Don Castle

Don Castle

Born: September 29, 1917
Died: May 26, 1966
in Beaumont, Texas, USA

Movies for Don Castle...

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Title: Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Character: Drunk Cowboy in Longbranch Saloon
Released: May 30, 1957
Type: Movie
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.
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The Big Land
Title: The Big Land
Character: Tom Draper
Released: March 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranchers that their stock will bring $10 a head at auction. Instead, ruthless cattle baron Brog (Anthony Caruso) has scared off all competition and offers much less.
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Motor Patrol
Title: Motor Patrol
Character: Officer Ken Foster
Released: May 12, 1950
Type: Movie
A cop poses as a member of a stolen-car ring to capture the men responsible for the murder of his fiancee's brother.
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Stampede
Title: Stampede
Character: Tim McCall
Released: May 1, 1949
Type: Movie
Brothers Mike and Tim McCall own a large ranch in Arizona, using the surrounding lands for grazing cattle. Stanley Cox and LeRoy Stanton sell this land to settlers who arrive to find it bone dry, as a dam on the McCall ranch controls the water. Among the settlers are John Dawson and his daughter Connie. The latter goes to the nearest town to take action, but Sheriff Ball tells him there is nothing he can do. Tim falls for Connie but Mike is unimpressed with her charms. While returning from a town dance, Tim discovers Stanton trying to dynamite the dam, and is killed in the ensuing gunfight. Stanton later sends his men to stampede the cattle while he and Cox blow up the dam. Despite the efforts of Mike and Sheriff Ball, the cattle are wiped out and Mike races to the dam and kills Stanton in a gunfight.
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Strike It Rich
Title: Strike It Rich
Character: Tex Warren
Released: December 1, 1948
Type: Movie
When not drinking and fighting, three wildcatters in search of a gusher are enthusiastically drilling for black gold. The trouble begins when one of them grows dissatisfied with their lifestyle and quits so he can be with his new wife. Unfortunately for him, soon after he leaves, the other two find their gusher and become filthy rich. The impoverished quitter is envious and begins looking for an obscure law that will force his pals to share.
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Souvenirs of Death
Title: Souvenirs of Death
Character: Johnny's Father (uncredited)
Released: June 19, 1948
Type: Movie
This MGM John Nesbitt's Passing Parade series short tells the story of how a Mauser pistol used on the battlefield by Germans during WWII makes its way into the hands of an American gangster.
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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Title: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Character: Thomas J. 'Tom' Quinn
Released: May 23, 1948
Type: Movie
An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator.
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Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Title: Who Killed Doc Robbin?
Character: George - Defense Attorney
Released: April 9, 1948
Type: Movie
A group of people find themselves trapped in a creepy mansion, complete with secret passageways, a mad doctor and a murderous gorilla.
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Madonna of the Desert
Title: Madonna of the Desert
Character: Joe Salinas
Released: February 23, 1948
Type: Movie
A jeweled Madonna, property of rancher Joe Salinas, attracts two crooks to his ranch, Monica Dell, a smooth operator, and ruthless Nick Julian. Joe believe that the statue has a miraculous power to ward off evil, and Monica, after a narrow escape from injury while trying to steal the statue, is converted to Joe's faith and refuses to go through with the robbery. Nick has no such intentions.
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Perilous Waters
Title: Perilous Waters
Character: Willie Hunter
Released: February 14, 1948
Type: Movie
Because of his virulent crusade against gambling, Dana Ferris has been targeted for extermination by the Mob, and Willie Hunter is the hit man who's been hired to do the job.
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Roses Are Red
Title: Roses Are Red
Character: Robert A. Thorne / Don Carney
Released: November 10, 1947
Type: Movie
A crooked crime boss tries to put a crony into office.
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The Invisible Wall
Title: The Invisible Wall
Character: Harry Lane
Released: October 15, 1947
Type: Movie
A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the military. Unfortunately, he loses the $20,000 he was supposed to deliver to gambling and a con artist. His attempts to get the money back leads to bigger problems including a murder plot.
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High Tide
Title: High Tide
Character: Tim 'T.M.' Slade
Released: September 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A car accident traps two men inside a car near the water. With the tide coming in, they discuss the circumstances that led up to the accident.
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Seven Were Saved
Title: Seven Were Saved
Character: Lt. Pete Sturdevant
Released: March 28, 1947
Type: Movie
A nurse is taking an amnesia victim, who was imprisoned by the Japanese during WW II, to the United States in a plane piloted by Richard Denning. The passengers include a Japanese colonel on his way to Manila to face war-crime charges, and a couple who were married on the day they were liberated from a Japanese prison camp. During the flight, the colonel breaks away from his guards, causes the plane to go out of control, and it crashes into the sea. The survivors get into a rubber boat and go through a minor-league version of "Lifeboat, with no Alfred Hitchcock sightings, until Air-Sea Rescue pilot Jim Willis rides to the rescue.
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The Guilty
Title: The Guilty
Character: Mike Carr
Released: March 22, 1947
Type: Movie
Two friends land in hot water when they begin dating twins and one of the women ends up dead.
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Born to Speed
Title: Born to Speed
Character: Mike Conroy
Released: January 12, 1947
Type: Movie
The romantic, dangerous and fast-paced world of professional midget auto racing provides the backdrop for this dramatic tale of a young driver who decides to follow in his late father's footsteps and win the big race.
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Lighthouse
Title: Lighthouse
Character: Sam Wells
Released: January 10, 1947
Type: Movie
Two men and a woman form a triangle confined by a lighthouse.
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B-29 Flight Engineer
Title: B-29 Flight Engineer
Character: Flight Crew Member
Released: March 13, 1944
Type: Movie
This government documentary short film depicts and explains proper procedures for functioning as a flight engineer on the B-29 bomber. Lieutenant Anderson is normally the co-pilot of this B-29, but as part of the readiness regimen for aircraft crews, he is being tested as the backup fight engineer. The actual flight engineer monitors his work, helping Anderson follow the checklists for flight preparation and takeoff. Throughout the 10-hour training flight, Lt. Anderson will be required to operate a multitude of engine controls and to monitor instruments on a variety of engine functions. Throughout the flight, his pilot and flight engineer watch over his work, correcting mistakes and reminding him of necessary actions.
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Ditch and Live
Title: Ditch and Live
Character: Lieutenant Hendricks
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Lt. Scott Reynolds is co-pilot on a B-17 bomber. When his ship is forced to ditch at sea, only Reynolds survives. The nine other crew members died as a result of insufficient training in ditching procedure. Sent back to the States and promoted, Captain Reynolds takes command of a new B-17 and indoctrinates his crew carefully in the proper methods of preparation for ditching and for survival at sea thereafter.
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Eyes Aloft
Title: Eyes Aloft
Character: Lilly 1-1
Released: January 24, 1943
Type: Movie
In this documentary short film, a woman volunteer for the civilian aviation observer corps in World War II explains how the U.S. military depends on civilians watching the skies to warn of possible attacking or spying enemy aircraft. An army major explains to a group of civic leaders how volunteers are to be recruited and organized. Then the volunteers man posts day and night, always watching for unidentified aircraft that might be enemy forces.
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Flight Characteristics of the A-20
Title: Flight Characteristics of the A-20
Character: Tom
Released: January 24, 1943
Type: Movie
Tom, a young Army Air Forces pilot, begins instruction with his captain on flying the A-20 attack aircraft. The captain demonstrates to Tom the pre-flight routine and checklists, then pilots the plane with Tom as his passenger. The captain demonstrates the flight parameters of the plane, the synchronization of the engines, stall recovery, and emergency procedures. Finally, the instructor shows Tom how to fly the plane on one engine and how to land in such a circumstance.
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Wake Island
Title: Wake Island
Character: Pvt. Cunkle (uncredited)
Released: August 11, 1942
Type: Movie
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.
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Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Title: Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Character: Johnny Duane
Released: June 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
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World Premiere
Title: World Premiere
Character: Joe Bemis
Released: August 21, 1941
Type: Movie
A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity for his latest project. He decides to have three men pose as spies, disrupting the opening, but things don't go quite as planned...there are actual spies also present!
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Power Dive
Title: Power Dive
Character: Doug Farrell
Released: June 4, 1941
Type: Movie
The story concentrated on a group of test pilots, busily experimenting with a revolutionary all-plastic airplane. Ace flyboy Brad Farrell (Richard Arlen) is determined to prove the practicality of the new aircraft, designed by Professor Blake (Thomas Ross), father of Brad's sweetheart Carol (Jean Parker). Back on solid ground, Brad must vie for Carol's attentions with his own brother, engineer Doug Farrell (Don Castle).
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Strike Up the Band
Title: Strike Up the Band
Character: Charlie
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.
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We Who Are Young
Title: We Who Are Young
Character: Accountex Clerk Making Pass (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1940
Type: Movie
A man violates company policy by getting married.
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Susan and God
Title: Susan and God
Character: Theater Usher (uncredited)
Released: June 7, 1940
Type: Movie
A flighty socialite neglects her family to promote a new religious group.
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The Ghost Comes Home
Title: The Ghost Comes Home
Character: Spigley 'Spig', a Band Member
Released: March 8, 1940
Type: Movie
Comic mayhem results when a small town pet store owner, mistakenly believed killed during a sea voyage, turns up very much alive.
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Northwest Passage
Title: Northwest Passage
Character: Richard Towne
Released: February 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
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I Take This Woman
Title: I Take This Woman
Character: Ted Fenton
Released: February 2, 1940
Type: Movie
On return from Europe Dr. Decker foils glamour girl Georgi from jumping overboard. At Decker's suggestion to keep busy, she assists at his clinic in the slums.
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Nick Carter, Master Detective
Title: Nick Carter, Master Detective
Character: Ed - 1st Hurt Worker
Released: December 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture.
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Thunder Afloat
Title: Thunder Afloat
Character: Radio Operator (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1939
Type: Movie
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
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These Glamour Girls
Title: These Glamour Girls
Character: Jack
Released: August 18, 1939
Type: Movie
A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she stays and shows up both him and his classmates' snooty dates.
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Fast and Loose
Title: Fast and Loose
Character: Desk Clerk
Released: February 17, 1939
Type: Movie
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
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Out West with the Hardys
Title: Out West with the Hardys
Character: Dennis Hunt
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
Judge Hardy goes to his friend's Arizona ranch to help her in a legal dispute, and he takes his family with him.
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Young Dr. Kildare
Title: Young Dr. Kildare
Character: Dr. Bates (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1938
Type: Movie
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
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Rich Man, Poor Girl
Title: Rich Man, Poor Girl
Character: Frank
Released: August 12, 1938
Type: Movie
A millionaire courts a working-class woman.
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Love Finds Andy Hardy
Title: Love Finds Andy Hardy
Character: Dennis Hunt
Released: July 22, 1938
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.