Murdock MacQuarrie
Murdock MacQuarrie was born on August 25, 1878 in San Francisco, California, as Murdock J. MacQuarrie. He was an actor and director, known for Modern Times (1936), By the Sun's Rays (1914) and Nancy's Birthright (1916). He was married to Claire M. He died on August 22, 1942 in Los Angeles, California.
Bride of Frankenstein
as Sympathetic Villager (uncredited)Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive, not killed as previously believed....
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Modern Times
as J. Widdecombe BillowsA bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again...
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Fury
as Dawson's Friend (uncredited)Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to...
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Dissenting Doctor at Lecture (uncredited)Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He...
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Cat People
as Sheep Caretaker (uncredited)A Serbian émigré in Manhattan believes that, because of an ancient curse, any physical intimacy...
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Woman of the Year
as Head Copy Reader (uncredited)Rival reporters Sam and Tess fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship...
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At the Circus
as Attendant (uncredited)Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay,...
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The Mummy's Hand
as Temple Priest (uncredited)A couple of young, out-of-work archaeologists in Egypt discover evidence of the burial place of...
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Boys of the City
as Man on Sidewalk Watching FightStreet kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.
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Great Guy
as Mr. Marvin (Uncredited)A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being...
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Tower of London
as Councilman (uncredited)In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord,...
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Going Bye-Bye!
as Jury ForemanIn a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence...
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The House of the Seven Gables
as Town GossipIn 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain...
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Diamond Jim
as StockbrokerA loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Cross Fire
as Jim WellsTom and five older respected business men run the Sierra mine. When Tom leaves for Europe to...
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Wild Girl
as Jess Larabee (uncredited)Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small...
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Shakedown
as Attendant (uncredited)A struggling young engineer, Bob Sanderson, refuses to marry the very-rich Edith Stuart until he...
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Gangs Inc.
as 1st Bailiff (uncredited)Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it...
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The Shadow
as RichardsThe Shadow battles a villain known as The Black Tiger, who has the power to make himself...
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Hell Bound
as uncreditedLane and Diane are a young married couple living in a coastal town whose lives are about to be...
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Deadwood Dick
as KenyonColumbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.
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The New Frontier
as Tom LewisIn 1889 pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide-open towns....
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The Return of Chandu
as The Supreme Voice of Ubasti [Chs. 4-12]Chandu consults his crystal ball and sees that Nadji, Princess of Egypt, is in danger. She is...
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Ghost Town Law
as Judge Crail (as Murdock McQuarrie)When two of their Marshal friends are killed, the Rough Riders are sent to investigate. They...
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The Laramie Kid
as Dad BlandWhen Morley has his own bank robbed, Tom tries to break it up. Mistaken for one of the gang, he...
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Sundown Trail
as Executor of the EstateDorothy, and her big city lawyer boyfriend, return to the Lazy 'B' ranch to read her late...
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Stand Up and Fight
as EngineerA southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
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Prison Shadows
as Fight Fan (uncredited)A boxer is framed for murder after an opponent dies in the ring.
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Brigham Young
as Undetermined RoleBased on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to...
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One Man Law
as Ed Grimm, ( as Murdock McQuarrie)Streetor is pulling off a land swindle and wants Thompson on his side. He does him a favor and...
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Back to the Woods
as Judge (uncredited)Set in colonial times, the stooges are convicted criminals who are banished from England to the...
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Pinto Rustlers
as Ed Walton (as Murdock McQuarrie)Tom Evans is a young cowboy orphaned by a band of rustlers. Seeking revenge, Tom pretends to be...
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Terror of the Plains
as Foreman ColeA ranch hand sets out to prove his father is innocent of murder in this B-movie Western starring...
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The Gambling Sex
as ThompsonA wealthy young socialite gets the gambling bug, and soon it goes from being just a fun pastime...
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The Showdown
as ZekeEuropean bad guy Baron Bendor leads some local townsmen in a plot to obtain horses through...
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The Man from Hell
as Sheriff Jake KleinA cowboy recently released from prison is determined to go straight, but he winds up in a tough...
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Wolf Call
as MinerA spoiled New York playboy learns the values of life when he's sent by his father to work in a...
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Troopers Three
as Army OfficerEddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny',...
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Ride Him, Cowboy
as Doctor (uncredited)John Drury saves Duke, a wild horse accused of murder, and trains him. When he discovers that...
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Chandu on the Magic Island
as The Voice of the UbastiOn the mystic island of Lemuria, the cult of Ubasti seek the Egyptian Princess Nadji to...
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An Angel from Texas
as Lone Star TownsmanA pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.
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Son of the Border
as TownsmanAn honest rancher, after killing his best friend who's turned outlaw, takes his pal's orphaned...
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Panthea
as Police AgentA woman sacrifices everything for her husband's career.
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Cheated Hearts
as IbrahimBarry Gordon, the older son of a Virginia colonel, inherits a taste for alcohol--a habit that...
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The Two Gun Man
as Rancher MarkhamMarshals Blackie and Joe, posing as two-gun men, hire on at Markham's ranch. They are after...
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Richelieu
as Cardinal RichelieuBased on a play by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. Originally released in six reels, but later cut to four...
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The Shadow of the Eagle
as Frang the WatchmanThe Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a...
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Mutiny on the Blackhawk
as Bill - a SettlerStory deals with slave-running between Hawaii and California in 1840, featuring a wild mutiny...
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Jackass Mail
as Hickory JakeAn unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
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Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
as Sheriff (as Murdock McQuarrie)When the fiendish Sinclair Sable arranges the kidnapping of the beautiful Benecia Beamish, only...
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The Devil Plays
as Thomas, the ButlerA mystery novelist's detective skills are put to the test when he attends a party where a murder...
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North of Arizona
as Marshal HerronPerrin is a cowboy who comes to the aid of local Indians being swindled out of their gold. He...
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Command Performance
as BlondelPrince Alexis of Kordovia refuses to do his duty under threat of war. Recently arrested actor...
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The Only Woman
as Yacht CaptainA 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.
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Riders of the Purple Sage
as TullLassiter quits the Texas Rangers and spends his life in pursuit of a group of Mormons who...
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Smoking Guns
as TownsmanAccused of a murder he did not commit, Ken leaves the country. Three years later Evans finds him...
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By the Sun's Rays
as John Murdock, the DetectiveThe earliest surviving film featuring Lon Chaney in a major role, By the Sun's Ray's was but one...
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Black Jack
as HolbrookPhil Dolan (aka Black Jack because of his talent at cards), Nancy Dolan, and a rustler all have...
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Stone of Silver Creek
as George J. MasonIn perhaps the most tranquil B-Western of the 1930s, Buck Jones, who also produced, plays the...
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The Silver Horde
as Richard JonesA young man who has proven a failure in business goes to Alaska and enters the salmon-fishing...
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Death Rides the Range
as SheriffA wounded archaeologist crawls into the camp of three kindhearted cowboys. When the cowboys...
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Soul of the Slums
as Prison WardenA young man, framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, is released after serving...
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The Omaha Trail
as Oxen OwnerThe coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.
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I'll Name the Murderer
as Wreck Witness (Uncredited)Gossip columnist Tommy Tilton, who excels in slinging nonsense about, is not a timid bluffer...
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The Penal Code
as LeftyA man is released from prison and tries to get back into life on the outside without his family...
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Man from Montana
as Joel PrestonA sheriff tries to prevent a range war between cattlemen and homesteaders.
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Stormy Trails
as SheriffA rancher caught in the middle of a bank robbery shoots one of the robbers. However, the dead...
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Daring Danger
as Pa Norris (as Murdock McGuarrie)A wounded cowboy catches rustlers who use a trick branding iron.
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Pinto Canyon
as Rancher BarnesIn his final Western for Poverty Row's Metropolitan Pictures, Bob Steele played Bob Hall, a...
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Silent Valley
as BarnesA sheriff tracking a gang of rustlers discovers that one of them is the brother of his fiance.
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The Jury's Secret
as Flood VictimA reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her...
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The Tragedy of Whispering Creek
as The StrangerAmerican silent short movie.
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The Forbidden Room
as Dr. James GibsonFulfilling a promise made to his mother on her deathbed, Dr. James Gibson finds his sister...
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Honor of the West
as Hank (as Murdock McQuarrie)Sheriff Bob Bartlett is called away from the rodeo to apprehend cattle rustlers.
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The Fighting Texan
as Jim PerkinsA rancher finds that his stock of horses is mysteriously being depleted, and discovers that a...
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Canyon of the Fools
as SproulVeteran western performers Harry Carey and Marguerite Clayton appeared in three films together...
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Smoky Trails
as Will Archer (as Murdock McQuarrie)Trailing the men that murdered his father, Bob Archer finds a man in a gunfight. He helps him to...
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The Phantom Stage
as John Scott -Stage Agent (as Murdock McQuarrie)Bob Carson and sidekick Grizzly take a job driving a stage for a line that is being repeatedly...
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Cowboys from Texas
as CongressmanCowboys from Texas is a 1939 American Western "Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by George...
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Captain of the Guard
as PierreA captain of the king's guards secretly works for the rebels.
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Sure Fire
as Major ParkerThe rancher Jeff Bransford returns to his ancestral acres and finds them heavily mortgaged and...
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The Oubliette
as François VillonFrancois Villon, vagabond, poet and philosopher, and his friend Colin, leave the vagabond camp...
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Fear Not
as Allen MorningtonBrothers James and Allen Mornington are both addicted to cocaine and both believe that their...
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The Tonto Kid
as 'Pop' SlawsonLawyer Creech is after the ranch of the dying Cartwright. First he brings in Cahill to pose as...
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The Arizona Terror
as Joe MooreCaptain Porter's scheme is to buy livestock and then have his men show up later to kill the...
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The Old Doctor
as Old Doctor JonesObscured by modesty and the ethics of the old school, old Doctor Jones, a master of his...
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Discord and Harmony
as Old Felix - the ComposerJoy reigns in a colony of struggling artists because Old Felix, a composer, has at last sold one...
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Jacques of the Silver North
as Jim Blake"Half-breed" trapper Jacques LaRouge is infatuated with Memory Baird (Fritzi Brunette), the...
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Ashes of Vengeance
as CarlotteThis historical piece, set in the Huguenot days of France, is Norma Talmadge's 37th feature film...
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Near the Trail's End
as Dan CatherBart Morgan controls the town of Cactus City and is keeping all men away from Jane Rankin. When...
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When Lightning Strikes
as Jim CaldwellLightning the German Shepherd dog stars in this wilderness melodrama.
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If I Were Queen
as Duke of WortzWhile studying in Paris, Princess Oluf of Kosnia (Andree LeJon) befriends an American girl, Ruth...
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When a Woman Strikes
as uncreditedA story of the West in the days when the sheriff was more powerful than the mayor or governor....
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The Count of Monte Cristo
as DanglarsA French sailor, imprisoned for years on false charges of conpiring against the king, escapes...
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