Ralph Sanford
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ralph Sanford (May 21, 1899 – June 20, 1963) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 200 films between 1930 and 1960, mostly bit parts or supporting roles. Sanford frequently appeared in Westerns and often portrayed "tough guys". He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, and died in Los Angeles, California.
The Best Years of Our Lives
as George H. Gibbons (uncredited)It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally...
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Dodge City
as Brawler (uncredited)In this epic Western, Wade Hatton, a wagon master turned sheriff, tames a cow town at the end of...
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The Big Country
as Party Guest (uncredited)Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a...
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Friendly Persuasion
as Businessman (uncredited)The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to...
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Rancho Notorious
as Politician (uncredited)A man in search of revenge infiltrates a ranch, hidden in an inhospitable region, where its...
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River of No Return
as Bartender (uncredited)An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her...
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The Heiress
as Captain of the Castle Queen (uncredited)In 1840s New York, the uneventful and boring days of the daughter of a wealthy doctor come to an...
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Fort Defiance
as Jed Brown, Stagecoach DriverIt's just after the Civil War and Ben Shelby arrives looking for Johnny Tallon whom he plans to...
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French Leave
as Skipper MuldoonMerchant seaman Skitch Kilroy (Jackie Cooper) and "Pappy" Reagan (Jackie Coogan)arrive in...
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Stranger on the Third Floor
as Truck Driver in Accident (uncredited)Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence"...
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The Damned Don't Cry
as Norman Riley (uncredited)Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob.
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Union Station
as Detective FayPolice catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union...
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Beginning of the End
as Man with Red Cross Representative [extra]An attractive reporter investigating the mysterious destruction of an Illinois town stumbles...
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Champion
as HammondAn unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who...
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They Drive by Night
as Driver in Cafe (uncredited)Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small...
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Shotgun
as Chrisa deputy U.S. Marshall pursue the gang of Ben Thompson after the murder of another marshall....
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Dance, Girl, Dance
as Taxi Driver (uncredited)Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash...
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High Explosive
as Squinchy AndrewsMike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz"...
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Lost in a Harem
as Mr. OrmuluTwo bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic...
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The Oregon Trail
as John DeckerIn 1846, a reporter for the New York Herald joins a wagon train bound for the Oregon Territory....
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Rhubarb
as Eddie - Brooklyn Police Chief (uncredited)Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb....
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Never Say Goodbye
as Cab Driver (uncredited)Phil and Ellen Gayley have been divorced for a year, and their 7-year old daughter, Flip, is...
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It's a Joke, Son!
as KnifeyClaghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to...
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Submarine Alert
as Agent Freddie GraysonNazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to...
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Springfield Rifle
as Barfly (uncredited)Major Lex Kearney, dishonourably discharged from the army for cowardice in battle, volunteers to...
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Carolina Moon
as Foreman NelsonA singing cowboy and his sidekick encounter misunderstandings and rodeo havoc as they try and...
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They Made Me a Killer
as Patrolman RoachA fugitive receives help from a victim's sister as he tries to clear his name of robbery and...
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Appointment with Danger
as Maxie WilderAl Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned...
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Alaska Highway
as Frosty GimblePop Ormsby wins the contract from the Army Engineer Corps for the construction of the Alaska...
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Thunderhead: Son of Flicka
as Charlie SargentA young boy tries to train Thunderhead, a beautiful white colt and the son of his beloved...
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If I Were King
as CookKing Louis XI masquerades as a commoner in Paris, seeking out the treachery he is sure lurks in...
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A Night for Crime
as Det. HoffmanA dark night in war time, with several black-outs, it's just a night for murder. Susan Cooper, a...
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The Glass Menagerie
as MendozaAn aging Southern Belle makes life horrible for her ambitious son and crippled daughter because...
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Copacabana
as LiggettA talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and...
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Cattle Queen of Montana
as Store Clerk (uncredited)Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.
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Let's Make It Legal
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)A woman divorces her husband of 20 years because he gambles too much.
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Blondes at Work
as Detective Ed Healy (uncredited)When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between...
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The Forty-Niners
as Bartender Joe1849 California and the Gold Boom. Marshal Sam Nelson goes under cover to find out the identity...
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In the Good Old Summertime
as Burly Policeman (uncredited)Two co-workers in a music shop dislike one another during business hours but unwittingly carry...
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Meet the Stewarts
as Cop (uncredited)A young, newlywed couple learns to make their marriage work—on a budget.
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Hi-Jacked
as Stephen ClarkA parolee, working for a trucking line, struggles to clear his name after being accused of...
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
as Truck Driver (uncredited)Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run...
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My Pal Trigger
as Auctioneer AlGabby doesn't want to breed his horse the Golden Sovereign with Roy's. When Sovereign and Roy's...
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Tear Gas Squad
as OfficerA brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
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That Brennan Girl
as Fatso (uncredited)Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in...
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Joe Palooka in Winner Take All
as Police Lt. Steve MulfordJoe is scheduled for the big fight as usual. This one has more fight sequences than plot.
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Blondie Goes Latin
as Sailor Chasing Dagwood (uncredited)Mr. Dithers invites the Bumsteads on a South American cruise. Somehow Dagwood winds up as the...
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Maisie Goes to Reno
as Policeman (Uncredited)A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
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No Place for a Lady
as Hal, truck driver-henchmanA private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder...
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Minesweeper
as Seaman CoxA naval officer who had deserted several years earlier is drawn back to the Navy when World War...
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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
as Police Desk SergeantA reformed jewel thief fights to clear his name when he's framed for murder.
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Sea Tiger
as Fat Harry, InnkeeperMurder ensues when owners and hired help contrive against each other to obtain diamonds and gold...
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Girls on Probation
as First DetectiveA dizzy young girl falls into crime but wins her lawyer's heart.
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The Policy Girl
as Radio Station UsherAn insurance salesman persuades his sister to help him meet a radio star so he can sell the...
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Who's a Dummy?
as uncreditedMrs. Errol, rehearsing for a play but keeping it a secret from Leon, forces him to take a taxi,...
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Wildcat
as 'Grits' O'MalleyWildcatter Johnny Maverick and his pal go to a town in oil country offering $25,000 to the...
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Count the Hours!
as Alvin TaylorA lawyer defends a migrant worker in a sensational murder trial.
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Missing Women
as Sam (man at ballpark)A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their...
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Smashing the Money Ring
as Second Night Guard (uncredited)T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up...
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Wilson
as Minor Role (uncredited)The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his...
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The Patient in Room 18
as Detective DonahueChoreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of...
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Two Sisters from Boston
as Recording Studio Doorman (uncredited)Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in...
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Take It or Leave It
as Taxi DriverA young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his...
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Obliging Young Lady
as Pudgy - Court Policeman (uncredited)A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents'...
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Torpedo Boat
as Hector BobryRichard Arlen and Phil Terry star as Skimmer and Tommy, two lifelong buddies who've invented a...
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Sioux City Sue
as Big GulliverA Hollywood scout averts disaster for a singing cowboy she has misled.
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What Price Pants
as Bartender (uncredited)The vaudeville comedians Smith and Dale star in a clever satire on Prohibition and all its...
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Adventures of Kitty O'Day
as Mike, Police Detective SergeantA telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.
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No Hands on the Clock
as Officer GimbleA wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
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Kid Nightingale
as First Drunk at Soxey's (uncredited)A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
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Blonde Inspiration
as Turkish Bath Attendant (uncredited)A writer of pulp Westerns cranks out more words than his editor and publisher want to pay for.
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Undercover Agent
as Joe BlakeA railway postal clerk goes after a sweepstakes counterfeiting ring.
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Lucky Legs
as BartenderChorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle....
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Footsteps in the Night
as Bartender (Uncredited)Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.
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Aerial Gunner
as Pvt. Barclay - Target-Tow OperatorOld rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight for the same woman.
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Cross-Country Romance
as HenryA runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
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Four Mothers
as Bill (uncredited)Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
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Salt Water Daffy
as Cop (uncredited)In this comedic short, two screw-ups join the Navy and make life miserable for their supervisor.
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Kentucky Jubilee
as Steve FromeA film director travels to Kentucky to seek out local talent for a hillbilly musical film....
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High Powered
as SheriffTim takes a job as a lowly chipper because he has been afraid to go high ever since a bad fall...
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Come on Danger
as BartenderWhen a woman turns outlaw, she is suspected of murder.
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While the Cat's Away
as Superintendent (uncredited)Henry and Johnnie need to clean the apartment before the wives get home.
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Let's Live Again
as PolicemanThe brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth...
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Web of Danger
as Peterson, 2nd Crew ForemanErnie Reardon, the superintendent, and Bill O'Hara, the foreman, of a construction company crew...
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Men of the Timberland
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)Tim MacGregor, unscrupulous lumber operator, obtains by bribery a contract to cut a vast...
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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
as Arresting Officer #1 (uncredited)Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
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Down in San Diego
as Man (uncredited)A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San...
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Torpedo Alley
as Charles HedleyAfter carrier pilot Lt Bingham is rescued at sea by a submarine when he crashes, he applies for...
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Up In Smoke
as SamThe Bowery Boys: In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach...
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East of the River
as Policeman (uncredited)Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other...
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Gaucho Serenade
as Motorcycle CopGene Autry and sidekick Frog Millhouse depart Madison Square Garden and NYC heading west for...
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Danger Zone
as Larry DunlapA San Francisco man is paid to bid on a saxophone and escort a woman to a yacht party.
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Rhythm Inn
as Pete HarrisA bandleader, desperate to get his band's instruments out of hock, promises the pawnshop...
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I Live on Danger
as Angie MossA cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
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Linda, Be Good
as Nunnally LaVitteA writer decides to join a burlesque show so that she can write an authentic expose of the business.
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Mystery of the Riverboat
as Sawyer, the garage owner [Chs. 5, 10]A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble...
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Father's Wild Game
as First PolicemanThe fourth entry in Monogram's "Father" series. Henry Latham decides he'll save money by hunting...
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Rogue River
as Max BonnerThe story of Ownie Rodgers, the nephew of crooked Oregon police chief Joe Dandridge. A $70,000...
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Sweethearts of the U.S.A.
as GilhooleyA WW-II defense plant worker gets knocked out and dreams about helping the war effort in various...
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I Was a Burlesque Queen
as Nunnally LaVitte1947 film "Linda, Be Good" with added 3-D scenes with chorus girls.
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Quiet, Please
as Tony (uncredited)A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.
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In the Dough
as CopA cafeteria owner has problems with gangsters and gets more trouble by hiring 'Fatty' Arbuckle...
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as Pat the detectiveThis short, introduced and closed by Louis Sobol, features Richard Gordon as ‘Sherlock Holmes of...
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Perry Mason
as PatThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mayor Jim KelleyThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Mayor Jim Kelley (uncredited)The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Fireman WhittyThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Slip MadiganThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Butch McGuireThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
as Bartender LarsenThe Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of...
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Maverick
as Sheriff (uncredited)The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers...
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Climax!
as The WardenClimax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...
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Climax!
as uncreditedClimax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...
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I Love Lucy
as Guard (uncredited)Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife....
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The Red Skelton Show
as the AdmiralThe Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...
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The Red Skelton Show
as Graft collectorThe Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades,...
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The Lone Ranger
as Sheriff WirtThe Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring...
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The Lone Ranger
as Ben ChalmersThe Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring...
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Leave It to Beaver
as Fats FlannaghanLeave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often...
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Adventures of Superman
as George - CustomerAnnouncer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...
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Adventures of Superman
as BucketsAnnouncer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a...
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The Gene Autry Show
as 'Doc' BaileyThe Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes...
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The Gene Autry Show
as Harper, the HustlerThe Gene Autry Show is an American western/cowboy television series which aired for 91 episodes...
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Dennis the Menace
as Sleeping Man (uncredited)This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family,...
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Dennis the Menace
as Man in Park (uncredited)This 1959-1963 television situation comedy series follows the lives of the Mitchell family,...
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Father Knows Best
as Guest at Hotel (uncredited)Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three...
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The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis
as Fred (uncredited)The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1959 to 1963. The...
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December Bride
as GuardDecember Bride is an American sitcom that aired on the CBS television network from 1954 to 1959,...
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Mister Ed
as PolicemanWilbur Post and his wife Carol move into a beautiful new home. When Wilbur takes a look in his...
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The Ford Television Theatre
as Man in hallway holding newspaperThis show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
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The Ford Television Theatre
as Chief BatesThis show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to...
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The Deputy
as Townsman (uncredited)The Deputy is an American western series that aired on NBC from September 1959, to July 1961....
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The Bob Hope Show
as SelfThe Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...
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My Little Margie
as uncreditedMy Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that...
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The Abbott and Costello Show
as Police SergeantBud and Lou are unemployed actors living in Mr. Fields’ boarding house. Lou’s girlfriend Hillary...
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The Life Of Riley
as HawkinsRiley worked in an aircraft plant in California, but viewers usually saw him at home, cheerfully...
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Harvey Stokes - BlacksmithThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Storekeeper Buck JamesonThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...
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The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
as Doc BunionThe Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight...
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Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
as uncreditedCanadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful...
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Annie Oakley
as Pete the DrunkAnnie Oakley was an American Western television series that fictionalized the life of famous...
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The Restless Gun
as GallagherThe Restless Gun is an American western television series that appeared on NBC between 1957 and...
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The Adventures of Kit Carson
as uncreditedThe Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August...
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Mr. & Mrs. North
as uncreditedMr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October...
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General Electric Theater
as Backstage DoormanGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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General Electric Theater
as WatchmanGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...
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Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as uncreditedSchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS....
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