Johnnie Morris

Johnnie Morris

Born: June 15, 1887
Died: October 7, 1969
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Johnnie Morris...

Li'l Abner
Title: Li'l Abner
Character: Lucifer 'Pappy' Yokum
Released: November 9, 1940
Type: Movie
Li'l Abner becomes convinced that he is going to die within twenty-four hours, so agrees to marry two different girls: Daisy Mae (who has chased him for years) and Wendy Wilecat (who rescued him from an angry mob). It is all settled at the Sadie Hawkins Day race.
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Queen of the Yukon
Title: Queen of the Yukon
Character: Runt
Released: August 26, 1940
Type: Movie
The owner of an Alaskan gambling boat and her business partner help thwart a crooked businessman who attempts to steal claims from local miners.
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The Gentleman from Arizona
Title: The Gentleman from Arizona
Character: Pee Wee (as John Morris)
Released: December 25, 1939
Type: Movie
The "gentleman" is played by John King, but the star of the show is J. Farrell McDonald, cast as a chronic gambler named Coburn. When the old man loses every penny he has, wandering cowboy Pokey (King) comes to the rescue by grooming a wild stallion for a successful racetrack career. Everything comes to a head during the climactic Big Race, with the expected (but still satisyfing) results. Ruth Reece and Joan Barclay share the leading-lady responsibilities, while the villainy is in the capable hands of Monogram's ace utility actor Craig Reynolds.
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Stablemates
Title: Stablemates
Character: Dwarfish Ex-Jockey
Released: October 7, 1938
Type: Movie
A boozy former veterinarian and a teenage orphan team together with dreams of entering a broken-down horse in the big race.
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Postal Inspector
Title: Postal Inspector
Character: Short Man (uncredited)
Released: August 16, 1936
Type: Movie
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
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Half a Sinner
Title: Half a Sinner
Character: Small Husband
Released: June 1, 1934
Type: Movie
A con man poses as a hillbilly preacher.
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Big Money
Title: Big Money
Character: Weejee
Released: October 28, 1930
Type: Movie
A go-getting bank messenger falls in with unsuccessful gambler.
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Beggars of Life
Title: Beggars of Life
Character: Rubin
Released: September 22, 1928
Type: Movie
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.
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The Street of Sin
Title: The Street of Sin
Released: May 26, 1928
Type: Movie
"Basher Bill," a retired prizefighter turned criminal, pretends to reform by joining a Salvation Army shelter in London run by a pious wraith named Elizabeth. Attracted to Elizabeth (although he is engaged to a street girl named Annie), Bill confesses to a bank robbery, has a spiritual revelation, and decides to go straight. His cast-off sweetheart reports him to the police; then, contrite, she warns Bill of the impending danger. Bill is captured immediately, but he escapes and sacrifices his life to save Elizabeth and the Salvation Army nursery when the rest of the gang use them as a human barricade against the police.
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Love and Learn
Title: Love and Learn
Character: Bum
Released: January 14, 1928
Type: Movie
In love with political candidate Anthony Cowles, heroine Nancy Blair gets wind of the opposition's scheme to ruin Cowles' reputation. At the risk of her own good name, Nancy decides to turn the tables on the crooked politicos by framing Cowles' opponent in a compromising situation. Things don't go quite as planned.
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The Madonna of the Slums
Title: The Madonna of the Slums
Released: November 5, 1919
Type: Movie
A rich artist has never completed a master painting because he could not find a model for the face, sees the wife of a man in hard luck begging on the street so she can buy milk for her baby, and the artist secures just what he desired.