Hugh Sothern

Hugh Sothern

Birth : 1881-07-20, Anderson County - Kansas - USA

Death : 1947-04-13

Profile

Hugh Sothern

Movies

Torpedo of Doom
Ben Warfield
This is a TV-movie feature edited from the 1938 Republic serial "Fighting Devil Dogs"
King of the Cowboys
Businessman
Roy Rogers, Smiley Burnette and the Sons of the Pioneers go undercover to help Texas Governor Russell Hicks stop World War II Axis sympathizers from blowing up U.S. warehouses.
Man With Two Lives
Prof. Toller
A man is brought back from death at the same time a vicious criminal dies in the electric chair. However, the man's soul is now taken over by the electrocuted gangster, who embarks on a vengeful crime wave.
They Died with Their Boots On
Maj. Smith (uncredited)
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death. He defies orders during the Civil War, trains the 7th Cavalry, appeases Chief Crazy Horse and later engages in bloody battle with the Sioux nation.
Bad Men of Missouri
Fred Robinson
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buying up warrants on back-taxes and dispossessing the farmers.
The Mad Doctor
Dr. Hatch (Uncredited)
A reporter sleuths the mystery behind an oft-married Viennese doctor whose wives met mysterious fates.
A Dispatch from Reuter's
American Ambassador (uncredited)
German Julius Reuter sends 19th-century news by carrier pigeon and then by wire, founding a news agency.
Diamond Frontier
Travers
Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
Young Buffalo Bill
Don Regas
It's 1860 and the old Spanish land grants are being surveyed. Montez is after part of Don Regas' rancho and gets the surveyor to alter the boundary. But Don Regas still has the original grant written on a bandanna. Montez sends Indians after it but Bill Cody and Gabby fight them off and a wounded Gabby unknowingly ends up with the missing million dollar deed wrapped around his arm for a bandage.
The House of the Seven Gables
Reverend Jeremiah Smith
In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the house, Jaffrey Pyncheon obtains his brother Clifford's false conviction for murder. Hepzibah, Clifford's sweet fiancée, patiently waits twenty years for his release, whereupon Clifford and his former cellmate, abolitionist Matthew, have a certain scheme in mind.
Northwest Passage
Jesse Beacham
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.
Legion of the Lawless
Henry Ives
Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad right-of-way.
Old Hickory
Andrew Jackson
Four key incidents in the public life of Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States.
$1,000 a Touchdown
King Richard (uncredited)
A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each touchdown they score.
The Giant of Norway
(uncredited)
This short tells the story of Norwegian explorer and diplomat Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930). After a life of adventure, he was instrumental in resettling tens of thousands of refugees and displaced persons resulting from World War I. He continued this work in 1922 after the war between Greece and Turkey. The film ends by reminding moviegoers to think of the plight of contemporary refugees caused by the fighting in Europe.
Juarez
John Bigelow
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy.
The Oklahoma Kid
John Kincaid
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money from McCord. McCord stakes a "sooner" claim on land which is to be used for a new town; in exchange for giving it up, he gets control of gambling and saloons. When Kincaid's father runs for mayor, McCord incites a mob to lynch the old man whom McCord has already framed for murder.
Flight to Fame
Doctor Harlan Fiske
An evil villain steals a newly invented death ray.
Border G-Man
Matt Rathburn
A federal agent goes undercover in order to capture a gang that's been smuggling munitions and horses near the Texas border.
The Fighting Devil Dogs
Ben Warfield
Two marine lieutenants battle a masked would-be world conqueror who uses electricity as a weapon.
Dangerous to Know
Harvey Greggson
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his beautiful friend and hostess (read:mistress), with an iron hand. He meets Margaret Van Kase, a socialite not impressed by his power nor his wealth, having no money herself, and Steve makes frantic efforts to win her and turns away from the loyal Lin Yang.
The Buccaneer
General Andrew Jackson
French pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.