Al Hill (July 14, 1892 – July 14, 1954) was an American film

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who appeared in over 320 films between

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and

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, including the 1951 film '' The Girl on the Bridge''. Hill died in 1954 on his 62nd birthday.

Partial filmography

* '' Me, Gangster'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Racketeer'' (1929) * '' Little Caesar'' (1931) (uncredited) * '' Ten Cents a Dance'' (1931) * '' Corsair'' (1931) * '' A Fool's Advice'' (1932) * '' The Last Mile'' (1932) * '' Night After Night'' (1932) * '' The Death Kiss'' (1932) * '' She Done Him Wrong'' (1933) (uncredited) * '' Picture Brides'' (1933) * '' Punch Drunks'' (1934) * '' Against the Law'' (1934) * '' The Personality Kid'' (1934) * '' Name the Woman'' (1934) * '' Men of the Night'' (1934) * ''

Buried Loot ''Buried Loot'' is a 1935 American crime film, the first installment of 50 Short film, shorts in the Crime Does Not Pay (film and radio series), ''Crime Does Not Pay'' series produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and released to theaters between 1935 a ...

'' (1935) * '' The Payoff'' (1935) * '' Riffraff'' (1936) * '' The Border Patrolman'' (1936) * '' Motor Madness'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) (uncredited) * '' The Big Shot'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) as Convict * ''

Stage Door ''Stage Door'' is a 1937 American Tragicomedy, tragicomedy film directed by Gregory La Cava, and starring Katharine Hepburn, Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, Gail Patrick, Constance Collier, Andrea Leeds, Samuel S. Hinds, and Lucille Ball. Adapt ...

'' (1937) (uncredited) * '' Boys Town'' (1938) (uncredited) * ''

Angels with Dirty Faces ''Angels with Dirty Faces'' is a 1938 American crime drama film directed by Michael Curtiz for Warner Brothers. It stars James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, The Dead End Kids, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, and George Bancroft. The screenplay was wr ...

'' (1938) (uncredited) * '' The Roaring Twenties'' (1939) as Ex-Con (uncredited) * '' The Bank Dick'' (1940) * '' Lucky Jordan'' (1942) * '' Tramp, Tramp, Tramp'' (1942) * ''

Random Harvest ''Random Harvest'' is a novel written by James Hilton, first published in 1941. Like previous Hilton works, including '' Lost Horizon'' and '' Goodbye, Mr. Chips'', the novel was immensely popular, placing second on ''Publishers Weekly'' li ...

'' (1942) (uncredited) * '' A Man's World'' (1942) * '' Knock on Any Door'' (1949) (uncredited) * '' The Girl on the Bridge'' (1951) * '' Run for the Hills'' (1953) * '' A Star Is Born'' (1954) (uncredited)

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* 1892 births 1954 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors 20th-century American male actors {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub