Paul Stanton
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.
A Star Is Born
as Academy Award Presenter (uncredited)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)Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United...
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Bachelor Mother
as HargravesPolly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of...
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Crash Dive
as OfficerA US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German...
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The Awful Truth
as Judge (uncredited)Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start...
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Stella Dallas
as Arthur W. Morley (uncredited)After divorcing a society man, a small-town woman tries to build a better life for their daughter.
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Cry Wolf
as DavenportA woman uncovers deadly secrets when she visits her late husband's family.
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The Fountainhead
as Dean Who Expels Roark (uncredited)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)At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed....
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The Big Store
as George HastingsA detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department...
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Whipsaw
as Justice Department Chief HughesHot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter,...
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Black Legion
as BarhamWhen a hard-working machinist loses a promotion to a Polish-born worker, he is seduced into...
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I Love You Again
as Mr. Edward Littlejohn Sr.Boring businessman Larry Wilson recovers from amnesia and discovers he's really a con man...and...
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Poor Little Rich Girl
as George HathawayCossetted and bored, Barbara Barry is finally sent off to school by her busy if doting widowed...
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Across the Pacific
as Col. HartRick Leland makes no secret of the fact he has no loyalty to his home country after he is...
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Anne of Green Gables
as Dr. Terry (uncredited)Anne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were...
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Chauncey SmithAlexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and...
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Private Number
as RawlingsEllen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son...
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Lucky Jordan
as George HunnicuttLucky Jordan is a gangster living in New York City and when he's drafted into the army, he tries...
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Air Raid Wardens
as Captain BiddleTwo bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi...
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Remember the Day
as CommitteemanElderly schoolteacher Nora Trinell, waiting to meet presidential nominee Dewey Roberts, recalls...
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Time Out for Romance
as HarmonA girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted...
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20,000 Men a Year
as Gerald GrantPilot disobeys unsafe orders and loses his job. He then starts a flying school which receives a...
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West Point of the Air
as Officer at Randolph Air FieldAn army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
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Red Salute
as Louis MartinThe rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to...
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Lady with Red Hair
as Prosecuting Attorney Winter (uncredited)An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
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Once Upon a Time
as Dunhill (uncredited)Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a...
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
as Attorney CluettA man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death....
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Whistling in the Dark
as JenningsThe operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is...
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Paid to Dance
as Charles KennedyGovernment undercover agents William Dennis and Joan Barclay are working to solve the...
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Champagne Charlie
as Board MemberThe story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
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The Women in His Life
as Judge MaloneAn immensely successful criminal lawyer is blindsided when he learns that his new case involves...
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It Can't Last Forever
as U.S. AttorneyRuss Matthews, a theatrical agent who is not above pulling off a hoax or two or more to further...
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Dimples
as Mr. St. ClairDimples Appleby lives with her pick-pocket grandfather in 19th century New York City. She...
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The Road to Glory
as Relief captainThe story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are...
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Condemned Women
as JudgeA shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.
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The Magnificent Dope
as PetersDwight Dawson, who runs an unsuccessful success school, stages a contest to find the biggest...
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Sister Kenny
as Dr. Gideon (uncredited)An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but...
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Stand Up and Cheer!
as SenatorPresident Franklin Roosevelt appoints a theatrical producer as the new Secretary of Amusement in...
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They Shall Have Music
as Inspector Johnson (uncredited)The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his...
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Shadow of a Woman
as Dr. Nelson NorrisBrooke's marital life with Eric takes a downturn when she starts suspecting that her husband is...
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Army Girl
as Maj. ThorndikeA young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces...
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Sins of Man
as MinisterAustrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche)...
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Rose of Washington Square
as District AttorneyRose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband...
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Charlie Chan at the Circus
as Joe KinneyWhile visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to...
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Night Waitress
as District AttorneyHelen Roberts, who's on probation, goes back to work as a waitress at Torre's Fish Palace, a San...
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Law of the Underworld
as Assistant District Attorney Bob BartonA respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal...
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Half Angel
as District AttorneyAllison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is...
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Slightly Dangerous
as StanhopeSmall-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...
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Queen of the Mob
as Mr. Edmonds - Bank ManagerMa Webster (Blanche Yurka) and her boys rob a bank on Christmas Eve; G-men stop them with Tommy...
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My Wild Irish Rose
as Augustus PitonMusical biography of Irish 19th century tenor Chauncey Olcott.
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Strangers All
as Prosecuting AttorneyDomestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
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Hollywood Cavalcade
as FilsonStarting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she...
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Welcome Stranger
as Mr. DanielsCrusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he...
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Strange Alibi
as ProsecutorAn undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true...
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Youth on Parole
as Police InspectorTwo strangers, a man and a woman, are framed for a jewel robbery and thrown in jail. After they...
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Dangerous Number
as Police SergeantHank Medhill, artificial silk manufacturer, has returned to the U.S. from Japan to learn that...
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Public Deb No. 1
as DirectorWhen a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her...
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Man Of The People
as StringerAn Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
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Wednesday's Child
as KeyesA 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.
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Danger – Love at Work
as Hilton, an attorneyA New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South...
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Always Together
as Dr. Peters (uncredited)An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a...
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Sing, Baby, Sing
as BrewsterThe "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is...
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Flight for Freedom
as Airport Official (uncredited)A fictionalized biopic about aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart. A female pilot breaks the Los...
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The Public Pays
as Moran (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a protection racket preying on milk distribution is...
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Rascals
as Dr. Cecil CarterA Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a...
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And One Was Beautiful
as Arthur PrinceA teenager falls hard for an irresponsible playboy.
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Crime of the Century
as Andrew MadisonEx-convict Hank Rogers is searching for his brother Jim, a newspaperman, and becomes involved...
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Undercover Doctor
as Courtney WeldDr. Bartley Morgan covers up his profitable illegalities with the respectable veneer of a posh,...
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Crack-Up
as Daniel D. HarringtonBetrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
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You're in the Army Now
as Lt. Colonel RogersIncompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
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Every Saturday Night
as Mr. MewellFirst of the Jones family movies with kids who ignore father and get consolation from mother...
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Here Comes Trouble
as Attorney Martin StaffordA blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover...
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Should Ladies Behave
as Oscar McFarreyA middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage...
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It Could Happen to You
as District AttorneyA politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain...
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The Longest Night
as Mr. Grover, Head Buyer for the StoreLove with a clerk and a robbery by gangsters preoccupy a department store's new owner.
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My Heart Belongs to Daddy
as Mr. WhitmanA distinguished professor finds his well-ordered life tospy-turvy after he is forced to take in...
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Her Husband's Affairs
as Dr. FrazeeBill Weldon is an Ad man who craves his wife Margaret's approval of his work, instead he gets...
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His Greatest Gamble
as Detective Connors (uncredited)A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
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Pacific Blackout
as JudgeFalsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout...
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Portia on Trial
as JudgeLady lawyer Portia Merryman (Frieda Inescourt) defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners (Heather...
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Stronger Than Desire
as Assistant D.A. GalwayAn attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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Another Face
as Bill BranchThe surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his...
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The Night of January 16th
as District AttorneyAccused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking...
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The People Vs. Dr. Kildare
as Mr. ReynoldsAn ice skater sues Kildare (Lew Ayres) for malpractice after his roadside first aid leaves her...
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Kentucky Moonshine
as Mortimer HiltonThe Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.
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She Gets Her Man
as Dr. BleakerThe corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
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Midnight Taxi
as Agent J. W. McNearyA federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of...
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So's Your Uncle
as John L. CurtisCircumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds...
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A Million Me's
as uncreditedLee 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 CarrollMarcia Calhoun, a talented but penniless singer, leaves her Southern home hoping to study opera...
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