William H. O'Brien

William H. O'Brien

Born: July 19, 1891
Died: April 18, 1981
in Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Australian born William H. O'Brien began his screen acting career in Australia in 1918, then resumed in Hollywood in 1921. He continued acting in films and television series to 1971.

Movies for William H. O'Brien...

Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Title: Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Character: Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1971
Type: Movie
Three children evacuated from London during World War II are forced to stay with an eccentric spinster. The children's initial fears disappear when they find out she is in fact a trainee witch.
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Support Your Local Gunfighter
Title: Support Your Local Gunfighter
Character: Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Released: May 26, 1971
Type: Movie
A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
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Airport
Title: Airport
Character: Waiter at Men's Club
Released: May 29, 1970
Type: Movie
Melodrama about a bomber on board an airplane, an airport almost closed by snow, and various personal problems of the people involved.
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Rio Lobo
Title: Rio Lobo
Character: Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1970
Type: Movie
After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.
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Topaz
Title: Topaz
Character: Butler (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1969
Type: Movie
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.
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The Trouble with Girls
Title: The Trouble with Girls
Character: Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1969
Type: Movie
Chautauqua manager Walter Hale and his loyal business manager struggle to keep their traveling troupe together in small town America.
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Valley of the Dolls
Title: Valley of the Dolls
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: December 27, 1967
Type: Movie
In New York City, bright but naive New Englander Anne Welles becomes a secretary at a theatrical law firm, where she falls in love with attorney Lyon Burke. Anne befriends up-and-coming singer Neely O'Hara, whose dynamic talent threatens aging star Helen Lawson and beautiful but talentless actress Jennifer North. The women experience success and failure in love and work, leading to heartbreak, addiction and tragedy.
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The Graduate
Title: The Graduate
Character: Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Released: December 21, 1967
Type: Movie
Benjamin, a recent college graduate very worried about his future, finds himself in a love triangle with an older woman and her daughter.
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Munster, Go Home!
Title: Munster, Go Home!
Character: Man at Customs (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Freddie Munster, who throws tantrums because he wasn't named Lord Munster. An on-board romance had blossomed between Marilyn and Roger, but on land Marilyn discovers Roger's family holds a longstanding grudge against the Munsters.
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Gunpoint
Title: Gunpoint
Released: April 25, 1966
Type: Movie
A young, determined sheriff and his posse chase a gang of murderous train robbers, and a kidnapped woman into New Mexico.
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Mary Poppins
Title: Mary Poppins
Character: Gentleman in Bank (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1964
Type: Movie
Mr Banks is looking for a nanny for his two mischievous children and comes across Mary Poppins, an angelic nanny. She not only brings a change in their lives but also spreads happiness.
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Title: The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Character: Grandpa
Released: September 22, 1964
Type: TV
Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.
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The Wheeler Dealers
Title: The Wheeler Dealers
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 14, 1963
Type: Movie
Henry J. Tyroon leaves Texas, where his oil wells are drying up, and arrives in New York with a lot of oil money to play with in the stock market. He meets stock analyst Molly Thatcher, who tries to ignore the lavish attention he spends on her but, in the end, she falls for his charm.
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Title: To Kill a Mockingbird
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1962
Type: Movie
Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.
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Gypsy
Title: Gypsy
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.
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Pressure Point
Title: Pressure Point
Character: Bund Meeting Spectator
Released: October 10, 1962
Type: Movie
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.
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The Children's Hour
Title: The Children's Hour
Character: Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
Released: December 19, 1961
Type: Movie
A private school for young girls is scandalized when one spiteful student accuses the two young women who run the school of being in a relationship.
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Judgment at Nuremberg
Title: Judgment at Nuremberg
Character: German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Title: King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1961
Type: Movie
Gambler Arnold Rothstein marries an actress, avenges his buddy and meets an underworld fate.
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Ocean's Eleven
Title: Ocean's Eleven
Character: Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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Elmer Gantry
Title: Elmer Gantry
Character: Train Conductor
Released: July 7, 1960
Type: Movie
When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.
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Who Was That Lady?
Title: Who Was That Lady?
Character: Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Released: April 8, 1960
Type: Movie
In order to get back into the good graces with his wife with whom he has had a misunderstanding, a young chemistry professor concocts a wild story that he is an undercover FBI agent. To help him with his story he enlists the aid of a friend who is a TV writer. The wife swallows the story and the film's climax takes place in the sub-basements of the Empire State Building. The professor and his friend, believing themselves prisoners on an enemy submarine, patriotically try to scuttle the vessel and succeed only in rocking the building.
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Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Title: Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Character: Circus Spectator
Released: January 21, 1960
Type: Movie
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself to circus life, but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him, and that his aunt and uncle truly love him, Toby happily returns home once again.
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The Story on Page One
Title: The Story on Page One
Character: Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1959
Type: Movie
An adulterous couple is accused of murder after the woman's husband is shot and killed during a scuffle. A high-profile court case tells the story.
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Pillow Talk
Title: Pillow Talk
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1959
Type: Movie
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Cry Tough
Title: Cry Tough
Released: August 1, 1959
Type: Movie
After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.
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Some Like It Hot
Title: Some Like It Hot
Character: Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 19, 1959
Type: Movie
Two musicians witness a mob hit and struggle to find a way out of the city before they are found by the gangsters. Their only opportunity is to join an all-girl band as they leave on a tour. To make their getaway they must first disguise themselves as women, then keep their identities secret and deal with the problems this brings - such as an attractive bandmate and a very determined suitor.
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Title: Rawhide
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
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The Last Hurrah
Title: The Last Hurrah
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1958
Type: Movie
In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.
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Murder by Contract
Title: Murder by Contract
Character: Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1958
Type: Movie
Claude is a ruthless and efficient contract killer. His next target, a woman, is the most difficult.
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Home Before Dark
Title: Home Before Dark
Character: Waiter at Christmas Party
Released: November 16, 1958
Type: Movie
A young woman returns home after being institutionalized in a mental hospital.
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Money, Women and Guns
Title: Money, Women and Guns
Character: Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Celebrated detective traces and finds beneficiaries to the will of a gold prospector murdered by bushwhackers.
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Witness for the Prosecution
Title: Witness for the Prosecution
Character: Barrister (uncredited)
Released: December 17, 1957
Type: Movie
When Leonard Vole is arrested for the sensational murder of a rich, middle-aged widow, the famous Sir Wilfrid Robarts agrees to appear on his behalf. Sir Wilfrid, recovering from a near-fatal heart attack, is supposed to be on a diet of bland, civil suits—but the lure of the criminal courts is too much for him, especially when the case is so difficult.
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The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Title: The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: November 26, 1957
Type: Movie
The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
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I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Title: I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
Character: Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1957
Type: Movie
Professor Frankenstein creates a teenager from an accident victim, who gets angry when he learns he is going to be taken apart.
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Bombers B-52
Title: Bombers B-52
Character: Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1957
Type: Movie
Sgt. Chuch Brennan always disliked playboy and hotshot, Col. Jim Herlihy. Now Chuck has even more reason to, Jim is dating his daughter, Lois.
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Zero Hour!
Title: Zero Hour!
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 13, 1957
Type: Movie
In 1950s Canada, during a commercial flight, the pilots and some passengers suffer food poisoning, thus forcing an ex-WW2 fighter pilot to try to land the airliner in heavy fog.
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The Joker Is Wild
Title: The Joker Is Wild
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis has his career and nearly his life cut short when his throat is slashed as payback for leaving the employ of Chicago mob boss Georgie Parker. A broken alcoholic, Joe is brought back from the abyss by his faithful piano player, Austin Mack, who helps turn the former singer into a successful stand-up comedian. But Joe's demons plague his romantic life even as he reaches new heights of success.
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Carnival Rock
Title: Carnival Rock
Character: Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1957
Type: Movie
An ocean-side nightclub owner loves a singer who only has eyes for a gambler.
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Chicago Confidential
Title: Chicago Confidential
Character: Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1957
Type: Movie
In the Windy City, the mob infiltrates a powerful union.
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Sweet Smell of Success
Title: Sweet Smell of Success
Character: Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1957
Type: Movie
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
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The Unholy Wife
Title: The Unholy Wife
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: June 24, 1957
Type: Movie
A woman marries a man for his wealth, then concocts a plan to kill him, take his money, and run off with her lover. Things go wrong when they accidentally kill the wrong person.
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Designing Woman
Title: Designing Woman
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1957
Type: Movie
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.
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The Tattered Dress
Title: The Tattered Dress
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1957
Type: Movie
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her ripe young body barely concealed by a dress in rags; murder results. Top defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly...
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: Extra (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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The Harder They Fall
Title: The Harder They Fall
Character: Ringsider (uncredited)
Released: May 9, 1956
Type: Movie
Jobless sportswriter Eddie Willis is hired by corrupt fight promoter Nick Benko to promote his current protégé, an unknown Argentinian boxer named Toro Moreno. Although Moreno is a hulking giant, his chances for success are hampered by a powder-puff punch and a glass jaw. Exploiting Willis' reputation for integrity and standing in the boxing community, Benko arranges a series of fixed fights that propel the unsophisticated Moreno to #1 contender for the championship. The reigning champ, the sadistic Buddy Brannen, harbors resentment at the publicity Toro has been receiving and vows to viciously punish him in the ring. Eddie must now decide whether or not to tell the naive Toro the truth.
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Anything Goes
Title: Anything Goes
Character: Waiter
Released: April 27, 1956
Type: Movie
Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each 'discovers' the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Each promises the prize role to the girl they selected without informing the other until they head back across the Atlantic by liner - with each man having brought his choice along! It becomes a stormy crossing as each man has to tell his 'find' that she might not get the role after all.
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There's Always Tomorrow
Title: There's Always Tomorrow
Released: January 8, 1956
Type: Movie
When a toy manufacturer feels ignored and unappreciated by his wife and children, he begins to rekindle a past love when a former employee comes back into his life.
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Illegal
Title: Illegal
Character: Butler (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1955
Type: Movie
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Guest At Demonstration (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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It's Always Fair Weather
Title: It's Always Fair Weather
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: August 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war. They keep their word only to discover how far apart they've grown. But the reunion sparks memories of youthful dreams that haven't been fulfilled -- and slowly, the three men reevaluate their lives and try to find a way to renew their friendship.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.
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The Seven Year Itch
Title: The Seven Year Itch
Character: Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Released: June 3, 1955
Type: Movie
With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!
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Daddy Long Legs
Title: Daddy Long Legs
Character: Hotel Waiter
Released: May 5, 1955
Type: Movie
Wealthy American, Jervis Pendleton has a chance encounter at a French orphanage with a cheerful 18-year-old resident, and anonymously pays for her education at a New England college. She writes letters to her mysterious benefactor regularly, but he never writes back. Several years later, he visits her at school, while still concealing his identity, and—despite their large age difference—they soon fall in love.
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New York Confidential
Title: New York Confidential
Released: February 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops
Character: Movie Patron (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1955
Type: Movie
Harry and Willie are scammed into buying the Thomas Edison studio lot by a man named Gorman. They decide to follow Gorman's trail to Hollywood where, unbeknownst to them, he has taken the identity of a foreign film director. The lads wind up as stunt doubles in film the which Gorman is now shooting, while the conman tries to have the bungling pair done away with before they realize who he really is.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Woman's World
Title: Woman's World
Character: Servant
Released: September 30, 1954
Type: Movie
Needing to fill the position of general manager of his company, and believing that an executive's wife is crucial to her husband's success, auto industry mogul Gifford brings three couples to New York to size up: Jerry and Carol: he hard-driven and self-reliant, she willing to use her beauty to further her husband's career; Sid and Elizabeth, he ulcer-ridden and torn between achieving success and restoring their troubled marriage, she positive that his job will kill him, but gamely agreeing to play the good wife for the duration; and down-to-earth Bill, whose good-natured Katie fears that his promotion would spell the end of their idyllic familiy existence.
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Sabrina
Title: Sabrina
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: September 10, 1954
Type: Movie
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for a wife and family. David is all play – technically he is employed by the family business, but never shows up for work, spends all his time entertaining, and has been married and divorced three times. Meanwhile, Sabrina Fairchild is the young, shy, and awkward daughter of the household chauffeur, who goes away to Paris for two years, and returns to capture David's attention, while falling in love with Linus.
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The High and the Mighty
Title: The High and the Mighty
Character: Restaurant Cook
Released: July 3, 1954
Type: Movie
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.
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Dial M for Murder
Title: Dial M for Murder
Character: Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1954
Type: Movie
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to have his wealthy wife murdered after discovering she is having an affair, and assumes she will soon leave him for the other man anyway.
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The Far Country
Title: The Far Country
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1954
Type: Movie
In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef...and woe betide anyone standing in his way! He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous town boss Gannon) through the mountains to Dawson. There, he and his partner Ben Tatum get into the gold business themselves. Two lovely women fall for misanthropic Jeff, but he believes in every-man-for-himself, turning his back on growing lawlessness...until it finally strikes home.
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Title: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Character: Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Released: July 14, 1953
Type: Movie
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thinks that Lorelei is just after his money. When Lorelei goes on a cruise accompanied only by her best friend, Dorothy Shaw, Esmond Sr. hires Ernie Malone, a private detective, to follow her and report any questionable behavior that would disqualify her from the marriage.
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Fort Ti
Title: Fort Ti
Character: Bartender
Released: April 30, 1953
Type: Movie
Future horror-film entrepreneur William Castle warmed the director's chair for Fort Ti. Set in the 18th century, the film recounts the exploits of Rogers' Rangers, a band of adventurers devoted to seeking out a "northwest passage" through Canada. At this juncture, however, Major Rogers (Howard Petrie) is more concerned with helping the British forces at Fort Ticonderoga during a series of French and Indian raids. Top billing is bestowed upon George Montgomery as Captain Pedediah Horn, Rogers' right-hand man. The film boasts two leading ladies: Joan Vohs, as a suspected French spy, and Phyllis Fowler as a married Indian woman who falls in love with Captain Horn. Fort Ti was filmed in 3D, and in typical William Castle fashion the stereoscopic gimmick is exploited to the hilt.
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Trouble Along the Way
Title: Trouble Along the Way
Character: Bartender Joe
Released: April 4, 1953
Type: Movie
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.
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The Bad and the Beautiful
Title: The Bad and the Beautiful
Character: Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1952
Type: Movie
Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood producer, Jonathan Shields, as seen through the eyes of various acquaintances, including a writer, James Lee Bartlow; a star, Georgia Lorrison; and a director, Fred Amiel. He is a hard-driving, ambitious man who ruthlessly uses everyone on the way to becoming one of Hollywood's top movie makers.
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The Star
Title: The Star
Character: Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Released: December 11, 1952
Type: Movie
A washed-up movie queen finds romance, but continues to desire a comeback.
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Carrie
Title: Carrie
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: July 17, 1952
Type: Movie
Carrie's dreams of adventure in the big city are quickly squashed as she discovers all that awaits her there is a bleak life of grueling and poorly paid factory work—that is, until a traveling salesman named Drouet steps into her life and changes her outlook.
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High Noon
Title: High Noon
Character: Church Member (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1952
Type: Movie
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.
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Hong Kong
Title: Hong Kong
Character: Observer at Scene (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1952
Type: Movie
American adventurer Jeff Williams is fleeing the communist advance in China when he becomes entangled with a young Chinese orphan, Wei Lin, and a beautiful Red Cross volunteer, who arranges for their harrowing escape to Hong Kong.
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Something to Live For
Title: Something to Live For
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: March 7, 1952
Type: Movie
Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called to help Broadway actress Jenny Carey whose developing career is threatened by an increasing dependence on alcohol. Alan's growing interest in Jenny strains his marriage to Edna, with whom he has two children.
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Superman and the Mole-Men
Title: Superman and the Mole-Men
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1951
Type: Movie
Reporters Clark Kent and Lois Lane arrive in the small town of Silsby to witness the drilling of the world's deepest oil well. The drill, however, has penetrated the underground home of a race of small, furry people who then come to the surface at night to look around. The fact that they glow in the dark scares the townfolk, who form a mob, led by the vicious Luke Benson, intent on killing the strange people. Only Superman has a chance to prevent this tragedy.
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Bannerline
Title: Bannerline
Released: October 12, 1951
Type: Movie
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Title: A Streetcar Named Desire
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: September 19, 1951
Type: Movie
A fading southern belle moves in with her sister in New Orleans where her ferocious brother-in-law takes stabs at her sanity.
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Ace in the Hole
Title: Ace in the Hole
Character: Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Released: June 29, 1951
Type: Movie
An arrogant reporter exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to revitalize his career.
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The Strange Door
Title: The Strange Door
Released: June 21, 1951
Type: Movie
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
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He Ran All the Way
Title: He Ran All the Way
Character: Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
Released: June 20, 1951
Type: Movie
A crook on the run hides out in an innocent girl's apartment.
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A Place in the Sun
Title: A Place in the Sun
Character: Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1951
Type: Movie
An ambitious young man wins an heiress's heart but has to cope with his former girlfriend's pregnancy.
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Hollywood Story
Title: Hollywood Story
Character: Café Waiter (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1951
Type: Movie
A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins investigating an old murder of a silent film director shot in his office years ago. He finds that his life is threatened as he digs deeper into the mystery.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Character: Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Released: April 12, 1951
Type: Movie
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
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Frenchie
Title: Frenchie
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1950
Type: Movie
Frenchie Fontaine sells her successful business in New Orleans to come West. Her reason? Find the men who killed her father, Frank Dawson. But she only knows one of the two who did and she's determined to find out the other.
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Let's Dance
Title: Let's Dance
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1950
Type: Movie
Years after the death of her husband, Kitty McNeil takes her son and flees from the home of her wealthy and controlling mother-in-law. Alone and jobless in New York, she runs into an old flame, her USO partner Donald Elwood, who agrees to help her fight for custody of the child.
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All About Eve
Title: All About Eve
Character: Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Released: November 9, 1950
Type: Movie
From the moment she glimpses her idol at the stage door, Eve Harrington is determined to take the reins of power away from the great actress Margo Channing. Eve maneuvers her way into Margo's Broadway role, becomes a sensation and even causes turmoil in the lives of Margo's director boyfriend, her playwright and his wife. Only the cynical drama critic sees through Eve, admiring her audacity and perfect pattern of deceit.
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Shakedown
Title: Shakedown
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1950
Type: Movie
Jack Early is a photographer who will stop at nothing to climb his way to the very top of the success ladder. On the strength of his sheer tenacity, he gets a job with a major newspaper, and it's not long before he's made a name for himself by charming a notorious crime boss, Nick Palmer, into allowing himself to be photographed. Palmer takes him under his wing, but Early decides to bite the hand that feeds him and sets Palmer and another crime boss, Colton, against one another.
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The Men
Title: The Men
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Released: August 25, 1950
Type: Movie
Ken, an ex-WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.
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Louisa
Title: Louisa
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically involved with what seems to be every old coot in town.
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Father of the Bride
Title: Father of the Bride
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
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Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Title: Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
Character: Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1950
Type: Movie
When Pa wins a jingle-writing contest, he and Ma head for New York City. They they get in trouble with gangsters when they lose some stolen money which they had already agreed to deliver to one of the thugs.
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Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Title: Miss Grant Takes Richmond
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1949
Type: Movie
A bookie uses a phony real estate business as a front for his betting parlor. To further keep up the sham, he hires dim-witted Ellen Grant as his secretary figuring she won't suspect any criminal goings-on. When Ellen learns of some friends who are about to lose their homes, she unwittingly drafts her boss into developing a new low-cost housing development.
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Alias the Champ
Title: Alias the Champ
Character: Audience Spectator (uncredited)
Released: October 15, 1949
Type: Movie
Slammin’ Sammy Menacker is killed in the ring, and Gorgeous George (in his only film appearance) is arrested for murder. Out to clear his name is his manager Lorraine and cop Ron Peterson, who was already on the scene to investigate the Mob’s influence on pro wrestling.
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Once More, My Darling
Title: Once More, My Darling
Character: Waiter
Released: September 10, 1949
Type: Movie
An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical jewels in occupied Germany and the trail leads to the boyfriend of a young debutante from Bel Air.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
Character: Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Released: August 22, 1949
Type: Movie
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too stupid for the plot to work. Inspector Wellman uses Freddie to get the killer (and it isn't the Swami).
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It's a Great Feeling
Title: It's a Great Feeling
Character: Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A waitress at the Warner Brothers commissary is anxious to break into pictures. She thinks her big break may have arrived when actors Jack Carson and Dennis Morgan agree to help her.
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Johnny Allegro
Title: Johnny Allegro
Released: May 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Treasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal (Macready); but once he gets too close, he finds he's the hunted.
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Flamingo Road
Title: Flamingo Road
Released: April 30, 1949
Type: Movie
A stranded carnival dancer takes on a corrupt political boss when she marries into small-town society.
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You Gotta Stay Happy
Title: You Gotta Stay Happy
Character: Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Indecisive heiress Dee Dee Dillwood is pushed into marrying her sixth fiancée, but unable to face the wedding night, she flees into the adjacent hotel room of commercial pilot Marvin Payne, who just wants to sleep. She then persuades him to take her to California.
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Sorry, Wrong Number
Title: Sorry, Wrong Number
Character: Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
Released: September 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Leona Stevenson is confined to bed and uses her telephone to keep in contact with the outside world. One day she overhears a murder plot on the telephone and is desperate to find out who is the intended victim.
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Race Street
Title: Race Street
Character: Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
Released: September 11, 1948
Type: Movie
A night club owner takes on the crooks who killed his best friend.
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Jungle Goddess
Title: Jungle Goddess
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1948
Type: Movie
When a plane carrying the daughter of a millionaire crashes in an African jungle, two pilots set out to collect the reward. They discover that she has become the goddess of a primitive tribe. An insurgent witch doctor and fierce wild animals make escape from the jungle difficult for the trio.
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I Walk Alone
Title: I Walk Alone
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1947
Type: Movie
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught and jailed, but Noll manages to escape and open a posh New York City nightclub. 14 years later, Frankie is released from the clink and visits Noll with the intention of collecting his half of the nightclub's profits. But Noll, who has no intention of being so equitable, uses his ex-girlfriend Kay to divert Frankie from his intended goal.
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Daisy Kenyon
Title: Daisy Kenyon
Character: Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Daisy Kenyon is a Manhattan commercial artist having an affair with an arrogant and overbearing but successful lawyer and family man named Dan O'Mara. Daisy meets a single man, a war veteran named Peter Lapham, and after a brief and hesitant courtship decides to marry him, although she is still in love with Dan.
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Road to Rio
Title: Road to Rio
Character: Ship's Waiter
Released: December 25, 1947
Type: Movie
Scat Sweeney, and Hot Lips Barton, two out of work musicians, stow away on board a Rio bound ship, after accidentally setting fire to the big top of a circus. They then get mixed up with a potential suicide Lucia, who first thanks them, then unexpectedly turns them over to the ship's captain. When they find out that she has been hypnotized, to go through a marriage of convenience, when the ship reaches Rio, the boys turn up at the ceremony, in order to stop the wedding, and to help catch the crooks.
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Body and Soul
Title: Body and Soul
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1947
Type: Movie
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the fighter becomes surrounded by shady characters, including an unethical promoter named Roberts, who tempt the man with a number of vices. Charley finds himself faced with increasingly difficult choices.
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The Unsuspected
Title: The Unsuspected
Character: Servant with Tray (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1947
Type: Movie
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy young niece disappears.
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The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Title: The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
Character: Card Dealer (uncredited)
Released: October 8, 1947
Type: Movie
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while enroute to California. During the stopover, a notorious criminal is murdered, and the two are charged with the crime.
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Ivy
Title: Ivy
Character: Barrister (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 Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Title: The Private Affairs of Bel Ami
Released: April 25, 1947
Type: Movie
A self-serving journalist uses influential women in late-1800s Paris and denies the one who truly loves him.
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It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Title: It Happened on Fifth Avenue
Character: Executive (uncredited)
Released: April 17, 1947
Type: Movie
A New Yorker hobo moves into a mansion and along the way he gathers friends to live in the house with him. Before he knows it, he is living with the actual home owners.
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Undercover Maisie
Title: Undercover Maisie
Character: Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
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The Best Years of Our Lives
Title: The Best Years of Our Lives
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
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Undercurrent
Title: Undercurrent
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1946
Type: Movie
After a rapid engagement, a dowdy daughter of a chemist weds an industrialist, knowing little of his family or past. He transforms her into an elegant society wife, but becomes enraged whenever she asks about Michael, his mysterious long-lost brother.
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Nobody Lives Forever
Title: Nobody Lives Forever
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
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Angel on My Shoulder
Title: Angel on My Shoulder
Character: Court Spectator (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1946
Type: Movie
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.
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The Big Sleep
Title: The Big Sleep
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: August 23, 1946
Type: Movie
Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees murder, blackmail, deception, and what might be love.
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The Time of Their Lives
Title: The Time of Their Lives
Character: Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1946
Type: Movie
Two ghosts, who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War, return to 20th century New England to retrieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
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Two Sisters from Boston
Title: Two Sisters from Boston
Character: Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1946
Type: Movie
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.
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Dressed to Kill
Title: Dressed to Kill
Character: Detective at Murder Scene
Released: May 24, 1946
Type: Movie
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison hides the location of the stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes. When the innocent purchasers of the boxes start to be murdered, Holmes and Watson investigate.
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Do You Love Me
Title: Do You Love Me
Character: Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1946
Type: Movie
Katharine Hilliard, mousy dean of a stuffy music school, meets and is insulted by swing band leader Barry Clayton on a train. To "show" him she takes a friend's advice, removes her glasses, and puts on a designer gown. Naturally, she becomes gorgeous. Soon, both Barry and crooner Jimmy Hale are after her, and she finds herself in the midst of triangles and misunderstandings.
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She-Wolf of London
Title: She-Wolf of London
Character: Constable (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1946
Type: Movie
A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.
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The Hoodlum Saint
Title: The Hoodlum Saint
Character: Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1946
Type: Movie
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding attended by many of the city's rich and powerful, meets a beautiful girl named Kay who turns out to be his ticket to meeting those rich and powerful people, and he soon manages to land a job on a newspaper. He gets caught up in the "make money at all costs" game but receives a rude awakening when the stock market crashes in 1929.
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The Tiger Woman
Title: The Tiger Woman
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Murder mystery programmer from Republic pictures
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Fallen Angel
Title: Fallen Angel
Character: Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1945
Type: Movie
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.
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Kitty
Title: Kitty
Character: Coach Footman (uncredited)
Released: October 16, 1945
Type: Movie
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gains the attention of Sir Hugh Marcy, who later decides to use her for his benefit.
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Lady on a Train
Title: Lady on a Train
Released: August 3, 1945
Type: Movie
While watching from her train window, Nikki Collins witnesses a murder in a nearby building. When she alerts the police, they think she has read one too many mystery novels. She then enlists a popular mystery writer to help her solve the crime on her own, but her sleuthing attracts the attentions of suitors and killers.
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The Naughty Nineties
Title: The Naughty Nineties
Character: Troupe Member (uncredited)
Released: June 20, 1945
Type: Movie
In the gay '90s, cardsharps take over a Mississippi riverboat from a kindly captain. Their first act is to change the showboat into a floating gambling house. A ham actor and his bumbling sidekick try to devise a way to help the captain regain ownership of the vessel.
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The Woman in Green
Title: The Woman in Green
Character: Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes investigates when young women around London turn up murdered, each with a finger severed. Scotland Yard suspects a madman, but Holmes believes the killings to be part of a diabolical plot.
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Hollywood Scout
Title: Hollywood Scout
Character: Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
Released: April 14, 1945
Type: Movie
This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Title: The Picture of Dorian Gray
Character: Footman (uncredited)
Released: March 3, 1945
Type: Movie
Posing for a portrait, Dorian Gray talks with Lord Henry Wotton, who says that men should pursue their sensual longings, but laments that only the young get to do so. Taken with the idea, Dorian imagines a scenario in which the painting will age as he stays youthful. His wish comes true, and his boyish looks aid him as he indulges his every whim. But when a stunning revelation forces him to see what he's become, Dorian faces some very dangerous questions.
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A Song to Remember
Title: A Song to Remember
Character: Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Released: January 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.
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The Climax
Title: The Climax
Character: Audience Member (Uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1944
Type: Movie
Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.
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In Society
Title: In Society
Character: Party Waiter (uncredited)
Released: August 16, 1944
Type: Movie
Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Title: The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Character: Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 1944
Type: Movie
A rope bridge over a gorge in the Peruvian Andes snaps, sending five people plunging to their deaths. A priest sets out to find out more about the life of each of the victims.
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The Spider Woman
Title: The Spider Woman
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of so-called "pajama suicides". He knows the female villain behind them is as cunning as Moriarty and as venomous as a spider. Based on "The Sign of Four" and the short stories "The Dying Detective", "The Final Problem", "The Speckled Band" and "The Adventure of the Devil's Foot".
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Government Girl
Title: Government Girl
Character: Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1943
Type: Movie
An aviation engineer and a government secretary are thrown together by the war effort.
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Swing Shift Maisie
Title: Swing Shift Maisie
Character: Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
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So Proudly We Hail
Title: So Proudly We Hail
Character: Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
Released: September 9, 1943
Type: Movie
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
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Action in the North Atlantic
Title: Action in the North Atlantic
Character: Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (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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Margin for Error
Title: Margin for Error
Character: Waiter
Released: February 10, 1943
Type: Movie
When police officer Moe Finkelstein and his colleague Officer Salomon are ordered to serve as bodyguards to German consul Karl Baumer by the mayor of New York City, Finkelstein turns in his badge, convinced he has to quit the service because the man is a Nazi.
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Tomorrow We Live
Title: Tomorrow We Live
Released: September 23, 1942
Type: Movie
Julie Bronson, whose father operates a desert cafe, is attracting the unwanted attention of a half-crazed gangster known as The Ghost who runs a desert night club several miles away.
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Maisie Gets Her Man
Title: Maisie Gets Her Man
Character: Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?
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The Falcon Takes Over
Title: The Falcon Takes Over
Character: Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1942
Type: Movie
While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police inspector Michael O'Hara attempts to track him assuming him to be a prime suspect for a number of mishaps.
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Take a Letter, Darling
Title: Take a Letter, Darling
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1942
Type: Movie
A struggling painter takes a job as a secretary to a female advertising executive. While working to obtain an account from a tobacco company, they end up falling in love.
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Brooklyn Orchid
Title: Brooklyn Orchid
Character: Waiter at Party
Released: January 31, 1942
Type: Movie
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
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Lady for a Night
Title: Lady for a Night
Character: King's Club Worker (uncredited)
Released: January 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.
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Ball of Fire
Title: Ball of Fire
Character: Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Released: December 2, 1941
Type: Movie
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.
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Keep 'Em Flying
Title: Keep 'Em Flying
Character: Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Released: November 27, 1941
Type: Movie
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.
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Niagara Falls
Title: Niagara Falls
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1941
Type: Movie
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
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The Blonde from Singapore
Title: The Blonde from Singapore
Released: October 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Fortune hunter Mary Brooks, posing as a missionary's daughter, strives to beat a couple of pilots, Terry Prescott and "Waffles" Billings, (who have turned pearl divers in order to buy a plane and join the Royal Air Force), out of their pearls, while also beating off the advances of Prince Sali who wants to add her to his harem.
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The Feminine Touch
Title: The Feminine Touch
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1941
Type: Movie
A college professor who believes there's no place for jealousy in modern marriage, John Hathaway (Don Ameche) moves with his wife, Julie (Rosalind Russell), to New York where he plans to publish a book on the subject. Meeting with publisher Elliott Morgan (Van Heflin), who falls head over heels for Julie, John is assigned to his assistant Nellie (Kay Francis), who only has eyes for her boss. Working closely with Nellie, who Julie thinks is after her husband, John continues his high-minded ways while his angry spouse schemes to make him so jealous he'll knock Elliott's block clean off.
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It Started with Eve
Title: It Started with Eve
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's last moments happy. However, the old man's health takes a turn for the better and now his son doesn't know how to break the news that he's engaged to someone else, especially since his father is so taken with the impostor.
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Citizen Kane
Title: Citizen Kane
Character: Secretary (uncredited)
Released: April 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
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Pot o' Gold
Title: Pot o' Gold
Character: Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Released: April 3, 1941
Type: Movie
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. Before he gets there, he befriends an Irish family who happens to be his uncle's worst enemy because of their love for music and in-house band who constantly practices. Soon, Jimmy finds himself trying to help the band by getting them gigs and trying to reconcile the family with his uncle.
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Topper Returns
Title: Topper Returns
Character: Second Butler (uncredited)
Released: March 21, 1941
Type: Movie
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington, the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.
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Love Thy Neighbor
Title: Love Thy Neighbor
Character: Nightclub Waiter
Released: December 27, 1940
Type: Movie
Capitalizing on the famous radio 'feud' between comedians Jack Benny and Fred Allen. The two stars play versions of themselves, constantly at each other's throats due to real and imagined slights.
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One Night in the Tropics
Title: One Night in the Tropics
Character: Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia. The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey, and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe, who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned.
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
Title: Mexican Spitfire Out West
Character: Waiter
Released: October 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Dennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita. His hot-tempered spouse decides to surprise him, but ends up as the surprised one when she sees him with another woman. Instead of a second honeymoon, Carmelita begins divorce proceedings
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Hit Parade of 1941
Title: Hit Parade of 1941
Character: Waiter
Released: October 14, 1940
Type: Movie
In this musical, the second entry in a five-film series, a thrift shop owner sells his business and buys a small time radio station. He begins looking for sponsors. He finds one with a department store owner who will only lend him the money if he will allow his daughter, an aspiring tap-dancer and singer, to perform on the air. This is unfortunate as she is tone-deaf. To compensate, the owner hires a real singer to dub the daughter's voice. The singer and the owner's nephew fall in love and mayhem ensues. Songs include: the Oscar nominated "Who Am I?," "Swing Low Sweet Rhythm," "In The Cool of the Evening," "Make Yourself at Home," "The Swap Shop Song," "The Trading Post," "Sally," "Ramona," "Sweet Sue," "Dinah," "Margie," and "Mary Lou."
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City for Conquest
Title: City for Conquest
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: September 21, 1940
Type: Movie
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York City. When Peggy, hoping for something better in life for both of them, breaks off her engagement to Danny, he sets out to be a championship boxer, while she becomes a dancer paired with a sleazy partner. Will tragedy reunite the former lovers?
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No Time for Comedy
Title: No Time for Comedy
Character: Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Released: September 14, 1940
Type: Movie
An aspiring playwright finds himself an overnight Broadway success.
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Hired Wife
Title: Hired Wife
Character: Waiter
Released: September 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once the deal is completed, he asks Kendall for a divorce and is dismayed when she refuses.
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Captain Caution
Title: Captain Caution
Character: English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
Released: August 9, 1940
Type: Movie
When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British during the war of 1812.
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Buck Benny Rides Again
Title: Buck Benny Rides Again
Character: Waiter
Released: May 31, 1940
Type: Movie
Radio star Jack Benny, intending to stay in New York for the summer, is forced by the needling of rival Fred Allen to prove his boasts about roughing it on his (fictitious) Nevada ranch. Meanwhile, singer Joan Cameron, whom Jack's fallen for and offended, is maneuvered by her sisters to the same Nevada town. Jack's losing battle to prove his manhood to Joan means broad slapstick burlesque of Western cliches.
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Turnabout
Title: Turnabout
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1940
Type: Movie
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
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Edison, the Man
Title: Edison, the Man
Character: Waiter
Released: May 10, 1940
Type: Movie
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.
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Forty Little Mothers
Title: Forty Little Mothers
Character: Waiter
Released: April 26, 1940
Type: Movie
An out-of-work professor gets a break from an old college buddy to teach at an exclusive girl's school. But events conspire against him: he finds an abandoned child which he takes under his wing, despite the school's rules against teachers having a family; and the girls in the school resent his replacing a handsome and popular teacher, and do everything in their power to get him fired.
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Curtain Call
Title: Curtain Call
Character: Waiter Bringing Caviar
Released: April 18, 1940
Type: Movie
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
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Rebecca
Title: Rebecca
Character: Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Story of a young woman who marries a fascinating widower only to find out that she must live in the shadow of his former wife, Rebecca, who died mysteriously several years earlier. The young wife must come to grips with the terrible secret of her handsome, cold husband, Max De Winter. She must also deal with the jealous, obsessed Mrs. Danvers, the housekeeper, who will not accept her as the mistress of the house.
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The Showdown
Title: The Showdown
Character: Bald Bartender
Released: March 8, 1940
Type: Movie
European bad guy Baron Bendor leads some local townsmen in a plot to obtain horses through theft. Hoppy and his sidekicks Lucky and Speedy must find and expose the horse thieves.
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A Chump at Oxford
Title: A Chump at Oxford
Character: Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1940
Type: Movie
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.
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City of Chance
Title: City of Chance
Character: Waiter
Released: January 13, 1940
Type: Movie
Texas girl goes to New York, becomes a newspaper reporter, and tries to get her gambler boyfriend to come home.
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The Earl of Chicago
Title: The Earl of Chicago
Character: Turnkey (uncredited)
Released: January 5, 1940
Type: Movie
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
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Remember?
Title: Remember?
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: December 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But Jeff's work puts a strain on the marriage and a divorce is planned. Sky uses an experimental memory loss drug to make Linda and Jeff forget their rough times (and the fact that they were married) and they fall in love all over again.
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Zorro's Fighting Legion
Title: Zorro's Fighting Legion
Character: Legionnaire
Released: December 16, 1939
Type: Movie
The mysterious Don Del Oro ("Lord of Gold"), an idol of the Yaqui Indians, plans to take over the gold and become Emperor. Francisco was put in charge of a legion to combat the Yaqui tribe and protect the land, but when attacked Zorro came to his rescue. Francisco's partner recognized Zorro as the hidalgo Don Diego Vega, then ask him to take over the fighting legion as his alter-ego Zorro.
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That's Right - You're Wrong
Title: That's Right - You're Wrong
Character: Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1939
Type: Movie
J. D. Forbes, head of the almost-bankrupt Four Star Studios in Hollywood contacts band leader Kay Kyser, who puts on a radio and-live theatre program called "The Kollege of Musical Knowledge," to appear in films. When manager Chuck Deems gets the studio offer, he and band members Ginny Simms, Sully Mason, Ish Kabiddle, Harry Babbitt and the others are all fired up at the prospect of going to Hollywood and working in the movies, but band-leader Kay is all against it and says his old grandmother has told him to stay in his own back yard, but he relents. Once there, Stacey Delmore, a Four Star associate producer left in charge of the studio while Forbes is out of town, discovers that the screenplay writers have prepared a script that has Kay Kyser playing a glamorous lover in an exotic European setting.
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Eternally Yours
Title: Eternally Yours
Character: Nightclub Waiter
Released: October 7, 1939
Type: Movie
Anita, engaged to solid Don Barnes, is swept off her feet by magician Arturo. Before you can say presto, she's his wife and stage assistant on a lengthy world tour. But Anita is annoyed by Arturo's constant flirtations, and his death-defying stunts give her nightmares. And forget her plan to retire to a farmhouse. Eventually, she has had enough and disappears.
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Honeymoon in Bali
Title: Honeymoon in Bali
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.
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Girl from Rio
Title: Girl from Rio
Character: Condor Club Headwaiter
Released: August 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A newsman helps a Brazilian singer get her brother out of trouble in New York.
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The Man in the Iron Mask
Title: The Man in the Iron Mask
Character: Servant
Released: July 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Tyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised from birth by his late father's trusted friend D'Artagnan and his faithful musketeers, Porthos, Athos and Aramis. After Philippe falls for the king's betrothed, Spanish Princess Maria Theresa, Louis imprisons him, forcing his brother to don an iron mask that will slowly suffocate him -- and it's up to D'Artagnan to rescue him.
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Stronger Than Desire
Title: Stronger Than Desire
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: June 30, 1939
Type: Movie
An attorney handling a murder case in unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing.
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The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Title: The Gracie Allen Murder Case
Character: Nightclub Waiter
Released: June 2, 1939
Type: Movie
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
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The Rage of Paris
Title: The Rage of Paris
Character: Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1938
Type: Movie
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
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Test Pilot
Title: Test Pilot
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: April 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe.
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In Old Chicago
Title: In Old Chicago
Character: Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Released: April 15, 1938
Type: Movie
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
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Gold Is Where You Find It
Title: Gold Is Where You Find It
Character: Butler at Party (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1938
Type: Movie
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1870's, which is flooding the area's prosperous farmlands. Despite Ferris' political stance, Jared Whitney, a mining engineer from the East, becomes friends with the colonel's son Lance and falls in love with his daughter Serena. Family tensions deepen when the colonel's brother Ralph gives up farming to go to San Francisco to work for his wife Rosanna's father, Harrison McCooey, a leader in the mining venture. When Lance follows Ralph, the colonel, focusing his anger on Jared, forbids him to see Serena.
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The Big Broadcast of 1938
Title: The Big Broadcast of 1938
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: February 11, 1938
Type: Movie
The Bellows family causes comic confusion on an ocean liner, with time out for radio-style musical acts.
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Wells Fargo
Title: Wells Fargo
Character: Headwaiter
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 Firefly
Title: The Firefly
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: November 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Nina Maria Azara is the beautiful and alluring singing spy for Spain during the Napoleonic Wars. Her mission is to seduce French officers, in order for them to reveal Napoleon's intentions toward Spain. She is sent to Bayonne, France to gather military secrets. Prior to this, she meets Don Diego while performing at a club. Unknown to her, Don Diego is actually Captain Andre, who is sent to Spain to spy on her. While in France, Nina discovers Diego's true identity, only after she has fallen in love with him. Nina Maria outwits her potential captors, returns to Spain and goes into hiding. Napoleon's troops invade Spain, resulting in Nina's capture. In a strange twist of fate, Nina and Captain Andre are reunited, but the 2 nations are now at war...
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Dance Charlie Dance
Title: Dance Charlie Dance
Character: Bored Spectator (uncredited)
Released: July 6, 1937
Type: Movie
A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism.
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North of the Rio Grande
Title: North of the Rio Grande
Character: Bald Saloon Waiter
Released: June 28, 1937
Type: Movie
Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
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Sinner Take All
Title: Sinner Take All
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
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Sing, Baby, Sing
Title: Sing, Baby, Sing
Character: Nightclub Waiter
Released: August 21, 1936
Type: Movie
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity. Her agent (Gregory Ratoff) arranges a "romance" between Faye and Menjou. Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen, allowing Menjou to continue his blissful, bibulous bachelorhood. Sing, Baby, Sing represented the feature-film debut of the Ritz Brothers, who are in top form in their specialty numbers--and who are awarded a final curtain call after the "The End" title, just so the audience won't forget them (The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Fox's Lancer Spy [37]).
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San Francisco
Title: San Francisco
Character: Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1936
Type: Movie
A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906.
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Special Investigator
Title: Special Investigator
Character: Nightclub Waiter
Released: May 8, 1936
Type: Movie
A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.
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Champagne Charlie
Title: Champagne Charlie
Character: Extra as Ship Waiter
Released: May 6, 1936
Type: Movie
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
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The Country Doctor
Title: The Country Doctor
Character: Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Released: March 12, 1936
Type: Movie
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
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The Walking Dead
Title: The Walking Dead
Character: Juror (uncredited)
Released: March 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.
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To Beat the Band
Title: To Beat the Band
Character: Waiter
Released: November 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will, so a suicidal neighbor agrees to marry the man's young fiancée before offing himself.
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A Night at the Opera
Title: A Night at the Opera
Character: Stagehand (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1935
Type: Movie
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.
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The Old Homestead
Title: The Old Homestead
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: October 5, 1935
Type: Movie
A New York radio talent scout turns up at a barn dance.
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His Family Tree
Title: His Family Tree
Character: Man at Mayoral Debate
Released: September 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A father leaves his native Ireland and travels to America to visit the son he hasn't heard from in many years.
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The Gay Deception
Title: The Gay Deception
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: September 13, 1935
Type: Movie
A wide-eyed working girl wins a $5,000 sweepstakes and plunges into the lush life of New York City, where she meets a bellboy who is more than he seems.
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Diamond Jim
Title: Diamond Jim
Character: Waiter
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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The Arizonian
Title: The Arizonian
Character: Waiter in Opera House
Released: June 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Clay Tallant comes to Silver City, Arizona in the 1880s and encounters wide-spread lawlessness and disorder, unscrupulous politicians, outlaws galore and brow-beaten citizens. He accepts the position of town marshal and, with his brother and a reformed outlaw , Tex Randolph, who comes over to his side, sets out to bring law-and-order where none exists. He also wins the hand of the singer appearing at the Opera House.
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The Misses Stooge
Title: The Misses Stooge
Character: The Butler (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
Thelma and Patsy get a job working for a magician.
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Go Into Your Dance
Title: Go Into Your Dance
Character: Casino de Paree Waiter
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
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Shadow of Doubt
Title: Shadow of Doubt
Character: Waiter
Released: February 15, 1935
Type: Movie
When a Hollywood producer is murdered, the most likely suspect is a man who is smitten with the victim's fiancee.
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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Title: Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Character: Banquet Servant
Released: August 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Bulldog Drummond finds himself immersed in another adventure when he stumbles upon a corpse in the mysterious London mansion of Prince Achmed. Enlisting the help of his old friend Algy and the beautiful Lola, Drummond uncovers a scheme to ship illegal cargo into the country. He must rely on his cunning to survive when the prince offers a reward for his capture.
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Bachelor Bait
Title: Bachelor Bait
Character: Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Released: July 27, 1934
Type: Movie
After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.
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Hollywood Mystery
Title: Hollywood Mystery
Character: Tony's Butler
Released: June 20, 1934
Type: Movie
A PR man for a low-budget movie studio comes up with what he believes is the perfect gimmick--to make a gangster picture with a real mobster in the lead role.
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The Thin Man
Title: The Thin Man
Character: Bartender (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1934
Type: Movie
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
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Long Lost Father
Title: Long Lost Father
Character: Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
Released: January 19, 1934
Type: Movie
A long-absent father is reunited with his daughter, who still holds a grudge that he had deserted his family years earlier.
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Big Time Or Bust
Title: Big Time Or Bust
Character: Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1933
Type: Movie
Newlywed carnival performers decide to try their luck in New York, but their marriage begins to crumble when their careers take separate paths.
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Only Yesterday
Title: Only Yesterday
Character: Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1933
Type: Movie
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide. With the note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices a thick envelope addressed to him at the desk. As he begin to read, we're taken back to the days of WW1 and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.
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Ex-Lady
Title: Ex-Lady
Character: Butler (uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1933
Type: Movie
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
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Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Title: Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: February 3, 1933
Type: Movie
A New York tramp falls in love with the mayor's amnesiac girlfriend after rescuing her from a suicide attempt.
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The Half-Naked Truth
Title: The Half-Naked Truth
Character: Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Released: December 16, 1932
Type: Movie
A barker at a down-at-the-heels carnival becomes a powerhouse New York publicity man as he transforms a sideshow dancer into a Broadway sensation.
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Faithless
Title: Faithless
Character: Croupier
Released: October 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
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Movie Crazy
Title: Movie Crazy
Character: Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: September 23, 1932
Type: Movie
After a mix-up with his application photograph, an aspiring actor is invited to a screen test and goes off to Hollywood.
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Pack Up Your Troubles
Title: Pack Up Your Troubles
Character: Butler (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1932
Type: Movie
The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.
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Red-Headed Woman
Title: Red-Headed Woman
Character: Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Released: June 25, 1932
Type: Movie
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair with businessman Gaerste and uses him to force society to pay attention to her.
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Merrily We Go to Hell
Title: Merrily We Go to Hell
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1932
Type: Movie
A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses back into dipsomania.
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Scarface
Title: Scarface
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: April 9, 1932
Type: Movie
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio "Tony" Camonte, shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life.
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The Wet Parade
Title: The Wet Parade
Character: Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Released: March 26, 1932
Type: Movie
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton family.
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Emma
Title: Emma
Character: Man (uncredited)
Released: January 2, 1932
Type: Movie
When Fred Smith's wife dies in childbirth, Emma Thatcher, who has been nanny to the couple's three children, cares also for the family's new addition. Fred becomes rich and successful, then he and Emma marry. When Fred dies, his will becomes a source of trouble between the children and Emma.
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Forgotten Women
Title: Forgotten Women
Character: Sleek's Butler
Released: November 25, 1931
Type: Movie
Acting on a tip from former stage actress Fern Madden, who is now working as a movie extra, Jimmy Burke, a Hollywood reporter, publishes an article revealing an independent film producer to have mob connections. As a result of the story, Jimmy becomes city editor.
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The Guilty Generation
Title: The Guilty Generation
Character: Victor - Mike's Butler
Released: November 19, 1931
Type: Movie
The children of feuding gangsters fall in love and fight to escape their parents' notoriety.
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The Road to Reno
Title: The Road to Reno
Character: Waiter
Released: September 25, 1931
Type: Movie
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom, who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.
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Monkey Business
Title: Monkey Business
Character: Waiter
Released: September 19, 1931
Type: Movie
Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner.
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The Phantom of Paris
Title: The Phantom of Paris
Character: Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
Released: September 12, 1931
Type: Movie
Chéri-Bibi is a world class escape artist, but he cannot escape the false murder charge that is placed on him.
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Five and Ten
Title: Five and Ten
Character: Duncan (uncredited)
Released: June 13, 1931
Type: Movie
John owns the largest chain of five and ten cent stores in the country. He moves his family to New York from Kansas City and their life, though grand, is falling apart due to his constant working. Wife and mother Jenny is lonely. Son Avery hates his job. Daughter Jennifer is snubbed by classmate Muriel and her friends. At a charity bazaar, Jennifer meets Berry and sparks are evident. However, he is engaged to Muriel and Muriel will make sure that she, and only she, marries Berry. After the marriage, Berry still thinks of Jennifer as Jennifer thinks of Berry. Avery laments about the state of his family since they were happy in Kansas City.
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Smart Money
Title: Smart Money
Character: Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1931
Type: Movie
Two brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
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Daybreak
Title: Daybreak
Character: Bartender
Released: May 2, 1931
Type: Movie
An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy.
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Ladies' Man
Title: Ladies' Man
Character: Elevator starter
Released: April 16, 1931
Type: Movie
A society gigolo goes after a rich mother and her daughter, but tries to find true happiness with his girlfriend, who is neither rich nor in "society."
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Men Call It Love
Title: Men Call It Love
Character: Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1931
Type: Movie
Pre-code melodrama about high society marriage and fidelity.
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Reaching for the Moon
Title: Reaching for the Moon
Character: Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1930
Type: Movie
Wall Street wizard, Larry Day, new to the ways of love, is coached by his valet. He follows Vivian Benton on an ocean liner, where cocktails, laced with a "love potion," work their magic. He then loses his fortune in the market crash and feels he has also lost his girl.
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New Moon
Title: New Moon
Character: Waiter at Ball
Released: December 23, 1930
Type: Movie
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Tanya and they have a ship board romance. Upon arriving at the port of Krasnov, Petroff learns that Tanya is engaged to the old Governor Brusiloff. Petroff, disillusioned, crashes the ball to talk with Tanya. Found by Brusiloff, they invent a story about her lost bracelet. To reward him, and remove him, Brusiloff sends Petroff to the remote, and deadly, Fort Darvaz. Soon, the big battle against overwhelming odds will begin.
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Playboy of Paris
Title: Playboy of Paris
Character: Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Released: October 18, 1930
Type: Movie
Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a waiter, though he pays little attention to her. Philibert plans to marry his daughter to a wealthy Parisian, but upon learning that Albert is to come into a large inheritance, he conspires to place him under a longterm contract, confident that he willingly will pay a forfeit to break it.
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Anybody's Woman
Title: Anybody's Woman
Character: Butler
Released: August 15, 1930
Type: Movie
A lawyer, left by his wife, gets drunk and marries a chorus girl, or so he learns the morning after.
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Let Us Be Gay
Title: Let Us Be Gay
Character: Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Released: July 11, 1930
Type: Movie
Dowdy housewife Kitty dotes on her self-centered husband but divorces him when his mistress shows up at their home one day to break up their marriage. Bob had become bored with her lackluster appearance, their children and himself. Kitty re-invents herself and becomes a Continental favorite, dressing like a fashion model and behaving gaily. Three years after their divorce, Bob is at the home of a wealthy matron romancing her soon-to-be-married granddaughter, when the matron invites Kitty to a weekend party to steal Bob away from the granddaughter. When Kitty and Bob see each other, neither lets on they have a past, and the party continues as Bob pursues his ex-wife and new conquest equally.
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Strictly Unconventional
Title: Strictly Unconventional
Character: Footman
Released: May 3, 1930
Type: Movie
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic English family finds life with her husband dull and decides to elope with a Canadian. However her mother-in-law, who did something similar thirty years before, tries to prevent her.
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Children of Pleasure
Title: Children of Pleasure
Character: Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
Released: April 26, 1930
Type: Movie
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.
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Anna Christie
Title: Anna Christie
Character: Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Released: February 21, 1930
Type: Movie
Old sailor Chris Christofferson eagerly awaits the arrival of his grown daughter Anna, whom he sent at five years old to live with relatives in Minnesota. He has not seen her since, but believes her to be a decent and respectably employed young woman. When Anna arrives, however, it is clear that she has lived a hard life in the dregs of society, and that much of spirit has been extinguished. She falls in love with a young sailor rescued at sea by her father, but dreads to reveal to him the truth of her past. Both father and young man are deluded about her background, yet Anna cannot quite bring herself to allow them to remain deluded.
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Street of Chance
Title: Street of Chance
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1930
Type: Movie
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with those who cheat against him. His wife, Alma (Kay Francis), wants to divorce him because of his addiction and lifestyle, but they agree on a reconciliation and second honeymoon together and 'Natural' promises to give up gambling. However, his plans change when his brother, 'Babe' (Regis Toomey), arrives in town looking to score big, and 'Natural' has to devise a plan quickly to put him off gambling forever.
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The Trespasser
Title: The Trespasser
Character: Butler (uncredited)
Released: November 11, 1929
Type: Movie
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ensure the child's welfare, which starts gossip that she is a "kept woman."
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A Woman of Affairs
Title: A Woman of Affairs
Character: Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1928
Type: Movie
Childhood friends Diana, Neville and David are caught in a love triangle as adults. Diana and Neville have long been smitten with each other, but her father disapproves of the relationship, resulting in her eventual marriage to David. It's not long after their wedding, however, that tragedy strikes, sending Diana on a downward spiral. When Neville reappears in her life, will he be able to save her from her own misery?
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The Racket
Title: The Racket
Character: Detective Frisking Nick
Released: November 1, 1928
Type: Movie
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss.
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Captain Swagger
Title: Captain Swagger
Character: Waiter
Released: October 13, 1928
Type: Movie
Hugh Drummond goes broke living too high and turns to crime in order to pay his bills.
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The Singing Fool
Title: The Singing Fool
Character: Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1928
Type: Movie
After years of hopeful struggle, waiter and aspiring singer-songwriter Al Stone is on his way. He gets his huge break on a magical night when his song wows big-time producer Louis Marcus and gold-digging showgirl Molly, whom Al fancies. Broadway success and marriage follow, but sure enough, hard times are on the way.
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The Mysterious Lady
Title: The Mysterious Lady
Character: Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
Released: August 4, 1928
Type: Movie
A beautiful Russian spy seduces an Austrian military officer in order to obtain secret plans. When she falls in love with him, both are placed in danger.
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The Patsy
Title: The Patsy
Character: Waiter (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1928
Type: Movie
Jealous that her older sister Grace has landed handsome and successful Tony Anderson, Patricia Harrington launches an elaborate charm offensive to win his heart. Patricia shrugs off her diffidence and, in the hope that Tony will be drawn to her new persona, tries to carry herself with the self-confidence of the era's silent film stars. When this doesn't have the desired effect, Patricia takes things a step further.
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While the City Sleeps
Title: While the City Sleeps
Character: Apartment Tenant
Released: February 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A tough New York cop is determined to bring down a crook who has always managed to provide an alibi for the crimes he's been accused of, even though the detective knows he's guilty of committing them.
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The Blot
Title: The Blot
Character: College Student (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1921
Type: Movie
Professor Griggs, teaching at the college, doesn't get paid a living wage; his next door neighbor, successful shoemaker Olsen, has money and plentiful food, while the Griggses have hardly any. When the professor's rich student Phil West falls for beautiful Griggs daughter Amelia and also befriends the poor Reverend Gates (a young man who is also in love with Amelia), he observes the difference in his life and theirs and tries to help make a difference.