Don Downen

Don Downen

Born: December 19, 1914
Died: October 3, 1959
in Los Angeles, California, USA

Movies for Don Downen...

Hot Water
Title: Hot Water
Character: College Boy (uncredited)
Released: September 24, 1937
Type: Movie
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.
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Varsity Show
Title: Varsity Show
Character: Elevator Operator
Released: September 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Title: Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Character: Boy with Telegrams (uncredited)
Released: August 11, 1937
Type: Movie
A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.
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Talent Scout
Title: Talent Scout
Character: Extra in Studio Lunchroom (uncredited)
Released: July 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A Hollywood heartthrob helps a small-town girl achieve stardom.
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Ever Since Eve
Title: Ever Since Eve
Character: Office Boy (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1937
Type: Movie
Madge Winton (Marion Davies), a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Matthews (Robert Montgomery), accidentally sees her without her disguise, she has to pretend to be her roommate Sadie.
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The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Title: The Case of the Stuttering Bishop
Character: Bellboy (uncredited)
Released: June 8, 1937
Type: Movie
A Bishop from Australia comes to Perry to ask him to take a case of a woman wrongly accused of manslaughter 22 years before. The case would involve the wealthy Mr. Brownley and the fact that his alleged granddaughter may be an imposter. With that, the Bishop leaves and is clubbed in his hotel room. Soon after, he leaves on a boat and Perry meets the woman - Ida Gilbert. Perry goes to see Mr. Brownley, but gets nowhere. Later that night, Brownley is to meet Ida, but he is shot by a woman who drops Ida's gun. Ida is arrested for the murder of Mr. Brownley and Perry gets involved.
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Kid Galahad
Title: Kid Galahad
Character: (uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1937
Type: Movie
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
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Midnight Court
Title: Midnight Court
Character: Car Thief
Released: March 6, 1937
Type: Movie
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
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Her Husband's Secretary
Title: Her Husband's Secretary
Character: Office Boy Drinking Milk
Released: February 26, 1937
Type: Movie
A businessman buys trouble when he hires his wife"s best friend as his secretary.
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The Case of the Black Cat
Title: The Case of the Black Cat
Character: Newsboy (uncredited)
Released: October 31, 1936
Type: Movie
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious fire and Laxter's two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns Laxter's death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster's found dead in his basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial around. Written by Sister Grimm
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Satan Met a Lady
Title: Satan Met a Lady
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: July 22, 1936
Type: Movie
In the second screen version of The Maltese Falcon, a detective is caught between a lying seductress and a lady jewel thief.
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Bullets or Ballots
Title: Bullets or Ballots
Character: Usher (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1936
Type: Movie
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
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The Singing Kid
Title: The Singing Kid
Character: Call Boy (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.
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Road Gang
Title: Road Gang
Character: Western Union Messenger (uncredited)
Released: March 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.
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Man Hunt
Title: Man Hunt
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: January 29, 1936
Type: Movie
A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
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Freshman Love
Title: Freshman Love
Character: Second Goof (uncredited)
Released: January 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like schools that have high academic standards.
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Man of Iron
Title: Man of Iron
Character: Messenger
Released: December 21, 1935
Type: Movie
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.
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Frisco Kid
Title: Frisco Kid
Character: Opera House Usher (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1935
Type: Movie
After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of the infamous Barbary Coast.
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Page Miss Glory
Title: Page Miss Glory
Character: Bellboy (uncredited)
Released: September 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.
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Don't Bet on Blondes
Title: Don't Bet on Blondes
Character: Markham's Receptionist (Uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1935
Type: Movie
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His first client is Colonel Youngblood who insures his daughter, Marilyn, against marriage.
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'G' Men
Title: 'G' Men
Character: Joe - the Second Fingerprint Clerk (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1935
Type: Movie
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
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Mary Jane's Pa
Title: Mary Jane's Pa
Character: Youth
Released: April 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Sam Preston is a small-town newspaper publisher who suffers from wanderlust. Leaving his family, he thinks well-provided for, he packs a suitcase and hits the road. Ten years later he comes back to find the newspaper shuttered and his family gone.
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A Night at the Ritz
Title: A Night at the Ritz
Character: Bellboy (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1935
Type: Movie
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
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The Payoff
Title: The Payoff
Character: Office Boy (uncredited)
Released: January 9, 1935
Type: Movie
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.