Paul Guilfoyle

Born: 1902-07-14

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Guilfoyle (July 14, 1902 – June 27, 1961) was an American stage, film and television actor. Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes. Guilfoyle was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He started off working on stage, performing on Broadway in 16 plays according to the Internet Broadway Database, beginning with The Jolly Roger and Cyrano de Bergerac in 1923 and ending with Jayhawker in 1934. He appeared in many films that starred Lee Tracy in the 1930s. In the 1949 crime film White Heat, he played (uncredited) a treacherous prison inmate murdered in cold blood by James Cagney's lead character. He died of a heart attack on June 27, 1961 in Hollywood. He had a son, Anthony. Guilfoyle was interred in Glendale, California's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.


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Mighty Joe Young

as Smith
Released: 1949-07-27

A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla...

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Julius Caesar

as First Citizen of Rome
Released: 1953-06-04

The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic...

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Bringing Up Baby

as (uncredited)
Released: 1938-02-18

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of...

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The Grapes of Wrath

as Floyd
Released: 1940-03-15

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm...

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White Heat

as Roy Parker
Released: 1949-09-02

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads...

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Apache

as Santos
Released: 1954-07-09

Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled...

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Remember the Night

as District Attorney
Released: 1940-01-19

When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with...

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The Virginian

as Shorty
Released: 1946-05-05

Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible...

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It Happened Tomorrow

as Shep
Released: 1944-03-31

A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This...

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The Woman on Pier 13

as Ralston
Released: 1950-06-15

Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.

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Chief Crazy Horse

as Worm
Released: 1955-04-01

When young Crazy Horse, of whom great things were predicted, wins his bride, rival Little Big...

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The Seventh Cross

as Fiedler
Released: 1944-07-24

In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up...

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Davy Crockett, Indian Scout

as Ben
Released: 1950-01-06

It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's...

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Blind Alibi

as Taggart
Released: 1938-05-20

A Paris sculptor (Richard Dix) fakes blindness in Los Angeles to recover his blackmailed...

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Brother Orchid

as Red Martin
Released: 1940-06-07

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill...

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The North Star

as Iakin
Released: 1943-11-04

A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited...

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Society Lawyer

as Murtock
Released: 1939-03-21

Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is...

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Winterset

as Garth Esdras
Released: 1936-12-03

A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly...

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Pacific Liner

as Wishart
Released: 1939-01-06

An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from...

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Carefree

as Elevator Starter (uncredited)
Released: 1938-09-02

Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he...

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The Boy and the Pirates

as Snipe
Released: 1960-04-13

Jimmy desires to be a pirate when one day he discovers a magic bottle on the beach. He makes a...

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White Savage

as Erik
Released: 1943-04-23

A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.

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Danger Patrol

as Tim
Released: 1937-11-18

An explosives carrier at an oil field falls in love with a colleague's daughter.

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Torch Song

as Monty Rolfe
Released: 1953-10-01

Jenny Stewart is a tough Broadway musical star who doesn't take criticism from anyone. Yet there...

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Super-Sleuth

as Gibbons, a film director
Released: 1937-07-16

A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve...

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Wildcat Bus

as Donovan
Released: 1940-08-23

A broke playboy signs on to help a young beauty save her ailing bus line.

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The Saint in New York

as Hymie Fanro
Released: 1938-05-25

A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar,...

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Trial

as Cap Grant
Released: 1955-10-07

A Mexican boy accused of rape and murder becomes a pawn for Communists and red-baiters. A...

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Confidence Girl

as William Pope
Released: 1952-06-20

After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist...

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The Saint In Palm Springs

as Clarence 'Pearly' Gates
Released: 1941-01-24

George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The...

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Maid's Night Out

as P.X. Quinn - Bailbondsman (uncredited)
Released: 1938-03-03

A millionaire's son works as a milkman for a month to win a bet with his father. While...

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A Woman's Secret

as Radio Program Moderator (Uncredited)
Released: 1949-01-13

A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a...

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Second Chance

as Nick
Released: 1947-07-18

Jewel thieves battle investigators.

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Unexpected Father

as Ed Stone - Sandy's Uncle
Released: 1939-06-14

Jimmy Hanley learns that his former dancing partner has been killed, leaving a baby boy Sandy,...

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Special Agent

as Williams - Quinn's Secretary
Released: 1935-09-14

Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career...

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Hideaway

as Norris
Released: 1937-08-13

A poor family receives unwanted houseguests when they're visited by gangsters looking for a...

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You May Be Next!

as Navy Messenger (uncredited)
Released: 1936-02-05

Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.

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The Crime of Doctor Crespi

as Dr. John Arnold
Released: 1935-09-23

A crazed scientist invents a serum that induces a catatonic state in anyone who gets the...

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Dark Shadows

as Dudley Badger
Released: 1944-12-16

A police psychiatrist is enlisted to catch a killer.

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The Mad Miss Manton

as Bat Regan
Released: 1938-10-21

When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears,...

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Petticoat Larceny

as Joe 'Tinhorn' Foster
Released: 1943-07-17

An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel...

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Sea Devils

as Charlie - Radio Operator (uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-19

Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and...

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Millionaires in Prison

as Ox
Released: 1940-07-12

A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick...

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Tarnished Angel

as Eddie Fox
Released: 1938-10-28

A showgirl with a dubious reputation flees the cops and transforms herself into a phony...

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Behind The Headlines

as Art Martin
Released: 1937-05-14

A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.

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Sabotage

as Steve Barsht
Released: 1939-10-13

The night before his grandson, Tommy Grayson, a mechanic at the Midland Aircraft Corporation, is...

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Wanted: Jane Turner

as Phil Crowley
Released: 1936-12-04

Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.

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The Judge

as William Jackson
Released: 1949-01-31

A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds...

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Double Danger

as Taylor
Released: 1938-01-28

A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer...

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When I Grow Up

as Doc
Released: 1951-04-19

Josh is a young boy who feels neglected and misunderstood at home. Preparing to run away, he...

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Flight from Glory

as Jones
Released: 1937-08-20

Director Lew Landers' 1937 B-film, about a crew of misfit pilots working for an Argentinian air...

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She's Got Everything

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1937-12-31

The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's...

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Crashing Hollywood

as Herman Tibbets
Released: 1938-01-07

A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.

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Heritage of the Desert

as Snap Thornton
Released: 1939-06-23

John Abbott returns to the desert land he owns, and after being wounded by hired gunman Chick...

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Follow Me Quietly

as Overbeck
Released: 1949-07-07

1949 thriller about the hunt for a serial killer known as "the Judge" who kills his victims on...

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Money to Loan

as Hanley's Assistant
Released: 1939-03-11

The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who...

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Sky Giant

as 'Fergie' Ferguson
Released: 1938-07-22

Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col....

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Madero of Mexico

as Don Francisco Madero
Released: 1942-11-28

This Passing Parade series short chronicles the political life of Francisco Madero, who tried to...

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The Saint Takes Over

as Clarence 'Pearly' Gates
Released: 1940-06-07

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring...

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Roaming Lady

as Dr. Wong
Released: 1936-05-02

Joyce Reid, a wealthy young debutante, stows away on a cargo ship to China, carrying as...

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The Master Race

as Katry
Released: 1944-09-22

When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British...

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East of the River

as Balmy
Released: 1940-11-09

Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other...

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Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: 1940-02-22

Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham...

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Quick Money

as Ambrose Ames
Released: 1937-12-10

Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of...

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Law of the Underworld

as Henchman Batsy
Released: 1938-05-06

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal...

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Our Leading Citizen

as Jerry Peters
Released: 1939-08-23

Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm...

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The Scarlet Horseman

as Jim Bannion
Released: 1946-01-22

Government agents work to interfere with schemes to trick the Comanches into war with the Texans.

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Sweetheart of Sigma Chi

as Frankie
Released: 1946-11-16

A couple of gamblers pressure the local night club owner to rig things so the local college...

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Three Russian Girls

as Trishin
Released: 1943-12-30

Another of a wartime cycle of Hollywood films lauding the praises of America's Soviet allies,...

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The Soldier and the Lady

as Vasiley
Released: 1937-04-09

In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles...

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Journey Into Light

as Fanatic
Released: 1951-09-28

John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a...

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This Marriage Business

as Frankie Spencer
Released: 1938-04-08

A cocky reporter turns a small town marriage license clerk into a media celebrity.

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Bomba and the Hidden City

as Hassan
Released: 1950-09-24

A nature photographer and his guide meet a corrupt emir with a dirty secret. Only...

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Trouble Preferred

as Baby Face Charlie
Released: 1948-12-31

A suicide attempt is investigated by a pair of female police rookies.

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One Crowded Night

as Jim Andrews
Released: 1940-08-09

The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky...

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The Incredible Stranger

as The Stranger (uncredited)
Released: 1942-06-20

In December 1892, a silent mysterious and very private man, for whom a new house has just been...

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Why Girls Leave Home

as Steve Raymond
Released: 1945-10-09

In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated...

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News Is Made at Night

as Bat Randall
Released: 1939-07-20

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free...

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The Man Who Returned to Life

as uncredited
Released: 1942-02-05

An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an...

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The Mark of the Whistler

as 'Limpy' Smith
Released: 1944-10-09

A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men...

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The Law West of Tombstone

as Bud McQuinn
Released: 1938-11-18

A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.

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I'm from the City

as Willie
Released: 1938-08-05

Pete Pepper is a shy, timid circus performer who is scared to death of horses, but rides like a...

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The Woman I Love

as Bertier
Released: 1937-04-15

In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.

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One Hour To Live

as Stanley Jones
Released: 1939-11-10

Gangsters and police cross each other, including murder, in an attempt to cover up crimes.

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Fight for Your Lady

as Jim Trask
Released: 1937-11-05

Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a...

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You Can't Buy Luck

as Frank Bent
Released: 1937-04-30

When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove...

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The Story of Alfred Nobel

as Alfred Nobel (uncredited)
Released: 1939-02-18

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite,...

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Miss Mink of 1949

as Uncle Newton
Released: 1949-02-11

Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.

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The Missing Corpse

as Andy McDonald
Released: 1945-06-01

A feud between rival newspapermen Kruger (Bromberg) and McDonald (Guilfoyle) goes deadly when...

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Actors and Sin

as Mr. Blue
Released: 1952-06-18

Two-part story--the first is about a washed-up Broadway actor and his tough daughter, who is a...

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Two-Fisted Gentleman

as Gallagher
Released: 1936-08-15

Mickey, is a prizefighter whose bright career hits the skids when he comes under the guidance of...

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Fugitives for a Night

as Monks
Released: 1938-09-23

A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.

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Time to Kill

as Manager, Florence Apartments
Released: 1942-12-24

Lloyd Nolan is back as detective Michael Shayne who's in search of a stolen coin.

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The Golden Idol

as Prince Ali Ben Mamoud
Released: 1954-01-10

Prince Ali wants the Golden Idol of Watusi and hires a ruthless hunter to get it for him. Bomba...

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The Millerson Case

as Jud Rookstool
Released: 1947-05-29

While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.

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Roses Are Red

as George 'Buster' Cooley
Released: 1947-11-10

A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.

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There's a Girl in My Heart

as Father Callaghan
Released: 1949-12-19

A Gay-Nineties musical set in NYC's Bowery and East-Side explores the life of its...

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Who Is Hope Schuyler?

as Carl Spence
Released: 1942-04-17

A girl reporter is trying to tack down the lady-in-the-title, as a key witness in a graft trial,...

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The Skull Murder Mystery

as Paul Beck
Released: 1932-03-01

When a skeleton is dug up in an alley, a mysterious Chinese merchant and his eccentric upstairs...

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Mr. & Mrs. North

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-10-03

Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...

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Climax!

as uncredited
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Gunsmoke

as Reverend
First aired: 1955-09-10

Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman...

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Sea Hunt

as uncredited
First aired: 1958-01-04

Sea Hunt is an American adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961...

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Racket Squad

as uncredited
First aired: 1951-06-07

Racket Squad is an American TV crime drama series starring Reed Hadley as Captain John Braddock,...

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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars

as Eastbrook
First aired: 1951-10-05

Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....

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China Smith

as uncredited
First aired: 1952-01-01

China Smith was a 1950s television adventure series starring Dan Duryea. The television show...

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Jungle Jim

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-26

Jungle Jim is a 26-episode syndicated adventure television series which aired from 1955 till...

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