Willard Parker

Willard Parker

Born: February 6, 1912
Died: December 4, 1996
in New York City, New York, USA
Willard Parker (born Worster Van Eps, February 5, 1912 – December 4, 1996) was an American film and television actor. He was a leading man under contract to Columbia Pictures in the 1940s and starred in the TV series Tales of the Texas Rangers (1955–58).

Movies for Willard Parker...

The Great Waltz
Title: The Great Waltz
Character: Karl Treffz
Released: November 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A musical based on the life and music of Johann Strauss, Jr.
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Waco
Title: Waco
Character: Pete Jenner
Released: September 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Preacher Sam Stone and his new beautiful wife Jill stand by the grave of Sheriff Billy Kelly, who died trying to bring law-and-order to Emporia, Wyoming. Among the mourners are businessman George Gates, mayor Ned West and his daughter Patricia. The mayor rejects Gates' suggestion that he release gunfighter Waco from jail to clean up the town. When Patricia is attacked by a cowboy after leaving her boyfriend Scotty Moore, the mayor finally decides it is time accept the governor;s offer of amnesty for Waco. Jill Stone's first reaction, when learning that Waco has been released, is to leave town before Waco finds out that she, his former fiancée, has married the town preacher while Waco was in jail. Town boss Joe Gore is not overjoyed, either, but Ike and Pete Jenner eagerly await the chance to shoot Waco for the death of their brother. Written by Les Adams
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The Earth Dies Screaming
Title: The Earth Dies Screaming
Character: Jeff Nolan
Released: October 14, 1964
Type: Movie
A crack test pilot lands to find the planet has been devastated by unknown forces. There are a few survivors, so he organizes them in a plan to ward off control by a group of killer robots.
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Title: Going My Way
Released: October 3, 1962
Type: TV
Going My Way is an American comedy-drama series
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Air Patrol
Title: Air Patrol
Character: Lt. Vern Tyler
Released: July 17, 1962
Type: Movie
L.A. detective Sgt. Castle and his two partners investigate the theft of a valuable Fragonard painting by a thief who pilots a helicopter.
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The High Powered Rifle
Title: The High Powered Rifle
Character: Stephen Dancer
Released: September 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A private detective (Willard Parker) falls for the girlfriend (Allison Hayes) of a racketeer whom he believes has targeted him for death.
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Walk Tall
Title: Walk Tall
Character: Captain Ed Trask
Released: September 1, 1960
Type: Movie
To keep peace, an Army captain (Willard Parker) hunts for an outlaw-gang leader (Kent Taylor) who is raiding Indians.
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Young Jesse James
Title: Young Jesse James
Character: Cole Younger
Released: August 2, 1960
Type: Movie
When Missouri farm boy Jesse James witnesses the lynching of his father by the Yankees, he forsakes his family's homestead to find his brother Frank, a soldier in Quantrill's Raiders, a renegade band of Confederates. Bent on revenge, Jesse begs to join the raiders.
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Lone Texan
Title: Lone Texan
Character: Clint Banister
Released: March 1, 1959
Type: Movie
After the Civil War, a Texan who served in the Union army comes back home to find himself ostracized by his neighbors for having fought against the Confederacy. On top of that, he finds that his younger brother is now the sheriff, and is ruling the town with an iron hand.
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Title: M Squad
Character: Malcolm Grove
Released: September 20, 1957
Type: TV
Lt. Frank Ballinger is a no-nonsense plain clothes cop in the elite M Squad Division. The Squad's task is to root out organised crime and corruption in America's Second City, Chicago.
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Lure of the Swamp
Title: Lure of the Swamp
Character: James Lister
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Simon Lute ekes out a modest living chartering his skiff to tourists and guiding them through the labyrinthine bayou.
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Naked Gun
Title: Naked Gun
Character: Breen Mathews
Released: November 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years later, an American insurance man promises to deliver the Salazar fortune to the rightful heir...
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Kiss Me Kate
Title: Kiss Me Kate
Character: Tex Callaway
Released: November 26, 1953
Type: Movie
Fred and Lilli are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens the production, as well as two thugs who have the mistaken idea that Fred owes their boss money and insist on staying next to him all night.
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The Great Jesse James Raid
Title: The Great Jesse James Raid
Character: Jesse James
Released: July 17, 1953
Type: Movie
The famed outlaw is talked into saddling up for one more bank robbery.
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The Vanquished
Title: The Vanquished
Character: Captain Kirby
Released: June 3, 1953
Type: Movie
A man returns to his home -- a post Civil-War village -- and finds the law is in the hands of a few scrupulous people.
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Sangaree
Title: Sangaree
Character: Gabriel Thatch
Released: May 17, 1953
Type: Movie
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
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Caribbean
Title: Caribbean
Character: Shively
Released: September 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Francis Barclay, a former member of the British Admiralty, who was captured in the early 1700s, and sold into slavery, by Andrew McAllister, and forced into piracy, enlists the aid of Dick Lindsay, to help him invade MacAllister's fortified island. The latter falls in love with MacAllister's daughter,Christine.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Mr. Tubble
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Captain Henry Clay
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Ron Gage
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Mayor John Norman
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Apache Drums
Title: Apache Drums
Character: Joe Madden
Released: April 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A gambler is thrown out of a western town, but returns when the town is suddenly threatened by a band of marauding Apaches.
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My True Story
Title: My True Story
Character: Bill Phillips
Released: March 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Ann Martin is serving time as a jewel thief. Paroled and determined to stay clean, she quickly finds out that her freedom was bought by an old, vicious boss that has picked her for a job.
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Hunt the Man Down
Title: Hunt the Man Down
Character: Burnell 'Brick' Appleby
Released: December 26, 1950
Type: Movie
A lawyer uncovers secrets behind a 12-year-old murder case.
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The Bandit Queen
Title: The Bandit Queen
Character: Dan Hinsdale
Released: December 22, 1950
Type: Movie
Zara Montalve, half Spanish and half America, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sheriff Jim Harding and his gang. Posing as Lola Belmont, an American visiting from Detroit, teams up with Joaquin Murietta, posing as Carlos Del Rio, to form a Robin-Hood type band that takes vengeance on the gang and restores stolen gold to its rightful owners, aided by militia leader Dan Hinsdale.
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Emergency Wedding
Title: Emergency Wedding
Character: Vandemer
Released: November 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Dr. Helen Hunt is a physician married to millionaire Peter Judson Kirk Jr., who is jealous his wife is spending too much time with her male patients. He makes a fool of himself trying to prove her guilt.
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David Harding, Counterspy
Title: David Harding, Counterspy
Character: Commander Jerry Baldwin
Released: July 13, 1950
Type: Movie
A Counterspy in the US military is killed under suspicious circumstances. His friend, Jerry Baldwin, a Navy Commander, is assigned to replace him and stop a saboteur in a torpedo factory.
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The Secret Fury
Title: The Secret Fury
Character: Smith (uncredited)
Released: February 21, 1950
Type: Movie
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen denies the charge, the interloper produces enough evidence that his accusation must be investigated. Ellen and David travel to the small coastal town where her first wedding allegedly occurred. There, they meet a number of individuals whose stories make Ellen question her own sanity.
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Bodyhold
Title: Bodyhold
Character: Tommy Jones
Released: December 8, 1949
Type: Movie
A plumber with a girlfriend turns pro wrestler for a crooked promoter.
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Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Title: Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
Character: Sheriff Will Egan
Released: September 20, 1949
Type: Movie
Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the sheriff's sister) and that wild frontiers woman, Calamity Jane. Circumstances make Sam richer by a very fast race horse. But his seemingly good luck with horses and women leads him to disaster. Will he be forced into a life of crime?
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Slightly French
Title: Slightly French
Character: Douglas Hyde
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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You Gotta Stay Happy
Title: You Gotta Stay Happy
Character: Henry Benson
Released: October 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
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Relentless
Title: Relentless
Character: Jeff Moyer
Released: June 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A man wrongly accused of murder tracks the true culprit across the desert.
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The Mating of Millie
Title: The Mating of Millie
Character: Phil Gowan
Released: March 8, 1948
Type: Movie
Self-sufficient in life and successful in business, prim and proper Millie McGonigle wants just one more thing, a child. When she asks to adopt orphan Tommy Bassett, but learns that she will first have to have a husband, Millie turns to her neighbor, Doug Andrews. Though he has no interest in marriage, Doug offers to help Millie find a husband by transforming her into a beautiful and exciting woman, one who catches the eye of two eligible bachelors, including the orphanage's president.
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The Wreck of the Hesperus
Title: The Wreck of the Hesperus
Character: John Macready
Released: February 4, 1948
Type: Movie
The story of an ex-sea captain who uses devious means to make his salvage company a success. Based on Longfellow's famous poem.
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Renegades
Title: Renegades
Character: Dr. Sam Martin
Released: June 13, 1946
Type: Movie
The daughter of a prominent citizen marries an outlaw's son.
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One Way to Love
Title: One Way to Love
Character: Mitchell Raymond
Released: January 8, 1946
Type: Movie
A Chicago team of radio scriptwriters must split up when he takes a job with his bride-to-be's father, and the other must write commercial jingles.
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The Fighting Guardsman
Title: The Fighting Guardsman
Character: Baron François
Released: January 4, 1946
Type: Movie
A French Baron robs Louis XVI like Robin Hood.
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What a Woman
Title: What a Woman
Character: Prof. Michael 'Mike' Cobb
Released: December 29, 1943
Type: Movie
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
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The Zero Hour
Title: The Zero Hour
Character: Lansdowne
Released: May 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A celebrated Broadway actress and a wealthy widowed businessman are brought together through their shared affection for a young orphan.
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A Slight Case of Murder
Title: A Slight Case of Murder
Character: State Trooper Dick Whitewood
Released: February 26, 1938
Type: Movie
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with forclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law, and four hard-to-explain corpses.
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The Invisible Menace
Title: The Invisible Menace
Character: Pvt. Booker
Released: January 11, 1938
Type: Movie
Army Private Eddie Pratt smuggles his new bride into camp in hopes of having a happy wedding night. Instead they discover a murder. Colonel Rogers of Army Intelligence arrives to take over the case. The prime suspect, Jevries, is well-known to Rogers, who sets out to get a confession from Jevries even though there are plenty of other suspects.
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Missing Witnesses
Title: Missing Witnesses
Character: Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1937
Type: Movie
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
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The Adventurous Blonde
Title: The Adventurous Blonde
Character: Clerk (uncredited)
Released: November 13, 1937
Type: Movie
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
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Over the Goal
Title: Over the Goal
Character: Duke Davis
Released: October 16, 1937
Type: Movie
The Carlton State star quarterback is wrongly thrown in jail, almost guaranteeing a major loss as well as costing the college a donation which would save the school from closing.
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Alcatraz Island
Title: Alcatraz Island
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: October 13, 1937
Type: Movie
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove his innocence.
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Love Is on the Air
Title: Love Is on the Air
Character: Les Quimby
Released: October 2, 1937
Type: Movie
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
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That Certain Woman
Title: That Certain Woman
Character: un reporter
Released: August 30, 1937
Type: Movie
A gangster's widow fights for love despite society's disapproval.
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The Devil's Saddle Legion
Title: The Devil's Saddle Legion
Character: Hub Ordley
Released: August 14, 1937
Type: Movie
Tal is in a lot of trouble. Seems that his father has been murdered while he was in Montana and they put the blame on him. Also, he has been framed and sentenced to 10 years hard labor for another murder which he did not do. The crooks need convict labor to build the dam so they convict innocent people for a pool of cheap labor. But Karan believes that Tal, using the name Smith J. Brown, could not be a killer. Unknown to her, her step brother, Hub, is part of the gang.