Dick Simmons

Dick Simmons

Born: August 19, 1913
Died: January 11, 2003
in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Richard Simmons was an American actor. He played a number of minor parts in MGM movies but finally achieved a degree of fame in the mid-1950s when he starred in the half-hour syndicated TV series, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon (1955).

Movies for Dick Simmons...

Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
Title: Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
Character: Major
Released: December 18, 1977
Type: Movie
During World War II, an Italian POW is accidentally drafted into the American army.
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The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Title: The Resurrection of Zachary Wheeler
Character: Adams
Released: November 30, 1971
Type: Movie
A U.S. Senator is spirited away to a secret New Mexico medical lab after a serious car crash. His injuries are completely healed by a secret organization that has developed advanced medical technology. What does the organization want in exchange for saving his life? Meanwhile, a reporter who witnessed the accident decides to investigate the senator's disappearance.
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Title: The Brady Bunch
Character: Mr. Delafield
Released: September 26, 1969
Type: TV
When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one. These are the misadventures of this new couple, their six children, a dog named Tiger, and quirky housekeeper Alice.
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The Devil's Brigade
Title: The Devil's Brigade
Character: Gen. Bixby
Released: May 15, 1968
Type: Movie
At the onset of World War II, American Lt. Col. Robert Frederick is put in charge of a unit called the 1st Special Service Force, composed of elite Canadian commandos and undisciplined American soldiers. With Maj. Alan Crown leading the Canadians and Maj. Cliff Bricker the acting head of the American contingent, there is initial tension -- but the team comes together when given a daunting mission that few would dare to attempt.
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Title: Dragnet
Character: Marcus Denner
Released: January 12, 1967
Type: TV
Police Detective Sgt. Joe Friday and his partners investigate crimes in Los Angeles.
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A Letter to Nancy
Title: A Letter to Nancy
Character: Ben
Released: January 14, 1965
Type: Movie
A little Chinese girl comes into the life of a well-to-do lawyer.
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Title: The Munsters
Character: Mr. Balding
Released: September 24, 1964
Type: TV
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.
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Robin and the 7 Hoods
Title: Robin and the 7 Hoods
Character: Prosecutor
Released: June 24, 1964
Type: Movie
In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim. Everyone falls in line behind Guy except Robbo, who controls the north side. Although he's out-gunned, Robbo wants to keep his own territory. A pool-playing dude from Indiana and the director of a boys' orphanage join forces with Robbo; and, when he gives some money to the orphanage, he becomes the toast of the town as a hood like Robin Hood. Meanwhile, Guy schemes to get rid of Robbo, and Big Jim's heretofore unknown daughter Marian appears and goes from man to man trying to find an ally in her quest to run the whole show. Can Robbo hold things together?
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Title: Arrest and Trial
Character: Joseph Galdamez
Released: September 15, 1963
Type: TV
Arrest and Trial is a 90-minute American crime/legal drama series that ran during the 1963-1964 season on ABC, airing Sundays from 8:30-10 p.m. Eastern.
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Lassie's Great Adventure
Title: Lassie's Great Adventure
Released: August 1, 1963
Type: Movie
While in Canada Timmy and Lassie encounter a downed hot air ballonist. By accident they end up in the balloon which takes them into the wilderness. The young boy and his dog must find a way to survive even fending off a wild pig.
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Sergeants 3
Title: Sergeants 3
Character: Col. William Collingwood (as Richard Simmons)
Released: February 10, 1962
Type: Movie
Mike, Chip, and Larry are three lusty, brawling U. S. Cavalry sergeants stationed in Indian Territory in 1870.
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Title: Rawhide
Character: Stranger
Released: January 9, 1959
Type: TV
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
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Title: Leave It to Beaver
Character: Kenneth Langley
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: TV
Leave It to Beaver is an American television situation comedy about an inquisitive and often naïve boy named Theodore "The Beaver" Cleaver and his adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.
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Title: Perry Mason
Character: Mr. Ogden
Released: September 21, 1957
Type: TV
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent.
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Title: Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Character: Sergeant Preston
Released: September 29, 1955
Type: TV
Canadian Mountie Sgt. Preston patrols the wilds of the Yukon with his horse Rex and his faithful dog Yukon King, battling both the elements and criminals.
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A Star Is Born
Title: A Star Is Born
Character: Producer / Benefactor (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own career into a downward spiral.
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Rear Window
Title: Rear Window
Character: Man with Miss Torso (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1954
Type: Movie
A wheelchair-bound photographer spies on his neighbors from his apartment window and becomes convinced one of them has committed murder.
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Man with the Steel Whip
Title: Man with the Steel Whip
Character: Jerry Randall / El Latigo (as Richard Simmons)
Released: July 19, 1954
Type: Movie
Saloon owner Barnet wants the Indian reservation land on which he knows there is gold, and organizes a gang, aided by some renegade Indians, to raid and terrorize close-by settlers,hoping to arouse them to drive off the Indians. Rancher Jerry Randall, accompanied by school teacher Nancy Cooper, sets out to defeat the plot. In order to win the loyalty of the innocent tribe members, Randall masquerades as a legendary friend of the Indians, El Latigo.
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Men of the Fighting Lady
Title: Men of the Fighting Lady
Character: Lt. Wayne Kimbrell
Released: May 7, 1954
Type: Movie
A writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.
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Dragonfly Squadron
Title: Dragonfly Squadron
Character: Col. Wolf Schuller
Released: March 21, 1954
Type: Movie
A Korean War film with a secondary plot of the training of South Korean pilots, to fly fighters in air defense, by American Air Force instructors,led by Major Brady, a famed and skilled-but-grounded pilot, assigned to the Kongku base.
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Flight Nurse
Title: Flight Nurse
Character: Tommy Metcalf
Released: November 15, 1953
Type: Movie
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines.
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Title: The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse
Released: October 2, 1953
Type: TV
The Pepsi-Cola Playhouse is an American dramatic anthology series that aired on ABC from 1953 to 1955, sponsored by Pepsi-Cola. The show was hosted by Arlene Dahl, Anita Colby, and, finally, Polly Bergen
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Title: Letter to Loretta
Character: Greg Wells
Released: September 20, 1953
Type: TV
Letter to Loretta is an American anthology drama series telecast on NBC from September 1953 to June 1961 for a total of 165 episodes. The filmed show was hosted by Loretta Young who also played the lead in various episodes. Letter to Loretta was sponsored by Procter & Gamble from 1953 through 1960. The final season's sponsor was Warner-Lambert's Listerine.
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Remains to Be Seen
Title: Remains to Be Seen
Character: Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1953
Type: Movie
A singer and her apartment manager get mixed up in a creepy Park Avenue murder and find themselves facing danger at every turn.
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Battle Circus
Title: Battle Circus
Character: Capt. Norson
Released: March 6, 1953
Type: Movie
A young Army nurse, Lt Ruth McGara, newly assigned to the 66th MASH during the Korean War, attracts the sexual attention of the unit's commander Dr. (MAJ) Jed Webbe. Webbe, who has a drinking problem, at first wants a "no strings" relationship. McGara is warned by the other nurses of Webbe's womanizing ways. Despite these initial handicaps, their love flourishes against a background of war, enemy attacks, death and injury. The relationship deepens and uplifts both characters.
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Above and Beyond
Title: Above and Beyond
Character: Capt. Robert A. Lewis (Co-Pilot, Enola Gay)
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
The story of Colonel Paul Tibbets, the pilot that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Although unaware of the full potential of this new weapon, he knows that it can do tremendously more damage than any other weapon used before, and that the death toll resulting from it will be huge. He is reluctant to be the person who will end so many lives, but as time goes on, the pressure upon him only increase.
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Desperate Search
Title: Desperate Search
Character: Communicator (Vancouver Radio)
Released: November 19, 1952
Type: Movie
A man (Howard Keel), his wife (Jane Greer) and his famous-aviator ex-wife (Patricia Medina) search for their two children lost with a cougar.
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. North
Character: Mr. Reese
Released: October 3, 1952
Type: TV
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.
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Title: Mr. & Mrs. North
Character: Arthur Lyndon (uncredited)
Released: October 3, 1952
Type: TV
Mr. & Mrs. North is an American comedy/mystery television series that aired on CBS from October 3, 1952 to May 25, 1954. The series centers on Jerry North, a mystery magazine publisher who thinks he is a good amateur detective, and his wife, Pamela, as they solve crimes in New York City.
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Title: Four Star Playhouse
Character: Manville Harlan
Released: September 25, 1952
Type: TV
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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Title: Four Star Playhouse
Character: Detective
Released: September 25, 1952
Type: TV
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Company; Bristol-Myers became an alternate sponsor when it became a weekly series in the fall of 1953. The original premise was that Charles Boyer, Ida Lupino, David Niven, and Dick Powell would take turns starring in episodes. However, several other performers took the lead from time to time, including Ronald Colman and Joan Fontaine. Blake Edwards was among the writers and directors who contributed to the series. Edwards created the recurring character of illegal gambling house operator Willie Dante for Dick Powell to play on this series. The character was later revamped and spun off in his own series starring Howard Duff, then-husband of Lupino. The pilot for Meet McGraw, starring Frank Lovejoy, aired here, as did another episode in which Lovejoy recreated his role of Chicago newspaper reporter Randy Stone, from the radio drama Nightbeat.
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I Dream of Jeanie
Title: I Dream of Jeanie
Character: Dunning Foster (as Richard Simmons)
Released: June 15, 1952
Type: Movie
The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.
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Glory Alley
Title: Glory Alley
Character: Dan
Released: June 6, 1952
Type: Movie
A New Orleans boxer backs out of a bout and leaves his girlfriend for Korea.
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I'll See You in My Dreams
Title: I'll See You in My Dreams
Character: Egbert 'Bert' Van Alstyne (uncredited)
Released: December 6, 1951
Type: Movie
Songwriter Gus Kahn fights to make his name, then has to fight again to survive the Depression.
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Angels in the Outfield
Title: Angels in the Outfield
Character: Larry Moss (uncredited)
Released: October 19, 1951
Type: Movie
The short-tempered manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates mends his ways in return for a little divine assistance.
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The Well
Title: The Well
Character: Mickey McClure
Released: September 24, 1951
Type: Movie
In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?
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Title: The Adventures of Kit Carson
Character: Bill Tucker
Released: August 11, 1951
Type: TV
The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson. Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.
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Title: The Adventures of Kit Carson
Character: Land Agent
Released: August 11, 1951
Type: TV
The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson. Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.
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Title: The Adventures of Kit Carson
Character: King Holman
Released: August 11, 1951
Type: TV
The Adventures of Kit Carson is an American Western series that aired in syndication from August 1951 to November 1955, originally sponsored by Coca-Cola. It stars Bill Williams in the title role as frontier scout Christopher "Kit" Carson. Don Diamond co-starred as "El Toro", Carson's Mexican companion.
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No Questions Asked
Title: No Questions Asked
Character: Gordon N. Jessman
Released: June 15, 1951
Type: Movie
A young lawyer's primrose path to success gets him framed for murder.
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Dial 1119
Title: Dial 1119
Character: Television Announcer
Released: November 3, 1950
Type: Movie
A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage.
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Duchess of Idaho
Title: Duchess of Idaho
Character: Alec I. Collins
Released: July 14, 1950
Type: Movie
Ellen Hallit is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in, and devises a plan. Chris follows Morrison on his trip to Sun Valley, Idaho and plays the overattentive female, hoping that he will send for Ellen (who often played his "fiancée" when he had a female he couldn't discourage otherwise.) Complications arise when Chris catches the eye of band leader Dick Layne, and finds herself caught in a triangle between the two men.
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Look for the Silver Lining
Title: Look for the Silver Lining
Character: Henry Doran
Released: July 30, 1949
Type: Movie
Musical biography of Marilyn Miller, who overcame heartache to become a Broadway star
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On an Island with You
Title: On an Island with You
Character: George Blaine
Released: May 3, 1948
Type: Movie
A young navy lieutenant is brought in as technical adviser on a song-dance-and-swim film being made by screen star Rosalind Reynolds. Having once done a number with her at a Forces show, the young lad somehow believes she should be his girl. Her boyfriend is just one of those disagreeing.
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Three Daring Daughters
Title: Three Daring Daughters
Character: Mr. Harlow, Nelson's Secretary
Released: February 12, 1948
Type: Movie
Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
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This Time for Keeps
Title: This Time for Keeps
Character: Gordon
Released: October 17, 1947
Type: Movie
An ex-GI falls for a bathing beauty.
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Undercover Maisie
Title: Undercover Maisie
Character: Gilfred I. Rogers
Released: March 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Title: Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
Character: Dane Kittridge
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
Andy Hardy goes to college after serving in the war and finds his sweetheart is engaged to someone else.
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Lady in the Lake
Title: Lady in the Lake
Character: Chris Lavery
Released: December 19, 1946
Type: Movie
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But when he's called to the office of editor Adrienne Fromsett, it's not to talk about his story ideas — she wants him to locate the missing wife of her boss, Mr. Kingsby. The assignment quickly becomes complicated when bodies start turning up.
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Thousands Cheer
Title: Thousands Cheer
Character: Captain Fred Avery
Released: September 13, 1943
Type: Movie
Acrobat Eddie Marsh is in the army now. His first act is to become friendly with Kathryn Jones, the colonel's pretty daughter. Their romance hits a few snags, including disapproval from her father. Eddie's also plagued by fear of having an accident during his family's trapeze act in the army variety show, which also features a gallery of MGM stars.
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Pilot #5
Title: Pilot #5
Character: Henry Willoughby Claven
Released: June 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A small group of Allied soldiers and airmen on Java are being bombed by Japanese 'planes daily. With only one working fighter of their own, and five pilots anxious to fly it, the Dutch commander chooses George Collins to fly a mission to drop a 500-lb bomb on the Japanese carrier lying offshore. As the flight progresses, the commander asks the other pilots to tell him about George. They recount his rise from brilliant law student, through the time he became involved in the corrupt machine of his state's Governor, and his attempts to redeem himself, both in his own eyes, and in Fredie, his long-time love.
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The Youngest Profession
Title: The Youngest Profession
Character: Douglas Sutton
Released: February 26, 1943
Type: Movie
Joan Lyons and her friend Patricia Drew are autograph hounds spending most of their day bumping into, and having tea, with the likes of Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Based on misinformation from a meddling old-maid governess, Miss Featherstone, Joan also devotes some time to working on the no-problem marriage of her parents to the extent of hiring Dr. Hercules, the strong man from a side show to pay attention to her mother in order to make her father jealous, despite the good advice received from Walter Pidgeon.
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Stand by for Action
Title: Stand by for Action
Character: Lt. (jg) Royce
Released: December 31, 1942
Type: Movie
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about the sea while winning silver cups sailing his yacht. He climbs swiftly in rank, and is now Junior Aide to Rear Admiral Stephen Thomas.
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Seven Sweethearts
Title: Seven Sweethearts
Character: Paul Brandt, George's Beau
Released: November 13, 1942
Type: Movie
Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest.
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King of the Texas Rangers
Title: King of the Texas Rangers
Character: Red Cameron
Released: October 3, 1941
Type: Movie
Tom King Jr. seeks to discover who murdered his father, a Texas Ranger; the trail leads to a network of Axis spies.
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Sergeant York
Title: Sergeant York
Character: Marching Soldier (uncredited)
Released: September 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes one of the most celebrated American heroes of WWI.
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Pirates on Horseback
Title: Pirates on Horseback
Character: Cheated Gambler
Released: May 23, 1941
Type: Movie
Hoppy, Lucky and California search for a mine owned by Trudy Pendleton after it was taken from her by thw swindling gambler Ace Gibson. They find the mine and Hoppy fights Gibson over it.
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King of the Royal Mounted
Title: King of the Royal Mounted
Character: Const. Carter
Released: September 19, 1940
Type: Movie
The Canadians have discovered a valuable substance called Compound X, which can cure infantile paralysis. When a country at war with Canada learns that Compound X also contains magnetic properties that could aid them in their warfare against the British, they send agents to infiltrate Canada and steal a large quantity of the substance. It's up to Sgt. King (Allan Lane) and his Mounties to track down the agents and put an end to their scheme.
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One Million B.C.
Title: One Million B.C.
Character: Shell Person
Released: April 5, 1940
Type: Movie
One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe.
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On Dress Parade
Title: On Dress Parade
Character: H4 Radio Operator (uncredited)
Released: November 18, 1939
Type: Movie
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.
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A Million to One
Title: A Million to One
Character: Friend
Released: December 31, 1936
Type: Movie
The son of a disgraced Olympic decathlete prepares to become a star in his own right. His quest is complicated by a beautiful girl and a bitter rival.