Kernan Cripps
Elmer Ballard (July 8, 1886 – August 12, 1953) was an American actor.
Gone with the Wind
as Yankee Soldier in Shantytown (uncredited)The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical...
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Double Indemnity
as Conductor (uncredited)A rich woman and a calculating insurance agent plot to kill her unsuspecting husband after he...
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The Return of Frank James
as Deputy (uncredited)Farmer Frank and his ward hunt brother Jesse's killers, the back-shooting Fords.
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Little Caesar
as Detective (uncredited)A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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The Seventh Victim
as Police Officer Danny (Uncredited)A woman in search of her missing sister uncovers a Satanic cult in New York's Greenwich Village...
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Saboteur
as Man in Movie Audience (uncredited)Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of...
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
as Policeman (uncredited)An advertising executive dreams of getting out of the city and building a perfect home in the...
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The Roaring Twenties
as Cop (uncredited)After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George...
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The House of the Seven Gables
as WorkmanIn 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain...
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The Invisible Woman
as Postman (uncredited)Kitty Carroll, an attractive store model, volunteers to become a test subject for a machine that...
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California
as Shopkeeper (uncredited)"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo,...
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Mr. Lucky
as Detective (uncredited)A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his...
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The Falcon Takes Over
as Doorman (Uncredited)While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police...
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Dance, Girl, Dance
as Night Court Bailiff (uncredited)Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash...
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Fifth Avenue Girl
as Policeman in Park (uncredited)A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his...
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When the Daltons Rode
as Freight AgentYoung lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the...
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Black Friday
as DetectiveUniversity professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving...
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Crack-Up
as First RR Ticket Clerk (Uncredited)Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up,...
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Lady Scarface
as Joe, Police ClerkA Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason...
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Mysterious Intruder
as Kelly (Uncredited)A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder.
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Great Guy
as Deputy (Uncredited)A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being...
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Abraham Lincoln
as Conspirator (uncredited)A biopic dramatizing Abraham Lincoln's life through a series of vignettes depicting its defining...
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Calling Dr. Death
as uncreditedLosing his memories of the last few days, neurologist Dr. Steele is told that his wife has been...
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Broadway Bill
as Policeman (uncredited)Tycoon J.L. Higgins controls his whole family, but one of his sons-in-law, Dan Brooks, and his...
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The Green Hornet
as Radio Car Cop (uncredited)A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious...
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The Falcon in San Francisco
as Police Captain (uncredited)While on vacation, the Falcon is arrested for kidnapping after striking up a friendship with a...
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Let Us Live
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is...
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Main Street After Dark
as Police Scientist (uncredited)A police detective (Edward Arnold) uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket (Selena Royle)...
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Over the Wall
as Prison GuardWhen a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his...
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Alibi
as Trask - PlainclothesmanChick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison....
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The Lady from Cheyenne
as StagehandFictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the...
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Sergeant Madden
as Detective on TrainA dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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The Mystery Squadron
as TomHank Davis, foreman on a huge dam project, enlists the aid of his two flyer friends when a...
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Hi Diddle Diddle
as Brokerage Firm Guard (uncredited)When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's...
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Appointment for Love
as Bartender (uncredited)Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The...
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The Defense Rests
as PolicemanA sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
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The Saint Strikes Back
as Police Sergeant (Uncredited)Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a...
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Six Gun Gospel
as Bill SimmsU.S. Marshal Johnny Mack Brown once again goes undercover in this Nevada Mckenzie series entry...
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Blondie in the Dough
as Harry BaxterBBlondie opens a bakery in her home to help fill the family cookie jar. Her tasty cookies...
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Waterfront Lady
as Detective BatesWhen a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business,...
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Murder by Invitation
as Deputy (Uncredited)The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can...
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The Great Gambini
as DetectiveA millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects,...
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Afraid to Talk
as Arresting DetectiveCorrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them...
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Daughter of Don Q
as Insp. GroganWhen the unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers that an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed...
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Crime Doctor
as TurnkeyRobert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to ...
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The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
as uncreditedA man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.
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Gildersleeve's Bad Day
as Mason - Car 61 Police Officer (uncredited)Gildersleeve has jury duty.
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Rocky Mountain Rangers
as The DoctorFrustrated by their inability to take action against a murderous gang who killed a young boy,...
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She Couldn't Take It
as GuardThe wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the...
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Cross-Country Romance
as Tough at Auto Camp #2A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
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Stone of Silver Creek
as Ben (Bartender) (as Kerman Cripps)In perhaps the most tranquil B-Western of the 1930s, Buck Jones, who also produced, plays the...
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Smart Girl
as O'Brien (uncredited)Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her...
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Juvenile Court
as Policeman (uncredited)Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a...
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I'll Fix It
as CopA power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has...
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Big Brown Eyes
as Police Telephone Operator (Uncredited)Sassy manicurist Eve Fallon is recruited as an even more brassy reporter and she helps police...
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The Scarlet Clue
as Detective (uncredited)Chinese sleuth Charlie Chan discovers a scheme for the theft of government radar plans while...
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The Green Archer
as FrankThe struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on...
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The Undie-World
as GangsterA gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist...
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That Girl from Paris
as Doorman (uncredited)Nikki Martin, a beautiful French opera star, stows away on an ocean liner in hopes of escaping...
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The Gunman From Bodie
as Al, the bartenderThe Rough Riders are after a gang of rustlers. Marshal Roberts is posing as a wanted outlaw,...
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Dr. Broadway
as SergeantA New York doctor saves a chorus girl from a window ledge, twice, and rounds up racketeers.
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Pacific Blackout
as Suspicious Cafe CopFalsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout...
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The Crime Patrol
as Police Detective (uncredited)Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for...
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Little Big Shot
as Policeman #1A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
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The Shadow
as Shipyard & Courtroom CopThe Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself...
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Mary Burns, Fugitive
as G-Man (uncredited)A young woman who owns a coffee shop falls for a handsome young customer, unaware that he is a...
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Strange Affair
as Officer in Patrol Car (Uncredited)Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a...
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Unknown Blonde
as DetectiveAn unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases...
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Angel's Holiday
as Radio OfficerLively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes...
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Blondie Hits the Jackpot
as Officer (uncredited)Fired for messing up an important contract, Dagwood takes a job as a manual laborer for a...
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Key Witness
as Policeman - Coroner's Office (uncredited)A man takes over the identity of a dead man while on the lam from a crime he didn't commit.
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Gang Bullets
as Police Stenographer (uncredited)A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the...
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Playing Around
as Police Sgt. Mulligan (uncredited)New York girl has a dull boyfriend and seems destined for a dull marriage when she meets a rich...
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You're Not So Tough
as GuardThe Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny...
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Gaucho Serenade
as Police RadiomanGene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for...
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Slightly French
as Carnival Barker (uncredited)A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a...
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Federal Operator 99
as Agent Thomas JeffriesJerry Blake (aka Federal Operator 99) teams-up with Joyce Kingston to thwart the plans of...
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The Crime of Helen Stanley
as Gateman (uncredited)An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with...
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Mary Ryan, Detective
as RileyA female police detective (Marsha Hunt) enters jail to gain the confidence of a shoplifter and...
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
as CopDennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita....
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Those Who Dance
as DetectiveA policeman doubles as a gunman to get in with the mob.
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Mr. Dynamite
as DetectiveA ball player takes his girlfriend to a carnival, only to discover a ring of saboteurs.
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Northern Frontier
as Mike - the Bartender (uncredited)A Mountie sets out to infiltrate and break up a gang of counterfeiters.
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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Captain's AideMiss Madeline Fane is a famous California screen star who has been devoted to her baby son...
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Private Affairs
as Doorman (uncredited)A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up...
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Meet Me on Broadway
as Gardner (uncredited)Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a...
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Deadwood Dick
as Jury ForemanColumbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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Girl in Danger
as Policeman (uncredited)Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster.
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The Invisible Killer
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)Reporter Sue Walker has too much inside information on the local gambling rackets to suit her...
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I Hate Women
as CaseyA reporter is frustrated with women after a string of failed relationships. But then he finds...
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Borrowed Hero
as 1st Detective Escorting Dixie (uncredited)A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.
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Swing It, Sailor!
as DoctorComical exploits of two Navy pals, at sea and on shore.
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Rough Necking
as Maitre 'DThe Blondes and Redheads series, June's father forbids her to see her boyfriend, so she sneaks...
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Silver Spurs
as SheriffJanet Allison witnesses Art Holden and his gang hold up the Station Agent. When she identifies...
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Atlantic Adventure
as SeamanWhen reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he...
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The Cowboy and the Kid
as Jim ThomasPenniless drifter Steve Davis finds young Jimmy Thomas just after his father is killed. The two...
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