Matthew Betz (September 13, 1881 – January 26, 1938) was an American film actor. Betz was born in

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, in 1881. Following an extended career in the

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, Betz spent eight years in

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. His first stage play was ''

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''. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1914 and 1937. He died in 1938.

Partial filmography

* '' Putting One Over'' (1919) * ''

Good References ''Good References'' is a 1920 American silent romantic comedy drama film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Constance Talmadge, Vincent Coleman, Ned Sparks, Nellie Parker Spaulding, Mona Lisa, and Matthew Betz. It is based on the novel o ...

'' (1920) * '' Pirate Gold'' (1920) * '' Salvation Nell'' (1921) * ''

The Single Track ''The Single Track'' is a lost 1921 American silent melodrama film directed by Webster Campbell and starring Corinne Griffith. The film is based upon a story by Isabelle Ostrander writing under the pseudonym Douglas Grant. The film was produced ...

'' (1921) * ''

Burn 'Em Up Barnes ''Burn 'Em Up Barnes'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code movie serial produced and distributed by Mascot Pictures, along with a feature version of the serial bearing the same title. It was a loose remake of the 1921 silent film of the same name. Pl ...

'' (1921) * '' Boomerang Bill'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

The Self-Made Wife ''The Self-Made Wife'' is a 1923 American silent melodrama film, directed by John Francis Dillon. It stars Ethel Grey Terry, Crauford Kent, and Virginia Ainsworth, and was released on July 8, 1923. It was written by Albert G. Kenyon based upon ...

'' (1923) * ''

Anna Christie ''Anna Christie'' is a Play (theatre), play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. It made its Broadway theatre, Broadway debut at the Vanderbilt Theatre on November 2, 1921. O'Neill received the 1922 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for this work. According ...

'' (1923) * '' Let's Go'' (1923) * '' Love's Whirlpool'' (1924) * ''

The Siren of Seville ''The Siren of Seville'' is a 1924 American silent adventure film directed by Jerome Storm and Hunt Stromberg, and starring Priscilla Dean Priscilla Dean (November 25, 1896 – December 27, 1987) was an American actress popular in silent film a ...

'' (1924) * '' The Family Secret'' (1924) * ''

The Lighthouse by the Sea ''The Lighthouse by the Sea'' is a 1924 American silent adventure film produced by and distributed by Warner Bros. The film's star is canine sensation Rin Tin Tin, the most famous animal actor of the 1920s. The film was directed by Malcolm ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Heart Bandit ''The Heart Bandit'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Viola Dana, Milton Sills, and Gertrude Claire. Plot As described in a film magazine review, Molly O'Hara's criminal gang sets out to hold up a fast t ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Way of a Girl ''The Way of a Girl'' is a 1925 American silent drama film starring Eleanor Boardman, Matt Moore, and William Russell. The film was directed by Robert G. Vignola, and the screenplay written by Albert S. Le Vino. It is based on a story by Kath ...

'' (1925) *''

White Fang ''White Fang'' is a novel by American author Jack London (1876–1916) about a wild wolfdog's journey to domestication in Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush. First serialized in ''Outing'' magazin ...

'' (1925) * '' The White Desert'' (1925) * '' The Unholy Three'' (1925) * ''

Oh! What a Nurse! ''Oh! What a Nurse!'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Sydney Chaplin, Patsy Ruth Miller, Gayne Whitman, Matthew Betz, Edith Yorke, and David Torrence. The fil ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Exquisite Sinner ''The Exquisite Sinner'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and adapted by Alice Duer Miller from the novel ''Escape'' by Alden Brooks. Starring Conrad Nagel and Renée Adorée, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) n ...

'' (1926) * '' Shipwrecked'' (1926) * '' The Flame of the Yukon'' (1926) * ''

Broadway After Midnight ''Broadway After Midnight'', also known as ''Gangsters on Broadway'', is a 1927 American silent crime melodrama film directed by Fred Windemere and written by Frederic Bartel and Adele Buffington. The film stars Matthew Betz, Priscilla Bonner, ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Patent Leather Kid ''The Patent Leather Kid'' is a 1927 American silent drama film about a self-centered boxer who performs a heroic act in World War I that severely wounds him. It was directed by Alfred Santell and stars Richard Barthelmess, Molly O'Day, Lawfo ...

'' (1927) * '' The Shepherd of the Hills'' (1928) * '' The Big City'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' The Wedding March'' (1928) * '' Sins of the Fathers'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Girl in the Glass Cage'' (1929) * '' Girls Gone Wild'' (1929) * '' Outside the Law'' (1930) * '' Her Man'' (1930) * '' Shooting Straight'' (1930) * ''

The Squealer ''The Squealer'' is a 1930 American pre-Code crime film directed by Harry Joe Brown, and starring Jack Holt, Dorothy Revier and Davey Lee.Stumpf, p. 129 The film's sets were designed by the art director Edward C. Jewell. Cast * Jack Holt a ...

'' (1930) * ''

The Single Sin ''The Single Sin'' is a 1931 American Pre-code drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Kay Johnson, Bert Lytell and Paul Hurst. It was produced and released by the independent company Tiffany Pictures. Plot Struggling actress Kate Adams ...

'' (1931) * ''

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands ''Stout Hearts and Willing Hands'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy and starring Frank Fay and Lew Cody. At the 5th Academy Awards, held in 1932, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subjec ...

'' (1931) * '' Salvation Nell'' (1931) * ''

The Fighting Marshal ''The Fighting Marshal'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Tim McCoy. Plot Tim Benton (Tim McCoy) is falsely accused of killing his own father and escapes from prison along with brutish Red Lar ...

'' (1931) * ''

Dynamite Denny ''Dynamite Denny'' is a 1932 American drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer from an original screenplay by W. Scott Darling. The film stars Jay Wilsey, Blanche Mehaffey, and William V. Mong. Produced by Action Pictures, it was distributed t ...

'' (1932) * ''

The Hurricane Express ''The Hurricane Express'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code 12-chapter Mascot Pictures serial (film), film serial. Written by Colbert Clark, Barney Sarecky, Wyndham Gittens, George Morgan (screenwriter), George Morgan, and J.P. McGowan, the serial w ...

'' (1932) * ''

Alias Mary Smith ''Alias Mary Smith'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery crime film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Blanche Mehaffey, John Darrow, and Raymond Hatton.Langman & Finn p. 6 It was released by the independent company Mayfair Pictures. Plot ...

'' (1932) * '' Broadway to Cheyenne'' (1932) * ''

The Western Code ''The Western Code'' is a 1932 American Western film directed by John P. McCarthy and starring Tim McCoy, Nora Lane, and Mischa Auer. The film contains the first known instance of the phrase "This town ain't big enough for the both of us" in p ...

'' (1932) * '' Speed Madness'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

Silent Men ''Silent Men'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman and starring Tim McCoy. Plot Cast * Tim McCoy as Tim Richards * Florence Britton as Gwen Wilder * J. Carrol Naish as Jack Wilder (as J. Carroll Naish) * Wh ...

'' (1933) * ''

Under Secret Orders ''Under Secret Orders'', also known as ''Mademoiselle Doctor'', is a 1937 British spy film directed by Edmond T. Gréville and starring Erich von Stroheim, John Loder, Dita Parlo and Claire Luce. It is an English-language version of the Fr ...

'' (1933) * ''

Via Pony Express ''Via Pony Express'' is a 1933 pre-Code American Western film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Jack Hoxie, Lane Chandler and Marceline Day. Plot Cast * Jack Hoxie as Buck Carson * Lane Chandler as Lieutenant Bob Grey * Marcel ...

'' (1933) * ''

Mystery of the Wax Museum ''Mystery of the Wax Museum'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery- horror film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Lionel Atwill, Fay Wray, Glenda Farrell, and Frank McHugh. It was produced and released by Warner Bros. and filmed in two- ...

'' (1933) * ''

Tarzan the Fearless ''Tarzan the Fearless'' is a 12 chapter American Pre-Code film serial starring Buster Crabbe in his only appearance as Tarzan. It was also released as a 61-minute feature film which consisted of the first four chapters edited together, and ...

'' (1933) * '' The Whirlwind'' (1933) * '' The Woman Who Dared'' (1933) as Racketeer * '' Men of the Night'' (1934) * ''

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'' (1935) * '' On Probation'' (1935) * '' The Girl Who Came Back'' (1935) * ''

The E-Flat Man ''The E-Flat Man'' is a 1935 American short comedy film featuring Buster Keaton. Plot A mob boss tells his crew to get him some aspirin to treat his aching tooth. Since it is after midnight, his crew break into the closed drug store. Across t ...

'' (1935) * '' The Fighting Coward'' (1935) * ''

Fury Below ''Fury Below'' is a 1936 American action film directed by Harry L. Fraser and written by Phil Dunham. The film stars Russell Gleason, Maxine Doyle, LeRoy Mason, Sheila Terry, Matthew Betz, Rex Lease and John Merton. The film was released on Nove ...

'' (1936) * '' Racing Blood'' (1936) * '' Just My Luck'' (1936) * '' Jail Bait'' (1937) * '' Outcast'' (1937) * ''

Jungle Menace ''Jungle Menace'' (1937) is the first serial released by Columbia Pictures. Based on the success of Republic Pictures's 1936 serial ''Darkest Africa'', starring real-life animal trainer Clyde Beatty, Columbia made this exotic jungle serial ...

'' (1937)

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