-day pirate vies with a society playboy for the love of a dancer.
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The Black Secret
as uncreditedAdventures of an American Secret Service-girl in search of an important German secret during the...
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Texas Buddies
as Ken KincaidKincade and Blake cause a mail plane carrying a payroll to make a forced landing in the desert....
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Command Performance
as Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)Prince Alexis of Kordovia refuses to do his duty under threat of war. Recently arrested actor...
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King of the Wild Horses
as John FosterColumbia's King of the Wild Horses is a remake of the silent Hal Roach western feature of the...
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The Thrill Hunter
as Henchman Lou NortonA blowhard cowboy talks himself into a job as a movie stunt man.
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The Phantom Foe
as The Phantom FoeJanet Dale feels that there is a danger looming over her home but cannot put her finger on what...
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The Crackerjack
as GuardA pickle salesman finds himself in the middle of a South American revolution, impersonating a...
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I'll Name the Murderer
as LuigiGossip columnist Tommy Tilton, who excels in slinging nonsense about, is not a timid bluffer...
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Hawk of the Hills
as SheckardHawk of the Hills (1927), a ten episode serial, re-edited into a five-reel feature length...
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South of the Rio Grande
as Bandido LeaderSergeant Carlos Olivarez (Buck Jones) becomes entangled in the machinations of an oil baron,...
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Into the Net
as Ivan InvanovitchMadge Clayton, a society girl, mysteriously disappears. The police suspect a master criminal is...
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Plunder
as Jude DeeringVarious groups of people, both well-intentioned and otherwise, search for a buried treasure that...
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Rogues and Romance
as Pedro PezetSylvia Lee, a young American in Spain, is torn between her attraction to dashing revolutionary...
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A Fallen Idol
as TushauThe Hawaiian Princess Laone's love for Keith Parrish is thwarted by social pressure. After being...
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The Royal Rider
as ParveneDick Scott takes his Wild West show to the Balkan kingdom of Alvania where the boy king of the...
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The Revenge Rider
as Henchman RankinCowboy Tim McCoy becomes an instrument of revenge when he discovers his parents have been killed.
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