Nat Pendleton

Born: 1895-08-07

Nathaniel Greene 'Nat' Pendleton was an American former Olympic wrestler turned actor. Two-time Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) champion (1914-1915) in the 175-lb. class at Columbia University, Pendleton graduated Class of 1916. He wrestled for the United States at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, Belgium, earning a silver medal, losing only one match due to a controversial point decision. After the Games he became a professional wrestler and was a big fan favorite, which led to Hollywood. In the 1920 census he was living in Manhattan with his first wife Juanita Alfonzo (age 22) and her brother Ramon Alfonso (age 13). He was working as a sports manager. Pendleton was usually cast as a circus strongman, brutish thug, dumb cop, or dense buffoon, but he had a college degree and in 1933 wrote the script for Deception (1932), in which he starred - not surprisingly - as a wrestler. Upon his death from a heart attack, his remains were interred at Cypress View Mausoleum and Crematory in San Diego, California. Nat Pendleton was inducted into the Columbia University Athletics Hall of Fame inaugural class in 2006.


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Lady for a Day

as Shakespeare
Released: 1933-09-13

Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise,...

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Baby Face

as Stolvich - Laborer (uncredited)
Released: 1933-07-13

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon...

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The Sign of the Cross

as Strabo
Released: 1932-11-30

After burning Rome, Emperor Nero decides to blame the Christians, and issues the edict that they...

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The Thin Man

as Inspector John Guild
Released: 1934-05-25

A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get...

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Northwest Passage

as 'Cap' Huff
Released: 1940-02-23

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends...

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Manhattan Melodrama

as Spud
Released: 1934-05-04

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law...

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The Great Ziegfeld

as Sandow
Released: 1936-04-08

Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.

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Horse Feathers

as MacHardie (uncredited)
Released: 1932-08-19

Quincy Adams Wagstaff, the new president of Huxley U, hires bumblers Baravelli and Pinky to help...

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At the Circus

as Goliath
Released: 1939-10-20

Jeff Wilson, the owner of a small circus, owes his partner Carter $10,000. Before Jeff can pay,...

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I'm No Angel

as Harry (uncredited)
Released: 1933-10-06

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money,...

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On Borrowed Time

as Mr. Grimes
Released: 1939-07-07

Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather...

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Another Thin Man

as John Guild
Released: 1939-11-17

Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from...

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Buck Privates Come Home

as Sgt. Michael Collins
Released: 1947-04-04

Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French...

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Murder in the Fleet

as 'Spud' Burke
Released: 1935-05-24

A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to...

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The Beast of the City

as Abe Gorman (uncredited)
Released: 1932-02-13

Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to...

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The Shopworn Angel

as 'Dice'
Released: 1938-07-15

During WWI Bill Pettigrew, a naive young Texan soldier is sent to New York for basic training....

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Buck Privates

as Sgt. Michael Collins
Released: 1941-01-31

Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The...

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Scared to Death

as Bill 'Bull' Raymond
Released: 1947-02-01

A woman is married to the son of a doctor, the proprietor of a private sanatorium, where she is...

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The Defense Rests

as Rocky
Released: 1934-07-15

A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.

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The Secret of Dr. Kildare

as Joe Wayman
Released: 1939-11-24

Intern Kildare heals a millionaire's daughter and tricks Dr. Gillespie into taking a vacation.

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Phantom Raiders

as 'Gunboat' Jacklin
Released: 1940-06-07

In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers...

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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case

as Joe Wayman, Ambulance Driver
Released: 1940-04-12

Kildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.

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Flight Command

as C.P.O. 'Spike' Knowles
Released: 1940-12-27

A rookie flyer, Ens. Alan Drake, joins the famous Hellcats Squadron right out of flight school...

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It's a Wonderful World

as Sergeant Fred Koretz
Released: 1939-05-19

Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he...

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Breakdowns of 1938

as Joe (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1938-12-31

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as William T. Magiz in 'The Gay Bride' (archive footage)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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The Last of the Duanes

as Bossamer
Released: 1930-08-31

Buck Duane avenges his father's murder by gunning down the killer, but must flee from the law....

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The Cat's-Paw

as Strozzi
Released: 1934-08-07

Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a...

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Taxi!

as Bull Martin (uncredited)
Released: 1931-12-29

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling...

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Parachute Jumper

as Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Released: 1933-01-28

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the...

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Fast Company

as Paul Terison
Released: 1938-07-05

Married book-dealers Joel & Garda Sloane try to clear a friend in the murder of a rival book-seller.

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Reckless

as Blossom
Released: 1935-04-19

A theatrical star, born on the wrong side of the tracks, marries a drunken blue-blood millionaire.

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The Mad Doctor of Market Street

as Red Hogan
Released: 1942-02-27

A fugitive doctor tries to raise the dead for South Sea Islanders.

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Blonde Crazy

as Hank aka Pete
Released: 1931-09-16

Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.

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The Ruling Voice

as Board Member (uncredited)
Released: 1931-09-10

A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime.

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6,000 Enemies

as Socks Martin
Released: 1939-06-09

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery...

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Penthouse

as Tony Gazotti
Released: 1933-09-08

Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long...

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Young Dr. Kildare

as Joe Wayman
Released: 1938-10-14

A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a...

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The Star Witness

as Big Jack
Released: 1931-08-22

A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an...

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The Spirit of Notre Dame

as Assistant Coach
Released: 1931-10-13

Story of two friends who play football, one of whom is a self-centered quarterback who thinks...

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The Girl from Missouri

as Life Guard
Released: 1934-08-03

Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl...

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Here Comes the Band

as 'Piccolo Pete'
Released: 1935-08-30

In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by...

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Swing Fever

as 'Killer' Kennedy
Released: 1943-11-01

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

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Death on the Diamond

as John 'Truck' Hogan
Released: 1934-09-14

Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off...

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The Garden Murder Case

as Sergeant Ernest Heath
Released: 1936-02-21

Detective Philo Vance is in charge of the investigation of several mysterious murders. Things...

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Song of the City

as Benvenuto Romandi
Released: 1937-04-02

A carefree San Francisco bachelor rediscovers life's values when he's rescued from the sea by an...

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The Ghost Comes Home

as Roscoe
Released: 1940-03-08

Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea...

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Dracula: A Cinematic Scrapbook

as Bill Raymond (archive footage)
Released: 1991-01-01

A history of the famous vampire of books and movies, using film clips, previews and other methods.

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Calling Dr. Kildare

as Joe Wayman
Released: 1939-04-28

Following an argument with his young protege, the curmudgeonly Dr. Gillespie dumps Jimmy Kildare...

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By Whose Hand?

as 'Killer' Delmar
Released: 1932-07-06

On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry...

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Sing and Like it

as T. Fenny Sylvester
Released: 1934-04-20

While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put...

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The Golden Fleecing

as 'Fatso' Werner
Released: 1940-08-16

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters.

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The Big Timer

as Kid Melrose (uncredited)
Released: 1932-03-10

Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else...

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Child of Manhattan

as Spyrene - Dance Hall Bouncer
Released: 1933-02-11

Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in...

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Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant

as Joe Weyman
Released: 1942-11-01

The doctor (Lionel Barrymore) has a Kansan (Van Johnson), an Australian and an Asian from...

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Flesh

as Wrestler (uncredited)
Released: 1932-12-08

Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to...

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Arsène Lupin Returns

as Joe Doyle
Released: 1938-02-25

A woman and a man vying for a woman's affection: the usual love trio? Not quite so since the...

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Calling Dr. Gillespie

as Joe Weyman
Released: 1942-08-01

Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from...

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Death Valley

as Jim Ward
Released: 1946-08-15

A dance hall girl is murdered and her body robbed of a quantity of gold obtained illegally. The...

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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case

as Joe Weyman
Released: 1943-05-08

In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are...

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Sing Me a Love Song

as Rocky
Released: 1936-12-25

A young playboy inherits a financially-troubled New York City department store. To learn the...

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Top Sergeant Mulligan

as Top Sgt. Herman Mulligan
Released: 1941-10-16

Frank Faylen and Charlie Hall (a longtime Laurel & Hardy foil) star as Dolan and Doolittle,...

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Baby Face Harrington

as Rocky Bannister
Released: 1935-04-12

Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by...

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Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Joe Wayman
Released: 1940-09-06

A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.

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New Moon

as Bondsman
Released: 1940-06-28

A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.

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The Big Pond

as Pat O'Day
Released: 1930-05-03

A singing Frenchman meets an American heiress and gets a job at her father's chewing-gum factory.

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The Nuisance

as Aloysius P. McCarthy (uncredited)
Released: 1933-06-03

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a...

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Two in a Crowd

as Flynn
Released: 1936-10-03

When two halves of a thousand-dollar bill are discovered in the snow, the penniless pair that...

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It's in the Air

as Henry Potke
Released: 1935-10-10

Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin...

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College Coach

as Petrowski
Released: 1933-11-04

Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students....

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Exposure

as Maniac Killer
Released: 1932-08-20

A reporter runs into a pretty young girl who has inherited her father's failing business. She...

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The Night Club Lady

as Mike McDougal
Released: 1932-08-27

A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.

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Complicated Women

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2003-05-06

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound...

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Fugitive Lovers

as Legs Caffey
Released: 1934-01-05

In a hopeful effort to evade gangster Legs Caffey, chorus girl Letty Morris hops a bus in New...

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Goldie Gets Along

as Motorcycle Officer Cassidy
Released: 1933-01-27

A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind.

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A Fool's Advice

as Kelly - Naughty Boy
Released: 1932-02-20

An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician...

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Dr. Kildare's Crisis

as Joe Wayman
Released: 1940-11-29

Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his...

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Swing Your Lady

as Joe Skopapolous
Released: 1938-01-08

Promoter Ed Hatch comes to the Ozarks with his slow-witted wrestler Joe Skopapoulos whom he pits...

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Trapped by Television

as Rocky O'Neil
Released: 1936-06-15

An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked...

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Burn 'Em Up O'Connor

as Buddy Buttle
Released: 1939-01-13

An auto mechanic suspects sabotage in a recent series of fatal racecar accidents.

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The World of Abbott and Costello

as Sergeant Michael Collins in Buck Privates (archive footage)
Released: 1965-04-01

A compilation of clips from 19 Abbott & Costello features: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap, In...

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Gangway

as Smiles Hogan
Released: 1937-08-19

Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.

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The Tenderfoot

as Joe (uncredited)
Released: 1932-05-23

Calvin Jones is a cowboy who wants to invest in a Broadway play. Joe Lehman's secretary Ruth...

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Sworn Enemy

as 'Steamer' Krupp
Released: 1936-09-11

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.

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Lazy River

as Alfred 'Tiny' Smith
Released: 1934-03-16

Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.

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Attorney for the Defense

as Mugg Malone
Released: 1932-05-21

A lawyer is haunted by a previous case in which he manipulated evidence and convicted an...

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Calm Yourself

as Knuckles Benedict
Released: 1935-06-28

A recently-fired advertising executive starts his own company, Confidential Services, to help...

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Under Cover of Night

as Police Sgt. Lucks
Released: 1937-01-08

A detective (Edmund Lowe) trails a professor (Henry Daniell) who stole credit for his wife's...

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The Chief

as Big Mike
Released: 1933-11-03

The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only...

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Crazy House

as Chef (uncredited)
Released: 1930-11-01

Benny Rubin takes a tour of the Lame Brain Sanitarium and meets some of its strange patients.

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The Gay Bride

as William T. 'Shoots' Magiz
Released: 1934-12-14

Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life...

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The Secret Witness

as Gunner - Bodyguard
Released: 1931-12-12

A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest...

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The Laughing Lady

as James Dugan
Released: 1929-12-28

A society woman wrongly -- and very publicly -- accused of infidelity is dropped by her friends,...

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Life Begins in College

as George Black
Released: 1937-10-01

When a wealthy Indian student endows the college so they can keep the football coach rumor has...

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The Sea Wolf

as Smoke
Released: 1930-09-21

George, Ruth and Humphrey go for a boat ride with Wolf Larsen.

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The Crowd Roars

as 'Pug' Walsh
Released: 1938-08-06

A young boxer gets caught between a no-good father and a crime boss when he starts dating the...

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Times Square Lady

as Mack
Released: 1935-03-08

A young Iowa woman inherits her late estranged father's New York business, but the dead man's...

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Deception

as Bucky O'Neill
Released: 1932-11-04

Modest programmer denotes a young man's rise to fame in wrestling matches he doesn't realize...

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Let's Get Married

as Jimmy
Released: 1926-03-01

College football star Billy Dexter is prone to getting into public fights. His father demands he...

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The Chaser

as Floppy Phil
Released: 1938-07-29

A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop...

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Hell-Fire Austin

as Bouncer
Released: 1932-03-02

Heading west, Ken and Bouncer end up at the Brooks ranch where Ken is to ride Tarzan in the big...

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Whistling in the Dark

as Joe Salvatore
Released: 1933-01-21

A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist...

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Manhattan Parade

as Lady Godiva's Husband
Released: 1931-12-24

Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on...

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Fair Warning

as Purvis
Released: 1931-02-01

This George O'Brien western is based on a novel by Max Brand, previously filmed as the 1920 Tom...

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Straight Is the Way

as Skippy
Released: 1934-08-10

Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former...

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The Hoosier Schoolmaster

as Bud Means
Released: 1924-02-14

A young Indiana schoolteacher finds himself embroiled in local conflicts when he falls in love...

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Jail House Blues

as Sonny McGann
Released: 1942-02-01

A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his...

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