George Gray

George Gray

Born: October 30, 1894
Died: September 8, 1967
in Oakland, California, USA

Movies for George Gray...

Mr. Noisy
Title: Mr. Noisy
Character: Vendor (uncredited)
Released: March 22, 1946
Type: Movie
This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice.
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Crazy House
Title: Crazy House
Character: Fireman / Stooge
Released: October 8, 1943
Type: Movie
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie. The mere mention of Olsen and Johnson's names evacuates the studio and terrorizes the management and personnel. Undaunted, the comedians hire an assistant director and unknown talent, and set out to make their own movie.
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Arizona Trail
Title: Arizona Trail
Released: September 15, 1943
Type: Movie
A young cowboy returns home to help his father fight off a gang trying to take over the family ranch.
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Boobs in the Woods
Title: Boobs in the Woods
Character: Music Shop Employee (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1940
Type: Movie
Andy's annoying brother-in-law Gus gets him fired from his job, and then tag-a-longs on a vacation with Andy and his wife.
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The Heckler
Title: The Heckler
Character: Baseball Spectator
Released: February 16, 1940
Type: Movie
An obnoxious heckler at a baseball game infuriates everybody.
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Glove Slingers
Title: Glove Slingers
Character: Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Released: November 24, 1939
Type: Movie
A fighter trains for the big bout, and discovers that his opponent is his girlfriend's brother.
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Movie Maniacs
Title: Movie Maniacs
Character: Studio Employee (uncredited)
Released: February 20, 1936
Type: Movie
The stooges arrive in Hollywood hoping to make it in the movie business. They sneak into a movie studio where they are mistaken for three new executives who were due to arrive. After taking over production of a movie, causing the director and cast to walk off, Moe takes over as director, with Larry and Curly as the leading man and lady. When the real executives send a telegram explaining why they haven't arrived, the stooges must leave on the run.
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Flicker Fever
Title: Flicker Fever
Character: Swimmer (uncredited)
Released: September 20, 1935
Type: Movie
A family of out-of-work vaudeville performers are finding hard times in the east, so after hearing about the success of a fellow player in Hollywood, they decide to relocate to the movie capitol. Unfortunately, they find themselves equally unemployed there, staying at a n apartment complex filled with similar hopefuls. One day, an offer for an interview at a large studio for the eldest daughter is made, so the father goes on a frantic search, finally locating her at a pool party where he pushes one of the young men in the water, only to find out that the lad was the son of the studio boss.
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Uncivil Warriors
Title: Uncivil Warriors
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: April 26, 1935
Type: Movie
Set in the civil war, the stooges are spies for the north. They impersonate southern officers and infiltrate the enemy ranks to get valuable information. On the run when they are discovered, they hide in a cannon and are blown back to their northern headquarters.
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Too Many Highballs
Title: Too Many Highballs
Character: Police Clerk
Released: February 10, 1933
Type: Movie
Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ever since they moved in. To get his in-laws out of the house, Harold has regularly left a bottle of booze for Claude to be able to entertain prospective employers. When Harold learns that on all the other occasions the employers have not showed (he assumes there probably were no prospective employers) leaving Claude to consume the booze on his own, he decides to show Claude a lesson by spiking the bottle with castor oil. Complications ensue when Joe, Harold's friend, encourages him to skip work to attend the prize fight. What Joe doesn't tell Harold is that he tells his boss that Harold needs the day off to attend to the sudden death of his brother-in-law.
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Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife
Title: Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife
Character: Henry VIII's Storekeeper
Released: January 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A Mack Sennett-produced sound short about couples playing bridge through the ages.
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The Dentist
Title: The Dentist
Character: Benford's Golf Partner
Released: December 9, 1932
Type: Movie
An unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.
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Honeymoon Beach
Title: Honeymoon Beach
Character: Justice of the Peace
Released: October 22, 1932
Type: Movie
Glenn Tryon is at his Bachelor's Dinner, attended only by a dozen of his girl friends, prior to marrying Connie Watts but Ma Watts has plans for Connie to marry playboy Billy Bevan, who is unaware of Ma's intentions, as is Blondie who has plans of her own regarding Billy. The laughs here are only slightly less scarce than the chicken in the boarding house chicken-and-dumplings in "True Grit."
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Jimmy's New Yacht
Title: Jimmy's New Yacht
Character: George Winterbottom
Released: June 3, 1932
Type: Movie
A young lady is wooed by two men
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One More Chance
Title: One More Chance
Character: George Dobbs
Released: November 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Bing Bangs (Crosby) is a salesman for "Magic" washing machines and his demonstration of the machine at the beginning of the film results in disaster. Crosby later gains a transfer from Hoboken to California and he drives his wife Ethel and her Uncle Joe (who dislikes Bing) in an open car on the journey having many adventures en route. Uncle Joe presses Ethel to divorce Bing and marry a more desirable suitor called Percy Howard. Ethel, Joe and Percy are dining in a California night club when the announcer refers to the sponsor, the Magic Washing Machine Company and introduces their singer. It is Crosby and he sings "Just One More Chance" and he and Ethel reunite.
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Monkey Business in Africa
Title: Monkey Business in Africa
Character: Cameraman
Released: June 21, 1931
Type: Movie
When the story begins, an airplane flying over Africa runs out of gas and the filmmaker and his team are forced to bail out. Once on the ground, all sorts of hijinks occur...such as a fight with a crocodile and a guy in a gorilla suit.
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Midnight Daddies
Title: Midnight Daddies
Character: Everett
Released: October 3, 1930
Type: Movie
Midnight Daddies is a black-and-white comedy short.
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The Rodeo
Title: The Rodeo
Character: Radio Violinist
Released: March 24, 1929
Type: Movie
The film begins with a family at home having a meal. The biggest laugh involved some candles being substituted for asparagus and the hilarity that resulted when the people and dog at them. Later, the decide to go to the rodeo but 1001 problems occur on the way there in the car.
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Smile, Buttercup, Smile
Title: Smile, Buttercup, Smile
Character: Casper's Boss
Released: January 7, 1929
Type: Movie
The unhappily married couple head to divorce court where Toots tells a series of funny stories about Casper.
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The Bargain Hunt
Title: The Bargain Hunt
Character: Asst. Floor Walker
Released: October 14, 1928
Type: Movie
The Smith Family goes for bargain hunt at a warehouse sale.
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Motorboat Mamas
Title: Motorboat Mamas
Character: Mischievous Cabaret Reveller
Released: September 30, 1928
Type: Movie
Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.
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Run, Girl, Run
Title: Run, Girl, Run
Character: Track Announcer
Released: January 15, 1928
Type: Movie
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
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The College Kiddo
Title: The College Kiddo
Character: Horace Wilder - Teacher's Pet
Released: August 7, 1927
Type: Movie
The College Kiddo is a 1927 comedy short.
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Broke in China
Title: Broke in China
Character: Photographer
Released: April 23, 1927
Type: Movie
Donald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The proprietor believes he's a penniless ne'er-do-well - which he is - but he unexpectedly comes into a small windfall. So the proprietor orders slightly rough around the edges Maud and Mollie, two of his American good time girls working their way around the world, to get him to spend all his money while there. As Donald ends up telling the two good time girls his life story - most specifically about the blonde he let slip through his fingers, she who was the love of his life - a few revelations and the errant coin he left at the roulette wheel betting table change his life.
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Girls
Title: Girls
Character: Dean Watts Eaton Hugh
Released: March 27, 1927
Type: Movie
When the girls on campus learn that Tom Drake is so super-shy that he never kissed a girl, they begin betting which one will kiss him first. So the girls line up to try to get their lips on him. However, in this and subsequent scenes, crazy stuff keeps happening to prevent him from getting that kiss.
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The Battling Kangaroo
Title: The Battling Kangaroo
Character: Second Helper
Released: December 5, 1926
Type: Movie
Lige Conley goes into a fight to collect money to marry his girl. Then, hooking up with Holloway and George Gray, they get involved in several other schemes to make money fast.
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Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Title: Hubby’s Quiet Little Game
Released: August 8, 1926
Type: Movie
A dancing instructor goes to a married woman's home, to giver her lessons, while her husband is absent. He leaves and goes to a poker game. The husband is one of the players, and the instructor, not knowing who he is, shows her picture around the table. This prompts a round-table discussion in which none of the standard rules for civility is part of the discussion.
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Down on the Farm
Title: Down on the Farm
Character: Villager on Bicycle
Released: April 17, 1920
Type: Movie
The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But the day changes when Roach's farmhand sees an opportunity to be the knight in shining armor to Louise, Roach's daughter, who he wants to marry.
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Hearts and Flowers
Title: Hearts and Flowers
Character: Flute Player
Released: June 22, 1919
Type: Movie
A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Title: Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Character: Waiter
Released: March 2, 1919
Type: Movie
Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.
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The Village Chestnut
Title: The Village Chestnut
Character: Sloppy Pupil
Released: January 1, 1918
Type: Movie
Comedy and romantic shenanigans set in a one-classroom school.