Hugh Prosser

Hugh Prosser

Born: March 1, 1900
Died: November 8, 1952
in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota, USA

Movies for Hugh Prosser...

Canyon Ambush
Title: Canyon Ambush
Character: George Millarde
Released: October 12, 1952
Type: Movie
A mysterious masked rider and his gang are murdering ranchers and robbing stages. Government Agent Johnny Mack Brown has been called in to help the Sheriff.
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Bend of the River
Title: Bend of the River
Character: Johnson (uncredited)
Released: January 23, 1952
Type: Movie
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...
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Mysterious Island
Title: Mysterious Island
Character: Gideon Spillet
Released: September 13, 1951
Type: Movie
It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.
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The Texas Rangers
Title: The Texas Rangers
Released: June 3, 1951
Type: Movie
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
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Roar of the Iron Horse
Title: Roar of the Iron Horse
Character: Lefty - Henchman [Chs.1-4,7-9]
Released: May 31, 1951
Type: Movie
Columbia Pictures elevated stunt man Jock O'Mahoney to stardom in this 15 chapter western serial about the building of the transcontinental railroad. O'Mahoney played a railroad agent who uncovers the master criminal behind a series of sabotage attempts on the construction site.
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Outlaw Gold
Title: Outlaw Gold
Character: Roger Bigsby
Released: November 26, 1950
Type: Movie
Johnny Mack Brown dodges bullets while he tries to figure out who stole the Mexican gold and who killed the newspaper editor.
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Pirates of the High Seas
Title: Pirates of the High Seas
Character: Roper - Jeff's First Mate [Chs.1-2, 5-8]
Released: November 2, 1950
Type: Movie
For decades, pirates roamed the seas, searching for booty to plunder and coastal villages to terrorize. Who were these men and women? As you dig beneath the myth of Blackbeard, Captain Kidd and other legendary warriors of the waters in this docudrama, you'll discover who they were and what motivated them to wreak havoc wherever they sailed. Includes the movie Long John Silver's Return to Treasure Island.
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Across the Badlands
Title: Across the Badlands
Character: Jeff Carson
Released: September 14, 1950
Type: Movie
Charles Starrett once more hits the trail as "The Durango Kid" in Columbia's Across the Badlands. By now, the formula was a well-oiled machine: Starrett becomes a lawman, is challenged by the local criminal element, and ultimately goes beyond the law as the masked Durango.
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The Great Jewel Robber
Title: The Great Jewel Robber
Character: Captain (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
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Cody of the Pony Express
Title: Cody of the Pony Express
Released: April 6, 1950
Type: Movie
Buffalo Bill Cody battles a gang of outlaws secretly headed by an unscrupulous lawyer.
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The Adventures of Sir Galahad
Title: The Adventures of Sir Galahad
Character: Sir Lancelot
Released: December 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Sir Galahad, a knight of the Round Table, searches for the legendary sword of Excalibur.
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Western Renegades
Title: Western Renegades
Character: Jim Laren
Released: October 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Brown's principal antagonist this time is the town boss, an outlaw who has killed the community's leading citizen. The dead man's grown children want to investigate the killing, but the outlaw puts a stop to this by hiring a dance-hall dame to pose as the kids' long-lost mother. Johnny isn't fooled by this subterfuge nor is his sidekick.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Character: Sir Bedivere (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1949
Type: Movie
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.
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Bruce Gentry
Title: Bruce Gentry
Character: Paul Radcliffe
Released: February 10, 1949
Type: Movie
Famed aviator Bruce Gentry is working with scientist Andrew Benson, setting out to uncover the origin of a deadly secret weapon---an electronically controlled flying disc which can be directed at moving or stationary targets. The disc was master-minded by an enemy agent known only as "The Recorder" because...he speaks entirely via recordings. Aided by rancher Frank Farrell and his sister Juanita "Nita" Hodges, Gentry consistently foils "The Recorders" schemes, which are carried out by "The Recorder's" henchmen, Krendon, Allen and Chandler, including an attack on the Panama Canal.
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Congo Bill
Title: Congo Bill
Character: Morelli
Released: October 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Congo Bill is hired to locate an heiress lost somewhere in Africa.
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Trail to Laredo
Title: Trail to Laredo
Character: Fenton
Released: August 11, 1948
Type: Movie
Filmed at the Providencia Ranch (today's Forrest Lawn in Burbank, CA), this typical "Durango Kid" Western featured the Cass County Boys performing "Go West Young Lady" by Sammy Cahn and Saul Chaplin, in addition to series regular Smiley Burnette singing his own "It's My Turn" and "The Yodeler. This time, the Durango Kid (Charles Starrett) is chasing down a gang of outlaws shipping stolen gold in crates marked "ring bolts," ably assisted by Smiley, a treasury agent working undercover as a house painter. Virginia Maxey supplies female interest and little Tommy Ivo, in one of his six appearances in the Durango Kid series, also gets in the way of the action.
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Daredevils of the Clouds
Title: Daredevils of the Clouds
Character: RCMP Sergeant Dickson
Released: July 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Terry O'Rourke, an American operating a small airline in Canada, is having a tough time making a go of it; he has to cope with unfavorable weather conditions, a rocky terrain, and a large Americam company determined to buy him out at their low price. In addition, one of his primary employees is working against him. One of his airplanes is transporting a cargo of gold and the pilot arranges for the gold to be stolen. He planned to parachute to safety, letting the airplane be looted when it crashed, but a co-worker cuts his parachute cord and he is killed. O'Rourke, with the air of one of his best pilots, Kay Cameron, sets out to track down the culprits.
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Caged Fury
Title: Caged Fury
Character: Ringmaster (uncredited)
Released: March 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Big cats are killing people... after being trained by a twisted lion tamer.
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Six-Gun Law
Title: Six-Gun Law
Character: Decker - Boss
Released: January 9, 1948
Type: Movie
In this western, an entry in the "Durango Kid" series of westerns, a corrupt, prominent citizen owns a small western town. The trouble begins when a cowboy finds himself convinced by the evil town father that he has killed the sheriff. In exchange for his silence, the official forces the man to become the new sheriff and instructs him to turn a blind eye to the villain's evil doings.
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The Sea Hound
Title: The Sea Hound
Character: Stanley Rand
Released: September 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Columbia's 34th serial production starring Buster Crabbe, the Serial King himself
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Dragnet
Title: Dragnet
Released: August 16, 1947
Type: Movie
Scotland Yard Inspector Geoffrey James comes to the United States looking for a band of international gem-thieves who have smuggled a rich load of jewels from England to America via a trans-ocean airline. Mary Hogan, an airline hostess, aids him in his quest.
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The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
Title: The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
Character: Police Capt. Reilly
Released: May 22, 1947
Type: Movie
Columbia's 33rd serial (made between "Jack Armstrong" and "The Sea Hound") was based on the character that first appeared in "Action Comics" No. 42.
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Jack Armstrong
Title: Jack Armstrong
Character: Vic Hardy
Released: February 6, 1947
Type: Movie
Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, battles the evil Dr. Grood, who has placed a death ray aboard his spaceship orbiting Earth.
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Vacation Days
Title: Vacation Days
Character: Tom Sneed
Released: January 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Miss Hinklefink invites the Teen Agers to stay at her new ranch for the summer. Freddie is mistaken for a famed bank-robber and hijinx ensue.
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Son of the Guardsman
Title: Son of the Guardsman
Character: Red Robert
Released: October 23, 1946
Type: Movie
David Trent is a nobleman who forms an outlaw group to combat his evil uncle Sir Edgar Bullard. The outlaws of Sherwood Forest are championing young Roger Mowbray, really Prince Richard, whose right to the throne is being usurped by an evil regent.
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The French Key
Title: The French Key
Character: Swede (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1946
Type: Movie
Private detective Johnny Fletcher and his sidekick Sam Cragg skip out on their rented room, but when they sneak back to retrieve their luggage, they discover a dead body on the bed, holding a gold coin in its hand. Fletcher is told by a coin collector that the piece is an old and valuable Spanish coin, but Fletcher soon begins to suspect that the man is himself involved in the murder. Fletcher's investigation leads to he and Sam getting caught up in a murder and gold smuggling scheme.
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The Phantom Rider
Title: The Phantom Rider
Character: Keeler
Released: January 26, 1946
Type: Movie
A new town doctor arrives at the same time as local Indians needprotection from troublemaking looters.
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Pardon My Past
Title: Pardon My Past
Character: Mr. Long
Released: December 24, 1945
Type: Movie
Eddie York (MacMurray) is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.
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Code of the Lawless
Title: Code of the Lawless
Character: Lester Ward
Released: July 1, 1945
Type: Movie
In this western, the hero fights the bad guys by impersonating the son of a rancher. The outlaws have been making the good landowners pay fake taxes. Not only does the good guy succeed in catching the bad guys, he also catches himself the postmistress.
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Flame of Barbary Coast
Title: Flame of Barbary Coast
Character: Fred Mallen
Released: May 28, 1945
Type: Movie
Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune, he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer; but the 1906 quake destroys his place.
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Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Title: Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Character: Nick Joel
Released: January 19, 1945
Type: Movie
A telephone operator plays homicide detective with her boyfriend, making it harder for the police.
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Double Exposure
Title: Double Exposure
Character: Detective
Released: December 18, 1944
Type: Movie
In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is mistaken for evidence of a murder and she must try to prove her own innocence.
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Song of the Range
Title: Song of the Range
Character: Bruce Carter
Released: December 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Finding Dale's wallet, Denny returns it just as two men shoot each other with one dying and one escaping. Dale blames Denny for the murder and Lasses has to pose as the Sheriff to free him. Trailing the wounded man they learn he and Dale are Government Agents. Jimmy, Denny, and Lasses now join up with Dale and soon find themselves involved in a gold bullion smuggling racket.
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Land of the Outlaws
Title: Land of the Outlaws
Character: Ed Hammond
Released: September 16, 1944
Type: Movie
The old bromide about the western town run by outlaws as a hideout for their fellow crooks makes a return appearance in Monogram's Land of the Outlaws. Since the crooks include such reliable disreputables as Charles King and John Merton, the good guys really have their work cut out for them. But not to worry! The heroes are Johnny Mack Brown and Raymond Hatton, whose B-western track record is unbeatable. Land of the Outlaws was directed by Lambert Hillyer, whose sense of rhythm and pace had saved many another inexpensive oater.
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West of the Rio Grande
Title: West of the Rio Grande
Character: Henchman Lucky Cramer
Released: August 5, 1944
Type: Movie
Two-fisted cowboys fight for law and order in their encounters with outlaws.
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Range Law
Title: Range Law
Character: Sheriff Jed Hawkins
Released: June 24, 1944
Type: Movie
Range Law stars Johnny Mack Brown as "Nevada" and Raymond Hatton as "Sandy", the same characters they played in most of their mid-1940s Monogram westerns. This time, Nevada and Sandy, US marshals both, set out to collar some renegades who've been driving out the local ranchers. It's just possible that one of said ranchers is behind this land-grabbing scheme.
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The Fighting Seabees
Title: The Fighting Seabees
Character: Seabee (uncredited)
Released: January 27, 1944
Type: Movie
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect them. After a series of attacks by the Japanese, something new is tried, Construction Battalions (CBs=Seabees). The new CBs have to both build and be ready to fight.
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Riders of the Deadline
Title: Riders of the Deadline
Character: Sheriff Gilchrist
Released: December 3, 1943
Type: Movie
When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.
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Northern Pursuit
Title: Northern Pursuit
Character: Corporal (uncredited)
Released: November 7, 1943
Type: Movie
Canadian Mountie Steve Wagner captures a German Luftwaffe officer on a spy mission, who later escapes from the prison camp. To catch the spy ring, the Mounties employ a ruse so that the spies, believing Steve to be sympathetic, enlist him in their plans.
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So Proudly We Hail
Title: So Proudly We Hail
Character: Captain (Uncredited)
Released: September 9, 1943
Type: Movie
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
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Action in the North Atlantic
Title: Action in the North Atlantic
Character: Lieutenant Commander (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
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Border Patrol
Title: Border Patrol
Character: Mine Boss
Released: April 2, 1943
Type: Movie
When three Texas Rangers try to investigate kidnapped Mexicans being used as forced labor in the mines of Silver Bullet, they are framed for murder by the town's corrupt sheriff.
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Lost Canyon
Title: Lost Canyon
Character: Sheriff
Released: December 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Burton is after Clark's ranch. He gets the banker to refuse to renew Clark's note and then sends his men to rustle his cattle. Hoppy is Clark's new foreman and is on to Burton's scheme. But just as he learns of the rustling and is about to go after the gang, the Sheriff arrives and arrests him for hiding Johnny who has been accused of robbery.
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Sabotage Squad
Title: Sabotage Squad
Character: Unspecified Saboteur
Released: August 27, 1942
Type: Movie
A police lieutenant and a patriotic professional gambler, rivals in life and love, combine efforts to corner a gang of Nazi saboteurs operating out of a barber shop, in which their mutual girlfriend works, and unmask its secret leader.
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Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Title: Boss of Hangtown Mesa
Character: Utah Kid
Released: August 21, 1942
Type: Movie
It is now an accepted fact that the best of Johnny Mack Brown's Universal westerns were directed by the talented Joseph H. Lewis. Boss of Hangtown Mesa may not be in the same league as the Brown-Lewis classic Arizona Cyclone, but it comes awfully close. This time around, hero Steve Collins (Brown) comes to the aid of Betty Wilkins (Helen Deverell), who has taken over the telegraph-line business established by her uncle John (Henry Hall). The latter was murdered by outlaws who don't cotton to having the territory linked up electronically with the rest of the world.
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Title: Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Character: Patrol Captain
Released: December 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
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West of Cimarron
Title: West of Cimarron
Character: Charles Bentley
Released: December 15, 1941
Type: Movie
The Mesquiteers return to Texas after the Civil War to find Army carpetbaggers fighting the local bushwackers. They quickly learn that Capt. Hawks and his men are the culprits and join up with Morgan and his men.
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Devil Pays Off
Title: Devil Pays Off
Character: Ship's Purser
Released: November 10, 1941
Type: Movie
A former Navy man attempts to redeem his honor by exposing a shipping tycoon's dealings with the enemy.
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Hands Across the Rockies
Title: Hands Across the Rockies
Character: Cash Jennings
Released: June 19, 1941
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Hickock and Cannonball help two young people in love and bring the murderer of Cannonball's father to justice.
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Lady from Louisiana
Title: Lady from Louisiana
Character: Politician (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
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Mr. District Attorney
Title: Mr. District Attorney
Character: Barrett's Aide
Released: March 27, 1941
Type: Movie
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
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Bachelor Mother
Title: Bachelor Mother
Character: Merlin's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: June 30, 1939
Type: Movie
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct, David Merlin becomes determined to keep the single woman and "her" baby together.
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The Night Riders
Title: The Night Riders
Character: Federal Man
Released: April 12, 1939
Type: Movie
Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious "night riders" to fight this evil.