Nolan Leary

Nolan Leary

Nacimiento : 1889-04-26, Rock Island, Illinois, USA

Muerte : 1987-12-12

Perfil

Nolan Leary

Películas

A Family Upside Down
Mr. Willy
An elderly married couple find that as their physical and mental health deteriorates, they find themselves dependent more and more upon their grown children.
Hello, Dolly!
Workman (uncredited)
Cornelius Hackl, dependiente de una tienda de alimentación de Yonkers, marcha a Nueva York con su mejor amigo para pasar un buen rato. Allí no pueden evitar cruzarse con su jefe Horace, que les promete darles una reprimenda si los ve en un restaurante de moda en lugar de estar atendiendo la tienda. A través de Horace, comerciante viudo, conocemos a Dolly Levi, una casamentera de mediana edad -también viuda- que está intentando buscarle una nueva mujer.
Noches en la ciudad
Manfred (uncredited)
Charity Hope Valentine (Shirley MacLaine) es la azafata de music hall que sueña con vivir un romance a la antigua usanza, pero que le entrega su corazón a un hombre equivocado detrás de otro... La ópera prima de Bob Fosse, 3 años antes de dirigir "Cabaret", consistió en esta libre adaptación de "Las noches de Cabiria", de Fellini.
Pijama para dos
Judge Raskob (uncredited)
Jerry Webster y Carol Templeton se dedican a la publicidad, aunque trabajan para diferentes agencias. Molesta por los métodos empleados por Jerry (alcohol y mujeres) para conseguir los contratos, Carol intenta echarlo de la profesión. Para evitarlo, Jerry camela a la chica que iba a testificar contra él, convirtiéndola en la estrella de un anuncio para televisión, de una importante marca, que acaba de conseguir.
Pollyanna
Mr. Thomas
Una jovencita hace cambiar a todo un pueblo gracias a su alegría. Aunque se quedó huérfana a los doce años, Pollyanna siempre tiene ganas de sonreír, incluso a su severa tía, a la que acabará ablandando con su contagiosa alegría.
Dinero, Mujeres y Armas
Job Kingman (uncredited)
Un veterano buscador de oro es asesinado por tres bandidos tras hacer un impresionante hallazgo. No obstante, antes de morir se las ingenia para acabar con la vida de dos de los atacantes y para dejar un mensaje escrito en el suelo, su última voluntad. Meses después, el jefe Silver Ward Hogan investiga el suceso intentando localizar a los herederos legítimos del viejo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Más fuerte que la vida
Jerry nunca hace nada bien y su mujer Isabelle carga con el sufrimiento. Leola flirtea con todo el mundo y su marido Troy es un sádico. Herman se gana la vida a base de duro trabajo con el gran apoyo de su mujer Betty. Jean y David son recién casados. “Más fuerte que la vida” retrata las dificultades matrimoniales de cuatro parejas del sur de California, como el alcoholismo, el racismo o la promiscuidad, de un modo descarnado y aún vigente hoy día.
El hombre de las mil caras
Pa Chaney
La turbulenta vida y carrera profesional del actor de vodevil y estrella de terror del cine mudo Lon Chaney (1883-1930), el hombre de las mil caras; portador de muchas desgracias personales que ni siquiera su gran éxito pudo mitigar.
The Abductors
Prison Warden
Two men (Victor McLaglen, George Macready) botch the kidnapping of a warden's daughter (Fay Spain), then plot to ransom Abraham Lincoln's corpse.
Once to Every Woman
Druggist
At a particularly vulnerable time in her life, Carol is wooed by charming David. They fall in love, but Carol then learns that David is married. He says that he will get divorced for her, but Carol is visited by David's wife.
Dark Meeting
Phil
Billie hires an odd man as the new pin boy at her bowling alley, but quickly fires him because of his violent outbursts. Shortly thereafter, she finds out he's a murderer who escaped from prison, which makes his later, sudden, after hours appearance at the bowling alley feel more than a little threatening.
El cantante loco
Pops (uncredited)
Bill (Deam Martin) utiliza a un cómico colocado entre el público (Jerry Lewis) para mejorar su espectáculo, el cual es su socio Ted. Los problemas inician cuando él sobresale más que Bill quien no puede soportarlo.
Solo ante el peligro
Lewis (uncredited)
Will Kane (Gary Cooper), el sheriff del pequeño pueblo de Hadleyville, acaba de contraer matrimonio con Amy (Grace Kelly). Los recién casados proyectan trasladarse a la ciudad y abrir un pequeño negocio; pero, de repente, empieza a correr por el pueblo la noticia de que Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald), un criminal que Kane había atrapado y llevado ante la justicia, ha salido de la cárcel y llegará al pueblo en el tren del mediodía para vengarse de Kane. El tiempo va pasando lentamente, pero nadie en el pueblo está dispuesto a ayudar al sheriff.
Bannerline
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
The Lady Pays Off
Doctor
The naive Evelyn Warren, elected school teacher of the year by Time Magazine, goes to Las Vegas, where she loses a lot of money. In order to pay her debts, casino manager Matt Braddock asks her to take care of his sad little daughter Diana.
Su alteza el ladrón
(uncredited)
Siglo XIII. Un malvado y ambicioso político, que pretende proclamarse rey de Tánger, tropieza con una dificultad: el príncipe Hussein, un niño que es el legítimo heredero del trono. Para eliminarlo contrata a un asesino, pero éste, compadecido del niño, se lo lleva con él. Así, el príncipe crecerá en el seno de una banda de ladrones, que serán quienes le ayuden, cuando sea adulto, a recuperar el trono. (FILMAFFINITY)
Las furias
Drunk Guest (uncredited)
En el rancho "Las furias" viven T. C. Jeffords y sus dos hijos. Clay, que es un buen chico pero sin carácter, y Vance, una mujer ambiciosa aunque justa. El patriarca desea expulsar de sus tierras a una familia de mexicanos, los Herrera, cuyo primogénito es amigo de la infancia de su hija.
So You Think You're Not Guilty
Judge (uncredited)
Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.
El político
Senator (Uncredited)
Willi Stark (Broderick Crawford), un hombre honrado y valiente, sufre una transformación el día que decide entrar en política y descubre que todo es juego sucio. Tras ser elegido gobernador, olvidando sus principios, lo primero que hace es apoderarse de la prensa y la radio. Convertido en un ser corrupto hará cuanto esté en su mano para permanecer en el poder.
El caso de Thelma Jordon
Court Clerk (Uncredited)
Una misteriosa mujer inicia un romance con el fiscal de distrito. Él intuye que ella le oculta algo, y sus sospechas se confirman con el hallazgo de un cadáver.
Al rojo vivo
Russ (uncredited)
Cody Jarrett y su banda asaltan un tren que transporta 300.000 dólares, asesinan a los conductores y huyen con el dinero. Poco después, los agentes federales inician la persecución, convencidos de que él es el autor del asalto. Cody se entrega a la policía y es condenado a sólo dos años de prisión, ya que ha preparado una coartada perfecta. Sin embargo, los agentes del tesoro están convencidos de que fue el cerebro del asalto y le tienden una trampa.
The Wyoming Bandit
Wyoming Dan (Trevor Bardette) returns home after 20 years evading the law for a crime he didn't commit, only to find his son on his deathbed. Seeking revenge for his son's murder, Dan enlists the help of Rocky Lane (Allan Lane), who poses as an outlaw to try to uncover the truth. When the duo manage to track down the killer, they find him armed to the teeth.
Laramie
Commissioner Briggs (uncredited)
A major Indian uprising is expected and Wyoming military posts are alerted. Colonel Dennison is meeting with Chief Eagle and his son Running Wolf when Chief Eagle is mysteriously shot. Steve Holden, an agent for the government peace commission, with the aid of a wandering shoemaker, Smiley, discover the troubles and the Chief's murder have been instigated by Cronin, the regimental scout, for personal gain for he and his gang of outlaws.
Riders of the Whistling Pines
Rancher (uncredited)
While trailing Forest Ranger Charles Carter, who is suspected of permitting lumber man Henry Mitchell to cut restricted timber, Gene fires at a dangerous mountain lion and apparently kills Carter. Actually, Bill Wright, Mitchell's associate, killed Carter because the ranger had discovered tussock moth infestation in the forest, and if the infestation was not reported, the trees would die and have to be cut, thereby profiting Mitchell and Wright. In order to compensate the best he can, Gene sells his sportsman's camp and gives the money to Carter's daughter Helen . En route to Texas, Gene discovers the infestation and is assigned by the Forest Department to supervise the program of spraying the area with DDT from the air. After the first day of spraying, the DDT is blamed by furious stock men for the many animals found dead of poisoning.
La acusada
Coroner (uncredited)
Una profesora de psicología en una Universidad de California se defiende del ataque sexual de uno de sus alumnos matándolo de forma accidental. Sin embargo, el acoso de un detective que investiga el caso hará que la mujer acabe reconociendo ser culpable de esa muerte. En el juicio, dicho policía, enamorado de ella, hará todo lo posible porque sea declarada inocente.
Come to the Stable
Bethlehem Station Master (uncredited)
Two nuns arrive unannounced in the small New England town of Bethlehem, where they recruit various townspeople to help them build a children's hospital.
Outlaw Brand
Gentry
Jimmy and his pal Cannonball are hired by a rancher and horse breeder to capture Midnight, a wild stallion that has been interfering with local herds and has a reputation as a killer.
La cicatriz
Newcomer (uncredited)
Tras salir de la cárcel, John Muller (Paul Henreid), un astuto criminal con estudios en medicina y psiquiatría, sueña con el día en que logre dar "el gran golpe". Mientras tanto se ve obligado a desempeñar un aburrido trabajo de oficina. Un día, Mullerdecide llevar a cabo su sueño, robando en un conocido club de juego, propiedad del mafioso Rocky Stansyck. Tras el golpe y durante su huida, Muller será confundido con el Dr. Bartok, prestigioso psiquiatra, debido a su asombroso parecido. Muller tratará de aprovechar la ocasión para esconderse, suplantando la personalidad del doctor. Para ello, deberá auto infringirse una herida que le deja una cicatriz idéntica a la del conocido psiquiatra...
I, Jane Doe
Jury Foreman
While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The French woman follows him to America only to discover he’s already married to a successful lawyer.
Web of Danger
Dam Worker
Ernie Reardon, the superintendent, and Bill O'Hara, the foreman, of a construction company crew working on a bridge to a remote valley, are constantly quarreling over small and minor matter, especially when it comes to Peg Mallory, whom both men are romancing and Peg enjoys the attention. Thed work is suspended when a worker is killed, but a flood is approaching and the valley citizens are in dire straits unless the bridge is completed - in a hurry.
El huevo y yo
Announcer (Uncredited)
Basada en la vida real de Betty MacDonald, que es encarnada por Colbert. Una mujer de ciudad accede a ayudar a su marido (MacMurray) a cumplir su sueño de tener un granja y, para ello, procurará adaptarse a las inevitables dificultades de la vida en el campo.
Out California Way
George Sheridan
Newcomer Monte Hale is tying to just get a job in western films when he meet young Danny McCoy and his sister Gloria. Danny is trying to get his horse, "Pardner" into films. Monte sings a song and "Pardner" does some tricks and a casting director notices. Monte gets a singing-cowboy role and the horse gets a bit, but there is an accidental explosion, engineered by western star Rod Mason, who is jealous of Monte, and the horse is badly scared and blows his lines.
Forajidos
Green Cat Waiter (uncredited)
Una vez terminada la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), Swede Lunn, un soldado veterano y boxeador en declive, encuentra dificultades para reincorporarse a la vida civil. Un día conoce a la novia de un gángster, la irresistible y misteriosa Kitty Collins.
Queen of Burlesque
Pop, the stage doorman
Various performers and backstage crew come under suspicion when a dancer is found murdered at a burlesque theatre.
That Texas Jamboree
Durant
With the backing of the Mayor, Brady is running a crooked gambling operation. When Sheriff Curt shuts him down, he reopens when the Mayor charters his place as a private club. When Curt decides to run for Mayor, he is made to shut down the popular Warren medicine show. With Curt now out of favor the Warrens decide to run their daughter for Mayor and Brady has a plan to stop her also.
Devil Bat's Daughter
Dr. Elliot
Wishing to dispose of his wife, psychiatrist Dr. Elliott makes his patient Nina think that she suffers from a compulsion to kill. He drugs Nina, murders his wife and leaves evidence that points to Nina. The latter, pre-conditioned by Elliott, also thinks she is guilty.
Mr. Noisy
One-Eyed Connolly (uncredited)
This All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice.
Up Goes Maisie
Bookstore Proprietor (Uncredited)
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Strangler of the Swamp
Pete Jeffers
A number of swamp land men have died by strangulation and the inhabitants believe that an innocent man they hanged is seeking revenge on all of the male descendants of those responsible for his death. Maria, granddaughter of the innocent ferryman, decides to operate the ferry service. Chris Sanders, a son of one of the men who did the hanging, and Maria fall in love. The "strangler" seizes Chris and Maria offers her life if Chris is spared.
Abbott y Costello en Hollywood
Director's Assistant (uncredited)
A pesar de que en el título aparece la palabra Hollywood, esta comedia no gira en torno al mundo del cine, sino al de la música. Abbott y Costello vuelven a interpretar a dos perdedores que sueñan con convertirse en importantes agentes musicales. Quieren cumplir su sueño, así que empiezan con pequeños clientes con carreras alejadas del estrellato. Por el momento son unos don nadie, habrá que ver si la pareja de cómicos consigue convertirlos en los reyes de la música.
Blazing the Western Trail
Bill Halliday
Stage line owner Brent has his men robbing Halliday stages and when his manager Waring learns of it, Brent has him killed. Jeff Waring arrives and takes his uncle's job. He soon learns what's happening and the Durango Kid goes into action. This keeps Halliday going and gives them a chance to get the mail contract by winning the stagecoach race.
Levando anclas
Milkman (uncredited)
Gene Kelly y Frank Sinatra son dos marineros de personalidades opuestas: uno (Sinatra) es tímido y un tanto ingenuo, mientras que el otro (Kelly) es un hombre de mundo. Ambos vivirán mil peripecias en la ciudad de Los Ángeles
Hitchhike to Happiness
In this drama, an aspiring playwright gets a job in a New York City restaurant favored by celebrities in hopes of getting a break. Unfortunately, most of them believe that the waiter lacks the talent to make it big. Only an aspiring songwriter, and a former waitress who has become a famous Hollywood radio star, really believe in him. When the ex-waitress drops by the restaurant to say hello, she and the others decide to play a trick on an arrogant producer by making him believe the waiter has written a sure-fire hit. They succeed and the producer puts on the show. The singer gets to be the star. When the show becomes a smash, everyone is surprised. Songs include: "Hitchhike To Happiness," "For You And Me," "Sentimental," and "My Pushover Heart."
Circumstantial Evidence
Undertaker
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
Crime, Inc.
Board Member (uncredited)
A crime reporter writes book to expose names and methods of the criminal leaders. He is held on a charge after refusing to explain how he got his information, but is released and helps to expose the syndicate.
The Phantom Speaks
Theatre Watchman (Uncredited)
A reporter learns that an executed killer has taken over a scientist's mind.
Noche en el alma
Bellhop (uncredited)
El doctor Hunt Bailey conoce a una extraña mujer durante un viaje en tren. Bailey, a pesar del halo de misterio que rodea a Alida Bederaux, queda prendado por su belleza y a través de un amigo logra entrar en su círculo privado. Alida es la esposa de Nick Bederaux, un conocido filántropo que al conocer la profesión de Bailey, le pedirá que demuestre que su mujer está loca. Pero cuando Bailey empieza a profundizar en el entramado pasado de los Bederaux, con varias muertes relacionadas con la familia, comienza a dudar sobre quien está realmente loco. (FILMAFFINITY)
Faces in the Fog
Man in Hospital
Tom and Cora Elliott love their active social life so much that they neglect their daughter Mary and son Les. Fred Mason, Tom's neighbor and the doctor at the defense plant employing Tom, worries about the effect that Tom and Cora's drinking and socializing have on the children....
Code of the Prairie
Just after the Oklahoma Panhandle was annexed into the united states an ex-lawman turned newspaper man arrives to town to civilize it. He brings along Frog, a photographer and Sunset Carson as muscle. The seedy element in the territory doesn't want law and order and they plot against them and try to stop Sunset Carson being sheriff.
Call of the Rockies
Townsman
Cowboy Sunset Carson teams up with Frog Millhouse on a routine supply trip to Placer City. Before long, the duo find themselves ambushed by a team of dastardly highwaymen embroiled in an extortion ring. Sunset and Frog must then go undercover to set things right for a mining town under siege. Galloping hooves, spittin' six shooters, and all manner of disreputable behavior ensue.
Jungle Woman
Inquest Juror (uncredited)
Paula, the ape woman, has survived the ending of CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN and is running around a creepy old sanitarium run by the kindly Dr. Fletcher, reverting to her true gorilla form every once in a while to kill somebody.
The Tiger Woman
Captain Scott [Ch. 9]
Greedy oil speculators, led by Morgan, are trying to force Tiger Woman and her band of warriors from their jungle home. Allen Saunders of Inter-Ocean Oil wants to develop the oil, too, but fights with Tiger Woman to stop the bad guys.
Outlaws of Santa Fe
Mayor Ward
After bank robber Bob Hackett (Don "Red" Barry) learns that his real father was a marshal, he reforms and travels with his pal Buckshot (Wally Vernon) to Santa Fe, where his father was killed. When he stands up to rustlers working for Henry Jackson (Herbert Heyes), Hackett is made the new marshal.
El barco fantasma
Stenographer
Película sobre la relación entre un veterano capitán y su tercer oficial. Una serie de misteriosas muertes provocan que el joven crea que su superior está obsesionado con mostrar su autoridad. (FILMAFFINITY)
The West Side Kid
Businessman
Millionaire Sam Winston is an unhappy man. His wife Constance lives a gay life, devoting all her time to parties; his daughter Gloria is in one scandal after another, changing husbands as often as her moods, and son Jerry spends his time getting drunk and chasing women. Sam hires gangster Johnny April to bump him off but Johnny, liking the old man, defers the killing and sets about making the family appreciate Sam.
Riders of the Rio Grande
Jailer
A banker struggles to keep his bank solvent and his town from going bankrupt after the bank is robbed and all its money taken. The Three Mesquiteers ride into town and set out to help.
Slightly Dangerous
Music lover (uncredited)
Una chica de pueblo cambia de identidad para triunfar en Nueva York, y su novio resulta sospechoso de su "desaparición".
Days of Old Cheyenne
Higgins
Clint Ross's skill at fisticuffs earns him the town marshal's job in Cheyenne. Thanks to the string-pulling of political boss Big Bill Harmon, Ross makes it all the way up to the governor's office. But when Ross figures out that Big Bill is a big crook, it's showdown time.
Dejad paso al mañana
Theatre Play
Un anciano matrimonio reúne a sus dos hijos para comunicarles que están arruinados y los van a desahuciar en un plazo muy breve. Sus vidas tomarán un nuevo rumbo.
The Girl on the Front Page
Mack
The heiress to a powerful newspaper owner gets a job at the paper under an assumed name and helps break up a blackmail racket.