Burt Mustin

Burt Mustin

Birth : 1884-02-08, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Death : 1977-01-28

History

Burton Hill "Burt" Mustin (February 8, 1884 - January 28, 1977) was an American actor.

Profile

Burt Mustin

Movies

Mobile Two
Wally
A TV reporter whose career was ruined by his drinking gets another chance when he is hired by a TV news program.
The Strongest Man in the World
Regent Appleby
Medfield College science major Dexter Riley and his classmates have been working on a new vitamin compound when a lab accident creates a supercharged mix that ends up in Dexter's cereal box, giving him superhuman strength. The powerful formula comes to the attention of the college dean and two rival cereal companies, touching off a hilarious chain of events.
Big Rose: Double Trouble
Rose Winters, a private detective out of Los Angeles, teams with Ed Mills, a somewhat inexperienced young detective, to find out who is blackmailing a wealthy contractor.
Mame
Uncle Jeff
Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
Herbie Rides Again
Rich Man in Mansion
The living Volkswagen Beetle helps an old lady protect her home from a corrupt developer.
Now You See Him, Now You Don't
Mr. Reed (uncredited)
Dexter Riley is a science student at Medfield College who inadvertently invents a liquid capable of rendering objects and people invisible. Before Dexter and his friends, Debbie and Richard Schuyler, can even enjoy their spectacular discovery, corrupt businessman A.J. Arno plots to get his greedy hands on it. Slapstick hijinks ensue as Dexter and his pals try to thwart the evil Arno before he can use the invisibility spray to rob a bank.
O'Hara, United States Treasury: Operation Cobra
Len Clancy
Suddenly widowed by an accident, a deputy sheriff from the Midwest becomes a customs agent and cracks a narcotics ring. Pilot movie for the series "O'Hara, U.S. Treasury."
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
Best Man
Walter Brennan is back as the clever and funny over the hill Texas Ranger Nash Crawford. This time the gang must face corruption in their own home town. The gang put their heads together to clean up their town, take back the rule of law and rehabilitate the town lush (played by Fred Astaire) along with way.
Tiger by the Tail
Tom Dugger
Vietnam war hero, accused of murdering his brother, recruits his socialite girlfriend to hunt for the real killer.
A Time for Dying
Ed
Cass Bunning, a farm boy with a talent for shooting, meets up with Nellie, a naive woman from the East, who has been lured West by the promise of a waitressing job which turns out to be in a brothel.
The Over-the-Hill Gang
Old Man
A retired Texas Ranger and three aged pals help to clean up a town run by a crooked mayor, a drunken judge and a trigger-happy sheriff.
The Witchmaker
Boatman
A psychic researcher and his assistants investigate a series of murders of beautiful young women.
The Reluctant Astronaut
Ned
Don Knotts is Roy Fleming, a small town kiddie-ride operator who is deathly afraid of heights. After learning that his father has signed him up for the space program, Roy reluctantly heads for Houston, only to find out upon arriving that his job is a janitor, not an astronaut. Anxious to live up to the expectations of his domineering father, Roy manages to keep up a facade of being an astronaut to his family and friends. When NASA decides to launch a lay person into space to prove the worthiness of a new automated spacecraft, Roy gets the chance to confront his fears.
The Ghost & Mr. Chicken
Mr. Deligondo
Luther Heggs, a typesetter for the town newspaper, pitches an idea for a story about a local haunted house where a famous murder/suicide occurred 20 years earlier. After the editor assigns Luther to spend one night alone in the mansion, Heggs has a number of supernatural encounters and writes a front page story that makes him a hometown hero...until the nephew of the deceased sues him for libel.
The Cincinnati Kid
Old Man
An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.
The Further Adventures of Gallegher
Pop, the Stage Door Guard
The young copyboy helps the town’s first female newspaper reporter, who is writing a series on confidence men. The swindlers are caught up in a sting, but they catch on and the reporter and Gallegher have to subdue them in order to escape and write their article.
Cat Ballou
Accuser
A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.
The Killers
Elderly Man
A hit man and his partner try to find out why their latest victim, a former race-car driver, did not try to get away.
The Misadventures of Merlin Jones
Bailiff
Merlin Jones, a precocious and intelligent high-school boy, experiments with hypnosis and creates a mind-reading machine. However, his experiments land him in deep trouble with the law.
The Thrill of It All
Butler
A housewife's sudden rise to fame as a soap spokesperson leads to chaos in her home life.
Son of Flubber
Bailiff #1 (uncredited)
Beleaguered professor Ned Brainard has already run into a pile of misfortunes with his discovery of the super-elastic substance "Flubber." Now he hopes to have better luck with a gravity-busting derivative he's dubbed "Flubbergas." Ned's experiments, constantly hampered by government obstruction, earn the consternation of his wife, Betsy. But a game-winning modification to a football uniform may help Ned make the case for his fantastic new invention.
Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
Old Soldier (uncredited)
Young and restless Nick Adams, the only son of a domineering mother and a weak but noble doctor father, leaves his rural Michigan home to embark on an eventful cross-country journey. He is touched and affected by his encounters with a punch-drunk ex-boxer, a sympathetic telegrapher, and an alcoholic advanceman for a burlesque show. After failing to get a job as reporter in New York, he enlists in the Italian army during World War I as an ambulance driver. His camaraderie with fellow soldiers and a romance with a nurse he meets after being wounded propel him to manhood.
Home from the Hill
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Captain Wade Hunnicutt is the wealthiest and most powerful citizen in his Texan town; he is also a notorious womanizer, which has turned his wife Hannah against him. She has brought up their son Theron to be dependent upon her; but as he reaches adulthood, Hunnicutt insists on taking over his upbringing, initiating him in hunting and other masculine pursuits, under the watchful eye of Rafe, Hunnicutt's loyal employee. But Theron's new lifestyle leads him into a love-affair with a local girl, and thence to his learning things about his parents that were previously hidden from him.
Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!
Milton Evans
Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite, becomes involved in various shenanigans when his wife Grace leads a protest movement against a secret army plan to set up a missile base in their community.
The Sheepman
Man on Stairs (uncredited)
A stranger in a Western cattle-town behaves with remarkable self-assurance, establishing himself as a man to be reckoned with. The reason appears with his stock: a herd of sheep, which he intends to graze on the range. The horrified inhabitants decide to run him out at all costs.
Storm Center
Carl (uncredited)
Politicians go after a small-town librarian when she refuses to ban a book. She's quickly labeled a Communist.
Edge of Hell
Himself
In this heart-warming drama, a beggar and his performing dog, Flip, struggle to eke out a living upon the cruel streets. He is hired to perform at a rich kid's birthday party. There, the beggar is offered $500 for his beloved dog. He refuses and again hits the streets. Soon he becomes so impoverished that he can no longer provide food for his four-legged friend; he sells him for $20. The beggar is then beaten and robbed. Later he learns that Flip died. The man soon follows the dog to heaven where they begin performing for God.
Great Day in the Morning
Doctor (uncredited)
After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a small minority in a strongly Unionist town.
The Desperate Hours
Carl
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.
Prince of Players
Miner (uncredited)
Prince of Players is a biographical film about the 19th century American actor Edwin Booth.
Cattle Queen of Montana
Dan
Sierra Nevada Jones must fight a villainous rancher to regain the land that is rightfully hers.
Witness to Murder
Building Night Watchman at End (uncredited)
A woman fights to convince the police that she witnessed a murder while looking out her bedroom window.
She Couldn't Say No
Amos
An heiress decides to pass out anonymous gifts in a small town.
Vicki
Hotel Bellboy (uncredited)
A supermodel gets murdered. While investigating the case the story of a waitress turned glamor girl is revealed.
One Girl's Confession
Gardener
Cleo Moore stars as Mary Adams, whose first step on the road to ruin is a $25,000 robbery. Mary hides the money, then confesses to the crime, secure in the belief that she can dig up the loot upon her release from prison.
The Lusty Men
Jeremiah Watrus
Retired rodeo champion Jeff McCloud agrees to mentor novice rodeo contestant Wes Merritt against the wishes of Merritt's wife who fears the dangers of this rough sport.
The Sellout
Elk M. Ludens
A small-town newspaper editor risks everything to expose a corrupt sheriff.
Talk About a Stranger
Mr. Nicely, Jeweler
Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.
Detective Story
Willie the Janitor (uncredited)
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.
The Last Outpost
Marshal of San Gil (uncredited)
The cavalry defend a small town from indians.