John McGuire

John McGuire

Born: October 22, 1910
Died: September 30, 1980
John McGuire was born on October 22, 1910. He was an actor, known for Stranger on the Third Floor (1940), Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) and Invisible Ghost (1941). He died on September 30, 1980 in Dublin, Ireland.

Movies for John McGuire...

The Sea Hornet
Title: The Sea Hornet
Character: Policeman
Released: November 6, 1951
Type: Movie
"The Sea Hornet" was a merchant ship sunk, supposedly by a torpedo, less than a mile off the California Coast during World War Two. Six years later when his buddy is killed, attempting to blow up the sunken ship, on the orders of Suntan Radford and Tony Sullivan, deep-sea diver "Gunner" McNeil has his suspicions aroused... especially since Suntan is the daughter of the ship's captain that died when the ship sunk, and Sullivan was a crew member. Plus the fact the ship had over a million dollars in cash on board. During the course of his investigation, he becomes romantically involved with Ginger Sullivan
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The Tanks Are Coming
Title: The Tanks Are Coming
Character: Col. Matthews
Released: October 31, 1951
Type: Movie
An American tank crew fights its way into Germany in World War II.
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The Racket
Title: The Racket
Character: Policeman in Locker Room (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1951
Type: Movie
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
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The First Legion
Title: The First Legion
Character: Father Tom Rawleigh
Released: May 4, 1951
Type: Movie
A Catholic priest fights against his colleagues' immediate acceptance of an ambiguous “miracle”.
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You're in the Navy Now
Title: You're in the Navy Now
Character: Naval Commander
Released: February 23, 1951
Type: Movie
When Lt. John Harkness is assigned as the new skipper of a submarine chaser equipped with an experimental steam engine, he hopes that the U.S.S. Teakettle's veterans will afford him enough help to accomplish the ship's goals. Unfortunately, he finds the crew and its officers share his novice status or only have experience in diesel engines.
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
Title: Where the Sidewalk Ends
Character: Detective Gertessen (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.
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Rock Island Trail
Title: Rock Island Trail
Character: Army Lieutenant
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
A greedy businessman tries to block the building of a new railroad in his area.
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Federal Agent at Large
Title: Federal Agent at Large
Character: Customs Officer
Released: March 12, 1950
Type: Movie
A crime ring is smuggling gold from Mexico across the border in the US. The Customs Service sends an agent to Mexico to try to infiltrate the ring and stop the smuggling.
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When Willie Comes Marching Home
Title: When Willie Comes Marching Home
Character: Major L.T. Moore (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1950
Type: Movie
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frustrated when his posting ends up to be in his home town, and he is recruited into training, keeping him from the action. However, when he finds himself accidently behind enemy lines he unexpectedly becomes a hero after all.
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Sands of Iwo Jima
Title: Sands of Iwo Jima
Character: Capt. Joyce
Released: January 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
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White Heat
Title: White Heat
Character: Psychiatrist #2 (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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Sky Liner
Title: Sky Liner
Character: George Eakins
Released: July 28, 1949
Type: Movie
Travellers board a flight, unaware that other passengers might be spies and counterspies, complete with secret documents, poison and elaborate plans to engage in international espionage!
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Flamingo Road
Title: Flamingo Road
Released: April 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
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He Walked by Night
Title: He Walked by Night
Character: Officer Robert Rawlins (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1949
Type: Movie
This film-noir piece, told in semi-documentary style, follows police on the hunt for a resourceful criminal who shoots and kills a cop.
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Highway 13
Title: Highway 13
Released: December 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Hank Wilson is a driver for a truck for a big transportation company which is in financial straits. He is in love with Doris Lacy, a waitress at the truck-stop where the company has its truck fleet serviced. Frequent accidents near the place leads the company to hire a private detective to investigate, and when the detective is murdered Hank is arrested as a suspect. The insurance company that covers the fleet has him released and he is sent back to work with instructions to investigate the accidents on his own. The trail leads to the uncle of Doris, and one of the part-owners of the company.
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Fighter Squadron
Title: Fighter Squadron
Released: November 27, 1948
Type: Movie
During World War II, an insubordinate fighter pilot finds the shoe on the other foot when he's promoted.
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The Strawberry Roan
Title: The Strawberry Roan
Character: Bud Williams
Released: August 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Young Joe is paralyzed as he is bucked by a wild horse, a strawberry roan. Angered, his father, Walt, tries to shoot the horse but is stopped by his foreman, Gene Autry. The roan escapes and Autry, told to leave the ranch by Walt, finds and trains the horse, now named Champ, in hopes that by returning it to Joe it will provide him with the will to overcome his disability.
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Bells of San Angelo
Title: Bells of San Angelo
Character: Rex Gridley
Released: April 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Gridley is mining silver from an old Mexican mine and bringing it into the USA thru a passage into his worthless mine. Border guard Rogers suspects Gridley and finally finds the secret entrance to the Mexican mine. He sends Lee Madison for help only to have her captured by Gridley. Trigger brings help that takes care of Gridley's men and now Roy has to rescue Madison.
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Dead of Night
Title: Dead of Night
Character: Hugo Fitch (Segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (Uncredited)
Released: September 9, 1945
Type: Movie
Architect Walter Craig, seeking the possibility of some work at a country farmhouse, soon finds himself once again stuck in his recurring nightmare. Dreading the end of the dream that he knows is coming, he must first listen to all the assembled guests' own bizarre tales.
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Shadow of a Doubt
Title: Shadow of a Doubt
Character: Teen at Crosswalk (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Just when Charlotte ‘Charlie’ Newton, is feeling especially frustrated by the lack of excitement in her small town in California, she receives wonderful news: Her uncle and namesake, Charlie Oakley, is coming to visit. However, as secrets about him come to the fore, Charlotte’s admiration turns into suspicion.
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The Navy Comes Through
Title: The Navy Comes Through
Character: James Bayless (as John Maguire)
Released: October 30, 1942
Type: Movie
A U.S. Navy crew aboard a merchant marine ship battle Nazis.
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Highways by Night
Title: Highways by Night
Character: James 'Duke' Wellington
Released: October 2, 1942
Type: Movie
A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters.
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The Magnificent Ambersons
Title: The Magnificent Ambersons
Character: Young Man (uncredited)
Released: July 10, 1942
Type: Movie
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
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Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Title: Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost
Character: Luders
Released: June 26, 1942
Type: Movie
Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb.
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My Favorite Spy
Title: My Favorite Spy
Character: Nightclub Patron
Released: June 12, 1942
Type: Movie
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).
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Powder Town
Title: Powder Town
Character: Harvey Dodge
Released: June 7, 1942
Type: Movie
Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret formula at an explosives plant, stars Edmond O'Brien, Victor McLaglen, Dorothy Lovett, June Havoc, Eddie Foy Jr., Marion Martin and Mary Gordon.
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Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Title: Mexican Spitfire at Sea
Character: First Officer Reynolds
Released: March 13, 1942
Type: Movie
An advertising executive and his temperamental wife sail to Hawaii in search of business. The fifth entry (of eight) in the "Mexican Spitfire" comedy series.
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Wedded Blitz
Title: Wedded Blitz
Released: March 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Errol is a character actor who wears various makeups, costumes, and disguises when he goes home. His neighbors mistakenly suspect his glamorous young wife is playing around with strange men.
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Ever Since Eden
Title: Ever Since Eden
Character: Livingston
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
A history of the tomato. Begins with the discovery of the plant by Cortes when he conquered Montezuma.
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Sea Raiders
Title: Sea Raiders
Character: Tom Adams
Released: October 13, 1941
Type: Movie
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
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Invisible Ghost
Title: Invisible Ghost
Character: Ralph Dickson / Paul Dickson
Released: April 25, 1941
Type: Movie
The town's leading citizen becomes a homicidal maniac after his wife deserts him.
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Street of Memories
Title: Street of Memories
Character: Joe Mason / Richard Havens
Released: November 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Joe Mason suffers from amnesia and is often in trouble. Catherine Foster befriends him and they marry. After a jolt jogs his memory, he remembers that he is the son of a rich businessman from Chicago, but he can't remember anything recent.
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Stranger on the Third Floor
Title: Stranger on the Third Floor
Character: Michael Ward
Released: August 16, 1940
Type: Movie
Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.
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Women Without Names
Title: Women Without Names
Character: Walter Ferris
Released: March 14, 1940
Type: Movie
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts of politically ambitious assistant DA Marlin, Fred awaits his doom on Death Row, while Joyce works overtime on the outside to clear her husband's name
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Fugitives for a Night
Title: Fugitives for a Night
Character: Casino Extra
Released: September 23, 1938
Type: Movie
A faded star is suspected of killing a studio executive.
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Wanted: Jane Turner
Title: Wanted: Jane Turner
Character: Jerry Turner
Released: December 4, 1936
Type: Movie
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
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End of the Trail
Title: End of the Trail
Character: Larry Pearson
Released: October 10, 1936
Type: Movie
In this western, a Spanish-American war veteran cannot find gainful employment. In desperation, he becomes a cattle rustler until he can get back on his feet. Just as he is ready to go straight, his girlfriend's younger brother is shot.
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Human Cargo
Title: Human Cargo
Character: 'Spike' Davis
Released: May 15, 1936
Type: Movie
Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end to a smuggling gang that brings illegal aliens to the United States, and then makes further victims of them by extortion payments. They go to Vancouver, Canada and board a ship carrying aliens. But the gang recognizes them as reporters and gang-henchmen Tony Scula (Ralf Harolde) and Ira Conklin take them off the ship. But Campbell recognizes Scula as the gunman who killed Carmen Zoro.
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Charlie Chan at the Circus
Title: Charlie Chan at the Circus
Character: Hal Blake
Released: March 27, 1936
Type: Movie
While visiting the circus with his family, Charlie is recruited by the big top's co-owner to investigate threatening letters that he's received.
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Love in September
Title: Love in September
Released: March 6, 1936
Type: Movie
Love in September
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
Title: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Character: Lieutenant Lovett
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
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Your Uncle Dudley
Title: Your Uncle Dudley
Character: Robert Kirby
Released: December 13, 1935
Type: Movie
A paint store owner turns his attention to civic affairs while his business falls apart.
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This Is the Life
Title: This Is the Life
Character: Michael Grant
Released: October 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A popular child star, exploited and overworked by her greedy guardians, decides enough is enough--and takes it on the lam.
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Steamboat Round the Bend
Title: Steamboat Round the Bend
Character: Duke
Released: September 6, 1935
Type: Movie
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.
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Outlaw Rule
Title: Outlaw Rule
Character: Danny Taylor
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A rancher, frustrated with constant cattle rustling and the inability of the local sheriff to stop it, is accused of murder when the sheriff is found dead.
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Contented Calves
Title: Contented Calves
Character: Reddington Company Office Worker
Released: August 6, 1934
Type: Movie
An add campaign for stockings embarrasses the girls.