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Julius Theodore von Eltz (November 5, 1893 – October 6, 1964) was an American film actor, appearing in more than 200 films between 1915 and 1957. He was the father of actress
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.


Early life

Born in
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, Von Eltz was a
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professor's son. After 12 years at an eastern private boarding school, he served in France for eight months during
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. He followed his war experience with ventures into oil fields in Texas and on the stage in New York. In September 1921, von Eltz married Peggy Prior. They had a daughter, Lori, and a son, Theodore, Jr. In 1928, the couple separated, reconciled, and finally divorced on November 7.


Filmography

* '' His Wife'' (1915) - Harry Dennys * ''The Traffic Cop'' (1916) - Casey's Brother * '' The Man Who Had Everything'' (1920) - Master of Ceremonies at Party (uncredited) * '' Extravagance'' (1921) - Dick Vane * ''
The Old Nest ''The Old Nest'' is a 1921 American drama silent black and white film directed by Reginald Barker and starring Helene Chadwick. It was awarded for the National High School Students' Poll for Best Picture They Had Ever Seen. It is based on the s ...
'' (1921) - Stephen McLeod * ''
The Speed Girl ''The Speed Girl'' is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film produced by Realart Pictures and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Maurice Campbell, a Broadway director and producer, and starred Bebe Daniels, then a popular ...
'' (1921) - Tom Manley * '' The Fourteenth Lover'' (1922) - Clyde Van Ness * '' The Girl from Rocky Point'' (1922) - Robert Giffing * '' Extra! Extra!'' (1922) - Fordney Stowe * '' Sherlock Brown'' (1922) - Frank Morton * ''
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'' (1922) - (uncredited) * ''
The Glorious Fool ''The Glorious Fool'' is a 1922 American silent romantic comedy drama film directed by E. Mason Hopper and starring Helene Chadwick, Richard Dix and Vera Lewis.Munden p.297 It was based on the short stories ''In the Pavillion'' and ''Twenty-Tw ...
'' (1922) - Senior Surgical Interne * '' Can a Woman Love Twice?'' (1923) - Thomas Jefferson Grant * '' The Woman With Four Faces'' (1923) - Jim Hartigan * ''
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'' (1923) - 'Eggs' * '' Tiger Rose'' (1923) - Bruce Norton * '' The Breaking Point'' (1924) - Fred Gregory * ''
Being Respectable ''Being Respectable'' is a 1924 American drama film directed by Phil Rosen and written by Dorothy Farnum. The film stars Marie Prevost, Monte Blue, Louise Fazenda, Irene Rich, Theodore von Eltz and Frank Currier. The film was released by Warner ...
'' (1924) - Stephen O'Connell * ''
That French Lady ''That French Lady'' is a lost 1924 silent film romance drama directed by Edmund Mortimer and starring Shirley Mason. It was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. It was based on a play by William Hurlbut, ''The Strange Woman'' ...
'' (1924) - John Hemmingway * '' The Turmoil'' (1924) - James Sheridan Jr. * '' Hearts of Oak'' (1924) - Ned Fairweather * ''
Locked Doors ''Locked Doors'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by William C. deMille and starring Betty Compson. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a review in a film ma ...
'' (1925) - John Talbot * '' On Thin Ice'' (1925) - Dr. Paul Jackson * ''
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) - Weadon Scott * ''
The Sporting Chance ''The Sporting Chance'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Lou Tellegen, Dorothy Phillips, and George Fawcett George Fawcett (August 25, 1860 – June 6, 1939) was an American stage and film actor of ...
'' (1925) - Robert Selby * '' The Thoroughbred'' (1925) - Robert Bemis * '' Paint and Powder'' (1925) - Jimmy Evarts * '' Broadway Lady'' (1925) - Bob Westbrook * '' The Red Kimona'' (1925) - Freddy - the Chauffeur * '' A Desperate Moment'' (1926) - Captain John Reynolds * ''
Queen o'Diamonds ''Queen o'Diamonds'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Chester Withey and starring Evelyn Brent, Elsa Lorimer, and Phillips Smalley. Plot As described in a film magazine review, chorus girl Jerry Lyon resembles Jeanette Durant ...
'' (1926) - Daniel Hammon * '' The Last Alarm'' (1926) - Joe, Tom's Pal * '' The Sea Wolf'' (1926) - Humphrey Van Weyden * '' Laddie'' (1926) - Robert Paget * ''
Bardelys the Magnificent ''Bardelys the Magnificent'' is a 1926 American silent romantic film directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman. The film is based on the 1906 novel of the same title by Rafael Sabatini. It was the second film of ...
'' (1926) - René de Lesperon * ''
Fools of Fashion ''Fools of Fashion'' is a 1926 silent society drama film directed by James C. McKay. It was produced and released by Tiffany Pictures. Cast Preservation A print of ''Fools of Fashion'' survives in the BFI National Archive The BFI Natio ...
'' (1926) - Matthew Young * ''
His New York Wife ''His New York Wife'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Albert H. Kelley and starring Alice Day, Theodore von Eltz and Ethel Clayton.Munden p.354 Cast * Alice Day as Lila Lake * Theodore von Eltz Julius Theodore von Eltz ...
'' (1926) - Philip Thorne * ''
Raggedy Rose ''Raggedy Rose'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film starring Mabel Normand. The film was co-written by Stan Laurel, and directed by Richard Wallace. Cast * Mabel Normand as Raggedy Rose * Carl Miller as Ted Tudor * Max Davidson as Moe Gi ...
'' (1926) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''
Redheads Preferred ''Redheads Preferred'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Allen Dale and starring Raymond Hitchcock, Marjorie Daw and Theodore von Eltz.Slide p.242 It was produced by the independent studio Tiffany Pictures. The film's sets were ...
'' (1926) - John Morgan * '' The Nickel-Hopper'' (1926, Short) - Jimmy Jessop, Paddy's Rich Beau * '' No Man's Law'' (1927) - Spider O'Day * '' Perch of the Devil'' (1927) - Lord Mobray * '' Great Mail Robbery'' (1927) - Lieutenant Donald Macready * ''
One Woman to Another ''One Woman to Another'' is a lost 1927 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by J.L. Campbell and George Marion Jr. based upon a play by Frances Nordstrom.
'' (1927) - John Bruce * '' Should Tall Men Marry?'' (1928, Short) - Teddy * '' The Way of the Strong'' (1928) - Dan * '' Life's Mockery'' (1928) - Wade Fullerton * ''
Nothing to Wear ''Nothing to Wear'' is a lost 1928 American comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and starring Jacqueline Logan, Theodore von Eltz and Bryant Washburn.Monaco p.559 Cast * Jacqueline Logan as Jackie Standish * Theodore von Eltz as Phil Stan ...
'' (1928) - Phil Stanndish * '' The Rescue'' (1929) - Carter * ''
The Voice of the Storm ''The Voice of the Storm'' is a 1929 American silent drama film directed by Lynn Shores and starring Karl Dane, Martha Sleeper and Theodore von Eltz.Munden p.861 Cast * Karl Dane as Spike * Martha Sleeper as Ruth * Hugh Allan as Tom Powers ...
'' (1929) - Franklin Wells * ''
The Four Feathers ''The Four Feathers'' is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A. E. W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. In December 1901, ''Cornhill Magazine'' announced the title as one of two new serial stories to be published in t ...
'' (1929) - Lt. Castleton * ''
The Awful Truth ''The Awful Truth'' is a 1937 American screwball comedy film directed by Leo McCarey, and starring Irene Dunne and Cary Grant. Based on the 1922 play ''The Awful Truth'' by Arthur Richman, the film recounts a distrustful rich couple who begin ...
'' (1929) - Edgar Trent * ''
The Very Idea ''The Very Idea'' is an American comedy film directed by Frank Craven and Richard Rosson and written by William LeBaron, based on his play of the same title. Released in 1929, it was the fourth film released by RKO Pictures, starring Sally Blane ...
'' (1929) - George Green * '' The Furies'' (1930) - Lwen McDonald * ''
The Divorcee ''The Divorcee'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film written by Nick Grindé, John Meehan, and Zelda Sears, based on the 1929 novel '' Ex-Wife'' by Ursula Parrott. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who was nominated for the Academy ...
'' (1930) - Ivan (uncredited) * '' The Arizona Kid'' (1930) - Dick Hoyt * ''Sweeping Against the Winds'' (1930) - Unknown role * '' Love Among the Millionaires'' (1930) - William Jordan * '' Kismet'' (1930) - The Guide Nazir * '' The Cat Creeps'' (1930) - Harry Blythe * ''
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'' (1931) - Normand (uncredited) * ''
The Prodigal ''The Prodigal'' is a 1955 Eastmancolor biblical epic CinemaScope film made by MGM starring Lana Turner and Edmund Purdom. It was based on the New Testament parable about a selfish son who leaves his family to pursue a life of pleasure. T ...
'' (1931) - Carter Jerome * ''
Beyond Victory ''Beyond Victory'' is a 1931 American pre-Code war film starring William Boyd (actor), Bill Boyd, James Gleason, Lew Cody, and ZaSu Pitts. While John S. Robertson, John Robertson received directing credit, Edward H. Griffith supposedly took exte ...
'' (1931) - Major Sparks * ''
The Secret Six ''The Secret Six'' is a 1931 American pre-Code crime film starring Wallace Beery as "Slaughterhouse Scorpio", a character very loosely based on Al Capone, and featuring Lewis Stone, John Mack Brown, Jean Harlow, Clark Gable, Marjorie Rambeau ...
'' (1931) - District Attorney Keeler * ''
Up Pops the Devil ''Up Pops the Devil'' is a 1931 American pre-Code comedy drama film directed by A. Edward Sutherland. The screenplay concerns an advertising man (Norman Foster) who quits his job to become a novelist, upsetting his wife (Carole Lombard) and str ...
'' (1931) - Gilbert Morrell * ''
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'' (1931) - Ramon (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1931) - Tony Rande * '' Susan Lenox'' (1931) - Kemper (uncredited) * ''
Once a Lady ''Once a Lady'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Guthrie McClintic and starring Ruth Chatterton, Ivor Novello and Jill Esmond. The film, produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures, is a remake of the Pola Negri silent f ...
'' (1931) - Harry Cosden * '' Heartbreak'' (1931) - Military Prosecutor * '' West of Broadway'' (1931) - Tony (uncredited) * ''
Ladies of the Big House ''Ladies of the Big House'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Marion Gering and written by Ernest Booth, William Slavens McNutt and Grover Jones. The film stars Sylvia Sidney, Gene Raymond, Wynne Gibson, Earle Foxe, Rockli ...
'' (1931) - Frazer * ''
A Private Scandal ''A Private Scandal'' is a 1921 American Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Chester M. Franklin and written by Eve Unsell. The film stars May McAvoy, Bruce Gordon, Ralph Lewis (actor), Ralph Lewis, Kathlyn Williams, Lloyd Whitl ...
'' (1931) - Matthew Gray * ''
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'' (1932) - Jim Bennett * ''
The Wet Parade ''The Wet Parade'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Robert Young, Myrna Loy, Walter Huston, Lewis Stone and Jimmy Durante. It is based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair. The film shows how two f ...
'' (1932) - Night Club Patron (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1932) - Mr. Pearson (uncredited) * ''
The Midnight Lady ''The Midnight Lady'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Sarah Padden, John Darrow and Claudia Dell.Pitts p.90 It is also known by the alternative title of ''Dream Mother''. Plot Cast * Sarah Padde ...
'' (1932) - Byron Crosby * '' Strangers of the Evening'' (1932) - Dr. Raymond Everette * ''
Drifting Souls ''Drifting Souls'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Louis King and starring Lois Wilson, Theodore von Eltz and Raymond Hatton.Pitts p.435 Plot Cast * Lois Wilson as Linda Lawrence * Theodore von Eltz as Joe Robson * Raymo ...
'' (1932) - Joe Robson * ''
A Scarlet Week-End ''A Scarlet Week-End'' is a 1932 American mystery film directed by George Melford and starring Dorothy Revier, Theodore von Eltz and Phyllis Barrington. It was made as a second feature on Poverty Row by the independent producer Willis Kent.Pitts ...
'' (1932) - The Husband * '' The Red-Haired Alibi'' (1932) - Trent Travers * ''
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'' (1932) - District Attorney * '' The Unwritten Law'' (1932) - Val Lewis * ''
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'' (1932) - Tim Reed * ''
No Other Woman ''No Other Woman'' is a 2011 Filipino romantic drama thriller film directed by Ruel S. Bayani and starring Anne Curtis, Derek Ramsay, and Cristine Reyes. The film is notable for breaking box office records in the Philippines. It was the third ...
'' (1933) - Sutherland * ''
Her Splendid Folly ''Her Splendid Folly'' is a 1933 American comedy drama film directed by William A. O'Connor and starring Lilian Bond, Theodore von Eltz and Beryl Mercer. It was produced as a second feature by the independent producer Willis Kent.Pitts p.287 Plo ...
'' (1933) - Wallace Morley / John Ebbetts * '' Luxury Liner'' (1933) - Exl * '' Secrets'' (1933) - Robert Carlton * ''
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'' (1933) - Larry 'Keyhole' Winston * '' The Eleventh Commandment'' (1933) - Wayne Winters * '' Pleasure Cruise'' (1933) - Murchison * '' Kiss of Araby'' (1933) - Capt. J.G. Randall * '' Bondage'' (1933) - Member of Review Board (uncredited) * ''
Jennie Gerhardt ''Jennie Gerhardt'' is a 1911 novel by Theodore Dreiser. Plot summary Jennie Gerhardt is a destitute young woman. While working in a hotel in Columbus, Ohio, Jennie meets George Brander, a United States Senator, who becomes infatuated with her ...
'' (1933) - Robert Kane * ''
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'' (1933) - Hubert Wayne * ''
Dance Girl Dance ''Dance Girl Dance'' is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Frank Strayer from an original screenplay by Robert Ellis. The picture stars Alan Dinehart, Evalyn Knapp, and Edward Nugent, and premiered on September 1, 1933. Plot "P ...
'' (1933) - Phil Norton * ''Gigolettes of Paris'' (1933) - Albert Valraine * '' Master of Men'' (1933) - Grenaker * ''
This Side of Heaven ''This Side of Heaven'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by William K. Howard, written by Zelda Sears, Eve Greene, Edgar Allan Woolf and Florence Ryerson, and starring Lionel Barrymore, Fay Bainter, Mae Clarke, Tom Brown and Una ...
'' (1934) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''
Love Past Thirty ''Love Past Thirty'' is a 1934 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Vin Moore and starring Aileen Pringle, Theodore von Eltz and Phyllis Barry.Pitts, pg. 158 Plot After she is ditched by her boyfriend for her younger niece, a woman develop ...
'' (1934) - Charles Browne * '' Change of Heart'' (1934) - Gerald Mockby * ''
Call It Luck ''Call It Luck'' is a 1934 American comedy film directed by James Tinling and written by Dudley Nichols and Lamar Trotti. The film stars Pat Paterson, Herbert Mundin and Charles Starrett. The film was released on June 1, 1934, by Fox Film Corpo ...
'' (1934) - Nat Underwood * ''
Elinor Norton ''Elinor Norton'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Hamilton MacFadden and written by Rose Franken and Philip Klein (screenwriter), Philip Klein. It is based on the 1933 novel, ''The State versus Elinor Norton'' by Mary Roberts Rinehart. ...
'' (1934) - Army Officer (uncredited) * ''
The Silver Streak ''The Silver Streak'' is a 1934 American black-and-white film drama from RKO, loosely based on the record-setting "dawn-to-dusk" run of the ''Pioneer Zephyr'' on May 26, 1934. The film stars Sally Blane, Charles Starrett, William Farnum, and Ha ...
'' (1934) - Ed Tyler * '' Bright Eyes'' (1934) - J. Wellington Smythe * ''
Grand Old Girl ''Grand Old Girl'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by John Robertson from a screenplay by Milton Krims, John Twist, Arthur T. Horman, adapted from a story by Wanda Tuchock. The film stars May Robson, Mary Carlisle, Fred MacMurray, ...
'' (1935) - Mr. George S. Webster (uncredited) * ''
Private Worlds ''Private Worlds'' is a 1935 American drama film which tells the story of the staff and patients at a mental hospital and the chief of the hospital, who has problems dealing with a female psychiatrist. The film stars Claudette Colbert, Charles ...
'' (1935) - Dr. Harding * ''
Behind the Green Lights ''Behind the Green Lights'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Norman Foster, Judith Allen and Sidney Blackmer.Goble p.685 Partial cast * Norman Foster as Detective Lt. Dave Britten * Judith Allen as Mary K ...
'' (1935) - John C. Owen * '' The Headline Woman'' (1935) - Johnny 'Full House' Corinti * ''
The Murder Man ''The Murder Man'' is a 1935 American crime-drama film starring Spencer Tracy, Virginia Bruce, and Lionel Atwill, and directed by Tim Whelan. The picture was Tracy's first film in what would be a twenty-year career with MGM. Tracy plays an inve ...
'' (1935) - James Spencer Halford (uncredited) * '' Smart Girl'' (1935) - Fred Barton (uncredited) * '' Trails of the Wild'' (1935) - Inspector Kincaid * ''
Streamline Express ''Streamline Express'' is a 1935 American comedy drama film directed by Leonard Fields, starring Victor Jory, Evelyn Venable and Esther Ralston, distributed by Mascot Pictures. The film is an adaptation of '' Twentieth Century'', released the ...
'' (1935) - (uncredited) * ''
His Night Out ''His Night Out'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by William Nigh and written by Harry Clork and Doris Malloy. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Irene Hervey, Jack La Rue, Robert McWade, Lola Lane and Willard Robertson. The fil ...
'' (1935) - Parsons * ''
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'' (1935) - Mr. Walsh * ''
Three Kids and a Queen ''Three Kids and a Queen'' is a 1935 American drama film directed by Edward Ludwig, written by Samuel Ornitz and Barry Trivers, and starring May Robson, Henry Armetta, Herman Bing, Frankie Darro, Bill Burrud and William "Billy" Benedict. It was r ...
'' (1935) - Federal Man (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1935) - Desk Clerk Assistant (uncredited) * '' Magnificent Obsession'' (1935) - Dr. Preston * '' Trails of The Wild'' (1935) - Inspector Kincaid * '' Love Before Breakfast'' (1936) - Clerk (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1936) - Major * '' Below the Deadline'' (1936) - Flash Ackroyd * '' Ticket to Paradise'' (1936) - George Small * '' Suzy'' (1936) - Revue Producer * ''
High Tension ''High Tension'' (French: ''Haute tension'', ; also known as ''Switchblade Romance'' in some English-speaking countries) is a 2003 French slasher film directed by Alexandre Aja, co-written with Grégory Levasseur, and starring Cécile de France ...
'' (1936) - Noble Harrison * '' I Cover Chinatown'' (1936) - Clark Duryea * '' Adventure in Manhattan'' (1936) - John Ridley - Henchman (uncredited) * ''
Under Your Spell ''Under Your Spell'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film with music directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Frances Hyland and Saul Elkins is based on a story by Sy Bartlett and Bernice Mason. It was a remake of the American Spanish-l ...
'' (1936) - Cynthia's Lawyer (uncredited) * '' Sinner Take All'' (1936) - David * '' Mind Your Own Business'' (1936) - District Attorney Adams * ''
Beloved Enemy ''Beloved Enemy'' is a 1936 American drama film directed by H.C. Potter and starring Merle Oberon, Brian Aherne, and David Niven. It was loosely based on the life of Michael Collins. Plot During the Irish War of Independence in 1921, Irish ...
'' (1936) - Sean O'Brien * '' A Man Betrayed'' (1936) - Burns * '' Under Cover of Night'' (1937) - John Lamont * '' Criminal Lawyer'' (1937) - Larkin's Attorney (uncredited) * '' Clarence'' (1937) - Tobias * '' Sea Devils'' (1937) - Court Martial Prosecutor (uncredited) * ''
Jim Hanvey, Detective ''Jim Hanvey, Detective'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Guy Kibbee, Tom Brown and Lucie Kaye. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures. It is loosely based on the short story collection of the ...
'' (1937) - Dunn * '' California Straight Ahead!'' (1937) - James Gifford * ''
The Emperor's Candlesticks ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' is an 1899 historical novel by Baroness Orczy. Written soon after the birth of her son John, it was her first book as an author rather than translator and was a commercial failure. As in the Scarlet Pimpernel, th ...
'' (1937) - Adjutant to Prince Johann (uncredited) * '' Topper'' (1937) - Hotel Manager * '' The Firefly'' (1937) - Captain Pierlot (uncredited) * '' Youth on Parole'' (1937) - Public Defender * ''
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) - Elsworth (uncredited) * ''
The Westland Case ''The Westland Case'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Preston Foster, Frank Jenks, and Carol Hughes. Plot Noted defense attorney Charlie Frazee receives an anonymous note hinting that death row inmate ...
'' (1937) - Robert Westland * ''
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'' (1937) - Sir Geoffrey - 'Sex and Satan' (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1937) - Wrestling Spectator (uncredited) * '' Blondes at Work'' (1938) - District Attorney * ''
The Adventures of Marco Polo ''The Adventures of Marco Polo'' is a 1938 American historical adventure film directed by Archie Mayo and starring Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, and Basil Rathbone. It was one of the most elaborate and costly of Samuel Goldwyn's productions. Plo ...
'' (1938) - Venetian Business Man (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1938) - Officer in Entrance Hall (uncredited) * ''Delinquent Parents'' (1938) - Carson * ''
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'' (1938) - First Doctor - Midtown Hospital (uncredited) * ''
Smashing the Rackets ''Smashing the Rackets'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Lew Landers, written by Lionel Houser, and starring Chester Morris, Frances Mercer, Rita Johnson, Bruce Cabot and Edward Pawley. It was released on August 19, 1938, by RKO Pictu ...
'' (1938) - Howard Ellis (uncredited) * '' I Am the Law'' (1938) - Martin - Club Owner (uncredited) * ''
Persons in Hiding ''Persons in Hiding'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Louis King and written by William R. Lipman and Horace McCoy. The film stars Lynne Overman, Patricia Morison, J. Carrol Naish, William "Bill" Henry, Helen Twelvetrees and William F ...
'' (1939) - Attorney Jenson (uncredited) * ''
Pardon Our Nerve ''Pardon Our Nerve'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Michael Whalen, Edward Brophy and John Miljan. Th ...
'' (1939) - Lucky Carson * '' Inside Story'' (1939) - Whitey * '' They Made Her a Spy'' (1939) - Colonel Page * ''
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle ''The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle'' is a 1939 American biographical musical comedy film directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan. The film is based on the stories ''My Husband' ...
'' (1939) - Minor Role (uncredited) * '' The Sun Never Sets'' (1939) - Delafons * ''
Fifth Avenue Girl ''Fifth Avenue Girl'', sometimes stylized as ''5th Ave Girl'', is a 1939 RKO Radio Pictures comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Ginger Rogers, Walter Connolly, Verree Teasdale, and James Ellison. The screenplay was written by ...
'' (1939) - Terwilliger * ''
Full Confession ''Full Confession'' is a 1939 United States proto film-noir, crime drama film made by RKO Radio Pictures. It was directed by John Farrow from an adaptation by Jerome Cady of Leo Birinski's story. The film stars Victor McLaglen, Sally Eilers, B ...
'' (1939) - Prosecutor (uncredited) * ''
Legion of Lost Flyers ''Legion of Lost Flyers'' (aka ''Legion of Lost Fliers'') is a 1939 American B movie drama film directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Richard Arlen, Andy Devine, and Anne Nagel. ''Legion of Lost Flyers'' was released by Universal Pictures on Nove ...
'' (1939) - Bill Desert * '' The Night of Nights'' (1939) - John (uncredited) * '' Little Old New York'' (1940) - Washington Irving * '' Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet'' (1940) - Dr. Kraus * ''
Teddy, the Rough Rider ''Teddy, the Rough Rider'' is a 1940 American short film, short drama film directed by Ray Enright. It won an Academy Awards, Oscar at the 13th Academy Awards for Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). Ca ...
'' (1940, Short) - William Loeb * ''
The Saint Takes Over ''The Saint Takes Over'', released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth of eight films in RKO's film series about Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. George Sanders played ...
'' (1940) - Shipboard Card Cheat (uncredited) * ''
A Dispatch from Reuters ''A Dispatch from Reuters'' is a 1940 biographical film about Paul Reuter, the man who built the famous news service that bears his name. The film was directed by William Dieterle and stars Edward G. Robinson. Plot Paul Reuter starts a messen ...
'' (1940) - Actor in 'Our American Cousin' (uncredited) * '' The Old Swimmin' Hole'' (1940) - Baker, Grandpa's Lawyer * ''
Life with Henry ''Life with Henry'' is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Theodore Reed and written by Clifford Goldsmith and Don Hartman. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Leila Ernst, Eddie Bracken, Fred Niblo, Hedda Hopper and Kay Stewart. It was released ...
'' (1940) - Mr. Rappaport (uncredited) * ''
The Son of Monte Cristo ''The Son of Monte Cristo'' is a 1940 American black-and-white swashbuckling adventure film from United Artists, produced by Edward Small, directed by Rowland V. Lee, that stars Louis Hayward, Joan Bennett, and George Sanders. The Small pro ...
'' (1940) - Captain * '' The Great Plane Robbery'' (1940) - Rod Brothers * '' Kitty Foyle'' (1940) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) * '' Play Girl'' (1941) - Mr. Hunter (uncredited) * '' Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery'' (1941) - Jim Ritter * '' A Shot in the Dark'' (1941) - George Kilpatrick * '' I'll Wait for You'' (1941) - Cassell * ''
Sergeant York Alvin Cullum York (December 13, 1887 – September 2, 1964), also known by his rank as Sergeant York, was an American soldier who was one of the most decorated United States Army soldiers of World War I. He received the Medal of Honor fo ...
'' (1941) - Prison Camp Commander (uncredited) * '' A Tragedy at Midnight'' (1942) - Third Charles Miller (uncredited) * ''
The Great Man's Lady ''The Great Man's Lady'' is a 1942 American Western film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Joel McCrea. It is based on the short story "The Human Side" by Viña Delmar. It was filmed at two locations in Thousan ...
'' (1942) - Hank Allen (uncredited) * ''
Lady in a Jam ''Lady in a Jam'' is a 1942 film comedy directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Irene Dunne, Patric Knowles, Ralph Bellamy, and Eugene Pallette. It was made and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...
'' (1942) - Dr. Elsworth (uncredited) * '' The Man in the Trunk'' (1942) - Theodore Swann * ''
Quiet Please, Murder ''Quiet Please, Murder'' is a 1942 drama film directed by John Larkin and starring George Sanders, Gail Patrick and Richard Denning. Based on the short story ''Death Walks in Marble Halls'' by Lawrence G. Blochman that appeared in the September ...
'' (1942) - Lucas (uncredited) * ''
Stand by for Action ''Stand By for Action'' (British title: ''Cargo of Innocents'') is a 1942 American black-and-white U.S. Navy war film from MGM, directed by Robert Z. Leonard, and starring Robert Taylor, Brian Donlevy, Charles Laughton, Walter Brennan. Mar ...
'' (1942) - 'Commander' (uncredited) * ''
Air Force An air force in the broadest sense is the national military branch that primarily conducts aerial warfare. More specifically, it is the branch of a nation's armed services that is responsible for aerial warfare as distinct from an army aviati ...
'' (1943) - First Lieutenant (uncredited) * ''
Flight for Freedom ''Flight for Freedom'' (also known as ''Stand to Die'') is a 1943 American drama film directed by Lothar Mendes and starring Rosalind Russell, Fred MacMurray and Herbert Marshall. Film historians and Earhart scholars consider ''Flight for Freedom ...
'' (1943) - Cmdr. George (uncredited) * ''
The Bridge of San Luis Rey ''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and was the best-selling work of fiction that year. Premise ''The ...
'' (1944) - Officer (uncredited) * '' Follow the Boys'' (1944) - William Barrett * '' Bermuda Mystery'' (1944) - Lee Cooper * ''
Since You Went Away ''Since You Went Away'' is a 1944 American epic drama film directed by John Cromwell for Selznick International Pictures and distributed by United Artists. It is an epic about the US home front during World War II that was adapted and produce ...
'' (1944) - Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited) * ''The Unwritten Code'' (1944) - Major Spencer (uncredited) * ''
Hollywood Canteen The Hollywood Canteen operated at 1451 North Cahuenga Boulevard in the Los Angeles, California, neighborhood of Hollywood between October 3, 1942 and November 22, 1945, as a club offering food, dancing, and entertainment for enlisted men and ...
'' (1944) - Canteen Director (uncredited) * ''
Rhapsody in Blue ''Rhapsody in Blue'' is a 1924 musical composition for solo piano and jazz band by George Gershwin. Commissioned by bandleader Paul Whiteman, the work combines elements of classical music with jazz-influenced effects and premiered in a concer ...
'' (1945) - Foley * ''
Saratoga Trunk ''Saratoga Trunk'' is a 1945 American historical romance film, directed by Sam Wood and starring Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman, and Flora Robson. Written by Casey Robinson, based on the 1941 novel '' Saratoga Trunk'' by Edna Ferber, the film is ...
'' (1945) - Hotel Manager (uncredited) * ''
The Big Sleep ''The Big Sleep'' (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by American-British writer Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los A ...
'' (1946) - Arthur Gwynn Geiger (uncredited) * ''
The Hucksters ''The Hucksters'' is a 1947 American comedy drama film directed by Jack Conway and starring Clark Gable and Deborah Kerr, her debut in an American film. The supporting cast includes Sydney Greenstreet, Adolphe Menjou, Ava Gardner, Keenan Wynn, ...
'' (1947) - Radio Voice (uncredited) * ''
Devil's Cargo ''Devil's Cargo'' is a 1948 American mystery film directed by John F. Link Sr. It was the fourteenth of the sixteen Falcon films produced in the 1940s, and the first of the three featuring the magician and actor John Calvert. The film was r ...
'' (1948) - Thomas Mallon * ''
The Reformer and the Redhead ''The Reformer and the Redhead'' is a 1950 American romantic comedy film written, produced and directed by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, and starring June Allyson and Dick Powell. Plot Kathleen Maguire is the daughter of a long-time zookeeper ...
'' (1950) - KWHE Radio Program Director (uncredited) * ''
Trial Without Jury ''Trial Without Jury'' is a 1950 American mystery film directed by Philip Ford and starring Robert Rockwell, Barbra Fuller and Kent Taylor.Pierce p.352 The film's sets were designed by the art director Art director is a title for a variet ...
'' (1950) - Philip Mannings * ''
Painting the Clouds with Sunshine "Painting the Clouds with Sunshine" is a popular music, popular song published in 1929 in music, 1929. The music was written by Joe Burke (composer), Joe Burke and the lyrics by Al Dubin for the 1929 musical film ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' when ...
'' (1951) - Whiteside (uncredited) * ''
Raiders of the Seven Seas ''Raiders of the Seven Seas'' is a 1953 American swashbuckler film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring John Payne and Donna Reed. The supporting cast features Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr. and Anthony Caruso. Plot The pirate Barbarossa rai ...
'' (1953) - Sultan's Aide (uncredited) * ''
The Sea Around Us ''The Sea Around Us'' is a prize-winning and best-selling book by the American marine biologist Rachel Carson, first published as a whole by Oxford University Press in 1951. It reveals the science and poetry of the sea while ranging from its p ...
'' (1953) - Mr. Culpepper (scenes deleted) * ''
The Unholy Wife ''The Unholy Wife'' is a 1957 Technicolor film noir crime film produced and directed by John Farrow at RKO Radio Pictures, but released by Universal Pictures as RKO was in the process of ceasing its film activities. The film features Diana Dors, ...
'' (1957) - McNeil, Fingerprint Expert (uncredited)


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