James Donlan
James Donlan was an American stage and screen actor who appeared in over 100 films between 1929 and 1939.
Design for Living
as Fat Man with Ring (uncredited)An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Morgue Attendant (Uncredited)The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
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The Mayor of Hell
as Sam (uncredited)Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous...
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A Free Soul
as Reporter (uncredited)An alcoholic lawyer who successfully defended a notorious gambler on a murder charge objects...
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Exclusive Story
as Managing Editor (uncredited)A reporter and his newspaper's attorney try to gather evidence that will put a notorious...
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The Whole Town's Talking
as Detective Sergeant Patrick J. HoweOrdinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never...
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Babes in Arms
as Fred (uncredited)Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decides to put up his own vaudeville show with his...
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Crash Donovan
as SmokeyA California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
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The Working Man
as Hartland Company Salesman (uncredited)A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children...
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Back Street
as ProfheroA woman's love for and devotion to a married man results in her being relegated to the "back...
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It Happened in Hollywood
as ShortyA silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
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Pilgrimage
as uncreditedA mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married...
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I Loved a Woman
as Voting Returns Announcer (uncredited)The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and...
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Five Star Final
as uncreditedSearching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print...
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Thirteen Women
as Mike, Detective (uncredited)Thirteen women who were schoolmates ask a swami to cast their horoscopes. The news they receive...
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Sporting Blood
as Jim, a Trainer (uncredited)A horse with great potential is reluctantly sold by the breeder and by chance passes through...
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Boulder Dam
as Nightclub Manager (uncredited)Fate brings a job at Boulder Dam and romance with a saloon singer into the life of a young man...
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20,000 Years in Sing Sing
as First Reporter (uncredited)Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward...
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The Sins of the Children
as Bide TaylorA barber turns down a promising business venture in order to take his sick son to a drier...
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Professor Beware
as Man Reported at MuseumEgyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to...
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Dr. Socrates
as Salesman in CarDr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his...
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Dance, Fools, Dance
as Clinton (uncredited)When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a...
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Here Comes the Band
as Joe (uncredited)In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by...
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Belle of the Nineties
as Kirby (Tiger Kid's manager)Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly...
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The Nuisance
as Photographer (uncredited)Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a...
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The Death Kiss
as Max HillWhen a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin...
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings-on at a horse race track by his...
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The Painted Desert
as Steve - Ore Wagon #2 Shotgun RiderWestern pardners Jeff and Cash find a baby boy in an otherwise deserted emigrants' camp, and...
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Doctor Bull
as Harry WeemsIn this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers...
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Night Work
as Mr. McEvoyWillie, as an assistant window-dresser, is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department...
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The Case of the Curious Bride
as Detective FritzAfter giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in...
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This Is My Affair
as ReporterPresident McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very...
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The Plot Thickens
as JimA priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on...
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Big News
as DekeA reporter's marriage is jeopardized by his drinking and he finds himself accused of a murder he...
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The Bishop Murder Case
as Ernest HeathThe murders start with the body of Robin. He is found with a arrow through the heart, but Vance...
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Murder on a Bridle Path
as Detective KaneWhen the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar...
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Hi, Nellie!
as Evans (uncredited)Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield...
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Life Begins at Forty
as FarmerA small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return...
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Music for Madame
as Suspect with Cold (Uncredited)An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of...
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College Humor
as Marcus LafflinA college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful...
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Now I'll Tell
as Honey SmithA two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his...
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The Fall Guy
as The Bill CollectorJohnny Quinlan is so desperate for a job that he takes a gig as a "bag man" for the mob....
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Danger Lights
as Picnic Barker (uncredited)Head railroad man Dan is as ugly as he is honorable. When he spots a drifter who'd hopped a...
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A Very Honorable Guy
as Mr. O'TooleWell respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an...
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Mothers Cry
as City EditorHaving raised four children alone, widow Mary Williams still manages to love her eldest son,...
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Daybreak
as Drunk Inviting Laura to DanceAn Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
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Penguin Pool Murder
as Security Guard FinkNew York schoolmarm Hildegarde Withers assists a detective when a body of unscrupulous...
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Paris Interlude
as Jones - Times ReporterExpatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...
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The Avenger
as DurantA disgraced former District Attorney plots his revenge on the members of a criminal gang who had...
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Remote Control
as BlodgettA radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.
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Huddle
as Heckler at Game (uncredited)Tony, the son of Italian immigrants, works in a smoky steel mill in Gary, Indiana. He wins a...
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We're Only Human
as CaseyA cop, who plays by his own rules, brings down a notorious gangster.
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The Daring Young Man
as Captain of the Prison GuardThe Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl...
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Traveling Saleslady
as Andy McNeillA toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of...
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What! No Beer?
as Al (uncredited)When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against...
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Hot Tip
as Bill - Racetrack BettorAn amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing...
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The Final Edition
as FreddieA reporter gets the best story of her life when she goes under cover to take down the head of a...
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Under Pressure
as CorkyTwo members of a crew of "sandhogs", men who work on an underwater tunnel project, battle each...
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Dark Hazard
as Man Advising Jim at Dog TrackJim is a compulsive gambler. He meets Marge at a boarding house and they get married. His...
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Beau Bandit
as BuckMexican-bandit Montero and his deaf-mute sidekick Coloso are being pursued through the...
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The Good Bad Girl
as Police Sgt. DonovanA woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding...
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Wise Girls
as Ben WadeEarly MGM talkie about a retired businessman, his headstrong daughter, and the comical...
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Borrowing Trouble
as CaseyThe Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken...
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