Robert Emmett O'Connor

Robert Emmett O'Connor

Born: March 18, 1885
Died: September 4, 1962
in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
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Robert Emmett O'Connor (March 18, 1885 – September 4, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 204 films between 1919 and 1950. He is probably best known as the warmhearted bootlegger Paddy Ryan in The Public Enemy (1931) and as Detective Sergeant Henderson pursuing the Marx Brothers in A Night at the Opera (1935). He also appeared as Jonesy (the older Paramount gate guard) in Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard, as well as made a cameo appearance at the very beginning and very end of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon short Who Killed Who? (1943).

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Sunset Boulevard
Title: Sunset Boulevard
Character: Older Paramount Gate Guard Jonesy (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Easter Parade
Title: Easter Parade
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1948
Type: Movie
On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires innocent new protege Hannah Brown, vowing to make her a star in time for next year's Easter parade.
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Tenth Avenue Angel
Title: Tenth Avenue Angel
Character: Mr. O'Callan (uncredited)
Released: February 20, 1948
Type: Movie
Flavia's been told that her Aunt Susan's fiancé, Steve, has been on a trip around the world, but in truth he's finished his prison term. Steve wonders how he can make some money and is approached by his old associates. When Flavia discovers the truth about Steve, she loses all faith in her family and in God, and it will take a miracle to restore Flavia's belief and keep Steve out of trouble.
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Merton of the Movies
Title: Merton of the Movies
Character: Mac - Restaurant Counterman (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1947
Type: Movie
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studios free publicity by imitating star Lawrence Rupert's heroics, they bring him to Hollywood to generate another headline; he thinks he'll get a movie contract. Disillusioned, he haunts the casting offices, where he meets and is consoled by Phyllis Montague, bit player and stunt-woman. When Merton finally gets his "break," though, it's not quite what he envisioned.
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Title: The Romance of Rosy Ridge
Character: Southerner
Released: August 4, 1947
Type: Movie
A mysterious Civil War veteran courts a Missouri farmer's daughter amid postwar unrest.
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The Hucksters
Title: The Hucksters
Character: Frank - Hotel Doorman (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A World War II veteran wants to return to advertising on his own terms, but finds it difficult to be successful and maintain his integrity.
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Till the Clouds Roll By
Title: Till the Clouds Roll By
Character: Ed (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1946
Type: Movie
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
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Undercurrent
Title: Undercurrent
Character: Stationmaster (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1946
Type: Movie
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
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Courage of Lassie
Title: Courage of Lassie
Character: Deputy (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1946
Type: Movie
Bill's separated from his litter, making friends with the wild creatures until he's found and adopted by young Kathie. An accident separates him from her, and he's drafted into K-9 duty in the trenches until battle fatigue takes its toll and he turns vicious. And even though he finds his way back home, he may be condemned as a killer.
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Boys' Ranch
Title: Boys' Ranch
Character: Druggist
Released: July 18, 1946
Type: Movie
A juvenile delinquent is sent to a rehabilitation ranch, but he immediately proves to be a troublemaker.
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The Hoodlum Saint
Title: The Hoodlum Saint
Character: Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1946
Type: Movie
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
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Up Goes Maisie
Title: Up Goes Maisie
Character: Rose Bowl Watchman (Uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
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The Harvey Girls
Title: The Harvey Girls
Character: Conductor (uncredited)
Released: January 18, 1946
Type: Movie
On a train trip out west to become a mail-order bride, Susan Bradley meets a cheery crew of young women traveling out to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle-stop.
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Adventure
Title: Adventure
Character: Man in Cantina (uncredited)
Released: December 28, 1945
Type: Movie
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
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They Were Expendable
Title: They Were Expendable
Character: Silver Dollar Bartender (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1945
Type: Movie
Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.
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The Great American Mug
Title: The Great American Mug
Character: Laughing Man (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1945
Type: Movie
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the typical American barbershop throughout the years.
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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Title: Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
Character: 2nd Studio Guard (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1945
Type: Movie
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
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A Gun in His Hand
Title: A Gun in His Hand
Character: Veteran Policeman McGuinnes (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1945
Type: Movie
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local thieves and uses his knowledge of police procedures to pursue a career of undetected crime.
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Anchors Aweigh
Title: Anchors Aweigh
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1945
Type: Movie
Two sailors, Joe and Clarence have four days shore leave in spend their shore leave trying to get a girl for Clarence. Clarence has his eye on a girl with musical aspirations, and before Joe can stop him, promises to get her an audition with José Iturbi. But the trouble really starts when Joe realizes he's falling for his buddy's girl.
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The Clock
Title: The Clock
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1945
Type: Movie
A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City.
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Main Street After Dark
Title: Main Street After Dark
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: January 12, 1945
Type: Movie
A police detective (Edward Arnold) uses fluorescent powder to catch a pickpocket (Selena Royle) and her gang.
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Gentle Annie
Title: Gentle Annie
Character: Childers the Bartender (as Robert Emmet O'Connor)
Released: December 5, 1944
Type: Movie
The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, everyone thinks that Cotton and Violet were the ones that did the job, but no one has any proof. US Marshal Lloyd Richland comes into town in disguise to find the truth and he finds that the sheriff is corrupt and that the Goss family is gosh darn nice. They take in Richland and a stranded woman named Mary without any questions. Cotton believes that Sheriff Tatum shot their pa in the back, and the sheriff is now trying to plug the boys. Richland is looking for the train robbers, and at the same time is keeping an eye on Tatum and the lovely young Mary.
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Meet Me in St. Louis
Title: Meet Me in St. Louis
Character: Motorman (uncredited)
Released: November 28, 1944
Type: Movie
The life of a St. Louis family in the year before the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
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Return from Nowhere
Title: Return from Nowhere
Character: Diner Cook (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1944
Type: Movie
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short, a man recovers his lost memories when he is forced to relive events in his dreams.
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Barbary Coast Gent
Title: Barbary Coast Gent
Character: Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Honest Plush Brannon is a con-man thrown out of the Barbary Coast in San Francisco in the 1880s and headed for the gold rush region of Nevada. He discovers a real mine which lead to several complications.
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Rationing
Title: Rationing
Character: Sheriff (uncredited)
Released: March 24, 1944
Type: Movie
A small-town butcher has problems coping with meat rationing.
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Shoe Shine Boy
Title: Shoe Shine Boy
Character: Charlie the Bartender (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1943
Type: Movie
A teenaged shoeshine boy urgently tries to raise the remaining amount of money he needs to purchase a secondhand bugle before 6p.m.
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Whistling in Brooklyn
Title: Whistling in Brooklyn
Character: Detective Leo Finnigan
Released: December 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Radio crime show host "The Fox" finds himself on the trail of a serial killer while a suspect himself.
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Best Foot Forward
Title: Best Foot Forward
Character: Train Conductor
Released: October 8, 1943
Type: Movie
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
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Swing Shift Maisie
Title: Swing Shift Maisie
Character: Proprietor (Uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
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Who Killed Who?
Title: Who Killed Who?
Character: Host (uncredited)
Released: June 19, 1943
Type: Movie
A murder has occurred at Gruesome Gables, and the dog detective trying to find the killer has to deal with some suspicious suspects and a haunted house.
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Title: Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Character: Samson (uncredited)
Released: May 8, 1943
Type: Movie
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
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Air Raid Wardens
Title: Air Raid Wardens
Character: Charlie Beaugart
Released: April 4, 1943
Type: Movie
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs bent on blowing up the local magnesium plant.
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Slightly Dangerous
Title: Slightly Dangerous
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a new identity.
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The Human Comedy
Title: The Human Comedy
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Teenager Homer Macauley stays at home in the small town of Ithaca, California to support his family while his older brother Marcus prepares to go to war.
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The Greatest Gift
Title: The Greatest Gift
Character: Brother Xavier (uncredited)
Released: September 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Medieval French monks find a freezing, ill juggler and take him in. Upon recovering, the impoverished man wishes to illustrate his tremendous gratitude. He eventually finds a way to.
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The Omaha Trail
Title: The Omaha Trail
Character: Oxen Owner (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1942
Type: Movie
The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.
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Jackass Mail
Title: Jackass Mail
Character: Peter Lawson
Released: July 1, 1942
Type: Movie
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
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Maisie Gets Her Man
Title: Maisie Gets Her Man
Character: Benefit Stage Manager (Uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?
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Inflation
Title: Inflation
Character: Joe's Co-worker (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
The Devil works with Adolf Hitler to cause inflation in the United States.
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No Time for Comedy
Title: No Time for Comedy
Character: Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1940
Type: Movie
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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Dance, Girl, Dance
Title: Dance, Girl, Dance
Character: Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1940
Type: Movie
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
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A Fugitive from Justice
Title: A Fugitive from Justice
Character: Murphy
Released: June 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the run. Falsely accused of a murder, he embarks upon a life-and-death journey to save his family.
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Hot Steel
Title: Hot Steel
Character: Police Inspector
Released: May 24, 1940
Type: Movie
Matt Morrison gets his old college chum Frank Stewart a job at the steel foundry where he works. Trouble quickly ensues.
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I Take This Oath
Title: I Take This Oath
Character: Police Car Driver
Released: May 20, 1940
Type: Movie
The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.
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Double Alibi
Title: Double Alibi
Character: Patrolman Delaney
Released: March 1, 1940
Type: Movie
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
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The Lone Wolf Strikes
Title: The Lone Wolf Strikes
Character: House Detective
Released: January 26, 1940
Type: Movie
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
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Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Title: Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Character: Pat Donegan
Released: December 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Joe and Ethel Turp are up in arms when their faithful old mailman is fired. Unable to get satisfaction on a municipal level, Joe and Ethel plead their mailman's case to the President himself.
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Streets of New York
Title: Streets of New York
Character: Police Officer Burke
Released: April 12, 1939
Type: Movie
Jimmy, an idealistic and hard-working young man, has just arrived in New York City with dreams of making his fortune. Along the way he faces numerous obstacles, opportunities and temptations, but through it all, he considers the actions of his hero, Abraham Lincoln, for guidance. Will Jimmy see his dreams come true, or will he be another of the countless hopefuls chewed up and spit out by New York's mean streets?
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Sergeant Madden
Title: Sergeant Madden
Character: Capt. Crane
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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Made for Each Other
Title: Made for Each Other
Character: Harry (Elevator Starter) (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1939
Type: Movie
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
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Professor Beware
Title: Professor Beware
Character: Cop at Estate
Released: July 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.
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Boy of the Streets
Title: Boy of the Streets
Character: Police Officer Rourke
Released: January 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
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Wells Fargo
Title: Wells Fargo
Character: Sea Captain
Released: December 31, 1937
Type: Movie
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.
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Trapped by G-Men
Title: Trapped by G-Men
Character: Federal Agent Jim
Released: September 9, 1937
Type: Movie
Granite-jawed Jack Holt performs a dual role in Columbia's Trapped by G-Men.
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Super-Sleuth
Title: Super-Sleuth
Character: Casey
Released: July 16, 1937
Type: Movie
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
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New Faces of 1937
Title: New Faces of 1937
Character: Policeman
Released: July 2, 1937
Type: Movie
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple parties. He only fails if it makes a profit.
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The Frame-Up
Title: The Frame-Up
Character: Larry Mann
Released: May 2, 1937
Type: Movie
A detective investigates a racing scam.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Santa Anita Clubhouse Bartender (uncredited)
Released: April 27, 1937
Type: Movie
Esther Blodgett is just another starry-eyed farm kid trying to break into the movies. Waitressing at a Hollywood party, she catches the eye of her idol Norman Maine, is sent for a screen test, and before long attains stardom as newly minted Vicki Lester. She and Norman marry, though his career soon dwindles to nothing due to his chronic alcoholism.
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Waikiki Wedding
Title: Waikiki Wedding
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1937
Type: Movie
Tony Marvin is a laid back but incredibly successful promoter and fair-haired boy for J. P. Todhunter's pineapple company located in beautiful Hawaii. He gets the company to sponsor a contest in which the winner gets a Hawaiian vacation and is obligated to write articles on the islands which, when published, will constitute a publicity coup for the company. Unfortunately, Georgia Smith, the winner, feels lonely and isolated in the Islands and wants to return to the States. With help from buddy Shad Buggle Tony tries to romantically divert Georgia without letting her know his true motivation.
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Park Avenue Logger
Title: Park Avenue Logger
Character: Police Sergeant
Released: March 16, 1937
Type: Movie
Millioniare Curran, thinking his son too intellectual, sends him west to learn logging at one of his lumber camps. Unknown to his father, Grant Curan is a professional wrestler and easily able to handle the thugs that attack him at the lumber camp. This enables him to stay on the job and he soon undercovers how his father is being cheated by the local boss.
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The Crime Nobody Saw
Title: The Crime Nobody Saw
Character: Tim Burke
Released: March 12, 1937
Type: Movie
Three playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.
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Girl Overboard
Title: Girl Overboard
Character: Sergeant Hatton
Released: February 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A beautiful girl on a passenger ship is suspected of murder.
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We Who Are About to Die
Title: We Who Are About to Die
Character: Detective Mitchell
Released: January 8, 1937
Type: Movie
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
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Sinner Take All
Title: Sinner Take All
Character: Police Capt. Greenwood (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
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Jailbreak
Title: Jailbreak
Character: Policeman
Released: August 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
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Desire
Title: Desire
Character: Customs Official
Released: April 11, 1936
Type: Movie
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.
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At Sea Ashore
Title: At Sea Ashore
Character: First Immigration Officer
Released: April 4, 1936
Type: Movie
Patsy's working at Rumplemeyer's Donut Shop in Brooklyn. By accident she catches Mr. Rumplemeyer's trousers in the donut machine as he's leaving to pick his niece who's arriving from the old country, so he gives Patsy cab fare and sends her. She forgets her purse, so when she arrives at the immigration office, she can't pay the cabbie, who tells her he'll wait while the meter runs. Inside, Patsy finally finds the high-spirited Lyda, but by then, Patsy has sneaked into the holding area and may need a passport to get out. She hides in Lyda's trunk, but with the cabbie, a suspicious immigration officer, and a traffic cop buzzing around will uncle and niece ever connect?
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Title: Little Lord Fauntleroy
Character: Policeman
Released: March 6, 1936
Type: Movie
An American boy turns out to be the heir of a wealthy British earl. He is sent to live with the irritable and unsentimental aristocrat, his grandfather.
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The Lone Wolf Returns
Title: The Lone Wolf Returns
Character: Detective Benson
Released: December 31, 1935
Type: Movie
Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanyard also known as the Lone Wolf once retired from the "trade" but relapses back into his old habits when he is tempted by the emerald pendant of beautiful socialite Marcia Stewart. The trouble (?) is that he falls for the belle and he soon gets more interested in getting the girl than the jewels that adorn her. What he wants now is to return the pendant but a rival gang interfere and force him to take part in a big-time caper.
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A Night at the Opera
Title: A Night at the Opera
Character: Henderson
Released: November 15, 1935
Type: Movie
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
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Waterfront Lady
Title: Waterfront Lady
Character: Police Lieutenant
Released: October 4, 1935
Type: Movie
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he becomes involved in a police manhunt after he covers up a murder committed by his new partner.
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Diamond Jim
Title: Diamond Jim
Character: Brady's Father
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Stolen Harmony
Title: Stolen Harmony
Character: Warden Clark (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
Band leader Jack Conrad is impressed by prison inmate Ray Ferrera on saxophone. Conrad hires Ray to join his band and tour upon his release. Ray hooks up with Jean, a dancer in the show, and the two become a successful dance act. However, when an ex-inmate buddy of Ray's robs the tour bus, Ray is suspected of wrongdoing by Jack and the others in the group. After a gang of thugs hijacks the tour bus, Ray tries to use his street smarts to redeem his reputation.
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Star of Midnight
Title: Star of Midnight
Character: Police Sergeant Cleary
Released: April 19, 1935
Type: Movie
When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
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The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Title: The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Character: Officer 'Mac' McGillicuddy
Released: January 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Mr. Wong is a "harmless" Chinatown shopkeeper by day and relentless blood-thirsty pursuer of the Twelve Coins of Confucius by night. With possession of the coins, Mr. Wong will be supreme ruler of the Chinese province of Keelat, and his evil destiny will be fulfilled. A killing spree follows in dark and dangerous Chinatown as Wong gets control of 11 of the 12 coins. Reporter Jason Barton and his girl Peg are hot on his trail, but soon find themselves in serious trouble when they stumble onto Wong's headquarters.
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A Wicked Woman
Title: A Wicked Woman
Character: Dugan (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1934
Type: Movie
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's condition while living with the secret that she killed her abusive husband in order to protect her children from him.
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Return of the Terror
Title: Return of the Terror
Character: Inspector Bradley
Released: July 7, 1934
Type: Movie
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been converted into an inn.
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Bottoms Up
Title: Bottoms Up
Character: Detective Rooney
Released: April 12, 1934
Type: Movie
Promoter "Smoothie" King helps a pair of phonies con their way into a movie company. As Wanda heads toward stardom, she turns more and more from King toward the matinée idol. King must decide between his plans and her happiness.
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The Big Shakedown
Title: The Big Shakedown
Character: Regan
Released: January 6, 1934
Type: Movie
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.
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Lady for a Day
Title: Lady for a Day
Character: Inspector MacCreary
Released: September 13, 1933
Type: Movie
Never-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise, in Spain that she is married and a member of New York's high society. Upon receiving unexpected word from Louise (who hasn't seen Annie since infancy) that she is en route to America with her new fiancé and his father, a count, so the three of them can meet her, Annie panics, despairing that her beloved daughter will be destroyed by the deception.
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Penthouse
Title: Penthouse
Character: Police Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
Released: September 8, 1933
Type: Movie
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
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Midnight Mary
Title: Midnight Mary
Character: Charlie the Cop
Released: June 30, 1933
Type: Movie
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.
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Don't Bet on Love
Title: Don't Bet on Love
Character: Edward Shelton
Released: June 30, 1933
Type: Movie
A plumber wins big at the racetrack but then his luck runs out and almost ruins his business. His manicurist girlfriend stands by him and helps him readjust to life as a plumber.
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Bed of Roses
Title: Bed of Roses
Character: River Boat Captain Scroggins (uncredited)
Released: June 29, 1933
Type: Movie
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks is torn between true love and a life of sin.
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Picture Snatcher
Title: Picture Snatcher
Character: Lieutenant Casey Nolan
Released: May 6, 1933
Type: Movie
An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.
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Gabriel Over the White House
Title: Gabriel Over the White House
Character: Corrupt Police Inspector (uncredited)
Released: March 31, 1933
Type: Movie
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis into an incorruptible statesman after a near-fatal accident.
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Mystery of the Wax Museum
Title: Mystery of the Wax Museum
Character: Police Sergeant by Christmas tree
Released: February 18, 1933
Type: Movie
The disappearance of people and corpses leads a reporter to a wax museum and a sinister sculptor.
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Frisco Jenny
Title: Frisco Jenny
Character: Jim Sandoval
Released: January 14, 1933
Type: Movie
Jenny is carrying the child of a young man who dies in the San Francisco earthquake (1906). After giving birth, she decides to place her child in the custody of a wealthy married couple. Years later, thanks to the protection of a corrupt politician, she becomes the main "madame" of San Francisco, in addition to participating in various illegal activities.
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The Kid from Spain
Title: The Kid from Spain
Character: Detective Crawford
Released: November 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie gets mixed up in a bank robbery and is forced to drive the robbers to safety. To get rid of him they force him to leave the USA for Mexico, but a cop is following him. Eddie meets Ricardo there, Ricardo helps him avoid being arrested by the cop when he introduces Eddie as the great Spanish bullfighter Don Sebastian II. The problem is, the cop is still curious and has tickets for the bullfight. Eddie's situation becomes more critical, when he tries to help Ricardo to win the girl he loves, but she's engaged to a "real" Mexican, who is, unknown to her father, involved in illegal business. While trying to avoid all this trouble, Eddie himself falls in love with his friend's girl friend's sister Rosalie, who also want to see the great Don Sebastian II to kill the bull in the arena.
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Blonde Venus
Title: Blonde Venus
Character: Dan O'Connor
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
In an effort to get enough money to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retired German entertainer returns to the cabaret, gaining fame as Blonde Venus and unknowingly catching the eye of a wealthy politician.
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Blessed Event
Title: Blessed Event
Character: Jim
Released: September 10, 1932
Type: Movie
A New York gossip columnist feuds with a singer and enjoys the power of the press.
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American Madness
Title: American Madness
Character: Police Inspector
Released: August 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Socially-conscious banker Thomas Dickson faces a crisis when his protégé is wrongly accused of robbing the bank, gossip of the robbery starts a bank run, and evidence suggests Dickson's wife had an affair... all in the same day.
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Week-End Marriage
Title: Week-End Marriage
Character: Police Desk Clerk Eddie (uncredited)
Released: June 18, 1932
Type: Movie
In this comedy, a hard-working husband loses his job and his wife becomes the bread winner.
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The Dark Horse
Title: The Dark Horse
Character: Sheriff
Released: June 16, 1932
Type: Movie
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
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Night World
Title: Night World
Character: The Policeman
Released: May 4, 1932
Type: Movie
"Happy" MacDonald and his unfaithful wife own a Prohibition era night club. On this eventful night, he is threatened by bootleggers, and the club's star dancer falls in love with a young socialite who drinks to forget a personal tragedy, among other incidents.
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The Arm of the Law
Title: The Arm of the Law
Character: Chief of Detectives Capt. Blake
Released: April 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.
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Play Girl
Title: Play Girl
Character: Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: March 12, 1932
Type: Movie
A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
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The Big Timer
Title: The Big Timer
Character: Dan Wilson
Released: March 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Loud-mouth hamburger flipper, Cooky, thinks he can box. His big chance comes when everyone else quits the gym when it is inherited by a dame.
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The Beast of the City
Title: The Beast of the City
Character: Booking Policeman (uncredited)
Released: February 13, 1932
Type: Movie
Police Chief Jim Fitzpatrick is after gangster Sam Belmonte. He uses his corrupt brother Ed to watch over Daisy who was associated with Belmonte.
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Two Kinds of Women
Title: Two Kinds of Women
Character: Tim Gohagen
Released: January 16, 1932
Type: Movie
The daughter of a senator from South Dakota visits Manhattan for the first time, eager to see the sights of the big city. While there, she finds herself caught up in an affair with a married man, whose wife soon commits suicide. Complications ensue.
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Taxi!
Title: Taxi!
Character: Cop with Jewish Man (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1931
Type: Movie
Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competition alive on the streets, even if it means losing the woman he loves.
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Reckless Living
Title: Reckless Living
Character: Ryan
Released: October 20, 1931
Type: Movie
In order to be able to buy a gas station, a young couple run a speakeasy. Complications arise when the husband loses their money to bookies.
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Fanny Foley Herself
Title: Fanny Foley Herself
Character: Burns
Released: October 9, 1931
Type: Movie
A vaudeville performer has trouble dividing her time equally between her career and her two daughters.
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The Public Defender
Title: The Public Defender
Character: Detective Brady
Released: August 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.
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Three Who Loved
Title: Three Who Loved
Character: Police Lt. Tom Rooney
Released: July 3, 1931
Type: Movie
A bank teller's love life falls apart when he's accused of embezzling.
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The Public Enemy
Title: The Public Enemy
Character: Paddy Ryan
Released: April 23, 1931
Type: Movie
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life to become petty thieves, bootleggers and cold-blooded killers. But with street notoriety and newfound wealth, the duo feels the heat from the cops and rival gangsters both. Despite his ruthless criminal reputation, Tom tries to remain connected to his family, however, gang warfare and the need for revenge eventually pull him away.
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The Single Sin
Title: The Single Sin
Character: Detective
Released: February 23, 1931
Type: Movie
A lady-bootlegger does her 90 days in jail, gets released and becomes the secretary for a prominent millionaire. The magnate falls madly in love with his new secretary and they marry. Unfortunately, she has not revealed her shady past to him, and when friends from her smuggling days suddenly show up as employees, mayhem ensues.
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Paid
Title: Paid
Character: Police Sgt. Cassidy
Released: December 30, 1930
Type: Movie
Mary Turner gets a three years prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plots to get back at the man responsible for her conviction.
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Man to Man
Title: Man to Man
Character: Sheriff
Released: December 5, 1930
Type: Movie
A young man attempts to overcome the memory of his father, who was sent to jail for committing a murder.
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Up the River
Title: Up the River
Character: Prison Warden (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1930
Type: Movie
Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.
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Shooting Straight
Title: Shooting Straight
Character: Detective Regan
Released: July 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
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Our Blushing Brides
Title: Our Blushing Brides
Character: The Detective
Released: July 19, 1930
Type: Movie
Three department store girls--Connie, Franky, and Gerry--share an apartment on West 91st Street in New York City. Each earns little more than 20 dollars per week. Gerry is the sensible one, but the others throw themselves at amoral rich men in an attempt to hook one and better themselves. They end up being hurt and disappointed despite Gerry's attempts to warn them.
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The Big House
Title: The Big House
Character: Donlin
Released: June 14, 1930
Type: Movie
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he meets vicious incarcerated figures who are planning an escape from the brutal conditions.
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The Big Fight
Title: The Big Fight
Character: Detective
Released: May 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive.
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Alias French Gertie
Title: Alias French Gertie
Character: Detective Kelcey
Released: April 20, 1930
Type: Movie
A safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a nocturnal search for a cache of valuables, she is interrupted by another safecracker. Narrowly escaping arrest, they decide to pool their talents, but she gets the urge to reform and encourages him to do the same.
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Framed
Title: Framed
Character: Sergeant Schultze
Released: March 16, 1930
Type: Movie
Rose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five years later, as a nightclub hostess, she is sought by Chuck Gaines, secretly a bootlegger, but she centers her attentions on young Jimmy Carter, who, she learns, is the son of McArthur.
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The Isle of Lost Ships
Title: The Isle of Lost Ships
Character: Jackson
Released: October 16, 1929
Type: Movie
The Isle of Lost Ships is a 1929 talking film released in an alternative silent version with a Vitaphone track of effects and music. It was produced by Richard A. Rowland and distributed by Warner Bros..
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Weary River
Title: Weary River
Character: Police Sergeant (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1929
Type: Movie
A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.
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The Booster
Title: The Booster
Released: November 24, 1928
Type: Movie
The Booster is a silent comedy short
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Freedom of the Press
Title: Freedom of the Press
Character: Boss Maloney
Released: October 28, 1928
Type: Movie
When a newspaper owner is murdered, his son takes over his crusade against a corrupt politician with criminal associations.
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The Singing Fool
Title: The Singing Fool
Character: Cafe Owner Bill
Released: September 29, 1928
Type: Movie
After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
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Four Walls
Title: Four Walls
Character: Sullivan
Released: August 11, 1928
Type: Movie
After completing his prison sentence for killing a rival gang leader in self-defence, Benny Horowitz decides to go straight.
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Dressed to Kill
Title: Dressed to Kill
Character: Detective Gilroy
Released: March 17, 1928
Type: Movie
A mob boss' gang gets suspicious about their boss' new girlfriend, a beautiful young girl who doesn't seem to be the type who'd hang out with gangsters. They're not quite certain if she's actually a police agent or just a "groupie".
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The Noose
Title: The Noose
Character: Jim Conley
Released: January 29, 1928
Type: Movie
In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has been threatening to destroy the mother's happy marriage to the governor.
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Tin Gods
Title: Tin Gods
Character: Second Foreman
Released: September 19, 1926
Type: Movie
Tin Gods is a lost 1926 silent film drama produced by Famous Players-Lasky, released by Paramount Pictures, and based on the play Tin Gods by William Anthony McGuire. Allan Dwan directed and Thomas Meighan starred.
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Drink Hearty
Title: Drink Hearty
Released: May 2, 1920
Type: Movie
Snub conducts a blind pig in a barn, where the village cronies gather for their "licker," and the place is raided by revenue officers.
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His Royal Slyness
Title: His Royal Slyness
Character: (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1920
Type: Movie
A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.