George Ford

George Ford

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The Cincinnati Kid
Title: The Cincinnati Kid
Character: Poker Game Spectator (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1965
Type: Movie
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
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Title: Green Acres
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1965
Type: TV
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
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Cat Ballou
Title: Cat Ballou
Character: Brothel Customer (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1965
Type: Movie
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
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Fate Is the Hunter
Title: Fate Is the Hunter
Character: Loadmaster (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1964
Type: Movie
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
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Law of the Lawless
Title: Law of the Lawless
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1964
Type: Movie
A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town.
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Man's Favorite Sport?
Title: Man's Favorite Sport?
Character: Fisherman (uncredited)
Released: January 31, 1964
Type: Movie
Roger Willoughby is a renowned fishing expert, who, unbeknownst to his friends, co-workers, or boss, has never cast a line in his life. One day, he crosses paths with Abigail Paige, a sweetly annoying girl who has just badgered his boss into signing Roger up for an annual fishing tournament.
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The Man from Galveston
Title: The Man from Galveston
Character: Attorney Mullaney (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1963
Type: Movie
Circuit-riding Texas lawyer Timothy Higgins defends a former girlfriend against a murder charge stemming from an extortionist's threat to reveal her shady past. Through adroit courtroom work, Higgins is able to acquit her and reveal who actually shot the fatal bullet.
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Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Title: Under the Yum-Yum Tree
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 23, 1963
Type: Movie
A love-struck landlord tries to convince a pretty tenant to dump her fiancé and give him a chance.
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Advise & Consent
Title: Advise & Consent
Character: Senator (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
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Lover Come Back
Title: Lover Come Back
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1961
Type: Movie
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
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King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Title: King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
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Cimarron
Title: Cimarron
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1960
Type: Movie
The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.
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Title: Thriller
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1960
Type: TV
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.
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Who Was That Lady?
Title: Who Was That Lady?
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: April 8, 1960
Type: Movie
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.
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Seven Thieves
Title: Seven Thieves
Character: Casino Patron
Released: March 11, 1960
Type: Movie
A discredited professor and a sophisticated thief decide to join together and pick a team to pull off one last job--the casino vault in Monte Carlo.
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The Hypnotic Eye
Title: The Hypnotic Eye
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: February 17, 1960
Type: Movie
A mysterious hypnotist is suspected by the police of being responsible for a wave of young, attractive women committing various forms of self-mutilation.
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Title: The Untouchables
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1959
Type: TV
Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in 1930s Chicago.
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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: Show Spectator
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Croupier
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Casino Patron
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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The FBI Story
Title: The FBI Story
Character: Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A dedicated FBI agent recalls the agency's battles against the Klan, organized crime and Communist spies.
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Holiday for Lovers
Title: Holiday for Lovers
Character: Man at airport
Released: July 21, 1959
Type: Movie
Clifton Webb as a strict, conservative father heads the cast of this 1959 comedy, about an American family vacationing in South America. Directed by Henry Levin, the film also features Jane Wyman, Jill St. John, Carol Lynley, Paul Henreid, Gary Crosby, Henny Backus, Wally Brown, Gardner McKay and Jose Greco.
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Some Like It Hot
Title: Some Like It Hot
Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
Released: March 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
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The Last Hurrah
Title: The Last Hurrah
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1958
Type: Movie
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
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Raintree County
Title: Raintree County
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1957
Type: Movie
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
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My Man Godfrey
Title: My Man Godfrey
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
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Death in Small Doses
Title: Death in Small Doses
Released: September 15, 1957
Type: Movie
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
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The Garment Jungle
Title: The Garment Jungle
Character: Union Member (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
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The Opposite Sex
Title: The Opposite Sex
Character: Patron at 21 (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1956
Type: Movie
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
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The Werewolf
Title: The Werewolf
Released: July 1, 1956
Type: Movie
The arrival in a small mountain town of a dissheveled stranger launches a series of murders committed by some sort of animal. As the town doctor and his daughter attempt to help the stranger, the sheriff investigates the murders; and they uncover a sinister experiment involving two rogue scientists, a car accident victim, his wife and children, and a serum that causes a man to turn into a ravaging werewolf.
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The Eddy Duchin Story
Title: The Eddy Duchin Story
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 2, 1956
Type: Movie
The life story of the famous pianist and band-leader of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Three for the Show
Title: Three for the Show
Character: Male Harem Dancer (uncredited)
Released: February 24, 1955
Type: Movie
This musical reworking of Too Many Husbands (1940), features Grable as a top singer and dancer who's been widowed by WW II. She marries her late husband's songwriting partner, Gower Champion, but the new marriage is thrown for a loop when Lemmon, her first husband, turns up very much alive and eager to see Grable.
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The Silver Chalice
Title: The Silver Chalice
Character: Guard (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1954
Type: Movie
A Greek artisan is commissioned to cast the cup of Christ in silver and sculpt around its rim the faces of the disciples and Jesus himself. He travels to Jerusalem and eventually to Rome to complete the task. Meanwhile, a nefarious interloper is trying to convince the crowds that he is the new Messiah by using nothing more than cheap parlor tricks.
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Vicki
Title: Vicki
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1953
Type: Movie
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Title: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Character: Courtroom Officer (uncredited)
Released: July 14, 1953
Type: Movie
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
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The Bad and the Beautiful
Title: The Bad and the Beautiful
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
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Brave Warrior
Title: Brave Warrior
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1952
Type: Movie
In Indiana of the early 1800s, conflict once again arises between the United States and Great Britain over territory and boundaries. Each side endeavors to gain the support of the Shawnee Indian tribes in the area. Governor William Henry Harrison enlists the aid of Steve Rubbell, whose friendship with the Shawnee chief Tecumseh goes back to childhood. Tecumseh's leadership of the Shawnee is contested by his brother, known as The Prophet, who sides with the British. Tecumseh, who grew up as a childhood playmate of Steve and of Laura McGregor, loves Steve as a brother and hopes to marry Laura. But Laura is in love with Steve. Laura's father, Shayne McGregor, secretly leads local support of the British against the Americans, even though it risks the life and love of his daughter. Everything comes to a head at the battle of Tippecanoe.
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Singin' in the Rain
Title: Singin' in the Rain
Character: Security Guard (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1952
Type: Movie
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
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The Stooge
Title: The Stooge
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1951
Type: Movie
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.
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Roadblock
Title: Roadblock
Character: Plane Passenger (uncredited)
Released: September 17, 1951
Type: Movie
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: April 12, 1951
Type: Movie
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
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The Killer That Stalked New York
Title: The Killer That Stalked New York
Character: Federal Agent (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1950
Type: Movie
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
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Born to Be Bad
Title: Born to Be Bad
Character: Charity Ball Guest (Uncredited)
Released: September 28, 1950
Type: Movie
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
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Johnny Stool Pigeon
Title: Johnny Stool Pigeon
Character: Joe - The Bartender (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1949
Type: Movie
A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.
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Slightly French
Title: Slightly French
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A film director, in bad standing with his studio, tries to turn a local carnival dancer into a "French" movie star and pass her off as his big new discovery.
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Born to Kill
Title: Born to Kill
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 30, 1947
Type: Movie
Helen Brent has just received a Reno divorce. That night, she discovers her neighbor Laury Palmer and a gentleman caller murdered in Palmer's home. The killer is her neighbor's other boyfriend Sam Wilde, an insanely jealous man who won't abide anyone "cutting in" on him.
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Heartbeat
Title: Heartbeat
Character: Ball Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A female escapee from a reform school joins a pickpocket academy in Paris.
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Dragonwyck
Title: Dragonwyck
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1946
Type: Movie
For Miranda Wells, moving to New York to live in Dragonwyck Manor with her rich cousin, Nicholas, seems like a dream. However, the situation gradually becomes nightmarish. She observes Nicholas' troubled relationship with his tenant farmers, as well as with his daughter, to whom Miranda serves as governess. Her relationship with Nicholas intensifies after his wife dies, but his mental imbalance threatens any hope of happiness.
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Eve Knew Her Apples
Title: Eve Knew Her Apples
Character: Rewrite Man (scenes deleted)
Released: April 12, 1945
Type: Movie
Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She refuses and goes to Las Vegas. When she finds them there hunting her down, she manages to escape them by hiding in the car of a newspaper reporter. She comes out of hiding while he is driving, but everything she says is misconstrued, making him believe that she is a recently-escaped convict, "The Singing Widow". He plans to use this as a story to get back into the good graces of his editor. Through some comic mishaps, he learns who she really is. He then decides to take her back to Hollywood to collect the reward for her return. But now love has entered the mix, and must be resolved with his job and her engagement to another.
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Hollywood Canteen
Title: Hollywood Canteen
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1944
Type: Movie
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
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Around the World
Title: Around the World
Character: Soldier
Released: November 27, 1943
Type: Movie
Bandleader Kay Kyser takes his troupe of nutty musicians, goofball comics and pretty girl singers on a tour around the world to entertain the troops during World War II.
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A Lady Takes a Chance
Title: A Lady Takes a Chance
Character: Wealthy Young Man
Released: August 19, 1943
Type: Movie
A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.
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Bombardier
Title: Bombardier
Character: Co-Pilot
Released: May 14, 1943
Type: Movie
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precision bombing, and establishes a school for bombardiers. Training is followed in semi-documentary style, with personal dramas in subplots. The climax is a spectacular, if somewhat jingoistic, battle sequence.
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Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Title: Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: March 5, 1943
Type: Movie
Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immortal and killing people when the moon is full so tries to find Dr. Frankenstein, in the hopes that the doctor can cure him. Dr. Frankenstein has died; however, his monster is found.
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You Were Never Lovelier
Title: You Were Never Lovelier
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1942
Type: Movie
An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
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Who Done It?
Title: Who Done It?
Character: Station Employee (uncredited)
Released: October 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Two dumb soda jerks dream of writing radio mysteries. When they try to pitch an idea at a radio station, they end up in the middle of a real murder when the station owner is killed during a broadcast.
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The Falcon Takes Over
Title: The Falcon Takes Over
Character: Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1942
Type: Movie
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
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The Letter
Title: The Letter
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1940
Type: Movie
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
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City for Conquest
Title: City for Conquest
Character: Dance Contestant (uncredited)
Released: September 21, 1940
Type: Movie
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
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King of the Royal Mounted
Title: King of the Royal Mounted
Character: Paralytic #3
Released: September 19, 1940
Type: Movie
The Canadians have discovered a valuable substance called Compound X, which can cure infantile paralysis. When a country at war with Canada learns that Compound X also contains magnetic properties that could aid them in their warfare against the British, they send agents to infiltrate Canada and steal a large quantity of the substance. It's up to Sgt. King (Allan Lane) and his Mounties to track down the agents and put an end to their scheme.
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Love Affair
Title: Love Affair
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Released: April 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed their mind.
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Beauty for the Asking
Title: Beauty for the Asking
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 24, 1939
Type: Movie
Denny breaks up with his fiancée Jean to marries wealthy Flora. When Jean is fired from her job she decides to market the face cream she invented. After sending it to twelve rich woman, only Flora decides to invest in the business. As Denny has no job, the girls give him an office at the factory. The business takes off, but Jean finds that she is still in love with Denny and Denny seems to forget he is married to Flora.
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College Holiday
Title: College Holiday
Character: Dancer
Released: December 19, 1936
Type: Movie
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
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Top Hat
Title: Top Hat
Character: Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: August 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.