Arthur Thalasso

Arthur Thalasso

Born: November 26, 1883
Died: February 13, 1954
in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Movies for Arthur Thalasso...

Quiet Please, Murder
Title: Quiet Please, Murder
Character: Air Raid Warden
Released: March 19, 1943
Type: Movie
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich suckers.
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The Payoff
Title: The Payoff
Character: Police Officer (uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1942
Type: Movie
The city's District Attorney is murdered, and a newspaper reporter investigates. He starts finding out that everything wasn't quite as cut and dried as it appeared to be.
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Rolling Down the Great Divide
Title: Rolling Down the Great Divide
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: April 24, 1942
Type: Movie
A ring of cattle thieves uses short-wave radio to communicate with each other. A trio of range detectives must find a way to capture the gang.
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Border Vigilantes
Title: Border Vigilantes
Character: Bartender
Released: April 18, 1941
Type: Movie
A town bedeviled with outlaws sends for Hoppy, Lucky and California after their own vigilante committee fails to solve the towns problems. Hoppy discovers that the bad guys are led by the town boss, and so are the vigilantes.
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Three Men from Texas
Title: Three Men from Texas
Character: Bartender
Released: November 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Hoppy and new sidekick California Carlson head to California to help out Lucky Jenkins.
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Florian
Title: Florian
Character: Peasant
Released: June 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Title: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Naive and idealistic Jefferson Smith, leader of the Boy Rangers, is appointed to the United States Senate by the puppet governor of his state. He soon discovers, upon going to Washington, many shortcomings of the political process as his earnest goal of a national boys' camp leads to a conflict with the state political boss.
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Zenobia
Title: Zenobia
Character: Townsman
Released: April 21, 1939
Type: Movie
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
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Mystery Plane
Title: Mystery Plane
Character: Detective
Released: March 8, 1939
Type: Movie
An American pilot with a top-secret invention is kidnapped by foreign agents.
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Honor of the West
Title: Honor of the West
Character: Rodeo Announcer
Released: January 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Sheriff Bob Bartlett is called away from the rodeo to apprehend cattle rustlers.
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The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Title: The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse
Character: Forensic (uncredited)
Released: July 20, 1938
Type: Movie
A wealthy society doctor decides to research the medical aspects of criminal behaviour by becoming one himself. He joins a gang of thieves and proceeds to wrest leadership of the gang away from it's extremely resentful leader.
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State Police
Title: State Police
Character: Bartender
Released: March 18, 1938
Type: Movie
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
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Behind The Headlines
Title: Behind The Headlines
Character: Johnny
Released: May 14, 1937
Type: Movie
A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.
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Prison Shadows
Title: Prison Shadows
Character: Coroner (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1936
Type: Movie
A boxer is framed for murder after an opponent dies in the ring.
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The Lion's Den
Title: The Lion's Den
Character: Bartender
Released: July 7, 1936
Type: Movie
Merwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hired killer Single-Shot Smith. Figuring he can help Merwin by being part of Welsh's gang he hires on as Single-Shot. But soon the real Single-Shot appears.
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The Millionaire Kid
Title: The Millionaire Kid
Character: Morley
Released: March 13, 1936
Type: Movie
The Millionaire Kid is young Tommy Neville whose wealthy parents, Thomas and Gloria Neville are preparing to fight it out in divorce court.Tommy runs away from home. The private detective assigned to watch him tells Mrs. Neville he has been kidnapped. She immediately suspects her husband. Meanwhile, Tommy is selling newspapers in another city. He is attacked by a bully, and is rescued by gangster Terry Mallon and his daughter Kitty. Unaware of his identity, they take him to their beach home. Reporter Breezy Benson is sent to interview Mrs. Neville about the divorce, and is fired when she won't talk to him. He meets Kitty at the beach and is intrigued by her. He meets her father, who is curious but not suspicious as news of the alleged kidnapping has not been reported.
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Border Brigands
Title: Border Brigands
Character: 2nd Bartender
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
Canadian Mountie goes undercover to catch his brother's killers.
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Big Calibre
Title: Big Calibre
Character: Butch
Released: March 8, 1935
Type: Movie
Intent on avenging his father's murder, Roy Neal and his sidekick Rusty find themselves in the border town of Gladstone where Neal is mistakenly arrested for the robbery of a mail truck. After escaping, Neal joins up with pretty June Bowers whose father has apparently also been murdered. Neal, suspecting two of the town's leading businessmen of being the murderers, tries to flush them out before the sheriff can lock him up again.
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The Moonstone
Title: The Moonstone
Character: Detective (Uncredited)
Released: August 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A valuable gem from India is stolen in an old dark mansion and it is up to Scotland Yard inspector Charles Irwin to find out who did it among all the suspects who were in the house.
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Blind Date
Title: Blind Date
Character: Man at Gate
Released: July 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A young woman is torn between a wealthy suitor who wants her body and the honest young man who wants what's best for her.
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The Kennel Murder Case
Title: The Kennel Murder Case
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1933
Type: Movie
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
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Secret Sinners
Title: Secret Sinners
Character: Policeman
Released: October 19, 1933
Type: Movie
A young, unmarried theatrical couple befriend an out-of-work housekeeper and introduce her to another new acquaintance, a man of means, unaware that he is married and going through a messy divorce.
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Too Many Highballs
Title: Too Many Highballs
Character: Detective
Released: February 10, 1933
Type: Movie
Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in. To get his in-laws out of the house, Harold has regularly left a bottle of booze for Claude to be able to entertain prospective employers. When Harold learns that on all the other occasions the employers have not showed (he assumes there probably were no prospective employers) leaving Claude to consume the booze on his own, he decides to show Claude a lesson by spiking the bottle with castor oil. Complications ensue when Joe, Harold's friend, encourages him to skip work to attend the prize fight. What Joe doesn't tell Harold is that he tells his boss that Harold needs the day off to attend to the sudden death of his brother-in-law.
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Trapped in Tia Juana
Title: Trapped in Tia Juana
Character: Billy - Bank Guard
Released: August 14, 1932
Type: Movie
An American army officer, Kenneth Holbert, is after a Mexican bandit, El Zorro, who he doesn't know is his long-lost twin brother. Dorothy Holbert has a hard time figuring out which is which, especially since Romanian native Renaldo uses the same accent for both brothers.
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The Reckless Rider
Title: The Reckless Rider
Character: Bartender
Released: July 1, 1932
Type: Movie
Disguising himself as an outlaw, a marshal comes to the aid of a man and his daughter who are being terrorized by a criminal gang.
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The Impatient Maiden
Title: The Impatient Maiden
Character: Neighbor (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
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Dumb Dicks
Title: Dumb Dicks
Character: Detective
Released: February 8, 1932
Type: Movie
Two incompetent private detectives pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.
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Say Uncle
Title: Say Uncle
Released: June 9, 1928
Type: Movie
Synopsis is unknown at this time, may be a lost film.
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A Perfect Gentleman
Title: A Perfect Gentleman
Character: Ship's Officer
Released: January 15, 1928
Type: Movie
Monty Banks gets involved in tracking down a stolen fortune, his adventures culminating in a whirlwind, gag-filled climax at sea.
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Top Sergeant Mulligan
Title: Top Sergeant Mulligan
Released: January 15, 1928
Type: Movie
During World War I a vaudeville entertainer, Mickey, is helping to recruit officers for the army and finds himself in the service along with his female partner, who is also his girlfriend. At training camp he comes up against Top Sergeant Mulligan, who proceeds to make life miserable for him. If that wasn't enough, it turns out that Mulligan, the captain and a YMCA worker are all making a play for his girlfriend.
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Three's a Crowd
Title: Three's a Crowd
Character: Harry's Boss
Released: August 28, 1927
Type: Movie
Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and longs for the companionship of a wife and children like other men. One day he spies a pretty girl in his telescope and sends her by carrier pigeon a note that, alas, is received by the wrong party. The Girl marries and, poverty-striken, leaves her husband during a snowstorm. Harry takes her in, and minutes later her child is born. He works like a slave for the mother and child, pretending they are his own. Meanwhile, the husband finds her and comes to the shack on Christmas Eve as Harry is preparing to play Santa Claus. Not realizing the unhappiness she is causing him, The Girl thanks him profusely and leaves with her husband. Overcome, Harry sits overnight on the doorstep and the next morning is found frozen stiff except for his eyes--with amusing results.
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Horse Shoes
Title: Horse Shoes
Character: Conductor
Released: April 17, 1927
Type: Movie
A Monty Banks comedy that includes the 'Undressing in the Upper Berth' routine
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Venus of Venice
Title: Venus of Venice
Character: Ludvico
Released: March 20, 1927
Type: Movie
A slick caper movie about a petty thief falls for a wealthy American artist.
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The Strong Man
Title: The Strong Man
Character: le grand Zandow
Released: November 19, 1926
Type: Movie
A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo from "Mary Brown", an American girl he has never met. He becomes infatuated with her by long distance. After the war, the young Belgian journeys to America as assistant to a theatrical "strong man", Zandow the Great (Arthur Thalasso). While in America, he searches for Mary Brown... and he finds her, just as word comes that Zandow is incapacitated and the little nebbish must go on stage in his place.
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The Movies
Title: The Movies
Character: The Villain
Released: October 7, 1925
Type: Movie
Silent comedy about a poor country bumpkin who goes to Hollywood to make good.
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Wine
Title: Wine
Character: Amoti
Released: August 31, 1924
Type: Movie
John Warriner, facing financial ruin, accepts the proposal of a bootlegger, Benedict, to underwrite the business of illegal wine-selling. His daughter, Angela, takes up with the jazz set and is caught in a raid, at a cafe owned by Benedict. Her former sweetheart, Carl Graham, comes to the rescue and saves her from notoriety, while the family struggles back to its former respectability following Warriner's prison term.
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
Title: Little Lord Fauntleroy
Character: The Stranger
Released: September 15, 1921
Type: Movie
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
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The Forbidden Thing
Title: The Forbidden Thing
Character: Joe Portega
Released: November 1, 1920
Type: Movie
Puritanical Abel Blake is planning to marry the domestically oriented Joan when she is called away to a neighboring fishing village to care for her sick uncle. In her absence, Abel falls under the corrupting influence of some friends who take him to Ryan's, a notorious dance hall, where he meets seductress Glory Prada. Glory determines to make a conquest of Abel, who gradually falls under her spell and finally marries her. After learning of the news, Abel's mother dies of grief and Joan marries Dave, a fisherman.
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La La Lucille
Title: La La Lucille
Character: Janitor
Released: July 19, 1920
Type: Movie
John Smith inherits two million dollars from his wealthy aunt on the condition that he divorce his wife Lucille, a former vaudeville performer. In order to qualify for his inheritance, John concocts the idea of divorcing his wife and then remarrying her.