Tom Dempsey

Tom Dempsey

Born: January 20, 1868
Died: October 6, 1947
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Tom Dempsey was born on January 20, 1868 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA as Thomas Dempsey. He was an actor, known for Elmer and Elsie (1934), The Bush Leaguer (1927) and The Singing Plumber (1932). He died on October 6, 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Movies for Tom Dempsey...

A Trailer Tragedy
Title: A Trailer Tragedy
Character: Carl Kruger
Released: October 17, 1940
Type: Movie
Edgar starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien and father-in-law, but doesn't get far before they are overtaken by two men from the finance company, who repossess the trailer for non-payment. Edgar discovers that Pop had failed to mail the money order he had given him for the payment. He also finds some other items Pop failed to take care of.
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Maid to Order
Title: Maid to Order
Released: September 27, 1939
Type: Movie
Father-in-law Billy Franey discovers the letter that Edgar has written a matrimonial agency to marry him off and slips Edgar's picture in it. When Minerva Urecal (sporting an Italian accent) shows up, wife Vivien Oakland resists attempts to get her out of the house so she can confront the interloper and her husband.
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Love on a Budget
Title: Love on a Budget
Character: Townsman
Released: March 4, 1938
Type: Movie
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending with a troublesome (and possibly crooked) uncle while trying to cut household expenses.
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The Peppery Salt
Title: The Peppery Salt
Character: Telegram Messenger
Released: May 15, 1936
Type: Movie
Andy, proprietor of an oceanside lunch counter, tangles with a gang of kidnappers.
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Tied for Life
Title: Tied for Life
Character: Train passenger
Released: July 1, 1933
Type: Movie
We first meet Harry on the morning of his wedding day. He looks like he's been partying, but we know he's a sweet guy because he sleeps with a photo of his bride. Friends serenade Harry outside, but when he goes to the window to join in they douse him with water. As he prepares for his wedding, he looks in the mirror and it shatters. When the groom attempts to run to the church the ring slips out of his hand and is run over by a passing car. As anyone who has seen Harry's 1924 comedy HIS MARRIAGE WOW can guess, the ring sticks to the tire, and Harry must climb on to the car to retrieve it.....
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Too Many Highballs
Title: Too Many Highballs
Character: 1st Traffic Cop
Released: February 10, 1933
Type: Movie
Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in. To get his in-laws out of the house, Harold has regularly left a bottle of booze for Claude to be able to entertain prospective employers. When Harold learns that on all the other occasions the employers have not showed (he assumes there probably were no prospective employers) leaving Claude to consume the booze on his own, he decides to show Claude a lesson by spiking the bottle with castor oil. Complications ensue when Joe, Harold's friend, encourages him to skip work to attend the prize fight. What Joe doesn't tell Harold is that he tells his boss that Harold needs the day off to attend to the sudden death of his brother-in-law.
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City Lights
Title: City Lights
Character: Boxer (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
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Radio Kisses
Title: Radio Kisses
Released: May 4, 1930
Type: Movie
Marjorie Beebe give advice to the lovelorn service over the air, but she almost fails when she tries to get a man of her own.
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Dangerous Females
Title: Dangerous Females
Released: November 16, 1929
Type: Movie
Roommates panic and plan when they hear a radio report of a murderer loose in their neighborhood.
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His Angel Child
Title: His Angel Child
Released: February 16, 1929
Type: Movie
A man believes that the baby in his livingroom is the "surprise" his wife messaged him about, and must contend with the real father's attempts to get his daughter back.
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Happy Heels
Title: Happy Heels
Released: January 19, 1929
Type: Movie
Billy Dooley meets a showgirl while on leave.
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Love's Young Scream
Title: Love's Young Scream
Released: May 11, 1928
Type: Movie
Young lovers pursued by her father -- and then a series of sight gags based on the mayhem of their auto ride.
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Cold Feet
Title: Cold Feet
Character: Third Wolf
Released: May 21, 1922
Type: Movie
A wealthy father tries to discourage his daughter's taste for stories of the Mounted; her imagination conjures up the ideal lover as one who wears that red coat and whose slogan is "get your man." She arrives at her father's camp in the frozen North the victim of a frameup: her father had planned that his employees must discourage her in every manner possible. The idea is if she sees him she will be disillusioned. A few hunters spying the "wolves" shoot with intent to kill, and a real bear enters the hut and scatters the plotters. The scheme works well, even with all these inconveniences, until a genuine Mountie appears on the scene and administers punishment to the arch-villain and his dwarf-like henchman. As a result the girl's romantic imagination vindicates her beau ideal. The two lovers are last seen standing chest-deep in the snow.