Leyland Hodgson

Born: 1892-10-05

Leyland Hodgson (5 October 1892 – 16 March 1949), also known as Leland Hodgson, was an English-born American character actor of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in London on 5 October 1892, Hodgson entered the theatre in 1898. In his early 20s Hodgson was part of a touring theatre company, spending his time in the British areas of the Far East, before entering the stage in Australia. In 1930 moved to the United States, where he made his film debut in the Oscar-nominated film, The Case of Sergeant Grischa in 1930.


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The Great Dictator

as Big Bertha Gunnery Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1940-10-15

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid...

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Rebecca

as Mullen (uncredited)
Released: 1940-03-23

Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in...

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The Wolf Man

as Kendall the Butler (uncredited)
Released: 1941-12-12

After his brother's death, Larry Talbot returns home to his father and the family estate. Events...

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The Mummy

as Gentleman #2 at Party (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-22

An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his...

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To Be or Not to Be

as Second Reporter (uncredited)
Released: 1942-03-05

During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's...

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Sahara

as British Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1943-09-22

In Libya, an American tank commander, along with a handful of Allied soldiers, tries to defend...

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Terror by Night

as Senior Conductor (uncredited)
Released: 1946-02-01

Holmes and Watson board a passenger train bound from London to Edinburgh, to guard the Star of...

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The Ghost of Frankenstein

as Chief Constable
Released: 1942-03-13

Frankenstein's unscrupulous colleague, Dr. Bohmer, plans to transplant Ygor's brain so he can...

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Dressed to Kill

as Tour Guide
Released: 1946-05-24

A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing...

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The Invisible Man's Revenge

as Sir Frederick Travers, chief constable
Released: 1944-06-09

A fugitive, dangerous madman reaches an English village where he confronts his former partner...

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Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror

as Captain Roland Shore
Released: 1942-09-18

England, at the start of World War Two. Mysterious wireless broadcasts, apparently from Nazi...

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

as Bobby (uncredited)
Released: 1939-09-01

Having once again avoided criminal conviction, Professor Moriarity develops a murderous plan to...

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My Name Is Julia Ross

as Policeman (uncredited)
Released: 1945-11-08

Julia Ross secures employment, through a rather-noisy employment agency, with a wealthy widow...

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Dark Victory

as Judith's Friend (uncredited)
Released: 1939-04-20

Socialite Judith Traherne lives a lavish but emotionally empty life. Riding horses is one of her...

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The Pearl of Death

as Customs Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1944-08-01

The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its...

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The Invisible Man Returns

as Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: 1940-01-12

The owner of a coal mining operation, falsely imprisoned for fratricide, takes a drug to make...

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The Man in the Iron Mask

as Court Announcer
Released: 1939-07-13

Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised...

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The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

as British Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: 1939-03-29

In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few...

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They Made Me a Criminal

as Mr. Williamson (uncredited)
Released: 1939-01-21

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

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The Sea Hawk

as Officer
Released: 1940-08-10

Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love...

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Love Affair

as Doctor (uncredited)
Released: 1939-04-07

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They...

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Bedlam

as 'That Devil' Wilkes
Released: 1946-05-10

London, 1761. St. Mary's of Bethlehem, a sinister madhouse, is visited by wealthy people who...

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The Two Mrs. Carrolls

as Inspector (uncredited)
Released: 1947-03-04

Struggling artist Geoffrey Carroll meets Sally while on holiday in the country. A romance...

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The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

as Thomas, the butler
Released: 1942-03-27

Private eye Jerry Church is hired by a criminal defense lawyer after five mobsters he has gotten...

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Repeat Performance

as Ship Steward
Released: 1947-05-22

On New Year's Eve 1946, Sheila Page kills her husband Barney. She wishes that she could relive...

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All This, and Heaven Too

as Captain (uncredited)
Released: 1940-07-05

When lovely and virtuous governess Henriette Deluzy comes to educate the children of the...

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Strange Confession

as uncredited
Released: 1945-10-05

A scientist who is working on a cure for influenza is victimized by his unscrupulous boss, who...

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Around the World

as British Major
Released: 1943-11-27

Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl...

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Singapore

as British Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1947-08-13

After the war, Matt Gordon returns to Singapore to retrieve a fortune in smuggled pearls....

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

as Butler (uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-17

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run...

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Confession

as Leading Man in Opera (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-19

Vera Kowalska is put on trial for murdering concert pianist Michael Michailow. In court it is...

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The Son of Monte Cristo

as Wedding Guard (Uncredited)
Released: 1940-12-05

Rightful owner of the kingdom, the Duchess of Zona, is engaged in a power struggle with the evil...

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Hangover Square

as Det. Sgt. Lewis (uncredited)
Released: 1945-02-07

When composer George Harvey Bone wakes with no memory of the previous night and a bloody knife...

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Raffles

as Bobby
Released: 1939-11-11

Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring...

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The Gang's All Here

as Butler (uncredited)
Released: 1943-12-24

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

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Three Strangers

as Police Inspector in Pub
Released: 1946-01-28

On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy...

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The Rains Came

as Doctor (uncredited)
Released: 1939-09-15

Indian aristocrat Rama Safti returns from medical training in the U.S. to give his life to the...

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Cowboy from Brooklyn

as Reporter at Train Station
Released: 1938-07-09

A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.

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Kidnapped

as Officer
Released: 1938-05-27

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour joins rebel Alan Breck Stewart in 18th-century...

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Lillian Russell

as Hotel Clerk
Released: 1940-05-24

Alice Faye plays the title role in this 1940 film biography of the early-20th-century stage star.

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The Secret Heart

as Purser
Released: 1946-12-25

Penny Addams lives in a constant state of depression stemming from the trauma of her father's...

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Mr. Moto's Last Warning

as Captain Bert Hawkins
Released: 1939-01-20

A Japanese man claiming to be Mr. Moto, of the International Police, is abducted and murdered...

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Murder Over New York

as Robert Boggs
Released: 1940-12-13

When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in...

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A Woman's Vengeance

as First Warder
Released: 1948-03-02

A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other...

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The Howards of Virginia

as British Officer
Released: 1940-09-19

Beautiful young Virginian Jane steps down from her proper aristocratic upbringing when she...

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Allegheny Uprising

as Trial Judge Who Protests
Released: 1939-11-10

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of...

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International Lady

as Sergeant Moulton
Released: 1941-10-16

Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and...

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They Met in Bombay

as Car Driver (uncredited)
Released: 1941-06-27

A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in...

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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

as Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1939-07-07

Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of...

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Black Beauty

as Auctioneer
Released: 1946-08-29

Based on Anna Sewell's novel. In rural England of the 1880's, widower Squire Wendon is rearing...

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Under Nevada Skies

as Tom Craig
Released: 1946-08-26

Rodeo star Roy Rogers returns home to find that his old friend Tom Craig has been murdered after...

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Singapore Woman

as Sullivan, Mine Foreman (uncredited)
Released: 1941-05-17

A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.

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British Intelligence

as Lord Sudbury
Released: 1939-11-10

During WWI pretty German master spy Helene von Lorbeer is sent undercover to London to live with...

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We Are Not Alone

as Detective
Released: 1939-11-25

A British doctor and his son's Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his...

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Kiss the Blood Off My Hands

as Tipster
Released: 1948-10-30

Bill Saunders, a former prisoner of war living in England, whose experiences have left him...

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Daughters Courageous

as Actor in Show (uncredited)
Released: 1939-06-23

Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam...

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Trouble for Two

as Captain Rich (as Leland Hogdson)
Released: 1936-05-29

A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London...

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Love Is a Headache

as George, Odell's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-14

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some...

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The Man I Married

as Announcer
Released: 1940-08-09

An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.

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The Case of the Black Parrot

as Parks
Released: 1941-01-09

Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased...

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The Frozen Ghost

as Doctor in audience (uncredited)
Released: 1945-06-01

When a man dies of a heart attack, a stage and radio mentalist believes he has willed him to die...

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Kitty

as Passerby (uncredited)
Released: 1945-10-16

Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork...

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Over the Wall

as Defense Counsel
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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The Eagle and the Hawk

as Lt. Kingsford
Released: 1933-05-06

The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental...

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Eternally Yours

as Captain Vickers
Released: 1939-10-07

Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say...

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Escape from Hong Kong

as Major Reeves
Released: 1942-05-15

Three American vaudeville entertainers become involved with spies in Hong Kong, just before...

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Arise, My Love

as Uniformed English Correspondent (Uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-08

A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as...

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Journey for Margaret

as The Censor (uncredited)
Released: 1942-12-17

An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening...

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Mysterious Mr. Moto

as Sergeant
Released: 1938-09-17

The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.

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The Solitaire Man

as Co-Pilot Whittaker
Released: 1933-09-22

An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are...

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Enter Arsène Lupin

as Constable Ryder
Released: 1944-11-24

A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She herself doesn't know...

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Ladies of the Jury

as Chauncey Gordon (uncredited)
Released: 1932-02-02

Society matron Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane is selected as a juror in the trial of former...

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This Above All

as Policeman
Released: 1942-05-12

In 1940 England, aristocratic Prudence Cathaway alarms her snobbish parents by joining the WAF...

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Calcutta

as Police Officer (uncredited)
Released: 1946-12-20

Neale and Pedro fly cargo between Chungking and Calcutta. When their buddy Bill is murdered they...

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A Feather in Her Hat

as Leading Man (uncredited)
Released: 1935-10-25

After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his...

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Assignment in Brittany

as Commando (uncredited)
Released: 1943-03-11

A French Resistance fighter discovers he's a dead ringer for a Nazi official.

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Susannah of the Mounties

as Randall
Released: 1939-06-13

This classic family drama stars Shirley Temple as young orphan Susannah Sheldon, the sole...

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Second Fiddle

as Henry
Released: 1939-06-30

Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back...

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Beloved Enemy

as Hawkins
Released: 1936-12-25

In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace...

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I Was an Adventuress

as Englishman at Exhibit (uncredited)
Released: 1940-05-10

Posing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her...

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The Challenge

as Sergeant Shubeck
Released: 1948-04-02

Bulldog Drummond investigates the murder of a sea captain who died before revealing the location...

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Two Tickets to London

as Ives (uncredited)
Released: 1943-06-14

Accused of helping an enemy submarine, a man escapes and joins a beautiful girl in trying to...

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Captain Caution

as English Ship's Brig Officer
Released: 1940-08-09

When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the...

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The Girl on the Front Page

as Elevator-Rider
Released: 1936-09-26

The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and...

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Pack Up Your Troubles

as British Observer
Released: 1939-10-24

Three American soldiers help a young girl deliver a secret message across enemy lines.

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Frenchman's Creek

as Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1944-09-20

An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home...

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Romance Road

as Inspector Ramsey (uncredited)
Released: 1938-01-29

A Royal Canadian Mounted Police sergeant must mediate a land rights dispute between an advancing...

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Peg o' My Heart

as Detective #1 (uncredited)
Released: 1933-05-26

Peg and her father live a simple life in an Irish fishing village. One day Sir Gerald arrives at...

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The Man in Half Moon Street

as Dr. G.B. Albertson
Released: 1945-01-19

A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.

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The Adventurous Blonde

as Harvey Hammond
Released: 1937-11-13

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

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The Girl from Mandalay

as Lumberman
Released: 1936-04-19

John Foster and Kenneth Grainger are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When...

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The Witness Vanishes

as Dade
Released: 1939-09-22

In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of...

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Buck Benny Rides Again

as Waiter
Released: 1940-05-31

Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling...

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The Imperfect Lady

as Bobby
Released: 1946-11-29

A British peer's romance with a ballerina courts scandal in 1890s London.

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Scotland Yard

as Henderson
Released: 1941-04-03

Inspector Cork pursues a bank robber who serves in the army and receives facial injuries. After...

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Swing, Sister, Swing

as Louie - the Headwaiter
Released: 1938-12-16

In this musical comedy, two star-struck small town kids head for the Big Apple and become famous...

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Call It a Day

as Sir Harold (uncredited)
Released: 1937-04-17

The various members of the middle-class Hilton family have a series of romantic misadventures...

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Under-Cover Man

as Gillespie
Released: 1932-12-02

When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover...

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House of Mystery

as Phil Moore
Released: 1931-12-16

Two hunters discover a dead young woman in a cabin in the woods.One of them being the sheriff,...

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The Case of Sergeant Grischa

as Lieutenant Winfried (as Layland Hodgson)
Released: 1930-02-23

This film earned an Oscar nomination for Sound Recording. It is the only film nominated in this...

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He Married His Wife

as Waiter
Released: 1940-01-19

Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His...

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One in a Million

as Aunt Helen's Butler
Released: 1935-03-21

A department store clerk, wrongly accused of stealing by her lecherous boss, becomes involved in...

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Mystery Sea Raider

as Listener
Released: 1940-10-26

June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother...

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