Tom Ricketts

Born: 1853-01-15

Tom Ricketts (January 15, 1853 – January 19, 1939) was an English stage, later a Hollywood screen, actor. He also directed numerous early Hollywood Silent films, and was the writer of several.


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Top Hat

as Nervous Thackeray Club Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1935-08-29

Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his...

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Dead End

as Old Man (Uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-27

Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up,...

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The Invisible Man

as Old Farmer with Barn (uncredited)
Released: 1933-11-03

Working in Dr. Cranley's laboratory, scientist Jack Griffin was always given the latitude to...

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A Star Is Born

as Ray (uncredited)
Released: 1937-04-27

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

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Son of Frankenstein

as Burgher
Released: 1939-01-13

One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma...

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Cavalcade

as Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1933-02-08

A cavalcade of English life from New Year's Eve 1899 until 1933 is seen through the eyes of...

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After the Thin Man

as Henry the Butler (uncredited)
Released: 1936-12-25

Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is...

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Show Boat

as uncredited
Released: 1936-05-17

Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into...

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Merrily We Go to Hell

as Wedding Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1932-06-10

A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan...

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History Is Made at Night

as uncredited
Released: 1937-03-05

An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from...

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The Expert

as Dietenhofer
Released: 1932-03-05

An elderly gentleman arrives for an extended stay with his grown son in Chicago.

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If I Had a Million

as Mrs. Walker's Dancing Partner at Idylwood (uncredited)
Released: 1932-11-18

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to...

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Side Show

as Tom Allison
Released: 1931-09-19

A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.

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Sing, Baby, Sing

as Old Man in Hospital
Released: 1936-08-21

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

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The Cowboy and the Lady

as Old Man Sitting next to Mary at the Banquet Table (uncredited)
Released: 1938-11-17

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is...

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Gateway

as Old Man
Released: 1938-08-05

Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she...

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Stage Mother

as Fred's Father
Released: 1933-09-29

Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls...

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The Big Parade of Comedy

as Butler in 'After the Thin Man' (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 1964-09-02

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.

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The Young in Heart

as Andrew
Released: 1938-07-06

A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named...

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To Mary - with Love

as Waiter
Released: 1936-08-01

Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes...

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Poker Faces

as Henry Curlew
Released: 1926-09-05

In order to secure a lucrative contract, a businessman hires a woman to pose as his wife at a...

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Trouble for Two

as Sir Frederick (Uncredited)
Released: 1936-05-29

A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London...

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Berkeley Square

as Town Crier (uncredited)
Released: 1933-09-15

A young American man is transported back to London in the time shortly after the American...

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Forsaking All Others

as Wiff' Wiffens (Uncredited)
Released: 1934-12-23

A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.

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Oh, Doctor!

as Mr. Peck
Released: 1925-02-23

Rufus Billings was born premature and after a lifetime of doctors doting on his frail health he...

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The Three Musketeers

as Pigeon Receiver
Released: 1935-11-01

The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He...

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Too Many Crooks

as Butler
Released: 1927-04-02

Too Many Crooks is a lost 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer, written...

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Pleasure Cruise

as The Man from Manchester (Uncredited)
Released: 1933-04-01

Shirley, a married woman, who is fed up of her husband's incessant nagging, decides to go on a...

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The Common Law

as Elderly Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: 1931-07-17

When a woman models for an artist they fall in love. Can the artist overcome the beauty's recent...

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The Red Rider

as Judge
Released: 1934-07-16

"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save...

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Breakfast for Two

as Stockholder - Receivership Hearing Member
Released: 1937-10-22

After a night on the town, Jonathan Blair wakes to find that Texan Valentine Ransome has...

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Vanity Fair

as Sir Pitt's Butler Parker
Released: 1932-03-15

An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of...

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Daniel Boone

as Attorney General's Associate
Released: 1936-10-16

In 1775, Daniel Boone settles Kentucky, despite menacing Indians and renegade whites.

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Big Business Girl

as Old Man at Graduation Dance (uncredited)
Released: 1931-06-12

A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her...

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Bobbed Hair

as Mr. Brewster
Released: 1925-10-25

Mystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier.

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East Lynne

as Rev. Hartley
Released: 1931-03-01

The refined Lady Isabel Carlisle, after leaving her family and enduring nearly a decade of...

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Human Cargo

as Reporter
Released: 1936-05-15

Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an...

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Three Women

as Butler
Released: 1924-08-18

A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her...

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One More River

as Barrister (Uncredited)
Released: 1934-08-06

A young lady leaves her brutal husband and meets another man on board a ship.

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Bulldog Drummond

as Colonel
Released: 1929-05-02

Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the...

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Maid of Salem

as Giles Cory (Uncredited)
Released: 1937-02-12

When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes...

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Children of Divorce

as The Secretary
Released: 1927-04-25

A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another...

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Four Men and a Prayer

as Stationmaster (uncredited)
Released: 1938-04-29

The sons of a disgraced British officer try to clear his name.

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The Lady Escapes

as Uncle George
Released: 1937-07-22

A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a...

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Within the Law

as General Hastings
Released: 1923-04-28

When Mary Turner is sent to prison for a crime she did not commit, she vows upon her release to...

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Shattered Idols

as Rev. Dr. Romney
Released: 1922-02-06

This exotic adventure drama was based on the novel, The Daughter of Brahma, and went through at...

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No Greater Glory

as Janitor
Released: 1934-03-30

A frail boy fights to win acceptance from the leader of a street gang.

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The Killer

as Tim Westmore
Released: 1921-01-30

Claire Adams as a girl forced to marry the man she suspects killed her father. When she refuses,...

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Music Is Magic

as Elderly Dancer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)
Released: 1935-11-01

An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from...

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By Your Leave

as Old Man in Club
Released: 1934-11-09

A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes.

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Just Married

as Makepeace Witter
Released: 1928-08-18

After many outrageous moments, a young girl marries her former acquaintance, not with her fiancee.

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Cardinal Richelieu

as Agitator
Released: 1935-04-18

The cunning Cardinal Richelieu must save King Louis XIII from treachery within his inner circle.

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Sea Legs

as Commander
Released: 1930-12-01

Searchlight Doyle, lightweight boxing champion of the United States Navy, is shanghaied into the...

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Skirt Shy

as Edgar, the old beau
Released: 1929-11-30

Harry must pose as a woman to help the women he works for get a marriage proposal.

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Forgotten

as Mr. Johnson
Released: 1933-02-14

Papa Strauss, a widower, is being shifted around from one married-son's home to the other, and...

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Man of the World

as Mr. Bradkin
Released: 1931-03-24

A young American girl visits Paris accompanied by her fiancee and her wealthy uncle. There she...

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The Vagabond King

as The Astrologer
Released: 1930-02-17

The story takes place in medieval France. Poet-rogue Francois Villon, sentenced to hang by King...

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Light Fingers

as Edward Madison
Released: 1929-07-29

"Light Fingers" is both the name and the physical description of this film's hero, a dapper...

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Sham

as Uncle James (as Thomas Ricketts)
Released: 1921-05-05

Based upon a description in a film publication,[3] Katherine Van Riper (Clayton) is an...

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I Am Suzanne!

as Puppeteer
Released: 1933-12-25

A dancer falls in love with a puppeteer, much to the consternation of her manipulative manager. ...

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The Great Impersonation

as Villager (uncredited)
Released: 1935-12-08

The second of the three film versions of the E. Phillips Oppenheim espionage thriller set...

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Doomsday

as Percival's Butler
Released: 1928-02-19

A woman must choose between a life on the farm and a life of luxury.

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Young Fugitives

as Tom Riggins
Released: 1938-06-30

A young man befriends the last surviving Civil War veteran, intending to rob him of $50,000.

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Get Your Man

as Old Man in Wax Museum
Released: 1927-12-06

A young American girl in Paris falls in love with a handsome nobleman, but he is about to wed in...

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Bonnie May

as uncredited
Released: 1920-06-10

Young actress Bonnie May finds work in a private play given at Mrs. Baron’s mansion, where she...

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Manhattan Love Song

as Rich Man
Released: 1934-04-29

After having been swindled out of all their money by a crooked business manager, formerly...

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Secret Sinners

as Pop - the Stage Doorman
Released: 1933-10-19

A young, unmarried theatrical couple befriend an out-of-work housekeeper and introduce her to...

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Du Barry, Woman of Passion

as King's Aide
Released: 1930-10-10

Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and...

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Black Oxen

as Charles Dinwiddie
Released: 1923-12-29

A Manhattan playboy falls for a mysterious European woman, whom he notices is an exact double...

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Freedom of the Press

as Wicks
Released: 1928-10-28

When a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician...

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The Life of the Party

as Elderly Fashion Show Spectator
Released: 1930-10-25

Two gold diggers try a French dressmaker, two Mr. Smiths and Havana.

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The Lily

as Jean (as Thomas Ricketts)
Released: 1926-10-03

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Ambassador Bill

as Littleton
Released: 1931-11-13

An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue...

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Interference

as Charles Smith
Released: 1928-11-04

Paramount's first all-talking picture, Interference was dismally directed by Roy Pomeroy, whose...

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Thrill of Youth

as Grandpa Zachary Thayer
Released: 1932-08-15

Chet Thayer returns to his family and the loving arms of his long suffering sweatheart Marcia. ...

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Mama Loves Papa

as Mr. Pierrepont
Released: 1933-07-14

A woman's ceaseless badgering sends her husband on a drinking bender. Along the way, he makes a...

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The Grand Duchess and the Waiter

as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Released: 1926-02-21

Albert Durant, a young millionaire, poses as a waiter in order to woo an exiled and financially...

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Gordon of Ghost City

as Amos Gray
Released: 1933-08-13

A cowboy is hired to track down a gang of rustlers, but gets involved with a beautiful girl...

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Prince of Diamonds

as Williams
Released: 1930-03-26

Eve Marley (Aileen Pringle)is forced to marry a wealthy jeweler that she does not love in order...

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Hi, Gaucho!

as Don Salvador de Aragon
Released: 1935-10-10

The son and daughter of feuding ranchers defy their fathers in the name of love.

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Cheap Kisses

as The Old Man
Released: 1924-12-21

Refusing to join his family in their new social life when Henry Dillingham suddenly becomes...

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Circe the Enchantress

as Archibald Crumm
Released: 1924-10-06

Mae Murray as a Jazz Age baby who treats men like swine until she falls for the upright doctor...

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The Willow Tree

as Priest
Released: 1920-01-31

After Ned Hamilton is rejected by his girlfriend, he travels to Japan where he hears an old...

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Never the Twain Shall Meet

as Andrew J. Casson (as Thomas Ricketts)
Released: 1925-09-13

Exemplifying Kipling's adage, a white man falls to pieces when he is in the South Seas.

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Women Won't Tell

as Williams
Released: 1932-11-16

A homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts...

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The Curtain Falls

as Hotel Manager
Released: 1934-10-02

In this drama an older actress plays her last role. The aging thespian is terribly depressed and...

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Dry Martini

as Joseph
Released: 1928-10-06

Upon hearing that his daughter Elizabeth, is coming from America to visit him in Paris, wealthy...

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The Eternal Flame

as Vidame de Pameir (as Thomas Ricketts)
Released: 1922-09-17

A 1922 film directed by Frank Lloyd.

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The Belle of Broadway

as Maurice Penelli
Released: 1926-08-15

Madame Adele, once a great star of the Paris theatre, has fallen upon hard times. But she allows...

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My Friend from India

as Judge Elmer Elderberry Egbert Belmore
Released: 1927-12-18

Wealthy young man about town, Tommy Valentine (Franklin Pangborn) comes to the aid of Barbara...

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The Old Soak

as Roue
Released: 1926-10-11

To the distress of his family, Clem Hawley, retired from his garage business, spends his time...

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Glad Rag Doll

as Admiral
Released: 1929-05-04

She sought to conquer...but found Cupid her master! This is one of many lost films of the...

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Secrets of the Night

as Jerry Hammond
Released: 1924-11-12

Robert Andrews hosts a large party and there stages his own murder, to keep bank examiner Alfred...

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The Great Lover

as Potter
Released: 1920-11-15

Ethel Warren returns from studying in Europe to make her debut in New York with the opera...

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Laughter in Hell

as Judge
Released: 1933-01-12

In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.

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Strangers of the Night

as Lush
Released: 1923-09-10

A rousing fusion of satire, mystery and action. Aristrocrat Ambrose Applejohn is aching for...

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Casey at the Bat

as Laughing Spectator (uncredited)
Released: 1927-03-08

Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable...

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A Sailor's Sweetheart

as Professor Meekham
Released: 1927-09-24

Cynthia Botts is the headmistress of a girls' school who has left a fortune on the condition...

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Sweet Kitty Bellairs

as Rheumatic Old Man
Released: 1930-09-05

Kitty Bellairs, a flirtatious young woman of 18th Century England, cuts a swath of broken hearts...

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Love's Blindness

as Marquis of Hurlshire
Released: 1926-12-04

A British nobleman, heavily in debut to a moneylender, agrees to marry the man's daughter in...

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The Girl Who Wouldn't Work

as The Rounder (as Thomas Ricketts)
Released: 1925-08-18

Mary Hale hates her job in a department store, and when wealthy Gordon Kent comes around, she...

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Ladies at Play

as Deacon Ezra Boody
Released: 1926-11-15

Ann Martin will inherit six-million dollars if she marries a man her two spinster-aunts approve...

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Red Hot Speed

as Colonel Long (as Thomas Ricketts)
Released: 1929-01-27

A newspaper publisher's daughter is arrested for speeding. In order to avoid embarrassing her...

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Venus of Venice

as Bride's Father
Released: 1927-03-20

A slick caper movie about a petty thief falls for a wealthy American artist.

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Now or Never

as Robert, the Butler
Released: 1935-07-08

A visitor to a big city gets involved in intrigue when a look-alike jewel thief sets out to...

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The Desperate Hero

as Butler
Released: 1920-06-07

Henry Baird, a young newspaperman with a second-hand car but little money, decides to raffle off...

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My Wife and I

as Valet
Released: 1925-05-16

In a wealthy society family, the mother is forced to sit by and watch while her husband and son...

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He Learned About Women

as Augus
Released: 1933-03-02

He Learned About Women is a 1932 American Pre-Code comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan and...

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Beating the Game

as Jules Fanchette
Released: 1921-09-01

Professional safecracker Fancy Charlie breaks into the apartment of G.B. Lawson, a...

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A Tailor-Made Man

as Anton Huber
Released: 1922-08-05

A tailor tries to pass himself off in high society by wearing some of his rich customer's clothes.

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The Dangerous Maid

as John Standish Lane
Released: 1923-11-19

Barbara Winslow helps her rebel brother, Rupert, escape from the king's forces by disguising...

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