Jack Randall

Jack Randall

Born: May 12, 1906
Died: July 16, 1945
in San Fernando, California, USA

Movies for Jack Randall...

The 10 from Texas
Title: The 10 from Texas
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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Cry 'Havoc'
Title: Cry 'Havoc'
Character: Lt. Thomas Holt - Communications Officer
Released: November 23, 1943
Type: Movie
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
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Danger! Women at Work
Title: Danger! Women at Work
Character: Danny
Released: August 23, 1943
Type: Movie
Three women inherit a 10-ton truck and decide to go into business. Hi jinks ensue.
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Girls in Chains
Title: Girls in Chains
Character: Johnny Moon (as Allan Byron)
Released: May 17, 1943
Type: Movie
A fired teacher finds work at a girls reform school and helps a detective on a case.
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High Explosive
Title: High Explosive
Character: Joe (as Allan Byron)
Released: March 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger brother, Jimmy ('Rand Brooks'), and gets Jimmy to replace him on a dangerous nitro haul and Jimmy, of course, has an accident and gets killed. But "Buzz" finds a way to redeem himself. The hard way.
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Pacific Blackout
Title: Pacific Blackout
Character: Interne
Released: December 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
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Riders from Nowhere
Title: Riders from Nowhere
Character: Jack Rankin (as Jack Randall)
Released: December 30, 1940
Type: Movie
In this his penultimate Western for low-budget company Monogram, Jack Randall assumed the identity of a murdered ranger in order to track down the killer. In the lawless town of Brimstone, the citizens are being terrorized by a gang of outlaws headed by Mason (Tom London), who, to no one's great surprise, proves to be the very man Jack has been trailing. The relieved citizens of Brimstone then elect Jack as their new sheriff. The murdered ranger's sister was played by Margaret Roach, the 19-year-old daughter of comedy producer Hal Roach. Ernie Adams replaced Glenn Strange (who himself had replaced Frank Yaconelli) as Randall's sidekick, Manny, and Nelson McDowell provided additional comic relief as Brimstone's busy undertaker.
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Wild Horse Range
Title: Wild Horse Range
Character: Jack Wallace (as Jack Randall)
Released: June 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Randall and his sidekick Manny (Frank Yaconelli) played horse traders battling a greedy and unscrupulous rival (Tom London). When some of his stock disappears, Jack follows the trail to a ranch belonging to Harriet Morgan (Marin Sais) and her young niece, Ann (Phyllis Ruth). A white stallion is accused of luring the Morgan mares astray but the horses are in reality being rustled by the ever-present London and his henchman (Charles King).
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The Kid from Santa Fe
Title: The Kid from Santa Fe
Character: Jack - Santa Fe Kid
Released: May 23, 1940
Type: Movie
After the Santa Fe Kid is appointed by Sheriff Holt to be one of his deputies, he goes after a smuggling ring operating near the Mexican border.
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Land of the Six Guns
Title: Land of the Six Guns
Character: Jack Rowan
Released: May 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Stone is buying cattle cheap in Mexico, bringing them across the border without paying duty, changing the brands, and then selling them at a big profit. When Jack Rowan arrives and buys the vacant ranch used by Stone to sneak his cattle across the border, Stone sends out his henchmen to finish Jack off.
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Covered Wagon Trails
Title: Covered Wagon Trails
Character: Jack Cameron
Released: April 10, 1940
Type: Movie
A wagon train of settlers is approaching Prairieville and rancher Allen is out to stop them by having some of his men join the train and poison the horses. When Jack Cameron arrives in Prairieville with replacement horses, he learns his brother who was with the train has been murdered. A piece of his brother's clothing identifies a member of the gang and Jack sets out to find the rest of them and also deliver the horses.
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The Cheyenne Kid
Title: The Cheyenne Kid
Character: The Cheyenne Kid
Released: February 20, 1940
Type: Movie
A ranch owner gives the Cheyenne Kid $1000 and sends him off to buy cattle. At the same time he fires a ranch hand and that hand rides ahead and alerts Jeff Baker about the $1000. Bakers' henchman are too late to get the Kid but they kill the rancher paid by the Kid. The Sheriff then arrests the Kid claiming he murdered the rancher to get the money back and that Baker said he then lost it at his gambling table.
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Pioneer Days
Title: Pioneer Days
Character: Jack Dunham
Released: January 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Jack Randall plays Dunham, a wandering cavalier who comes to the aid of frontier heiress Mary. The girl's legacy is half-ownership of a prosperous saloon, the other half controlled by hissable villain Slater. With the help of no less than two comic sidekicks, Dunham cuts the villain down to size.
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Nothing But Pleasure
Title: Nothing But Pleasure
Released: January 19, 1940
Type: Movie
To save money, Buster and his wife decide to drive to Detroit to buy a new car, then drive it home.
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Overland Mail
Title: Overland Mail
Character: Jack Mason
Released: November 16, 1939
Type: Movie
Overland mail riders Jack Mason and his pal, Porchy, learn that an Indian uprising is imminent because one of the tribe has been murdered by a gang of outlaws. The primary town of the mail route is also being used as a hideout and base of operations for a gang of counterfeiters led by Joe Polini. Jack and an undercover federal agent, Duke Evans, round up the counterfeiters and turn Polini over to the Indian Chief as the killer of the brave.
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Oklahoma Terror
Title: Oklahoma Terror
Character: Jack Ridgely
Released: August 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Cartwright's racket is to sell a ranch and then have Mason and his men drive the ranchers away so he can resell it. If they want their money back he gives it to them and then has them killed. Jack arrives and learns that Mason and his men are the culprits but that they have a boss. He suspects Cartwright and sets trap to expose him.
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Across the Plains
Title: Across the Plains
Character: Cherokee
Released: June 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Two young brothers are separated when their wagon train is attacked and their parents killed. One brother Cherokee is raised by Indians and the other, the Kansas Kid, by the outlaw gang leader Buff. Twenty years later they unknowingly meet again when the Kid goes after wagons being guided by Cherokee.
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Trigger Smith
Title: Trigger Smith
Character: Jack 'Trigger' Smith, aka Arizona Jones
Released: March 22, 1939
Type: Movie
A cowboy goes after a gang of stagecoach robbers who murdered his brother.
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Drifting Westward
Title: Drifting Westward
Character: Jack Martin
Released: January 25, 1939
Type: Movie
Manuel and Carga are after the hidden map of a gold mine which is somewhere in the hacienda willed to Manuel's brother, Don Careta. Following the third midnight raid on his home, Don Careta is fearful for the safety of his daughter Wanda, and sends for Jack Martin to help him.
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Gun Packer
Title: Gun Packer
Character: Jack Denton - aka Jack Drake, aka Trigger Smith
Released: November 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Jack has been called in to investigate stage robberies where the stolen gold bullion mysteriously disappears, He finds the Professor, an elderly ex-con, and convincing him they used to work together, gets the Professor to get him in to the gang. Now posing as an outlaw, he learns what the Professor does with the bullion, but he is in trouble when his true identity is revealed.
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Land of Fighting Men
Title: Land of Fighting Men
Character: Jack Lambert
Released: November 3, 1938
Type: Movie
A cowboy is framed for the murder of a rancher, which was committed by a landgrabber. The cowboy must clear his name and bring in the real killer.
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The Mexicali Kid
Title: The Mexicali Kid
Character: Jack Wood
Released: September 13, 1938
Type: Movie
Looking for the killer of his brother, Jack saves the outlaw known as the Mexicali Kid who had collapsed on the desert. Jack joins up with the Kid who leads him to Gorson. Gorson is after a ranch and gets Jack to pose as the heir to the ranch. After the papers are signed he plans to have jack killed. But the Kid recognizes Gorson's henchmen as the men Jack is after and decides to help him.
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Man's Country
Title: Man's Country
Character: Jack Haile (as Jack Randall)
Released: July 6, 1938
Type: Movie
An undercover Texas Ranger runs into trouble when he learns that the murderer he's trailing has a twin brother.
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Gunsmoke Trail
Title: Gunsmoke Trail
Character: Jack Lane
Released: May 26, 1938
Type: Movie
Learning of Walters' inheritance, Larson kills him and assumes his identity. When Larson's men try to kill Walter's niece Lola, Jack Lane breaks it up. This leads to a showdown with Jack outnumbered by Larson and his gang. Having saved Loma's life earlier, he has Fuzzy ride for him and his men.
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Where the West Begins
Title: Where the West Begins
Character: Jack Manning
Released: February 2, 1938
Type: Movie
Lynne Reed, Jack Manning's fiancée, is stagestruck and wants to go to New York for a career. She is encouraged in this delusion that she is a great actress by Barnes, who offers to buy her ranch, cheaply of course, so she can have enough money to get to the Big City. Barnes has Jack thrown into jail on a trumped-up charge of cattle rustling, and organizes a lynching party to get Jack permanently out of the way. Things get more complicated when Buzz, Jack's pal, discovers the secret of Lynne's ranch. How he engineers Jack's escape, and how they save Lynne adds suspense to a surprise climax.
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Danger Valley
Title: Danger Valley
Character: Jack Bruce (as Jack Randall)
Released: November 3, 1937
Type: Movie
When Temple's miners strike gold they send Jake to file the claim. Dana is in the Recorder's office and overhears. He and his men kill Jake and forge new deeds. Now owning everything Dana tries to kick the Temple group off their land. But Jack and sidekick Lucky are on hand and plan to help them fight back.
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Stars Over Arizona
Title: Stars Over Arizona
Character: Jack Dawson
Released: September 22, 1937
Type: Movie
When the Governor gets Dawson to go after Ace Carter and his gang, Dawson gets him to release four prisoners into his custody. Arriving in town, Carter frames Dawson for murder and his stooge Judge sentences him to be hung. The four ex-convicts arrive in time to save Dawson but one of the four is a double-crosser and this means more trouble for Dawson.
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Riders of the Dawn
Title: Riders of the Dawn
Character: Marshal Jack Preston
Released: July 14, 1937
Type: Movie
The first of 22 inexpensive Westerns starring Jack Randall (aka Addison Randall and Allan Byron), Riders of the Dawn is yet another in a long series of oaters featuring a lawman masquerading as an outlaw.
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Blazing Barriers
Title: Blazing Barriers
Character: Arthur Forsythe
Released: June 29, 1937
Type: Movie
Two young hoods from the city are sent to a Civilian Conservation Corps camp in the mountains to try to turn them away from the life of crime they're headed for.
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Flying Hostess
Title: Flying Hostess
Character: Earl Spencer (as Addison Randall)
Released: December 1, 1936
Type: Movie
The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses.
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Red Lights Ahead
Title: Red Lights Ahead
Character: Nordingham
Released: November 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A family loses its collective head going from rags to riches in this low-budget comedy from also-ran studio Chesterfield. Former slapstick comedian Andy Clyde starred as Grandpa Tom Hopkins who, after selling his junk business, moves in with daughter Molly (Lucille Gleason), her husband Ed (Roger Imhof), and their children Mary (Ann Doran), Edna (Paula Stone), George (Ben Alexander, and Willie (Frank Coghlan Jr.). Ed, who is a member of the town lodge "the Whales," is persuaded by Whitney (Sam Flint) the "Grand Harpoon," to buy $5,000 worth of shares in a promising gold mine, mortgaging the family home to do so. Soon the family is rich and everyone except Molly takes on airs.
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Don't Turn 'em Loose
Title: Don't Turn 'em Loose
Character: Al - Henchman
Released: September 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A conscientious attorney who is a member of the State Parole Board, finds his own son, using an alias, up for parole and makes the decision to cast the approving vote.
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Navy Born
Title: Navy Born
Character: Lt. Tex Jones
Released: June 2, 1936
Type: Movie
A naval officer gets more than he bargained for when he adopts a recently orphaned young boy, the son of his late best friends. Despite the resistance of the lad's surviving relatives, who worry that growing in the Navy will be hard on the boy, the officer loves and takes good care of the boy. At least he does until the child is abducted by a gangster who has mistaken him for his long-lost boy. Fortunately for the young fellow, the officer rallies the entire Navy and comes to the rescue.
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Love on a Bet
Title: Love on a Bet
Character: Jackson Wallace
Released: March 6, 1936
Type: Movie
Aspiring Producer Michael McCreigh convinces Uncle Carlton to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play's ridiculous plot. If Michael fails, he must work in Carlton's meat packing plant.
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Two in the Dark
Title: Two in the Dark
Character: Duke Reed
Released: January 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's just been murdered.
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Another Face
Title: Another Face
Character: Tex Williams
Released: December 20, 1935
Type: Movie
The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new face. He learned about women from her!
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His Family Tree
Title: His Family Tree
Character: Mike Donovan
Released: September 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
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Tugboat Annie
Title: Tugboat Annie
Character: Dance Extra (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1933
Type: Movie
Waterfront couple raise their son to be a sea captain. He grows up to be rather snotty and rebels against drunken Beery. Valiant Dressler keeps things moving even as hubby ruins their tugboat business.