George M. Carleton

George M. Carleton

Born: October 28, 1885
Died: September 23, 1950
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for George M. Carleton...

Once More, My Darling
Title: Once More, My Darling
Character: Mr. Grant
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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The Lady Gambles
Title: The Lady Gambles
Character: Macllwaine, Poker Player (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1949
Type: Movie
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the time while he is doing a story. Encouraged by the casino manager, she gets hooked on gambling, to the point where she "borrows" David's expense money to pursue her addiction. This finally breaks up their marriage, but David continues trying to help her.
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Prince of the Plains
Title: Prince of the Plains
Character: Sam Phillips (as George Carleton)
Released: April 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Banker Ned Owens refuses to call in the many unpaid loans made to the local ranchers as he knows they are being terrorized by a gang of crooks and unable to pay. But the secret leader of the gang is James Taylor large stockholder of the bank.....
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Daughter of the Jungle
Title: Daughter of the Jungle
Character: Vincent Walker
Released: February 8, 1949
Type: Movie
An airplane carrying a pair of police officers escorting gangsters to prison crash-lands in the African jungle. They are rescued from an attack by savage natives by a white woman who appears out of nowhere, and it turns out she is a lost heiress who herself crash-landed in the jungle years before.
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You Gotta Stay Happy
Title: You Gotta Stay Happy
Character: Portly Man (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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Night Time in Nevada
Title: Night Time in Nevada
Character: Attorney Jason Howley
Released: September 5, 1948
Type: Movie
Twenty years earlier Farrell killed his mining partner Andrews. Now Andrews daughter arrives to get her father's trust fund. Farrell having rustled Roy's cattle now takes her money from her Lawyer and lets her overhear false information of their next rustling job. With the posse at the wrong location, his men attack the cattle train and Roy on board find himself greatly outnumbered.
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A Foreign Affair
Title: A Foreign Affair
Character: General Finney
Released: August 20, 1948
Type: Movie
In occupied Berlin, a US Army Captain is torn between an ex-Nazi cafe singer and the US Congresswoman investigating her.
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T-Men
Title: T-Men
Character: Morgue Attendant (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Two U.S. Treasury ("T-men") agents go undercover in Detroit, and then Los Angeles, in an attempt to break a U.S. currency counterfeiting ring.
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The Judge Steps Out
Title: The Judge Steps Out
Character: Evelyn's Attorney (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1947
Type: Movie
A judge flees the pressures of professional and family life for a job as a short-order cook.
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Body and Soul
Title: Body and Soul
Character: Prizefight Doctor (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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Magnificent Doll
Title: Magnificent Doll
Character: Howard
Released: December 8, 1946
Type: Movie
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Madison thinks back on her childhood, her first marriage, and later romances with two very different politicians, Aaron Burr and his good friend James Madison. She plays each against the other, not only for romantic reasons, but also to influence the shaping of the young country. By manipulating Burr's affections, she helps Thomas Jefferson win the presidency, and eventually she becomes First Lady of the land herself.
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The Time of Their Lives
Title: The Time of Their Lives
Character: Museum Guard (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: Party Guest (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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The Blue Dahlia
Title: The Blue Dahlia
Character: DeAnza Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Released: April 16, 1946
Type: Movie
Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
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The Purple Monster Strikes
Title: The Purple Monster Strikes
Character: Dr. Paul Meredith
Released: October 6, 1945
Type: Movie
A Martian invader crashes his spaceship conveniently close to the workshop of a scientist who is developing an interplanetary craft. If the extraterrestrial Purple Monster can complete the rocket ship and return to Mars, he will be able to start a full-scale invasion of Earth. Good thing Craig Foster sets out to thwart the Monster's mission!
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Marshal of Laredo
Title: Marshal of Laredo
Character: Mel Bowers
Released: October 6, 1945
Type: Movie
Substituting for Allan Lane, who'd been called away to active military service, Bill Elliot stars in the Republic "Red Ryder" western Marshal of Laredo. This time, Red comes to the aid of a frontier lawyer, who is suspected of being an outlaw
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Over 21
Title: Over 21
Character: Hinkle (uncredited)
Released: August 8, 1945
Type: Movie
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newspaper editor who has just joined the army.
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Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Title: Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion
Character: Wilfred Kittridge
Released: May 10, 1945
Type: Movie
Blackie is implicated in a murder when he accidently sells a phony Charles Dickens first edition at an auction.
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The Vampire's Ghost
Title: The Vampire's Ghost
Character: Sailor
Released: April 13, 1945
Type: Movie
In a small African port, a tawdry bar is run by a old man named Webb Fallon. Fallon is actually a vampire, but he is becoming weary of his "life" of the past few hundred years.
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A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Title: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: February 28, 1945
Type: Movie
In Brooklyn circa 1900, the Nolans manage to enjoy life on pennies despite great poverty and Papa's alcoholism. We come to know these people well through big and little troubles: Aunt Sissy's scandalous succession of "husbands"; the removal of the one tree visible from their tenement; and young Francie's desire to transfer to a better school...if irresponsible Papa can get his act together.
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A Song for Miss Julie
Title: A Song for Miss Julie
Character: Lawyer (uncredited)
Released: February 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Two playwrights and a former burlesque queen travel to Louisiana to research a musical they're planning on a local Southern hero.
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Mrs. Parkington
Title: Mrs. Parkington
Character: Old Man at Ball (uncredited)
Released: October 12, 1944
Type: Movie
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in frontier Nevada where she is swept off her feet by mine owner and financier Augustus Parkington. He moves them to New York, tries to remake her into a society woman, and establishes their home among the wealthiest of New York's high society. Family and social life is not always peaceful, however, and she guides us, in flashbacks, through the rises and falls of the Parkington family fortunes.
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Main Street Today
Title: Main Street Today
Character: Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)
Released: March 25, 1944
Type: Movie
This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional workforce, for increased production of materials needed by the military, might come from.
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This Land Is Mine
Title: This Land Is Mine
Character: Mr. Noble, Jury Foreman and Butcher
Released: May 7, 1943
Type: Movie
Somewhere in Europe, in a city occupied by the Nazis, a gentle school teacher finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance, cowardice and courage.
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Mission to Moscow
Title: Mission to Moscow
Character: Congressman (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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Casablanca
Title: Casablanca
Character: American (uncredited)
Released: January 15, 1943
Type: Movie
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
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Just Off Broadway
Title: Just Off Broadway
Character: Judge Robert Walters
Released: August 28, 1942
Type: Movie
Private detective Michael Shayne is on the case again, but this time he's stuck on a jury for a murder trial. So, what does he do? Why, he skips out on sequestration in order to solve the case himself!
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Jackass Mail
Title: Jackass Mail
Character: Pastor
Released: July 1, 1942
Type: Movie
An unknowing orphan idolizes the horse thief/mail robber who has shot his father.
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Twin Beds
Title: Twin Beds
Character: Minister
Released: April 30, 1942
Type: Movie
Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
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Fingers at the Window
Title: Fingers at the Window
Character: Meeting Chairman (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1942
Type: Movie
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Kid Glove Killer
Title: Kid Glove Killer
Character: Taggart - Third Politician (uncredited)
Released: April 17, 1942
Type: Movie
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by scientifically analyzing evidence.
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The Man Who Returned to Life
Title: The Man Who Returned to Life
Released: February 5, 1942
Type: Movie
An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.
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Joe Smith, American
Title: Joe Smith, American
Character: Doctor Treating Joe at Home (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
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The Fleet's In
Title: The Fleet's In
Character: Judge
Released: January 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.
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Over My Dead Body
Title: Over My Dead Body
Character: Judge
Released: January 15, 1942
Type: Movie
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a story. While visiting his wife (Mary Beth Hughes) at the office where she works, Berle overhears several men discussing the suicide of a coworker. Struck with a brilliant notion, Berle decides to confess to the murder of the dead man, certain that he'll be able to wriggle out of the situation and thereby have plenty of material for a story.
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Whistling in the Dark
Title: Whistling in the Dark
Character: Deputy Commissioner O'Neill
Released: August 8, 1941
Type: Movie
The operators of 'Silver Haven', a cultish group bilking gullible rich people out of money, is set to inherit a large sum after the deceased woman's heir also dies. Leader Joesph Jones decides to hurry the process along and kidnaps Wally Benton, his fiancé, and a friend, to further this goal. Wally, 'The Fox', is a radio sleuth who solves murders on the air. Jones wants him to devise a perfect murder, and isn't above killing others sloppily along the way to get his foolproof murder plot.
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Raiders of the Desert
Title: Raiders of the Desert
Character: Jones
Released: July 17, 1941
Type: Movie
Two American leave a ship where they had stowed away, in a Middle Eastern port and wind up in the fighting in a brutal civil war
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Back Door to Heaven
Title: Back Door to Heaven
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1939
Type: Movie
The life of a young kid, who starts stealing small things to fit in with the "cool crowd".