Eddie Parker

Eddie Parker

Born: December 12, 1900
Died: January 20, 1960
in Waukegan, Illinois, USA
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Eddie Parker (December 12, 1900 – January 20, 1960) was an American stuntman and actor who appeared in many classic films, mostly westerns and horror films. Some of his more famous films and serials include the 1943 "Batman" (as Lewis Wilson's stunt double), The Crimson Ghost, Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (as the Mummy), and Rear Window for Alfred Hitchcock as well as many classic Universal horror films. He appeared three times in the early television series, Tales of the Texas Rangers, and also performed stunts for that program.

Parker died of a heart attack in 1960.

Movies for Eddie Parker...

Sakima and the Masked Marvel
Title: Sakima and the Masked Marvel
Character: Meggs
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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Spartacus
Title: Spartacus
Character: Slave (uncredited)
Released: October 13, 1960
Type: Movie
The rebellious Thracian Spartacus, born and raised a slave, is sold to Gladiator trainer Batiatus. After weeks of being trained to kill for the arena, Spartacus turns on his owners and leads the other slaves in rebellion. As the rebels move from town to town, their numbers swell as escaped slaves join their ranks. Under the leadership of Spartacus, they make their way to southern Italy, where they will cross the sea and return to their homes.
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Pillow Talk
Title: Pillow Talk
Character: Doorman (uncredited)
Released: October 7, 1959
Type: Movie
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him and hears all his breezy routines. After Jan unsuccessfully lodges a complaint against him, Brad sets about to seduce her in the guise of a sincere and upstanding Texas rancher. When mutual friend Jonathan discovers that his best friend is moving in on the girl he desires, however, sparks fly.
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Imitation of Life
Title: Imitation of Life
Character: Cop at Funeral
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid.
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Curse of the Undead
Title: Curse of the Undead
Character: Henchman
Released: May 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A mysterious epidemic has struck an Old West frontier town and young girls are falling deathly ill. Doc Carter, his lovely daughter Dolores, and preacher Dan Young have their hands full caring for the infirm. When one of the patients dies unexpectedly, Dan notices two puncture wounds on her neck. His investigation leads him to the strange gunslinger Drake Robey, who always seems to be slower on the draw than his opponents, but who—despite being outdrawn, and even shot—always manages to survive these deadly encounters. Dan soon discovers that Drake also has an aversion to crucifixes, sleeps in coffins, and cannot tolerate sunlight...
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Monster on the Campus
Title: Monster on the Campus
Character: Donald as a Monster
Released: December 17, 1958
Type: Movie
A college paleontology professor acquires a newly discovered specimen of a coelecanth, but while examining it, he is accidentally exposed to its blood, and finds himself periodically turning into a murderous Neanderthal man.
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The Mole People
Title: The Mole People
Character: Mole Person
Released: December 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A party of archaeologists discovers the remnants of a mutant five millennia-old Sumerian civilization living beneath a glacier atop a mountain in Mesopatamia.
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Over-Exposed
Title: Over-Exposed
Character: Matt (as Edwin Parker)
Released: April 1, 1956
Type: Movie
This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money.
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Inside Detroit
Title: Inside Detroit
Released: January 1, 1956
Type: Movie
Gus Linden, former racketeer head of a Detroit local of the United Automobile Workers of America, A.F.L, attempts to destroy his successor, Blair Vicker, so he can put his old rackets back into the auto factories. Vickers fights him off, ultimately winning help from Linden's attractive daughter Barbara and from Joni Calvin, Vickers' moll.
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The Spoilers
Title: The Spoilers
Character: Berry (as Edwin Parker)
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.
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Tarantula
Title: Tarantula
Character: Paul Lund / Eric Jacobs / Airport Workman
Released: December 14, 1955
Type: Movie
A rogue scientist near a small desert town arouses the suspicion of the town's doctor when his lab assistant is found dead from a case of acromegaly, which took only four days to develop. As the doctor investigates, aided by the scientist's new female assistant, they discover that something is devouring local cattle and humans in increasingly large quantities.
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Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Character: Klaris
Released: June 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Stranded in Egypt, Bud and Lou find themselves in the buried tomb of a living mummy.
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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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The Far Country
Title: The Far Country
Character: Carson (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1954
Type: Movie
In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef...and woe betide anyone standing in his way! He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous town boss Gannon) through the mountains to Dawson. There, he and his partner Ben Tatum get into the gold business themselves. Two lovely women fall for misanthropic Jeff, but he believes in every-man-for-himself, turning his back on growing lawlessness...until it finally strikes home.
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Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Title: Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Character: Mr. Hyde (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1953
Type: Movie
As American policemen in London, Bud and Lou meet up with Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
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Law and Order
Title: Law and Order
Character: Man Demanding Gun (uncredited)
Released: May 13, 1953
Type: Movie
Frame Johnson's attempt to settle down in Tombstone is interrupted when a mob tries to mete out some frontier justice.
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All Ashore
Title: All Ashore
Character: Sheriff Billings (as Edwin Parker)
Released: March 3, 1953
Type: Movie
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls.
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All Ashore
Title: All Ashore
Character: Sheriff Billings
Released: March 3, 1953
Type: Movie
Three sailors finally get some shore leave, and go in search of fun and girls.
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Brave Warrior
Title: Brave Warrior
Character: Joe (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1952
Type: Movie
In Indiana of the early 1800s, conflict once again arises between the United States and Great Britain over territory and boundaries. Each side endeavors to gain the support of the Shawnee Indian tribes in the area. Governor William Henry Harrison enlists the aid of Steve Rubbell, whose friendship with the Shawnee chief Tecumseh goes back to childhood. Tecumseh's leadership of the Shawnee is contested by his brother, known as The Prophet, who sides with the British. Tecumseh, who grew up as a childhood playmate of Steve and of Laura McGregor, loves Steve as a brother and hopes to marry Laura. But Laura is in love with Steve. Laura's father, Shayne McGregor, secretly leads local support of the British against the Americans, even though it risks the life and love of his daughter. Everything comes to a head at the battle of Tippecanoe.
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My Six Convicts
Title: My Six Convicts
Character: Guard on Dump Truck
Released: March 20, 1952
Type: Movie
A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.
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The Hawk of Wild River
Title: The Hawk of Wild River
Character: Henchman Skeeter
Released: February 28, 1952
Type: Movie
Steve Martin is sent to Wild River to recover stolen gold and finds the town is being terrorized by The Hawk and his outlaw gang. The Hawk attempts to murder Sheriff Jack Mahoney and is captured and jailed. Steve helps the Hawk break jail and thus makes contact with the bandit gang. He sends a bungling photographer, Smiley Burnette, to warn the sheriff that the gang plan to rob the express office.
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The Racket
Title: The Racket
Character: Garage Roof Thug (uncredited)
Released: October 25, 1951
Type: Movie
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
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Title: The Red Skelton Show
Character: Cop
Released: September 30, 1951
Type: TV
The Red Skelton Show is an American variety show that was a television staple for two decades, from 1951 to 1971. It was second to Gunsmoke and third to The Ed Sullivan Show in the ratings during that time. Skelton, who had previously been a radio star, had appeared in several motion pictures as well. Although his television series is largely associated with CBS, where it appeared for more than fifteen years, it actually began and ended on NBC. During its run, the program received three Emmy Awards, for Skelton as best comedian and the program as best comedy show during its initial season, and an award for comedy writing in 1961.
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The Strange Door
Title: The Strange Door
Released: June 21, 1951
Type: Movie
The wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a deadly confrontation in his dungeon deathtrap.
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The Texas Rangers
Title: The Texas Rangers
Released: June 3, 1951
Type: Movie
It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.
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Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Title: Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Character: 'Doc' Wrightmire
Released: January 17, 1951
Type: Movie
Bank robber serves his time in prison, tries to go straight.
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Convicted
Title: Convicted
Character: Guard in Laundry (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1950
Type: Movie
A prison warden fights to prove one of his inmates was wrongly convicted.
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The Flame and the Arrow
Title: The Flame and the Arrow
Character: Outlaw (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1950
Type: Movie
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as their headquarters as they conduct an insurgency against their Hessian conquerors.
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Louisa
Title: Louisa
Character: Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Architect Hal Norton and wife Meg invite his widowed mother Louisa to move in with them, only to discover the sweet elderly lady is romantically involved with what seems to be every old coot in town.
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The Invisible Monster
Title: The Invisible Monster
Character: Barn Henchman Stoner [Ch.8]
Released: May 10, 1950
Type: Movie
Man-woman team of investigators uncover a gang whose mad scientist leader has developed an invisibility chemical and plans to build a mercenary army of invisible men.
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The Good Humor Man
Title: The Good Humor Man
Character: John
Released: March 24, 1950
Type: Movie
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Margie, who works as a secretary for Stuart Nagel, an insurance investigator. Margie won't marry Biff, though, because she is the sole support of her kid brother, Johnny. Biff gets involved with Bonnie, a young woman he tries to rescue from gangsters. But Biff's attempts to help her only get him accused of murder. When the police refuse to believe his story, it's up to Biff and Johnny to prove Biff's innocence and solve the crime.
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Range Justice
Title: Range Justice
Character: Henchman Lacey
Released: July 16, 1949
Type: Movie
Johnny Mack goes to work on "Ma" Curtis' ranch, to the disapproval of his friends, rancher Glenn Hadley and his sister Beth, who are at odds with her. Secretly, Ma's foreman Stoner is plotting with real estate man Ed Dutton to ruin her ranch and acquire it cheaply, with controlling water rights. Johnny stops henchman Dade in an attempt to dynamite the barn and Stoner, supposedly taking him to the sheriff, kills him. Johnny stops Glenn and Beth from tearing down a Curtis fence in order to get their cattle to water, but Glenn refuses to help even after Johnny explains he is helping Ma in order to find out who is behind the attacks on both ranches. Ma pretends to fire Johnny for saving Glenn from an ambush. As the outlaws attempt to rustle Ma's remaining cattle, Johnny, Alibi and Glenn join forces.
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King of the Rocket Men
Title: King of the Rocket Men
Character: Rowan
Released: June 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Prof. Millard pretends to be dead and helps Jeff King ferret out Vulcan, the evil traitor at the science academy. Donning his Rocket Man costume King goes from one hair raising rescue to the next in order to keep the newly invented Decimator out of the clutches of Vulcan and his minions.
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Knock on Any Door
Title: Knock on Any Door
Character: Reformatory Guard (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1949
Type: Movie
An attorney defends a hoodlum of murder, using the oppressiveness of the slums to appeal to the court.
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Law of the West
Title: Law of the West
Character: Big Mike - Henchman
Released: February 20, 1949
Type: Movie
With the railroad coming, Nixon is after the ranchers land. Using a stooge land agent, his method is to claim the person they bought their ranches from never had title to the land and their deeds are worthless. Fereral Agent Johnny Mack arrives posing as a gunman. He is quickly onto the henchman and Land Agent and eventually suspects Nixon is the big boss. But he needs the help of ventriloquist Alibi to bring them in.
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Bruce Gentry
Title: Bruce Gentry
Character: Gregg
Released: February 10, 1949
Type: Movie
Famed aviator Bruce Gentry is working with scientist Andrew Benson, setting out to uncover the origin of a deadly secret weapon---an electronically controlled flying disc which can be directed at moving or stationary targets. The disc was master-minded by an enemy agent known only as "The Recorder" because...he speaks entirely via recordings. Aided by rancher Frank Farrell and his sister Juanita "Nita" Hodges, Gentry consistently foils "The Recorders" schemes, which are carried out by "The Recorder's" henchmen, Krendon, Allen and Chandler, including an attack on the Panama Canal.
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Congo Bill
Title: Congo Bill
Character: Torturer
Released: October 28, 1948
Type: Movie
Congo Bill is hired to locate an heiress lost somewhere in Africa.
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The Fighting Ranger
Title: The Fighting Ranger
Character: Gill
Released: August 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A Texas Ranger and his partner gallop after a band of desperadoes.
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One Touch of Venus
Title: One Touch of Venus
Character: Detective #1 (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1948
Type: Movie
A window dresser's kiss brings a statue of the Roman goddess of love to life.
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The Tioga Kid
Title: The Tioga Kid
Character: Henchman Clem
Released: June 17, 1948
Type: Movie
Ranger Eddie Dean is looking for the outlaw the Tioga Kid, a man he closely resembles. He runs into Joe Morino and his gang of rustlers at the same time Tioga arrives to cut himself into Morino's game. But Morino doesn't give in and in the showdown, Eddie and the Kid find themselves on the same side.
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I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Title: I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
Character: Policeman
Released: May 23, 1948
Type: Movie
An innocent dancer is accused of murder after his shoe prints are found at the scene, but his wife follows the trail of clues to find the real perpetrator.
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Whirlwind Raiders
Title: Whirlwind Raiders
Character: Henchman Red Jordan (uncredited)
Released: May 12, 1948
Type: Movie
It's 1873 and the disbanded Texas Rangers have been replaced by the corrupt Texas State Police. Steve Lanning arrives posing as a wanted outlaw to get in with them in his attempt to have them replaced. His inside work helps the Durango Kid break up the State Police raids but he is in trouble when his secret identity as Durango becomes known to them.
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The Hawk of Powder River
Title: The Hawk of Powder River
Character: Mike Cochrane
Released: April 9, 1948
Type: Movie
B-western starring Eddie Dean as a singing lawman who comes to the aid of a pretty rancher (June Carlson) who's been targeted for murder by a notorious bandit known as "The Hawk".
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Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Title: Dangers of the Canadian Mounted
Character: Lowry - Henchman (as Eddy Parker)
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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Shadow Valley
Title: Shadow Valley
Character: Barney Foster
Released: November 29, 1947
Type: Movie
At least 10 percent of the 58-minute Eddie Dean western Shadow Valley is comprised of stock shots from earlier Dean oaters. This time, the star plays as U.S. marshal who comes to the rescue of the standard damsel in distress (Jennifer Holt, sister of Tim and daughter of Jack). The double-dyed villain (George Cheseboro) is a crooked lawyer (and former train robber) who wants to lay claim to the heroine's ranch.
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Black Hills
Title: Black Hills
Released: October 26, 1947
Type: Movie
When Hadley finds gold on his land, Kirby kills him and then goes after Hadley's ranch. After Eddie Dean foils Kirby's robbery attempt, Kirby forces the assistant land agent Tuttle to sell the ranch to him. But Eddie learns of the forgery thru Tuttle's boss and goes after Kirby.
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Valley of Fear
Title: Valley of Fear
Character: Duke, henchman (as Edwin Parker)
Released: September 14, 1947
Type: Movie
Johnny Williams (Johnny Mack Brown) returns to his home town of Beaufort, and finds himself when being chased by banker Henry Stevens (Tristram Coffin), Grangers Association head Les Travers (Ed Cassidy as Edward Cassidy) and real estate agent Frank Wilkins (Ted Adams.)
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Jesse James Rides Again
Title: Jesse James Rides Again
Character: Captain Flint
Released: August 2, 1947
Type: Movie
Jesse James wants to start a new life in a new location, but quickly finds himself wrapped-up in protecting townsfolk from the machinations of evil oilmen.
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Trailing Danger
Title: Trailing Danger
Character: Riley - Henchman (as Edwin Parker)
Released: May 29, 1947
Type: Movie
Convicted killer Jim Holden is rescued from the sheriff by his gang, led by Mason and Riley. He is out to get the Hathaway Stage superintendent George Bannister, who was responsible for his conviction and learns the Bannister, his niece (Kay) and Hal Hathaway, son of the stage line owner, are on a cross-country stage. Johnny, a rancher, and Waco, local stage representative head for the stage to warn the passengers, including entertainer Paradise Flo and coffin salesman Pennypacker. Hal takes the stage into Holdin. Johnny and Waco rescue Hal and Bannister before the gang succeeds in hanging the pair.
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The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
Title: The Vigilante: Fighting Hero of the West
Character: Doc / X-3
Released: May 22, 1947
Type: Movie
Columbia's 33rd serial (made between "Jack Armstrong" and "The Sea Hound") was based on the character that first appeared in "Action Comics" No. 42.
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The Adventures of Don Coyote
Title: The Adventures of Don Coyote
Character: Henchman Joe
Released: May 9, 1947
Type: Movie
Near Border Flats, Don Coyote and his friend Sancho are interrupted on their way to the fiesta by a fight. A quick intervention on their part prompts ranch owner Maggie Riley to hire them. Coyote and Sancho meet her surly, younger brother Ted who is wanting Maggie to sell their cattle herd to pay off a bank loan before they lose the ranch. But when they try to drive a herd to market, a gang led by Big Foot Ferguson drives off their cowhands.
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Jack Armstrong
Title: Jack Armstrong
Character: Henchman Slade
Released: February 6, 1947
Type: Movie
Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, battles the evil Dr. Grood, who has placed a death ray aboard his spaceship orbiting Earth.
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Raiders of the South
Title: Raiders of the South
Character: Henchman Jeb (as Edwin Parker)
Released: January 18, 1947
Type: Movie
Johnny Brownell, former Confederate officer turned Federal agent, is sent to Texas during the reconstruction years to obtain evidence against a gang of raiders who have been making life difficult for the local carpet-baggers. He saves the life of Shorty Kendall, an unreconstructed rebel about to be hanged, and this wins him the gratitude of Belle Chambers, a widow whose husband was killed in the Civil War who hates all Yankees with a fever.
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Son of Zorro
Title: Son of Zorro
Character: Melton [Chs. 10-11]
Released: January 18, 1947
Type: Movie
A man returning home after having fought in the Civil War discovers that corrupt politicians have taken over the county and are terrorizing and shaking down the citizens. He dons the costume of his ancestor, the famous Zorro, and sets out to bring them to justice.
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Silver Range
Title: Silver Range
Character: Bart Nelson
Released: November 16, 1946
Type: Movie
Veteran cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown plays a cattle buyer turned prairie sleuth in this low-budget oater from Monogram, which co-stars perennial old-timer Raymond Hatton as a retired U.S. Marshal assigned to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a rancher. As the two old friends soon learn, a gang of smugglers headed by the town's banker (Frank LaRue) needs the use of the Flying Arrow Ranch for their nefarious purposes.
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Trigger Fingers
Title: Trigger Fingers
Character: Smoke Turner
Released: September 20, 1946
Type: Movie
Blacksmith Pinto Peters calls on his old friend, Sam "Hurricane" Benton, to help him clear his son, Jimmy, of a murder charge. Hot-headed Jimmy, believes that the best way to cure a man of cheating at cards is to shoot him. He didn't shoot him enough, as the gambler only feigns death as part of a plot to gain possession of land owned by Pinto, as they know there is gold on the land buried there by an outlaw gang years ago.
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The Last Crooked Mile
Title: The Last Crooked Mile
Character: Owens
Released: August 9, 1946
Type: Movie
A mystery grows after a bank robbery car leads investigators to a carnival sideshow.
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The Inner Circle
Title: The Inner Circle
Character: Duke's Henchman
Released: August 7, 1946
Type: Movie
A fresh-faced young detective gets set up, framed for murder, and alibied by a smart blonde.
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Chick Carter, Detective
Title: Chick Carter, Detective
Character: Frank Sharp
Released: July 11, 1946
Type: Movie
Detective Chick Carter (Lyle Talbot)finds himself on his most exciting case when Sherry Martin (Julie Gibson), a singer at the Century Club, reports the robbery of the famous Blue Diamond, owned by Joe Carney (Charles King), the owner of the nightclub.
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Daughter of Don Q
Title: Daughter of Don Q
Character: George Tomkins
Released: June 27, 1946
Type: Movie
When the unscrupulous Carlos Manning discovers that an old Spanish land grant recently unearthed will leave a huge section of California real estate to the heirs of Don Quantero, he employs Mel Donovan and his killer henchmen to murder them all. That will leave Manning as the sole heir to millions. However, Delores Quantero tumbles to this plot and enlists the aide of two-fisted reporter, Cliff Roberts to save all her relatives
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King of the Forest Rangers
Title: King of the Forest Rangers
Character: Stover
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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Days of Buffalo Bill
Title: Days of Buffalo Bill
Character: Henchman Chuck Barton
Released: February 2, 1946
Type: Movie
In this western, a cowpoke gets in an argument; a scuffle ensues leaving the cowboy to believe that he killed his opponent. He is so wracked with guilt that he travels to the ranch of the dead man's sister, gives himself a new name and begins helping her. Rustlers come; he stops them. Trouble ensues after she learns his true identity. A scuffle ensues. She wings him with a gun; he disarms her. Later she hears the real murderer bragging about his crime during a fight with the hero.
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Frontier Feud
Title: Frontier Feud
Character: Henchman Sam Murphy (as Edwin Parker)
Released: November 24, 1945
Type: Movie
Johnny Mack Brown is back as Nevada Jack McKenzie in Frontier Feud. Once again, Nevada and his grizzled sidekick Sandy (Raymond Hatton) are US marshals posing as drifters. Rancher Joe (Dennis Moore) is accused of a series of murders, but Nevada and Sandy manage to prove that another man is the guilty party.
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The Lost Trail
Title: The Lost Trail
Character: Henchman Bill
Released: October 19, 1945
Type: Movie
Having briefly abandoned his standard "Nevada Jack McKenzie" characterization in Flame of the West, cowboy star Johnny Mack Brown was back as Nevada Jack in Monogram's The Lost Trail. Vowing to bring in a gang of stagecoach outlaws, Nevada redoubles his efforts when he learns that the owner of the stagecoach line is pretty Jane Burns (Jennifer Holt).
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Adventures of Rusty
Title: Adventures of Rusty
Character: Ehrlich
Released: September 6, 1945
Type: Movie
Fearing that his recently-acquired step-mother, Ann Dennis, is competing with him for his father's affections, and saddened by the death of his dog, young Danny Mitchell seeks consolation in the companionship of a ferocious, Nazi-trained police dog, Rusty, brought to the U.S. by a returning WWII-veteran. The step-mother, with tender understanding, eventually wins Danny over while Danny pacifies his new dog.
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Flame of Barbary Coast
Title: Flame of Barbary Coast
Character: Pedestrian
Released: May 28, 1945
Type: Movie
Duke Fergus falls for Ann 'Flaxen' Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and returns. After he makes a fortune, he opens his own place with Flaxen as the entertainer; but the 1906 quake destroys his place.
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The Monster and the Ape
Title: The Monster and the Ape
Character: Blake
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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The Power of the Whistler
Title: The Power of the Whistler
Character: Motorcycle Patrolman
Released: April 19, 1945
Type: Movie
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on items in his pockets.
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The Phantom Speaks
Title: The Phantom Speaks
Character: Cop in Park (Uncredited)
Released: April 13, 1945
Type: Movie
The spirit of an executed murderer enters the body of a physician, and forces him to do its bidding--namely, murder.
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Escape in the Fog
Title: Escape in the Fog
Character: Police Officer Sullivan (uncredited)
Released: April 5, 1945
Type: Movie
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.
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Cobra Woman
Title: Cobra Woman
Released: May 12, 1944
Type: Movie
A man (Jon Hall) tracks his kidnapped bride (Maria Montez) to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess.
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Pistol Packin' Mama
Title: Pistol Packin' Mama
Character: Mike
Released: December 15, 1943
Type: Movie
Two tuneful gamblers gambol across the country in a struggle for the money they need to run their respective casinos. It all begins when gangsters oust a gambler from the Big Apple. In need of quick cash, he goes to Las Vegas and enters a casino owned by a tough but pretty young woman. Cheating like crazy, the gambler breaks the house back and takes his considerable winnings back to New York to open his own casino. The woman is in hot pursuit and eagerly plans to turn the tables in her favor.
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The Masked Marvel
Title: The Masked Marvel
Character: Meggs
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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The Lone Star Trail
Title: The Lone Star Trail
Character: Lem
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two years in jail. Paroled, he can't wear a gun, but is aided by Marshal Fargo Steele. The gang is out to gain control of all of the valley land before a dam is constructed. When Blaze raises the money to pay off the taxes on his ranch, he finds it has been marked to incriminate him.
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Secret Service In Darkest Africa
Title: Secret Service In Darkest Africa
Character: Karl Koche
Released: July 24, 1943
Type: Movie
An American secret agent travels to Africa to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring.
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Hit the Ice
Title: Hit the Ice
Character: Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Released: June 2, 1943
Type: Movie
Flash Fulton (Bud Abbott) and Weejie McCoy (Lou Costello) take pictures of a bank robbery. Lured to the mountain resort hideout of the robbers and accompanied by Dr. Bill Elliott (Patric Knowles) and Peggy Osborn (Elyse Knox), they also meet old friend Johnny Long (Johnny Long) and his band and singer Marcia Manning (Ginny Simms). Dr. Elliott and Peggy are being held in a remote cabin by the robbers, but Weejie rescues them by turning himself into a human snowball that becomes an avalanche that engulfs the crooks.
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Mug Town
Title: Mug Town
Character: Motorcycle Cop
Released: December 18, 1942
Type: Movie
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.
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The Secret Code
Title: The Secret Code
Character: Chief Henchman Berck
Released: September 4, 1942
Type: Movie
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.
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Invisible Agent
Title: Invisible Agent
Character: Strongman Thug (uncredited)
Released: August 7, 1942
Type: Movie
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany in this comedy-thriller.
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Fingers at the Window
Title: Fingers at the Window
Character: Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Released: April 22, 1942
Type: Movie
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
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Obliging Young Lady
Title: Obliging Young Lady
Character: Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1942
Type: Movie
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.
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Joe Smith, American
Title: Joe Smith, American
Character: Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1942
Type: Movie
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get military secrets out of him by any means possible. Will Joe keep quiet or betray his country...
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Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Title: Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
Character: Hideout Heavy
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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They Died with Their Boots On
Title: They Died with Their Boots On
Character: Sentry (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1941
Type: Movie
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
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Sea Raiders
Title: Sea Raiders
Character: Coral Strand Crewman
Released: October 13, 1941
Type: Movie
A bunch of waterfront youths pursue the Sea Raiders, a gang of saboteurs.
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Flying Wild
Title: Flying Wild
Character: Henchman
Released: March 10, 1941
Type: Movie
A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents.
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A Man Betrayed
Title: A Man Betrayed
Character: Hood at Fifth Voting Precinct (uncredited)
Released: March 7, 1941
Type: Movie
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of integrity is sweet in this instance, since Wayne happens to be in love with the politician's daughter (Frances Dee).
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The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Title: The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
Character: Henchman with Dolan
Released: December 24, 1940
Type: Movie
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
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Mysterious Doctor Satan
Title: Mysterious Doctor Satan
Character: Chuck - Lead Truck Thug
Released: December 13, 1940
Type: Movie
A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayne, who fights Satan as the enigmatic Copperhead. Mysterious Doctor Satan is a 1940 film serial named after its chief villain. Doctor Satan's main opponent is the masked mystery man, "The Copperhead", whose secret identity is Bob Wayne, a man searching for justice and revenge on Satan for the death of his step-father. The serial charts the conflict between the two as Bob Wayne pursues Doctor Satan, while the latter completes his plans for world domination.
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Junior G-Men
Title: Junior G-Men
Character: Truck Driver
Released: November 1, 1940
Type: Movie
A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor of a super-explosive and its remote detonator, from the clutches of a band of foreign subversives call the "Flaming Torch Gang". A 12-episode movie serial with the chapters: •1. Enemies Within •2. The Blast of Doom •3. Human Dynamite •4. Blazing Danger •5. Trapped By Traitors •6. Traitors' Treachery •7. Flaming Death •8. Hurled Through Space •9. The Plunge of Peril •10.The Toll of Treason •11.Descending Doom •12.The Power of Patriotism
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Sky Murder
Title: Sky Murder
Character: Second Motorcycle Policeman
Released: September 27, 1940
Type: Movie
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US entered the war, we're not told the villains are Nazis, but it's pretty clear anyway). Of course, the helpful and persistent Bartholomew is at his side--much to Nick's irritation. To further complicate things--and to make them still funnier--Joyce Compton is along for the ride too, as a delightfully brainless "detective" named Christine Cross.
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When the Daltons Rode
Title: When the Daltons Rode
Character: Mason - Rigby Henchman
Released: August 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
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Winners of the West
Title: Winners of the West
Character: Henchman
Released: July 2, 1940
Type: Movie
Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a variety of schemes to prevent the railroad from being built, for fear it will finish his control of (what he considers) his land.
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'Til We Meet Again
Title: 'Til We Meet Again
Character: Detective (uncredited)
Released: April 20, 1940
Type: Movie
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
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Virginia City
Title: Virginia City
Character: Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: March 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in the loot, stand in his way.
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Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Title: Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Character: Arborian Prison Guard (uncredited)
Released: March 3, 1940
Type: Movie
A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless is up to his old tricks. So it's back to Mongo for Flash, Dale, and Zarkov.
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Northwest Passage
Title: Northwest Passage
Character: Ranger
Released: February 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
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Missing Evidence
Title: Missing Evidence
Character: Policeman
Released: December 15, 1939
Type: Movie
G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself upon the honest citizenry of the US. The crooks have flooded the market with counterfeit lottery tickets, reducing many an unwary speculator to poverty.
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Another Thin Man
Title: Another Thin Man
Character: State Trooper (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.
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Danger Flight
Title: Danger Flight
Character: Williams
Released: November 1, 1939
Type: Movie
Crooks plot to steal a payroll being shipped by air.
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Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Title: Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Character: Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Released: September 9, 1939
Type: Movie
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
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Dick Tracy's G-Men
Title: Dick Tracy's G-Men
Character: Bayside Dock Thug
Released: September 2, 1939
Type: Movie
A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again.
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Indianapolis Speedway
Title: Indianapolis Speedway
Character: Pit Man
Released: August 5, 1939
Type: Movie
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.
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Daredevils of the Red Circle
Title: Daredevils of the Red Circle
Character: Pete--Derrick Heavy
Released: June 10, 1939
Type: Movie
Escaped Prisoner 39013 impersonates the rich and influential Horace Granville, allowing him to create a variety of disasters. Fortunately, he is thwarted repeatedly by three daring circus daredevils.
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Mandrake the Magician
Title: Mandrake the Magician
Character: Henchman
Released: May 6, 1939
Type: Movie
Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.
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Buck Rogers
Title: Buck Rogers
Character: Council-Room Guard
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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The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Title: The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Character: Raider Hank
Released: February 25, 1939
Type: Movie
Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The Lone Ranger is on hand to help the homesteaders battle Bart's men as he overcomes traps, ambushes, burning buildings and other obstacles in his attempt to bring peace to the valley.
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Wings of the Navy
Title: Wings of the Navy
Character: Undetermined Role
Released: February 11, 1939
Type: Movie
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on and protective of his brother, but Jerry can give it right back.
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Scouts to the Rescue
Title: Scouts to the Rescue
Character: Joe, Message Rider
Released: January 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
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Heart of the North
Title: Heart of the North
Character: Gonzales (uncredited)
Released: December 10, 1938
Type: Movie
A two-fisted Canadian Mountie leads lawmen in pursuit of the thieves who stole an Edmonton-bound freighter's cargo.
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Professor Beware
Title: Professor Beware
Character: Detective
Released: July 29, 1938
Type: Movie
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the police close on his trail he gets in and out of scrapes along the way.
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State Police
Title: State Police
Character: State Trooper Recruit
Released: March 18, 1938
Type: Movie
The state police try to break up racketeering in a coal mining town.
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The Spy Ring
Title: The Spy Ring
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: January 8, 1938
Type: Movie
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get the spies that are after the invention and avenge his friend's death.
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Tim Tyler's Luck
Title: Tim Tyler's Luck
Character: Henchman
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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Radio Patrol
Title: Radio Patrol
Character: Police Dispatcher / Steel Mill Worker
Released: October 3, 1937
Type: Movie
About a young radio cop and a beautiful girl try to stop an international criminal gang from getting their hands on the formula for a new bulletproof steel.
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God's Country and the Man
Title: God's Country and the Man
Character: Bill Briggs, RCMP (as Ed Parker)
Released: September 2, 1937
Type: Movie
Cowboy and his friends set out to track down his father's killer. On the way, they discover a vein of gold. The killer finds out about it, and returns to try to take it from them.
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Darkest Africa
Title: Darkest Africa
Character: Sentry
Released: February 15, 1936
Type: Movie
A 15-episode serial in which Beatty goes to darkest Africa to rescue the Goddess of Joba, who is being held by the high priest.
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If You Could Only Cook
Title: If You Could Only Cook
Character: Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
Released: December 30, 1935
Type: Movie
An auto engineer and a professor's daughter pose as married servants in a mobster's mansion.
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The Courageous Avenger
Title: The Courageous Avenger
Character: Henchman Wellford
Released: December 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Kirk Baxter has been sent to investigate murder and robbery involving gold shipments. Identifying a gang member by his bullets, he uses that man's horse to locate and join the gang. He learns the gang is tipped off to the shipments by a mine employee using carrier pigeons. But the next message reveals his true identity and he is made a prisoner.
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The New Frontier
Title: The New Frontier
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
In 1889 pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide-open towns. In one such, citizens elect Milt Dawson to challenge the self-appointed rule of gambler Ace Holmes, only to have him shot in the back. But leading the next batch of settlers is Milt's quick-on-the-draw son John, who gets help from friendly outlaws.
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The Call of the Savage
Title: The Call of the Savage
Character: Emperor's Guard / Mu Sentry
Released: April 14, 1935
Type: Movie
Two competing teams of scientists search the African jungles for a secret formula.
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The Ghost Rider
Title: The Ghost Rider
Character: Wirt
Released: April 7, 1935
Type: Movie
Jim Bullard escapes from prison and returns to settle matters with the Rascob's that framed him. He kills two of them leaving an ace as his calling card. Bull remembers the deck of cards that fell when he fought Dave had no aces and the Rascob's set out after him. Trapped in a cabin, Dave receives unexpected help from Bullard.
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Rainbow Valley
Title: Rainbow Valley
Character: Prison Guard
Released: March 15, 1935
Type: Movie
John Martin is a government agent working under cover. Leading citizen Morgan calls in gunman Galt who blows Martin's cover.
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'Neath the Arizona Skies
Title: 'Neath the Arizona Skies
Character: Henchman Asking Chris for Nina (uncredited)
Released: December 5, 1934
Type: Movie
Chris Morrell, the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina, is helping her find her missing white father. so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore, another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate Nina's father and fight off the various desperadoes
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The Lawless Frontier
Title: The Lawless Frontier
Released: November 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Tobin is after the bandit Zanti who killed his parents. He finds him just as Zanti is about to kill Dusty and kidnap Ruby. Saving the two, he goes after Zanti. He catches him but Zanti escapes the Sheriff's handcuff's and this time Tobin has to chase him into the desert.
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The Trail Beyond
Title: The Trail Beyond
Character: Ryan
Released: October 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Rod Drew hunts for a missing girl and finds himself in a fight over a goldmine as well.
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The Star Packer
Title: The Star Packer
Character: Henchman Parker (as Ed Parker)
Released: July 30, 1934
Type: Movie
John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.
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The Shadow Gang
Title: The Shadow Gang
Character: Henchman Parker (as Ed Parker)
Released: June 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A re-edited, digitally colourised and re-scored version of vintage black and white Western 'The Star Packer', complete with contemporary, pulse pounding music. The re-edit brings 'The Star Packer' down to a 22 minute short version. John Travers and Yak, his faithful Indian sidekick, pick up where a murdered sheriff leaves off, and try to nab the mysterious Shadow.
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The Lucky Texan
Title: The Lucky Texan
Character: Al Miller (sheriff's son)
Released: January 22, 1934
Type: Movie
Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives complicated by bad guys and a woman.