Jimmy Conlin

Born: 1884-10-13

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jimmy Conlin (October 14, 1884 – May 7, 1962) was an American character actor who appeared in almost 150 films in his 32-year career. Conlin was born in Camden, New Jersey in 1884, and his acting career started out in vaudeville, where he and his first wife Myrtle Glass played the Keith-Albee-Orpheum circuits billed as "Conlin & Glass", a song-and-dance team. They also starred together in two short films, Sharps and Flats (1928) and Zip! Boom! Bang! (1929) for Vitaphone. Conlin made another comedy short without Glass in 1930 (A Tight Squeeze), but his film career started for good in 1933, and for the next 27 years, with the single exception of 1951, every year saw the release of at least one film in which Conlin appeared – at the height of his career, often more than a dozen of them. Recognizable by his small size and odd appearance, Conlin played all sorts of small roles and bit parts, many times not receiving an onscreen credit. In the 1940s, Conlin was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in nine films written and directed by Sturges. His roles in Sturges' films were often sizable and often came with good billing. One of his best performances came in Sturges' The Sin of Harold Diddlebock in 1946, when he played "Wormy", the racetrack tout who convinces Harold Lloyd to have his first drink, setting off the events of the film. The loyalty between Sturges and Conlin ran both ways, and when the former golden boy of Hollywood fell on hard times, Conlin remained a friend, stayed in contact, and helped out in any way he could. Conlin did not make many television appearances, but he did have a regular role as a bartender on Duffy's Tavern, a syndicated series from 1954. He made his final film in 1959, when he played a habitual criminal in Anatomy of a Murder.


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Anatomy of a Murder

as Clarence Madigan
Released: 1959-07-01

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a...

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Fallen Angel

as Walton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-15

An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging...

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Captains Courageous

as Martin (uncredited)
Released: 1937-06-25

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a...

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The Lady Eve

as Third Steward (uncredited)
Released: 1941-02-25

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set...

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The Palm Beach Story

as Mr. Asweld
Released: 1942-08-28

A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife,...

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Sullivan's Travels

as Trusty
Released: 1941-11-30

Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious...

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The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

as Mayor (uncredited)
Released: 1943-12-12

A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild...

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Woman of the Year

as Reporter at Bar (uncredited)
Released: 1942-02-05

Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their...

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Footlight Parade

as Uncle in 'Honeymoon Hotel' (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-21

A fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife...

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The Forest Rangers

as Otto Hanson
Released: 1942-10-21

Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds...

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The Great Rupert

as Joe Mahoney
Released: 1950-03-01

Shortly before Christmas, a family moves into an apartment where Rupert the squirrel lives in...

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On Dangerous Ground

as Doc Hyman (uncredited)
Released: 1951-12-13

A big-city cop is reassigned to the country after his superiors find him too angry to be an...

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It Happened Tomorrow

as Boarding House Tenant (uncredited)
Released: 1944-03-31

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This...

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

as Little Thief
Released: 1944-01-14

Orphaned as a young child and adopted by a band of notorious thieves, now-grown Ali Baba sets...

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Knock on Any Door

as Kid Fingers Carnahan (uncredited)
Released: 1949-02-22

An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the...

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Whistle Stop

as Al - the Barber
Released: 1946-01-25

When beautiful Mary returns to her "whistle stop" hometown, long-standing feelings of animosity...

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Idiot's Delight

as Stagehand
Released: 1939-01-27

A group of disparate travelers are thrown together in a posh Alpine hotel when the borders are...

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Second Chorus

as Mr. Dunn
Released: 1941-01-03

Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both...

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Christmas in July

as Arbuster (uncredited)
Released: 1940-10-25

An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying...

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The Great McGinty

as The Lookout - At Felgman's
Released: 1940-08-01

Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine...

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The Inspector General

as Turnkey (uncredited)
Released: 1949-12-31

An illiterate stooge in a traveling medicine show wanders into a strange town and is picked up...

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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

as Wormy
Released: 1947-04-04

Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team...

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The Way of All Flesh

as Second Hobo
Released: 1940-07-05

Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father...

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Edison, the Man

as Waiter
Released: 1940-05-10

In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story...

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Mourning Becomes Electra

as Abner Small
Released: 1947-11-19

Near the end of the Civil War, the proud residents of Mannon Manor await the return of shipping...

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Old Acquaintance

as Frank - Photographer (uncredited)
Released: 1943-11-27

Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.

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Hitler's Madman

as Dvorak - the Shopkeeper
Released: 1943-06-10

In 1942, a young paratrooper in the RAF returns to Czechoslovakia to encourage his fellow...

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Hail the Conquering Hero

as Judge Dennis
Released: 1944-08-09

Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action,...

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Lost in a Harem

as Arab Follower (uncredited)
Released: 1944-12-01

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic...

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The Shining Hour

as Man Shaving 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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My Little Chickadee

as Squawk Mulligan - Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1940-02-09

While on her way by stagecoach to visit relatives out west, Flower Belle Lee is held up by a...

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The Gay Falcon

as Bartender (uncredited)
Released: 1941-10-24

Having forsaken the detective business for the safer confines of personal insurance, Gay...

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Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum

as Tour Bus Barker
Released: 1940-09-06

A wax museum run by a demented doctor contains statues of such crime figures as Jack the Ripper...

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Nancy Drew... Reporter

as Newspaper Morgue-Keeper (uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-18

While participating in a contest at a local newspaper in which school children are asked to...

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The Seven Little Foys

as Stage Doorman
Released: 1955-09-30

Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love...

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It's a Joke, Son!

as Senator Alexander P. Leeds
Released: 1947-01-15

Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to...

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The Hucksters

as Blake - Blue Penguin Inn Proprietor
Released: 1947-07-17

A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult...

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Out of the Fog

as uncredited
Released: 1941-06-14

A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up...

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Dick Tracy's Dilemma

as Sightless
Released: 1947-05-20

Dick Tracy investigates the theft of a fortune of fur coats, a possible insurance swindle and...

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And Sudden Death

as Mr. Tweets
Released: 1936-06-16

An heiress with a penchant for speeding runs afoul of a traffic cop. Romance develops between...

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Bring on the Girls

as Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Released: 1945-03-30

A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his...

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Tulsa

as Homer Triplette
Released: 1949-04-13

It's Tulsa, Oklahoma at the start of the oil boom and Cherokee Lansing's rancher father is...

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Calling Philo Vance

as Dr. Doremus - Coroner
Released: 1940-02-03

Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft...

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Mannequin

as Elevator Operator (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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Two Sisters from Boston

as Grandpa Chandler (uncredited)
Released: 1946-06-06

Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in...

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Operation Haylift

as Ed North
Released: 1950-05-05

A pilot devises a plan to airlift hay to thousands of ranch cattle stranded and dying due to...

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And the Angels Sing

as Messenger (uncredited)
Released: 1944-04-25

The singing/dancing Angel sisters, Nancy, Bobby, Josie, and Patti, aren't interested in...

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Grand Slam

as Oscar Smelt
Released: 1933-02-22

A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for...

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The Man Who Found Himself

as Nosey Watson
Released: 1937-04-02

Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his...

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The Amazing Mr. Williams

as Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Released: 1939-11-22

Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's...

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Torchy Blane in Panama

as Botkin (as James Conlon)
Released: 1938-05-07

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling...

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Rolling Home

as Grandpa Crawford
Released: 1946-11-01

An elderly rodeo rider, his young grandson and their injured horse help transform the lives of...

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Smashing the Rackets

as Witness
Released: 1938-08-08

Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a...

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Angels Over Broadway

as Pawn Shop Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: 1940-10-02

Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his...

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Comet Over Broadway

as Burlesque Comic (uncredited)
Released: 1938-12-03

Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition.

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Swing Shift Maisie

as Man at Meeting (Uncredited)
Released: 1943-10-01

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and...

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Summer Storm

as Man Mailing Letter (uncredited)
Released: 1944-07-14

It's a tale of power and passions when a Russian siren, who wants the finer things in life,...

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New York Town

as Burt (uncredited)
Released: 1941-10-31

Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York...

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The Town Went Wild

as Lemuel Jones, Justice of the Peace
Released: 1944-12-15

Comedy concerning two feuding fathers dealing with the shocking news that their sons were...

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Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Pete the Hermit
Released: 1947-06-05

Writer Kenneth Magee has bet that he can finish a story at rural resort Baldpate Inn, now closed...

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The Accusing Finger

as (scene deleted)
Released: 1936-11-17

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself...

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No Place to Go

as Rivers
Released: 1939-09-23

An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law,...

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Over the Wall

as Davis' Handler
Released: 1938-04-02

When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his...

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Cross Country Cruise

as Sid
Released: 1934-01-16

A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He...

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The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock

as Magruder
Released: 1959-08-06

In one of his rare performances without Bud Abbott, Lou Costello plays a delivery boy who...

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Rose Marie

as Joe - Piano Player (uncredited)
Released: 1936-01-31

An incognito opera singer falls for a policeman who has been assigned to track down her fugitive...

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College Humor

as Dr. Mandel
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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Broadway Musketeers

as Hobart Skinner
Released: 1938-10-08

Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a...

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Slightly Dangerous

as Bartender at opera (uncredited)
Released: 1943-04-01

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...

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Prison Farm

as Dave, the Grocer
Released: 1938-06-17

Shirley Ross plays an innocent young girl convicted for complicity in a crime committed by her...

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Let's Make Music

as Tim
Released: 1941-01-17

An elderly schoolmarm makes a hit in New York after a bandleader jazzes up her corny song.

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Blue Skies

as Jeffrey - Valet (uncredited)
Released: 1946-10-15

Jed Potter looks back on a love triangle conducted over the course of years and between musical...

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City Limits

as Napoleon, Second Hobo
Released: 1934-04-14

The wealthy president of a big railroad, who's beginning to crumble under the combined pressure...

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The Remarkable Andrew

as Private Henry Bartholowmew Smith
Released: 1942-03-05

When Andrew Long, hyper-efficient small town accountant, finds a $1240 discrepancy in the city...

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$1,000 a Touchdown

as Sheriff (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-04

A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for...

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Hard to Get

as Dour Diner (uncredited)
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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The Bride Comes Home

as Len Noble
Released: 1935-12-25

A penniless socialite is hired by two young men as a front in their plan to start a magazine....

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Two Girls on Broadway

as Poem Vendor (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-19

Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical....

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Living on Love

as Man with Monkey
Released: 1937-11-12

A man and woman, who've never met, are forced by circumstances to share the same apartment. A...

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Cocoanut Grove

as Motel Proprietor
Released: 1938-05-20

Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.

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Obliging Young Lady

as Mr. McIntyre - Linda's Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: 1942-04-01

A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents'...

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A Shot in the Dark

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1941-04-05

A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.

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King of the Lumberjacks

as Jimmy, the Piano Player (uncredited)
Released: 1940-04-13

Outdoor drama about a newly-hired lumberjack discovering that his former girlfriend is now his...

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He Couldn't Say No

as Ambulance Driver
Released: 1938-03-19

A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for...

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It Happens Every Thursday

as Matthew
Released: 1953-04-22

New York reporter Bob MacAvoy is persuaded by pregnant wife Jane to buy a broken-down weekly...

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Dixie

as Publisher (uncredited)
Released: 1943-06-23

A young songwriter leaves his Kentucky home to try to make it in New Orleans. Eventually he...

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Crashing Hollywood

as Crisby
Released: 1938-01-07

A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.

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The Jazz Singer

as Mr. Demming, Photographer
Released: 1953-02-14

A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family...

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The Adventurous Blonde

as Dr. Bolger, coroner
Released: 1937-11-13

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton...

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Handy Andy

as Henry (uncredited)
Released: 1934-07-19

A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a...

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Blondes at Work

as Coroner (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-05

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between...

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Rose Bowl

as Browning Hills
Released: 1936-11-30

Paddy O'Riley and Ossie Merrill, Bellport high school football heroes, enroll in distant...

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Ridin' on a Rainbow

as Joe
Released: 1941-01-24

When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their...

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Hazard

as Manager, Nevada Rest Motel (uncredited)
Released: 1948-05-28

A compulsive gambler bets her freedom against a $16,000 debt to a crime boss…and loses. But...

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She Learned About Sailors

as Irate Neighbor
Released: 1934-06-28

Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shanghai, he...

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Madame Spy

as Winston
Released: 1942-12-11

Joan Bannister is the wife of globe-trotting war correspondent David Bannister. Returning to the...

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Taxi, Mister

as Disgruntled Former Baseball Player for Bay Ridge Turtles
Released: 1943-04-16

The owner (William Bendix) of a cab company tries to foil a racketeer.

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Florian

as Stock Guard
Released: 1940-06-05

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought...

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Petticoat Larceny

as Jitters
Released: 1943-07-17

An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel...

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Prejudice

as Young Joe
Released: 1949-10-17

Joe Hanson, who believes himself to be tolerant of other races and religions, gradually comes to...

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Sideshow

as Johnny
Released: 1950-06-18

A Treasury Department agent on the trail of an international jewel smuggling ring joins a...

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Torchy Runs for Mayor

as Coroner (uncredited)
Released: 1939-05-13

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform...

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Sharps and Flats

as Self
Released: 1928-07-15

Jimmy Conlin and Myrtle Glass perform a short vaudeville routine.

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