Lorin Raker

Lorin Raker

Born: May 8, 1891
Died: December 25, 1959
in Joplin, Missouri, USA

Movies for Lorin Raker...

Vice Squad
Title: Vice Squad
Character: Mr. Moore (uncredited)
Released: July 31, 1953
Type: Movie
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.
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Tales of Robin Hood
Title: Tales of Robin Hood
Character: Inn Landlord
Released: December 21, 1951
Type: Movie
The story of Robin Hood, how he met his Merry Men and Maid Marian, and saved England from Sir Guy de Clairmont and his henchman. Compiled from the few filmed episodes of an unsold TV series.
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Journey Into Light
Title: Journey Into Light
Character: Department Store Interviewer
Released: September 28, 1951
Type: Movie
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide. Burrows travels to Los Angeles for a fresh start, but takes to the bottle himself and ends up arrested for public intoxication. A skid-row con man, Gandy, finds him a bed at a flop house, while a street preacher, Doc Thorssen, and daughter Christine take him to a local mission. Christine is blind. She falls in love with Burrows, enjoying his discussions of the spirit and the soul but knowing little of his past. One day she is struck by a streetcar and knocked unconscious, causing Burrows to once again question his faith. He ultimately accepts the Lord's will and is offered a better place to live and preach. Burrows decides he is better suited to the mission, with Christine by his side.
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The Fuller Brush Girl
Title: The Fuller Brush Girl
Character: Deval (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A daffy door-to-door saleswoman blunders into a murder investigation.
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The Good Humor Man
Title: The Good Humor Man
Character: Elmer Darby (uncredited)
Released: March 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.
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Albuquerque
Title: Albuquerque
Character: Mr. Martin (uncredited)
Released: February 20, 1948
Type: Movie
Cole Armin comes to Albuquerque to work for his uncle, John Armin, a despotic and hard-hearted czar who operates an ore-hauling freight line, and whose goal is to eliminate a competing line run by Ted Wallace and his sister Celia. Cole tires of his uncle's heavy-handed tactics and switches over to the Wallace side. Lety Tyler, an agent hired by the uncle, also switches over by warning Cole and Ted of a trap set for them by the uncle and his henchman.
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Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Title: Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
Character: Insolvent Borrower (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
A gang of criminals, which includes a piano player and an imposing former convict known as 'Gruesome', has found out about a scientist's secret formula for a gas that temporarily paralyzes anyone who breathes it. When Gruesome accidentally inhales some of the gas and passes out, the police think he is dead and take him to the morgue, where he later revives and escapes. This puzzling incident attracts the interest of Dick Tracy, and when the criminals later use the gas to rob a bank, Tracy realizes that he must devote his entire attention to stopping them.
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Jungle Flight
Title: Jungle Flight
Character: Briggs
Released: August 22, 1947
Type: Movie
Kelly Jordan and Andy Melton are former AAF fliers operating a cargo service over the South American mountain ranges in order to get enough money to return to Texas and buy a commercial line.
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Danger Street
Title: Danger Street
Character: Henry
Released: June 20, 1947
Type: Movie
Magazine owners sell a revealing photo, then play detective when the deal leads to murder.
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Miracle on 34th Street
Title: Miracle on 34th Street
Character: Macy's Salesman (uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Kris Kringle, seemingly the embodiment of Santa Claus, is asked to portray the jolly old fellow at Macy's following his performance in the Thanksgiving Day parade. His portrayal is so complete that many begin to question if he truly is Santa Claus, while others question his sanity.
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That's My Man
Title: That's My Man
Character: Reporter
Released: June 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A poor young man is finally able to achieve his dream of running a horse at the track, but when he starts becoming successful, he begins to lose sight of what mattered to him before.
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Andy Plays Hookey
Title: Andy Plays Hookey
Character: Homer
Released: December 19, 1946
Type: Movie
Andy makes elaborate plans to attend a prizefight, and they all backfire.
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Nocturne
Title: Nocturne
Character: Doc
Released: October 29, 1946
Type: Movie
In 1940s Los Angeles, when womanizing composer Keith Vincent is found dead, the inquest concludes it was a suicide but police detective Joe Warne isn't so sure.
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Without Reservations
Title: Without Reservations
Character: Mr. Klotch (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don't know she is the author of the famous book, and who don't think much of the ideas it proposes. She and Rusty are greatly attracted, but she doesn't know how to deal with his disdain for the book's author.
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Men in Her Diary
Title: Men in Her Diary
Character: Louis Whitman
Released: September 14, 1945
Type: Movie
Singer/Dancer Peggy Ryan neither sings nor dances in this comedy in which she plays a secretary, whose life has no romance because she devotes all of her time to her attractive older sister. But she does keep a diary that contains some fact and many fictional entries. One such is read by the wife of her boss who promptly sues for a divorce. Virginia Grey stars in a musical produced by Hall and sings (possibly dubbed) "Makin' a Million" and "Keep Your Chin Up." No spoiler to add that Ryan gets a boyfriend and Hall and Allbritton are reunited before this one runs it course.
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I'll Tell the World
Title: I'll Tell the World
Character: Perkins
Released: June 8, 1945
Type: Movie
A PR man saves a struggling radio station from ruin.
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Cry 'Havoc'
Title: Cry 'Havoc'
Character: Voice of Japanese Pilot (voice)
Released: November 23, 1943
Type: Movie
The Army nurses on Bataan need help badly, but when it arrives, it sure isn't what they expected. A motley crew, including a Southern belle, a waitress, and a stripper, show up. Many conflicts arise among these women who are thrown together in what is a desperate and ultimately hopeless situation.
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Swing Fever
Title: Swing Fever
Character: Man in Gym (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
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All by Myself
Title: All by Myself
Character: Paul the Modiste
Released: June 11, 1943
Type: Movie
Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also engaged, and then uses a little social blackmail to get psychiatrist Bill Perry to pretend to be her fiancé for an evening out with Mark and Val.
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Cowboy in Manhattan
Title: Cowboy in Manhattan
Character: Potter
Released: May 21, 1943
Type: Movie
Bob Allen, a struggling songwriter poses as a millionaire cowboy to win Broadway star Babs Lee.
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Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Title: Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Character: Price (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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It Ain't Hay
Title: It Ain't Hay
Character: Hicks (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1943
Type: Movie
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feeding it some candy. They head for the racetrack, find a look-a-like and take it. They do not realize that the nag is "Tea Biscuit," a champion racehorse.
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The Great Gildersleeve
Title: The Great Gildersleeve
Character: Court Clerk
Released: December 17, 1942
Type: Movie
A small-town blowhard runs for water commissioner while fighting to win custody of his niece and nephew.
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What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
Title: What Makes Lizzy Dizzy?
Character: Mr. Kelley
Released: March 26, 1942
Type: Movie
This Columbia short (production number 3431) has Harry Langdon and Elsie Ames billed above the title, but it is all Elsie Ames with Langdon and Monty Collins (if his name is Monte, how come---except for typos--- he is always billed as Monty?) only around to get a bowling ball bounced off the top of their collective heads, plus a couple of unfunny sight gags. Langdon, while top-billed, also played second-fiddle to the pratfalls of Elsie Ames in "Carry Harry" and even soon found himself billed second to Una Merkel---yes, that Una Merkel--- in Columbia's 1944-short "To Heir Is Human." Lizzy and her friend Aggie are toiling in Kelley's Laundry in order to get enough money to marry their boy friends Harry and Bill, and soon find themselves as a two-woman company bowling team attempting to keep Mr. Kelley from losing a $1000 bet. Things happen. Some of them funny.
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Two-Faced Woman
Title: Two-Faced Woman
Character: Rhumba Dancer (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
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No Hands on the Clock
Title: No Hands on the Clock
Character: Clyde Copley
Released: December 1, 1941
Type: Movie
A wise-cracking private detective's honeymoon is interrupted by a kidnapping case.
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In the Navy
Title: In the Navy
Character: Small Complaining Husband (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Popular crooner Russ Raymond abandons his career at its peak and joins the Navy using an alias, Tommy Halstead. However, Dorothy Roberts, a reporter, discovers his identity and follows him in the hopes of photographing him and revealing his identity to the world. Aboard the Alabama, Tommy meets up with Smoky and Pomeroy, who help hide him from Dorothy, who hatches numerous schemes in an attempt to photograph Tommy/Russ being a sailor.
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The Lady from Cheyenne
Title: The Lady from Cheyenne
Character: Governor's Aide
Released: April 11, 1941
Type: Movie
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!
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Where Did You Get That Girl?
Title: Where Did You Get That Girl?
Character: Anderson
Released: January 3, 1941
Type: Movie
In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They end up writing a hit and getting a recording contract. The trouble is, the composer's works are never played without another band member doctoring them up to make them swingier. Fortunately, the composer isn't too averse to the changes as he has just won the heart of the beauty who sings his revamped songs.
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Grand Ole Opry
Title: Grand Ole Opry
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crooked politicians.
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Primrose Path
Title: Primrose Path
Character: Man in Diner
Released: March 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When she meets and falls for a hard-working man, they marry and she hides her past from him. When he discovers the truth it jeopardizes their marriage.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Title: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
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California Straight Ahead
Title: California Straight Ahead
Released: April 16, 1937
Type: Movie
A truck driver races a train to the West Coast in an attempt to determine which method of transportation is faster.
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Mysterious Crossing
Title: Mysterious Crossing
Character: Wilson - Copy Writer
Released: December 27, 1936
Type: Movie
While crossing on the train ferry to New Orleans, roving reporter Addison Francis Murphy borrows money from singing hillbilly "Carolina," then loses it all in a crap game. Outside on deck, Murphy sees two men shaking hands, and after he looks away, hears a splash of water and discovers both men have disappeared...
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So and Sew
Title: So and Sew
Character: Jimmy Drake, Interior Decorator
Released: August 24, 1936
Type: Movie
A wife whose husband is away asks her decorator to impersonate her husband, to help her deal with a pest. Soon there is quite a web of confusion that also involves the decorator's girlfriend and the wife's suddenly returned husband.
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In Love at 40
Title: In Love at 40
Character: Mr. Miller
Released: August 29, 1935
Type: Movie
Edgar falls in love with another woman.
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Honeymoon Limited
Title: Honeymoon Limited
Character: Babe Dawes
Released: July 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A publisher bets an author that he won't be able to write a romantic adventure novel while on a walking trip from New York to San Francisco.
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King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Title: King Kelly of the U.S.A.
Character: Rodney
Released: September 15, 1934
Type: Movie
A theatrical troupe headed by a flashy showman finds itself in the tiny--and bankrupt--kingdom of Belgardia. The showman falls in love with the daughter of the dotty king, who has promised her to another.
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The Circus Clown
Title: The Circus Clown
Character: Circus Worker
Released: June 30, 1934
Type: Movie
A man who wants to join the circus against the wishes of his ex-circus clown father.
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The Loudspeaker
Title: The Loudspeaker
Character: George Green
Released: June 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A young man from a small town hits New York City, bound and determined to become a radio star. Amazingly, he achieves his ambition, but in the process alienates everyone around him with his arrogance and egomania.
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Convention City
Title: Convention City
Character: Clerk
Released: December 14, 1933
Type: Movie
Extra-marital fun and games at a convention of the Honeywell Rubber Company in Atlantic City.
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My Woman
Title: My Woman
Character: Assistant Studio Manager (Uncredited)
Released: October 4, 1933
Type: Movie
A devoted wife helps her husband achieve success as a radio comic, but stardom comes at a price.
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The Racing Strain
Title: The Racing Strain
Character: Jack Westcott
Released: December 16, 1932
Type: Movie
A race-car driver whose career is on the skids because of his drinking falls for a rich society girl. That motivates him to clean up his act and resume his career, but it may be too late for that.
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Afraid to Talk
Title: Afraid to Talk
Character: Mike
Released: November 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Corrupt politicians resort to murder and blackmail when a young boy accidentally witnesses them taking payoffs.
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By Whose Hand?
Title: By Whose Hand?
Character: Bridegroom (uncredited)
Released: July 6, 1932
Type: Movie
On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an escaped killer is feared on board. It’s up to newspaper reporter Jimmy Hawley (Ben Lyon) to unravel the secrets of the motley group of passengers and find the killer before he strikes again in this tense and atmospheric whodunit.
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The Impatient Maiden
Title: The Impatient Maiden
Character: Mr. Rosy
Released: March 1, 1932
Type: Movie
A maid's dream comes true but are not quite what she expected.
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Bad Girl
Title: Bad Girl
Character: Male Nurse (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1931
Type: Movie
A man and woman, skeptical about romance, nonetheless fall in love and are wed, but their lack of confidence in the opposite sex haunts their marriage.
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Six Cylinder Love
Title: Six Cylinder Love
Character: Gilbert Sterlng
Released: May 10, 1931
Type: Movie
Troubles begin for the Sterlings when they buy an expensive car and friends start pressing them for rides.
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Mother's Boy
Title: Mother's Boy
Character: Joe Bush
Released: July 1, 1929
Type: Movie
Young Irish lad Tommy O'Day lives in a poor section of New York's Lower East Side, and is blessed with a beautiful singing voice. After an argument with his father, who accuses him of stealing the family's life savings, Tommy leaves home and gets a job singing in a cabaret. He is successful and soon lands the lead in a Broadway revue. On opening night, just as he is about to go on stage, he receives word that his mother, who he has not seen since he left home, is dying and wants to see him.
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Gang War
Title: Gang War
Character: Reporter
Released: September 2, 1928
Type: Movie
Saxophone player Clyde meets a woman named Flowers, and teaches her to dance. He later discovers that gangster boss "Blackjack" is also in love with her. "Blackjack" is also battling gang boss Mike Luego in a violent turf war.