Loring Smith

Loring Smith

Born: November 18, 1890
Died: July 8, 1981

Movies for Loring Smith...

Certain Honorable Men
Title: Certain Honorable Men
Character: Guthman (uncredited)
Released: September 12, 1968
Type: Movie
The protégé of a powerful congressman discovers his boss's corruption.
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Hurry Sundown
Title: Hurry Sundown
Character: Thomas Elwell
Released: February 9, 1967
Type: Movie
Following the Second World War, a northern cannery combine negotiates for the purchase of a large tract of uncultivated Georgia farmland. The major portion of the land is owned by Julie Ann Warren and has already been optioned by her unscrupulous, draft dodging husband, Henry. Now the combine must also obtain two smaller plots - one owned by Henry's cousin Rad McDowell, a combat veteran with a wife and family; the other by Reeve Scott, a young black man whose mother had been Julie's childhood Mammy. But neither Rad nor Reeve is interested in selling and they form an unprecedented black and white partnership to improve their land. Although infuriated by the turn of events, Henry remains determined to push through the big land deal. And when Reeve's mother Rose dies, Henry tries to persuade his wife to charge Reeve with illegal ownership of his property, confident the the bigoted Judge Purcell will rule against a Negro.
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Title: Profiles in Courage
Character: Roger Marsden
Released: November 8, 1964
Type: TV
Profiles in Courage is an American historical anthology series that was telecast weekly on NBC from November 8, 1964 to May 9, 1965. The series was based on the recently President John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize winning book, Profiles in Courage.
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The Cardinal
Title: The Cardinal
Character: Cornelius J. Deegan
Released: December 12, 1963
Type: Movie
A young Catholic priest from Boston confronts bigotry, Nazism, and his own personal conflicts as he rises to the office of cardinal.
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Title: The Defenders
Character: Commissioner Frank Conn
Released: September 16, 1961
Type: TV
The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed as father-and-son defense attorneys who specialized in legally complex cases, with defendants such as neo-Nazis, conscientious objectors, civil rights demonstrators, a schoolteacher fired for being an atheist, an author accused of pornography, and a physician charged in a mercy killing.
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Captain Brassbound's Conversation
Title: Captain Brassbound's Conversation
Character: Captain Hamling Kearney
Released: March 2, 1960
Type: Movie
A titled Englishwoman proves more than a match for the fearsome Captain Brassbound.
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Miracle On 34th Street
Title: Miracle On 34th Street
Character: Mr. Shellhammer
Released: November 27, 1959
Type: Movie
In this charming TV adaptation of the 1947 film classic, a kindly old gentleman (Ed Wynn) working as a Macy's department store Santa causes a commotion when he claims to be the real St. Nick. Forced to prove his sanity, he is taken to court where he must convince the judge and his friends that he actually is Santa Claus. The faith of one skeptical little girl (Susan Gordon) and a Christmas miracle are the keys to his true identity.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Happy Anniversary
Title: Happy Anniversary
Character: Arthur Gans
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
An accidental slip reveals that a happily married couple were intimate before marriage.
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Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Title: Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
Character: Rodney Kettle
Released: April 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Ma and Pa, along with daughter Rosie, go off to Hawaii in answer to cousin Rodney's call for help running his pineapple farm while he recovers from an illness. Pa soon causes a major explosion and gets himself kidnapped.
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The Clown
Title: The Clown
Character: Goldie
Released: January 16, 1953
Type: Movie
Once a famous Ziegfeld star, Dodo Delwyn is reduced to playing clowns in burlesque and amusement parks as a result of his drinking. His son Little Dink idolizes Dodo and faithfully believes in a comeback. He persuades "Uncle" Goldie, Dodo's agent in the good old days, to find a booking for Dodo. He can't, and Dink is sent to live with his remarried-and-wealthy mother, Paula. The unhappy Dink runs back to his father. His welcome return gives Dodo the courage needed to try a knockabout TV show offered by Goldie
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Title: Mister Peepers
Released: July 3, 1952
Type: TV
Mr. Peepers is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from July 3, 1952 to June 12, 1955.
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Pat and Mike
Title: Pat and Mike
Character: Mr. E.H. Beminger
Released: June 13, 1952
Type: Movie
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf championship is in her reach until she gets flustered by his presence at the final holes. He wants them to get married and forget the whole thing, but she cannot give up on herself that easily. She enlists the help of Mike Conovan, a slightly shady sports promoter. Together they face mobsters, a jealous boxer, and a growing mutual attraction.
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Title: Broadway Television Theatre
Released: April 14, 1952
Type: TV
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Captain Hamlin Kearney
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Robert Montgomery Presents
Released: January 30, 1950
Type: TV
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.
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Title: The Philco Television Playhouse
Released: October 3, 1948
Type: TV
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
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Title: The Philco Television Playhouse
Character: Ghost of Christmas Present
Released: October 3, 1948
Type: TV
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.
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Close-Up
Title: Close-Up
Character: Harry Avery
Released: June 9, 1948
Type: Movie
A photographer accidentally photographs a Nazi war criminal on the streets of New York and becomes a target for reprisals and murder.
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Citizen Saint
Title: Citizen Saint
Released: May 15, 1947
Type: Movie
A Catholic Church-sponsored film about the life of Frances Cabrini, an Italian immigrant who established schools, orphanages and hospitals in the United States. Primarily booked into schools or churches, or a local church would rent a theatre for a roadshow one-night viewing by members of the local congregation.
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The Open Door: The Story Of Foreman Jim Baxter And His Family
Title: The Open Door: The Story Of Foreman Jim Baxter And His Family
Character: Marshall
Released: January 1, 1945
Type: Movie
A General Motors foreman learns not just to be a better manager, but where his place is in the system of production.
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Keep 'Em Flying
Title: Keep 'Em Flying
Character: Major Barstow
Released: November 27, 1941
Type: Movie
When a barnstorming stunt pilot decides to join the air corps, his two goofball assistants decide to go with him. Since the two are Abbott & Costello, the air corps doesn't know what it's in for.
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Shadow of the Thin Man
Title: Shadow of the Thin Man
Character: 'Link' Stephens
Released: November 21, 1941
Type: Movie
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder.