John Trent

John Trent

Born: December 5, 1906
Died: May 12, 1966
in Orange - California - USA

Movies for John Trent...

I Wanted Wings
Title: I Wanted Wings
Character: Lt. Ronson
Released: March 26, 1941
Type: Movie
Told in flashback, this drama follows the training and personal lives of three recruits in the Army Air Corps: a wealthy playboy, a college jock, and an auto mechanic. Love interest is supplied by a female photographer and a sultry blonde.
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Danger Flight
Title: Danger Flight
Character: Tailspin Tommy Tompkins
Released: November 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Crooks plot to steal a payroll being shipped by air.
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Sky Patrol
Title: Sky Patrol
Character: Tailspin Tommy Tompkins
Released: September 11, 1939
Type: Movie
"Tailspin Tommy" Tompkins and "Skeeter" Milligan are training young U. S. Army fliers for the newly-formed 'Sky Patrol,'a branch of the Army Reserves which operates along the borders and coast-lines, on the lookout for smugglers. Carter Meade, whose father is the Colonel in charge of the patrol, has a terror of firing guns and his father insists he conquer this fear. Tommy sends him out on patrol, on orders from Washington D. C., to stop any unfamiliar aircraft. Carter challenges an unmarked amphibian plane, which opens fire on him. Carter, afraid to shoot, bails out as his plane is shot down. Carter is missing, and Tommy and Skeeter are searching for him and the mysterious airplane.
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Stunt Pilot
Title: Stunt Pilot
Character: Tailspin Tommy Tompkins
Released: June 30, 1939
Type: Movie
The second of a series of four features Monogram made based on the comic strip by Hal Forrest (Universal also used the strip characters in two serials), finds a movie company shooting a war picture at Three Points airport, with Tailspin Tommy Tompkins as a stunt pilot in the film. Tommy is incensed by the complete disregard for human life shown by the film's director, Sheehan, and quits. Sheehan gets a replacement pilot named Earl Martin, who is known as a reckless pilot who will try an aerial stunt for a thrill. He hand Tommy get into a fight when Martin takes Betty Lou Barnes for a ride in a plane that is practically falling apart.
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Mystery Plane
Title: Mystery Plane
Character: Tailspin Tommy Tompkins
Released: March 8, 1939
Type: Movie
An American pilot with a top-secret invention is kidnapped by foreign agents.
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Blossoms On Broadway
Title: Blossoms On Broadway
Character: Neil Graham
Released: November 19, 1937
Type: Movie
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
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She's No Lady
Title: She's No Lady
Character: Alden 'Bill' Carter III
Released: August 20, 1937
Type: Movie
Alden "Bill" Carter III sees a beautiful woman, Jerry, dining alone at the Park Savoy in New York, and after a brief flirtation, introduces himself. After he entreats her to be his "mystery woman" to make his girl friend jealous, Jerry agrees to attend a reception that night with him at the Douglas home. This plays right into Jerry's plans, as she is a jewel thief who intends to steal the Douglas jewels with her cohorts, Uncle John and Jeff...
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The Great Gambini
Title: The Great Gambini
Character: Grant Naylor
Released: June 24, 1937
Type: Movie
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, including his fiancée and her parents, the butler, and a professional mentalist known as The Great Gambini.
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John Meade's Woman
Title: John Meade's Woman
Character: Mike
Released: February 26, 1937
Type: Movie
"Teddy" Connor, a woman recently orphaned, leaves her uncle's Midwestern farm for Chicago, where she meets "lumber king" John Meade. John takes her in for a hot meal and sends her roses the next day. John is engaged to penniless society beauty Caroline Haig, who is in love with Rodney Bentley and is marrying John for his money. A jovial millionaire without a conscience, John orders his long-time employee, Tim Mathews, to report to Chicago from the lumber mills and announces he is leaving the lumber business for wheat. Although Tim insists they reforest their lumber lands, John ignores his plea. For laughs, John invites Teddy and Tim to his engagement party at Caroline's wealthy friend's estate. Teddy, realizing John is engaged to a woman who does not love him, drowns her tears in liquor and embarrasses Caroline.
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A Doctor's Diary
Title: A Doctor's Diary
Character: Dr. Dan Norris
Released: February 16, 1937
Type: Movie
A Doctor's Diary is told through the eyes of Dr. Dan Norris (John Trent), resident physician in a private hospital. In his search for a cure for spinal meningitis, Norris recklessly runs roughshod over the feelings of his colleagues. The doctor's older, wiser supervisor, Dr. Clem Driscoll (George Bancroft), tries to curb Norris' impatience, pointing out that nothing takes place overnight. Angrily, Norris accuses Driscoll of malpractice and is forced to resign from the clinic -- just when a meningitis epidemic breaks out.
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Badge of Honor
Title: Badge of Honor
Character: Harvey Larkin, City Editor
Released: April 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Hoping to impress a pretty girl he's after, a playboy poses as a newspaperman and goes after a big story.
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The Worst Woman in Paris?
Title: The Worst Woman in Paris?
Character: Suave Man
Released: December 3, 1933
Type: Movie
Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Barely surviving a Midwest train wreck, she becomes a local hero after injuring herself while saving a baby's life. While recovering at the home of the headmaster of a boy's school and his family, her veneer of oversophistications melts away and she finds herself fancying the small town life.
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Under-Cover Man
Title: Under-Cover Man
Character: Undetermined Secondary Role
Released: December 2, 1932
Type: Movie
When his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover to find the killers, and maybe even stop a crime ring that has been plaguing the police. The sister of another innocent victim joins him as they infiltrate the syndicate. Any wrong move could lead to instant death.
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The Sky Spider
Title: The Sky Spider
Character: Buddy Morgan
Released: October 1, 1931
Type: Movie
The three Morgan brothers, Glenn, Jim and Buddy are all air mail pilots. The plane flown by Jim is shot down by Hugh Jeffries for the money it carries. Another flight is made by Buddy followed by Jeffries intending to shoot him down also...