Tom McGuire

Tom McGuire

Born: August 31, 1873
Died: May 6, 1954
in Lancashire, England, UK
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Tom McGuire (1 September 1873 – 6 May 1954) was an English stage and film actor. He appeared in about 175 films between 1919 and 1949. He was born in Lancashire, England and died in Hollywood, California.

Movies for Tom McGuire...

Goodbye, My Fancy
Title: Goodbye, My Fancy
Character: Party Guest (Uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1951
Type: Movie
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them.
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The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Title: The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
Character: Police Captain (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1947
Type: Movie
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered Harold Diddlebock, who has been stuck in a dull, dead-end book-keeping job for years, is let go by his pompous boss, advertising tycoon J.E. Wagglebury, with nothing but a tiny pension. Harold, who never touches the stuff, takes a stiff drink with his new pal... and another, and another. What happened Wednesday?
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Kitty
Title: Kitty
Character: Vegetable Hawker (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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The Brighton Strangler
Title: The Brighton Strangler
Character: Barman (Uncredited)
Released: May 10, 1945
Type: Movie
After suffering a head injury during the Blitz, John Loder, a theatre actor comes to believe himself to be the Brighton Strangler, the murderer he was playing onstage.
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Hail the Conquering Hero
Title: Hail the Conquering Hero
Character: Town Councilman (uncredited)
Released: August 9, 1944
Type: Movie
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith delays the return to his hometown, feeling that he is a failure. While in a moment of melancholy, he meets up with a group of Marines who befriend him and encourage him to return home to his mother by fabricating a story that he was wounded in battle with honorable discharge.
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Bad Men of Missouri
Title: Bad Men of Missouri
Character: Tax-Paying Rancher
Released: July 26, 1941
Type: Movie
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.
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Santa Fe Trail
Title: Santa Fe Trail
Character: Man with Surveyor (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1940
Type: Movie
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assigned to the 2nd Cavalry, stationed at Fort Leavenworth. While there they aid in the capture and execution of the abolitionist, John Brown following the Battle of Harper's Ferry.
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Two Girls on Broadway
Title: Two Girls on Broadway
Character: Policeman in Courtroom (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives. Remake of The Broadway Melody (1929).
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Free, Blonde and 21
Title: Free, Blonde and 21
Character: Edgar, Doorman
Released: March 28, 1940
Type: Movie
Stories of women who live in an all-women hotel. One (Bari) works hard and marries a millionaire; another (Hughes) cheats and goes to jail.
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Title: Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Character: Tom - Waiter at Mamie's
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
New York store clerk joins a hobo and an illegal immigrant heading for his newly bought land in Arizona.
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The Spellbinder
Title: The Spellbinder
Character: Juror, First Trial (Uncredited)
Released: July 28, 1939
Type: Movie
Jed Marlowe is a brilliant, scheming, unscrupulous criminal lawyer whose specialty is defending criminal he knows is guilty but gets them off through loop-holes or bribery. Then his daughter, misled by her father’s courtroom performance, but unaware of his back-room tactics, marries the killer her father has just unjustly save from the electric chair. What’s a poor father to do?
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Young Mr. Lincoln
Title: Young Mr. Lincoln
Character: Bailiff (uncredited)
Released: June 9, 1939
Type: Movie
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.
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Torchy Runs for Mayor
Title: Torchy Runs for Mayor
Character: Detective Tom (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1939
Type: Movie
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
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Sergeant Madden
Title: Sergeant Madden
Character: Policeman in 1919
Released: March 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
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The Saint Strikes Back
Title: The Saint Strikes Back
Character: Policeman in Commissioner's Office (Uncredited)
Released: March 8, 1939
Type: Movie
Suave private detective Simon "The Saint" Templar arrives in San Francisco and meets Val, a woman whose police inspector father killed himself after being accused of corruption and dismissed from the force. Convinced of the man's innocence, Templar takes it upon himself to vindicate the memory of Val's father. To do so he must take on the city's most dangerous criminal gang, while also battling hostile members of the police department.
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Made for Each Other
Title: Made for Each Other
Character: Bailiff (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1939
Type: Movie
A couple struggle to find happiness after a whirlwind courtship.
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Gang Bullets
Title: Gang Bullets
Character: Police Officer Clancy (uncredited)
Released: November 10, 1938
Type: Movie
A Capone-like racketeer named Anderson, who after being chased out of one town by the authorities immediately sets up shop in another. Unable to get any tangible evidence against Anderson, DA Wayne orders his assistant Carter to dig up some dirt on the gangster boss. To do this, Carter pretends to turned crooked, joining Anderson's gang in order to accumulate evidence. Alas, Carter's girl friend Patricia knows nothing of her boyfriend's subterfuge, and she suspects the worst.
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Young Dr. Kildare
Title: Young Dr. Kildare
Character: Clancy (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1938
Type: Movie
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his knowledge by the hospital's top dog, Dr. Leonard Gillespie.
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The Chaser
Title: The Chaser
Character: Motorman #2
Released: July 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
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Holiday
Title: Holiday
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 26, 1938
Type: Movie
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the spoiled daughter of a socially prominent millionaire — and she's agreed to marry him. But when Johnny plans a holiday for the two to enjoy life while they are still young, his fiancée has other plans & that is for Johnny to work in her father's bank!
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One Mile from Heaven
Title: One Mile from Heaven
Character: Court Attaché
Released: August 18, 1937
Type: Movie
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
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Kid Galahad
Title: Kid Galahad
Character: (uncredited)
Released: May 29, 1937
Type: Movie
Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister.
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We Who Are About to Die
Title: We Who Are About to Die
Character: Death-Row Captain Harris (uncredited)
Released: January 8, 1937
Type: Movie
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sentenced to death for murders they committed. A suspicious detective thinks he is innocent and works to save his life.
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Sinner Take All
Title: Sinner Take All
Character: Hoboken Plainclothesman (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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Charlie Chan at the Opera
Title: Charlie Chan at the Opera
Character: Pop Morris - Stage Doorman
Released: December 4, 1936
Type: Movie
A dangerous amnesiac escapes from an asylum, hides in the opera house, and is suspected of getting revenge on those who tried to murder him 13 years ago.
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To Mary - with Love
Title: To Mary - with Love
Character: Politician
Released: August 1, 1936
Type: Movie
Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keeping them together.
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San Francisco
Title: San Francisco
Character: Bartender (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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Murder by an Aristocrat
Title: Murder by an Aristocrat
Character: Spears the druggist (uncredited)
Released: June 13, 1936
Type: Movie
A wealthy family is blackmailed. Murder results. And a nurse at the scene of the crime is determined to figure out who-done-it.
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Private Number
Title: Private Number
Character: Policeman Arresting Ellen (Uncredited)
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.
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The Singing Kid
Title: The Singing Kid
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Neurotic Broadway star Al Jackson faces professional ruin when he loses his voice. While recuperating in the country, he falls in love with farm girl Ruth Haines, the pretty aunt of precocious little Sybil Haines.
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Colleen
Title: Colleen
Character: Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Released: March 21, 1936
Type: Movie
Musical about dingaling millionaire businessman Cedric Ames and his various employees
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The Country Doctor
Title: The Country Doctor
Character: Dinner Guest (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 Petrified Forest
Title: The Petrified Forest
Character: Driver (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1936
Type: Movie
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and the two strike up a rapport. Soon enough, notorious killer Duke Mantee takes the diner's inhabitants hostage. Surrounded by miles of desert, the patrons and staff are forced to sit tight with Mantee and his gang overnight.
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Two in the Dark
Title: Two in the Dark
Character: Hotel Doorman
Released: January 10, 1936
Type: Movie
Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's just been murdered.
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3 Kids and a Queen
Title: 3 Kids and a Queen
Character: Police Captain
Released: October 21, 1935
Type: Movie
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
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Woman Wanted
Title: Woman Wanted
Character: Court Officer (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1935
Type: Movie
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.
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Broadway Gondolier
Title: Broadway Gondolier
Character: Man Leaving Opera / Accident Bystander
Released: July 27, 1935
Type: Movie
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
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No More Ladies
Title: No More Ladies
Character: Party Bartender (uncredited)
Released: June 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
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The Gay Bride
Title: The Gay Bride
Character: Cop in Hospital (uncredited)
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.
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Counsel on De Fence
Title: Counsel on De Fence
Character: Trial Judge
Released: October 24, 1934
Type: Movie
New lawyer Harry defends a woman charged with poisoning her husband.
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Among the Missing
Title: Among the Missing
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: September 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Seeking to avoid arrest while fleeing through a city park at night, two jewel thieves, Gordon and young Tommy, stash some just-stolen jewels on elderly, unknowing Martha Abbott. They then invite Martha to come live with them as their housekeeper, duping her into helping fence their goods. When Martha eventually becomes aware of the criminal activities, she strives to help Tommy reform.
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Million Dollar Ransom
Title: Million Dollar Ransom
Character: Police Desk Sergeant (Uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1934
Type: Movie
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.
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Manhattan Melodrama
Title: Manhattan Melodrama
Character: Policeman in Court (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1934
Type: Movie
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
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A Very Honorable Guy
Title: A Very Honorable Guy
Character: Race Caller
Released: April 18, 1934
Type: Movie
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
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The Chief
Title: The Chief
Character: Fire Captain
Released: November 3, 1933
Type: Movie
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
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Saturday's Millions
Title: Saturday's Millions
Character: Cop
Released: September 30, 1933
Type: Movie
Jim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's father Ezra comes to visit him and becomes reacquainted with an old Western football chum, Mr. Chandler, who happens to be the father of Jim's girlfriend Joan. Jim keeps his roommate, Andy, busy by sending him to collect money on their laundry concessions business, even though Andy is desperately trying to meet his girlfriend Thelma, who has just come for a visit. When the coach tells Chandler and Fowler that Jim is nervous and erratic, Chandler invites Jim to spend the night before the big game at his home.
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She Done Him Wrong
Title: She Done Him Wrong
Character: Mike - Lou's Coachman (uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1933
Type: Movie
New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them is a vicious criminal who’s escaped and is on the way to see “his” girl, not realising she hasn’t exactly been faithful in his absence. Help is at hand in the form of young Captain Cummings, a local temperance league leader.
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Whistling in the Dark
Title: Whistling in the Dark
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: January 21, 1933
Type: Movie
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect crime.
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Breach of Promise
Title: Breach of Promise
Character: Committeeman
Released: October 23, 1932
Type: Movie
A pre-Code drama.
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Hearts of Humanity
Title: Hearts of Humanity
Character: Mr. Wells
Released: August 31, 1932
Type: Movie
Genial Irish NYC policeman Tom O'Hara is looking forward to the arrival of his wife and their young son, Shandy from Ireland. Several days before the ship is to dock, O'Hara gets a radiogram informing him that his wife has died at sea. That night a burglar breaks into the Antigue & Second Hand Shop ran by Sol Bloom, directly below O'Hara's flat. The burglar shoots O'Hara, who has rushed to his friend's aid, and, with his last breath he asks Sol to take care of Shandy. When Shandy arrives, Sol immediately makes him a member of the family, which also consists of a very mischievous motherless boy named Joey Bloom, whose pursuits consist of stealing oranges from fruit-dealer Tony, and playing hookey from school. Tom Varney, the young beat cop, is in love with Ruth Sneider, whose mother runs a Cleaning and Dyeling establishment. Ruth, however, is momentarily dazed with worthless Dave Haller.
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High Hats and Low Brows
Title: High Hats and Low Brows
Character: Mr. Slaughter
Released: July 10, 1932
Type: Movie
Sixth entry in the Rufftown 2-reel comedy series based on stories by Arthur 'Bugs' Baer.
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By Whose Hand?
Title: By Whose Hand?
Character: Train Conductor (uncredited)
Released: July 6, 1932
Type: Movie
On the night express train from Los Angeles to San Francisco everyone’s a suspect when a jewelry magnate is found stabbed to death and an escaped killer is feared on board. It’s up to newspaper reporter Jimmy Hawley (Ben Lyon) to unravel the secrets of the motley group of passengers and find the killer before he strikes again in this tense and atmospheric whodunit.
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The Dark Horse
Title: The Dark Horse
Character: Conservative Party Man
Released: June 16, 1932
Type: Movie
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
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Men of Chance
Title: Men of Chance
Character: Race Track Bookie
Released: December 26, 1931
Type: Movie
A gambler falls for a fake countess.
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The Champ
Title: The Champ
Character: Los Angeles Promoter (uncredited)
Released: November 21, 1931
Type: Movie
A broken-down alcoholic prizefighter struggles to keep custody of his adoring son.
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Julius Sizzer
Title: Julius Sizzer
Character: Chief
Released: September 6, 1931
Type: Movie
After the success of "Little Caesar," "Public Enemy" and "Scarface," here is the inevitable parody, in which Liddle Sizzer engages in a vicious Chicago gang war. He's aided by his innocent twin brother, Julius, a greenhorn from the Old Country. Both are played by Benny Rubin.
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Broadminded
Title: Broadminded
Character: Tim - 2nd Policeman
Released: August 1, 1931
Type: Movie
Jack's father lowers the boom when his irresponsible rich-kid ends up in jail after a night of debauchery. The father appoints Ossie, Jack's cousin, as guardian, not realizing that Ossie is just as bad. They set off on a transcontinental trip with mischief on their minds.
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Stepping Out
Title: Stepping Out
Character: Casino Patron
Released: April 11, 1931
Type: Movie
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
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Politics
Title: Politics
Character: Mayor Tom Collins
Released: February 26, 1931
Type: Movie
A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
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Little Caesar
Title: Little Caesar
Character: Detective on Phone (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1931
Type: Movie
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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City Girl
Title: City Girl
Character: Matey
Released: January 12, 1930
Type: Movie
A waitress from Chicago falls in love with a man from rural Minnesota and marries him, with the intent of living a better life - but life on the farm has its own challenges.
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Copy
Title: Copy
Character: McCloskey
Released: October 11, 1929
Type: Movie
On a slow news day, the wisecracking staff of a newspaper write articles about the serious safety issues of a local excursion steamboat line.
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The Voice of the City
Title: The Voice of the City
Character: Detective Kelly
Released: April 13, 1929
Type: Movie
An escaped convict and the detective tasked with hunting him down end up working in parallel to clear the convict's name and nab the gangsters that framed him.
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Retribution
Title: Retribution
Character: Tom / Senator John Nixon
Released: June 16, 1928
Type: Movie
Henry B. Walthall made his talkie debut in this 10-minute short from Vitaphone. In the film he plays a once rich man who has found himself in the dumps due to drug abuse and other issues. He goes to see a former friend (Tom McGuire), now a Senator, and he's not too open to giving the man a second chance.
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Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Title: Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Character: John James 'J.J.' King
Released: May 9, 1928
Type: Movie
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
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Babe Comes Home
Title: Babe Comes Home
Character: Angel
Released: May 22, 1927
Type: Movie
A baseball-styled sports filmed centered on Babe Ruth and Anna Q. It is considered a lost film.
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The Missing Link
Title: The Missing Link
Character: Colonel Braden
Released: May 6, 1927
Type: Movie
Arthur Wells, an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missing link. However, the poet has an aversion to animals...tame or wild.
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The Better 'Ole
Title: The Better 'Ole
Character: The English General (uncredited)
Released: October 23, 1926
Type: Movie
The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
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You'd Be Surprised
Title: You'd Be Surprised
Character: Inspector Brown
Released: September 24, 1926
Type: Movie
A diamond is stolen at a houseboat party given by the district attorney. He gives the thief a chance to return it by putting an empty box on a table and turning out the lights. When the lights are turned back on the box is gone, and the district attorney has a knife in his back and is quite dead. The police and the coroner arrive. There are several attempts made on the life of the coroner. Ruth Whitman is found hiding in a grandfather-clock, holding the gem box. She claims the box was pushed into her hands and she was pushed into the clock. The district attorney's butler/valet tells the coroner he saw who killed his employer and a few minutes later he is also murdered. The mystery deepens.
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My Own Pal
Title: My Own Pal
Character: Pat McQuire
Released: February 28, 1926
Type: Movie
My Own Pal takes Tom Mix out of his customary western surroundings and plunks him in the middle of New York City.
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The Little Giant
Title: The Little Giant
Character: Mr. Dansey
Released: January 3, 1926
Type: Movie
Having been brought up by his Uncle Clem, an itinerant peddler, Elmer Clinton has no trouble becoming the sales manager for a company that manufactures washing machines. Royce Enfield, the son of the company's president, wants his father to sell the business and therefore undermines Elmer's sales campaign. In a real effort to help Elmer, Uncle Clem obtains numerous orders for washing machines, but these are intercepted by Royce before they can be filled. Elmer is fired and, finding out the reason why, whips Royce in a fight.
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Red Hot Tires
Title: Red Hot Tires
Character: Crook
Released: October 31, 1925
Type: Movie
The first time Al Jones sees Elizabeth Lowden, he becomes so distracted that he runs his car into a steamroller. The second time he sees her, Elizabeth's car frightens his horse, causing him to fall. ....
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Captain Blood
Title: Captain Blood
Character: Farmer Baynes
Released: September 21, 1924
Type: Movie
Young Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend Jeremy are purchased by Colonel Bishop at the behest of his niece Arabella. With other slaves he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the terror of the Caribbean privateers until offered a commission in the English Navy. He defeats the French at Port Royal, and as a reward he is named governor of Jamaica and marries Arabella.
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The Reckless Age
Title: The Reckless Age
Character: Martin Wall
Released: August 16, 1924
Type: Movie
Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick Minot to make sure the wedding takes place, but he falls in love with the bride.
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Her Man
Title: Her Man
Released: July 10, 1924
Type: Movie
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April Showers
Title: April Showers
Character: Lieutenant Muldoon
Released: October 21, 1923
Type: Movie
This silent romantic melodrama is believed to be lost.
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The Spoilers
Title: The Spoilers
Character: Captain Stevens
Released: August 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Based on the novel The Spoilers by Rex Beach.
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A Self Made Wife
Title: A Self Made Wife
Character: Hotchkiss
Released: July 8, 1923
Type: Movie
Tim Goodwin and his wife Corrie are living in poverty when Tim's oil well strikes it rich. He soon works his way to the top of the social scale, but Corrie doesn't change at all--she stays a dour, drab woman with no social skills whatsoever. Tim gets so embarrassed by her that he hires a "social secretary" for her to teach her how to function in the social strata in which they find themselves.
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The Victor
Title: The Victor
Character: Jacky Williams
Released: June 1, 1923
Type: Movie
In order to save his family from financial ruin, an English aristocrat agrees to come to America and marry the daughter of a wealthy businessman. Once there he can't bring himself to do it.....
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Single Handed
Title: Single Handed
Character: Macklin
Released: March 25, 1923
Type: Movie
Hector MacKnight, known to the townspeople as "Goofy" and an irritatingly terrible fiddler, is innocently drawn into a rigged poker game. A general fight brings the sheriff, and a chase ensues. Before the confusion is ended and Hector cleared, he meets Ruth Randolph and becomes involved in a circus while trying to recover the other half of her treasure map.
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Afraid to Fight
Title: Afraid to Fight
Released: July 24, 1922
Type: Movie
Former A. E. F. boxing champion Tom Harper, who suffered gas poisoning, is sent to the mountains to regain his health so that he can re-enter the ring and earn the money needed for his crippled sister's operation. Under strict orders not to exert himself, Tom allows himself to be beaten up by Phillip Brand, the town bully, in front of his girl, Harriet Monroe.
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Cinderella of the Hills
Title: Cinderella of the Hills
Released: October 23, 1921
Type: Movie
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The Girl in the Taxi
Title: The Girl in the Taxi
Character: John Stewart
Released: April 1, 1921
Type: Movie
The Girl in the Taxi (1921)
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The Woman Under Oath
Title: The Woman Under Oath
Character: District Attorney
Released: June 29, 1919
Type: Movie
After a forward introduces the question of whether women are temperamentally suited for jury duty, Jim O'Neil, a young shipping clerk, is found holding a revolver over his dead employer, Edward Knox. The celebrated novelist Grace Norton, selected to be on the jury at Jim's trial, becomes the first woman juror in New York.