Robert Shayne

Robert Shayne

Born: October 4, 1900
Died: November 29, 1992
in Yonkers, New York, USA
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Robert Shayne (October 4, 1900 – November 29, 1992), born Robert Shaen Dawe, was an American actor whose career lasted for over 60 years. He was best known for portraying Inspector Bill Henderson in the American television series Adventures of Superman.

Shayne became an actor after having worked as a reporter at the Illustrated Daily Tab in Miami, Florida. His initial acting experience came with repertory companies in Alabama, including the Birmingham Players.

Shayne's first Broadway appearance came by 1931 in The Rap. His other Broadway shows include Yellow Jack (1934), The Cat and the Canary (1935), Whiteoaks (1938), with Ethel Barrymore, and Without Love (1942), with Katharine Hepburn.

Shayne began his film career in 1934, appearing in two features. In 1942, he became a contract actor with Warner Bros.. He played many character roles in movies and television, including a film series of Warner Bros. featurettes called the "Santa Fe Trail" series such as Wagon Wheels West, and as a mad scientist in the 1953 horror film The Neanderthal Man.

He appears briefly in Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest, seated at a booth in a hotel bar, where his character meets Cary Grant's character, just as the latter is about to be kidnapped. He also had a small but pivotal role in the 1953 sci-fi classic Invaders From Mars as a scientist. He also enjoyed a brief rebirth in his career when he was cast as the blind newspaper vendor in The Flash television show. He was by this time actually blind and learned his lines by having his wife read them to him and then rehearse until he memorized them.

Shayne portrayed Police Inspector William "Bill" Henderson on the 1950s TV series Adventures of Superman. He appeared sporadically in the early episodes of the series, in part because he came under HUAC scrutiny and was briefly blacklisted on unproven and unspecific charges of association with Communism. As the program evolved, especially in the color episodes, he was brought into more and more of them, to the point where he was a regular on the series.

Movies for Robert Shayne...

The Naked Monster
Title: The Naked Monster
Character: Prof. Bradshaw
Released: April 22, 2005
Type: Movie
Using soundtracks and extensive footage from many old movies, this spoof/homage of 1950's science-fiction films brings back many favorite actors from these classic movies, some reprising their former roles, to help destroy a giant stop-motion monster that is threatening to destroy Los Angeles.
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Title: The Flash
Character: Reggie
Released: September 20, 1990
Type: TV
When a bolt of lightening crashes through a police crime lab, a mix of electrically charged substances bathes chemist Barry Allen, transforming him into the fastest man alive--The Flash.
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Horrible Horror
Title: Horrible Horror
Character: Prof. Bradshaw in 'Indestructible Man'
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.
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The Gentleman Tramp
Title: The Gentleman Tramp
Character: (voice)
Released: October 10, 1976
Type: Movie
A film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin.
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The Specialist
Title: The Specialist
Character: Chairman Hopkins
Released: May 1, 1975
Type: Movie
Jerry Bounds, an upright lawyer, must stand up against Pike Smith and his the water company's efforts to exploit a local lake.
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Title: Emergency!
Released: January 22, 1972
Type: TV
The crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and Rampart Hospital respond to emergencies in their operating area.
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The Million Dollar Duck
Title: The Million Dollar Duck
Character: Refinery Executive (uncredited)
Released: June 30, 1971
Type: Movie
Professor Dooley takes home a duck from his research laboratory as a toy for his son, but soon finds out that it lays golden eggs.
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Tora! Tora! Tora!
Title: Tora! Tora! Tora!
Character: Cmdr. William H. Buracker (uncredited)
Released: January 26, 1970
Type: Movie
In the summer of 1941, the United States and Japan seem on the brink of war after constant embargos and failed diplomacy come to no end. "Tora! Tora! Tora!", named after the code words use by the lead Japanese pilot to indicate they had surprised the Americans, covers the days leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor, which plunged America into the Second World War.
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Winning
Title: Winning
Character: Well-Wisher at Indy Victory (uncredited)
Released: May 22, 1969
Type: Movie
Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one - the Indianapolis 500. But to get there he runs the risk of losing his wife Elora to his rival, Luther Erding, and strains the relationship with his stepson.
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Title: The Doris Day Show
Character: Mr. Gilroy
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run. It is also remembered for Day's statement, in her autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story, that her husband Martin Melcher had signed her to do the TV series without her knowledge, a fact she only discovered when Melcher died of heart disease on April 20, 1968. The TV show premiered on Tuesday, September 24, 1968.
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Title: The Doris Day Show
Character: Andrew McIntyre
Released: September 24, 1968
Type: TV
The Doris Day Show is an American sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 1968 until March 1973, remaining on the air for five seasons and 128 episodes. In addition to showcasing Doris Day, the show is remembered for its many abrupt format changes over the course of its five-year run. It is also remembered for Day's statement, in her autobiography Doris Day: Her Own Story, that her husband Martin Melcher had signed her to do the TV series without her knowledge, a fact she only discovered when Melcher died of heart disease on April 20, 1968. The TV show premiered on Tuesday, September 24, 1968.
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Title: Land of the Giants
Character: Mr. Clinton
Released: September 22, 1968
Type: TV
Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London, on an ultra-fast sub-orbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is dragged through a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth, whose inhabitants the Earthlings nickname "the Giants". The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it inoperable.
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Runaway Girl
Title: Runaway Girl
Character: Walter Quillen
Released: May 10, 1965
Type: Movie
Vineyard owner Randy Minola becomes captivated by the worldly Edella, much to the chagrin of his girlfriend Winnie.
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A Tiger Walks
Title: A Tiger Walks
Character: Governor's Advisor
Released: April 12, 1964
Type: Movie
A tiger escapes from a circus truck as it passes by a small town, and hides itself in the surrounding woods. This throws the town into a panic and everyone wants the animal killed immediately, except for the daughter of the sheriff. She wants to capture the tiger and put it in a zoo, thereby saving the tiger's life. Her determination starts a nationwide campaign among children to raise the money to buy the tiger from the circus, but first, she, her father and an Indian tiger trainer must find the tiger before the National Guard do, who have orders to kill it on sight.
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Title: Petticoat Junction
Character: Mr. Fillmore
Released: September 24, 1963
Type: TV
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
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Title: Hazel
Character: Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Released: September 28, 1961
Type: TV
Hazel is an American sitcom about a fictional live-in maid named Hazel Burke and her employers, the Baxters. The five-season, 154-episode series aired in primetime from September 28, 1961 until April 11, 1966 and was produced by Screen Gems. The show aired on NBC for its first four seasons, and then on CBS for its final season. The first season, except for one color episode was in black and white, the remainder in color. The show was based on the popular single-panel comic strip by cartoonist Ted Key, which appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.
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20,000 Eyes
Title: 20,000 Eyes
Character: Police Lieutenant
Released: June 14, 1961
Type: Movie
An investment counselor turns jewel thief when the gangster he embezzled funds from demands to be paid back.
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Title: Surfside 6
Character: Dowell
Released: October 6, 1960
Type: TV
Surfside 6 was an ABC television series which aired from 1960 to 1962. The show centered on a Miami Beach detective agency set on a houseboat and featured Troy Donahue as Sandy Winfield II; Van Williams as Kenny Madison; and Lee Patterson as Dave Thorne. Diane McBain co-starred as socialite Daphne Dutton, whose yacht was berthed next to their houseboat. Margarita Sierra also had a supporting role as Cha Cha O'Brien, an entertainer who worked at The Boom Boom Room, a popular Miami Beach hangout at the Fontainebleau Hotel, directly across the street from Surfside 6. Surfside 6 was in fact a real address in Miami Beach, where an unrelated houseboat was moored at the time; it can also be seen in the sweeping aerial establishing shot of the Fontainebleu in 1964's Goldfinger.
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From the Terrace
Title: From the Terrace
Character: Partner (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1960
Type: Movie
Alfred Eaton, an ambitious young executive, climbs to the top of New York's financial world as his marriage crumbles. At the brink of attaining his career goals, he is forced to choose between business success, married to the beautiful, but unfaithful Mary and starting over with his true love, the much younger Natalie.
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Cage of Evil
Title: Cage of Evil
Character: Victor Delmar
Released: July 1, 1960
Type: Movie
While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfriend and make off with her and the loot, they start down a treacherous path full of dark surprises.
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Why Must I Die
Title: Why Must I Die
Character: Charlie Munro
Released: June 1, 1960
Type: Movie
A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.
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Valley of the Redwoods
Title: Valley of the Redwoods
Character: Capt. Sid Walker
Released: May 8, 1960
Type: Movie
Wayne, Jan, and Dino try pulling off a heist of a lumber company's payroll, and everything seems to go wrong right from the beginning, in spite of Dino's expertise. The trio take off for the woods in Canada with Wayne suffering from a wound and the law in hot pursuit. To complicate matters slightly there is a romantic tie-up with Jan, someone too tough and efficient to be easily won over.
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Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Title: Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Character: Husband - Circus Spectator
Released: January 21, 1960
Type: Movie
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself to circus life, but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him, and that his aunt and uncle truly love him, Toby happily returns home once again.
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Title: The Third Man
Character: Mr. Morgan
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
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North by Northwest
Title: North by Northwest
Character: Larry Wade (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1959
Type: Movie
Advertising man Roger Thornhill is mistaken for a spy, triggering a deadly cross-country chase.
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The Rebel Set
Title: The Rebel Set
Character: Lt. Cassidy
Released: June 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Three beatniks are brought together to rob an armored car, only to face betrayal from amongst their ranks.
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I, Mobster
Title: I, Mobster
Character: Senator
Released: February 1, 1959
Type: Movie
The rise and fall of gang lord Joe Sante. A crime boss appears before a Senate subcommittee. A flashbacks tell his story.
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Title: 77 Sunset Strip
Character: Stephen Allen
Released: October 10, 1958
Type: TV
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office located at 77 Sunset Strip in Los Angeles, California, right next door to a snazzy restaurant where Kookie works as a valet. The finger-snapping, slang-talking Kookie occasionally helps Stu and Jeff with their cases, and eventually becomes a full-fledged member of the detective agency. Rex Randolph and J.R. Hale also join the firm, and Suzanne is their leggy secretary.
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Title: The Donna Reed Show
Character: Dr. Flanigan
Released: September 24, 1958
Type: TV
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.
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How to Make a Monster
Title: How to Make a Monster
Character: Gary Droz
Released: July 1, 1958
Type: Movie
When master monster make-up man Pete Dumond is fired by the new bosses of American International studios, he uses his creations to exact revenge.
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Teenage Cave Man
Title: Teenage Cave Man
Character: The Fire Maker
Released: July 1, 1958
Type: Movie
Roger Corman's post-holocaust quickie about an adolescent tribesman who dares to explore the feared "forbidden zone."
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War of the Satellites
Title: War of the Satellites
Character: Cole Hotchkiss
Released: May 18, 1958
Type: Movie
An "unknown force" declares war against planet Earth when the United Nations disobeys warnings to cease and desist in its attempts at assembling the first satellite in the atmosphere.
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Title: 26 Men
Released: November 1, 1957
Type: TV
26 Men is a syndicated American western television series about the Arizona Rangers, an elite group commissioned in 1901 by the legislature of the Arizona Territory and limited, for financial reasons, to twenty-six active members. Russell Hayden was the producer of the series and the co-composer of the theme song. The series aired between October 15, 1957 and June 30, 1959, for a total of 78 episodes.
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Death in Small Doses
Title: Death in Small Doses
Released: September 15, 1957
Type: Movie
A government agent investigates the use of illegal amphetamines among long-haul truck drivers.
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Spook Chasers
Title: Spook Chasers
Character: The Detective
Released: June 2, 1957
Type: Movie
Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.
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The Giant Claw
Title: The Giant Claw
Character: Gen. Van Buskirk
Released: June 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Global panic ensues when it is revealed that a mysterious UFO is actually a giant turkey-like bird that flies at supersonic speed and has no regard for life or architecture.
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Footsteps in the Night
Title: Footsteps in the Night
Character: Fred Horner
Released: April 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Two detectives investigate the strangulation murder of a man whom everyone seemed to like.
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Kronos
Title: Kronos
Character: Air Force General
Released: March 31, 1957
Type: Movie
Scientists investigate a huge meteor that crashes into the ocean off Mexico, and encounter a skyscraper-tall, mobile machine which is designed to syphon energy from earth, including any energy directed at it in an effort to destroy it.
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Hot Shots
Title: Hot Shots
Character: Pierre M. Morley
Released: December 23, 1956
Type: Movie
Sach and the gang baby-sit a bratty TV star.
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Dance With Me, Henry
Title: Dance With Me, Henry
Character: District Attorney Martin Proctor
Released: December 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Bud and Lou are the owners of the amusement park Kiddieland. Bud, a compulsive gambler, gets in trouble with the mob, and Lou finds himself struggling to keep his adopted children. When Bud is forced to make a shady deal, Lou tries to arrange a deal with the DA, but winds up framed for murder.
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Rumble on the Docks
Title: Rumble on the Docks
Character: Judge
Released: December 1, 1956
Type: Movie
A Brooklyn-born 17-year-old's loyalty is torn between his parents' old-fashion values and a local gangster's flashy lifestyle.
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Indestructible Man
Title: Indestructible Man
Character: Dr. Bradshaw
Released: March 24, 1956
Type: Movie
A scientific experiment involving subjecting a corpse to an extreme charge of electricity accidentally revives an executed criminal and makes him impervious to harm, allowing him to seek revenge on his former partners, and deal similarly with anyone else who gets in his way.
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Title: Screen Director's Playhouse
Character: Dave O'Bryan
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.
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Title: Navy Log
Released: September 20, 1955
Type: TV
Navy Log is an American drama anthology series that initially aired for one season on CBS. It relates the greatest survival war stories in the history of the United States Navy. This series premiered on September 20, 1955, but the following year, it was moved to ABC, where it aired until September 25, 1958. The program aired for a total of three seasons and 102 episodes.
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Title: Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
Character: Logan
Released: September 1, 1955
Type: TV
The adventures of a woman who grew up in the jungle as she protects the beasts and the natives while encountering white hunters, native Africans, wild animals and slave traders. Source: imdb.com
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King of the Carnival
Title: King of the Carnival
Character: Jess Carter
Released: June 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Treasury agents go after a ring of counterfeiters operating out of a traveling carnival.
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Double Jeopardy
Title: Double Jeopardy
Character: Mr. Ross
Released: June 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Marc Hill is the attorney for Emmet Devrey, a real estate developer with a past, who is being blackmailed by his former partner Sam Baggett. When Sam's unfaithful wife Marge cooks up a scheme with her used car salesman lover Jeff Calder to bilk both Devrey and her alcoholic husband, Sam is killed and Devrey is accused of the crime. Mark is called to prove his employers innocence.
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Murder Is My Beat
Title: Murder Is My Beat
Character: Bert Rawley
Released: February 27, 1955
Type: Movie
Mr. Dean's body is found face down in the fireplace, burned beyond recognition. Nightclub-singer Eden Lane is convicted of the crime. She is escorted to prison by one of the arresting detectives when she convinces him that she just spotted the murderer outside their train.
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Title: The Millionaire
Character: Jack Stewart (uncredited)
Released: January 19, 1955
Type: TV
An anthology series that explored the ways sudden and unexpected wealth changed life for better or for worse. It told the stories of people who were given one million dollars from a benefactor who insisted they never know him, with one exception.
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Title: Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color
Character: Assistant to Defense Secretary (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: October 27, 1954
Type: TV
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series premiered on ABC, Wednesday night, October 27, 1954. The same basic show has since appeared on several networks, with its latest revival debuting in 2012 on Disney Junior. The show is the second longest showing prime-time program on American television, behind its rival, Hallmark Hall of Fame. However, Hallmark Hall of Fame was a weekly program only during its first five seasons, while Disney remained a weekly program for more than forty years.
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The Desperado
Title: The Desperado
Character: Attorney Wilson
Released: June 20, 1954
Type: Movie
"Only a fool sticks his neck out for somebody else. Don't get in the habit of it." Outlaw gunslinger Sam Garrett offers that sage wisdom to fellow fugitive Tom Cameron, who's on the run from the "Bluebellies," Texas State Police officers who wield a brutal iron fist of enforcement in the early 1870s. But quick-draw, hard-bitten Garrett soon decides not to take his own advice after young Cameron heads home to surrender - and instead gets framed for a revenge murder by a jealous rival for the affections of his girl.
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Title: Stories of the Century
Character: Colonel Marsh
Released: January 23, 1954
Type: TV
Stories of the Century is a 39-episode Western television series starring Jim Davis that ran in syndication through Republic Pictures between January 23, 1954, and March 11, 1955.
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Trader Tom of the China Seas
Title: Trader Tom of the China Seas
Character: Conroy
Released: January 6, 1954
Type: Movie
In this 12 Chapter serial the UN enlists trader Tom Rogers and Vivian Wells, to lead the effort to prevent the natives from starting a revolution in Burmatra and its neighbors.
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Flight Nurse
Title: Flight Nurse
Character: Surgeon
Released: November 15, 1953
Type: Movie
In this war drama, set during the Korean War, an Air Force nurse gets involved in a love triangle on the front lines.
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Eyes of the Jungle
Title: Eyes of the Jungle
Character: Watson
Released: July 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Ramar of the Jungle encounters a holy man who warns him of great danger. His friend Professor Howard is near death, cursed by the Mark of Shitan. A sacred golden tablet and a woman ready for sacrifice holds the key to Howard's survival. A feature film made from three episodes "Ramar of the Jungle" television series stitched together.
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The Neanderthal Man
Title: The Neanderthal Man
Character: Prof. Clifford Groves
Released: June 19, 1953
Type: Movie
A scientist develops a formula which will cause animals to regress to the form of their primitive ancestors, and tries it on himself with disastrous results.
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Invaders from Mars
Title: Invaders from Mars
Character: Dr. William Wilson
Released: April 22, 1953
Type: Movie
In the early hours of the night, young David Maclean sees a flying saucer land and disappear into the sand dunes just beyond his house. Slowly, all of the adults, including his once loving parents, begin to act strangely.
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The Blue Gardenia
Title: The Blue Gardenia
Character: Doctor (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1953
Type: Movie
Upon waking up to the news that the man she’d gone on a date with the previous night has been murdered, a young woman with only a faint memory of the night’s events begins to suspect that she murdered him while attempting to resist his advances.
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Prince of Pirates
Title: Prince of Pirates
Character: Prime Minister Treeg
Released: March 7, 1953
Type: Movie
In a 16th century kingdom in the Netherlands, the newly crowned King Stephan concludes a secret treaty with the Spanish. This puts him at odds with his younger brother, Prince Roland, who favors a treaty with the French. Stephan orders Roland imprisoned but Roland escapes and leads a revolt.
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Marshal of Cedar Rock
Title: Marshal of Cedar Rock
Character: Paul Jackson / Fake John Harper
Released: February 1, 1953
Type: Movie
Banker Mason is after the ranchers land so he can resell it to the railroad for a profit. He has the railroad agent killed and replaces him with his stooge who then offers even less than Mason. But Rocky eventually suspects Mason and when Bill Anderson informs him the agent is a fake, they head out after Mason
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Mr. Walkie Talkie
Title: Mr. Walkie Talkie
Character: Capt. Burke
Released: November 28, 1952
Type: Movie
Military comedy about two sergeant buddies constantly getting into trouble.
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Behind Southern Lines
Title: Behind Southern Lines
Released: November 2, 1952
Type: Movie
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
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The Ring
Title: The Ring
Character: Jimmy - Aragon's Manager
Released: September 26, 1952
Type: Movie
A young Mexican/American learns about life both inside and out of the ring when he takes up boxing.
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Title: Adventures of Superman
Character: Inspector Henderson
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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Without Warning!
Title: Without Warning!
Character: Dr. Werner, Police Psychiatrist
Released: May 8, 1952
Type: Movie
Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears
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Indian Uprising
Title: Indian Uprising
Character: Maj. Nathan Stark
Released: January 2, 1952
Type: Movie
It's 1885 in Arizona and an Army Captain has dispersed his troops to keep the whites off of Government land thereby keeping the peace with the Apaches. But there are those in Tucson that want the miners back looking for gold and they put pressure on officials in Washington. Soon a new commander arrives, the troops are recalled, and the miners go after gold. Whites then kill a miner with an arrow so they can attack the Indians hoping the troops wipe them out when they retaliate.
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Criminal Lawyer
Title: Criminal Lawyer
Character: Clark Sommers
Released: August 23, 1951
Type: Movie
A drunken attorney tries to sober up in order to defend a friend in murder case.
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The Dakota Kid
Title: The Dakota Kid
Character: Ace Crandall
Released: July 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Dakota Kid is a young outlaw who joins a gang headed by Ace Crandall. Crandall's aim is to unseat Sheriff Tom White and then use his power to enrich himself at the community's expense. Dakota impersonates a long-lost nephew of the sheriff, and is made a marshal. Through his association with the sheriff's grandson, Red White and his friend Judy, plus falling in love with Mary Lewis, the Kid gradually reforms.
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Title: The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
Released: April 15, 1951
Type: TV
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is an American Western television series which ran for eight seasons from 1951 through 1958. The Screen Gems series began in syndication, but ran on CBS from 1955 through 1958, and, at the same time, on ABC from 1957 through 1958.
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Missing Women
Title: Missing Women
Character: Cincotta
Released: February 23, 1951
Type: Movie
A woman becomes desperate to find a pair of car thieves after her husband -- while on their honeymoon -- is killed during a robbery.
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Experiment Alcatraz
Title: Experiment Alcatraz
Character: Barry Morgan
Released: November 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A doctor testing drugs on convicts gets mixed up in a murder investigation.
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Big Timber
Title: Big Timber
Character: Dixon
Released: September 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A young man goes to work in a logging camp to fulfill a boyhood ambition and a jealous loggers rigs things to make him appear to be an incompetent bungler. But he proves himself successfully conveying an injured workman to the hospital in a careening truck, whose brakes have been tampered with, down a mountainside.
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When You're Smiling
Title: When You're Smiling
Character: Jack Lacey
Released: August 30, 1950
Type: Movie
When You're Smiling is distinguished by the presence of several top recording artists of 1950. The wafer-thin plotline concerns the misadventures of Texan Gerald Durham (Jerome Courtland), who arrives in the Big City to learn the ropes of the music business. Durham not only ends up with a recording contract, but also wins heroine Peggy Martin (Lola Albright) in the bargain. So much for the story. The principal selling card of When You're Smiling consists of the guest-star turns by Frankie Laine, Bob Crosby, The Modernaires, The Mills Brothers, Kay Starr and Billy Daniels.
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Federal Man
Title: Federal Man
Character: Chief Agent Charles Stuart
Released: June 21, 1950
Type: Movie
A government agent travels from the United States to Mexico to nab drug dealers.
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State Penitentiary
Title: State Penitentiary
Character: Stanley Brown
Released: June 8, 1950
Type: Movie
A man wrongly accused of a crime must decide between getting involved in a prison break, or remaining in jail until his wife can prove his innocence.
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Rider from Tucson
Title: Rider from Tucson
Character: John Avery
Released: June 7, 1950
Type: Movie
In order to make Tug Cardwell (William Phipps) sign over his rich gold claim to them, John Avery (Robert Shayne), Gypsy Avery (Veda Ann Borg) and Jackson (Marshall Reed) hire Bob Rankin (Douglas Fowley') to kidnap Tug's sweetheart Jane Whipple (Elaine Riley). Rankin hides Jane and then demands half the mine from the other crooks. Dave Saunders (Tim Holt) and Chito Rafferty (Richard Martin), friends of Tug's, find Jane and taker her to safety. The conspirators then shoot Rankin, capture Tug and force him to take them to his claim. Dave and Chito are close behind.
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Customs Agent
Title: Customs Agent
Character: West Coast Chief Agent J.G. Goff
Released: May 18, 1950
Type: Movie
An undercover agent tracks a medicine black market from China to California.
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Dynamite Pass
Title: Dynamite Pass
Character: Jay Wingate
Released: March 23, 1950
Type: Movie
A cowhand becomes involved in a war between a road construction crew and the greedy toll-owner hoping to thwart the new project.
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The Threat
Title: The Threat
Character: Insp. 'Murph' Murphy
Released: December 1, 1949
Type: Movie
A violent escaped con and his gang kidnap the police detective and DA who put him behind bars.
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Forgotten Women
Title: Forgotten Women
Character: Richard Marshall
Released: July 17, 1949
Type: Movie
A tale of three women who hang out in a bar and bend the ear of Harry the bartender. Kate Allison drinks to forget playboy Andy Emerson, whom she might have married if her husband, John Allison hadn't come home before the divorce was final, which is no big deal as actors Norris and Douglas were pretty much interchangeable anyway; Ruth Marshall is reunited with husband Richard Marshall on the pleas of their son in the divorce court of Judge Donnell; and Clair Dunning makes up with husband Bill Dunning after they meet in the bar. Most of what passes for action is a couple of car wrecks, understandable considering the amount of sauce consumed in Harry's bar.
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Loaded Pistols
Title: Loaded Pistols
Character: Don Mason
Released: December 15, 1948
Type: Movie
A singing cowboy clears a boy accused of murder by finding the real killer.
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Let's Live a Little
Title: Let's Live a Little
Character: Dr. Richard Field
Released: December 9, 1948
Type: Movie
A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former fiancée. The latest client of the agency is a psychiatrist and author of a new book. When the executive goes over to discuss the ad campaign, the psychiatrist turns out to be a woman. But what does he really need? Romance? Or analysis?
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The Strange Mrs. Crane
Title: The Strange Mrs. Crane
Character: Floyd Durant
Released: October 7, 1948
Type: Movie
Hoping to bury her criminal past, Jenny Hadley settles into a comfortable existence as Gina, the wife of the politician Clinton Crane. When her former associate Floyd Durant shows up to blackmail Gina, she has no choice but to murder him. Things take a bizarre turn when Barbara Arnold is charged with Durant's murder and Gina is selected to serve on the jury.
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Best Man Wins
Title: Best Man Wins
Character: Judge Leonidas K. Carter
Released: May 6, 1948
Type: Movie
Jim Smiley has a frog that can jump further than anyone else's frog, and Jim becomes obsessed with entering the frog in all of the local jumping-frog contests, not realizing that his obsession is about to cost him his marriage.
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The Inside Story
Title: The Inside Story
Character: T.W. "Tom" O'Connor
Released: March 14, 1948
Type: Movie
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the farmer to arrive the money is put in a safe at a hotel for safe keeping. However, it is removed by mistake and solves a number of financial problems before it is returned.
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The Swordsman
Title: The Swordsman
Character: Ronald MacArden
Released: January 2, 1948
Type: Movie
Young lovers brings two fighting clans together.
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The Spirit of West Point
Title: The Spirit of West Point
Character: Col. Earl 'Red' Blaik
Released: October 3, 1947
Type: Movie
The story of Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis, two All-American football players at the U.S. Army Military Academy at West Point.
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Welcome Stranger
Title: Welcome Stranger
Character: Roy Chesley
Released: June 13, 1947
Type: Movie
Crusty Dr. McRory of Fallbridge, Maine, hires his vacation replacement sight unseen. Alas, he and young singing Doctor Jim Pearson don't hit it off; but once he meets teacher Trudy Mason, Pearson is delighted to stay. The locals, taking their cue from McRory, cold-shoulder Pearson, especially Trudy's stuffy fiancé. But then, guess who needs an emergency appendectomy?
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Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Title: Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
Character: Mr. Gordon
Released: March 1, 1947
Type: Movie
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
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Backlash
Title: Backlash
Character: James O'Neil
Released: March 1, 1947
Type: Movie
In a series of flashbacks, shows that attorney John Morland has given a lift to a hitchhiker who turns out to be a murderer. As a result, Morland himself is implicated in a killing. A pair of detectives discover that Morland has been having business problems and no end of difficulties with his wife Catherine. The trail of clues leads to a surprising revelation.
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I Cover Big Town
Title: I Cover Big Town
Character: Chief Tom Blake
Released: February 27, 1947
Type: Movie
One of the four films in the Pine-Thomas series based on radio's long-running "Big Town." This time out, society editor Lorelei Kilbourne is assigned to the police beat. Her paper, "The Illustrated Press", following its usual policy of socially-correct muckraking by crusading editor Steve Wilson, is putting heat on the chief of police. But Lorelei believes the chief is qualified to do the job. She and managing editor Steve Wilson, who, in the film series, is wrong more often than right, discover a corpse and then proceed to help the police solve the crime.
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Wife Wanted
Title: Wife Wanted
Character: Bill Tyler
Released: November 2, 1946
Type: Movie
Career-slipping movie star Carole Raymond buys in as a real estate partner of Jeff Caldwell. Actually, through his secretary, Nola Reed, Caldwell runs a matrimonial bureau and, with the aid of his associate, Lee Kirby, they defraud and blackmail a large group of lonely people. Carole, unknowingly, is used as bait for one of their victims, Walter Desmond, who "commits suicide." Reporter William Tyler thinks otherwise.
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Nobody Lives Forever
Title: Nobody Lives Forever
Character: Chet King
Released: November 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A con artist falls for the rich widow he's trying to fleece.
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Behind the Mask
Title: Behind the Mask
Character: Brad Thomas
Released: May 25, 1946
Type: Movie
Falsely accused of murdering a crooked newspaper reporter, suave detective Lamont Cranston -- aka the Shadow -- vows to track down the real killer.
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I Ring Doorbells
Title: I Ring Doorbells
Character: Dick Meadows
Released: February 28, 1946
Type: Movie
Set at a major newspaper, this crime drama centers on a fellow who returns to newspaper reporting after he bombs as a playwright. Believing his grown son is in danger of marrying a gold digger, the paper's publisher assigns his new reporter to expose her.
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Three Strangers
Title: Three Strangers
Character: Bertram Fallon
Released: January 28, 1946
Type: Movie
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
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The Face of Marble
Title: The Face of Marble
Character: Dr. David Cochran
Released: January 19, 1946
Type: Movie
The story of Dr. Charles Randolph, a scientist dedicated to deciphering the secrets of life and death. Aided by assistant David Cochran, Charles conducts experiments that have horrifying side effects. Charles's lonely wife, Elaine, is frightened by his work, and in order to protect her, housekeeper Maria unleashes a torrent of voodoo that wrecks havoc.
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San Antonio
Title: San Antonio
Character: Captain Morgan
Released: December 29, 1945
Type: Movie
Rancher Clay Hardin arrives in San Antonio to search for and capture Roy Stuart, notorious leader of a gang of cattle rustlers. The vicious outlaw is indeed in the Texan town, intent on winning the affections of a beautiful chanteuse named Jeanne Starr. When the lovely lady meets and falls in love with the charismatic Hardin, the stakes for both men become higher.
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Frontier Days
Title: Frontier Days
Character: Marshal Jim Blake
Released: December 8, 1945
Type: Movie
U.S. Marshal Clay Stacy brings law and order to a frontier community terrorized by an old Nemesis.
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Christmas in Connecticut
Title: Christmas in Connecticut
Character: Dudley Beecham
Released: July 27, 1945
Type: Movie
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse arranges with Elizabeth's publisher, Alexander Yardley, for Jeff to spend the holiday at Elizabeth's bucolic Connecticut farm with her husband and child. But the column is a sham, so Elizabeth and her editor, Dudley Beecham, in fear of losing their jobs, hasten to set up the single, childless and entirely nondomestic Elizabeth on a country farm.
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Law of the Badlands
Title: Law of the Badlands
Character: Bob Tate
Released: April 14, 1945
Type: Movie
A cavalry officer is framed for the murder of a fellow officer and cashiered out of the army. After he gets out of prison he vows to find the renegade who framed him and bring him to justice.
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Hollywood Canteen
Title: Hollywood Canteen
Character: Busboy (uncredited)
Released: December 15, 1944
Type: Movie
Two soldiers on leave spend three nights at a club offering free of charge food, dancing, and entertainment for servicemen on their way overseas. Club founders Bette Davis and John Garfield give talks on the history of the place.
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I Won't Play
Title: I Won't Play
Character: Chaplain aka 'Padre'
Released: November 11, 1944
Type: Movie
In this Oscar-winning short film, a Marine, Joe Fingers, on a South Sea island during World War II, tells tales of the influence he's had on various personalities. In the words of one of his buddies, he's either the biggest liar in the world or the most important man in show business.
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Make Your Own Bed
Title: Make Your Own Bed
Character: Lester Knight
Released: June 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Walter and Vivian live in the country and have a difficult time keeping servants. Walter then hires a private detective who has been fired for arresting the District Attorney. They only way that Walter can get Jerry to work for him is to tell Jerry that his life is in danger; the neighbor is trying to take his wife; and that Nazi spies are everywhere. Jerry needs a cook for his 'cover' so he gets his fiancée Susan to work with him. To keep Jerry working, Walter sends the threatening letters to himself and hires actors to play the spies but when a real group of spies disguised as a troupe of radio actors appears on the scene, events quickly spiral out of control.
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Trial by Trigger
Title: Trial by Trigger
Character: Bill Cardigan
Released: May 27, 1944
Type: Movie
California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.
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Mr. Skeffington
Title: Mr. Skeffington
Character: MacMahon
Released: May 25, 1944
Type: Movie
A beautiful but vain woman who rejects the love of her older husband must face the loss of her youth and beauty.
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Shine on Harvest Moon
Title: Shine on Harvest Moon
Character: Dan Costello
Released: March 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
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Roaring Guns
Title: Roaring Guns
Character: Jared Whitney
Released: February 19, 1944
Type: Movie
Farmers take up arms against miners whose high water pressure mining operations are destroying their farms with mud and water runoff.
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Gun to Gun
Title: Gun to Gun
Character: Steve Randall
Released: January 8, 1944
Type: Movie
Don Diego is a large ranch owner, the uncle of Dolores and the guardian of a young American, Steve Randall. Steve has just delivered a large herd of cattle to the ranch, where Don Diego has just found out that he must pay the local tax commissioner, Harkness a fine for unpaid taxes on a herd of over one-thousand cattle. Steve offers to drive the cattle to the commissioners office, even though he fells the fine is unjust. Arriving at the office, Steve learns that Harkness (who he has never met), who has a reputation for dishonesty, is out. Dropping by the cantina, Steve gets into a fight with Harkness, and Harkness swears vengeance on Steve, especially after Steve stampedes the cattle through the town.
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Wagon Wheels West
Title: Wagon Wheels West
Character: U.S. Marshal Frankie Wilson
Released: October 30, 1943
Type: Movie
In this short western, a U.S. marshal seeks vengeance against the man who killed his father.
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Oklahoma Outlaws
Title: Oklahoma Outlaws
Character: Ned Kincaid
Released: September 14, 1943
Type: Movie
In this short western, a gang of outlaws plots to gain control of the town of Tulsa.
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Mission to Moscow
Title: Mission to Moscow
Character: Engineer (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1943
Type: Movie
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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Wednesday's Child
Title: Wednesday's Child
Character: Howard Benson
Released: October 26, 1934
Type: Movie
A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.
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Keep 'Em Rolling
Title: Keep 'Em Rolling
Character: Maj. James Parker
Released: March 2, 1934
Type: Movie
World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends.