Paul Stanton

Born: 1884-12-20

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Stanton (1884-1955) was an American character actor and bit-part player in American films. Originally from Illinois, he appeared in about 130 films between 1918 and 1952, mostly in supporting roles. He often portrayed authoritarian figures like judges, attorneys, managers, officials and doctors.


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A Star Is Born

as Academy Award Presenter (uncredited)
Released: 1937-04-27

Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies....

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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as Flood a Newsman (uncredited)
Released: 1939-10-19

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his...

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Stella Dallas

as Arthur W. Morley (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-06

After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.

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The Awful Truth

as Judge (uncredited)
Released: 1937-10-21

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start...

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Bachelor Mother

as Hargraves
Released: 1939-06-30

Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of...

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The Fountainhead

as Dean Who Expels Roark (uncredited)
Released: 1949-06-25

An uncompromising, visionary architect struggles to maintain his integrity and individualism...

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Make Way for Tomorrow

as Mr. Horton - Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1937-05-09

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed....

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The Big Store

as George Hastings
Released: 1941-06-20

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department...

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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

as Chauncey Smith
Released: 1939-04-04

Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and...

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Across the Pacific

as Col. Hart
Released: 1942-09-04

Rick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is...

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I Love You Again

as Mr. Edward Littlejohn Sr.
Released: 1940-08-09

Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and...

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Once Upon a Time

as Dunhill (uncredited)
Released: 1944-06-29

Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a...

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Whipsaw

as Justice Department Chief Hughes
Released: 1935-12-18

Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter,...

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Air Raid Wardens

as Captain Biddle
Released: 1943-04-04

Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi...

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Anne of Green Gables

as Dr. Terry (uncredited)
Released: 1934-11-23

Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were...

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Sister Kenny

as Dr. Gideon (uncredited)
Released: 1946-10-10

An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but...

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Crash Dive

as Officer
Released: 1943-04-22

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German...

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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

as Attorney Cluett
Released: 1940-01-11

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death....

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Shadow of a Woman

as Dr. Nelson Norris
Released: 1946-09-14

Brooke's marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that her husband is...

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Black Legion

as Barham
Released: 1937-01-30

When a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into...

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Whistling in the Dark

as Jennings
Released: 1941-08-08

The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is...

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Charlie Chan at the Circus

as Joe Kinney
Released: 1936-03-27

While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to...

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Poor Little Rich Girl

as George Hathaway
Released: 1936-07-18

Cossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed...

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They Shall Have Music

as Inspector Johnson (uncredited)
Released: 1939-08-18

The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his...

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20,000 Men a Year

as Gerald Grant
Released: 1939-10-26

Pilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a...

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Rose of Washington Square

as District Attorney
Released: 1939-05-05

Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband...

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Slightly Dangerous

as Stanhope
Released: 1943-04-01

Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...

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Cry Wolf

as Davenport
Released: 1947-08-19

A woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.

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Lucky Jordan

as George Hunnicutt
Released: 1942-11-16

Lucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries...

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And One Was Beautiful

as Arthur Prince
Released: 1940-04-05

A teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.

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Dimples

as Mr. St. Clair
Released: 1936-10-09

Dimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She...

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Remember the Day

as Committeeman
Released: 1941-12-25

Elderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls...

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The Women in His Life

as Judge Malone
Released: 1933-12-08

An immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves...

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Private Number

as Rawlings
Released: 1936-06-05

Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son...

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Man Of The People

as Stringer
Released: 1937-01-27

An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

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Always Together

as Dr. Peters (uncredited)
Released: 1947-12-10

An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a...

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Hollywood Cavalcade

as Filson
Released: 1939-10-13

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she...

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The Night of January 16th

as District Attorney
Released: 1941-11-28

Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking...

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Queen of the Mob

as Mr. Edmonds - Bank Manager
Released: 1940-06-28

Ma Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...

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So's Your Uncle

as John L. Curtis
Released: 1943-09-01

Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds...

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Public Deb No. 1

as Director
Released: 1940-09-13

When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her...

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West Point of the Air

as Officer at Randolph Air Field
Released: 1935-03-23

An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.

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Welcome Stranger

as Mr. Daniels
Released: 1947-06-13

Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he...

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My Wild Irish Rose

as Augustus Piton
Released: 1947-12-24

Musical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.

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Danger – Love at Work

as Hilton, an attorney
Released: 1937-09-30

A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South...

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Strangers All

as Prosecuting Attorney
Released: 1935-04-01

Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.

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Here Comes Trouble

as Attorney Martin Stafford
Released: 1948-03-15

A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover...

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Her Husband's Affairs

as Dr. Frazee
Released: 1947-11-12

Bill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets...

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Sing, Baby, Sing

as Brewster
Released: 1936-08-21

The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is...

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Law of the Underworld

as Assistant District Attorney Bob Barton
Released: 1938-05-06

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

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You're in the Army Now

as Lt. Colonel Rogers
Released: 1941-12-25

Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.

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The Magnificent Dope

as Peters
Released: 1942-07-01

Dwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest...

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It Could Happen to You

as District Attorney
Released: 1937-06-28

A politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain...

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Pacific Blackout

as Judge
Released: 1941-12-31

Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout...

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Kentucky Moonshine

as Mortimer Hilton
Released: 1938-05-20

The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.

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The Public Pays

as Moran (uncredited)
Released: 1936-10-10

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is...

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Sins of Man

as Minister
Released: 1936-06-19

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche)...

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Should Ladies Behave

as Oscar McFarrey
Released: 1933-12-01

A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage...

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The People Vs. Dr. Kildare

as Mr. Reynolds
Released: 1941-05-02

An ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her...

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Paid to Dance

as Charles Kennedy
Released: 1937-12-11

Government undercover agents William Dennis and Joan Barclay are working to solve the...

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It Can't Last Forever

as U.S. Attorney
Released: 1937-07-15

Russ Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further...

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Strange Alibi

as Prosecutor
Released: 1941-04-19

An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true...

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Stand Up and Cheer!

as Senator
Released: 1934-05-04

President Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in...

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Dangerous Number

as Police Sergeant
Released: 1937-01-22

Hank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that...

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Wednesday's Child

as Keyes
Released: 1934-10-26

A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.

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Flight for Freedom

as Airport Official (uncredited)
Released: 1943-04-14

A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los...

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Crack-Up

as Daniel D. Harrington
Released: 1936-12-14

Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.

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Lady with Red Hair

as Prosecuting Attorney Winter (uncredited)
Released: 1940-11-30

An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.

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Night Waitress

as District Attorney
Released: 1936-12-18

Helen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San...

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My Heart Belongs to Daddy

as Mr. Whitman
Released: 1942-11-07

A distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in...

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Youth on Parole

as Police Inspector
Released: 1937-10-04

Two strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they...

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Condemned Women

as Judge
Released: 1938-03-18

A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.

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The Road to Glory

as Relief captain
Released: 1936-09-04

The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are...

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Red Salute

as Louis Martin
Released: 1935-09-12

The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to...

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Stronger Than Desire

as Assistant D.A. Galway
Released: 1939-06-30

An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.

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His Greatest Gamble

as Detective Connors (uncredited)
Released: 1934-08-10

A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.

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Portia on Trial

as Judge
Released: 1937-11-08

Lady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather...

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The Longest Night

as Mr. Grover, Head Buyer for the Store
Released: 1936-10-02

Love with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.

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Every Saturday Night

as Mr. Mewell
Released: 1936-03-13

First of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother...

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Half Angel

as District Attorney
Released: 1936-05-22

Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is...

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Undercover Doctor

as Courtney Weld
Released: 1939-06-09

Dr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh,...

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Midnight Taxi

as Agent J. W. McNeary
Released: 1937-04-04

A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of...

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Crime of the Century

as Andrew Madison
Released: 1946-02-28

Ex-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved...

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Time Out for Romance

as Harmon
Released: 1937-02-10

A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted...

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Rascals

as Dr. Cecil Carter
Released: 1938-05-20

A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a...

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She Gets Her Man

as Dr. Bleaker
Released: 1945-01-12

The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.

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Another Face

as Bill Branch
Released: 1935-12-20

The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his...

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Champagne Charlie

as Board Member
Released: 1936-05-06

The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.

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Army Girl

as Maj. Thorndike
Released: 1938-08-11

A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces...

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A Million Me's

as uncredited
Released: 1930-04-05

Lee at the piano singing a fragment of a blues when a young man enters her home with a pile of...

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Her Price

as Robert Carroll
Released: 1918-07-14

Marcia Calhoun, a talented but penniless singer, leaves her Southern home hoping to study opera...

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