Maurice Murphy

Maurice Murphy

Born: October 3, 1913
Died: November 23, 1978
in Seattle, Washington, USA
Maurice Murphy was born on October 3, 1913 in Seattle, Washington, USA. He was an actor, known for Tailspin Tommy (1934), Beau Geste (1926) and Peter Pan (1924). He died on November 23, 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Movies for Maurice Murphy...

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Title: Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6
Character: Baby Weems Storyboard Artist (archive footage)
Released: May 31, 2004
Type: Movie
Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a docile dragon the art of being a force to be reckoned with. In 'Mickey and the Beanstalk' (1947), Mickey Mouse, Goofy and Donald Duck confront the fearsome Willie the Giant to try to retrieve the magical singing harp to Happy Valley.
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Complicated Women
Title: Complicated Women
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 6, 2003
Type: Movie
Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, until 1934 when the Hays Code virtually neutered film content. No longer portrayed as virgins or vamps, the liberated female of the pre-code films had dimensions. Good girls had lovers and babies and held down jobs, while the bad girls were cast in a sympathetic light. And they did it all without apology.
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Benny Hill Down Under
Title: Benny Hill Down Under
Character: Various
Released: October 11, 1977
Type: Movie
A one-off special starring Benny Hill, filmed entirely in Australia. Includes a sketch about "Benny Kelly," son of infamous Australian outlaw Ned Kelly; "Hold Back the Wind" (a Tennessee Williams parody); "Archie's Angels" (a spoof of Charlie's Angels); and "Lady Godiva." Also: a vagabond dreams of moving up to the high life; an interview with Chow Mein; a dance routine set to the themes from The Avengers, M*A*S*H and Hawaii Five-O; and closing hijinks around the beach.
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Sensation Hunters
Title: Sensation Hunters
Character: Fred Rogers
Released: October 12, 1945
Type: Movie
A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turns out to be a cad, and leads her down the road to ruin.
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A Guy Named Joe
Title: A Guy Named Joe
Character: Capt. Robertson
Released: December 24, 1943
Type: Movie
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.
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Air Force
Title: Air Force
Character: Harper's Co-Pilot (uncredited)
Released: March 20, 1943
Type: Movie
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
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To Be or Not to Be
Title: To Be or Not to Be
Character: Polish RAF Pilot (uncredited)
Released: March 5, 1942
Type: Movie
During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
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The Reluctant Dragon
Title: The Reluctant Dragon
Character: Baby Weems Storyboard Artist
Released: June 19, 1941
Type: Movie
Humorist Robert Benchley attempts to find Walt Disney to ask him to adapt a short story about a gentle dragon who would rather recite poetry than be ferocious. Along the way, he is given a tour of Walt Disney Studios, and learns about the animation process.
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Title: Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Character: John McNeil
Released: February 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
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Wolf of New York
Title: Wolf of New York
Character: Frankie Mason
Released: January 23, 1940
Type: Movie
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector.
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The Covered Trailer
Title: The Covered Trailer
Character: Bill Williams
Released: November 10, 1939
Type: Movie
The Higgins family prepares for a long-awaited cruise to Rio, but while father Joe bids farewell to his co-workers at the bank, mother Lil unwittingly sabotages their plans by telling insurance representative Wells that Joe is only forty-four, not forty-five, and is therefore ineligible to collect the annuity insurance that was to pay for the cruise.
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Forged Passport
Title: Forged Passport
Character: 'Kansas' Nelson
Released: April 23, 1939
Type: Movie
Dan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-fists keep him in trouble, both of which indirectly lead to the death of a fellow trooper. He resigns from the force in order to find out who was responsible. He believes it was a gang of smugglers, engaged in smuggling illegal aliens into the United States from Mexico, and in order to get inside the gang he fakes smuggling activities.
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Zaza
Title: Zaza
Character: Henri
Released: December 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A seductive music hall star falls in love with a married aristocrat.
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Delinquent Parents
Title: Delinquent Parents
Character: Bruce Jefferson
Released: July 15, 1938
Type: Movie
A woman is forced to keep her marriage and past indiscretions a secret from those she loves.
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My Bill
Title: My Bill
Character: Lynn Willard
Released: July 8, 1938
Type: Movie
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
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The Nurse from Brooklyn
Title: The Nurse from Brooklyn
Character: Danny Thomas
Released: April 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.
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Tovarich
Title: Tovarich
Character: Georges Dupont
Released: December 25, 1937
Type: Movie
When upper-class Parisian Charles Dupont and his family hire Tina and Michel as their servants, they have no idea that the domestics are in fact Tatiana, the Grand Duchess Petrovna, and her husband, Mikail, Prince Ouratieff. Recent exiles from the Russian Revolution, Tatiana and Mikail befriend the Dupont family, keeping their true identities a secret -- until one night when Soviet official Gorotchenko arrives for dinner.
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Under Suspicion
Title: Under Suspicion
Character: Ralph
Released: November 22, 1937
Type: Movie
Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his millions away to various charitable causes. Naturally, this arouses hostility amongst Bailey's friends, relatives and associates, some of whom have murder on their minds.
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The Road Back
Title: The Road Back
Character: Albert
Released: June 1, 1937
Type: Movie
After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
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Down to the Sea
Title: Down to the Sea
Character: Luis
Released: May 30, 1936
Type: Movie
Greek sponge divers in Tarpon Springs, Florida duel over diving methods and fight over the same girl, and only one will survive.
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Gentle Julia
Title: Gentle Julia
Character: Newland Sanders
Released: April 10, 1936
Type: Movie
A shy newspaperman nearly gives up when his girlfriend falls for the new guy in town till Withers sets things right.
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The Prisoner of Shark Island
Title: The Prisoner of Shark Island
Character: Orderly
Released: February 28, 1936
Type: Movie
After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.
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The Crusades
Title: The Crusades
Character: Alan, Richard's Squire
Released: August 21, 1935
Type: Movie
King Richard the Lionhearted launches a crusade to preserve Christianity in Jerusalem.
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Curly Top
Title: Curly Top
Character: Jimmie Rogers
Released: July 26, 1935
Type: Movie
Wealthy Edward Morgan becomes charmed with a curly-haired orphan and her pretty older sister Mary and arranges to adopt both under the alias of "Mr. Jones". As he spends more time with them, he soon finds himself falling in love with Mary.
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Private Worlds
Title: Private Worlds
Character: Boy in Car
Released: April 19, 1935
Type: Movie
At the Brentwood Asylum for the mentally ill, psychiatrist partners Jane Everest and Alex MacGregor are broken up by the new superintendent, Dr. Charles Monet, who has a low regard for women physicians. Jane and Charles clash on patient treatment, and Jane learns that Charles has a sister, Claire, with a mysterious past.
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There's Always Tomorrow
Title: There's Always Tomorrow
Character: Fred White
Released: November 1, 1934
Type: Movie
Ignored by his ever-busy wife and children, a middle-aged businessman finds companionship with a former female employee.
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Tailspin Tommy
Title: Tailspin Tommy
Character: Tailspin Tommy Tompkins
Released: October 29, 1934
Type: Movie
A young mechanic gets a job with a small airline, which he helps win a mail contract. A rival airline plots to destroy it in order to get the contracts for itself.
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Pilgrimage
Title: Pilgrimage
Character: Gary Worth
Released: July 12, 1933
Type: Movie
A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
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Found Alive
Title: Found Alive
Character: Bobby Roberts
Released: April 11, 1933
Type: Movie
When a California mother loses custody of her young son to her ex-husband, she flees with the child to the jungles of Mexico with hopes of starting life anew.
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Faithless
Title: Faithless
Character: Anthony 'Tony' Wade
Released: October 15, 1932
Type: Movie
Socialite Carol Morgan romps through the Depression and her wealth while breaking up with Bill Wade and getting back together with him.
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Divorce In The Family
Title: Divorce In The Family
Character: Al Parker
Released: August 27, 1932
Type: Movie
A child struggles to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Director Charles Reisner's 1932 drama stars Jackie Cooper, Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Jean Parker and Louise Beavers.
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Hell's Angels
Title: Hell's Angels
Character: Pilot (uncredited)
Released: November 15, 1930
Type: Movie
When World War I breaks out, brothers Roy and Monte Rutledge, each attending Oxford university, enlist with the Royal Flying Corps.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
Title: All Quiet on the Western Front
Character: Soldier (uncredited)
Released: April 29, 1930
Type: Movie
When a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during World War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
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The College Coquette
Title: The College Coquette
Character: Jimmy Doolittle
Released: August 5, 1929
Type: Movie
Betty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, starts playing around to make him jealous. Her roommate, Doris Marlowe, is a naive girl who falls madly in love with Tom, a sophisticated playboy who leads Doris on until he tires of her. At this point Doris pleads with Tom to love her, but he refuses. Betty, afraid for Doris' welfare, tries to save her from Tom by falsely attracting him to herself. Doris, crestfallen, leaves them and accidentally tumbles into an elevator shaft and dies. Harvey is furiously jealous and determines never to see Betty again until he learns the real reason for her actions with Tom; then he asks her to marry him.
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The Spirit of Youth
Title: The Spirit of Youth
Released: February 15, 1929
Type: Movie
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The Michigan Kid
Title: The Michigan Kid
Character: Jimmy Cowan, as a child
Released: October 20, 1928
Type: Movie
The Michigan Kid is a gambler in the backwoods of Alaska trying to make enough money to go back to his hometown and impress the girl he loves. His childhood rival for the girl happens to turn up at his casino, in trouble and doesn't want his girl to find about it.
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The Call of the Heart
Title: The Call of the Heart
Character: Josh O'Day
Released: January 29, 1928
Type: Movie
Molly O'Day and her brother, Josh, are homesteading on and trying to make a living on a piece of government land, but local rancher Dave Crenshaw claims the land is part of his holdings, and he and his henchmen try to drive the O'Days off. Cowhand Jerry Wilson and his dog, Dynamite, come to their aid against Crenshaw.
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The Shepherd of the Hills
Title: The Shepherd of the Hills
Character: Little Pete
Released: January 1, 1928
Type: Movie
David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Ozark family, becomes known as The Shepherd because of his gentle and kindly ways. Years earlier, his son betrayed a mountaineer's daughter, and The Shepherd hopes to atone for his error. When a continued drought threatens the people with starvation and ruin, they lose faith in the "miracle man" and mock him, though he begs them to keep the faith.
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The American
Title: The American
Character: Bobby Williams
Released: January 1, 1927
Type: Movie
Seref, who returns to his country after many years in America, as a dollar billionaire with a cowboy hat on his head, and with his Dallas-type boots has an interesting past: Twenty years ago he has lost his sweetheart Melek to his closest friend, and furthermore, has been put in prison. He found a way to escape from prison, going to America, the country of dreams. Here, he has become a businessman with boundless wealth, known as Seref The Turk. When he returns to his country as an American, even though he has some commercial aims in mind, his real desire is to take revenge. He will settle accounts with the friend who stabbed him in the back many years ago, and with Melek who is betrayed him. However, when he sets foot in Turkey with yearning, he meets 'Small America' in chaos. On top of that, while looking for Melek, he finds himself in the middle of a funny and exciting adventure where sexuality and violence mingle.
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Flesh and the Devil
Title: Flesh and the Devil
Character: Ulrich as a boy (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1926
Type: Movie
When lifelong best friends Leo and Ulrich return home after completing their military training, Leo meets the stunning Felicitas at a railway station and is mesmerized by her beauty. A scandal follows, for which Leo is sent away. Returning home three years later, he discovers that much has changed.
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Beau Geste
Title: Beau Geste
Character: Beau Geste - younger
Released: August 24, 1926
Type: Movie
Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
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The Home Maker
Title: The Home Maker
Character: Henry Knapp
Released: November 22, 1925
Type: Movie
A man's life seems to be falling apart. He's bored with his job, gets passed over for a promotion and, when the pressures get to be too much, he tries to commit suicide, but he even fails at that and manages only to cripple himself instead of killing himself. Forced to stay at home, he finds the role of "househusband" enjoyable--until his wife takes a low-paying job with his old company, and rapidly rises up the corporate ladder.
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Stella Dallas
Title: Stella Dallas
Character: Morrison Child
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
An eccentric lower class woman struggles to gain respect in high society after marrying a wealthy man, and the problem gets worse when their daughter starts growing up.
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Thank You
Title: Thank You
Character: Willie Jones
Released: October 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Young Kenneth Jamieson's millionaire father, fed up with his son's wild escapades, sends him to stay on a chicken farm in the small village of Dedham. On the day he arrives there pretty Diane Lee, the niece of local Rev. David Lee, arrives from Paris. A few days later Kenneth, reverting back to his wild ways, gets drunk and makes a spectacle of himself, but rather than reproving him, Rev. Lee gives him a heart-to-heart talk and gets Kenneth to turn his life around. Meanwhile, the reverend--barely able to get by on the pittance the local vestrymen pay him--asks for a raise but is denied it, being told that he must send Diane away before they'll even consider giving him any extra money. Soon afterward Kenneth falls gravely ill. His father, hearing of Kenneth's condition and of his infatuation with Diane, arrives at the village to see his son and isn't ready for what he finds.
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Peter Pan
Title: Peter Pan
Character: Tootles
Released: December 29, 1924
Type: Movie
Peter Pan enters the nursery of the Darling children and, with the help of fairy dust, leads them off to Never Never Land, where they meet the nefarious Captain Hook.
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The Last Man on Earth
Title: The Last Man on Earth
Character: Elmer's Pal
Released: November 2, 1924
Type: Movie
An epidemic has killed off all of the fertile men on earth, except for Elmer Smith, a hillbilly who lives out in a cabin in the Ozarks, when he is discovered, every woman on the planet begins fighting over him.
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The Call of the Wild
Title: The Call of the Wild
Released: September 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A dog is stolen from his home in England and shipped to Canada to become a sled dog. Based on the novel by Jack London.
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A Self Made Wife
Title: A Self Made Wife
Character: Tim Godwin Jr.
Released: July 8, 1923
Type: Movie
Tim Goodwin and his wife Corrie are living in poverty when Tim's oil well strikes it rich. He soon works his way to the top of the social scale, but Corrie doesn't change at all--she stays a dour, drab woman with no social skills whatsoever. Tim gets so embarrassed by her that he hires a "social secretary" for her to teach her how to function in the social strata in which they find themselves.