Henry Sedley

Henry Sedley

Born: March 25, 1881
Died: November 13, 1962
in New York City, New York, USA

Movies for Henry Sedley...

Cockeyed Cavaliers
Title: Cockeyed Cavaliers
Character: The Duke's Friend
Released: June 29, 1934
Type: Movie
Two yokels try to crash royal society by posing as the King's physicians.
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The Man from Arizona
Title: The Man from Arizona
Character: Buck Gallagher
Released: October 21, 1932
Type: Movie
A cowboy saves his injured friend from a vigilante group, which believes that he is part of a bandit gang that attacked a wagon train. The cowboy sets out to find the bandit gang and clear his friend's name.
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Fighting for Justice
Title: Fighting for Justice
Character: Bull Barnard
Released: August 28, 1932
Type: Movie
Property taxes, murder charges, and outlaws trouble the son of a dead rancher.
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Arsène Lupin
Title: Arsène Lupin
Character: Accused Officer (uncredited)
Released: February 26, 1932
Type: Movie
A charming and very daring thief known as Arsene Lupin is terrorizing the wealthy of Paris, he even goes so far as to threaten the Mona Lisa. But the police, led by the great Guerchard, think they know Arsene Lupin's identity, and they have a secret weapon to catch him.
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One Man Law
Title: One Man Law
Character: Dye
Released: December 4, 1931
Type: Movie
Streetor is pulling off a land swindle and wants Thompson on his side. He does him a favor and then makes him Sheriff. But as Streetor evicts the ranchers, Thompson and Judge Cooper look for a legal device to stop him.
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Transatlantic
Title: Transatlantic
Character: Chalky
Released: August 19, 1931
Type: Movie
As a luxurious ocean liner makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean, the audience is made privy to the travails of several of its passengers. Edmund Lowe heads the cast as Monty Greer, a suave gambler who falls in love with Judy, the daughter of immigrant lens grinder Rudolph Kramer. In trying to recover some valuable securities stolen from banker Henry Graham, Greer finds himself in the middle of a fierce gun battle in the ship's engine room. Meanwhile, Graham, who has been cheating on his wife Kay with sexy dancer Sigrid Carline, is murdered by person or persons unknown.
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Little Caesar
Title: Little Caesar
Character: Scabby (uncredited)
Released: January 25, 1931
Type: Movie
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
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The Ghost Talks
Title: The Ghost Talks
Character: Joe Talles
Released: February 24, 1929
Type: Movie
Miriam Holt hopes to solve the disappearance of a million dollars in bonds allegedly stolen by her late uncle. A team of crooks is following her, though, in hopes she'll uncover the missing money and they can grab it from her. She checks into a hotel where Franklyn Green works as a desk clerk. Franklyn is learning to be a detective through a correspondence course, and he thinks he's just the guy to help Miriam solve her mystery. The fact that she's a very attractive lady doesn't hurt, either.
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Tropic Madness
Title: Tropic Madness
Character: Johnson
Released: December 19, 1928
Type: Movie
Herbert Pomeroy's wife Juanita spends his money extravagantly and irresponsibly, finally driving him to bankruptcy. Desperate, he sends his son Frankie to live with his friend Henderson, a South Seas trader, then commits suicide. Although Juanita spends years searching for her son, she finally gives up and takes a world cruise on the yacht of wealthy Jules Lennox. One day the yacht docks on Henderson's island and Juanita, meeting Henderson, persuades him to let her be Frankie's governess. Complications ensue, involving a poor physician, a jealous island woman and a witch doctor.
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The Racket
Title: The Racket
Character: Spike Corcoran
Released: November 1, 1928
Type: Movie
A renegade police captain sets out to catch a sadistic mob boss.
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Obey Your Husband
Title: Obey Your Husband
Character: Leland Houghton
Released: May 15, 1928
Type: Movie
An inveterate gambler is charged with killing a card sharp.
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A Light in the Window
Title: A Light in the Window
Character: Peter Mayfield
Released: October 15, 1927
Type: Movie
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Million Dollar Mystery
Title: Million Dollar Mystery
Released: August 1, 1927
Type: Movie
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Married Alive
Title: Married Alive
Character: Max Ferbur
Released: July 17, 1927
Type: Movie
James Duxbury (Lou Tellegen) is an exponent of polygamy, which may not be legal but certainly provides him with several evenings of entertainment. Professor Charles Orme (Matt Moore) falls in love with Duxbury's fourth wife Amy (Margaret Livingston). Things get dicey indeed as Orme tries to figure out whether Amy is still married to Duxbury or not -- in fact, Duxbury isn't sure either.
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Riding to Fame
Title: Riding to Fame
Character: Joe Riordan
Released: July 1, 1927
Type: Movie
Our crippled heroine inherits virtually nothing but debts upon the demise of her father. The one tangible asset in the estate is a racehorse which has never won a race.
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Blonde or Brunette
Title: Blonde or Brunette
Character: Turney
Released: January 8, 1927
Type: Movie
Adolphe Menjou stars in a Roaring Twenties comedy of remarriage.
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The Wrongdoers
Title: The Wrongdoers
Character: Sylvester Doane
Released: September 3, 1925
Type: Movie
Philanthropical druggist Daniel Abbott, occasionally robs the rich to take care of the poor, goes to court with his young ward, Jimmy Nolan. In the courtroom Daniel meets Mrs. Warren, who, despondent over her inability to care for a newborn baby, has been charged with attempted suicide. Daniel takes mother and daughter under his wing, watching with pride as the girl, Helen, and his ward, Jimmy, grow to a tender adolescence. Sylvester Doane, a tenement owner, falls in love with Helen, and Daniel makes plans to rob him. Jimmy learns with shock of the plans and goes to Doane's apartment to prevent the robbery. Jimmy takes the gems to forestall his father, but he is found with them in his possession and put in jail.
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The Exciters
Title: The Exciters
Character: Gentleman Eddie
Released: June 3, 1923
Type: Movie
Ronnie Rand, Required to marry before she is 21 or lose her inheritance, Ronnie Rand meets Pierre Martel, member of a gang of thieves, and, convinced that he is a "real man," she marries him. Pierre's confederates attempt to blackmail Ronnie, and when she refuses to sign a check they try to kill Pierre; but police arrive in time to save him. Pierre is revealed to be a U. S. Intelligence Service agent. Ronnie, though somewhat disappointed that her husband is not at all a crook, accepts the situation.
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The Devil's Partner
Title: The Devil's Partner
Character: Henri, Jeanne's Father
Released: June 1, 1923
Type: Movie
An adventure tale set in the North Woods. The villain, smuggler Jules Payette, would give anything if Jeanne would give in. Saving her virtue in the nick of time is stalwart Pierre, who turns out to be a Northwest Mountie.
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The Custard Cup
Title: The Custard Cup
Character: Frank Bosley
Released: January 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Mrs. Penfield, better known as Penzie, is one of the inhabitants of a tenement neighborhood known as "the Custard Cup" because of its oval shape. Penzie is a widow who lost both her husband and son in the influenza epidemic of 1918 and 1919. She has found fulfillment by taking in three orphans. One of the Custard Cup's other residents is a counterfeiter, and when the police are too hot on his trail, he leaves a package with Penzie and sets a boat aflame when he tries to destroy some phony bills. When the gang is rounded up, Penzie -- who has been looking for one of her adopted children -- is found at the hideout and arrested.
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How Women Love
Title: How Women Love
Character: Count Jurka
Released: October 15, 1922
Type: Movie
silent drama featuring Betty Blythe, Robert Frazer, and Gladys Hulette
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John Smith
Title: John Smith
Character: Lawyer
Released: June 1, 1922
Type: Movie
Upon being released from prison, Lawrence Hilliard takes the name of John Smith and looks for work, and falls in love with Irene Mason, a social secretary, but is reluctant to tell her about his past.
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Find the Woman
Title: Find the Woman
Character: Don Carey
Released: April 2, 1922
Type: Movie
This whodunit bears no relation to the 1918 picture of the same name, but both films coincidentally had the same director, Tom Terriss. When sleazy theatrical agent Maurice Beiner (Arthur Donaldson) is found stabbed to death in his office, just about everybody is a suspect -- there's aspiring actress Clancy Deane (Eileen Huban), who was one of the last people to see him alive, and Sophie Carey (Alma Rubens) who knows he has some love letters she wrote to Judge Walbrough (George MacQuarrie) before she married her alcoholic husband, Don (Henry Sedley). Or is it Marc Weber (Norman Kerry), who had a falling out with Beiner, or Weber's devoted wife, Fay (Ethel Duray)?
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The Woman God Changed
Title: The Woman God Changed
Character: Alastair De Vries
Released: July 3, 1921
Type: Movie
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Straight Is the Way
Title: Straight Is the Way
Character: Jonathan Squoggs
Released: March 6, 1921
Type: Movie
Bob Carter and "Loot" Follet, are two thieves who locate themselves in the unused part of the New Hampshire home of Aunt Mehitable and her niece Dorcas. Loan shark Jonathan Squoggs presses Mehitable for payment of the mortgage, and the two crooks decide to help the ladies when they consult their Ouija board to find a hidden treasure. Finding the treasure reveals a surprise thief and a chance for new lives for the crooks, Dorcas, and Mehitable.
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Voices
Title: Voices
Character: Justin Lord
Released: September 26, 1920
Type: Movie
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The Daredevil
Title: The Daredevil
Character: Lt. Bourdon
Released: October 13, 1918
Type: Movie
When Roberta Carruthers' father, Capt. Carruthers, is killed in France during the war, she comes to live in the US with her uncle. When she finds out that her uncle is under the impression that his brother had a son and not a daughter, she decides to disguise herself as a male, and calls herself Bob.
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Just for Tonight
Title: Just for Tonight
Character: Crandall
Released: September 16, 1918
Type: Movie
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His Daughter Pays
Title: His Daughter Pays
Character: Sedley
Released: March 23, 1918
Type: Movie
To pay off his extensive debts, Armand La Tour agrees to sell government secrets to a gang of spies, but when he fails to produce any information, Ben Hassan, the ring leader, kidnaps Louise, La Tour's eldest daughter, and forces her to perform Turkish dances in his cabaret.
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The Hidden Hand
Title: The Hidden Hand
Released: November 23, 1917
Type: Movie