William Meader

William Meader

Born: July 4, 1904
Died: April 15, 1979

Movies for William Meader...

The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Title: The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
Character: Tenant (uncredited)
Released: June 30, 1967
Type: Movie
Chicago February 14th 1929. Al Capone finally establishes himself as the city's boss of organised crime. In a north-side garage his hoods, dressed as policemen, surprise and mow down with machine-guns the key members of Bugs Moran's rival gang. The film traces the history of the incident, and the lives affected and in some cases ended by it.
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Warning Shot
Title: Warning Shot
Released: January 18, 1967
Type: Movie
Hounded by the press for shooting a doctor, an ousted Los Angeles policeman works his own case.
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Munster, Go Home!
Title: Munster, Go Home!
Character: Race Spectator (uncredited)
Released: June 15, 1966
Type: Movie
Herman discovers he's the new lord of Munster Hall in England. The family sails to Britain, where they receive a tepid welcome from Lady Effigy and Freddie Munster, who throws tantrums because he wasn't named Lord Munster. An on-board romance had blossomed between Marilyn and Roger, but on land Marilyn discovers Roger's family holds a longstanding grudge against the Munsters.
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The Ugly Dachshund
Title: The Ugly Dachshund
Character: Kennel Show Official (uncredited)
Released: February 16, 1966
Type: Movie
The Garrisons are the "proud parents" of three adorable dachshund pups - and one overgrown Great Dane named Brutus, who nevertheless thinks of himself as a dainty dachsie. His identity crisis results in an uproarious series of household crises that reduce the Garrisons' house to shambles - and viewers to howls of laughter!
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Brainstorm
Title: Brainstorm
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 5, 1965
Type: Movie
Scientist Jim Grayam saves his boss' wife from suicide but then falls in love with her.
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Fate Is the Hunter
Title: Fate Is the Hunter
Character: Bar Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 8, 1964
Type: Movie
A man refuses to believe that pilot error caused a fatal crash, and persists in looking for another reason. Airliner crashes near Los Angeles due to unusual string of coincidences. Stewardess, who is sole survivor, joins airline executives in discovering the causes of the crash.
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Send Me No Flowers
Title: Send Me No Flowers
Character: Country Club Member (uncredited)
Released: October 14, 1964
Type: Movie
At one of his many visits to his doctor, hypochondriac George Kimball mistakes a dying man's diagnosis for his own and believes he only has about two more weeks to live. Wanting to take care of his wife Judy, he doesn't tell her and tries to find her a new husband. When he finally does tell her, she quickly finds out he's not dying at all (while he doesn't) and she believes it's just a lame excuse to hide an affair, so she decides to leave him.
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Viva Las Vegas
Title: Viva Las Vegas
Character: Casino Patron (uncredited)
Released: February 8, 1964
Type: Movie
Lucky Jackson arrives in town with his car literally in tow ready for the first Las Vegas Grand Prix - once he has the money to buy an engine. He gets the cash easily enough but mislays it when the pretty swimming pool manageress takes his mind off things. It seems he will lose both race and girl, problems made more difficult by rivalry from Elmo Mancini, fellow racer and womaniser.
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Seven Days in May
Title: Seven Days in May
Character: Reporter (uncredited)
Released: February 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A U.S. Army colonel alerts the president of a planned military coup against him.
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Gypsy
Title: Gypsy
Character: Audience Member (uncredited)
Released: November 1, 1962
Type: Movie
Mama Rose lives to see her daughter June succeed on Broadway by way of vaudeville. When June marries and leaves, Rose turns her hope and attention to her elder, less obviously talented, daughter Louise. However, having her headlining as a stripper at Minsky's Burlesque is not what she initially has in mind.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Cashier
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Dinner Guest
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Bank Teller #1
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Title: The Lucy Show
Character: Other Man
Released: October 1, 1962
Type: TV
The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, only Gale Gordon, who joined the program for its second season, remained. For the first three seasons, Vivian Vance was the co-star. The earliest scripts were entitled The Lucille Ball Show, but when this title was declined, producers thought of calling the show This Is Lucy or The New Adventures of Lucy, before deciding on the title The Lucy Show. Ball won consecutive Emmy Awards as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for the series' final two seasons, 1966–67 and 1967–68.
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Advise & Consent
Title: Advise & Consent
Character: Senator (uncredited)
Released: June 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
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Lover Come Back
Title: Lover Come Back
Character: Burlesque Show Patron (uncredited)
Released: December 20, 1961
Type: Movie
Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are rival Madison Avenue advertising executives who each dislike each other’s methods. After he steals a client out from under her cute little nose, revenge prompts her to infiltrate his secret "VIP" campaign in order to persuade the mystery product’s scientist to switch to her firm.
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Pocketful of Miracles
Title: Pocketful of Miracles
Character: Passerby (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
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Judgment at Nuremberg
Title: Judgment at Nuremberg
Character: Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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Breakfast at Tiffany's
Title: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Character: Jewelry Shop Clerk (uncredited)
Released: October 6, 1961
Type: Movie
Holly Golightly is an eccentric New York City playgirl determined to marry a Brazilian millionaire. But when young writer Paul Varjak moves into her apartment building, her past threatens to get in their way.
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The Ladies Man
Title: The Ladies Man
Character: Light Man (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1961
Type: Movie
After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women. Can he live in the same home with all these females?
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Seven Ways from Sundown
Title: Seven Ways from Sundown
Released: September 25, 1960
Type: Movie
Audie Murphy is again the kid who puts on a badge to catch the bad guy, skillfully played by Barry Sullivan. On the way back to town the two develop a curiously close relationship - Sullivan passes up several chances to get away - but in the end Sullivan "asks for it" and Murphy obliges.
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Ocean's Eleven
Title: Ocean's Eleven
Character: Casino Patron (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1960
Type: Movie
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
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The Apartment
Title: The Apartment
Character: Executive (uncredited)
Released: June 21, 1960
Type: Movie
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
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The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Title: The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond
Character: Spectator at Crash Scene (uncredited)
Released: February 3, 1960
Type: Movie
Jack Diamond and his sickly brother arrive in prohibition New York as jewelry thieves. After a spell in jail, the coldly ambitious Diamond hits on the idea of stealing from thieves himself and sets about getting close to gangster boss Arnold Rothstein to move in on his booze, girls, gambling, and drugs operations.
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Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Title: Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus
Character: Parade Onlooker
Released: January 21, 1960
Type: Movie
Angered at stern Uncle Daniel, Toby Tyler runs away from his foster home to join the circus, where he soon befriends Mr. Stubbs, the frisky chimpanzee. However, the circus isn't all fun and games when the evil candy vendor, Harry Tupper, convinces Toby that his Aunt Olive and Uncle Daniel don't love him or want him back. Toby resigns himself to circus life, but when he finally realizes that Tupper lied to him, and that his aunt and uncle truly love him, Toby happily returns home once again.
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Title: The Twilight Zone
Released: October 2, 1959
Type: TV
A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, and/or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist.
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Houseboat
Title: Houseboat
Character: Country Club Patron (uncredited)
Released: November 19, 1958
Type: Movie
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
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Teacher's Pet
Title: Teacher's Pet
Character: Florist (uncredited)
Released: April 1, 1958
Type: Movie
A rugged city editor poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.
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The Female Animal
Title: The Female Animal
Character: Barnes the Chauffeur (uncredited)
Released: January 22, 1958
Type: Movie
Jaded movie star Vanessa Windsor, saved from a studio accident by handsome extra Chris Farley, pursues him, and soon he's the 'caretaker' of her beach house. Vanessa's sexy, alcoholic adult daughter Penny accidentally meets Chris, who rescues her from an 'octopus' boyfriend. Before you know it, Chris is involved with both mother and daughter, and his only way out is to take a job in a Mexican picture about man-eating orchids...
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Sayonara
Title: Sayonara
Character: General at Tokyo Airport (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1957
Type: Movie
Air Force Major Lloyd Gruver (Marlon Brando) is reassigned to a Japanese air base, and is confronted with US racial prejudice against the Japanese people. The issue is compounded because a number of the soldiers become romantically involved with Japanese women, in defiance of US military policy. Ordinarily an officer who is by-the-book, Gruver must take a position when a buddy of his, an enlisted man Joe Kelly (Red Buttons) falls in love with a Japanese woman Katsumi (Miyoshi Umeki) and marries her. Gruver risks his position by serving as best man at the wedding ceremony.
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My Man Godfrey
Title: My Man Godfrey
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: October 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The eccentric Bullock household again need a new butler. Daughter Irene encounters bedraggled Godfrey Godfrey at the docks and, fancying him and noticing his obviously good manners, gets him the job. He proves a great success, but keeps his past to himself. When an old flame turns up Irene's sister Cordelia starts making waves.
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The Devil's Hairpin
Title: The Devil's Hairpin
Released: October 4, 1957
Type: Movie
Cocky car racer Nick Jargin has retired since he nearly caused the death of his brother at a hairpin bend on a circuit. He now holds a trendy café who keeps him busy full time until one day, Tony Boari, a new champion racer, challenges him.
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The Joker Is Wild
Title: The Joker Is Wild
Character: Man in Hotel Suite (uncredited)
Released: September 26, 1957
Type: Movie
Prohibition-era nightclub crooner Joe E. Lewis has his career and nearly his life cut short when his throat is slashed as payback for leaving the employ of Chicago mob boss Georgie Parker. A broken alcoholic, Joe is brought back from the abyss by his faithful piano player, Austin Mack, who helps turn the former singer into a successful stand-up comedian. But Joe's demons plague his romantic life even as he reaches new heights of success.
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The Lonely Man
Title: The Lonely Man
Released: June 21, 1957
Type: Movie
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have other plans for him. Gunslinger Jacob Wade finds his long-abandoned son Riley, now a young man who hates his father but has nowhere else to go. Hoping to settle down, Jacob finds no town will have him. They end at Monolith, the ranch of Jacob's former girlfriend Ada, to whom he had no intention of returning. A mustang hunt finds Riley himself attracted to the shapely Ada...and Jacob having trouble with his eyesight. And his visions of a quiet life are doomed by the re-appearance of enemies from his past...
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The Garment Jungle
Title: The Garment Jungle
Character: Worker (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
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Man Afraid
Title: Man Afraid
Character: News Photographer (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1957
Type: Movie
A preacher (George Nader) fears for his family (Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Hovey) after killing a teenage burglar whose father seeks revenge.
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Around the World in Eighty Days
Title: Around the World in Eighty Days
Character: (uncredited)
Released: October 17, 1956
Type: Movie
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the world. Which has to be completed within 80 days, a very short period for those days.
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The Solid Gold Cadillac
Title: The Solid Gold Cadillac
Character: Stockholder (uncredited)
Released: August 22, 1956
Type: Movie
Laura Partridge is a very enthusiastic small stockholder of 10 shares in International Projects, a large corporation based in New York. She attends her first stockholder meeting ready to question the board of directors from their salaries to their operations.
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Title: Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
Character: Worker in Control Tower (uncredited)
Released: July 4, 1956
Type: Movie
Test space rockets exploding at liftoff and increased reporting of UFO sightings culminate in a direct attempt by alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization to invade Earth from impervious flying saucers, using ray-weapons of mass destruction.
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Illegal
Title: Illegal
Character: Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1955
Type: Movie
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
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Title: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Character: Inquest Board Member (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1955
Type: TV
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
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The War of the Worlds
Title: The War of the Worlds
Character: P.E. Official (uncredited)
Released: August 13, 1953
Type: Movie
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.
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This Woman Is Dangerous
Title: This Woman Is Dangerous
Character: Milt (Uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1952
Type: Movie
A crime gang leader is losing her sight, so while her lover goes into hiding, she checks in to the hospital for extensive surgery to recover her eyesight. There she is treated by a handsome young doctor. As expected not only does the doctor successfully open her eyes, he also opens her heart for him.
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Darling, How Could You!
Title: Darling, How Could You!
Character: Ship's Officer (Uncredited)
Released: August 8, 1951
Type: Movie
Two absentee American parents get to know their three children again after spending five years in Panama.
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Union Station
Title: Union Station
Character: Police Projectionist (uncredited)
Released: October 4, 1950
Type: Movie
Police catch a break when suspected kidnappers are spotted on a train heading towards Union Station. Police, train station security and a witness try to piece together the crime and get back the blind daughter of a rich business man.
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The Furies
Title: The Furies
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: August 16, 1950
Type: Movie
A New Mexico cattle man and his strong-willed daughter clash over land and love.
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Sunset Boulevard
Title: Sunset Boulevard
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: August 10, 1950
Type: Movie
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
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Appointment with Danger
Title: Appointment with Danger
Character: Sharkey
Released: March 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.
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The File on Thelma Jordon
Title: The File on Thelma Jordon
Character: Reporter (Uncredited)
Released: November 4, 1949
Type: Movie
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.
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Whispering Smith
Title: Whispering Smith
Released: December 9, 1948
Type: Movie
Smith is an iron-willed railroad detective. When his friend Murray is fired from the railroad and begins helping Rebstock wreck trains, Smith must go after him. He also seems to have an interest in Murray's wife (and vice versa).
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The Blue Dahlia
Title: The Blue Dahlia
Character: Cocktail Party Guest (uncredited)
Released: April 16, 1946
Type: Movie
Soon after a veteran's return from war his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
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The Lost Weekend
Title: The Lost Weekend
Character: Hardware Man (uncredited)
Released: November 29, 1945
Type: Movie
Don Birnam, a long-time alcoholic, has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last - one way or another.
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The Affairs of Susan
Title: The Affairs of Susan
Character: Waiter (Uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1945
Type: Movie
Susan is about to be married, but the wedding may get called off after her fiancé summons three former beaus. Each reveals a different portrait of Susan: one describes her as a naive country girl who reluctantly becomes an actress, another paints a picture of a gay party girl and and the third describes a serious intellectual.
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Murder, He Says
Title: Murder, He Says
Character: F.B.I. Man (uncredited)
Released: June 23, 1945
Type: Movie
Pete Marshall is sent as a replacement to the mountain district town of Plainville when a public opinion surveyor who went there goes missing. Visiting the hillbilly family of Mamie Fleagle, Pete begins to suspect that she and her two sons have murdered the surveyor. Pete then believes that Mamie is slowly poisoning wealthy Grandma Fleagle, who has put a vital clue to her fortune in a nonsensical embroidered sampler.
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College Holiday
Title: College Holiday
Character: Dancer
Released: December 19, 1936
Type: Movie
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.