Robert Emmett O'Connor
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 204 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best known as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in The Public Enemy (1931) and as Detective Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy (the older Paramount gate guard) in Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, as well as made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).
Sunset Boulevard
as Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into...
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Anchors Aweigh
as Cop (uncredited)Two sailors on shore leave head out for four days of partying – only to become involved in the...
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The Public Enemy
as Paddy RyanTwo young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum...
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Police Sergeant by Christmas treeThe disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
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Easter Parade
as Policeman (uncredited)On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of...
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Meet Me in St. Louis
as Motorman (uncredited)Young love and childish fears highlight a year in the life of a turn-of-the-century family up to...
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They Were Expendable
as Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in...
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Blonde Venus
as Dan O'ConnorIn an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a...
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American Madness
as Police InspectorSocially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of...
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A Star Is Born
as Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies....
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Made for Each Other
as Harry (Elevator Starter) (uncredited)A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
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Courage of Lassie
as Deputy (uncredited)Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and...
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A Night at the Opera
as HendersonThe Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly...
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Lady for a Day
as Inspector MacCrearyNever-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise,...
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Till the Clouds Roll By
as Ed (uncredited)Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs...
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Super-Sleuth
as CaseyA movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve...
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
as PolicemanAn American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the...
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The Singing Fool
as Cafe Owner BillAfter years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way....
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The Harvey Girls
as Conductor (uncredited)On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of...
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Slightly Dangerous
as Reporter (uncredited)Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents...
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Weary River
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on...
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No Time for Comedy
as Desk Sergeant (uncredited)An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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The Clock
as Policeman (uncredited)A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
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Waterfront Lady
as Police LieutenantWhen a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business,...
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge
as SouthernerA mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.
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Our Blushing Brides
as The DetectiveJerry, Connie, and Franky are small-town girls seeking wealthy husbands in New York City. But,...
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Undercurrent
as Stationmaster (uncredited)After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of...
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The Lone Wolf Returns
as Detective BensonOnce a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael...
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Who Killed Who?
as Host (uncredited)A murder has occurred at Gruesome Gables, and the dog detective trying to find the killer has to...
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Return of the Terror
as Inspector Bradley"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has...
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Dance, Girl, Dance
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash...
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Desire
as Customs OfficialMadeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on...
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A Wicked Woman
as Dugan (uncredited)A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's...
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Frisco Jenny
as Jim SandovalJenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906)....
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New Faces of 1937
as PolicemanA crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to...
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Sinner Take All
as Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York...
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The Big House
as DonlinConvicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where...
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Up Goes Maisie
as Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
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Man to Man
as SheriffA young man attempts to overcome the memory of his father, who was sent to jail for committing a...
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Night World
as The Policeman"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful...
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Midnight Mary
as CopWhile on trial for her life, a young woman recalls her tough upbringing and her involvement with...
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The Isle of Lost Ships
as JacksonThe Isle of Lost Ships is a 1929 talking film released in an alternative silent version with a...
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The Beast of the City
as Booking Policeman (uncredited)Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to...
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Air Raid Wardens
as Charlie BeaugartTwo bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi...
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His Royal Slyness
as (uncredited)A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.
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We Who Are About to Die
as Detective MitchellJohn Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and...
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Up the River
as Prison Warden (uncredited)Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious...
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Penthouse
as Police Lt. 'Steve' StevensGertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long...
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Star of Midnight
as Police Sergeant ClearyWhen a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a...
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The Hucksters
as Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult...
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Best Foot Forward
as Train ConductorBud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball...
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Three Who Loved
as Police Lt. Tom RooneyA bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
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Sergeant Madden
as Capt. CraneA dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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The Human Comedy
as Bartender (uncredited)Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his...
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The Public Defender
as Detective BradyA mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who...
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Gentle Annie
as Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and...
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Bottoms Up
as Detective RooneyPromoter "Smoothie" King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda...
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Paid
as Police Sgt. CassidyMary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she...
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Taxi!
as Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling...
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The Arm of the Law
as Chief of Detectives Capt. BlakeA reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been...
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Bed of Roses
as River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
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The Big Fight
as DetectiveBased on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion...
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Alias French Gertie
as Detective KelceyA safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a...
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The Kid from Spain
as Detective CrawfordEddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the...
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Adventure
as Man in Cantina (uncredited)A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
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Park Avenue Logger
as Police SergeantMillioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of...
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Wells Fargo
as Sea CaptainIn the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company,...
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Tenth Avenue Angel
as Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but...
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Blessed Event
as JimA New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
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The Big Shakedown
as ReganFormer bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making...
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Framed
as Sergeant SchultzeRose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five...
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Merton of the Movies
as Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth...
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Boys' Ranch
as DruggistA juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a...
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Barbary Coast Gent
as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s...
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Week-End Marriage
as Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
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Swing Shift Maisie
as Proprietor (Uncredited)Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and...
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Professor Beware
as Cop at EstateEgyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to...
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
as 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony...
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Dressed to Kill
as Detective GilroyA mob boss' gang gets suspicious about their boss' new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who...
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The Lone Wolf Strikes
as House DetectiveDelia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
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Fanny Foley Herself
as BurnsA vaudeville performer has trouble dividing her time equally between her career and her two...
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Shooting Straight
as Detective ReganA gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
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The Big Timer
as Dan WilsonLoud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else...
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The Noose
as Jim ConleyIn this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing...
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Whistling in Brooklyn
as Detective Leo FinniganRadio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect...
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Picture Snatcher
as Lieutenant Casey NolanAn ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
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Jailbreak
as PolicemanA reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
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The Great American Mug
as Laughing Man (uncredited)This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop...
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Maisie Gets Her Man
as Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with...
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In the Next Room
as Tim MorelThe story starts with a prologue set in 1889 in which we see an angry husband murdering his...
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Diamond Jim
as Brady's FatherA loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong
as Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddyMr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the...
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I Take This Oath
as Police Car DriverThe trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
as Samson (uncredited)In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are...
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Boy of the Streets
as Police Officer RourkeCocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
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Gabriel Over the White House
as Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a...
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Two Kinds of Women
as Tim GohagenThe daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see...
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Waikiki Wedding
as Policeman (uncredited)Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P....
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Streets of New York
as Police Officer BurkeJimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams...
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The Single Sin
as DetectiveA lady-bootlegger does her 90 days in jail, gets released and becomes the secretary for a...
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The Omaha Trail
as Oxen Owner (uncredited)The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.
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Tin Gods
as Second ForemanTin Gods is a lost 1926 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by...
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Inflation
as Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
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The Dark Horse
as SheriffThe Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark...
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Return from Nowhere
as Diner Cook (uncredited)In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced...
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A Gun in His Hand
as Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at...
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A Fugitive from Justice
as MurphyLeslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on...
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Double Alibi
as Patrolman DelaneyA man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
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Four Walls
as SullivanAfter completing his prison sentence for killing a rival gang leader in self-defence, Benny...
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Pat DoneganJoe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get...
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Main Street After Dark
as Policeman (uncredited)A police detective (Edward Arnold) uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket (Selena Royle)...
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Don't Bet on Love
as Edward SheltonA plumber wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business....
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Stolen Harmony
as Warden Clark (uncredited)Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray...
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Trapped by G-Men
as Federal Agent JimGranite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.
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Jackass Mail
as Peter LawsonAn unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
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Play Girl
as Police Sergeant (uncredited)A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
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The Hoodlum Saint
as Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that...
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Rationing
as Sheriff (uncredited)A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
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At Sea Ashore
as First Immigration OfficerPatsy's working at Rumplemeyer's Donut Shop in Brooklyn. By accident she catches Mr....
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Smiling Irish Eyes
as Sir TimothyA 1929 film directed by William A. Seiter.
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Hot Steel
as Police InspectorMatt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works....
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Freedom of the Press
as Boss MaloneyWhen a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician...
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The Crime Nobody Saw
as Tim BurkeThree playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.
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Girl Overboard
as Sergeant HattonA beautiful girl on a passenger ship is suspected of murder.
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