Larry McGrath

Larry McGrath

Born: August 28, 1888
Died: July 6, 1960
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Larry McGrath...

Flaming Feather
Title: Flaming Feather
Released: February 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.
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The Great Jewel Robber
Title: The Great Jewel Robber
Character: Mail Clerk (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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The Jackie Robinson Story
Title: The Jackie Robinson Story
Character: Umpire
Released: May 16, 1950
Type: Movie
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.
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White Heat
Title: White Heat
Character: Clocker (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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Johnny Belinda
Title: Johnny Belinda
Character: Man Reciting Lord's Prayer (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1948
Type: Movie
A small-town doctor helps a deaf-mute farm girl learn to communicate.
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Sister Kenny
Title: Sister Kenny
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: October 10, 1946
Type: Movie
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validity of her claims.
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Deadline at Dawn
Title: Deadline at Dawn
Character: Whispering Man (uncredited)
Released: March 18, 1946
Type: Movie
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.
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Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Title: Good Luck, Mr. Yates
Character: Referee
Released: June 29, 1943
Type: Movie
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home front.
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The Miracle Kid
Title: The Miracle Kid
Character: Referee
Released: November 14, 1941
Type: Movie
A young boxer finds his life turned upside down when he meets with sudden success in the ring.
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Tin Pan Alley
Title: Tin Pan Alley
Character: Referee (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to England, and Katy joins her after the boys give a new song to Nora Bayes. All are reunited when the boys, now in the army, show up in England.
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You'll Find Out
Title: You'll Find Out
Character: Apartment Complainer (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1940
Type: Movie
The manager of Kay Kyser’s band books them for a birthday party bash for an heiress at a spooky mansion, where sinister forces try to kill her.
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Millionaires in Prison
Title: Millionaires in Prison
Character: Visitor's Room Guard (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1940
Type: Movie
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
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20 Mule Team
Title: 20 Mule Team
Character: Man Pointing Out Where Pete Is
Released: May 3, 1940
Type: Movie
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
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20 Mule Team
Title: 20 Mule Team
Character: Alden
Released: May 3, 1940
Type: Movie
It is 1892 in Death Valley and the yields from the Borax ore are getting so small that refining it is a losing proposition. The only thing that will save the company is a new deposit of high grade Borax, and Skinner Bill Bragg has a pouch of it that he got from a dead prospector he buried on the road. Stag Roper knows the value of the strike could be worth millions, but he needs Bragg to find the prospector's claim so they can record it and become rich partners. While Roper has no intention of cutting Bragg in on the millions, he also has his eye on young Jean Johnson. Josie Johnson, Jean's mother, sees Roper as the scalawag he is, and that means trouble in Furnace Flat.
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Primrose Path
Title: Primrose Path
Character: Jake Halpern - 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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5th Ave Girl
Title: 5th Ave Girl
Character: Park Vendor (uncredited)
Released: September 22, 1939
Type: Movie
A wealthy man hires a poor girl to play his mistress in order to get more attention from his neglectful family.
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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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Golden Boy
Title: Golden Boy
Character: Referee
Released: September 5, 1939
Type: Movie
Despite his talent as a musician, a city boy decides to become a boxer. He's successful as a fighter — much to the dismay of his parents. When gangsters try to by a piece of him, he begins to have second thoughts.
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I Stole a Million
Title: I Stole a Million
Character: Gas Station Attendant
Released: August 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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Sergeant Madden
Title: Sergeant Madden
Character: Guard in Court
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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They Made Me a Criminal
Title: They Made Me a Criminal
Character: Second Fight Referee (uncredited)
Released: January 21, 1939
Type: Movie
A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.
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Over the Wall
Title: Over the Wall
Character: Ring Announcer in Robeck Fight
Released: April 2, 1938
Type: Movie
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
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The Girl on the Front Page
Title: The Girl on the Front Page
Character: Makeup Editor
Released: September 26, 1936
Type: Movie
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.
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Sworn Enemy
Title: Sworn Enemy
Character: Referee (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
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Bullets or Ballots
Title: Bullets or Ballots
Character: Referee (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1936
Type: Movie
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
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Dangerous
Title: Dangerous
Released: December 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play.
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The Shadow of Silk Lennox
Title: The Shadow of Silk Lennox
Released: December 11, 1935
Type: Movie
A crooked nightclub owner, pretending to go straight, is forced to kill a henchman when the latter tries to run off with the gang's latest haul.
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Stars Over Broadway
Title: Stars Over Broadway
Character: Man at Champ's Table
Released: November 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
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Dr. Socrates
Title: Dr. Socrates
Character: Gangster
Released: October 19, 1935
Type: Movie
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
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Special Agent
Title: Special Agent
Character: Federal Agent (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1935
Type: Movie
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is about to testify
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Public Hero Number 1
Title: Public Hero Number 1
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
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Dames
Title: Dames
Character: Sergeant at Jail (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
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Punch Drunks
Title: Punch Drunks
Character: Referee (uncredited)
Released: July 13, 1934
Type: Movie
Moe discovers Curley's unknown boxing talent when he knocks out the Champ at a restaurant when Larry plays "Pop Goes the Weasal" on the violin. Moe becomes Curly's manager, and they win every fight, with the help of Larry. At the championship game, though, Larry's violin breaks. Curly is getting beat down bad when Larry makes his unexpected entrance and helps Curly prevail.
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The Personality Kid
Title: The Personality Kid
Character: Sullivan Fight Referee
Released: June 6, 1934
Type: Movie
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
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Manhattan Melodrama
Title: Manhattan Melodrama
Character: One of Blackie's Hoods (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1934
Type: Movie
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
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The Mayor of Hell
Title: The Mayor of Hell
Character: Johnston's Assistant (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1933
Type: Movie
Members of a teenage gang are sent to the State Reformatory, presided over by the callous Thompson. Soon Patsy Gargan, a former gangster appointed Deputy Commissioner, arrives and takes over the administration to run the place on radical principles. Thompson needs a quick way to discredit him.
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Hard to Handle
Title: Hard to Handle
Character: Dance Observer (uncredited)
Released: January 28, 1933
Type: Movie
A hustling public relations man promotes a series of fads.
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Central Park
Title: Central Park
Character: Gangster Smitty (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Two destitute New Yorkers meet cute in Central Park and then separate and independently get tangled up with some gangsters only to be reunited again in the end.
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The Doorway to Hell
Title: The Doorway to Hell
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: October 18, 1930
Type: Movie
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides to give the business to his second in command and retire to Florida after marrying his moll. Unfortunately, he has no idea that she and the man are lovers.
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The Big Fight
Title: The Big Fight
Character: Pinkie
Released: May 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Based on the David Belasco stage production of the Max Marcin play in which heavyweight-champion Jack Dempsey played the role of the fighter, Tiger: This "behind-the-scenes look of a heavyweight-championship fight" looks much like all of the other boxing films in which the Champ gets involved in a frame-up and is asked to take a dive.
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The Arizona Kid
Title: The Arizona Kid
Character: Homer Snook
Released: March 23, 1930
Type: Movie
The Arizona Kid (Warner Baxter) carries out his mission as a Robin Hood-type bandit while posing as a wealthy and carefree miner. He falls for an eastern girl, Virginia Hoyt (Carole Lombard), accompanied by presumably her brother, Dick Hoyt (Theodore von Eltz), actually her husband. The Kid's mine is raided and two of his friends are killed and he learns that Dick and Virginia are the culprits...
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Knockout Reilly
Title: Knockout Reilly
Character: Kewpie Dugan
Released: April 16, 1927
Type: Movie
A Malcolm St. Clair silent boxing sports romantic love triangle prison melodrama about a steel worker who saves a girl in a bar fight by knocking out the man coming on to her. It turns out the man was a boxer named "Killer"; so our steel worker becomes a boxer, but is then arrested for a crime he didn't commit. While in prison, he continues training, so that when he gets out, he can fight "Killer"; he is losing the fight, but his girl tells him that "Killer" framed him, which gives him the drive to knock his opponent out in the final round!
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Riders of the Purple Cows
Title: Riders of the Purple Cows
Character: Mike's Pal on Train
Released: October 18, 1924
Type: Movie
When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.
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On Patrol
Title: On Patrol
Character: Convict #1744
Released: March 12, 1922
Type: Movie
Billy Bevan trying to escape the cops! Roughly only half of the original short's twenty-two minutes still exists.