Roy Atwell

Roy Atwell

Born: May 2, 1878
Died: February 6, 1962
in Syracuse, New York, USA

Movies for Roy Atwell...

Title: Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character: Self
Released: July 29, 1957
Type: TV
Tonight Starring Jack Paar is an American talk show hosted by Jack Paar under The Tonight Show franchise from 1957 to 1962. It originally aired during late-night. During most of its run it was broadcast from Studio 6B inside the RCA Building. The same studio would also host early episodes of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Its theme song was an instrumental version of "Everything's Coming Up Roses", and the closing theme was "So Until I See You" by Al Lerner.
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Where There's Life
Title: Where There's Life
Character: Salesman
Released: November 21, 1947
Type: Movie
In a far off country, their king is critically wounded after an assassination attempt and the only heir is a timid New York radio personality, Michael Valentine (Bob Hope). After reluctantly traveling to his father's homeland, Michael is not happy that he's become the target of the same terrorist organization that attacked the king.
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Abie's Irish Rose
Title: Abie's Irish Rose
Character: Dick Saunders
Released: December 27, 1946
Type: Movie
Cultures clash when a Jewish boy wants to marry an Irish girl.
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Gentleman Joe Palooka
Title: Gentleman Joe Palooka
Character: Senator Sam H. Smiley
Released: October 5, 1946
Type: Movie
In the second film of Monogram's Joe Palooka series, Joe is 'used', by two state senators scheming to obtain oil-rich lands, in a publicity campaign to get the land transferred to the state, supposedly for a park. When Joe learns that he has been used as a dupe he becomes disillusioned and leaves the prize=fighting profession. But, his manager, sparring partners, and fiancée manage to expose the land-grab scheme, clear Joe's name and discredit the crooked politicians.
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People Are Funny
Title: People Are Funny
Character: Mr. Pippensigal
Released: January 11, 1946
Type: Movie
A comedy based on NBC's "People Are Funny" radio (and later television) program with Art Linkletter with a fictional story of how the program came to be on a national network from its humble beginning at a Nevada radio station. Jack Haley is a producer with only half-rights to the program while Ozzie Nelson and Helen Walker are the radio writers and supply the romance. Rudy Vallee, always able to burlesque himself intentional and, quite often, unintentional, is the owner of the sought-after sponsoring company. Frances Langford, as herself, sings "I'm in the Mood for Love" while the Vagabonds quartet (billed 12th and last) chimes in on "Angeline" and "The Old Square Dance is Back Again."
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The Fleet's In
Title: The Fleet's In
Character: Arthur Sidney
Released: January 24, 1942
Type: Movie
Shy sailor Casey Kirby suddenly becomes known as a sea wolf when his picture is taken with a famous actress. Things get complicated when bets are placed on his prowess with the ladies.
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Bridal Suite
Title: Bridal Suite
Character: Professor Kockerthaler
Released: May 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A carefree playboy with an aversion to marriage falls for a lass he meets in the French Alps.
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Honolulu
Title: Honolulu
Character: Bearded Man on Ship (uncredited)
Released: February 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Wanting a break from his overzealous fans, a famous movie star hires a Hawaiian plantation owner to switch places with him for a few weeks.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Title: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Character: Doc (voice) (uncredited)
Released: December 21, 1937
Type: Movie
A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
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Behind the Mike
Title: Behind the Mike
Character: Vale
Released: September 26, 1937
Type: Movie
Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.
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Varsity Show
Title: Varsity Show
Character: Professor Washburn
Released: September 4, 1937
Type: Movie
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played in their varsity show. They appeal to a big Broadway alumnus and have him direct their show. What they don't know is that this "star's" last three shows were flops.
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Echo Mountain
Title: Echo Mountain
Character: Julius Vandergulder
Released: August 28, 1936
Type: Movie
Echo Mountain (1936) is a color musical short where they sing their songs in a mountains setting.
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The Harvester
Title: The Harvester
Character: Jake Eben
Released: April 18, 1936
Type: Movie
In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the town's prize catch, harvester David Langston, who is wedded to the soil. David is friends with orphan Ruth Jameson and, although she is in love with him, he eventually gives in to the machinations of Mrs. Biddle and consents to marry Thelma. Meanwhile, technological advances come to town, including its first gasoline buggy, galvanic battery, and metal bathtub fitted with running water. When Mrs. Biddle tries to convince David to give up the farming life and join her husband in real estate, Mr. Biddle, hen-pecked and dissatisfied with city life, warns David against selling his farm.
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Rambling 'Round Radio Row #10
Title: Rambling 'Round Radio Row #10
Character: Himself
Released: June 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Four musical numbers plus a short comedy sketch. Harriet Lee sings "Sitting on a Log", multi-instrumentalist Frank Novak Jr. plays the accordion, clarinet, saxophone, and xylophone, Baby Rose Marie sings "You're Gonna Lose Your Gal", and Morton Downey sings "When Irish Eyes are Smiling" at the piano. Roy Atwell plays a radio announcer who keeps tripping over his words.
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The Outsider
Title: The Outsider
Character: Jerry Sidon
Released: January 17, 1926
Type: Movie
1926 film starring Jacqueline Logan, Lou Tellegen, and Walter Pidgeon.
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Souls for Sale
Title: Souls for Sale
Character: Arthur Tirrey - Casting Director
Released: April 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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The Heart Specialist
Title: The Heart Specialist
Character: Winston Gates
Released: April 9, 1922
Type: Movie
Because he believes that romance is dead, the city editor wants to can the "advice to the lovelorn" column. Rosalie Beckwith, the column's author, naturally disagrees with him. The editor suggests that she prove him wrong by seeing if she can find romance within a 40-mile radius of the city.
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Grand Larceny
Title: Grand Larceny
Character: Harkness Boyd
Released: February 26, 1922
Type: Movie
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
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Red Hot Romance
Title: Red Hot Romance
Character: Jim Conwell
Released: February 13, 1922
Type: Movie
After his father's death, Roland Stone learns that his will stipulates that he must go to the South American country of Bunkonia and sell life insurance.