Joseph W. Girard
Joseph W. Girard was an American screen actor. He appeared in more than 280 films between 1911 and 1944. He was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.
Sergeant York
as General John J. Pershing (uncredited)Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is...
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The Crowd
as Member of Board of Directors (uncredited)John, an ambitious but undisciplined New York City office worker, meets and marries Mary. They...
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Dishonored
as uncreditedThe Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
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While the City Sleeps
as Captain of DetectivesA tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an...
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The Secret Six
as Official (uncredited)Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang,...
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The Hurricane Express
as The Railroad DetectiveThe Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father....
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Hello Cheyenne!
as Fremont CodyRival telephone crews are in a race to be the first to connect telephone service between...
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Strictly Dishonorable
as OfficerA hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor,...
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The Code of the Scarlet
as RCMP InspectorAssigned to catch a gang of outlaws, officers Bruce Kenton and Paddy Halloran rescue Helen...
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20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
as Major CameronCaptain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over...
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'49–'17
as Judge BrandA judge who had taken part in the gold rush of 1849 hires an acting troupe to recreate the...
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Mission to Moscow
as American Senator (uncredited)Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns...
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Officer Thirteen
as Chief of Police KramerA motorcycle policeman's partner is deliberately run off the road and killed by a member of a...
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The Sin of Nora Moran
as Captain of DetectivesNora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder...
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Navy Secrets
as Navy CaptainAfter a stamp-collecting Navy chief petty officer is jailed following FBI and Naval Justice...
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Troopers Three
as Capt. HarrisEddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny',...
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Captain Midnight
as Major Steel (as Joe Girard)Secret Service Major Steel is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain...
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The Lighthouse by the Sea
as Inspector #1 (as Joseph Gerard)A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out...
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The Secret Code
as Col. DrakeA superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and...
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The Fighting Trooper
as RCMP Inspector O'KeefeWhen the Ranger Sergeant returns murdered with a note that LaFarge did it, Trooper Burke sets...
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Outlawed Guns
as Sheriff Rocky Ellsworth (as Jos. W. Girard)Outlawed Guns stars Buck Jones as Reece Rivers, the nice-guy older brother of headstrong Babe...
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The Green Archer
as Inspector RossThe struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on...
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Ride 'em, Cowgirl
as 'Ruf' RicksonSandy Doyle, gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the...
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The Big Stampede
as Major ParkerDeputy Sheriff John Steele recruits bandit Sonora Joe to help him find out who's been bumping...
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The Murder in the Museum
as Police Commissioner BrandonWhen a city councilman is murdered while investigating allegations of drug dealing going on a a...
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Social Error
as Edward Bentley, Sr.A wild college student gets in fights, steals cars, is caught by the police and finally expelled...
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Sons of the Saddle
as Martin StavnowJim Brandon, foreman of the Wind River Ranch, owned by Martin Stavnow, is in love with Ronnie,...
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The Leatherneck
as Court-Martial Officer (as Joseph Girard)A film about male bonding. At the end of WW I, two Americans befriend a simple minded German and...
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The Spider Returns
as Police Commissioner KirkThe evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the...
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King of the Rodeo
as Harlan (as Joe Girard)A Montana cowboy battles lowlifes while preparing for a competition in Chicago.
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The Drag-Net
as Thomas J. Harrison, District AttorneyA playboy takes a job as an assistant district attorney, finds himself up against a tough crime...
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Partners in Crime
as Chief of PoliceAfter being dismissed for imitating his boss's voice on radio, former Assistant District...
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The Ivory-Handled Gun
as Pat MooreBuck Ward and the Wolverine Kid, who each own one of the ivory handled guns, continue the feud...
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Men of Action
as OfficialA villainous banker and his hired saboteurs attempt to thwart construction of Sweetwater Dam.
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Frontier Scout
as Dr. LawrenceGen. Ulysses S. Grant has a job for Wild Bill Hickok (George Houston) and his sidekick (Al St....
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The Girl of the Golden West
as AshbyA hard-bitten saloon girl falls for a dashing outlaw, and tries to keep the local sheriff from...
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Danger, Go Slow
as Judge CottonMuggsy Mulane, a waif who wears boy's clothing, jumps a freight train to the country after Jimmy...
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Deadwood Dick
as Government RefereeColumbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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Forlorn River
as Hart BlaineA wanted-fugitive, called "Nevada," is wounded by a pursuing posse of lawmen, and is left to die...
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The Terror
as Supt. Hallick (as Joseph Gerard)Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".
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Held For Ransom
as Police Chief HowellA female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.
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The Fiddlin' Buckaroo
as KerrimanGovernment man Fiddlin' has joined Wolf's gang and Banty has become his friend. When Fiddlin'...
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Unashamed: A Romance
as Dr. MalvinA woman who is in love with her boss entices him to join her at a nudist camp, but his affection...
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Racetrack
as JudgeJoe Tomasso is an Italian-American bookmaker and gambler who, outwardly, is hard but...
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The Midnight Man
as Henry MorganBob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving...
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The Whirlwind
as Mr. ReynoldsAfter years of wandering due to a charge of murder, Tim Reynolds returns to Sagebrush to find...
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The Tonto Kid
as Rance CartwrightLawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as...
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Zenobia
as JurymanA modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming...
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The Two-Soul Woman
as Dr. CopinTwo men, one of them a villainous hypnotist, contend for the same woman, unaware that she...
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Wild West Days
as Judge LawrenceRetired lawman Kentucky Wade and his three buddies, Mike Morales, "Dude" Hanford and "Trigger"...
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Golden Harvest
as Wheat Broker (uncredited)A play by Nina Wilcox Putnam was the source for the empire-building drama Golden Harvest....
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A Huntress of Men
as Fleming HarcourtUpon hearing about a woman dubbed The Huntress because of her wild attention craving ways,...
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Aces and Eights
as Don Julio Hernandez (as Joseph Girard)A card sharp steps in when a Mexican family's ranch is threatened by swindlers and cheats.
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Renegades of the West
as James DowlingA cowboy goes undercover to catch the cattle thieves who killed his father.
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The Mystery Train
as SheriffA group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.
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The Girl from Havana
as DoughertyJoan Anders, a girl detective for a jewelers' protective association, poses as a chorus girl in...
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Diamond Jim
as uncreditedA loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Kentucky Blue Streak
as Prison Warden Carlson (as Joseph Girard)A nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his...
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The Silent Code
as NWMP Inspector ManningNorthwest Mounted Police Corporal Jerry Hale is assigned to take over the district of a...
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Racing Luck
as CommissionerRacehorse-owner Dan Morgan is ruled off the track and out of racing when his horse is doped by a...
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Paid in Advance
as John Gray (the father)In the northwestern wilderness of Alaska, an innocent young girl falls into the clutches of a...
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Blazing Guns
as Sheriff CrabtreeAfter Slug Raton takes Brady's horse, hat, and gun, the Sheriff arrests Grady thinking he is the...
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We're in the Navy Now
as U.S. Admiral"Stinky" Smith makes off with the prize money when his buddy, "Knockout" Hansen loses a fight...
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Crashing Thru
as Steamship CaptainRenfrew of the Mounties hunts brother-and-sister gold hijackers.
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Three Jumps Ahead
as John Darrell (as Joe Girard)John Ford both directed and wrote the story (based on his published work The Hostage), a typical...
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Her Body in Bond
as Benjamin SleethThe cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe...
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Society's Driftwood
as uncreditedWhen Judge Grant sentences Paul Rogers to jail on circumstantial evidence, Paul's sister Lena...
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The Oregon Trail
as Col. DelmontArmy Captain takes a leave of absence to find out what happened to his missing father.....
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The Lair of the Wolf
as Oliver CathcartWidow Margaret Dennis, unaware of the abusive nature of Oliver Cathcart, agrees to become his...
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The Narrow Path
as John MartinBessie Allen, a girl of the slums, dances in the streets of the Lower East Side of New York to...
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Silent Men
as Two-Block Burkett (as Joseph Girard)In prison for a crime he didn't commit, Tim Richards has escaped and is now a cattle inspector....
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Doughboys
as General Hull (uncredited)Elmer, rich society loafer, falls for Mary, but she'll have nothing to do with him until...
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The Fleet's In
as CommandantA girl who works in a dance hall falls in love with a sailor, but he has the wrong idea of what...
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Frontier Justice
as Samuel HalstonWhen Brent Halston returns he finds his father in an insane asylum and Wilton about to foreclose...
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His Fighting Blood
as RCMP Inspector Carstairs (as Jos. Girard)A cowboy's brother falls in with a gang of thieves; when he tries to get his brother out of the...
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Back to the Primitive
as uncreditedJohn Wilton cables his sister Helen in London to leave for South Africa via S.S. China and...
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The Crusader
as Chief of Detectives CorriganGangsters scheme to get rid of a crusading District Attorney by blackmailing him through his...
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The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand
as Lawyer Cromwell15-Chapter Serial about a scientist that discovers a formula for making synthetic gold and the...
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Defenders of the Law
as The Police ChiefA gang of racketeers, with the aid of a high-ranking city official has control of a big-city,...
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Loot
as Pete FieldingWade Hildreth is sent to New York from London to receive a diamond necklace for Lady Gwendolyn...
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Wolves of the North
as John MacLeodSerialized adventures of fur trappers in the Pacific Northwest, as they fight Indians, the...
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Radio Patrol
as Police Capt. John Slater (uncredited)A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing...
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The Double Standard
as Bishop FergusonNewly elected police court judge John Fairbrother is impassioned when it comes to the laws...
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The Night Hawk
as Sheriff MiltonOur Western star begins this actioner rather improbably, as a New York City gangster. But soon...
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Hell Morgan's Girl
as Oliver CurwellRoger Curwell (William Stowell) is disowned by his father (Joseph W. Girard) because of his...
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From Headquarters
as Major (as Joseph Girard)United States Marine Corps Captain "Happy" Smith and Gunnery Sergeant Wilmer lead a squadron of...
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The Outlaw Deputy
as Ed Rutledge (as Joe Girrard)While searching for his friend's killer, a former outlaw (Tim McCoy) thwarts a robbery and...
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Fireman, Save My Child
as Chief DumstonTwo firemen must put up with a variety of travails in their job, especially their chief's...
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What Am I Bid?
as John McGibbonBetty Yarnell lives with her drunkard father in the North Woods mountains. Betty is shunned by...
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Whirlwind Horseman
as Jim RadfordKen and Happy, looking for their friend Cherokee, run into an outlaw gang led by Ritter who have...
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The Risky Road
as Van Belt (as Joseph Girard)Ida May Park started in the film business as a scriptwriter, but in 1917 Universal announced...
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Soft Boiled
as The Ranch OwnerJohn Steele, a rich uncle, threatens to disinherit his nephew, Tom Steele, unless the latter...
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My Woman
as Sponsor (Uncredited)A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.
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The Shield of Honor
as Chief of Police DavisonCan Jack MacDowell, the first flying policeman on the force, save his dad from stop-at-nothing...
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Jack O'Clubs
as uncreditedA tough policeman who patrols the city's worst beat loses his nerve when he believes he has hurt...
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The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen
as Dan FarleyTex is up against a group of hooded outlaws. When he shoots one, he uses the hood to infiltrate...
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A Tenderfoot Goes West
as Dad KeithWellington Pike, author of 'Wild and Bloody Tales of the West', has never been away from the...
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The Sky Spider
as Colonel HawtonThe three Morgan brothers, Glenn, Jim and Buddy are all air mail pilots. The plane flown by Jim...
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Bare Fists
as Harry's FatherHarry's father is killed in a gunfight, and his mother makes him swear he'll never again use his...
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The Lords of High Decision
as uncreditedEven though he disapproves of the harshness with which his father, the Colonel, treats his...
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The Brass Bullet
as Spring GilbertRosalind Joy is a constantly imperiled heiress to a fortune in gold. An 18 part adventure serial
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Ten Days
as uncreditedDick Van Buren, a wealthy young man with a penchant for breaking traffic laws, is arrested for...
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Perils of the Yukon
as Ivan PetrofA silent serial with the following chapter titles: 1. Fangs of Jealous; 2. Doomed; 3. Tricked by...
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Trapped in Tia Juana
as Capt. Holbert - Kenneth's FatherAn American army officer, Kenneth Holbert, is after a Mexican bandit, El Zorro, who he doesn't...
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Sealed Lips
as uncreditedThe Shadow's third movie short, an adaptation from a Donald Van Riper story, "Dying Lips," which...
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Lightnin' Bill Carson
as Banker John MountA lawman captures the notorious "Pecos Kid", who is tried and hanged for his crimes--then starts...
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The One Woman Idea
as Steamship CaptainHe was a great Persian Prince. His Harem was filled with seductive beauties. Yet he loved one...
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Clipped Wings
as Col. A.C. Clayton, Flight SurgeonMickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the...
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A Soul for Sale
as Garet Pendleton (as Joseph Girard)After Neila Pendleton's father dies, leaving his wife and daughter penniless, the avaricious...
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The Voice on the Wire
as Dr. ReynoldsA silent action movie serial consisting of 15 chapters.
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The Heart of Humanity
as Canadian ColonelThe story centers around Nanette, an American girl living in a small Canadian village, who is in...
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Laughing at Danger
as Cyrus RemingtonA young fellow, down in the dumps after a belle breaks his heart, believes his father is setting...
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The Bride's Awakening
as uncreditedA husband orders his wife to keep their marriage a secret, in order to better continue his...
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The Screaming Shadow
as Baron PulskaDirected by Ben F. Wilson and Duke Worne.
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Tentacles of the North
as Dan BlakeTwo ships are caught in the Arctic ice. (Silent Film)
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Fear Not
as Mortimer GildaneBrothers James and Allen Mornington are both addicted to cocaine and both believe that their...
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What Becomes of the Children?
as Detective ChiefGet ready for a roller-coaster trip of emotion with this campy collection from the golden age of...
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Treason
as Gergus NatarreThe enemy's success in smuggling a spy through the lines places the Stratiria armies in a...
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Dangerous Paths
as Silas NewtonDangerous Paths is a 1921 silent film
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Gambling Wives
as Duke BaldwinBank clerk Vincent Forrest loses his savings in a gambling den run by Madame Zoe and her...
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The Man from Nowhere
as Gov. Dudley Ward (as Joseph W. Gerard)Although Dorenzo murders Betty Herron, a jury convicts her brother James, and sentences him to...
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Shotgun Jones
as uncreditedThomas Lattier is a well-to-do westerner in the cattle business. One fine day he sells a herd of...
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Courtin' Wildcats
as Everett ButtsCollege boy Clarence Butts has been sent west by the Doctor to join McKenzie's circus. There he...
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Red Courage
as Joe ReedlyPinto Peters and his pal Chuckwalla Bill ride into town just as the editor of the local...
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Driftin' Thru
as SheriffA drifter hobo is falsely accused of killing a saloon owner
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Man Of Action
as BankerThe Sheriff shoots the robber of the Bank and recovers the money bag only to find it empty....
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Step on It!
as Lafe BrownellBrother of Lorraine Leighton is falsely accused of rustling and murder and shipped off to jail....
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Sam ParkerA cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.
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The Sealed Envelope
as John Biggs (as Joseph Girard)Peter James Slaney, just released from prison, is the only boarder who is kind to Lena, the maid...
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The Third Alarm
as Pensions Board CommissionerThe story of the firemen at Engine House No.8, where widower Frank "Dad" Brooks is the beloved...
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The Marriage Lie
as uncreditedLeft alone and penniless after her father dies, Eileen Orton attempts suicide. Douglas Seward,...
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The Eagle's Talons
as Burton ThorneA stirring drama of Wall Street manipulation of the world's wheat supply, which leads the...
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The Silent Hero
as John StoddardBud Taylor loves Mary Stoddard but is leaving for Alaska in search of gold, leaving a police-dog...
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Outlaw Rule
as Banker Payton (as Joseph Girard)A rancher, frustrated with constant cattle rustling and the inability of the local sheriff to...
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Lovebound
as David BelwynBesse Belwin works as a stenographer for district attorney John Mobley. It doesn't take long for...
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Whispering Sage
as Hugh Acklin (as Joseph Girard)This silent Western featured a group of Basque settlers terrorized by a greedy land baron...
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Flying High
as Col. Rockliffe OwensWhile taking a joyride with his sweetie Patricia, daredevil pilot Roy Cummins witnesses the...
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Nan of the North
as Yukon HaysA Canadian Mountie and a young girl team up to prevent an evil couple from finding a fallen...
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Out of the Storm
as The WardenOut of the Storm is a 1926 silent drama.
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A Yankee Go Getter
as Nicholas LanzaPopular action heroine Neva Gerber played the dual roles of Lucia and Vera Robilant in this...
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Where Is This West?
as Lawyer Browns (as Joseph Girard)John Harley leaves his milkman job to take possession of half of a cattle ranch while waitress...
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