Bill Elliott

Bill Elliott

Born: October 16, 1904
Died: November 26, 1965
in Pattonsburg, Missouri, USA
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Wild Bill Elliott (October 16, 1904 – November 26, 1965) was an American film actor. He specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films. By 1925, he was getting occasional extra work in films. He took classes at the Pasadena Playhouse and appeared in a few stage roles there. By 1927, he had made his first Western, The Arizona Wildcat, playing his first featured role. Several co-starring roles followed, and he renamed himself Gordon Elliott. But as the studios made the transition to sound films, he slipped back into roles as an extra and bit parts, as in Broadway Scandals, in 1929. For the next eight years, he appeared in over a hundred films for various studios, but almost always in unbilled parts as an extra.

Elliott began to be noticed in some minor B Westerns, enough so that Columbia Pictures offered him the title role in a serial, The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938). The serial was so successful, and Elliott so personable, that Columbia promoted him to starring in his own series of Western features, replacing Columbia's number-two cowboy star Robert "Tex" Allen. Henceforth Gordon Elliott would be known as Bill Elliott. Within two years, he was among the Motion Picture Herald's Top Ten Western Stars, where he would remain for the next 15 years.

In 1943, Elliott signed with Republic Pictures, which cast him in a series of Westerns alongside George "Gabby" Hayes. The first of these, Calling Wild Bill Elliott, gave Elliott the name by which he would be best known and by which he would be billed almost exclusively for the rest of his career.

Following several films in which both actor and character shared the name Wild Bill Elliott, he took the role for which he would be best remembered, that of Red Ryder in a series of sixteen movies about the famous comic strip cowboy and his young Indian companion, Little Beaver (played in Elliott's films by Bobby Blake). Elliott played the role for only two years but would forever be associated with it. Elliott's trademark was a pair of six guns worn butt-forward in their holsters.

Elliott's career thrived during and after the Red Ryder films, and he continued making B Westerns into the early 1950s. He also had his own radio show during the late 1940s. His final contract as a Western star was with Monogram Pictures, where budgets declined as the B Western lost its audience to television. When Monogram became Allied Artists Pictures Corporation in 1953, it phased out its Western productions, and Elliott finished out his contract playing a homicide detective in a series of five modern police dramas, his first non-Westerns since 1938.

Elliott retired from films (except for a couple of TV Western pilots which were not picked up). He worked for a time as a spokesman for Viceroy cigarettes and hosted a local TV program in Las Vegas, Nevada, which featured many of his Western films.

Movies for Bill Elliott...

Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Title: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch
Character: (archive footage)
Released: May 1, 1976
Type: Movie
A Western-genre narrative, loosely woven from old clips from B-Western features.
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It's Showtime
Title: It's Showtime
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Title: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Title: Adam-12
Character: Officer Grant
Released: September 21, 1968
Type: TV
Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.
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Footsteps in the Night
Title: Footsteps in the Night
Character: Andy Doyle
Released: April 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.
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Chain of Evidence
Title: Chain of Evidence
Character: Andy Doyle
Released: January 6, 1957
Type: Movie
A police lieutenant fights to prove a boy's innocence after he's accused of murder. The fourth of five Ben Schwab productions that starred Bill Elliott as a detective lieutenant in the L.A. Sheriff's department.
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Calling Homicide
Title: Calling Homicide
Character: Andy Doyle
Released: September 30, 1956
Type: Movie
Cop Andy Doyle investigates a car-bombing murder and the killing of a sleazy modeling agency owner. Are they connected?
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Sudden Danger
Title: Sudden Danger
Character: Andy Doyle
Released: December 14, 1955
Type: Movie
Detective Andy Doyle suspects that a suicide is actually a murder. He suspects the victim's son, Wallace who is blind and he pursues him until he gets to the truth.
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Dial Red O
Title: Dial Red O
Character: Andy Flynn / Andy Doyle
Released: March 13, 1955
Type: Movie
The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff's department, Dial Red "O" (the correct title with the number 0 (zero), as on a telephone dial, shown in ") opens with war-torn veteran Ralph Wyatt getting word that his wife is divorcing him, and he flees the psychiatric ward of the veteran's hospital, wanting to talk to her. His escape touches off an all-out manhunt, led by Lieutenant Andy Flynn of the sheriff's department.
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The Forty-Niners
Title: The Forty-Niners
Character: Sam Nelson
Released: July 30, 1954
Type: Movie
1849 California and the Gold Boom. Marshal Sam Nelson goes under cover to find out the identity of a trio of killers.
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Bitter Creek
Title: Bitter Creek
Character: Clay Tyndall (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: February 21, 1954
Type: Movie
"Wild" Bill Elliott is a cowboy who goes in search of the man who killed his brother, and finds himself in the small town of Bitter Creek.
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Vigilante Terror
Title: Vigilante Terror
Character: Tack Hamlin
Released: November 15, 1953
Type: Movie
Vigilante Terror was one of the last of the "Wild Bill" Elliot westerns for Columbia. This time, Elliot comes to rescue an imperiled storekeeper. A band of masked vigilantes is laying waste to the countryside, and the storekeeper is blamed. Wild Bill saves the day by going undercover -- or under hood, as it were
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Topeka
Title: Topeka
Character: Jim Levering
Released: August 9, 1953
Type: Movie
Bill Elliot emulates his idol William S. Hart in the superior western Topeka. Elliot plays the archetypal Good Bad Man, hired to kick the crooked element out of a small town. A hard-drinking, hard-living man, Elliot entertains thoughts of taking over the town himself for the benefit of his own gang. After several reels of soul-searching, Elliot decides to honor his promise to clean up the town for its decent citizens. Evidently director Thomas Carr rented a camera crane for this Allied Artists production, since the camera performs remarkable calisthenics, the kind not normally seen in a medium-budget western.
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Rebel City
Title: Rebel City
Character: Frank Graham
Released: May 10, 1953
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Elliot plays gambler Frank Graham, who heads to Kansas in search of his father's murderer. This being 1864, the local military presence is more preoccupied with keeping Southern sympathizers out of the state to worry about Graham's problems. Thus, our hero undertakes the task of exposing the killer himself.
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The Homesteaders
Title: The Homesteaders
Character: Mace Corbin
Released: March 22, 1953
Type: Movie
Homesteaders Mace Corbin and Clyde Moss pick up much needed dynamite and begin a journey to transport it from an army fort to their homes, hiring a crew of ex-soldiers just released from the army prison. Mace knows he's got his work cut out for him with unstable dynamite, undisciplined hired hands and possible hostile Indians but he doesn't have the slightest hint that his trusted friend Clyde has betrayed him.
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The Maverick
Title: The Maverick
Character: Pete Devlin
Released: December 14, 1952
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Elliott must escort a gang of killer cattleman who have been terrorizing homesteaders.
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Fargo
Title: Fargo
Character: Bill Martin
Released: September 7, 1952
Type: Movie
The brother (House Peters Jr.) of rancher Bill Martin (Bill Elliott) is killed in a stampede started by cattleman. Bill returns to the Fargo country to take his brother's place and is welcomed by law-abiding cattleman MacKenzie (Jack Ingram)) and his daughter Kathy (Phyllis Coates). The leader of the ruthless cattle interests are townsman Austin (Arthur Space) and his henchmen Red (Myron Healey), Link (Robert J. Wilke) and Albord (Terry Frost). Bill has the idea of putting up barbed wire to keep the herds from been driven over the land cultivated by the farmers. He, aided by Tad Sloan (Fuzzy Knight), produces the wire by make-shift methods, but it proves effective. The cattleman charge in court that the wire is dangerous to their herds but lose the case. Austin orders his men to seize Bill, bale him in strands of the wire, and throw him on the stage of the town hall during a fall festival. Bill doesn't take kindly to this and it precipitates open war.
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Kansas Territory
Title: Kansas Territory
Character: Joe Daniels (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: May 4, 1952
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Elliott goes after his brother's murderer!
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Waco
Title: Waco
Character: Matt Boone (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: February 24, 1952
Type: Movie
After killing a man in self defense over a poker game, Wild Bill Elliott turns outlaw in order to escape a lynch mob.
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The Longhorn
Title: The Longhorn
Character: Jim Kirk
Released: November 25, 1951
Type: Movie
A double-crossing cowboy and his gang of henchmen steal cattle, even from friends, in this classic Western.
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The Showdown
Title: The Showdown
Character: Shadrach Jones
Released: August 15, 1950
Type: Movie
Shadrach Jones, ex-Texas State Policeman, has the ruthless determination to find and kill the man who shot his brother in the back and stole the money with which he was to buy a ranch for the two of them. At the saloon-hotel run by Adelaide, Shadrach is convinced that one of the cowhands on the Captain McKellar cattle drive to Montana is his man. He takes the job of trail-herd boss to find the killer. McKellar preaches to Jones that he should forget revenge and let the law of retribution take care of the killer. Shadrach's hard driving of the men and his hunt for the killer makes him bitterly hated, and his retribution quest ends in a manner he did not anticipated.
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The Savage Horde
Title: The Savage Horde
Character: Ringo
Released: May 22, 1950
Type: Movie
A charismatic gunfighter who is on the run takes refuge in a frontier cattle town and attempts to help a group of ranchers against a wealthy cattle baron.
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The Marshall of Trail City
Title: The Marshall of Trail City
Character: Wild Bill Elliott
Released: May 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A peaceable man becomes marshal of his town at the end of a cattle trail and faces the problems of law enforcement with trail drovers and gunhands.
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Hellfire
Title: Hellfire
Character: Zeb Smith
Released: May 29, 1949
Type: Movie
Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant for him, Zeb vows to fulfill the preacher's mission of building a church. Frustrated in his attempts to get donations, Zeb attempts to capture fugitive Doll Brown in order to obtain the reward. But he finds that there's more to Doll than meets the eye. When his old friend Bucky McLean shows up gunning for Doll, Zeb sees a chance to redeem them all... one way or another.
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The Last Bandit
Title: The Last Bandit
Character: Frank Norris / Frank Plummer (as William Elliott)
Released: February 25, 1949
Type: Movie
About to marry Jim Plummer, Kate Foley runs off to Nevada when Ed Bagley convinces her a quick fortune can be made robbing gold shipments that are being transported by the railroad. In Bannock City she meets reformed-bandit Frank Plummer, posing as Frank Norris, brother of Jim Plummer, who has being going straight and working as an express shipment guard. Jim also shows up and plans a robbery by stealing a train and hiding it in an abandoned tunnel. The two brothers are on opposite sides of the law with the now-reformed Kate caught in the middle.
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The Gallant Legion
Title: The Gallant Legion
Character: Gary Conway
Released: May 24, 1948
Type: Movie
When power-hungry Faulkner and Leroux want to divide Texas into smaller sections, instead of allowing it to enter the Union as a single state, Gary Conway and the Texas Rangers must step in to thwart their chicanery.
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Old Los Angeles
Title: Old Los Angeles
Character: Bill Stockton (as William Elliott)
Released: April 24, 1948
Type: Movie
Also known as California Outpost, Old Los Angeles stars Bill Elliot in one of his expanded-budget Republic "specials." The film is set during the early statehood days of California, with Elliot keeping the peace and warding off plunderers and marauders. As always, Elliot is a "peaceable man"--until he beats the tar out of those who rile him. The problem with Elliot's more expensive Republic vehicles is that action invariably took a back seat to plot, romance, costumes and decor. Within a year of Old Los Angeles, Elliot started a more austere, less prettified and far superior western series.
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The Fabulous Texan
Title: The Fabulous Texan
Character: Josie Allen
Released: November 9, 1947
Type: Movie
A couple of Confederate soldiers, returning home from the Civil War, find Texas transformed into an armed camp with a quasi-dictator gathering up land and power as fast as he can. The two former Rebels take on this despot each in his own way.
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Wyoming
Title: Wyoming
Character: Charles Alderson
Released: July 28, 1947
Type: Movie
Small ranchers battle against a land baron trying to take their spreads.
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The Plainsman and the Lady
Title: The Plainsman and the Lady
Character: Sam Colton
Released: November 11, 1946
Type: Movie
Film about the early days of the Pony Express and the crooked businessman who opposed it.
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Conquest of Cheyenne
Title: Conquest of Cheyenne
Character: Red Ryder
Released: July 29, 1946
Type: Movie
Red Ryder and his comical sidekick take on a new batch of bad-guys in this western, the 16th in the Red Ryder series. This time the heroic duo try to save a female rancher from a greedy financier who wants her land so he can exploit the enormous oil fields lying under it.
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In Old Sacramento
Title: In Old Sacramento
Character: Johnny Barrett / Spanish Jack
Released: May 31, 1946
Type: Movie
Dashing Johnny Barrett has a secret identity: Spanish Jack, the masked bandit. Always one step ahead of the law, Barrett effortlessly balances his double life--robbing by night, romancing by day and always with a smile. But when the woman he loves begins to suspect him and the young man he befriends is arrested for being him, it's time for Johnny to rethink his priorities.
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Sun Valley Cyclone
Title: Sun Valley Cyclone
Character: Red Ryder
Released: May 10, 1946
Type: Movie
In this western, Red Ryder rounds up a gang of horse thieves who have been stealing cavalry horses.
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Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Title: Sheriff of Redwood Valley
Character: Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: March 29, 1946
Type: Movie
Redwood Valley residents raise $50,000 for blasting a mountain tunnel to bring a new railroad there. Town leader Bidwell engineers a plot to steal the money and to blame it on the Reno Kid (Bob Steele) who has recently broken out of prison in order to clear himself of false charges that sent him there and caused him to lose his ranch. The badly-wounded sheriff turns his badge over to Red Ryder. Reno visits his wife, Molly and their ailing son Johnny, and Red, also wounded, is brought there by Little Beaver. There, Red begins to believe Reno's story about being innocent. Written by Les Adams
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California Gold Rush
Title: California Gold Rush
Character: Red Ryder
Released: February 4, 1946
Type: Movie
California Gold Rush is set in 1849. Ryder heads to Sutter's Mill, where he must contend with claim-jumping and treachery.
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Wagon Wheels Westward
Title: Wagon Wheels Westward
Character: Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: December 21, 1945
Type: Movie
In this western, Red Ryder leads a wagon train of homesteaders into a ghost town and discovers that it has become an outlaw's hideout.
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Colorado Pioneers
Title: Colorado Pioneers
Character: Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: November 14, 1945
Type: Movie
An interesting entry in Republic Pictures' long-running "Red Ryder" B-Western series, this film is not about hardy settlers braving the Colorado winters, as the title would suggest. Instead it's a sort of Reform School Western about a couple of wayward Chicago boys (Billy Cummings and Freddie Chapman) taken in by Ryder's indomitable aunt, "The Duchess" (Alice Fleming.) The boys escaped their very own "Fagin," Bull Reagan (Roy Barcroft), and were given a second chance on the lady's Western ranch. Unfortunately, Reagan returns to do a bit of cattle rustling, once again luring the boys into becoming his accomplices.
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Marshal of Laredo
Title: Marshal of Laredo
Character: Red Ryder
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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Phantom of the Plains
Title: Phantom of the Plains
Character: Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: September 7, 1945
Type: Movie
Red Ryder tries to warn a duchess that her newfound beau has a history of murdering his wives.
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Bells of Rosarita
Title: Bells of Rosarita
Character: Wild Bill Elliott
Released: June 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Sue Farnum inherits a circus, but her dead father's partner is trying to take it away from her. Roy and Bob Nolan are filming a movie on location at the circus. They and a number of other western movie stars come to Sue's aid, putting on a show and catching the bad guys.
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Lone Texas Ranger
Title: Lone Texas Ranger
Character: Red Ryder
Released: May 20, 1945
Type: Movie
"Iron Mike" Haines (Tom Chatterton), a crooked sheriff, and "Hands" Weber (Roy Barcroft), the town blacksmith, are in cahoots and have been robbing stages, silver mines, etc., and framing innocent ranchers and cowhands with their deeds. They set out to rob the stage and frame Red Ryder (Bill Elliott as Wild Bill Elliott) for it, but the plan backfires and the sheriff is killed. The sheriff's son, Tommy (Jack McClendon), arrives home from college and is given his dad's job, not knowing he was a crook, and swears to get the man who killed him. Weber tells Tommy that Red killed his dad and Tommy sets out to get Red.
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Great Stagecoach Robbery
Title: Great Stagecoach Robbery
Character: Red Ryder
Released: February 15, 1945
Type: Movie
In this western, Red Ryder tries to be a good example for a young man who idolizes his father, an outlaw. The boy wants to follow in his father's footsteps when the hero intervenes.
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Sheriff of Las Vegas
Title: Sheriff of Las Vegas
Character: Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: December 31, 1944
Type: Movie
In this western, brave Red Ryder and his sidekick save a murdered judge's son from going to jail by proving that someone else killed his father.
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Vigilantes of Dodge City
Title: Vigilantes of Dodge City
Character: Red Ryder
Released: November 15, 1944
Type: Movie
This "Red Ryder" entry stars Gordon "Wild Bill" Elliot as Ryder. The heroine is having troubles with the freight company that she owns. Time and again, her coaches are beset by hooded thieves. With Red Ryder on the job, the robbers haven't got a chance, but they put up a fight anyway.
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Cheyenne Wildcat
Title: Cheyenne Wildcat
Character: Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: September 30, 1944
Type: Movie
Bill Elliot is back as Red Ryder in Cheyenne Wildcat. Also back are Ryder's perennial cohorts Little Beaver (Bobby Blake, later Robert Blake of Baretta fame) and the Duchess (Alice Fleming). When not pummeling the bad guys, Ryder is the reluctant apex of a love triangle.
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San Antonio Kid
Title: San Antonio Kid
Character: Red Ryder (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: August 16, 1944
Type: Movie
A geologist has found oil on the neighboring ranches and teams up with Ace who has his gang create a reign of terror to get the ranchers to sell out. But to get rid of Red Ryder, Ace sends for the San Antonio Kid. Arriving, the Kid has a freak accident and Red comes along to save his life. When the Kid later meets with Ace he learns that Red is the man he has been paid to kill. Written by Maurice Van Auken
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Marshal of Reno
Title: Marshal of Reno
Character: Red Ryder
Released: July 2, 1944
Type: Movie
One of two towns will be selected to be the County Seat and Editor Palmer has a gang working to make sure his town is chosen. Investigating the lawlessness, Red Ryder poses as an outlaw to get into the gang hoping to find out who the boss is. But Palmer knows Red and exposes his true identity when he arrives and Red and Gabby then find themselves prisoners of the gang. [Written by Maurice Van Auken]
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Tucson Raiders
Title: Tucson Raiders
Character: Red Ryder
Released: May 14, 1944
Type: Movie
In Elliot's initial appearance as Red Ryder, he finds himself framed for murder. Little Beaver then foils the crooked Sheriff's attempt to have Red killed escaping jail. When Hannah Rogers gives the Sheriff a note, Red sees her give him a signal. Gabby lifts the note and Red decodes it. The Duchess then gets a confession from Hannah enabling Red to set out after the outlaws.
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Hidden Valley Outlaws
Title: Hidden Valley Outlaws
Character: Bill Elliott
Released: April 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Lawyer Leland is using land rights to kick the ranchers off their land. When Wild Bill and Gabby arrive to help the ranchers, he has actor Percel frame them for murder and then incites the townsmen to lynch them.
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Mojave Firebrand
Title: Mojave Firebrand
Character: Wild Bill Elliott (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: March 19, 1944
Type: Movie
In this western, a crusty old sourdough finally finds the silver mine of his dreams only to find his mine threatened by vicious outlaws. Fortunately, a cowboy hero rides up to save him, but not until considerable rootin' tootin' action.
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Death Valley Manhunt
Title: Death Valley Manhunt
Character: Marshal Wild Bill Elliott (as Wild Bill Elliott)
Released: November 25, 1943
Type: Movie
Unknown to oil company president Ross, his man Quinn is pulling a swindle on the independent drillers. Quinn controls both the Judge and the Marshal. But when the Marshal is accidentally killed, Wild Bill Elliott is brought in as the new Marshal and things begin to change.
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Overland Mail Robbery
Title: Overland Mail Robbery
Character: Wild Bill Elliott
Released: November 20, 1943
Type: Movie
The Hartley--Goodrich stage line suffers a double blow when its founders, Frank Hartley and Marcus Goodrich, are killed during robbery attempts. Goodrich's daughter Judith and the company foreman, Gabby Hayes, are determined to keep the business going, despite debt caused by the string of attacks.
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Wagon Tracks West
Title: Wagon Tracks West
Character: Wild Bill Elliott
Released: August 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Cowboys side with an Indian doctor against crooks and bad water.
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Bordertown Gun Fighters
Title: Bordertown Gun Fighters
Character: Wild Bill Elliott
Released: July 8, 1943
Type: Movie
Cameo Shelby is running a crooked lottery out of El Paso and treasury agent Bill Elliott has been sent to break it up. When Bill intercepts a shipment of tickets to New Mexico he forces Shelby to send incriminating papers in the next shipment. Bill captures these also and now has the evidence he needs to go after Shelby.
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The Man from Thunder River
Title: The Man from Thunder River
Character: Wild Bill Elliott
Released: June 11, 1943
Type: Movie
In this western, a cowboy and his pals must stop outlaws from stealing a cache of gold ore. Action ensues, and they succeed.
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Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Title: Calling Wild Bill Elliott
Character: Wild Bill Elliott
Released: April 30, 1943
Type: Movie
When territorial governor Steven Nichols (Herbert Heyes) terrorizes the population with violence and heavy taxes, the Culver family stands up to him, but after the family patriarch is murdered, wandering gunslinger Wild Bill Elliott (Wild Bill Elliott) is falsely accused of the crime.
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The Valley of Vanishing Men
Title: The Valley of Vanishing Men
Character: Wild Bill Tolliver
Released: December 17, 1942
Type: Movie
Prospector Henry Tolliver disappears and his son "Wild Bill" Tolliver comes looking for him.
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Vengeance of the West
Title: Vengeance of the West
Character: Joaquin Murietta aka The Black Shadow
Released: August 16, 1942
Type: Movie
Anita Morell arrives by stagecoach in a small California town to find her father murdered and his property being stolen by two unscrupulous townsmen. She receives help from a sympathetic lawman and from a masked rider known as "the Black Shadow" whose whip-scarred back is evidence of his own grudge against the townsmen.
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Prairie Gunsmoke
Title: Prairie Gunsmoke
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: July 16, 1942
Type: Movie
To win possession of the ranches he holds mortgages on, crooked banker Jim Kelton has his henchmen raid the ranches and stampede the cattle herds thereby ensuring the ranchers can't meet their notes. U. S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok arrives...
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The Devil's Trail
Title: The Devil's Trail
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: May 14, 1942
Type: Movie
Our heroes head to a wide-open town in search of a gang of desperadoes, headed by swarthy Noah Beery Jr. Along the way, Elliot and Ritter find time to pitch woo to leading lady Eileen O'Hearn. The Devil's Trail was based on a story with the more intriguing title "The Town in Hell's Backyard."
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North of the Rockies
Title: North of the Rockies
Character: Sergeant Bill Cameron
Released: April 2, 1942
Type: Movie
Morgan and his gang are smuggling furs across the border. Both the Mounties on the Canadian side and Tex Martin on the American side are after them. When Morgan sets up Tex to be found with furs, Mountie Bill arrests him. But he lets him go hoping he will lead him to the gang and eventually the two join forces.
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Bullets for Bandits
Title: Bullets for Bandits
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok / Prince Katey
Released: February 12, 1942
Type: Movie
In a saloon shooting, a cowboy thinks he killed Prince Katey, a man he closely resembles. Cannonball arrives and thinking the cowboy to be Katey, gets him to return to the Katey ranch where the mother is in trouble. She thinks her missing son has returned and even though the Sheriff is chasing him, he decides to take up the mother's fight against the man who is trying to throw her off the ranch.
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The Lone Star Vigilantes
Title: The Lone Star Vigilantes
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
It's Wild Bill Elliot as Wild Bill Hickok in the Columbia B-western Lone Star Vigilantes. Returning from Civil War duty, Hickok, Tex Martin and Cannonball find that their Texas home town is under the rule of Colonel Monroe, a bush-league dictator with his own police force. In true Hitlerian fashion, Monroe extorts huge sums of money from the populace, terrorizing them into silence. Our three heroes set about to put an end to Monroe's regime, with time out for Tex Ritter's musical interludes.
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Roaring Frontiers
Title: Roaring Frontiers
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: October 15, 1941
Type: Movie
U.S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok arrives in Goldfield to arrest Tex Martin, who has been accused of murdering the sheriff. "Hawk" Hammond, the man behind the sheriff's killing, sends his legions of henchmen to lynch Tex before the trail. Wild Bill and Tex escape to a stagecoach rest station run by Reba Bailey. There is a showdown battle at Hammond's saloon but not before Tex gets to sing two songs followed by a third one after the battle.
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King of Dodge City
Title: King of Dodge City
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: August 14, 1941
Type: Movie
The story takes place in Kansas, just after the Civil War. Wild Bill Hickok is summoned from Dodge City to Abilene, there to neutralize a crooked political machine. Hickok is aided every step of the way by Tex Rawlings, a seemingly harmless drifter who is appointed sheriff after proving his prowess with his six-guns.
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The Son of Davy Crockett
Title: The Son of Davy Crockett
Character: Dave Crockett
Released: July 15, 1941
Type: Movie
Dave Crockett (Bill Elliott) comes to the aid of ranchers living on the Yucca Strip, who want their area made part of the United States. A greedy land baron, however, wants the property as his own.
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Hands Across the Rockies
Title: Hands Across the Rockies
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: June 19, 1941
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Hickock and Cannonball help two young people in love and bring the murderer of Cannonball's father to justice.
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Tank Patrol
Title: Tank Patrol
Character: Bluey
Released: June 16, 1941
Type: Movie
Made in 1941, this stirring Ministry of Information dramatisation tells the story of a Crusader tank crew trapped behind enemy lines in the Desert. With no intercom, a wounded crewman and little fuel, they must fight their way through an Italian column to freedom.
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The Return of Daniel Boone
Title: The Return of Daniel Boone
Character: Wild Bill Boone
Released: May 7, 1941
Type: Movie
The scout's grandson foils land-grabbers; his sidekick flirts with twins.
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North from the Lone Star
Title: North from the Lone Star
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: March 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Hickock (William Elliott), aka The Peaceable Man, meters out justice in the tough town of Deadwood in this highly fictional western from Columbia. Unlike the historic character, Elliott's gunfighter survives his encounter with the South Dakota hellhole, where he arrives to aid beleaguered livery stable owner Clint Wilson (Richard Fiske) and his sister, Madge (Dorothy Fay), in their battle against self-appointed town czar "Flash" Kirby (Arthur Loft). But before he gets that far, there is a little matter of proving Kirby guilty of wrongdoing and to achieve that, Wild Bill earns the enmity of both the Wilsons.
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Across the Sierras
Title: Across the Sierras
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: February 13, 1941
Type: Movie
Elliott is hunted by Curtis who has spent six years behind bars because of his testimony. After knocking out several baddies and putting up with the zany antics of his sidekick Taylor, Elliott guns down his antagonist, but Luana Walters, the girl he almost marries, will not abide a gunslinger so Elliott is compelled to ride off alone into the sunset once more.
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The Wildcat of Tucson
Title: The Wildcat of Tucson
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: December 31, 1940
Type: Movie
When his brother Dave is put in jail, Bill Hickok returns to help him. Dave has been charged with attempted murder when the other man drew first. Judge Barlow put him there and Bill gets the Judge to confess. Bill learns that Rance McKee is behind all the trouble and he forces the Judge into the decisions he wants. So Bill heads out by himself to face McKee in the showdown.
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Beyond the Sacramento
Title: Beyond the Sacramento
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: November 11, 1940
Type: Movie
Bill learns that two con artists whom he has dealt with before are at it again. Crowley runs the saloon and Adams the newspaper and both are highly respected by the citizens. Bill has foiled their schemes before and this time he breaks into Adams' office and resets the front page saying Adams confesses to be a fugitive criminal. When the citizens gather the next day the end is near for Adams and Crowley.
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Prairie Schooners
Title: Prairie Schooners
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: September 29, 1940
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) leads a wagon train of settlers from Kansas to Colorado. Along the way, they cross a group of Indians who don't want any more settlers on their land.
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The Return of Wild Bill
Title: The Return of Wild Bill
Character: Wild Bill Saunders
Released: June 26, 1940
Type: Movie
When Matt Kilgore and his men frame and then hang an innocent man, Lige Saunders sends for his son Wild Bill Saunders who arrives to find his father shot by Matt's brother. When the brother is killed in his fight with Bill, Matt sends two fake Deputies to arrest Bill whom he then plans to hang. But Matt's sister, attracted to Bill, overhears the plan and rides for help.
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The Man from Tumbleweeds
Title: The Man from Tumbleweeds
Character: Wild Bill Saunders
Released: May 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Saunders recruits a team of paroled convicts to subdue a lawless gang.
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Pioneers of the Frontier
Title: Pioneers of the Frontier
Character: Wild Bill Saunders
Released: February 14, 1940
Type: Movie
Wild Bill Saunders discovers that his uncle Mort has been murdered by an unscrupulous ranch foreman, Matt Brawley. But before he can right Brawley's wrongs, Wild Bill is arrested for a murder he didn't commit. Sidekick Cannonball Sims and disgruntled girl rancher Joan Darcy plot to break Wild Bill out of jail but Brawley is wise to their plan.
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The Taming of the West
Title: The Taming of the West
Character: Wild Bill Saunders
Released: December 7, 1939
Type: Movie
When the marshal of the lawless town of Prairie Port is shot while trying to break up a saloon brawl, Wild Bill Saunders, a newcomer to town, rides in pursuit of Turkey, the marshal's assailant.
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The Roaring Twenties
Title: The Roaring Twenties
Character: Bootlegger (uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1939
Type: Movie
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of cabs through delivery of bootleg liquor and hires Lloyd as his lawyer. George becomes Eddie's partner and the rackets flourish until love and rivalry interfere.
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Overland with Kit Carson
Title: Overland with Kit Carson
Character: Kit Carson
Released: July 21, 1939
Type: Movie
When Pegleg and his Black Raiders threaten the westward expansion of the United States, the government sends Kit Carson and David Brent to straighten things out.
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Frontiers of '49
Title: Frontiers of '49
Character: John Freeman
Released: January 19, 1939
Type: Movie
In California in 1848, Brunton through his stooge Sheriff is evicting the Mexicans from their ranches. Major John Freeman and his troops arrive to investigate. Keeping his troops hidden and appearing out of uniform, he takes up the fight against Brunton. He helps a rancher who has been evicted before his taxes were due only to find him murdered and this leads to the showdown between Brunton's men and the soldiers.
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Letter of Introduction
Title: Letter of Introduction
Character: Backgammon Man (uncredited)
Released: August 5, 1938
Type: Movie
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establish his relationship with her while also trying to hide the fact that she is his daughter from the press.
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The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Title: The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Character: 'Wild' Bill Hickok
Released: June 30, 1938
Type: Movie
A group of "Phantom Raiders" interfere with a cattle drive from Texas to Abilene; fortunately, U.S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok is appointed to ensure the success of the mission.
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The Lady in the Morgue
Title: The Lady in the Morgue
Character: Chauncey Courtland
Released: April 22, 1938
Type: Movie
A detective investigates the disappearance of a girl's body from the city morgue.
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Boy of the Streets
Title: Boy of the Streets
Character: Dr. Allan
Released: January 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Cocky young street kid worships his father, a sleazy political operative.
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Love Takes Flight
Title: Love Takes Flight
Character: Bill Parker
Released: November 5, 1937
Type: Movie
A commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.
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Roll Along, Cowboy
Title: Roll Along, Cowboy
Character: Odie Fenton
Released: October 18, 1937
Type: Movie
Singing cowboy Randy shows up at Mrs. Blake's ranch. She is beset by bad guys, and Randy loves her daughter Janet.
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Boots and Saddles
Title: Boots and Saddles
Character: Jim Neale
Released: October 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Young Englishman inherits ranch which he wants to sell, but Gene's gonna turn him into a real westerner instead. When new owner Spud arrives from England, Autry convinces him not to sell the ranch but to raise horses for the Army. When both Autry's and Neale's bids are the same, the Colonel calls for a race to decide the winner. But that night Neale has Autry's stable burned.
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Title: Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Character: Bruce Thomas
Released: September 17, 1937
Type: Movie
Social butterfly marries Park Avenue doctor and learns that his nurse is in love with him.
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You Can't Have Everything
Title: You Can't Have Everything
Character: Lulu's Bathing Companion (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Starving playwright Judith Wells meets playboy writer of musicals, George Macrae, over a plate of stolen spaghetti. He persuades producer Sam Gordon to buy her ridiculous play "North Winds" just to improve his romantic chances, and even persuades her to sing in the sort of show she pretends to despise. But just when their romance is going well, Gordon's former flame Lulu reveals the ace up her sleeve...
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Michael O'Halloran
Title: Michael O'Halloran
Character: Little Lord Fauntleroy (uncredited)
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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Melody for Two
Title: Melody for Two
Character: Walter Wilson
Released: May 1, 1937
Type: Movie
A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
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Swing It Professor
Title: Swing It Professor
Character: Randall
Released: March 13, 1937
Type: Movie
A music professor is fired from his job for not knowing enough about modern "swing" music. He goes to Chicago to learn more about the subject in hopes of getting his job back, but he winds up getting mixed up with gangsters.
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Midnight Court
Title: Midnight Court
Character: City Attorney Seabrook
Released: March 6, 1937
Type: Movie
After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
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Guns of the Pecos
Title: Guns of the Pecos
Character: Wellman, a Dude
Released: December 28, 1936
Type: Movie
A singing cowboy (Dick Foran) thwarts a thieving judge and courts a woman (Anne Nagel) in Texas.
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King of Hockey
Title: King of Hockey
Character: 2nd Radio Announcer
Released: December 19, 1936
Type: Movie
Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.
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Fugitive in the Sky
Title: Fugitive in the Sky
Character: Ramon Duval
Released: November 28, 1936
Type: Movie
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
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Polo Joe
Title: Polo Joe
Character: Don Trumbeau
Released: November 4, 1936
Type: Movie
A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.
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The Case of the Black Cat
Title: The Case of the Black Cat
Character: Sam Laxter
Released: October 31, 1936
Type: Movie
Lawyer Perry Mason is summoned to the Laxter mansion in the dead of night to write granddaughter Wilma out of invalid Peter Laxter's will, to keep her from marrying suspected fortune hunter Doug. Peter dies in a mysterious fire and Laxter's two grandsons, Sam Laxter and Frank Oafley, inherit his estate on the condition old caretaker Schuster and his cat Clinker are kept on. When cat-hating Sam threatens Clinker, Perry steps in and learns Laxter's death was suspicious and the family fortune and diamonds are missing. Schuster's found dead in his basement apartment, Laxter's nurse Louise is murdered with Schuster's crutch, and circumstantial evidence brings Doug to trial for Louise's death. Mason's investigation produces a surprise witness who turns the trial around. Written by Sister Grimm
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Down the Stretch
Title: Down the Stretch
Character: Robert Bates
Released: September 18, 1936
Type: Movie
A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
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Trailin' West
Title: Trailin' West
Character: Jefferson Duane
Released: September 4, 1936
Type: Movie
A singing secret agent tracks down renegades at President Lincoln's request.
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China Clipper
Title: China Clipper
Character: Pilot (uncredited)
Released: August 11, 1936
Type: Movie
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
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Two Against the World
Title: Two Against the World
Character: News Commentator (uncredited)
Released: July 11, 1936
Type: Movie
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to air a serial based on a past murder, tormenting a woman involved.
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The Case of the Velvet Claws
Title: The Case of the Velvet Claws
Character: Carl Griffin
Released: July 3, 1936
Type: Movie
Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000.
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The Big Noise
Title: The Big Noise
Character: Sharp, Board of Directors Member (uncredited)
Released: June 22, 1936
Type: Movie
The Big Noise is retired textile manufacturer Julius Trent (Guy Kibbee). Seeking a new outlet for his entrepreneurial energies, Trent buys a half interest in a thriving dry-cleaning establishment. This gets him mixed up with a gang of protection racketeers, who promise dire consequences if Trent doesn't dance to their tune.
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Murder by an Aristocrat
Title: Murder by an Aristocrat
Character: Dave Thatcher (as Gordon Elliott)
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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Bullets or Ballots
Title: Bullets or Ballots
Character: Hunter - Bank Worker (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1936
Type: Movie
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.
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The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Title: The Murder of Dr. Harrigan
Character: Kenneth Martin
Released: January 11, 1936
Type: Movie
A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator.
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Dangerous
Title: Dangerous
Released: December 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Dan Bellows finds former stage star Joyce Heath a penniless drunk and takes her to his Connecticut home for rehabilitation. He asks his fiancée Gail to free him and offers to sponsor Joyce in a play.
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Man of Iron
Title: Man of Iron
Character: Charlie Fagan
Released: December 21, 1935
Type: Movie
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.
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Broadway Hostess
Title: Broadway Hostess
Character: Playboy in 'Playboy of Paree' Number (uncredited)
Released: December 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
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Stars Over Broadway
Title: Stars Over Broadway
Character: Minor Role
Released: November 23, 1935
Type: Movie
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
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Moonlight on the Prairie
Title: Moonlight on the Prairie
Character: Jeff Holt
Released: November 2, 1935
Type: Movie
A singing medicine-show cowboy and his magician partner catch a killer.
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Personal Maid's Secret
Title: Personal Maid's Secret
Character: Warren Sherrill
Released: October 26, 1935
Type: Movie
A longtime maid for New York socialites watches from afar as the daughter she once gave up is raised by others. Director Arthur Greville Collins' 1935 film stars Ruth Donnelly, Anita Louise, Margaret Lindsay, Warren Hull, Frank Albertson, Arthur Treacher, Ronnie Crosby, Henry O'Neill, Lillian Kemble Cooper and Gordon Elliott.
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Dr. Socrates
Title: Dr. Socrates
Character: Tom Collins - Greer's Associate
Released: October 19, 1935
Type: Movie
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor in a small town that has a gangster's hideout.
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The Goose and the Gander
Title: The Goose and the Gander
Character: Teddy
Released: September 21, 1935
Type: Movie
When Georgiana Summers learns that the woman who stole and married her husband is planning a romantic tryst with a new love, she hatches a giddy plot to expose the rendezvous and pay her back.
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Page Miss Glory
Title: Page Miss Glory
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: September 7, 1935
Type: Movie
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer.
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Bright Lights
Title: Bright Lights
Character: Backstage Actor
Released: July 27, 1935
Type: Movie
Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.
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Broadway Gondolier
Title: Broadway Gondolier
Character: Reporter
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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The Girl from 10th Avenue
Title: The Girl from 10th Avenue
Character: James, Clerk at College Club
Released: June 1, 1935
Type: Movie
When his fiancée Valentine dumps him, prominent lawyer Geoffrey Sherwood goes on a bender and winds up married to a stranger, Miriam Brady. They decide to give their marriage a chance. Their landlady, a one-time Floradora girl, offers to help Miriam become refined. Successful again, Geoffrey is approached ("if only we were free") by Valentine. Miriam tells Valentine off in no uncertain terms. Geoffrey moves into his club where Valentine's husband tells him he is a fool to leave Miriam
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'G' Men
Title: 'G' Men
Character: Bootlegger Who Gives Eddie the Bottle Outside the Club (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1935
Type: Movie
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a friend of his is gunned down by a notorious criminal, Brick decides to abandon the exercise of the law and join the Department of Justice to capture the murderer.
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Go Into Your Dance
Title: Go Into Your Dance
Character: Jackson's Secretary / Dorothy's Dance Partner
Released: April 20, 1935
Type: Movie
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
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Traveling Saleslady
Title: Traveling Saleslady
Character: Freddie
Released: March 28, 1935
Type: Movie
A toothpaste magnate's mischievous daughter, tired of her father's traditional ways of conducting business, joins forces with her father's rival and a crazy inventor. Together they create "Cocktail Toothpaste". The new concoction tastes like whiskey in the morning, a martini at suppertime, and champagne at night.
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A Night at the Ritz
Title: A Night at the Ritz
Character: Vincent's Assistant (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1935
Type: Movie
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
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While the Patient Slept
Title: While the Patient Slept
Character: Bank Teller (uncredited)
Released: March 9, 1935
Type: Movie
A murder happens when greedy relatives gather to await the demise of their wealthy and very ill family patriarch.
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The Woman in Red
Title: The Woman in Red
Character: Stuart Wyatt
Released: February 16, 1935
Type: Movie
A professional jockey struggles to fit in with her new husband's upper-crust family in this horsy-set drama.
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The Right to Live
Title: The Right to Live
Character: Wedding Guest
Released: January 26, 1935
Type: Movie
A man with a broken back dies after his wife has an affair with his brother.
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The Payoff
Title: The Payoff
Character: Maxine's Casino Escort (uncredited)
Released: January 9, 1935
Type: Movie
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.
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The Secret Bride
Title: The Secret Bride
Character: Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of bribe-taking. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue becomes more involved, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.
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Murder in the Clouds
Title: Murder in the Clouds
Character: Lt. Saunders
Released: December 15, 1934
Type: Movie
Bob Halsey is a first-rate pilot who's in love with stewardess Judy Wagner. He's ordered to deliver a secret formula to Washington, D.C., but a spy hears about the assignment and sabotages it by murdering Bob's fellow flyers and making off with the liquid. While the government conducts a vast search for the formula, the spies entangle Judy in their web of deceit, causing Bob to set off on his own in an effort to save his sweetheart and retrieve the missing mixture.
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A Lost Lady
Title: A Lost Lady
Character: Polo Match Spectator (uncredited)
Released: September 29, 1934
Type: Movie
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
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The Case of the Howling Dog
Title: The Case of the Howling Dog
Character: Reporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Released: September 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign that there is a death in the neighborhood. He also wants a will written giving his estate to the lady living at the neighbors house. It is all very mysterious and by the next day, his will is changed and Cartwright is missing, as is the lady of the house next door. Perry has a will and a retainer and must find out whether he has a client or a beneficiary.
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Desirable
Title: Desirable
Character: Party Guest
Released: September 8, 1934
Type: Movie
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love.
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The Merry Frinks
Title: The Merry Frinks
Character: Dancer (uncredited)
Released: May 26, 1934
Type: Movie
An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
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Smarty
Title: Smarty
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1934
Type: Movie
Vicki Wallace takes great pleasure in teasing her husband Tony who takes no pleasure at all in being teased and it isn't long before he ups and clips her on the chin. Vicki's friend and attorney Vernon Thorpe secures a divorce for her, and Vicki and Vernon are soon married. Vicki's yen for wearing revealing clothes and a penchant for inviting ex-husband to dinner soon provokes the easily-provoked Vernon into belting one on her himself. She goes to Tony's apartment, where Tony is entertaining Bonnie, who is not all that entertained by the presence of Vicki, especially after Vicki shows every intent of moving in and staying.
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Registered Nurse
Title: Registered Nurse
Character: Male Nurse
Released: April 6, 1934
Type: Movie
In this sudsy hospital melodrama, a married nurse finds herself falling in love with one of two surgeons when her husband goes mad and needs an operation. One of the surgeon's regards his pursuit a lark, while the other harbors genuine affections for the nurse.
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Wonder Bar
Title: Wonder Bar
Character: Norman (uncredited)
Released: March 31, 1934
Type: Movie
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.
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Only Yesterday
Title: Only Yesterday
Character: New Year's Eve Reveler (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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Stage Mother
Title: Stage Mother
Character: Audience Member / Dexter's Party Guest
Released: September 29, 1933
Type: Movie
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.
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Handlebars
Title: Handlebars
Character: Bicyclist (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1933
Type: Movie
A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.
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Midnight Mary
Title: Midnight Mary
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: June 30, 1933
Type: Movie
A young woman is on trial for murder. In flashback, we learn of her struggles to overcome poverty as a teenager -- a mistaken arrest and prison term for shoplifting and lack of employment lead to involvement with gangsters. In a brothel, she meets a young lawyer, scion of a wealthy and prestigious family, who falls for her and helps her turn around her life. But her past catches up with her, and she must face the music rather than cause him scandal.
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Private Detective 62
Title: Private Detective 62
Character: Man at Roulette Table (Uncredited)
Released: June 10, 1933
Type: Movie
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
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Gold Diggers of 1933
Title: Gold Diggers of 1933
Character: Night Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: May 27, 1933
Type: Movie
Things get tough for Carol and her showgirl pals, Trixie and Polly, when the Great Depression kicks in and all the Broadway shows close down. Wealthy songwriter Brad saves the day by funding a new Depression-themed musical for the girls to star in, but when his stuffy high-society brother finds out and threatens to disown Brad, Carol and her gold-digging friends scheme to keep the show going, hooking a couple of millionaires along the way.
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The Little Giant
Title: The Little Giant
Character: Guest at Polly's Party (uncredited)
Released: May 20, 1933
Type: Movie
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary. He rescues Polly Cass from a horsefall and goes home to meet her dad who sells him some phony stock certificates. When he learns about this he sends to Chicago for mob help.
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The Keyhole
Title: The Keyhole
Character: Partygoer (uncredited)
Released: March 25, 1933
Type: Movie
A private eye specializing in divorce cases falls for the woman he's been hired to frame.
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Night After Night
Title: Night After Night
Character: Escort (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1932
Type: Movie
A former boxer purchases a classy speakeasy and falls in love with a wealthy society girl.
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A Successful Calamity
Title: A Successful Calamity
Character: Polo Player (uncredited)
Released: September 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Henry Wilton is an elderly millionaire saddled with his selfish young second wife Emmy 'Sweetie' Wilton and a pair of spoiled grown children, Peggy and Eddie. To test his family's mettle, Henry pretends to have gone broke. Just as he suspected they would, his children rally to their father's side and change their ways: Peggy forsakes the fortune hunter George Struthers for the nice young man she's really in love with, the polo coach Larry Rivers, while Eddie applies for a demanding job and performs admirably. Only Sweetie seems to desert Henry.
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Jewel Robbery
Title: Jewel Robbery
Character: Policeman Following Blonde (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1932
Type: Movie
A gentleman thief charms a Viennese baron's wife and also conducts a daring daylight robbery of a jeweller's shop.
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Bachelor's Affairs
Title: Bachelor's Affairs
Character: Ship's Passenger / Dance Extra (uncredited)
Released: June 26, 1932
Type: Movie
A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry but the man soon regrets his rash move when she's constantly bored and looking for dancing and excitement, leaving him feel his age. He conspires with a loyal friend to find a suitable man she might run away with so he can divorce her.
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Merrily We Go to Hell
Title: Merrily We Go to Hell
Character: Party Guest (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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The Rich Are Always with Us
Title: The Rich Are Always with Us
Character: Gambler (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.
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Scarface
Title: Scarface
Character: Man Outside Theatre (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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One Hour with You
Title: One Hour with You
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1932
Type: Movie
Andre and Colette Bertier are happily married. When Colette introduces her husband to her flirtatious best friend, Mitzi, he does his best to resist her advances. But she is persistent, and very cute, and he succumbs. Mitzi's husband wants to divorce her, and has been having her tailed. Andre gets caught, and must confess to his wife. But Colette has had problems resisting the attentions of another man herself, and they forgive each other.
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Vanity Fair
Title: Vanity Fair
Character: Bit Role
Released: March 15, 1932
Type: Movie
An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
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Lady with a Past
Title: Lady with a Past
Character: Alex Brown (Uncredited)
Released: February 19, 1932
Type: Movie
A wealthy girl hires a male escort to make one of her male friends jealous. She spreads rumours about her character that makes her popular amongst all bachelors in the city including her friend.
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The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Title: The Greeks Had a Word for Them
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Released: February 3, 1932
Type: Movie
A trio of money-hungry women rent a luxurious penthouse, spending their dough on drink and debonair clothing, backbiting and catfighting as they steal each other's boyfriends.
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The Mummy
Title: The Mummy
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1932
Type: Movie
An ancient Egyptian priest named Imhotep is revived when an archaeological expedition finds his mummy and one of the archaeologists accidentally reads an ancient life-giving spell. Imhotep escapes from the field site and searches for the reincarnation of the soul of his lover.
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Delicious
Title: Delicious
Character: Larry's Friend
Released: December 27, 1931
Type: Movie
A comic group of Europeans coming to the USA have romantic and immigration troubles.
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Working Girls
Title: Working Girls
Character: Dance Extra / Lobby Extra
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June, move into the Rolf House for Homeless Girls in New York. With June's help, Mae obtains a job as a stenographer for the scientist Joseph von Schraeder, while June gets work as a telegraph operator at Western Union.
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Left Over Ladies
Title: Left Over Ladies
Character: Escort (uncredited)
Released: September 30, 1931
Type: Movie
Two married couples are involved in divorce proceedings; Patricia and Ronny, who are still in love with each other, and Jerry and Amy who couldn't care less for each other. Patricia's friendship with "Duchess," a tragic, aging lady well versed in making mistakes, leads her and Ronny to the avoidance of a mistake.
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The Road to Reno
Title: The Road to Reno
Character: Party Boy
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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Blonde Crazy
Title: Blonde Crazy
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1931
Type: Movie
Adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice.
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Traveling Husbands
Title: Traveling Husbands
Character: Hotel Dining Room Guest
Released: August 15, 1931
Type: Movie
A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
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Broadminded
Title: Broadminded
Character: Hotel Guest on Veranda
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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The Public Defender
Title: The Public Defender
Character: Country Club Guest
Released: August 1, 1931
Type: Movie
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.
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Sweepstakes
Title: Sweepstakes
Character: Night Club Patron
Released: July 10, 1931
Type: Movie
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
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Five and Ten
Title: Five and Ten
Character: Wedding Guest (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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Let's Do Things
Title: Let's Do Things
Character: Music Store Customer (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.
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Party Husband
Title: Party Husband
Character: Wedding Party Guest
Released: June 6, 1931
Type: Movie
Party Husband finds ex-Ziegfield Girl Dorothy playing the better half of a thoroughly “modern marriage” whose openness threatens to bring about its premature end. Fellow Ziegfield alum Mary Doran plays the coquette whose intended conquest of the free-thinking hubby (James Rennie) starts to throw the couple’s “understanding” awry.
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Born to Love
Title: Born to Love
Character: Hotel Dancer (uncredited)
Released: April 17, 1931
Type: Movie
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
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God's Gift to Women
Title: God's Gift to Women
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)
Released: April 13, 1931
Type: Movie
A notorious womanizer sets his sights on a pretty American tourist, only to be told by his doctor that he must give up all romance for his health.
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Going Wild
Title: Going Wild
Character: Physical Exam Onlooker
Released: December 21, 1930
Type: Movie
Rollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop. It is a case of mistaken identity as no one knows what Story looks like. So they get free room and meals at the Palm Inn and everything is going well until they want Story to fly in the race on Saturday. Rollo has never even be up in a plane, never mind fly one, so he must figure a way out. But the girls have everything bet on his winning the race. Written by Tony Fontana
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Part Time Wife
Title: Part Time Wife
Character: Golfer (uncredited)
Released: November 30, 1930
Type: Movie
The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife Betty (Leila Hyams). For lack of anything else to do, Betty takes up golf, soon achieving professional status. Meanwhile, Jim's doctor advises him to start playing golf as an outlet for his frustrations. Sure enough, Jim and Betty are reteamed on the links, and all is well -- for everyone except Betty's erstwhile beau Tommy Milligan (Tom Clifford)
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Sunny
Title: Sunny
Character: One of Tom's War Buddies
Released: November 9, 1930
Type: Movie
A showgirl falls for a society boy but has to win over his family.
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The Truth About Youth
Title: The Truth About Youth
Character: Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 3, 1930
Type: Movie
A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.
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What Men Want
Title: What Men Want
Character: Party Boy
Released: July 12, 1930
Type: Movie
A playboy's mistress falls in love with another man. Her younger sister arrives in town. Complications ensue.
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She Who Gets Slapped
Title: She Who Gets Slapped
Character: Poker Player
Released: May 15, 1930
Type: Movie
A meek husband takes lessons on how to take control of his dominating wife.
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The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Title: The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
Released: May 2, 1930
Type: Movie
The sinister Dr. Fu Manchu returns to destroy the people he holds responsible for the death of his family.
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The Girl Said No
Title: The Girl Said No
Character: Wedding Guest
Released: March 15, 1930
Type: Movie
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.
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Lord Byron of Broadway
Title: Lord Byron of Broadway
Character: Party-Goer
Released: February 28, 1930
Type: Movie
A talented songwriter gets his inspiration for songs from others and not from within himself. He is oblivious that he may harm other people when he uses their stories or their love for himself.
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Broadway Scandals
Title: Broadway Scandals
Character: George Halloway
Released: November 10, 1929
Type: Movie
Ted Howard, a vaudevillian left, stranded in a tank town. A local girl, Mary (Sally O'Neil), proposes to finance a new act with her savings and the team succeeds in a minor way until Ted is discovered by Broadway femme fatale Valeska (Carmel Myers). Not wishing to stand in her partner's way, Mary nobly resigns from the act and instead accepts a minor role in the show. She proves a sensation on opening night, however, and a jealous Valeska demands her ousted. But Ted, who is in love with Mary, reorganizes their old act and they begin a new life together as man and wife.
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Night Parade
Title: Night Parade
Character: Party Guest
Released: October 27, 1929
Type: Movie
Bobby Martin, a young middleweight champion boxer, is an honest and decent fighter. However, a dishonest but beautiful woman uses every trick to ensnare him.
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The Great Divide
Title: The Great Divide
Character: Ruth's Friend (uncredited)
Released: September 15, 1929
Type: Movie
Stephen Ghent, a mineowner, falls in love with Ruth Jordan, an arrogant girl from the East, unaware that she is the daughter of his dead partner. Ruth is vacationing in Arizona and Mexico with a fast set of friends, including her fiancé, Edgar. Manuella, a Spanish halfbreed hopelessly in love with Ghent, causes Ruth to return to her fiancé when she insinuates that Ghent belongs to her. Ghent follows Ruth, kidnaps her, and takes her into the wilderness to endure hardship. There she discovers that she loves Ghent, and she discards Edgar in favor of him.
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Restless Youth
Title: Restless Youth
Character: George Baxter
Released: November 30, 1928
Type: Movie
Innocent co-ed Dixie is unjustly expelled for unladylike activities by college chairman John Neil, (who also happens to be the local District Attorney). Dixie uses an employment agency to unknowingly land a job with Neil's attorney son, Bruce. A romance develops between the two until they go to meet the old man, who promptly forces Dixie to break up with Bruce because of her 'sordid' past. Bruce will have none of it, so to get him to drop her she attempts to get 'caught' in an innocent date with her employment agency contact, Haines. Unfortunately, Haines has different ideas about their encounter and will not take "no" for an answer so Dixie is forced to clock him with an urn, killing him. Dixie's trial for murder leads to a courtroom confrontation between father and son, with her fate resting in the balance.
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The Boy Friend
Title: The Boy Friend
Character: Gordon Elliot
Released: November 10, 1928
Type: Movie
The pretty daughter of a bank clerk meets a handsome college student who attempts to romance her. Due to the comical nature of the two kids meeting, the father suspects the student to be of ill repute and he and his wife conspire to scare him away by acting crazy.
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The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Title: The Private Life of Helen of Troy
Character: Telemachus
Released: December 9, 1927
Type: Movie
Setting the standard for his later light-hearted biopics The Private Life of Henry VIII and Rembrandt, producer-director Alexander Korda steadfastly refuses to take any of The Private Life of Helen of Troy seriously. Maria Corda, wife of the director, plays the title character as a fetchingly underdressed coquette, oblivious to all the political turmoil she's causing when she allows the handsome Paris (Ricardo Cortez) to kidnap her. Meanwhile, poor King Menelaus (Lewis Stone), Helen's husband, stands by in stoic silence, just as he's done on previous occasions when his wife succumbed to the charms of various sexy suitors (one of whom is played by future cowboy star "Wild Bill" Elliot). Finally galvanized into action, Menelaus reclaims his bride, who seems none the worse for wear for her experiences.
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The Arizona Wildcat
Title: The Arizona Wildcat
Character: Roy Schyler (as Gordon Elliott)
Released: November 20, 1927
Type: Movie
Tom Mix plays a California breeder of polo ponies in love with a society gal. The cowboy saves the day when a member of her brother's polo team is injured during an important match. Mix immediately replaces him and amazes the audience with his spectacular riding stunts.
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The Drop Kick
Title: The Drop Kick
Character: Aggressive Student at Dance
Released: September 25, 1927
Type: Movie
College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent visit to a woman whose husband kills himself.
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Children of Divorce
Title: Children of Divorce
Character: Party Guest
Released: April 25, 1927
Type: Movie
A young flapper tricks her childhood sweetheart into marrying her. He really loves another woman, but didn't marry her for fear the marriage would end in divorce, like his parents'. Complications ensue.
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The Shamrock Handicap
Title: The Shamrock Handicap
Character: Well-Wishing Villager
Released: May 2, 1926
Type: Movie
Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate. He is forced to sell off part of his racing stable to a wealthy American, who takes along Gaffney's jockey Neil Ross as part of the bargain. When Neil is crippled in a racing accident, Sir Miles and his daughter Sheila sail to America with their prize horse "Dark Rosaleen" in tow. The first film having an Irish motif that John Ford directed, a six reel delight set in Eire's County Kildare and in the United States, with a steeplechase background, mixing charged elements of comedy and sentimental drama.
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Title: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Character: Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1925
Type: Movie
Erstwhile childhood friends, Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults, this time with Roman officer Messala as conqueror and Judah as a wealthy, though conquered, Israelite. A slip of a brick during a Roman parade causes Judah to be sent off as a galley slave, his property confiscated and his mother and sister imprisoned. Years later, as a result of his determination to stay alive and his willingness to aid his Roman master, Judah returns to his homeland an exalted and wealthy Roman athlete. Unable to find his mother and sister, and believing them dead, he can think of nothing else than revenge against Messala.
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The Plastic Age
Title: The Plastic Age
Character: Athlete (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Hugh Carver is an athletic star and a freshman at Prescott College. He falls in love with Cynthia Day, a popular girl who loves to party, and finds that it's impossible to please her and still keep up with his studies and athletic training. Soon the two face some difficult decisions.