Matt Briggs

Matt Briggs

Born: November 17, 1883
Died: June 10, 1962
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Movies for Matt Briggs...

The Babe Ruth Story
Title: The Babe Ruth Story
Character: Colonel Jacob Ruppert
Released: September 16, 1948
Type: Movie
The baseball player goes from wayward youth to Boston Red Sox pitcher to New York Yankees home-run hero.
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Roger Touhy, Gangster
Title: Roger Touhy, Gangster
Character: Cameron
Released: June 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most powerful bootlegger whose empire is rivaled only by that of Al Capone (who is referred to, but never named in the story). It is his rival who frames Touhy for kidnapping and arranges for him to serve a life-long term in Stateville prison. Determined to be free again, the desperate Touhy and his cellmate Basil "the Owl" Banghart, begin plotting a violent break out.
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Buffalo Bill
Title: Buffalo Bill
Character: General Blazier
Released: April 2, 1944
Type: Movie
Scout William F. Cody (Joel McCrea) marries a U.S. senator's daughter (Maureen O'Hara), fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.
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The Dancing Masters
Title: The Dancing Masters
Character: Wentworth Harlan
Released: November 19, 1943
Type: Movie
The Dancing Masters is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film. The plot involves the team running a ballet school, and getting involved with an inventor. A young Robert Mitchum has an uncredited cameo role as a fraudulent insurance salesman.
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Wintertime
Title: Wintertime
Character: Russell Carter (uncredited)
Released: September 17, 1943
Type: Movie
Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hit a snag in the form of pretty reporter.
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Coney Island
Title: Coney Island
Character: William Hammerstein
Released: June 18, 1943
Type: Movie
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at friend and rival Joe Rocco's Coney Island night spot. Eddie meets the club's star attraction (and Joe's love interest), Kate Farley, a brash singer with a penchant for flashy clothes. Eddie and Kate argue as he tries to soften her image. Eventually, Kate becomes the toast of Coney Island and the two fall in love. Joe then tries to sabotage their marriage plans.
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The Ox-Bow Incident
Title: The Ox-Bow Incident
Character: Judge Daniel Tyler
Released: March 11, 1943
Type: Movie
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
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The Meanest Man in the World
Title: The Meanest Man in the World
Character: Arthur Brown
Released: February 12, 1943
Type: Movie
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is unsuccessful until he takes a friend's advice and tries to convince the world he's a ruthless heel. Suddenly he's the most popular lawyer in town -- but he could lose his fiancée.
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A Very Honorable Guy
Title: A Very Honorable Guy
Character: Farmer Parkins
Released: April 18, 1934
Type: Movie
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacteristic gambling binge. Feet decides the only way to settle the bill is by selling his body to an ambitious doctor who agrees to allow him one last month to live life to the fullest, then kill himself.
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Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Title: Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Character: Epstein
Released: February 2, 1934
Type: Movie
Hips, Hips, Hooray! is a 1934 slapstick comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Ruth Etting, Thelma Todd, and Dorothy Lee.