Rodney Bell

Rodney Bell

Born: October 21, 1915
Died: August 3, 1968
in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Movies for Rodney Bell...

The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Title: The Courtship of Eddie's Father
Character: Wedding Reception Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 27, 1963
Type: Movie
Although he's only seven, Eddie's got it all figured out. He wants his father, a widower, to get remarried — to the girl next door. Unfortunately, she's not one of the women that his dad's been dating.
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Title: The Beverly Hillbillies
Character: Guard #2
Released: September 26, 1962
Type: TV
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.
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Bachelor in Paradise
Title: Bachelor in Paradise
Character: Attorney (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A. J. Niles is the author of a series of 'Bachelor Books'. These books describe the romantic life of a bachelor in various cities of the world. But when he runs into trouble with the I.R.S. for back taxes, he needs to write another book fast, to pay them. His publisher decides a book about life in the American suburbs would be a hit and settles him into Paradise Village. One bachelor plus lonely housewives equals many angry husbands.
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Title: The Andy Griffith Show
Character: Trucker Edgar J. Masters
Released: October 3, 1960
Type: TV
The Andy Griffith Show is an American sitcom first televised on CBS between October 3, 1960 and April 1, 1968. Andy Griffith portrays the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and a precocious young son, Opie. Local ne'er-do-wells, bumbling pals, and temperamental girlfriends further complicate his life. Andy Griffith stated in a Today Show interview, with respect to the time period of the show: "Well, though we never said it, and though it was shot in the '60s, it had a feeling of the '30s. It was when we were doing it, of a time gone by." The series never placed lower than seventh in the Nielsen ratings and ended its final season at number one. It has been ranked by TV Guide as the 9th-best show in American television history. Though neither Griffith nor the show won awards during its eight-season run, series co-stars Knotts and Bavier accumulated a combined total of six Emmy Awards. The show, a semi-spin-off from an episode of The Danny Thomas Show titled "Danny Meets Andy Griffith", spawned its own spin-off series, Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., a sequel series, Mayberry R.F.D., and a reunion telemovie, Return to Mayberry. The show's enduring popularity has generated a good deal of show-related merchandise. Reruns currently air on TV Land, and the complete series is available on DVD. All eight seasons are also now available by streaming video services such as Netflix.
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The Subterraneans
Title: The Subterraneans
Character: Balloon Man (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1960
Type: Movie
A disillusioned writer explores the subterranean depths of San Francisco's North Beach district.
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The Rookie
Title: The Rookie
Character: Pentagon janitor
Released: December 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A manic young radio network employee enlists in the army at the end of WWII and finds himself the only new recruit at basic training camp. Military comedy.
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Money, Women and Guns
Title: Money, Women and Guns
Character: Martin (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.
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The High Cost of Loving
Title: The High Cost of Loving
Character: Bill Cady (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1958
Type: Movie
Middle-aged middle-manager Jim Fry, with the same company for fifteen years, is in a comfortable rut. But life becomes less predictable when he doesn't receive an invitation to an important luncheon being held by the new company president. Convinced that he's about to lose his job, Jim begins to mull over his limited prospects when his wife confirms that she's pregnant.
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The Missouri Traveler
Title: The Missouri Traveler
Character: Herb Davis
Released: January 21, 1958
Type: Movie
Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobias Brown.
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The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
Title: The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
Character: William S. 'Bill' Grant
Released: December 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A marine biologist and a government agent investigate mysterious deaths and rumors of a sea monster in a secluded ocean cove, and find themselves involved with a marine biology professor conducting secretive experiments, international spies trying to steal his secrets, a radioactive light on the sea bottom, and the malevolent thing which guards it.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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The Fire Chaser
Title: The Fire Chaser
Character: Wilbur Slemons
Released: September 30, 1954
Type: Movie
Hospitalized Eric Loudermilk Potts tells his story to a golddinging nurse. He's a bridegroom who misses his own wedding because he can't stop chasing fire trucks. Fiancee Mae breaks up with him to marry milksop Wilber at her father's insistence. But Eric's butler Simmons is determined to help true love, and arranges for Eric to crash the wedding and win Mae back.
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The Hitch-Hiker
Title: The Hitch-Hiker
Character: William Johnson
Released: March 30, 1953
Type: Movie
Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two know that as soon as they're no longer useful, he'll kill again. The two friends plot an escape, but the hitchhiker's peculiar physical affliction, an eye that never closes even when he sleeps, makes it impossible for them to tell when they can make a break for it.
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Title: Four Star Playhouse
Character: Charlie
Released: September 25, 1952
Type: TV
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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So You Never Tell a Lie
Title: So You Never Tell a Lie
Character: Eager Beaver Troop Leader (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1952
Type: Movie
When a watch intended for a contest winner at the office gets mixed up and confused with the one Joe McDoakes purchased for his wife, Joe once again finds himself on the short end.
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Young Man with Ideas
Title: Young Man with Ideas
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 2, 1952
Type: Movie
A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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I'll See You in My Dreams
Title: I'll See You in My Dreams
Character: Harris' Assistant (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
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So You Want to Be a Plumber
Title: So You Want to Be a Plumber
Character: Marvin (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1951
Type: Movie
In this comedic short, Joe McDoakes decides he should become a plumber.
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Love Nest
Title: Love Nest
Character: Drunk (Uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1951
Type: Movie
Jim and Connie's postwar New York building troubles keep Jim from working on his novel. Ex-WAC from Jim's army days Roberta moves in, further upsetting Connie but pleasing Jim's friend Ed. Tenant Charley, who marries tenant Eadie, loans money to Jim to help him keep the building, money which this Casanova obtains from rich widows.
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So You Want to Be a Handyman
Title: So You Want to Be a Handyman
Character: Marvin (uncredited)
Released: January 3, 1951
Type: Movie
Joe MacDoakes' next-door neighbor, Marvin, comes over to help him fix his lawn-sprinkling system, but they get the pipes crossed with the gas-line and almost asphyxiate themselves.
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Gasoline Alley
Title: Gasoline Alley
Character: Judd (uncredited)
Released: January 2, 1951
Type: Movie
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.
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Pretty Baby
Title: Pretty Baby
Character: Traffic Cop (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
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So You Want to Move
Title: So You Want to Move
Released: August 19, 1950
Type: Movie
Joe plans on moving but needs tips on how.
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The Great Jewel Robber
Title: The Great Jewel Robber
Character: Man in Elevator (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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The File on Thelma Jordon
Title: The File on Thelma Jordon
Character: Withers (Uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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Waiting in the Lurch
Title: Waiting in the Lurch
Character: Wilber Slemons
Released: September 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Joe's fiance doesn't like his obsession for chasing fire engines.
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Wallflower
Title: Wallflower
Released: June 13, 1948
Type: Movie
Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.
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The Senator Was Indiscreet
Title: The Senator Was Indiscreet
Character: Politico
Released: December 31, 1947
Type: Movie
A bumbling, long-winded and crooked Southern senator, considered by some as a dark horse for the Presidency, panics his party when his tell-all diary is stolen.
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That's My Man
Title: That's My Man
Character: Owner
Released: June 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
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Heartbeat
Title: Heartbeat
Character: Student (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.
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Scarlet Street
Title: Scarlet Street
Character: Barney (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kitty March. Kitty plays along, but she's really only interested in Johnny, a two-bit crook. When Kitty and Johnny find out that art dealers are interested in Chris's work, they con him into letting Kitty take credit for the paintings. Cross allows it because he is in love with Kitty, but his love will only let her get away with so much.
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An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
Title: An Angel Comes To Brooklyn
Character: Oscar
Released: November 27, 1945
Type: Movie
An angel returns to Earth to help a Broadway producer put on a show, so a struggling young actress will have a job.
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Blondie Goes to College
Title: Blondie Goes to College
Character: Student
Released: January 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, Blondie enrolls in college as well. But Leighton College rules stipulate "No Married Couples", forcing Blondie and Dagwood to pretend that they're not married. This causes quite a dilemma when coed Laura Wadsworth begins flirting with Dagwood and Rusty Bryant does the same with Blondie. And Blondie's discovery of a very pleasant secret threatens to expose her and Dagwood's marital status too.