G.P. Huntley

G.P. Huntley

Born: February 26, 1904
Died: June 26, 1971
in Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Born as Bruce Timothy Huntley. Known for Beau Geste (1939), They Died with Their Boots On (1941) and Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939). He was married to Mildred Lillard.

Movies for G.P. Huntley...

Journey for Margaret
Title: Journey for Margaret
Character: 'Rugged' (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
Released: December 17, 1942
Type: Movie
An American newspaperman and his wife, end up in London after several retreats in the opening days of WWII. After a shrapnel wound and loss of her baby she returns to America. War weary, he is forced to do a story about war orphans, where he meets Margaret.
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The Great Man's Lady
Title: The Great Man's Lady
Character: Quentin
Released: April 15, 1942
Type: Movie
In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.
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Two-Faced Woman
Title: Two-Faced Woman
Character: Mr. Wilson (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1941
Type: Movie
A woman pretends to be her own twin sister to win back her straying husband.
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They Died with Their Boots On
Title: They Died with Their Boots On
Character: Lt. 'Queen's Own' Butler
Released: November 20, 1941
Type: Movie
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
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A Yank in the R.A.F.
Title: A Yank in the R.A.F.
Character: Radio Operator
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
An American pilot impulsively joins His Majesty's Royal Air Force in Britain in an attempt to impress his ex-girlfriend.
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Shining Victory
Title: Shining Victory
Character: Dr. Thornton
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
In a Scottish sanitarium, a brilliant research psychiatrist works on a treatment for dementia praecox. He falls for his altruistic female lab assistant and they begin a passionate, tragic relationship.
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Play Girl
Title: Play Girl
Character: Van Payson (as George P. Huntley)
Released: January 29, 1941
Type: Movie
When a gold digger starts to get a little old to ply her trade, she teaches a younger woman all her tricks.
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Cross-Country Romance
Title: Cross-Country Romance
Character: Walter Corbett
Released: July 12, 1940
Type: Movie
A runaway heiress hides in a doctor's trailer for a rollicking trip to San Francisco.
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Private Affairs
Title: Private Affairs
Character: Herbert Stanley
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
A girl decides to consult her natural father, whom she's never seen, for advice on her mixed-up love life.
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Miracle at Lourdes
Title: Miracle at Lourdes
Character: Dr. John Jones
Released: December 30, 1939
Type: Movie
Can faith work miracles? You be the judge.
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Tower of London
Title: Tower of London
Character: Wales
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
In the 15th century Richard Duke of Gloucester, aided by his club-footed executioner Mord, eliminates those ahead of him in succession to the throne, then occupied by his brother King Edward IV of England. As each murder is accomplished he takes particular delight in removing small figurines, each resembling one of the successors, from a throne-room dollhouse, until he alone remains. After the death of Edward he becomes Richard III, King of England, and need only defeat the exiled Henry Tudor to retain power.
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Beau Geste
Title: Beau Geste
Character: Augustus Brandon
Released: July 24, 1939
Type: Movie
When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Title: Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Character: Archie Featherstone
Released: July 7, 1939
Type: Movie
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
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Artists and Models Abroad
Title: Artists and Models Abroad
Character: Eliot Winthrop
Released: December 20, 1938
Type: Movie
Buck Boswell and his all-girl troupe are stranded in Paris, but Buck manages to con the manager of the 'Hotel de Navarre' in furnishing accommodations for his group, but the proprietor's wife locks them out. In his search for funds, Buck meets Patricia Harper, the fourth-richest girl in the world, but he isn't aware of that and thinks she is penniless. Patricia joins his troupe as a lark, and her father, James Harper, also pretends he is broke. Through some chicanery, Buck gets jobs for the girls as models at the Palace of Feminine Arts at the Paris International Exposition. James Harper borrows the priceless Napoleaon necklace to have a copy made for his daughter, but Buck thinks he stole it.
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Say It in French
Title: Say It in French
Character: Lord "Larry" Westover
Released: November 25, 1938
Type: Movie
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married and in the US. Upon their arrival, they are dismayed to discover that the golfer's parents have arranged for him to marry a wealthy socialite so they can use her money to support their business....
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Another Dawn
Title: Another Dawn
Character: Lord Alden
Released: June 26, 1937
Type: Movie
Colonel John Wister, on duty with the British army in the desert region of Dubik, returns to England on leave. There he falls in love with Julia Ashton, who cares deeply for him but believes herself incapable of love following the death of her fiancé; some time before. Wister convinces her that he loves her enough to live without her romantic love and that she should marry him. She does so and returns to Dubik with him. There she meets his adjutant, Captain Denny Roark. Roark is a dashing young man who reminds Julia thoroughly of her lost love. Soon she finds she is indeed capable of love, but it is Roark with whom she falls in love, not her husband. As warfare with the local tribes heats up and as Wister gains awareness of the unconsummated romance growing between his wife and best friend, tragedy lurks.
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Michael O'Halloran
Title: Michael O'Halloran
Character: Ted Frost (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
Released: May 15, 1937
Type: Movie
A wealthy woman's wild lifestyle finally drives her husband to take their two children, move out of the house and file for divorce. Positive she'll lose her children unless she shows the judge that she's changed her wild ways, she takes in two poor street kids, a brother and sister.
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
Title: The Charge of the Light Brigade
Character: Major Jowett
Released: October 20, 1936
Type: Movie
In 1853, as the British and Russian empires compete to gain and maintain their place in the dreadful Great Game of political intrigues and alliances whose greatest prize is the domination of India and the border territories, Major Geoffrey Vickers must endure several betrayals and misfortunes before he can achieve his revenge at the Balaclava Heights, on October 25, 1854, the most glorious day of the Crimean War.
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Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Title: Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Character: Denny Barton
Released: August 7, 1936
Type: Movie
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound liner, the detective discovers foul play and uncovers an international gambling ring.
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The Golden Arrow
Title: The Golden Arrow
Character: Aubrey Rutherford
Released: May 23, 1936
Type: Movie
A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
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Sons o' Guns
Title: Sons o' Guns
Character: Captain Ponsonby-Falcke
Released: May 13, 1936
Type: Movie
Broadway star Jimmy Canfield stars in a patriotic show on the great white way during WWI. He plays the heroic soldier, but he is doesn't want to join the Army. To evade some troubles with fellow actress Berenice, he acts like joining the forces going over there, but that turns out to be real. In France he falls in love with a French barmaid and is arrested as spy. He escapes from prison, only to end in the uniform of a German officer leading "his" soldiers in an Allied trap. But being escaped from prison and wearing the enemy's uniform isn't that healthy in wartime.
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August Week End
Title: August Week End
Character: Kim Sherwood
Released: February 17, 1936
Type: Movie
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful young girl who's loved by a younger and not-so-wealthy man.
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Two-Fisted
Title: Two-Fisted
Character: Major Fitz-Stanley
Released: October 3, 1935
Type: Movie
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young man who was a good prizefighter in his day but is now out of the sport and has a drinking problem. They decide to train him for a big match, and in the process find themselves involved in romance, shady characters and a possible kidnapping.
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Becky Sharp
Title: Becky Sharp
Character: George Osborne
Released: June 28, 1935
Type: Movie
The first feature length film to use three-strip Technicolor film. Adapted from a play that was adapted from William Makepeace Thackeray's book "Vanity Fair", the film looks at the English class system during the Napoleonic Wars era.
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I've Been Around
Title: I've Been Around
Character: Franklin 'Nick' De Haven
Released: March 5, 1935
Type: Movie
Romantic problems of a society girl and an engineer.
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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: James (uncredited)
Released: November 23, 1934
Type: Movie
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
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Servants' Entrance
Title: Servants' Entrance
Character: Karl Berghoff
Released: September 25, 1934
Type: Movie
Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda falls in love with humble chauffeur Eric Landstrom.
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Now I'll Tell
Title: Now I'll Tell
Character: Jack Hart
Released: June 7, 1934
Type: Movie
A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most.
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Little Man, What Now?
Title: Little Man, What Now?
Character: Herr Heilbutt (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
Released: June 4, 1934
Type: Movie
A young couple struggling against poverty must keep their marriage a secret in order for the husband to keep his job, as his boss doesn't like to hire married men.
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Death Takes a Holiday
Title: Death Takes a Holiday
Character: Eric
Released: March 30, 1934
Type: Movie
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the mortals and find an answer. However, events soon spiral out of control as he falls in love with the beautiful young Grazia, the only woman not afraid of him. As he falls in love with her, her father sees him for what he is and begs him to return to his duties. Death must decide whether or not to seek his own happiness or sacrifice it so that Grazia may live.
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As Husbands Go
Title: As Husbands Go
Character: Ronald Derbyshire
Released: January 27, 1934
Type: Movie
As Husbands Go charts the romantic misadventures of Lucille Lingard .
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Merely Mary Ann
Title: Merely Mary Ann
Character: Peter Brooke (as G.P. Huntley Jr.)
Released: September 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Orphan drudge Mary Ann finds love and hope in the arms of a promising but poor composer, John Lonsdale.