Matt Willis

Matt Willis

Born: October 16, 1913
Died: March 30, 1989
in Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
After a long film career, he lived a quiet, sober life, returning to his boyhood home area. In 1965 he was employed as an advertising salesman for WQVA, a radio station in Quantico Va. under the supervision of Rick Miller, Sales Manager/Sports Director. He lived with his wife and son Hunter in a beautiful house overlooking the Rappahannock River near Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Movies for Matt Willis...

Vincent Price's Dracula
Title: Vincent Price's Dracula
Character: Andreas Obry - (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Vincent Price hosts this documentary exploring the historical myths surrounding vampires.
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Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Title: Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison
Released: May 18, 1951
Type: Movie
A warden and his assistant clash over prison reform, triggering a violent riot.
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Breakthrough
Title: Breakthrough
Character: Pvt. Jimbo Hollis
Released: November 17, 1950
Type: Movie
Filmed with the full cooperation of the U.S. Army, Breakthrough is a lean, no-nonsense war film set during the 1944 invasion of the continent.
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The Mutineers
Title: The Mutineers
Character: Mate Toby Jarmin
Released: April 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Mobster Thomas Nagle and his gang take over a ship to use running guns and counterfeit money into Lisbon.
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Home in San Antone
Title: Home in San Antone
Character: Jewel Thief Thorg
Released: April 14, 1949
Type: Movie
Posing as unemployed musicians, Roy Acuff and his Smoky Mountain Boys, are being helped by Ted Gibson owner of the Harmony Inn in San Antonio, Texas. Gibson is impoverished because he keeps buying his kleptomaniac Uncle Zeke out of trouble, supports his Ma, and Grandpa. He wants to marry Jean Wallace, and doesn't know that Acuff and his musicians are traveling incognito for the radio show "Who Am I Helping?" If he guesses their identity, he wins $100,000.
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Shep Comes Home
Title: Shep Comes Home
Character: George
Released: December 3, 1948
Type: Movie
Little Larry Havens, whose father died in WWII, runs away from home to keep from being separated from "Shep," his father's dog. In Arizona, he is befriended by a kindly Mexican, Manuel Ortiz, who he is able to repay in time, with the aid of Sheriff "Cap" Weatherby, when Ortiz is suspected of crimes committed by local gangsters. "Shep" is instrumental in saving Ortiz from a lynching, and Larry, "Shep" and Ortiz all find a home with a couple they have befriended.
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So Dear to My Heart
Title: So Dear to My Heart
Character: Mr. Burns - Horse Trainer
Released: November 29, 1948
Type: Movie
The tale of Jeremiah Kincaid and his quest to raise his 'champion' lamb, Danny. Jeremiah's dream of showing Danny at the Pike County Fair must overcome the obstinate objections of his loving, yet strict, grandmother Granny. Jeremiah's confidant, Uncle Hiram, is the boy's steady ally.
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The Noose Hangs High
Title: The Noose Hangs High
Character: Gangster (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Two window washers who are mistaken by Nick Craig, a bookie, as the messengers he sent for to pick up $50,000. Now the person he sent them to sent two of his men to get the money back but they found out about it. So they try to mail to Craig but a mix up has the money sent somewhere else and the woman who got it spent it. Now Craig needs the money to pay off one of his clients.
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Radio Romeo
Title: Radio Romeo
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Harry gets a job at a radio station as an "advice to the lovelorn" host and winds up getting involved in a young woman's marital problems.
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Blonde Savage
Title: Blonde Savage
Character: Berger
Released: November 22, 1947
Type: Movie
An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall Caucasian blonde woman.
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The Burning Cross
Title: The Burning Cross
Character: Mort Dauson
Released: September 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Recently returned from WWII combat, unable to find a job, finding his sweetheart engaged to another man, and generally aware of the changes which have occurred in his hometown while he was away, a young man becomes easily talked into joining the Ku Klux Klan. Banned by the Virginia Board of Censors, and financed independently because no bank would loan money for it.
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The Son of Rusty
Title: The Son of Rusty
Character: Luther Hebble
Released: August 7, 1947
Type: Movie
The fourth film in Columbia's "Rusty" series is a lecture against gossiping. A young army veteran comes to town, and Danny and his friends learn that he had spent time in a military stockade for an infraction of a regulation. Danny's friends spread the story all over town. The seriousness of the minor infraction grows with each telling. As a sidebar, Rusty finds a mate and becomes a father.
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It's a Joke, Son!
Title: It's a Joke, Son!
Character: Ace
Released: January 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Claghorn gets into some financial difficulties and is forced by a machine-political gang to enter a race for state senator against his wife (Una Merkel) who appears to have a good chance to beat the political hack backed by the machine. Claghorn is in to siphon votes and ensure his wife's opponent will win and is expected to run a campaign that will defeat himself and his wife. But, he runs to win and the machine's henchies abduct him.
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Vacation in Reno
Title: Vacation in Reno
Character: Hank
Released: December 10, 1946
Type: Movie
A hapless husband searches for buried treasure at a dude ranch; meanwhile, his wife wants a divorce and bank robbers want him dead.
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Singing on the Trail
Title: Singing on the Trail
Character: Dan Prichard
Released: September 1, 1946
Type: Movie
In this Western, Ken Curtis, Columbia Pictures' low-budget answer to Gene Autry, romanced one of the studio's most beautiful starlets, Rita Hayworth-lookalike Dusty Anderson. She played Helen Wyatt, whose father (the rotund Guy Kibbee) loses his ranch to the hayseed singing group the Hoosier Hot Shots. Unbeknownst to Wyatt, the Hot Shots have been swindled by a couple of Eastern crooks (Ian Keith and Matt Willis) and consider themselves the lawful owners. Chased by the irascible Wyatt, the band members seek protection from aspiring singer Curt Stanton (Curtis), who they mistake for a gunslinger.
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Strange Voyage
Title: Strange Voyage
Character: The Hammer
Released: July 6, 1946
Type: Movie
A group of men go on an expedition seeking sunken treasure, and wind up battling bad weather, rough seas and each other.
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Mr. Noisy
Title: Mr. Noisy
Character: Ole Margarine (uncredited)
Released: March 22, 1946
Type: Movie
This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice.
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Blonde Alibi
Title: Blonde Alibi
Character: Detective Lane (Uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1946
Type: Movie
Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a checkered past.
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Scarlet Street
Title: Scarlet Street
Character: Policeman in Hogarth's Office (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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A Walk in the Sun
Title: A Walk in the Sun
Character: Sgt. Pete Halverson
Released: December 25, 1945
Type: Movie
In the 1943 invasion of Italy, one American platoon lands, digs in, then makes its way inland to attempt to take a fortified farmhouse, as tension and casualties mount.
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Forever Yours
Title: Forever Yours
Character: Alabam
Released: January 26, 1945
Type: Movie
A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will herself" to die. A doctor who has been conducting experiments with patients with paralyzed nerves is convinced he can cure her.
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The Mark of the Whistler
Title: The Mark of the Whistler
Character: Perry Donnelly
Released: October 9, 1944
Type: Movie
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.
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Louisiana Hayride
Title: Louisiana Hayride
Character: Jeb Crocker
Released: July 13, 1944
Type: Movie
A naïve farm girl is duped by con men who promise her movie stardom in exchange for her savings.
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The Ghost That Walks Alone
Title: The Ghost That Walks Alone
Character: Tom Walker
Released: February 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Honeymooners find a dead radio producer in their suite.
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A Guy Named Joe
Title: A Guy Named Joe
Character: Lt. Hunter (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.
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The Return of the Vampire
Title: The Return of the Vampire
Character: Andreas Obry
Released: November 11, 1943
Type: Movie
In 1918, an English family is terrorized by a vampire, until they learn how to deal with it. They think their troubles are over, but German bombs in WWII free the monster. He reclaims the soul of his wolfman ex-servant, and assuming the identity of a scientist who has just escaped from a concentration camp, he starts out on a plan to get revenge upon the family.
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Corvette K-225
Title: Corvette K-225
Character: Roger
Released: September 29, 1943
Type: Movie
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
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Stage Door Canteen
Title: Stage Door Canteen
Character: Sergeant on Train (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreational center for servicemen during the war. The soldier meets a pretty young hostess and they enjoy the many entertainers and a growing romance
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She Has What It Takes
Title: She Has What It Takes
Character: 'One Round' Beasley
Released: April 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Fay Weston (Jinx Falkenburg), a radio singer of no consequence, pretends to be the daughter of a recently deceased Broadway stage star in order to hoodwink Broadway play producer in starring her in a planned-show that is a tribute to her supposed mother.
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It Ain't Hay
Title: It Ain't Hay
Character: Bouncer (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
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The Mysterious Doctor
Title: The Mysterious Doctor
Character: Bart Redmond
Released: March 3, 1943
Type: Movie
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
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Mug Town
Title: Mug Town
Character: Bouncer
Released: December 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.
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The Spirit of Stanford
Title: The Spirit of Stanford
Character: Link Wyman
Released: October 8, 1942
Type: Movie
Columbia's Spirit of Stanford is built around the talents of a real-life college football star, in this instance all-American quarterback Frankie Albert.
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Overland to Deadwood
Title: Overland to Deadwood
Character: Henchman Red Larson
Released: September 25, 1942
Type: Movie
Cash Quinlan, owner of the Hauling Company, is the leader behind a gang of raiders who have been robbing stagecoaches between Mesquite and Deadwood. He hopes by doing so to drive his competitors out of business so that he can get the railroad franchise for himself.....
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Invisible Agent
Title: Invisible Agent
Character: Nazi Assassin (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1942
Type: Movie
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.
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The Spoilers
Title: The Spoilers
Character: Poker Player (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1942
Type: Movie
When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander McNamara.
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In Old California
Title: In Old California
Character: Joker at Bar in San Francisco
Released: May 31, 1942
Type: Movie
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
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About Face
Title: About Face
Character: Soldier with Daisy (uncredited)
Released: April 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.
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A Tragedy at Midnight
Title: A Tragedy at Midnight
Character: Dumb Cop (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1942
Type: Movie
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
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The Fleet's In
Title: The Fleet's In
Character: Sailor
Released: January 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.
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Swamp Water
Title: Swamp Water
Character: Miles Tonkin
Released: November 16, 1941
Type: Movie
A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.