Anthony Warde

Anthony Warde

Born: November 4, 1908
Died: January 8, 1975
in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Anthony Warde (November 4, 1908 – January 8, 1975) was a noted American actor who appeared in over 150 films between 1937 and 1964.

A native of Pennsylvania, Warde started his Hollywood career in Escape by Night, appearing in a handful of undistinguished feature films before gaining popularity as one of the hardest working henchmen in the 1930s and 1940s serials.

Warde first appeared in his first film bow in 1936, but he spent most of his time bothering serials heroes as a vicious bodyguard, underground leader or infamous rustler, but also was satisfactory in character roles and the occasional sympathetic part. Usually, he played in many unsavory characterizations, including low-budget crime and Western styles throughout his career. He also appeared in popular serials such as Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938), for Universal; The Spider Returns (1941) and Batman (1943) for Columbia, as well as in The Masked Marvel (1943), The Purple Monster Strikes (1945) and The Black Widow (1947) for Republic.

But Warde is probably best remembered for playing Killer Kane, gangster ruler of the Earth in Universal's adaptation of Buck Rogers (1939). In the 1950s, he made a multiple number of TV appearances including a brief turn as a counterfeiter in two episodes of Amos 'N' Andy.

Warde made his last screen appearance in The Carpetbaggers, a 1964 film adaptation of Harold Robbins' best-seller novel. Following his acting career, he owned a men's clothing store.

Anthony Warde died in Hollywood, California at the age of 66.

Movies for Anthony Warde...

Buck Rogers
Title: Buck Rogers
Character: Killer Kane
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
Edited version of the 1939 Universal serial "Buck Rogers." A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane.
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Destination Saturn
Title: Destination Saturn
Character: Killer Kane
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Made-for-TV feature version of the 1940 movie serial, Buck Rogers.
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Sakima and the Masked Marvel
Title: Sakima and the Masked Marvel
Character: Killer Mace
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Feature version of the 1943 serial "The Masked Marvel", q.v., edited for television syndication and 16mm rental only.
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The Carpetbaggers
Title: The Carpetbaggers
Character: Moroni
Released: April 8, 1964
Type: Movie
When playboy Jonas inherits his father's industrial empire, he expands it by acquiring an aircraft factory and movie studio. His rise to power is ruthless. He marries and then quickly abandons sweet, bubbly Monica, turns his young, attractive stepmother Rina into a self-destructive actress and manages to disappoint even his closest friend, cowboy movie star Nevada. Is Jonas beyond redemption?
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The Man Who Knew Too Much
Title: The Man Who Knew Too Much
Character: French Policeman (uncredited)
Released: May 16, 1956
Type: Movie
A couple vacationing in Morocco with their young son accidentally stumble upon an assassination plot. When the child is kidnapped to ensure their silence, they have to take matters into their own hands to save him.
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Day of Triumph
Title: Day of Triumph
Character: Barabbas
Released: December 25, 1954
Type: Movie
A film about the last days of Jesus Christ.
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Rear Window
Title: Rear Window
Character: Detective (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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Casanova's Big Night
Title: Casanova's Big Night
Character: (uncredited)
Released: April 7, 1954
Type: Movie
Italy 1757, Pippo Popolino, a lowly tailor, disguises himself as the great Casanova in order to romance the attractive widow Francesca. He little suspects what awaits him... Locked into the incongruous role by the desperation of the real Casanova's creditors, Pippo must journey to Venice on a delicate mission far beyond his capabilities.
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The War of the Worlds
Title: The War of the Worlds
Character: Military Police Driver (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1953
Type: Movie
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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Raiders of the Seven Seas
Title: Raiders of the Seven Seas
Character: Don Delgado
Released: May 27, 1953
Type: Movie
After staging a mutiny and commandeering his own ship, famed pirate Barbarossa (John Payne) takes hostage a spirited Spanish noblewoman named Alida (Donna Reed), intending to trade her to her fiancé, Capt. Jose Salcedo (Gerald Mohr), for a handsome ransom. But Barbarossa falls in love with Alida, who meanwhile discovers that the roguish swashbuckler is more honorable than her erstwhile betrothed.
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Planet Outlaws
Title: Planet Outlaws
Character: Killer Kane
Released: January 1, 1953
Type: Movie
A 20th Century pilot named Buck Rogers and his young friend Buddy Wade awake from 500 years in suspended animation to find that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Feature version of the film serial Buck Rogers by Universal Pictures, 1940.
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The Atomic City
Title: The Atomic City
Character: Arnie Molter
Released: May 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Spies hold the son of a nuclear physicist (Gene Barry) hostage in exchange for the Los Alamos bomb formula.
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Mysterious Island
Title: Mysterious Island
Character: Confederate Officer
Released: September 13, 1951
Type: Movie
It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the end of the Civil War. The balloon drifts for days and finally lands on a mysterious volcanic island with very unusual inhabitants. Also landing, in a better aircraft, is Rulu, a visitor from Mercury. She seeks a radio-active material that will enable her to manufacture an explosive that will destroy the world or, at least, the portion known as Earth in this 15 Chapter Serial from the 1950s.
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Roaring City
Title: Roaring City
Character: Bill Rafferty
Released: May 4, 1951
Type: Movie
A San Francisco private eye finds himself under suspicion while investigating a prizefighter's murder.
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The Lemon Drop Kid
Title: The Lemon Drop Kid
Character: Thoughtful Man (uncredited)
Released: April 2, 1951
Type: Movie
When the Lemon Drop Kid accidentally cheats gangster Moose Moran out of his track winnings, the Kid promises to repay Moose the money by Christmas. Creating a fake charity for "Apple Annie" Nellie Thursday, the Kid tricks his gang into donning Santa suits and "collecting dough for old dolls" like Nellie who have nowhere to live.
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Storm Warning
Title: Storm Warning
Character: Jukebox Collector (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1951
Type: Movie
A fashion model (Rogers) witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Klan while traveling to a small town to visit her sister (Day).
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Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
Title: Radar Patrol vs. Spy King
Character: Ricco Morgan
Released: November 23, 1949
Type: Movie
The war lords of a potential enemy of the US has the spy ring, led by John Baroda, the Spy King and his aide Nitra, sabotaging the plans for a vast defense system of radar stations along the American borders. Radar Defense Bureau operative Chris Calvert comes to the rescue of a brilliant radar scientist, Joan Hughes, who has been kidnapped by Baroda henchmen in chapter 1 ("The Fatal Fog"), and the two battle together before putting an end to the Spy King in the aptly-named chapter 12, "Day of Reckoning".
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Trail of the Yukon
Title: Trail of the Yukon
Character: Muskeg Joe
Released: July 31, 1949
Type: Movie
When the local Banker jumps the Blaine's claim, they have men rob the bank to retrieve their money. When the men try to double-cross the Blains, a gunfight erupts and Jim Blaine gets away with the money. Mountie Bob McDonald gets Jim Blaine to return the money. Bob thinks the Banker was really behind the robbery and now uses the money to try and lure him into a trap.
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Congo Bill
Title: Congo Bill
Character: Rogan
Released: October 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Congo Bill is hired to locate an heiress lost somewhere in Africa.
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The Big Punch
Title: The Big Punch
Character: Con Festig
Released: June 26, 1948
Type: Movie
Gangsters frame a boxer for murder when he refuses to throw a fight.
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Stage Struck
Title: Stage Struck
Character: Mr. Barda
Released: June 13, 1948
Type: Movie
A young woman's murder sheds light on a crooked talent agency.
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Here Comes Trouble
Title: Here Comes Trouble
Character: Police Reporter (uncredited)
Released: March 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A blundering rookie reporter runs into some unexpected difficulty when he is assigned to cover the police beat.
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Panhandle
Title: Panhandle
Character: Kenney (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1948
Type: Movie
An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.
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Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Title: Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Character: Mort Fowler
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
Crooks discover a Genghis Khan treasure ship on the Canada-Alaska border but the treasure is hidden somewhere on land. In their efforts to find the hidden treasure they resort to murder and sabotage to stop the construction of the Alcan highway which will bring homesteaders to the area. Sergeant Royal of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police battles through 12 episodes to find the crooks and to learn the identity of their mysterious leader known only as 'The Boss'.
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Where the North Begins
Title: Where the North Begins
Character: Joe
Released: December 14, 1947
Type: Movie
A Canadian Mountie investigates the disappearance of a brother officer.
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King of the Bandits
Title: King of the Bandits
Character: Smoke Kirby
Released: November 7, 1947
Type: Movie
Traveling north into Arizona, Cisco finds that someone committing robberies has been impersonating him and he is a wanted man. After retrieving some of the stolen loot, he is caught with it in his posession and put in the guard house. A friend whose life he recently saved beaks him out and Cisco heads out to find the impersonator and clear himself.
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The Black Widow
Title: The Black Widow
Character: Nick Ward
Released: November 1, 1947
Type: Movie
The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of scientists working on an atomic rocket development project. Behind the killings is fortune teller Sombra, a spy from an Asian country intent on world domination, who is determined to pilfer the atomic rocket by luring workers from the project to her parlor and killing them with black widow spider venom when they refuse to cooperate.
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That Hagen Girl
Title: That Hagen Girl
Character: Eddie (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1947
Type: Movie
Mary Hagen lives in a small town in Ohio and goes to Jordon Junior College. For years, there has been whispers, rumors and gossip about who are her real parents. When Tom Bates returns to town, he takes over the house and practice that Judge Merrivale left him when he died. As Tom has been away a number of years, this leads to more gossip and Mary believes that he is her father. The popular and rich Ken loves Mary, but his family and friends constantly remind him that she is 'not one of us'. Julia, a teacher at school encourages Mary but Mary cannot get a break in anything she does, or is accused of doing. Tom knows the answer to her true identity, and he is silent.
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High Tide
Title: High Tide
Character: Nick Dyke
Released: September 13, 1947
Type: Movie
A car accident traps two men inside a car near the water. With the tide coming in, they discuss the circumstances that led up to the accident.
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Killer Dill
Title: Killer Dill
Character: Louie Moronie
Released: August 2, 1947
Type: Movie
Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.
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Bells of San Fernando
Title: Bells of San Fernando
Character: Juan Mendoza
Released: March 1, 1947
Type: Movie
In the New Spain era, a tyrant ruling the San Fernando Valley attempts to wrestle a blacksmith’s daughter from the arms of her Irish sailor fiancé.
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The Thirteenth Hour
Title: The Thirteenth Hour
Character: Ranford
Released: February 6, 1947
Type: Movie
In this drama, a trucker's business is nearly destroyed after he is wrongfully accused of killing a policeman with whom he recently quarreled.
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North of the Border
Title: North of the Border
Character: Henchman Jean Gaspee (as Anthony Ward)
Released: November 15, 1946
Type: Movie
Rancher "Utah" Neyes crosses the border into Canada to meet his partner, only to find that the latter has been murdered by a gang led by "Nails" Nelson. "Utah", with the aid of RCMP Jack Craig and fur-trapper Ivy Jenkins, manages to clear his own name of suspicion and also break up Nelson's fur-stealing and smuggling racket.
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Don Ricardo Returns
Title: Don Ricardo Returns
Character: Don Jose Luerra
Released: November 5, 1946
Type: Movie
After being shanghaied in a plot to have him declared dead and take over his ranchero and other properties, Don Ricardo, disguised as a peon, returns to Old California, and begins the fight to reclaim what is his.
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Dark Alibi
Title: Dark Alibi
Character: Jimmy Slade
Released: May 25, 1946
Type: Movie
After three men are convicted of bank robberies, Charlie becomes suspicious. After some investigation Charlie finds the men are innocent and that the fingerprint evidence used to convict them had been forged. Charlie then proceeds to find the true bank robbers.
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King of the Forest Rangers
Title: King of the Forest Rangers
Character: Burt Spear
Released: April 25, 1946
Type: Movie
An Indian rug is the key to the location of a lost treasure. When the rug's owner is murdered, it becomes a case for Forest Ranger Steve King
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The Mask of Diijon
Title: The Mask of Diijon
Character: Hold-Up Man (Uncredited)
Released: March 11, 1946
Type: Movie
A stage illusionist plots a revenge after a particularly humiliating comeback attempt.
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Black Market Babies
Title: Black Market Babies
Released: December 15, 1945
Type: Movie
Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket he soon finds out. But when will the police get wise to this highly immoral scheme of his? And will they be able to pin a rap on him before he goes a little too far? ALL IS TOLD in this EXCITING tale of CRIME and CORRUPTION!
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Captain Tugboat Annie
Title: Captain Tugboat Annie
Character: Jake
Released: November 17, 1945
Type: Movie
This tale of two tugboats focuses upon the rivalries between two operators competing to win a major shipping contract. Meanwhile a tugboat office secretary and an ex-con who wants to go straight, fall in love. Tugboat Annie is put in charge of a child violinist. When a waterfront fire breaks out, the two warring captains join forces to put it out.
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Allotment Wives
Title: Allotment Wives
Character: Joe Agnew
Released: November 8, 1945
Type: Movie
Unscrupulous women marry servicemen for their pay.
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Secrets of a Sorority Girl
Title: Secrets of a Sorority Girl
Character: Nick Vegas
Released: August 15, 1945
Type: Movie
In this crime drama, a sorority girl is photographed hanging around with known criminals in illicit gambling dens. The resulting pictures are then used to blackmail her father, a district attorney.
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Bewitched
Title: Bewitched
Character: Masher on Street (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1945
Type: Movie
A girl enlists a psychic to get rid of her murderous alternate personality.
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The Monster and the Ape
Title: The Monster and the Ape
Character: Joe Flint
Released: April 20, 1945
Type: Movie
A famous scientist invents a humanoid robot (the titular "monster"), so a greedy rival scientist plans to steal it for use in his criminal plans. His henchmen often kidnap a trained gorilla (the titular "ape") from the zoo, to aid in the schemes.
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Here Come the Co-eds
Title: Here Come the Co-eds
Character: Carlton Basketball Coach (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1945
Type: Movie
Molly, her brother, Slats, and his pal, Oliver, are taxi dancers at the Miramar Ballroom. As a publicity stunt, Slats plants an article about Molly claiming her ambition is to earn enough money to attend staid, all-girl Bixby College. Bixby's progressive dean offers Molly a scholarship. Molly accepts on the condition that Slats and Oliver come along too as campus caretakers. But the pompous Chairman threatens to foreclose on the school's mortgage if Molly isn't expelled. Together, the trio, with the help of some new friends, concocts a scheme to raise enough money to save the school. The plan involves a bet on the Bixby basketball team, which is playing in a game rated at 20 to 1 by the local bookie. But the bookie has other plans for their dough and hires a group of ringers to step in for the opponents. All is not lost, at least while Oliver has the chance to turn things around for his friends-one way or another.
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Mystery of the Riverboat
Title: Mystery of the Riverboat
Character: Bruno Bloch
Released: October 24, 1944
Type: Movie
A movie serial in 13 chapters: Some swampland becomes valuable, and various factions squabble over ownership of it.
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Shadow of Suspicion
Title: Shadow of Suspicion
Character: Bill
Released: September 23, 1944
Type: Movie
Brash ladies' man James Dale and his partner, wisecracking Everett Northrup, are sent by Cartell & Co. jewelers to safeguard the arrival of the famous Stonehaven necklace at one of its branch offices, recently the victim of a jewel robbery.
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Dixie Jamboree
Title: Dixie Jamboree
Character: 'Double', Phony Indian (as Tony Warde)
Released: August 15, 1944
Type: Movie
A medicine man on the last show boat on the Mississippi is mistaken by two gangsters as a bootleger, and has to envade them.
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The Mummy's Ghost
Title: The Mummy's Ghost
Character: Detective at Museum (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1944
Type: Movie
An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning that Ananka's spirit has been reincarnated into another body, he kidnaps a young woman of Egyptian descent with a mysterious resemblance to the princess. However, the high priest's greedy desires cause him to lose control of the mummy...
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Sensations of 1945
Title: Sensations of 1945
Character: Moroni (uncredited)
Released: June 30, 1944
Type: Movie
As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of stealing her husband and then fires a gun at her. After Ginny collapses and is taken to her dressing room, the woman, Julia Westcolt, a friend of Ginny's, dashes backstage, discards her veil, and then congratulates her friend on their successful publicity stunt. When Ginny's press agents, Gus Crane and his son Junior, visit their client backstage, she brags about her feat and chides them for not being more creative in promoting her. Horrified at Ginny's brashness, Junior, a conservative Harvard graduate, chastises her and leaves the room.
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Are These Our Parents?
Title: Are These Our Parents?
Character: Sam Bailey
Released: June 27, 1944
Type: Movie
A mother's preference for partying, boozing and running around with an assortment of sleazy characters results in her neglecting her nubile teenage daughter, who subsequently finds herself mixed up with horny teenage boys, scuzzy nightclub owners and murder.
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Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Title: Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
Character: Catlen
Released: May 20, 1944
Type: Movie
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings of an unscrupulous author, and chess pieces.
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The Great Alaskan Mystery
Title: The Great Alaskan Mystery
Character: Brandon
Released: April 25, 1944
Type: Movie
The obsessive scientist Dr. Miller is working on a matter-transmitter invention called the Paratron; a conspiratorial team of spies and no-goods pursue him to Alaska, trying to steal the device.
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Riders of the Deadline
Title: Riders of the Deadline
Character: "Gunner" Madigan
Released: December 3, 1943
Type: Movie
When Ranger Hoppy's falsely accused young ranger friend is killed while supposedly trying to escape from jail, Hoppy is blamed and drummed out of the Texas Rangers.
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Where Are Your Children?
Title: Where Are Your Children?
Character: Jim Wilson
Released: November 26, 1943
Type: Movie
Judy Wilson (Gale Storm), feeling neglected because both of her parents are working in defense plants, meets and falls in love with Danny Chester (Jackie Cooper), who enlists in the Navy and is sent to San Diego for training. She accepts an invitation to go on a ride to San Diego with her friends Herb (Neyle Morrow), Opal (Evelyn Eaton)and Jerry (Jimmy Zahner) but doesn't know the car has been stolen.
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The Masked Marvel
Title: The Masked Marvel
Character: 'Killer' Mace
Released: November 6, 1943
Type: Movie
A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome saboteur Sakima.
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So's Your Uncle
Title: So's Your Uncle
Character: Stagehand
Released: September 1, 1943
Type: Movie
Circumstances arise that result in a man impersonating his uncle. As the "uncle", he finds himself pursued by his girlfriend's aunt, who does not approve of their relationship.
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Secret Service In Darkest Africa
Title: Secret Service In Darkest Africa
Character: Relzah
Released: July 24, 1943
Type: Movie
An American secret agent travels to Africa to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring.
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Batman
Title: Batman
Character: Stone
Released: July 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, are in pursuit.
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Crime Doctor
Title: Crime Doctor
Character: First Reporter in Court (uncredited)
Released: June 22, 1943
Type: Movie
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to become a Physician and the country's leading criminal psychologist.
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Captive Wild Woman
Title: Captive Wild Woman
Character: Tony - Handler (uncredited)
Released: June 4, 1943
Type: Movie
An insane scientist doing experimentation in glandular research becomes obsessed with transforming a female gorilla into a human...even though it costs human life.
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I Escaped from the Gestapo
Title: I Escaped from the Gestapo
Character: Lokin
Released: May 14, 1943
Type: Movie
A forger is forced to work for a Nazi spy ring. His conscience gets the better of him, though, and he secretly conspires with the FBI to turn over the gang.
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White Savage
Title: White Savage
Character: Clerk
Released: April 23, 1943
Type: Movie
A native boy plays Cupid for a shark fisherman and a South Sea Islands princess.
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Shantytown
Title: Shantytown
Character: Gangster (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1943
Type: Movie
Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"
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The Ghost and the Guest
Title: The Ghost and the Guest
Character: Killer Blake
Released: April 19, 1943
Type: Movie
Newlyweds Webster and Jackie Frye spend their honeymoon in a sinister old country house. Before long, they are besieged by a gang of crooks, searching for a fortune in diamonds. With the help of chauffeur Harmony Jones, the honeymooners attempt to outsmart the villains.
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Keep 'Em Slugging
Title: Keep 'Em Slugging
Character: Thug
Released: March 1, 1943
Type: Movie
A gang of tough street kids decide to go straight and get jobs in order to free draft-age men for the war effort. However, because of their past tangles with the law, they can't find anybody who'll hire them. Finally one of them gets a job at the department store where his sister works, but runs afoul of a store executive who is in league with a ring of hijackers.
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King of the Mounties
Title: King of the Mounties
Character: Stark
Released: October 17, 1942
Type: Movie
King of the Candian riding police is up against Japs and Nazis who are about to invade Canada. They just want to clear the way with a new futuristic plane called "The Falcon" first, but that's not gonna happen if Kig has his way.
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Man With Two Lives
Title: Man With Two Lives
Character: Hugo
Released: February 26, 1942
Type: Movie
A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful crime wave.
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Title: Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Character: John Corey
Released: December 27, 1941
Type: Movie
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
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Johnny Eager
Title: Johnny Eager
Character: Guard Outside Luce's Office Door (uncredited)
Released: December 9, 1941
Type: Movie
A charming racketeer seduces the DA's stepdaughter for revenge, then falls in love.
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Down in San Diego
Title: Down in San Diego
Character: Tony
Released: August 1, 1941
Type: Movie
A group of neighborhood teenagers discover some suspicious goings-on near a naval base in San Diego, and suspect that a foreign espionage ring is at work trying to find out military secrets.
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Singapore Woman
Title: Singapore Woman
Character: Tough Seaman in Crow's Nest (uncredited)
Released: May 17, 1941
Type: Movie
A fallen woman seeks redemption at a Singapore rubber plantation. Melodrama.
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The Spider Returns
Title: The Spider Returns
Character: Henchman Trigger
Released: May 9, 1941
Type: Movie
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
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Lady from Louisiana
Title: Lady from Louisiana
Character: Lottery Thug
Released: April 22, 1941
Type: Movie
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted to each other, the fact that her father heads the lottery means they end up on opposite sides. When her father is killed, Julie becomes more and more involved in the shady activities and in blocking Reynolds' attempts at prosecution.
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Ridin' on a Rainbow
Title: Ridin' on a Rainbow
Character: Scoop Morrison, Bank Robber
Released: January 24, 1941
Type: Movie
When the showboat hits town, two men use the parade as a distraction to rob the bank. Their accomplice is Pop, the clown from the showboat. He leaves the money on the boat and tells his daughter Patsy to bring it to him at a later stop on the river. Gene's investigation of a bank robbery takes him to the showboat where he becomes a performer. Gene and Frog try to find the money while helping Patsy and her father.
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The Green Archer
Title: The Green Archer
Character: Lefty Brent
Released: October 25, 1940
Type: Movie
The struggle over the Bellamy estate ends with Michael Bellamy accused of murder and killed on the way to prison, while his brother Abel Bellamy takes control of the estate for his own nefarious plans.
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So You Won't Talk?
Title: So You Won't Talk?
Character: Dolf
Released: October 2, 1940
Type: Movie
A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.
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The Sea Hawk
Title: The Sea Hawk
Character: Whipper
Released: August 10, 1940
Type: Movie
Dashing pirate Geoffrey Thorpe plunders Spanish ships for Queen Elizabeth I and falls in love with Dona Maria, a beautiful Spanish royal he captures.
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Millionaires in Prison
Title: Millionaires in Prison
Character: Max, Convict (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1940
Type: Movie
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
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Florian
Title: Florian
Character: Rider
Released: June 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.
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The Earl of Chicago
Title: The Earl of Chicago
Character: Kilmount Salesman (uncredited)
Released: January 5, 1940
Type: Movie
A behind the times Chicago bootlegger goes to England with his lawyer to claim his estate as the Earl of Gorley.
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Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Title: Charlie McCarthy, Detective
Character: Photographer
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Scotty Hamilton is a reporter who works for a crooked editor. Bill Banning is another reporter who is about to expose the editor's ties to the mob. When the editor is killed, both reporter Banning and mobster Tony Garcia are suspected.
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Chip of the Flying U
Title: Chip of the Flying U
Character: Ed Duncan
Released: November 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Chip of the Flying U was Johnny Mack Brown's first western entry for 1940. Brown essays the title role of Chip Bennett, foreman of the Flying U ranch. Before the second reel has tumbled over the spools, Chip finds himself falsely accused of robbery and murder. The actual miscreants are in the employ of a band of foreign gunrunners, who speak in heavily Teutonic accents. Rest assured that Chip makes short work of these bush-league Storm Troopers before the sun sets in the West. Musical interludes are provided by a group calling themselves the Texas Rangers, even though they actually hailed from Kansas City.
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The Amazing Mr. Williams
Title: The Amazing Mr. Williams
Character: Bouncer (uncredited)
Released: November 22, 1939
Type: Movie
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
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Oklahoma Frontier
Title: Oklahoma Frontier
Character: Wayne
Released: October 9, 1939
Type: Movie
It's the opening of the Cherokee strip and the Rankins are after a particular section. Frazier is also after the same section and has hired outlaws to make sure he gets it. When Jeff gives Rankin a map, the outlaws kill Rankin, steal the map, and frame Jeff for the murder. Scheduled to be hung the day of the land rush, Jeff's pal Frosty has a plan to free him.
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Dust Be My Destiny
Title: Dust Be My Destiny
Character: Second Thug on Train (uncredited)
Released: September 16, 1939
Type: Movie
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.
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Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Title: Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Character: Joe Rubla
Released: July 7, 1939
Type: Movie
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
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Tell No Tales
Title: Tell No Tales
Character: Frankie Lewis (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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Buck Rogers
Title: Buck Rogers
Character: Killer Kane
Released: April 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a special gas to keep them in suspended animation until a rescue party can arrive. However, an avalanche covers the craft and the two are in suspended animation for 500 years. When they are found, they awake to find out that the world has been taken over by the outlaw army of Killer Kane. Along with Lieutenant Wilma Deering, Buck and Buddy join in the fight to overthrow Kane and with the help of Prince Tallen of Saturn and his forces, they eventually do and Earth is free of Kane's grip.
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Almost a Gentleman
Title: Almost a Gentleman
Character: Kidnapper
Released: March 31, 1939
Type: Movie
Saving a dog from the pound gets a man mixed up in murder.
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Twelve Crowded Hours
Title: Twelve Crowded Hours
Character: Jerry Miller (uncredited)
Released: February 23, 1939
Type: Movie
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
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Pacific Liner
Title: Pacific Liner
Character: Crew Member (uncredited)
Released: January 6, 1939
Type: Movie
An outbreak of cholera threatens a luxury liner in this surprisingly low-budget melodrama from RKO. En route from Shanghai to San Francisco, chief engineer Crusher McKay (Victor McLaglen) and shipboard doctor Tony Craig (Chester Morris) become rivals for the attention of nurse Ann Grayson (Wendy Barrie). A Chinese stowaway, meanwhile, infects the stokehold with cholera and it is left to Crusher to keep the engines at full throttle until reaching harbor. But morale sinks to an all-time low when Crusher himself is stricken and the overworked men threaten with mutiny. Tony attempts to keep the stokers in check but the situation is growing more dangerous by the minute when a heroic Crusher rises from his sickbed. Leaving their previous petty squabbles behind, Tony and Crusher manage to guide the ship safely to harbor, where the doc and Ann rekindle their romance.
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The Affairs of Annabel
Title: The Affairs of Annabel
Character: Bailey
Released: September 9, 1938
Type: Movie
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve main star Annabel in ever outrageous stunts for publicity.
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Marie Antoinette
Title: Marie Antoinette
Character: Marat (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1938
Type: Movie
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
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The Saint in New York
Title: The Saint in New York
Character: Maury Yule (Uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1938
Type: Movie
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all the city's crime.
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Law of the Underworld
Title: Law of the Underworld
Character: Henchman Larry
Released: May 6, 1938
Type: Movie
A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution
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Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Title: Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
Character: King Turan of the Forest People
Released: March 21, 1938
Type: Movie
When a deadly Nitron ray strikes Earth, Flash Gordon and his friends travel to Mars to battle Ming the Merciless and his new ally Queen Azura.
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Tim Tyler's Luck
Title: Tim Tyler's Luck
Character: Garry Drake
Released: December 27, 1937
Type: Movie
A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He meets up with Laura, who is after Spider Webb who has framed her brother. Webb causes the death of Tim's father, but is eventually tracked down.
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Escape by Night
Title: Escape by Night
Character: Mike Grayson
Released: September 1, 1937
Type: Movie
Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.