John Miljan
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Miljan (November 9, 1892 – January 24, 1960) was an American actor. He appeared in 201 films between 1924 and 1958. He was the tall, smooth-talking villain in Hollywood films for almost four decades, beginning in 1923. Miljan made his first sound film in 1927 in the promotional trailer for The Jazz Singer, inviting audiences to see the upcoming landmark film. In later years he played imposing, authoritative parts such as high-ranking executives and military officers. He is best remembered as General Custer in Cecil B. De Mille's film The Plainsman. Miljan died from cancer in Hollywood in 1960, aged 67. He was married to Victoire Lowe and adopted her two sons from her first marriage to actor Creighton Hale.
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Samson and Delilah
as Lesh LakishWhen strongman Samson rejects the love of the beautiful Philistine woman Delilah, she seeks...
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The Killers
as Jake the Rake (uncredited)Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the...
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The Jazz Singer
as Host (uncredited)A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family...
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Back to Bataan
as Gen. Jonathan Wainwright ('Skinny') (uncredited)An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.
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The Phantom of the Opera
as Valentin (uncredited)The deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House causes murder and mayhem in an attempt to...
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Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
as (in "The Killers") (archive footage)Juliet Forrest is convinced that the reported death of her father in a mountain car crash was no...
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The Plainsman
as General George A. CusterWild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
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Run for Cover
as Mayor WalshAn ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.
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The Rich Are Always with Us
as Greg GrannardA wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend...
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Sinbad the Sailor
as MogaDaredevil sailor Sinbad embarks on a voyage across the Seven Seas to find the lost riches of...
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The Fallen Sparrow
as Inspector 'Toby' TobinImprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City...
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Son of India
as JuggatAn Indian jewel merchant goes from penniless to wealthy in this story about gratitude.
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New Moon
as Pierre BrugnonA revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
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Walk Softly, Stranger
as Old Man (uncredited)A petty crook moves to an Ohio town and courts a factory owner's disabled daughter.
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Belle of the Nineties
as Ace CarterCabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly...
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Charlie Chan in Paris
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The Big Street
as McWhirter (Uncredited)Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and...
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The Woman Racket
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Bombardier
as Charlie CraigA documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to...
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The Beast of the City
as District AttorneyPolice Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his own corrupt brother Ed...
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Juarez
as Mariano EscobedoThe newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular...
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Blind Adventure
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I Accuse My Parents
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The Sin of Nora Moran
as PaulinoNora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder...
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Queen of the Amazons
as Narrator / Col. JonesJean Preston is determined to find her fiancée, Greg Jones, who went on a safari and didn’t come...
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Emma
as District AttorneyWhen Fred Smith's wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple's...
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White Tie and Tails
as Mr. LatimerWhen his employer goes to Florida, a butler masquerades as a millionaire and winds up getting...
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Free and Easy
as Bedroom SceneGopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to...
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The Oklahoma Kid
as RingoMcCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious...
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Fast and Furious
as Eric BartellJoel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York,...
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The Terror
as Alfred KatmanGuests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".
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Possessed
as John DriscollMarion is a factory worker who hopes to trade the assembly line, for a beautiful penthouse...
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Stampede
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Mississippi
as Major PattersonA young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished...
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The Devil with Hitler
as Chairman - Board of Directors in Hell (uncredited)Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the...
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Inspiration
as Henry Coutant, the SculptorThe film features the leading actress Greta Garbo as Yvonne, an artist's model. Other stars...
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The Unholy Three
as Prosecuting AttorneyA trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
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3 Kids and a Queen
as Boss BentonAn eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She...
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What! No Beer?
as Butch LoradoWhen Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against...
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Empty Hearts
as Frank GormanMilt Kimberlin is a down-on-his luck horse owner, but Rosalie, a cabaret performer (the lively...
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Show Girl in Hollywood
as Frank BuelowBroadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy...
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Private Number
as Sam StappEllen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son...
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The Merry Monahans
as Arnold PembrokeThe film concerns a family vaudeville troupe headed by patriarch Pete Monahan. Because of his...
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If I Were King
as Thibaut d'AussignyKing Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in...
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Paid
as Inspector BurkeMary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she...
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The Lone Ranger and the Lost City of Gold
as Chief TomacheThree Indians were brutally murdered by a gang of hooded outlaws. Each one possessed a silver...
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Obliging Young Lady
as George PotterA woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents'...
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The Devil's Circus
as LieberkindIn 1913, Carl is released from prison, where he served a sentence for stealing. Spurned by his...
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Bride by Mistake
as Major HarveyThe staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic...
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The Way to Love
as MarcoFrancois, a cheerful Parisian bohemian, wants more than anything to be a tour guide in his...
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It's in the Bag!
as Mr. ArnoldThe ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.
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The Secret Six
as Joe ColimoBootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang,...
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Tomorrow's Youth
as Thomas Hall Sr.A look at how his parents' divorce affects the life of a young boy.
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Night Court
as CrawfordA corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a...
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Glorious Betsy
as PrestonVitaphone production reels #2471-2478; third Warner Bros. feature film - the first being The...
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The Poor Rich
as Prince Abdul HamidshanAlbert Stuyvesant Spottiswood and his cousin Harriet Winthrop Spottiswood arrive separately at...
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Queen of the Mob
as PanMa Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...
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Double Cross
as Nick TaggartA disgraced cop aims to reclaim his honor by nailing a corrupt crime boss.
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Queen of the Night Clubs
as Grant - LawyerIrked by the success of a brassy nightclub owner. her rivals set out to drive her out of...
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Apache Warrior
as Chief NantanAn Apache brave vows revenge when he feels betrayed by the U.S. Army.
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The Texas Rangers Ride Again
as Carter DangerfieldWith thousands of cattle being rustled from White Sage ranch the 1930's Texas Rangers are called...
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Young and Beautiful
as Gordon DouglasBob Preston, publicity man for Superba Pictures, uses his publicity skills in an attempt to make...
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The Kid from Spain
as PanchoEddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the...
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Not So Dumb
as (uncredited)Not-so-smart chatterbox Dulcy Parker does and says all the wrong things, but they right...
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Arsène Lupin
as Prefect of PoliceA charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he...
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Emergency Squad
as Slade WileyBetty Bryant is an ambitious newspaper reporter in love with Dan Barton, a member of a big-city...
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Murder at Glen Athol
as Bill HoltA famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is...
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Untamed
as BennockIn her first Talkie, Joan Crawford plays Bingo, a jungle-raised oil heiress, who turns Manhattan...
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A Man's Man
as John Miljan (uncredited)An aspiring actress goes to Hollywood to make movies and marries a soda jerk.
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Flesh
as WillardGifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to...
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Arizona Mahoney
as Cameron LloydWhen Sue Bixby becomes his new boss, stagecoach robber Talbot reforms and goes after her rustled...
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Bonzo Goes to College
as Wilbur CraneWhen Bonzo turns out to be the answer to the football teams troubles, the only solution is to...
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Sutter's Gold
as Gen. Juan Bautista AlvaradoStory of the gold strike on an immigrant's property that started the 1849 California Gold Rush.
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Hell Divers
as Lt. Cmdr. Jack GriffinThe story of two Naval crewmen who work hard at sea and play harder on land.
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Under the Pampas Moon
as Graham ScottCesare Campo is a hard-riding and hard-loving Argentine gaucho. Yvonne LaMarr is a famous...
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Mule Train
as Judd Holbrook (uncredited)A prospector discovers natural cement and suggests it should be used for a new dam. But this is...
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The Flame
as DetectiveGeorge McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the...
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Gentleman's Fate
as FlorioA bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
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Submarine Alert
as Mr. Bambridge / Capt. HaigasNazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to...
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The Sea Bat
as JuanThe sister of a sponge diver killed by a stingray loves an escaped convict posing as a priest.
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Women They Talk About
as OfficerWomen They Talk About is a part-talkie Vitaphone film, with talking, music and sound effects...
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Prosperity
as HollandLongtime friends become feuding mothers-in-law when their children marry.
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The Last Crooked Mile
as Police Lieutenant MayrinA mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
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Ride a Crooked Mile
as Lt. Col. StuartThe son of a cattle-rustling Cossack immigrant must choose between following the straight path...
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Morals for Men
as WallaceJoe (Tearle) and Bessie (Ayres), living in sin and just scraping by. Bessie thinks Joe has...
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Camera Sleuth
as Herman Taphert (uncredited)In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion...
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The Wet Parade
as Major DoleshalThe evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the...
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Women Without Names
as John MarlinJoyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused...
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Twin Husbands
as Jerry Van Trevor/Jerry WerrendenThe wife of a businessman and his secretary attempt to trick her husband's double into...
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The Nuisance
as John CalhounFast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a...
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Scattergood Survives a Murder
as RolfeRural sage Scattergood Baines (Guy Kibbee) shows big-city newsman how to solve a mystery.
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That's My Man
as SecretaryA poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when...
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Adventure in Baltimore
as Mr. EckertDinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's...
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The Unchastened Woman
as Lawrence SanburyWhen she goes to tell her husband Hubert that she is expecting a child, Caroline Knollys finds...
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The Amateur Gentleman
as Viscount John DevenhamBarbanas Barty inherits some money, sets off to London, meets and falls in love with Lady Cleone...
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Unknown Blonde
as Frank WilsonAn unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases...
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Pirates of Tripoli
as MalekA pirate tries to help a deposed Arabian princess reclaim her throne.
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The Ghost Walks
as Prescott AmesA ghostly and deadly dinner party, which at first turns out to be an elaborate staging of a new...
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The Wild Dakotas
as AntelopeWhen Aaron Baring signs on as wagon master for a group of settlers headed to Montana's Powder...
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Footloose Widows
as J.A. SmithDepartment-store models Flo and Marian set their sights on wealthy young soft-drink magnate J....
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Lost City of the Jungle
as Doctor GaffronA movie serial in 13 chapters, and Lionel Atwill's final film: Following the end of WWII,...
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West of Broadway
as NormanA wealthy soldier returns home after WWI, discovers his socialite fiancee no longer wants to...
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Young Bill Hickok
as Nicholas TowerBill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are...
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Devil-May-Care
as Lucien DeGrignonA follower of Napoleon escapes the firing squad, flees to a woman's bedroom and winds up butler.
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The Yankee Clipper
as Paul de VignyA race between a British clipper ship and an American ship of a new design will determine the...
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The Unholy Night
as Major MalloryWhen a rash of murders depletes their number, a billionaire's employees are brought together at...
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Torchy Runs for Mayor
as Dr. DolanTorchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform...
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Man-Proof
as Tommy GauntA newspaper illustrator tries to remain best friends with the man she secretly loves, even...
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)
as Wayne BurlinghamA young woman runs away from an abusive home and pre-arranged marriage only to be frustrated in...
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Mrs. Mike
as Mr. HowardThis film is based on the novel, Mrs. Mike, which is based on the real life woman, Kathy...
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The Desert Song
as Captain FontaineFrench General Birabeau has been sent to Morocco to root out and destroy the Riffs, a band of...
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War Nurse
as French Medical Officer (uncredited)Women from various backgrounds volunteer as nurses in France at the outbreak of World War I.
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North of the Rockies
as MorganMorgan and his gang are smuggling furs across the border. Both the Mounties on the Canadian side...
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The Crimson City
as Gregory KentGregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.
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The Gentleman from Louisiana
as Baltimore EvansIn Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of...
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Miracle Money
as Dr. JonesIn this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, doctors scam patients with a fake cure for cancer.
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Our Blushing Brides
as Martin W. SandersonJerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But,...
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Forced Landing
as General ValdaneOn faraway Mosaque, an American pilot finds that he is in a desperate struggle with a military...
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Land of the Silver Fox
as James CrawfordRin-Tin-Tin's first sound feature, in which he plays an abused dog recused by a young girl in...
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Wildfire
as Pete FanningFanning has his men rustle horses and then blame it on a wild horse named Wildfire. Happy and...
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Whistling in the Dark
as CharlieA mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist...
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My Official Wife
as NicholasA glittering drama of Imperial Russia in the days before the Revolution and the reckless life of...
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Iron Man
as Paul H. LewisPrizefighter Mason loses his opening fight so wife Rose leaves him for Hollywood. Without her...
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Stranded
as Grant PayneWhen a pretty small-town girl with no talent goes to Hollywood, what could go wrong? She could...
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Gossip
as Bill - Alice's HusbandA husband and wife arguing about which sex gossips more. Just then a friend they both know comes...
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Criminal Investigator
as Edward JudsonA reporter investigates the murder of a showgirl, who was the widow of a millionaire. While...
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In Gay Madrid
as Armada - the ToreroRicardo, a young law student in his home town of Madrid, is a carefree playboy who loves...
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Speedway
as Lee RennyBill Whipple is a happy-go-lucky mechanic for MacDonald who thinks that he is the worlds...
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Border G-Man
as Louis RankinA federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and...
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The Home Towners
as Joe RobertsMan from small town comes to New York to be best man at an old friend's wedding. He mistakenly...
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A Sailor's Sweetheart
as MarkCynthia Botts is the headmistress of a girls' school who has left a fortune on the condition...
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Madame Spy
as WeberMaria is married to Captain Franck of German Intelligence. He does not know she is a Russian...
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The Boss of Big Town
as Kenneth CraigeQuality was seldom a consideration in the low-budget films of PRC Studios; still, the company...
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Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance)A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is...
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The Mad Game
as William BennettBootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to...
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Flaming Waters
as Jasper ThorneAfter several years' absence, the young sailor Dan O'Neill returns to his hometown. He quickly...
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Unashamed
as District Attorney HarrisA debutante's (Helen Twelvetrees) brother (Robert Young) stands trial for killing her no-good lover.
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Remote Control
as Doctor KrugerA radio announcer gets caught up with a fake clairvoyant and his gang of thieves.
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Devil's Island
as André Le FévierA wealthy Parisian surgeon finds himself serving time in a brutal penal colony.
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Whirlpool
as Barney GaigeAn ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
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Are You Listening?
as Ted RussellWBLA is on the air, presenting the live music, the sudsy dramas and the sell-sell-sell of...
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Sailor Izzy Murphy
as The LunaticIzzy Murphy is a street vendor of scents that falls in love with the beautiful woman (Audrey...
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Perilous Waters
as Carter LarkinBecause of his virulent crusade against gambling, Dana Ferris has been targeted for...
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King for a Night
as Walter DouglasA prizefighter is convicted of a murder that was actually committed by his sister.
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Husbands for Rent
as Hugh FrazerA newlywed couple, after six months of marriage, decides that they've made a mistake and plan to...
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Stark Mad
as Dr. MiloAn expedition sets out through the jungle to find a missing explorer, but stumbles upon an...
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Almost a Lady
as HenriMarcia, a pretty young girl, goes to work as a model for a lecherous dress-shop owner. She...
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Pardon Our Nerve
as Duke PageBig Town Girls have dating service jobs long enough to learn that a society matron needs a boxer...
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The Painted Lady
as CarterAfter being released from imprisonment for a crime committed by her sister, Violet is forced to...
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The Satin Woman
as MauriceDorothy Reid -- who before her marriage to ill-fated screen idol Wallace Reid was better known...
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The Desired Woman
as Lieutenant KelloggThe beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When...
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Lady Be Good
as MurrayTwo engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.
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The Silver Slave
as Philip CaldwellBernice Randall, who has forsaken the love of her sweetheart, Tom Richards, to marry for wealth,...
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Politics
as Jim CurangoA widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
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The Voice of the City
as Dapper Don WilkesAn escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to...
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The Cowboy and the Blonde
as Bob RoycroftA western rodeo rider is cast in a starring role in a new Hollywood film, but his temperamental...
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The Deadly Game
as Henri FranckA pre-World War II saber-rattler that finds a munitions inventor kidnapped, a federal agent...
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Innocents of Paris
as Monsieur RenardA Parisian junk dealer has to choose between love and fame after he rescues a boy.
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The Eternal Woman
as Gil MartinOlive Borden returns home to Buenos Aires and discovers her father has been murdered and her...
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Hardboiled Rose
as Steve WallaceA Southern Belle must work in a gambling house to pay off her father's debts, which drove him to...
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The Little Snob
as Walt KeeneMay Banks (May McAvoy) is a working-class girl who gets ideas above her station in life when her...
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North of Nome
as DawsonJohn Raglan is a seal hunter being hounded by hijackers, so he strands himself on an isolated...
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Silent Sanderson
as Jim DowningWhen Silent Sanderson's brother kills himself over the rejection of a woman, Silent blames...
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