James Donlan

Born: 1888-07-23

James Donlan was an American stage and screen actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1929 and 1939.


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The Mayor of Hell

as Sam (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-24

Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous...

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Mystery of the Wax Museum

as Morgue Attendant (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-18

The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.

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Design for Living

as Fat Man with Ring (uncredited)
Released: 1933-12-29

An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.

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The Whole Town's Talking

as Detective Sergeant Patrick J. Howe
Released: 1935-02-22

Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never...

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Thirteen Women

as Mike, Detective (uncredited)
Released: 1932-09-16

Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive...

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A Free Soul

as Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1931-06-02

An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects...

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Five Star Final

as uncredited
Released: 1931-09-26

Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print...

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20,000 Years in Sing Sing

as First Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-24

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward...

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Babes in Arms

as Fred (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-10

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his...

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Sporting Blood

as Jim, a Trainer (uncredited)
Released: 1931-08-08

A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through...

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The Death Kiss

as Max Hill
Released: 1932-12-05

When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin...

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Belle of the Nineties

as Kirby (Tiger Kid's manager)
Released: 1934-09-21

Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly...

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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1936-04-24

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his...

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Pilgrimage

as uncredited
Released: 1933-07-12

A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married...

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Daybreak

as Drunk Inviting Laura to Dance
Released: 1931-05-02

An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.

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The Painted Desert

as Steve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun Rider
Released: 1931-01-18

Western pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and...

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It Happened in Hollywood

as Shorty
Released: 1937-09-07

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

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Dr. Socrates

as Salesman in Car
Released: 1935-10-19

Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his...

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What! No Beer?

as Al (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-10

When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against...

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Night Work

as Mr. McEvoy
Released: 1930-08-03

Willie, as an assistant window-dresser, is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department...

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I Loved a Woman

as Voting Returns Announcer (uncredited)
Released: 1933-09-23

The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and...

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Now I'll Tell

as Honey Smith
Released: 1934-06-07

A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his...

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Here Comes the Band

as Joe (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-30

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by...

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The Plot Thickens

as Jim
Released: 1936-12-11

A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on...

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Doctor Bull

as Harry Weems
Released: 1933-09-22

In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers...

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The Bishop Murder Case

as Ernest Heath
Released: 1929-12-31

The murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance...

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Back Street

as Profhero
Released: 1932-08-04

A woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back...

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This Is My Affair

as Reporter
Released: 1937-05-28

President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very...

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College Humor

as Marcus Lafflin
Released: 1933-07-05

A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful...

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Professor Beware

as Man Reported at Museum
Released: 1938-07-29

Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to...

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Men of Chance

as Clark
Released: 1931-12-26

A gambler falls for a fake countess.

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We're Only Human

as Casey
Released: 1935-12-27

A cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.

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Big News

as Deke
Released: 1929-09-06

A reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he...

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The Case of the Curious Bride

as Detective Fritz
Released: 1935-04-13

After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in...

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Crash Donovan

as Smokey
Released: 1936-08-01

A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.

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The Nuisance

as Photographer (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-03

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a...

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Hot Tip

as Bill - Racetrack Bettor
Released: 1935-08-20

An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing...

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Under Pressure

as Corky
Released: 1935-02-02

Two members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each...

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The Avenger

as Durant
Released: 1933-08-10

A disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had...

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Danger Lights

as Picnic Barker (uncredited)
Released: 1931-01-09

Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a...

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Hi, Nellie!

as Evans (uncredited)
Released: 1934-01-20

Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield...

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A Very Honorable Guy

as Mr. O'Toole
Released: 1934-04-18

Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an...

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Dark Hazard

as Man Advising Jim at Dog Track
Released: 1934-01-31

Jim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His...

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Traveling Saleslady

as Andy McNeill
Released: 1935-03-28

A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of...

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Exclusive Story

as Managing Editor (uncredited)
Released: 1936-01-17

A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious...

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The Working Man

as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)
Released: 1933-04-20

A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children...

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Wise Girls

as Ben Wade
Released: 1929-09-21

Early MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical...

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Beau Bandit

as Buck
Released: 1930-03-02

Mexican-bandit Montero and his deaf-mute sidekick Coloso are being pursued through the...

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Music for Madame

as Suspect with Cold (Uncredited)
Released: 1937-10-08

An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of...

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Mothers Cry

as City Editor
Released: 1930-12-04

Having raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son,...

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The Daring Young Man

as Captain of the Prison Guard
Released: 1935-07-17

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl...

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Borrowing Trouble

as Casey
Released: 1937-12-10

The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken...

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Boulder Dam

as Nightclub Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1936-03-07

Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man...

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Remote Control

as Blodgett
Released: 1930-11-15

A radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.

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The Final Edition

as Freddie
Released: 1932-02-12

A reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a...

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The Good Bad Girl

as Police Sgt. Donovan
Released: 1931-05-20

A woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding...

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Life Begins at Forty

as Farmer
Released: 1935-03-22

A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return...

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Penguin Pool Murder

as Security Guard Fink
Released: 1932-12-09

New York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous...

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The Sins of the Children

as Bide Taylor
Released: 1930-06-27

A barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier...

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Huddle

as Heckler at Game (uncredited)
Released: 1932-05-14

Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a...

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The Fall Guy

as The Bill Collector
Released: 1930-06-15

Johnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob....

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Paris Interlude

as Jones - Times Reporter
Released: 1934-07-27

Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...

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