Rondo Hatton

Rondo Hatton

Born: April 22, 1894
Died: February 2, 1946
in Hagerstown, Maryland, USA

Movies for Rondo Hatton...

The Brute Man
Title: The Brute Man
Character: Hal Moffet AKA 'The Creeper'
Released: October 1, 1946
Type: Movie
A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.
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House of Horrors
Title: House of Horrors
Character: The Creeper
Released: March 29, 1946
Type: Movie
An unsuccessful sculptor saves a madman named "The Creeper" from drowning. Seeing an opportunity for revenge, he tricks the psycho into murdering his critics.
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The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Title: The Spider Woman Strikes Back
Character: Mario the Monster Man
Released: March 22, 1946
Type: Movie
A young girl goes to work as a live-in caretaker for a spooky old woman. She doesn't know that every night, the woman drains some blood from her to feed her strange plant.
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The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Title: The Royal Mounted Rides Again
Character: Bull Andrews
Released: October 23, 1945
Type: Movie
In time-honored fashion, a couple of supporting players -- George Dolenz and Bill Kennedy -- found themselves elevated to starring roles in this minor Universal serial. They played Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers investigating the murder of a miner. The story, of course, was less important than speed and action, which directors Ray Taylor and Lewis D. Collins delivered in typical slap-dash Universal style. Starlet Daun Kennedy did not make much of an impression as the imperiled leading lady, and former star Robert Armstrong (of King Kong fame) was wasted in a subordinate role. Rondo Hatton, a non-actor whose grotesque appearance (caused by acromegaly, the so-called "Elephant Man" disease) was tastelessly exploited by Universal in the '40s, appeared as one of the outlaws.
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The Jungle Captive
Title: The Jungle Captive
Character: Moloch the Brute
Released: June 25, 1945
Type: Movie
Once again Paula the ape woman is brought back to life, this time by a mad doctor and his disfigured assistant, who also kidnaps a nurse in order to have a female blood donor.
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The Princess and the Pirate
Title: The Princess and the Pirate
Character: Gorilla (uncredited)
Released: November 17, 1944
Type: Movie
Princess Margaret is travelling incognito to elope with her true love instead of marrying the man her father has betrothed her to. On the high seas, her ship is attacked by pirates who know her identity and plan to kidnap her and hold her for a king's ransom.
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The Pearl of Death
Title: The Pearl of Death
Character: The Hoxton Creeper
Released: August 1, 1944
Type: Movie
The famous Borgia Pearl, a valuable gem with a history of bringing murder and misfortune to its owner since the days of the Borgias, is brought to London, thanks in part to Sherlock Holmes. But before long the jewel is stolen, due to an error on Holmes' part, and shortly thereafter, a series of horrible murders begin, the murderer leaving his victims with their spines snapped and surrounded by a mass of smashed china.
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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Title: Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
Character: Graves (uncredited)
Released: July 7, 1944
Type: Movie
A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is that he's given out keys to a half-dozen of his friends, and they all keep dropping in.
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Sleepy Lagoon
Title: Sleepy Lagoon
Character: Hunchback (uncredited)
Released: September 5, 1943
Type: Movie
Young radio personality Judy Joyner becomes mayor of the moribund town, Sleepy Lagoon, after running on an all women ticket and promptly sets out to turn the town around.
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The Ox-Bow Incident
Title: The Ox-Bow Incident
Character: Gabe Hart (uncredited)
Released: March 11, 1943
Type: Movie
A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.
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The Black Swan
Title: The Black Swan
Character: Sailor (uncredited)
Released: December 4, 1942
Type: Movie
When notorious pirate Henry Morgan is made governor of Jamaica, he enlists the help of some of his former partners in ridding the Caribbean of buccaneers. When one of them apparently abducts the previous governor's pretty daughter and joins up with the rebels, things are set for a fight.
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The Moon and Sixpence
Title: The Moon and Sixpence
Character: The Leper (uncredited)
Released: October 27, 1942
Type: Movie
Loosely inspired from Gauguin's life, the story of Charles Strickland, a middle-aged stockbrocker who abandons his middle-classed life, his family, his duties to start painting, what he has always wanted to do. He is from now on a awful human being, wholly devoted to his ideal: beauty.
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Sin Town
Title: Sin Town
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: September 25, 1942
Type: Movie
Two con artists arrive in a western boom town that they think is ripe for the pickings, only to get swindled themselves.
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Tales of Manhattan
Title: Tales of Manhattan
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: August 5, 1942
Type: Movie
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video release features a W.C. Fields segment not included in the original theatrical release.
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The Cyclone Kid
Title: The Cyclone Kid
Character: Rancher-Extra at Carson's Meeting
Released: May 31, 1942
Type: Movie
A young doctor rejects his older outlaw brother Johnny who put him through medical school by dubious means. The brothers find themselves on opposite sides of a range war between homesteaders and a crooked cattleman.
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It Happened in Flatbush
Title: It Happened in Flatbush
Character: Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Released: May 28, 1942
Type: Movie
A washed up baseball player returns to Brooklyn to manage his old team but an old sports reporter is eager to prove that he is a loser.
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Chad Hanna
Title: Chad Hanna
Character: Canvasman (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1940
Type: Movie
Country boy joins a circus in the 1840s and falls in love with the bare-back rider. Later he falls in love with another circus runaway.
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Moon Over Burma
Title: Moon Over Burma
Character: Sailor (uncredited)
Released: July 26, 1940
Type: Movie
The managers of a teak lumber camp in Burma compete for the affections of a beautiful American entertainer who gets stranded in Rangoon.
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The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Title: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character: Ugly Man (uncredited)
Released: December 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.
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The Big Guy
Title: The Big Guy
Character: Convict (uncredited)
Released: December 22, 1939
Type: Movie
A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.
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Captain Fury
Title: Captain Fury
Character: Convict Sitting on Floor (uncredited)
Released: May 26, 1939
Type: Movie
An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.
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Captain Fury
Title: Captain Fury
Character: Convict Sitting on Floor
Released: May 26, 1939
Type: Movie
An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
Title: Alexander's Ragtime Band
Character: Barfly
Released: May 24, 1938
Type: Movie
Classical violinist, Roger Grant disappoints his family and teacher when he organizes a jazz band, but he and the band become successful. Roger falls in love with the band's singer, Stella, but his reluctance to lose her leads him to thwart her efforts to become a solo star. When the World War separates them in 1917, Stella marries Roger's best friend and, when Roger returns home after the war, an important concert at Carnegie Hall brings the corners of the romantic triangle together.
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In Old Chicago
Title: In Old Chicago
Character: Rondo - Body Guard
Released: April 15, 1938
Type: Movie
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.
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Wolves of the Sea
Title: Wolves of the Sea
Character: Bar Proprietor (uncredited)
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A young socialite, marooned on a desert island after her passenger ship sinks, is rescued by a sailing vessel looking for salvage and finds herself dealing with a mutinous crew and a semi-insane captain.
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Safe in Hell
Title: Safe in Hell
Character: Jury Member (uncredited)
Released: December 12, 1931
Type: Movie
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.
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Hell Harbor
Title: Hell Harbor
Character: Dance Hall Bouncer (uncredited)
Released: March 14, 1930
Type: Movie
Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
Title: Uncle Tom's Cabin
Character: Slave (uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1927
Type: Movie
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, Eliza flees with her son, Harry, after learning the Shelbys plan to hand them over to a crooked creditor to prevent foreclosure. George also escapes and goes on the run while Eliza and Harry are captured and brought back home. Mother and son are separated as George tries to find them both.