Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Nacimiento : 1891-07-27, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Muerte : 1955-05-22

Historia

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

Perfil

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Películas

Duke of Chicago
Gus Weller
To save his publishing firm, a prizefighter comes out of retirement in a fixed match.
Brooklyn Orchid
Tommy Goodweek
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
Zis Boom Bah
Professor Warren
"Hey, kids, let's get together and put on a show!" That's the idea behind this raucous spoof about a vaudeville performer who's sent to college to spy on his bratty son.
Citadel of Crime
Chet
A gang of mobsters try to take over the various moonshine operations in the hills of West Virginia.
La delicia de los idiotas
'Don' Navadel
En los Alpes, en vísperas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), dos estafadores profesionales se conocen durante un espectáculo burlesco. Tras el estallido de la guerra, vuelven a encontrarse en Francia, pero ella va acompañada por un odioso barón, que se dedica al tráfico de armas y que cree que ella es una exiliada rusa.
Danger on the Air
Finney Fish
Trouble begins when a hated cad of a sponsor is found murdered during the climax of a live radio show. A radio engineer then tries to solve the murder.
Espionage
Jimmy Brown
Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours of war in Europe.
Hats Off
Buzz Morton
The first musical comedy from the Grand National assembly line, Hats Off stars John Payne and Mae Clarke as rival press agents Jimmy Maxwell and Jo Allen. Both have been assigned to stir up publicity for separate expositions at the 1936 Texas Centennial (newsreel footage of which predominates throughout the film's short running time). To throw Jimmy off the track, Jo pretends to be a schoolteacher, but by the time the ruse has been revealed, the two leading characters have fallen in love.
Polo Joe
Haywood
A young man allergic to horses decides he has to learn to play polo in order to impress the girl he loves. Comedy.
The Man I Marry
Jack Gordon
A wealthy young man writes a play under a different name to prove to his overbearing mother that he can succeed on his own.
Yours for the Asking
Perry Barnes
El operador de casino Johnny Lamb contrata a la socia social Lucille Sutton como su anfitriona del casino, para ayudarla y mejorar los ingresos del casino. Pero los amigos de Lamb temen que pueda seguir a Lucille por el camino recto y angosto, lo que no sería bueno para los negocios. Así que contratan a Gert Malloy y Dictionary McKinney, un par de estafadores, para manipular a Johnny para que salga del camino de la rectitud.
The Perfect Clue
Ronnie Van Zandt
Mona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her father is engaged to a woman she hates. She runs away, via various modes of transportation, and hires an ex-con, David Mannering, to drive her around as she eludes the all-out search conducted by her father and her fiancée, Ronnie Van Zandt. A romance is blossoming until her chauffeur is arrested for the murder of a crime-syndicate boss.
Lightning Strikes Twice
Wally Richards
An actress goes up to a dude ranch for relaxation, when she falls in love with a ranch owner recently acquitted of his wife's murder.
Bachelor Bait
Bramwell Van Dusen
After being fired from his job at the Marriage License Bureau, a clerk turns to matchmaking.
Deslices
Erskine
Una mujer alegre y desenvuelta se casa con un rígido lord inglés, viéndose luego envuelta en un escándalo con otro hombre.
Woman Unafraid
Anthony Desmond
A dedicated and compassionate policewoman risks her job by offering refuge to a young mother with mob associations. Crime drama.
The Crosby Case
The Reporter--Miller (as 'Skeets' Gallagher)
Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
The Meanest Gal in Town
Jack Hayden
A stranded actress turned manicurist affects the lives of people in a small American town.
Alicia en el país de las Maravillas
Rabbit
Historia de magia y fantasía en la que Alicia se adentra en el sorprendente País de las Maravillas y conoce a extraordinarios personajes como Tweedledee y Tweedledum, el Sombrerero Loco, La Reina de Corazones y el frenético Conejo Blanco. Adaptación de las novelas de Lewis Carroll.
In the Money
Spunk Hobbs
When the chemical company owned by eccentric Professor Higginbottom files for bankruptcy, the formerly-affluent family loses its income. Levelheaded oldest daughter Lambie struggles to make ends meet but has trouble persuading her carefree, profligate siblings to cut down on their spending. Youngest brother Dick enters a motorcycle race to win $500, but crashes his bike on the speedway and is paralyzed. Shocked into reality by the tragedy, Lambie's younger sister Babs persuades ex-prizefighter Gunboat Bimms to enter the ring one last time in hopes of winning a purse that will pay for Dick's surgery.
Cocktail musical
Johnny Dixon
Un cantante duda entre dos mujeres, una "buena" y otra "mala".
Reform Girl
Joe Burke
A young girl just out of prison and desperate for money finds herself involved in a plot to smear a politician by pretending to be his long-lost daughter.
The Past of Mary Holmes
Ben Pratt
Mary Holmes (MacKellar), once a famous opera star known as Maria di Nardi, now lives in a run-down shanty and suffers from alcoholism. Known for her eccentric behavior, Mary breeds geese, and is thus known in her neighborhood as 'The Goose Woman'. She blames her grown son Geoffrey (Linden) for the deterioration of her voice, and does everything to destroy his life. When Geoffrey, who works as a commercial artist, announces to her that he will marry Joan Hoyt (Arthur), an actress, she becomes torn with jealousy and threatens to reveal to Joan that he is an illegitimate birth.
The Unwritten Law
Pete Brown
A film producer is found murdered on a ship, and among the suspects are a young woman whose mother was mistreated by him and his recently fired electrician.
The Conquerors
Benson
A newlywed couple journeys west to make their fortune, and begins a banking empire.
The Sport Parade
Dizzy
Two Dartmouth football players fall in love with the same girl following college graduation.
The Phantom of Crestwood
Eddie Mack
Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered.
The Night Club Lady
Tony
A police commissioner investigates the murder of a nightclub owner who was under police protection.
Ave del paraíso
Chester
Johnny, un aventurero que viaja por la Polinesia, llega a la isla donde vive Luana, una guapa nativa; ambos se enamoran nada más conocerse, pero la chica está destinada a ser sacrificada al dios del volcán.
Tuya para siempre
Buck
Un escritor alcohólico se dispone a estrenar su primera obra en Broadway, pero le conlleva tanto trabajo que le crea problemas matrimoniales...
Hollywood on Parade
Self
A short featuring many stars
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
Graham McNally
Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.
Amor en venta
Wally Stuart
Marian Martin es una humilde muchacha de pueblo que llega a la gran ciudad para conseguir trabajo y, con suerte, un marido con una buena posición social y económica. Mark Whitney es un joven y entusiasta abogado que tiene, además, un prometedor futuro en la política. Marian y Mark se hacen amantes, pero no pueden casarse porque eso afectaría negativamente a la candidatura de Mark a gobernador. Entonces ella, para evitar el escándalo, asume una falsa identidad para poder continuar con el romance.
The Road to Reno
Hoppie
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom, who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.
Up Pops the Devil
Barney Hatfield
Un publicitario deja su trabajo para concentrarse en la novela que está escribiendo. Su esposa se ve obligada a trabajar de bailarina para aportar dinero al hogar. De repente, descubre que está embarazada...
The Stolen Jools
Reporter
Cortometraje promocional lleno de estrellas de la época destinado a recaudar fondos para el sanatorio de tuberculosis National Variety Artists, producido en asociación con una compañía de cigarrillos. La trama sigue la investigación del robo de la joyería de Norma Shearer. Laurel & Hardy aparecen brevemente (como lo hace el resto del elenco) como dos detectives.
It Pays to Advertise
Ambrose Peale
To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is advertised properly, a young man gets together with his father's savvy secretary to market a non-existent laundry soap. Complications ensue when his "product" turns out to be more successful than even he imagined--and now he has to deliver.
Her Wedding Night
Bob Talmadge
Norma Martin (Clara Bow) is an American movie star in France trying to avoid the attention of men. Going to visit a friend in Southern France, she finds herself "married" to a playboy song writer Ralph Forbes (Larry Charters) she hadn't yet met. Some of his lady friends then show up. Some very good sequences, but also some flat spots. Her "husband's" house is very Hollywood deco and some of the costumes are very good.
Let's Go Native
Jerry, King of the Island
The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from Brooklyn and his coterie of wild native girls.
Love Among the Millionaires
Boots McGee
A young waitress falls for the son of a railroad tycoon, and finds herself hobnobbing with the rich when he invites her to spend some time with he and his family in Palm Springs.
The Social Lion
Chick Hathaway
Marco Perkins is a garage mechanic and a would-be-prizefighter who gets a place on the ritzy country club's polo team because he is the town's most proficient mallet-wielder, having learned to play polo while serving in the U.S. army. His hobnobbing with the town-elite and social upper-crust at the polo-matches gives him an inflated idea of his social position, and he decides he is is moving on up. He breaks off with his girl-friend, true-blue Cynthia Brown, and hits on débutante Gloria Staunton, who appears to have an interest in being hit upon. Gloria's interest lies mostly in showing Marco that hired-hands who can play polo still aren't to the manor born.
Paramount on Parade
Himself / Master of Ceremonies
Una serie de números musicales interpretados por estrellas bajo contrato de la Paramount, haciendo cosas que nunca habían hecho en sus películas habituales.
Honey
Charles Dangerfield
A once-wealthy sister and brother rent out their Southern mansion and stay on as cook and butler.
Tacones en punta
Dash Nixon
Un productor de teatro se enamora perdidamente de una actriz, a la que ama igualmente un joven compositor...
Fast Company
Egomaniacal baseball slugger Elmer Kane is not only good, he enjoys telling everybody how good he is. A professional scout, Bert Wade, takes an interest in Elmer, who in turn takes an interest in Evelyn Corey, an attractive actress.
Close Harmony
Johnny Bay
Marjorie, a song-and-dance girl in the stage show of a palatial movie theater, becomes interested in Al West, a warehouse clerk who has put together an unusual jazz band, and uses her influence to get him a place on one of the programs. Max Mindel, the house manager, has a yen for Marjorie and, discovering that she is in love with Al, gives the band notice and hires harmony singers Barney & Bey as a replacement. Marjorie makes up to both men and soon breaks up the team. Al learns of her scheme, however, and makes her confess to the singers. Barney and Bey make up, and Max gives Al and his band one more chance. Al is a sensation, and Max offers him a contract for $1,000 a week.
La horda
Miller
Cine negro. Estuvo nominada al Óscar a la mejor película, en la primera edición de los premios de la Academia. El protagonista es el capitán McQuigg (Thomas Meighan), un honrado policía irlandés de Chicago.
Los tres papás
Coxey Pendleton
Tres hombres unen sus fuerzas para criar un hijo adoptado.
New York
Buck
A product of the Bowery, Trent Regan grows up to become a powerful gangster. Regan's girlfriend Angie Miller, hearing that her childhood sweetheart (and Regan's lifelong pal) Mike Cassidy is about to marry Marjorie Church, pays a visit to Mike to offer congratulations. Convinced that Angie is fooling around behind his back, Regan accidentally kills her.
The Potters
Red Miller
Pa Potter invests four thousand dollars in worthless oil stock. Or is it worthless?
The Daring Years
College boy (as Skeets Gallagher)
Cabaret dancer Suzie La Motte is in love with Jim Moran, a boxer, but she tempts a young man named John Browning. Moran and John get into a fight in which Moran accidentally shoots himself. Out of anger at John, Suzie accuses him of Moran's murder.
The Dragon’s Claw
A little girl and her father are among the settlers in a small western town. The father is very friendly with the neighboring Indian tribe and is presented with a quaint piece of metal representing a dragon's claw, the tribe's good luck omen. Some time later, while traveling with his daughter, he is held up by a band of bandits and shot dead. A bandit takes from him this dragon's claw. Years pass. The little girl has grown into a beautiful young lady. She marries. Their love is very real and their life most happy. He decides to go out west to see a mine that yields the richest gold and his wife expresses a desire to go along with him. The mine is christened "The Dragon's Claw," because of an Indian charm the man owns. While out on a western desert, he shows the dragon's claw to his wife. She then recognizes it as the kind her father possessed when he was killed. She has understood it to be the only one of its kind. She now believes it is her husband who killed her father.