Art Foster

Art Foster

Born: February 7, 1919
Died: December 9, 2008
in Riverside County, California, USA

Movies for Art Foster...

The Great Jewel Robber
Title: The Great Jewel Robber
Character: Art, Customs Guard (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the notorious jewel thief known as "The Hollywood Raffles", whose famous robbery victims included such real-life celebrities as Joan Crawford, Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith and Dennis Morgan. David Brian stars in the title role, and he's supported by John Archer, Marjorie Reynolds, Jacqueline de Wit, Alix Talton, Ned Glass, Perdita Chandler and columnist Sheilah Graham, playing herself.
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Captain China
Title: Captain China
Character: Mate on Rescue Ship (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1950
Type: Movie
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen. There's no love lost between the two men, and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger.
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White Heat
Title: White Heat
Character: Guard (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1949
Type: Movie
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
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Sword in the Desert
Title: Sword in the Desert
Character: Sgt. Rummins
Released: August 24, 1949
Type: Movie
First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.
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A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Title: A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Character: Axeman (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1949
Type: Movie
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.
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Blonde Savage
Title: Blonde Savage
Character: Stone
Released: November 22, 1947
Type: Movie
An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall Caucasian blonde woman.
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The Exile
Title: The Exile
Character: Jessup (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1947
Type: Movie
In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.
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Ivy
Title: Ivy
Character: Constable (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1947
Type: Movie
When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, and her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.
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The Verdict
Title: The Verdict
Character: PC Warren
Released: November 23, 1946
Type: Movie
After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.
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Road to Utopia
Title: Road to Utopia
Character: Husky Sailor (uncredited)
Released: February 27, 1946
Type: Movie
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.
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They Were Expendable
Title: They Were Expendable
Character: Boat Crew Member (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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Confidential Agent
Title: Confidential Agent
Character: Chauffeur
Released: November 2, 1945
Type: Movie
During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.
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Lost in a Harem
Title: Lost in a Harem
Character: Slave (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
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Enter Arsène Lupin
Title: Enter Arsène Lupin
Character: Superintendent
Released: November 24, 1944
Type: Movie
A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She herself doesn't know it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.
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Frenchman's Creek
Title: Frenchman's Creek
Character: Pirate Crewman (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1944
Type: Movie
An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into a world of adventure.
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Swing Fever
Title: Swing Fever
Character: Fighter (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
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Action in the North Atlantic
Title: Action in the North Atlantic
Character: Pete Larson (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.
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The Mysterious Doctor
Title: The Mysterious Doctor
Character: Saul Bevans
Released: March 3, 1943
Type: Movie
The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.
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Gentleman Jim
Title: Gentleman Jim
Character: Jack Burke (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1942
Type: Movie
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.
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Florian
Title: Florian
Character: Clerk
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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Wells Fargo
Title: Wells Fargo
Character: Confederate 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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The White Angel
Title: The White Angel
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1936
Type: Movie
In mid-nineteenth century England the medical establishment does not recognize the value of skilled nurses, cleanliness, nutrition and kindness. Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly changes all of this.
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Klondike Annie
Title: Klondike Annie
Released: February 21, 1936
Type: Movie
A San Francisco singer flees Chinatown on murder charges and poses as a missionary in Alaska.