Donald Gallaher

Birth : 1895-06-25, Quincy, Illinois

Death : 1961-08-14

History

Donald Gallaher (June 25, 1895 – August 14, 1961) was an American actor who appeared in 25 films between 1903 and 1949. He also directed five films, including Temple Tower (1930). His name is sometimes misspelled "Gallagher". Gallaher was born in Quincy, Illinois. After moving to New York City as a child with his mother, he began acting in productions such as A Royal Family. He had 10 roles in plays before he reached age 12. Description above from the Wikipedia article Donald Gallaher licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movies

Road to Utopia
Man at Zambini's (uncredited)
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.
The Man in Half Moon Street
Ticket Agent
A British doctor and painter must kill for the glands he needs to stop the aging process.
Keeper of the Flame
Famed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
Straight Shooter
Saloon Gunman (archive footage)
Before he was killed, Martin hid a half million dollars worth of bonds on his ranch. Brainard, who killed him, Inspector Carson posing as Sam Brown, and Martin's niece Margaret all want the ranch, and it's being sold at auction.
The Magnificent Fraud
Dr. Diaz
A Chicago con man pays an actor to pose as a slain South American dictator.
Outlaws' Paradise
Henchman Mort
Bill Carson assumes the identity of gang leader Trigger Mallory in order to fool his gang and his girlfriend.
Never Say Die
Manager
Bob Hope is being stalked by a predatory widow who is a widow of wealthy husbands many times over. Martha Raye is a Texan heiress who wants to marry her boyfriend Andy Devine, but her father is determined that she marry into royalty. To solve both their problems, Martha Raye and Bob Hope decide to marry, but will they ever find love together?
Code of the Fearless
Ranger Pete Howard
When it appears that Fred Jamison is a member of Red's gang, he is kicked out of the Rangers. But it's just a plot between Fred and the Ranger Captain. Fred then gets into Red's gang and makes plans that will enable the Rangers to bring them all in. But his message to the Captain is intercepted and the hoax revealed.
Six-Gun Trail
Henchman Tracy
Chasing jewel thieves, Captain Carson and Magpie head for the border where Carson, posing as a Chinaman, opens a store that buys jewelry. To flush the thieves into the open, Carson wins all their money at poker. They agree to sell him the jewels but plan to kill him and keep both the jewels and the money.
Sh! The Octopus
Theatre Play
Comedy-mystery finds Detectives Kelly and Dempsey trapped in a deserted lighthouse with a group of strangers who are being terrorized by a killer octopus AND a mysterious crime figure named after the title sea creature.
Collegiate
Thomas J. Bloodgood
A Broadway playboy inherits an almost bankrupt girls' school and tries to save it by a big show.
The Hot Spot
Director
In order to capture a murderer, a reporter has his obnoxious brother-in-law confess to the crime.
Temple Tower
Director
The film depicts the character of Bulldog Drummond, a British adventurer and is based on the novel Temple Tower by Herman Cyril McNeile. Bulldog Drummond goes up against a group of jewel thieves led by Blackton and a Masked Strangler they double-crossed who wants revenge.
Nix on Dames
Director
Thru Different Eyes
Spencer
Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body was found in the Manning home. During the trial, the prosecuting and the defense attorneys put forward sharply different versions of the character of Manning and his wife, Viola, and of the events leading up to the murder. The jury returns a verdict of guilty, but a young girl then comes forward and confesses that she killed Winfield for having wronged her.
Friendship
The Young Actor
A short drama film Directed by Eugene Walter..
Eye for Eye
Ensign Arnauld
The daughter of an Arab sheik falls in love with a French naval officer, thus breaking the strict rule of social law of her people, as well as her religion.
The Silent Master
Eugene Arlen
Crime and Drama silent movie
Zudora
Zudora, not knowing she's an heiress to a $20 million fortune, lives with her uncle, a mystic and detective, who covets her inheritance. She wants to marry John Storm but her uncle is against it. However, the uncle makes a bargain; if Zudora can solve the next twenty mysteries brought to him, she can marry as she chooses. Episodes 1,2 and 8, plus another unidentified chapter, survive. The rest is believed to be lost.
The Million Dollar Mystery
This twenty-three episode serial told the story of a secret society called The Black Hundred and its attempts to gain control of a lost million dollars.
The Great Train Robbery
Little Boy (uncredited)
After the train station clerk is assaulted and left bound and gagged, then the departing train and its passengers robbed, a posse goes in hot pursuit of the fleeing bandits.