Ralph Dunn

Ralph Dunn

Nacimiento : 1900-05-23, Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA

Muerte : 1968-02-19

Historia

Ralph Dunn was an American film, television, and stage actor. Dunn was born in Titusville, Pennsylvania and spent early years living with relatives in Canton, Illinois. Dunn's father was a veterinarian for the U.S. Army during WWI, and his mother was an actress. Dunn was enrolled briefly at the University of Pennsylvania, but left after one day to join a Vaudeville troupe. Ralph Dunn used his burly body and rich, theatrical voice to good effect in hundreds of minor feature-film roles and supporting appearances in two-reel comedies. He came to Hollywood during the early talkie era, beginning his film career with 1932's The Crowd Roars. A large man with a withering glare, Dunn was an ideal "opposite" for short, bumbling comedians. A frequent visitor to the Columbia short subjects unit, Dunn showed up in the Three Stooges comedies Mummy's Dummies, as well as Who Done It? and its remake, For Crimin' Out Loud Dunn kept busy into the 1960s, appearing in such TV series as Kitty Foyle, and Norby and such films as Black Like Me.

Perfil

Ralph Dunn

Películas

Arsenic & Old Lace
Lt. Rooney
1962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of murders they flippantly commit
The Devil To Pay
The Furnace Man
A short silent (with narration), parodying science fiction films. The USA misfires a rocket which crash lands on Tartarus (or Hades), where Buster Keaton, as Diabolus, is enraged and seeks revenge.
Juego de pijamas
Myron Hasler
Bebe Williams (Doris Day), que trabaja en una fábrica de pijamas, es enviada por sus compañeros a negociar un incremento salarial. Con lo que no contaba era con enamorarse del atractivo superintendente Sid Sorokin (John Raitt), lo que complicará la negociación. Musical basado en un gran éxito de Broadway, con coreografías de Bob Fosse.
Crowded Paradise
A Puerto Rican immigrant anxiously awaits his wedding day, but his fiancé's racist landlord intervenes.
For Crimin' Out Loud
Baddie
The stooges are private detectives hired to protect a rich politician. After the man disappears, the boys wander around his spooky mansion confronting various villains and a dangerous dame. The stooges vanquish the crooks (Shemp uses his "trusty shovel") and find the missing man.
Sentence of Death
Sergeant MacReynolds
A woman witnesses a murder during a store robbery but claims the accused man is not the killer. After he is convicted and weeks away from his execution date, she sees the real killer, but the police are reluctant to reopen the case.
Taxi
Rafferty (uncredited)
A New York cab driver helps an Irish immigrant with a baby locate her missing husband.
Un rayo de luz
Sam (uncredited)
Tras atracar una gasolinera, dos criminales, heridos en el tiroteo, son atendidos por el doctor Brooks, el único médico negro del hospital de la ciudad. Cuando uno de ellos muere, el otro acusa al médico de haberlo matado y provoca una revuelta racista para vengarse de él
La jungla de asfalto
Policeman (uncredited)
La meticulosa planificación de un atraco a una joyería por parte de una banda de delincuentes le sirve a Huston para ofrecer un poderoso relato lleno de intensidad, amén de un realista e insuperable estudio de personajes y sus motivaciones. Sin lugar a dudas, una de los mejores películas del cine negro de todos los tiempos, con el gran Hayden y una seductora y sexy Marilyn Monroe.
Singing Guns
Traveler
Un ladrón de diligencias es designado como nuevo ayudante del 'sheriff' después de salvarle la vida. Rhiannon se debate entre su nuevo trabajo y la perspectiva de robar el próximo cargamento de oro.
Furia secreta
Police Sergeant McCafferty (uncredited)
En la iglesia se está celebrando la boda de Ellen y David, pero en el momento en que el sacerdote pronuncia la frase "Si alguien conoce alguna razón por la que este enlace no deba celebrarse..." un hombre se levanta y afirma que Ellen ya está casada. Se descubrirá entonces que, en otro tiempo, tuvo un marido que fue asesinado y resulta que todos los indicios la convierten en sospechosa.
Tu eres mi vida
Tollgate Policeman (Uncredited)
Joe acaba de llegar de la guerra donde ha sido condecorado. Cuando parece que ya ha dejado atrás todos las miserias del ser humano, descubre horrorizado que las desgracias también le esperan en casa. Un mafioso se ha quedado con su club y ha matado a su socio.
The Lost Tribe
Capt. Rawlins
Jungle Jim fights a lion and sharks trying to save an African village from those who would despoil it.
Homicide
Department of Employment Clerk
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?
Who Done It?
Leader of Phantom Gang
The stooges are private detectives looking for a missing millionaire. They wander around the millionaire's spooky mansion confronting various crooks and a dangerous dame. The stooges vanquish the crooks (Shemp uses his "trusty shovel") and find the missing man.
Miss Mink of 1949
Mr. McKelvey
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
Mummy's Dummies
Rhadames
Set in ancient Egypt, the stooges run a used chariot lot where they unload defective chariots on unsuspecting customers. When they gyp the head of the palace guard, they're brought to the palace to be executed, but instead become royal chamberlains after curing the King's toothache. When they recover some tax money stolen by a corrupt official, the King rewards them with marriage to his daughter. After getting a look at the ugly crone, Moe and Larry select Shemp to be the groom.
Incident
Bugs
An innocent man -- due to a case of mistaken identity -- is beaten. Once recovered, the stockbroker tries to find the actual intended target -- a gangster-- and warn him.
The Golden Eye
Jim. Driscoll
A gold mine in Arizona, that was formerly losing a lot of money, suddenly turns into a veritable money-making machine. However, the owner, instead of being happy about his now profitable business, insists to Charlie that something is fishy and that someone is out to murder him. Charlie and his "crew" travel to the mine, pretending to be tourists staying at a nearby dude ranch so as not to arouse suspicion, and discover that the owner may well be right--it looks like the mine is being used as a cover for criminal activities, and that someone is indeed out to murder him.
Lady at Midnight
Al Garrity
A couple's adopted daughter has an inheritance someone else wants.
Train to Alcatraz
U.S. Marshal Mark Stevens
Criminals aboard a train to the infamous penitentiary plot an escape, and receive outside help in their attempt.
Jinx Money
Jake 'Cold Deck' Shapiro
A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.
My Girl Tisa
1905 was a period of heavy immigration from Europe to America before laws were passed restricting the flow of immigrants. Almost every character in this movie is a recent arrival. Tisa has been in America only four months, yet she is holding four jobs to save enough money to pay for her father's boat passage to America. She works in a garment factory in Greenwich Village owned by Mr. Grumbach, who is studying to pass his citizenship test. Denek, a brash young man, tries to help her but gets her into trouble and her deportation is ordered by an immigration judge.
El tesoro de Sierra Madre
Flophouse Bum (uncredited)
Fred C. Dobbs (Humphrey Bogart) decide ir a Tampico en busca de oro con la intención de dejar atrás la miseria. Emprende el viaje en compañía de otros dos vagabundos (Walter Huston y Tim Holt), pero la codicia y la envidia que surge entre ellos les creará poco a poco más problemas que cualquier otra dificultad del camino.
Dragnet
Police Sgt. Martin
Scotland Yard Inspector Geoffrey James comes to the United States looking for a band of international gem-thieves who have smuggled a rich load of jewels from England to America via a trans-ocean airline. Mary Hogan, an airline hostess, aids him in his quest.
News Hounds
'Dutch' Miller
Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.
Deep Valley
Deputy
A shy California farm girl falls head-over-heels in love with Barry Burnett, a fugitive from a chain gang building a road through the wilderness.
Too Many Winners
Detective Peter Rafferty
Michael Shayne mystery involving counterfeit tickets at a race track.
Vuelven de la guerra
Ed - Guard on Midget Car (uncredited)
Después de servir con una notable falta de distinción en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, el cabo Slicker Smith y el soldado Herbie Brown regresan a los Estados Unidos. Desconocido por su amargado sargento Collins, Slicker y Herbie se han traído a la pequeña huérfana de guerra Evie, ocultándola de las autoridades de inmigración. En sus esfuerzos por encontrar un hogar digno para Evie, nuestros héroes vuelven a los trabajos de antes de la guerra como vendedores ambulantes, para hacer después un desastroso intento de recolectar su dinero de los bonos de guerra. También luchan por salvar a Evie de la deportación, evitando por todos los medios al sargento Collins... Secuela de "Los reclutas" ("Buck Privates", 1941).
Three on a Ticket
Inspector Pete Rafferty
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont), and dies before Shayne can question him. Shayne finds a baggage ticket in his hand. He claims it and finds the checked-bag contains the loot from a robbery. Now, he has about fifty minutes left of the running time to find the crooks, bring them to justice and return the money to the rightful owners. And needs all of it.
Undercover Maisie
Cop (Uncredited)
Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.
La Dama del lago
Sergeant (Uncredited)
Una editora literaria (Audrey Totter) encarga al detective Phillip Marlowe (Robert Montgomery) encontrar a la misteriosa mujer de su jefe (Leon Ames), que supuestamente ha huido con un amante (Richard Simmons) y tal vez ha provocado una muerte.
Lady Chaser
Brady
A poisoned aspirin creates headaches for a woman who received the deadly pill from a stranger, then passed it on to her uncle.
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
Policeman (uncredited)
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
Nadie vive para siempre
Ben, Watchman / Henchman (uncredited)
Un estafador se enamora de una rica viuda a la que pretendía desplumar.
La extraña mujer
Lumberjack
Bangor, 1824. Gracias a su deslumbrante belleza, Jenny Hager manipula a los hombres a su antojo y es capaz de conseguir de ellos todo lo que se propone. Tras contraer matrimonio con un acaudalado comerciante, no tarda en seducir al hijo de su marido con el único fin de inducirlo al asesinato de su padre. Al mismo tiempo, se encapricha del prometido de su mejor amiga
Genius at Work
Lt. Gilley
Two actors who play detectives on the radio find themselves investigating a real crime masterminded by an arch-criminal named the Cobra.
Amor sublime
Brisbane Policeman (uncredited)
Biografía sobre la enfermera Elisabeth Kenny, que consiguió notoriedad por sus revolucionarios tratamientos para la parálisis infantil tras su experiencia en los campos australianos con pacientes con polio.
Paso a paso
Patrol Car Cop
El veterano marino Johnny Christopher conoce a Evelyn Smith en la playa y se siente inmediatamente atraído ella. El nuevo trabajo de Evelyn, como secretaria de un senador estadounidense en California, pronto trae intrigas y problemas inesperados para ella y para Johnny. Las maquinaciones de un siniestro grupo de espías nazis conducen a misterios e identidades equivocadas. Los dos pronto se ven incriminados en un asesinato.
Larceny in Her Heart
Det. Sgt. Pete Rafferty
In the second of the PRC "Michael Shayne" series,civic crusader Burton Stallings hires private detective Michael Shayne to locate the former's missing step-daughter Helen. Shayne discovers that Stallings himself has had Helen confined in an asylum in order to obtain her money.
Envuelto en la sombra
Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Un detective privado, que casi vive en la miseria, descubre un día que lo están siguiendo. Tras acorralar a su perseguidor, averigua que actúa a las órdenes de un antiguo socio con el que acabó enemistado. Poco después se ve envuelto en un calculado plan de asesinato.
Muerte al amanecer
Capt. Dill (uncredited)
Un marinero que debe coger un autocar para volver con su compañía se ve implicado en el asesinato de una mujer que disfruta chantajeando a varias personas. Una muchacha y un taxista se unirán para demostrar la inocencia del joven en unas horas.
Murder Is My Business
Pete Rafferty
Michael Shayne is a private detective who is disliked greatly by Pete Rafferty, local chief of police detectives. Rafferty notifies the newspaper press that he is going to close Shayne's agency, just as Michael is about to be hired by the wealthy Eleanor Ramsey, who is being blackmailed. She is the stepmother of what she considers to be two grown-up brats, Dorothy and Ernest, and she considers their father to be of little value to the world himself. They all conspire to get their hands on her money, even to the extent of attempting to hire Shayne to frame an insurance robbery. Mrs. Ramsey is murdered, and Rafferty is trying to pin the killing on Shayne, despite the fact that suspicion points to Buell Renslow, brother of the slain woman. Shayne's secretary, the fetching Phyllis Hamilton, decides to do a little detective work to help her boss.
De hoy en adelante
Bailiff
El maquinista Bill Cummings y la administrativa Susan son un humilde matrimonio neoyorquino, del barrio del Bronx, que vive en una situación económica muy precaria. Sus problemas para encontrar trabajo se ven agravados durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945). Sobre su vida cotidiana planea permanentemente la amenaza de un futuro incierto.
El pequeño fenómeno
Passenger in Lower Berth #6 (uncredited)
Un ingenuo campesino llamado Benny Miller, de Cucamonga, California, ha estado tomando clases por correspondencia en materia de ventas. Al finalizar el curso, deja a su madre y a su novia Martha para labrarse un porvenir en Los Ángeles. Va en busca de su tío Clarence, contable de una empresa, quien le va a facilitar una entrevista para trabajar en el departamento de ventas. El día de la entrevista, el corrupto gerente de ventas, John Morrison, lo confunde con uno de los modelos para una nueva campaña de ventas y le pide que se quite la ropa. La esposa secreta de Morrison, Hazel Temple, descubre el error y sugiere que Benny sea contratado para evitar que esa equivocación trascienda a la opinión pública...
Perversidad
First Policeman in Park (uncredited)
Christopher Cross es un simple cajero infelizmente casado, pero tiene un raro talento para la pintura. En cierta ocasión, conoce a una aventurera de la que se enamora y le hace creer que es un pintor de éxito. La chica y su novio, un individuo sin escrúpulos, aprovechan la ocasión para explotar al pobre hombre, que llegará incluso a cometer un desfalco en su empresa para que ella siga creyendo que es un artista de éxito.
Senorita from the West
Man (uncredited)
Determined to become a radio singer, a young girl runs away from her family. She hooks up with a man who is actually the real voice of a famous radio crooner, who actually can't sing at all.
Love, Honor and Goodbye
Detective
A lawyer's wife walks out on him, then poses as a French nurse to spy on him.
Levando anclas
Hollywood Bowl Cop (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
El Halcón en San Francisco
Arresting Policeman (uncredited)
Las vacaciones de El Halcón (Tom Conway) y su amigo "Goldie" Locke (Edward Brophy) se ven interrumpidas al encontrar a una niña llamada Annie, cuya institutriz ha sido asesinada. Cuando la llevan a su casa, son arrestados por supuesto secuestro. Una vez puestos en libertad bajo fianza, que paga una misteriosa mujer (Helm), El Halcón intentará desentrañar con su proverbial sagacidad este nuevo misterio.
Phantoms, Inc.
Detective Lester
This Crime Does Not Pay entry focuses on fake spiritualists. A mother is worried about her son, who is missing in action. Over time, she gives a con man all of the family savings to find reassurance that her son is all right. When she can no longer pay, events take a tragic turn.
Circumstantial Evidence
Cleary, the Cop
A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.
Escape in the Fog
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
A military nurse recovering at an inn from a nervous breakdown keeps having dreams where she sees two men trying to murder a third. When she meets a man who is a federal agent at the inn, she is astounded to discover that he is the man in her dream who is the intended murder victim.
Fuera de la ley
Guard at Jewelry Store (uncredited)
La acción tiene lugar en el mundo de las carreras de caballos, cuando un jugador con deudas falsifica la partida de nacimiento de un jockey para que pueda participar en una trascendental carrera. (FILMAFFINITY)
Hollywood Canteen
Studio Gate Guard (uncredited)
El "Hollywwod Canteen" era un club que la Warner Bros creó durante la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) para que los soldados que estaban de permiso pudieran divertirse con el espectáculo y codearse con los actores de moda. Dos soldados pasan tres noches en el club: uno de ellos sueña con besar a Joan Leslie, su amor imposible durante la guerra del Pacífico. John Garfield favorece el encuentro.
Historia de un detective
Detective (uncredited)
Esta intriga policiaca narra las aventuras de Philip Marlowe, un detective privado de Los Ángeles que resuelve todo tipo de misterios. Cuando el exconvicto Moose se pone en contacto con él sobre lo que parece un caso de lo más rutinario, una serie de pistas falsas aparecen en escena acusando al protagonista de unos crímenes que no ha cometido. Sin embargo, todas las pruebas clarifican su intervención en el terrible homicidio… ¿Conseguirá Philip resolver el enrevesado enigma?
La mujer del cuadro
Traffic Cop (uncredited)
El profesor Wanley y sus amigos comienzan a obsesionarse con el retrato de una bella muchacha, que está expuesto en el escaparate contiguo al club en que se reúnen. Wanley conoce por casualidad a la mujer del retrato y acepta ir a su apartamento. Pero allí ocurrirá algo inesperado.
Laura
Fred Callahan (uncredited)
El detective Mark McPherson investiga el asesinato de Laura, una elegante y seductora mujer que aparece muerta en su apartamento. McPherson elabora un retrato mental de la joven a partir de las declaraciones de sus allegados. El sugestivo retrato de Laura, que cuelga de la pared de su apartamento, también le ayuda en esta tarea.
Strange Affair
Mike McCafferty (Uncredited)
Eminent psychiatrist Dr. Brenner invites cartoonist Bill Harrison and his wife, Jack, to a banquet honoring war refugees. Bill volunteers to pick up fellow psychiatrist Dr. Baumler at the train station, but the man vanishes when he has Bill stop so he can use a pay phone. At the dinner, Bill and Jack are seated with Brenner's daughter, Freda, and, to Bill's surprise, another man is introduced as Baumler -- who dies moments later.
Up in Mabel's Room
Air Raid Warden (uncredited)
Newly-married Gary Ainsworth (Dennis O'Keefe) once gave his former sweetheart Mabel (Gail Patrick) a sexy negligee with his initials embroidered in the lacework. It is Gary's unenviable task to retrieve the incriminating undergarment from Mabel's room before his wife Geraldine (Marjorie Reynolds) gets wise.
Dark Mountain
Chief Sanford
A woman doesn't realize that the man she has just married is a gangster. When she is implicated in a murder he committed, she turns to an ex-boyfriend, who is now a park ranger, for help. He hides her out in a cabin up in the mountains, and her husband goes on the hunt for both of them.
En sociedad
Policeman at Pottery Shop (uncredited)
Eddie Harrington y Albert Mansfield son dos fontaneros que reciben una llamada para reparar una fuga de agua en el cuarto de baño privado del hogar del señor Van Cleve, un rico hombre de negocios. La fuga casualmente se ha producido durante el baile de disfraces que su esposa ha organizado en la mansión. Mientras están tratando de reparar la fuga, rompen una cañería y se produce la inundación de la sala...
Trial by Trigger
MacIntosh 'Mac'
California logger Bill Cardigan must save his stand of redwoods from being bought by unscrupulous Dan Fallon, a logging company owner from Michigan.
The Whistler
Cop at Car Accident (Uncredited)
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. But then he finds out that his wife isn't dead at all. And now the assassin is on his trail, with no way to call off the hit.
Acción en el Atlántico Norte
Quartermaster (uncredited)
Mientras transporta mercancías para sus aliados rusos una nave de mercante americana capitaneada por Raymond Massey es torpedeada. El valor de Massey y su primer oficial Humphrey Bogart sirve como una inspiración a los sobrevivientes que llevan su diminuto bote salvavidas a América donde son recibidos como héroes. A la tripulación se le asigna un nuevo Liberty Ship. A pesar de los miedos de ser torpedeados de nuevo, Massey, Bogart, y los otros hombres llevan su carga con éxito a Rusia a pesar de ser atacados por varios aviones alemanes en el proceso.
All by Myself
Hotel Detective
Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jean finds out she tries to save face by saying that she is also engaged, and then uses a little social blackmail to get psychiatrist Bill Perry to pretend to be her fiancé for an evening out with Mark and Val.
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Tracy - Prison Guard (uncredited)
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.
Mug Town
Cop
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.
¡Qué noche aquella!
Henderson
Jeff Troy escribe novelas de poco éxito y Nancy, su mujer, piensa que ello es debido a que viven en un apartamento poco conveniente para un escritor como él, por lo que decide acabar con la mediocridad de su existencia y alquilar un piso bajo con un jardín en una discreta casa de un barrio más tranquilo. En ella vivirán una experiencia tan extraordinaria como irrepetible. La casa entera tiene un aire siniestro, y los vecinos parecen hostiles y asustados. Jeff deberá entonces poner en práctica sus conocimientos detectivescos para resolver un asesinato cometido en su propia casa.
Keep 'Em Sailing
Vic, Stregel's Thug (uncredited)
An FBI agent goes undercover to investigate the sabotage of American cargo ships.
Strictly in the Groove
Big Boy
College student, cattle baron, confused love story.
Lucky Jordan
Army Guard
Un pillo y corredor de apuestas de Nueva York, llamado Lucky Jordan, cuenta un montón de mentiras para librarse del ejército, de ahí que las fuerzas armadas le tengan bajo vigilancia. Sin embargo, cuando una banda de espías extranjeros se inmiscuyen en los negocios de una vieja amiga a la que Jordan quiere como a una madre, este hombre reconsiderará su actitud ante la vida...
Me casé con una bruja
First Prison Guard (uncredited)
Siglo XVII. Cuando Jennifer, acusada de brujería, está a punto de ser quemada en la hoguera, lanza una maldición sobre su acusador: todos sus descendientes serán infelices en sus matrimonios. En 1942, Wallace Wooley, al tiempo que se presenta como candidato a gobernador, está preparando su boda con la presumida de Estelle Masterson. Un rayo golpea el árbol junto al cual fue quemada la bruja y ésta cobra vida. Desde entonces, intentará arruinar la vida de Wallace.
Get Hep to Love
Policeman Making Bet
Una niña prodigio dotada de una voz maravillosa huye de su represora tía y convence a una pareja rural de que la adopte.
Moontide
Policeman
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.
Grand Central Murder
Policeman (uncredited)
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when smart-mouthed private eye Rocky Custer -- also a suspect himself -- begins to piece together the crime, a few clues that Gunther has overlooked come to light.
Twin Beds
Detective
Mike Abbott just wants to spend a quiet evening at home with his wife, but her collection of zany friends make hash of his hopes.
Fingers at the Window
Policeman Outside Clinic (uncredited)
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
About Face
Marine (uncredited)
Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.
Blondie Goes to College
Joes, 2nd Motorcycle Policeman
Number 10 in the Blondie series, Blondie Goes to College is predicated on the notion that Dagwood Bumstead (Arthur Lake) must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Company. Not wishing to be separated from her husband, Blondie (Penny Singleton) enrolls in college as well. But Leighton College rules stipulate "No Married Couples", forcing Blondie and Dagwood to pretend that they're not married. This causes quite a dilemma when coed Laura Wadsworth (Janet Blair) begins flirting with Dagwood and Rusty Bryant (Larry Parks) does same with Blondie. And Blondie's discovery of a very pleasant secret threatens to expose her and Dagwood's marital status too. The student body at this particular seat of learning is comprised of quite a few familiar faces, including Lloyd Bridges, Sid Melton, and Adele Mara.
Pacific Blackout
Cop
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper (Robert Preston) escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. Under cover of darkness, Draper hopes to find the real killer, who turns out to be a member of a Nazi sabotage ring. Completed shortly before America entered WW2.
Justicia corsa
Messenger, Arturo's Steward (Uncredited)
El conde Franchi tiene dos hijos gemelos. Cuando el barón Colonna decide exterminar a la familia Franchi, el doctor Paoli escapa con los dos bebés.
¿Quién mató a Vicky?
Detective (uncredited)
Cuando la bella Vicky Lynn (Carole Landis) es encontrada asesinada, la policía detiene al empresario Frankie Christopher (Victor Mature) para interrogarlo. Frankie había llevado a Vicky de ser mesera a ser aceptada socialmente y había organizado toda su carrera hasta que recibió una oferta de Hollywood, justo antes de su muerte. Sólo la hermana de Vicky, Jill Lynn (Betty Grable) tiene las suficientes pruebas para dirigir las sospechas, que apuntaban todas a Frankie, hacia otro lado. Pero el detective dueño del caso, Ed Cornell (Laird Cregar), parece especialmente interesado en él.
International Lady
Don
Tim Hanley, an American agent, posing as a lawyer with the United States Embassy in London, and Reggie Oliver, a Scotland Yard detective, posing as a music critic are both keeping their eye on Carla Nillson, a famous singer, whom they suspect of espionage. They all meet in London, then in Lisbon, and eventually in New York City, where Carla sings on the radio.
Two Latins from Manhattan
Federal Agent
Joan Daley, a New York booking/press agent, attempts to recruit two local stand-ins, Jinx Terry and Lois Morgan, when the Cuban sister-act, Marianela and Rosita she as booked into the nightclub for which she works fails to materialize. Complications arrive when the real Cuban sisters show up.
Sun Valley Serenade
Customs Officer
When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
Alta tensión
Man Calling Sweeney (uncredited)
Hank y Johnny trabajan como técnicos de una compañía de electricidad. Una noche, se encuentran en una reunión a la atractiva Fay, y la tensión aumenta porque ambos se disputan el favor de la chica.
Marineros mareados
Cop Who Gives Pomeroy a Ticket (uncredited)
Dos marineros ayudan a un cantante que se ha unido a la Marina a escapar de sus admiradoras. Con las hermanas Andrews.
The Lady from Cheyenne
Mayor Barney Davies, Cork's Henchman
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!
Dead Men Tell
Homicide Desk Sergeant
Un mapa del tesoro en cuatro partes, el fantasma de un pirata ahorcado, un loro parlante y un barco lleno de pistas falsas complican la búsqueda de Charlie de un asesino a bordo de un barco atracado.
Sleepers West
Private eye Mike Shayne encounters a large amount of trouble while attempting to guard a murder witness.
Espíritu de conquista
Work Seeker
Edward Creighton, ingeniero de la compañía telegráfica Western Union, se encarga de dirigir la instalación de una línea a través de los territorios del Oeste. Ayudado por su hermana Sue, recluta a los trabajadores en los pueblos más cercanos. Pero, como la región es peligrosa y está infestada de indios, la empresa tiene que ofrecer sueldos elevados para contratar al personal.
Michael Shayne: Private Detective
First Bartender
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
Trail of the Vigilantes
Deputy Sheriff
A reporter goes undercover to break up an outlaw gang.
Murder Over New York
Cop
When Charlie's old friend from Scotland Yard is murdered when they attend a police convention in New York, Chan picks up the case he was working on.
Gallant Sons
Deputy with Charlie (uncredited)
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to find the real killer.
So You Won't Talk?
Police Lieutenant
A shy book reviewer is confused with a notorious gangster who has just been release from prison.
El hombre de la frontera
Jury Foreman
La verdadera historia del famoso líder mormón Brigham Young y su batalla para el transporte de su pueblo a través de las montañas Rocosas a establecerse en Salt Lake City. La trama se centra en dos personajes, Jonathan Kent y Zina Webb y las dificultades que tienen que enfrentar en el camino.
Public Deb No. 1
Policeman
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Motorcycle Cop
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic.
You're Not So Tough
Valley Truck Driver
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters their minds until Halop is egged on by Grey to show his capabilities. Before long, he and Hall are working on the ranch of Galli, an elderly Italian woman who treats her workers like human beings instead of animals. Galli's son disappeared as an infant, and Halop tries to convince her that he is that long lost son, thus possibly sharing in her wealth. Galli is such a good person that Halop is soon motivated by respect instead of greed, so he devises a plan to help her when truckers and a labor organization band together to keep her crops from making it to market.
We Who Are Young
2nd Motorcycle Policeman (uncredited)
Cuando se casa, un hombre contraviene la política de su empresa.
Luna llena
Bondsman
Marianne de Beaumaniour está de camino a Nueva Orleans desde París para inspeccionar la plantación que heredó de su tío. En el barco viajan también algunos esclavos para ser vendidos. Charles, Duque de Villiers, un enemigo político del rey, también está a bordo haciéndose pasar por esclavo. El jefe de la plantación de Marianne compra a Charles y éste pronto la seduce con su encanto. Marianne descubre rápidamente la verdadera identidad de Charles y le deja en libertad, antes de que los oficiales franceses le encuentren. Marianne decide volver a París con el Capitán de Policía, a bordo del barco “Luna Llena”, pero deben hacer escala en la Martinica. Después de la Martinica, el barco es asaltado por los piratas. Marianne queda conmocionada al ver que Charles es el líder de los piratas. Esa noche, una dura tormenta les azota, y todo se hunde. Ahora Charles es el líder y la diversión acaba de comenzar….
Phantom Raiders
Port Policeman
In this second Carter mystery, a mysterious rash of cargo ships sinking in Panama leads insurers Llewellyns of London to hire vacationer Nick Carter and his eccentric associate Bartholomew to investigate. Nick recognizes influential nightclub owner Al Taurez as a shady operator, but getting the goods on him depends on slick diversions involving the heavyweight champ of the Pacific Tuna Fleet, a Panamanian bombshell armed with American slang, a young couple in love and a whole raft of crooks and cutthroats.
Girl in 313
Det. Berner
A priceless necklace goes missing at a plush party. Police close in on the jewel thieves but is one cop getting too close to one of the crooks?
An Angel from Texas
'General' in the Play
A pair of slick Broadway producers con a wealthy cowboy into backing their show.
Johnny Apollo
Guard (uncredited)
Un corredor de bolsa de Wall Street es encarcelado por desfalco. Su hijo, recién licenciado en la universidad, intenta conseguir trabajo para pagar la fianza. Sin embargo, debido a la reputación de su padre, es rechazado en todas partes. Dadas las circunstancias, acaba entrando en una banda mafiosa y llega a ser la mano derecha de un poderoso gángster.
Las uvas de la ira
Deputy (uncredited)
Tom Joad regresa a su hogar tras cumplir condena en prisión, pero la ilusión de volver a ver a los suyos se transforma en frustración al ver cómo los expulsan de sus tierras. Para escapar al hambre y a la pobreza, la familia no tiene más remedio que emprender un larguísimo viaje lleno de penalidades con la esperanza de encontrar una oportunidad en California, la tierra prometida.
Double Alibi
First Police Dispatcher
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
Castle on the Hudson
Court Clerk Reading Verdict (uncredited)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Regimiento heroico
Medical Captain (uncredited)
Un chico de Brooklyn se alista al ejército, en el regimiento "Fighting 69th", para luchar contra los alemanes en la I Guerra Mundial. Su actitud de prepotencia e insubordinación en los entrenamientos le pone en contra de todos excepto del padre Francis Duffy, también soldado -y personaje que existión en la vida real-, que intenta ayudarle en todo momento. Ya en la guerra, a la hora de luchar, el joven comprobará que ésta es más horrible de lo que pensaba... (FILMAFFINITY)
El nuevo caso del Santo
Police Sergeant (uncredited)
El Santo va trás la pista de un sofisticado ladrón de joyas que trafica diamantes dentro de una momia que viaja del El Cairo a Philadelphia, con la aparición de un cadaver en el jardín de la casa de un amigo suyo, Simon Templar decide hacerse pasar por el asesino ya que cuenta con un gran parecido fisico, de esta manera intentará resolver el caso.
Luna nueva
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Hildy Johnson, la mejor reportera del periódico Morning Post, anuncia que va a dejar el periodismo para casarse y dedicarse a su familia y a las labores del hogar. Pero Walter Burns, el editor del periódico y ex-marido de Hildy, no puede aceptarlo, por lo que se sirve de toda clase de tretas para retenerla en el periódico y, de paso, intentar reconquistarla.
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Guard
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however.
The Green Hornet
Andy - Thug (uncredited)
El editor de un periódico y su sirviente coreano combaten el crimen como vigilantes, mientras aparentan ser un gangster enmascarado y su cómplice. Primera entrega del serial de la Universal Pictures basado en el personaje radiofónico. Le seguiría "The Green Hornet Strikes Again!" (1940)
Barreras invisibles
Doorman (uncredited)
Cliff Taylor es un exconvicto que intenta llevar una vida normal, pero desde que salió de la cárcel en libertad condicional, su pasado criminal le impide encontrar y mantener un cualquier trabajo. Sin embargo, lo peor es que Tim, su hermano menor, siguiendo sus pasos, se une a la banda de Charles Martin
Esmeralda la Zíngara
Soldier (uncredited)
París, Francia, 1482. El juez Frollo, al servicio del benévolo rey Luis XI, se enamora de Esmeralda, una joven gitana. El jorobado Quasimodo, protegido de Frollo y campanero de Notre Dame, vive en paz entre las campanas, en las alturas de la inmensa catedral, hasta que el retorcido magistrado lo involucra en sus maliciosos planes, desesperado por liberarse del supuesto hechizo de Esmeralda, que él cree que es obra del diablo.
Otra reunión de acusados
Baggage Man (uncredited)
A Nick y a Nora Charles, un matrimonio muy excéntrico, les apasiona ejercer de detectives aficionados. Un día, la familia Charles, después de pasar un fin de semana fuera, regresa a su casa en compañía de un industrial de Long Island que sospecha que alguien quiere matarle, e inmediatamente su temor se hace realidad. Lo peor es que Nick está entre los sospechosos, pero Nora tiene sus propias ideas sobre el caso y se escabulle dentro de un club para buscar pistas.
Blondie Brings Up Baby
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Baby Dumpling, the six-year-old son of Blondie and Dagwood Bumstead disappears from sight during his first day at school. While Dagwood frantically combs the city in search of the boy, Baby Dumpling spents a nice, safe afternoon with poor little rich girl Melinda Mason, who with her new playmate's help arises from her sickbed to walk across the room for the first time in months.
Smashing the Money Ring
Dave - Convict Custodian on Train (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Desperate Trails
Henchman Lon
A young boy helps a marshal in his battle against outlaws.
Indianapolis Speedway
Racetrack Official
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.
I Stole a Million
Bartender (uncredited)
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Police Guard (uncredited)
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the Queen of Sheba. When the precious treasure is transported to America, Mr. Moto must race against time to unmask the cunning thief who will stop at nothing—not even murder—to get what he wants.
Rejas humanas
Trooper Cronin
Tras asesinar al alcaide, Wilson se escapa de la cárcel y se refugia con su banda en una cabaña, donde se encuentra el doctor Shelby, que tendrá que utilizar todos sus recursos como psiquiatra para intentar dominar la violencia del gángster.
Es mi hombre
Officer (uncredited)
En Nueva York durante los años 20, una cantante lucha por apartar a su novio de los problemas...
The Return of the Cisco Kid
In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday.
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
Cop with McGurk
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr. Moto and his sidekick, a wrestler, find themselves involved in murders by thrown daggers, the frame-up of an overstressed Army colonel, and a pirate gang led by an unknown boss who has inside knowledge of the ensuing investigation.
Sergeant Madden
Policeman in 1919
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
The Lone Ranger Rides Again
Bart Dolan
Homesteaders are moving into the valley settled many years ago by rancher Craig Dolan. He wants to keep them out by legal means but his nephew Bart brings in outlaws to drive them out. The Lone Ranger is on hand to help the homesteaders battle Bart's men as he overcomes traps, ambushes, burning buildings and other obstacles in his attempt to bring peace to the valley.
Tail Spin
Mechanic (Uncredited)
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to repair it. She meets a Navy pilot named "Tex" Price and tries to gain his aid. Tex soon meets another pilot, Gerry, a novice who seeks to win an important upcoming race. Tex, concerned for Gerry's safety, tries to convince her not to race. But Gerry, now a rival of Trixie's, is determined to fly.
Scouts to the Rescue
Henchman Pug O'Toole
Filmed in the Sierra Nevada mountains near Sonora, California, this Universal serial is Universal's 40th sound-era serial. Eagle Scout Bruce Scott, leader of Martinsville Troop Number One, and his pack sets off in search of lost treasure and finds adventure
La última vez que me casé
Kennel Guard
Narra las andanzas de una caprichosa y alocada heredera que, para salvar un escollo testamentario, decide encontrar marido, lo antes posible, aunque sea pagando... Con lo que no contaba es con que podría enamorarse.
Storm Over Bengal
Soldier
This being a Republic picture, it should come as no surprise that Storm Over Bengal was filmed in its entirety in the San Fernando Valley. Within its concise 65 minutes, the film manages to accommodate a Bengal Lancers main plot, a romantic subplot, the obligatory coward who makes good, intrigue aplenty from a villainous Indian potentate, and an outsized climactic battle between the rebels and the British forces. Patric Knowles, previously one of the leads in the British-India epic Charge of the Light Brigade, heads the cast. Worth noting is the presence in the cast of Richard Cromwell as secondary romantic lead Neil Allison and Douglass Dumbrille as the despicable Khan. Three years earlier, Cromwell had been tortured by Dumbrille's minions in Lives of a Bengal Lancer, and he undergoes much the same treatment here-"just to make him feel at home" observed film historian Roger Dooley.
Straight, Place and Show
Bartender
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.
Garden of the Moon
Fred - Hotel Detective (uncredited)
Don Vincente is determined to make a success of himself and his band. He gets his break by performing at the Garden of the Moon, which is broadcast over the radio. The problem is that John Quinn is the club's ruthless, scheming manager who will do anything to keep Vincente under his thumb. John's assistant, Toni Blake, falls for Vincente, complicating the escalating war.
Tenth Avenue Kid
Detective Egan
In this drama, a 12-year-old boy becomes an orphan after seeing a detective shoot his father. Later the detective feels bad and offers to become his friend, but his intentions are not entirely honorable as the detective really wants to know the location of the loot his father stashed during a robbery.
Gateway
Guard
Irish immigrant meets returning war correspondent on a liner bound for New York. When she resists the amours of another passenger, charges result in her being detained at Ellis Island.
Numbered Woman
Ralph
After her brother is wrongfully arrested for the theft of some bonds, a nurse sets out to clear his name by setting a trap for the real thieves.
Over the Wall
Prison Guard
When a singing, song-writing prizefighter is framed for murder and sent to the state pen, his girlfriend sets out to prove his innocence.
The Patient in Room 18
Eldar Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.
Borrowing Trouble
Cop
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a liking to.
Big Town Girl
Trooper
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a crook.
The Wrong Road
Convict (uncredited)
A young married couple whose plans for their life together haven't turned out as expected decide to rob the bank where the husband works of $100,000, then hide the money in a safe place and return for it after they serve out their sentences. All goes according to plan until they get out of prison, when they find that they're being trailed by an insurance investigator and the husband's old cellmate, who has decided that he wants a cut of the money.
Hot Water
Policeman (uncredited)
The Jones family is in an uproar when Dad's campaign for mayor appears sabotaged by an anonymous newspaper article.
The Game That Kills
Detective
El jugador estrella del equipo de hockey de los Indians muere en un supuesto accidente. Su hermano se infiltra en el equipo para descubrir la verdad, y de paso se enamora de la hija del entrenador...
Dangerously Yours
Detective
A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York in search a famous gem. He falls in love with one of the crooks.
One Mile From Heaven
Doorman
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by what she finds.
White Bondage
Defense Attorney
A reporter risks lynching to prove that share croppers are being cheated.
Kid Galahad
(uncredited)
Nick Donati, un mánager de boxeo, descubre en un hotel a Ward, un botones que logra noquear a un peso pesado que estaba molestando a Louise, la novia de Nick. Nick le ofrece al chico entrenarlo para hacer de él un boxeador profesional. Ward acepta y se hace llamar 'Kid Galahad'. Las cosas se complicarán porque un tipo sin escrúpulos se interpondrá en los planes de Nick. Además, Louise empieza a sentirse atraída por Ward, pero éste se enamora de Marie, la hermana de Nick.
The Go-Getter
Officer on the Macon (uncredited)
A Navy veteran with one leg fights to make himself a success.
Melody for Two
Radio Station Official
A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
La mujer marcada
1st Court Clerk (uncredited)
El mafioso Johnny Vanning dirige un ostentoso club nocturno de Nueva York en el que explota a sus chicas y las tiene atemorizadas. Mary incita a un juerguista a ganar más dinero del que tiene y, cuando no puede pagar, le matan. El fiscal del distrito, David Graham, convencido de que el caso está ganado, lleva a Vanning a juicio.
Penrod and Sam
Joe
A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
The Great O'Malley
Police Stenographer in Hospital (uncredited)
El oficial O'Malley detiene a John Phillips por una infracción de tráfico, perdiendo así la posibilidad de conseguir un buen trabajo. Dado que Phillips tiene una esposa y una hija lisiada, decide cometer un robo desesperado...
Fugitive in the Sky
First Radio Announcer
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
Valiant Is the Word for Carrie
G-Man
Carrie Snyder is a prostitute, who is forced out of the fictional southern town of Crebillon, after forming a friendship with a young boy named Paul, whose dying mother is unable to protest against her son visiting such a woman. After Carrie has left town Paul runs away from his abusive father, and meets a girl named Lady who has run away from a burning trainwreck, not wanting to go back to the people she was with. Carrie comes back for Paul and ends up taking Paul and Lady to New York with her.
China Clipper
Plane Announcer at Miami Airport (uncredited)
An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China.
Balas o votos
Policeman Getting Papers from Fire (uncredited)
Con la pandilla de Al Kruger a la cabeza, los gángsters de Nueva York prosperan gracias a una administración débil que ha enviado al duro policía Johnny Blake (Edward G. Robinson) a un barrio de las afueras. Los cerebros de la banda son un triunvirato de banqueros cuyas influencias políticas, financieras y sociales permiten la existencia de los gángsters. Cuando Bryan, un editor que hace campaña contra ellos, aparece asesinado, un gran jurado designa al capitán Dan McLaren para que acabe con los malhechores. McLaren expulsa, aparentemente, a Blake del cuerpo de policía y éste, enfadado, se une a la banda como mano derecha de Kruger. Nick Fenner (Humphrey Bogart), el ayudante y asesino de Bryan, sospecha de Blake y desconfía de la presencia del ex policía en la banda.
Stranded
Bridge Worker (uncredited)
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters.
Avidez de tragedia
Racetrack Official
Joe Greer, un famoso campeón de carreras automovilísticas, regresa a su ciudad natal para competir en una carrera. Allí descubre que su hermano menor aspira a convertirse en campeón.