Harry Burns

Harry Burns

Born: July 20, 1882
Died: January 9, 1939
in Warsaw, Poland

Movies for Harry Burns...

Lost in a Harem
Title: Lost in a Harem
Character: Native (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1944
Type: Movie
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
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King of the Cowboys
Title: King of the Cowboys
Character: Joe the Café Owner
Released: April 9, 1943
Type: Movie
Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from blowing up U.S. warehouses.
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G-men vs. the Black Dragon
Title: G-men vs. the Black Dragon
Character: Tony Mills [Ch. 4, 12-13]
Released: January 16, 1943
Type: Movie
Japanese spies attempt to subvert America's war effort; G-Men attempt to thwart their plot.
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Tortilla Flat
Title: Tortilla Flat
Character: Torrelli
Released: May 21, 1942
Type: Movie
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
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What's the Matador?
Title: What's the Matador?
Character: Jose Sanchez
Released: April 23, 1942
Type: Movie
The stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita they met on trip down, they must sneak into her house to retrieve their suitcase. When they are confronted by her jealous husband he vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the fiesta where they are performing a comedy bullfight (Curly is the matador, Moe and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants to let a real bull into the ring. Curly knocks the bull out with a head butt and becomes a hero.
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Lady Scarface
Title: Lady Scarface
Character: Big 'Sem' Semenoff
Released: September 26, 1941
Type: Movie
A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationship with crime reporter Ann Rogers. One gang member is caught; eventually, others follow. But Mason hasn't a clue to Slade, principally because he's unaware she's a woman.
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Blood and Sand
Title: Blood and Sand
Character: Train Engineer (uncredited)
Released: May 30, 1941
Type: Movie
Bullfighter Juan Gallardo falls for socialite Dona Sol, turning from the faithful Carmen who nevertheless stands by her man as he continues to face real danger in the bullring.
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You, the People
Title: You, the People
Character: Precinct Official Letting Henchmen In
Released: November 30, 1940
Type: Movie
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short features a big city crime boss's attempt to use his crime "machine" to fraudulently win reelection for the current corrupt mayor. By using several illegal tactics, and aided by voter apathy, the crime boss nearly continues his control of the city.
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North West Mounted Police
Title: North West Mounted Police
Character: The Crow
Released: October 22, 1940
Type: Movie
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the Riel Rebellion, in which Métis (people of French and Native heritage) and Natives want a separate nation. Dusty falls for nurse April Logan, who is also loved by Mountie Jim Brett. April's brother is involved with Courbeau's daughter Louvette, which leads to trouble during the battles between the rebels and the Mounties. Through it all Dusty is determined to bring Corbeau back to Texas (and April, too, if he can manage it.)
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Calling Philo Vance
Title: Calling Philo Vance
Character: Capt. Lugo (uncredited)
Released: February 3, 1940
Type: Movie
Philo is in Vienna working for the US Government to see if Archer Coe is selling aircraft designs to foreign powers. He grabs the plans with Archer's signature, but is captured by police before he can escape. Deported he comes back to America and plans to confront Archer, but Archer is found dead in his locked bedroom with a gun in his hand. While it looks like a suicide, Vance knows better and the coroner finds that Archer has been shot, hit with a blunt instrument and stabbed - making suicide unlikely. But Vance is on the case and is looking to see if government secrets have been sold and who has murdered Coe. This is a remake of "The Kennel Murder Case" using aircraft designs and espionage instead of Chinese porcelain and dog shows.
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The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Title: The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Character: Italian
Released: January 11, 1940
Type: Movie
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
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Kid Nightingale
Title: Kid Nightingale
Character: Strangler Colombo
Released: November 4, 1939
Type: Movie
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
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It's a Wonderful World
Title: It's a Wonderful World
Character: Mike - the Nightclub Doorman (uncredited)
Released: May 19, 1939
Type: Movie
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced to jail: Guy for a year with Willie to be executed. On the way to jail, Guy comes across a clue and escapes from the police.
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Carnival in Paris
Title: Carnival in Paris
Character: Museum Guard
Released: May 29, 1937
Type: Movie
In this short, the janitor of a Paris museum's Egyptology department agrees to help a girl hide from the police.
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Two Wise Maids
Title: Two Wise Maids
Character: Nicky Zackorackus
Released: February 15, 1937
Type: Movie
The two leading ladies are cast as Prudence and Agatha, a pair of old-fashioned schoolteachers in an old-fashioned small town. Disdaining the wimpy theories of "progressive" education, Prudence and Agatha stick to the reliable "Three R's," often teaching to the tune of a hickory stick. Though ridiculed for their so-called outmoded methods, the heroines manage to turn out quite a few prize students, earning the undying gratitude of the local citizenry.
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Lady Be Careful
Title: Lady Be Careful
Character: Curio Dealer
Released: September 3, 1936
Type: Movie
Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful. The plot remains substantially the same, as an amorous sailor named Dynamite (Lew Ayres) bets his pals that he can "thaw" icy beauty-contest winner Billie (Mary Carlisle). What follows is a series of misunderstandings, arguments and reconciliations, all wrapped up in a happy-ever-after conclusion.
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Women Are Trouble
Title: Women Are Trouble
Character: Escarel
Released: July 31, 1936
Type: Movie
A young reporter tries to prove her mettle by exposing a liquor racketeering gang.
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Hot Money
Title: Hot Money
Character: Pasquale Romenetti
Released: July 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.
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Love in the Rough
Title: Love in the Rough
Character: Gardener
Released: September 5, 1930
Type: Movie
When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.
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Monkey Stuff
Title: Monkey Stuff
Released: July 7, 1919
Type: Movie
Two-reel comedy, directed by William S. Campbell staring noted orangutan actor, Joe Martin
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The Dutiful Dub
Title: The Dutiful Dub
Released: March 23, 1919
Type: Movie
Harold is a henpecked husband who suddenly makes a change of front and asserts himself, much to his wife's astonishment.
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Take a Chance
Title: Take a Chance
Released: December 15, 1918
Type: Movie
It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the countryside in a thrill-packed stunt-addled climax.
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Fireman Save My Child
Title: Fireman Save My Child
Released: May 25, 1918
Type: Movie
In this popular two reeler where Harold runs to the rescue of a woman on a fire engine, he is seen hanging on the moving vehicle by the released water hose that forces him closer to the ground.
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Look Pleasant, Please
Title: Look Pleasant, Please
Character: (uncredited)
Released: March 10, 1918
Type: Movie
A photo studio operator seems only interested in flirting with women. Hilarity ensues.