Sydney Jarvis

Nacimiento : 1878-01-11,

Muerte : 1939-06-06

Películas

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Museum Exhibit Attendee (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.
Zenobia
Townsman
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Se llevó mi corazón
Santa Claus (uncredited)
Hale y Jimmy Seymour son una pareja que trabaja en en pequeños clubes nocturnos con la esperanza de tener éxito. Una noche, Larry Bryant (un productor de Broadway) ve a Mary y se enamora de su belleza y su voz. Larry Bryant le pide que haga una audición para el Sr. Collier y que Jimmy la acompañe. Después de escuchar a Mary, Collier quiere que Mary esté en su show. Jimmy anima a una Mary reacia a seguir el camino sin él.
The Rage of Paris
Mr. Smythe (uncredited)
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try and snare a rich husband. Enlisting the help of her friend Gloria and the maitre'd at a ritzy New York City hotel, the trio plot to have Gloria catch the eye of Bill Duncan, a millionaire staying at the hotel. The plan works and the two quickly become engaged. Nicole's plan may be thwarted by Bill's friend, Jim Trevor, who's met Nicole before and sees through her plot.
Blossoms On Broadway
Doorman (uncredited)
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Wild and Woolly
Referee (uncredited)
Child star Jane Withers along with fellow kiddie favorites like Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer and Jackie Searl (who gives Jane her first on screen kiss!) team up with character greats like Walter Brennan and Lon Chaney Jr. to help their hometown celebrate its golden anniversary. Not unexpectedly, things go astray when a bank robber hopes to cash in on the excitement, but fortunately his plans are thwarted by the towns newly elected sheriff (Brennan)...who's a reformed crook himself!
Big Business
Townsman Investor
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well. Comedy.
Furia
Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Durante un viaje, Joe Wilson llega a un lugar desconocido, donde es encarcelado por un delito que no ha cometido. Los vecinos, amotinados, provocan el incendio de la cárcel y dan por muerto al forastero. Sin embargo, Wilson consigue sobrevivir y, entonces, intentará vengarse haciendo que sus potenciales asesinos corran el mismo peligro del que él escapó milagrosamente. "Fury" es el primer film americano del gran director alemán Fritz Lang.
Timber War
Bartender (uncredited)
The owners of a lumber mill hire an investigator to find out who is sabotaging their mill.
Slightly Static
Radio Station Technician (uncredited)
Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.
Caravan
Card Player (Uncredited)
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.
Bum Voyage
Ship's Passenger at Party (uncredited)
The girls find a pair of steamship tickets, not knowing that the cabin the tickets are for is inhabited by a gorilla.
La cena de los acusados
Witness (uncredited)
Un conocido inventor neoyorquino es acusado de varios asesinatos. Cuando llegan a la ciudad un famoso detective y su mujer y se enteran del asunto, ella, movida por el espíritu de aventura, trata de convencer a su marido para que acepte el caso.
Air Fright
Passenger (uncredited)
The girls are stewardesses on an experimental flight.
Signing 'em Up
Movie director
An all-star short designed to promote the National Recovery Act.
Maids a la Mode
Furniture Man (uncredited)
Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.
Mr. Bride
Ship Passenger
Charley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley.
Cinemanía
The Director
Harold Hall (Harold Lloyd), un joven sin ninguna habilidad ni talento como actor, quiere desesperadamente, actuar en una película. Así que marcha a Hollywood y se presenta a numerosos castings, donde ocasiona todo tipo de dificultades y problemas.
Scarface, el terror del Hampa
Bartender (uncredited)
Tony Camonte (Paul Muni), un pistolero de origen italiano, ignorante y sin escrúpulos, es el lugarteniente de Johnny Lovo (Osgood Perkins), el hampón más poderoso del South End de Chicago. Ambicioso y cruel, Camonte, que por una cicatriz que le cruza el rostro recibe el apelativo de Cara cortada, elimina poco a poco a los rivales de su jefe hasta que, con la ayuda de su amigo Gino Rinaldo (George Raft), le arrebata el poder también a él y se convierte en el amo de la ciudad. Tras un mes de vacaciones en Florida, descubre que su hermana Cesca (Ann Dvorak), por la que siente un amor confuso y arrebatado, es la amante de Gino.
A Fool's Advice
Obediah
An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
Sealskins
Mr. Jarvis - Lonely Hearts Advisor (uncredited)
In their first comedy two-reeler of 1932, vivacious Thelma Todd and fluttery ZaSu Pitts learn that the royal seal of a foreign country has been stolen and promptly set out to catch it -- a sea lion.
The Pajama Party
Party Guest (uncredited)
After running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening at her mansion.
Young Donovan's Kid
Bailiff (uncredited)
A crusader tries to keep a dope dealer from corrupting children.
Loose Ankles
Circus Cafe Ringmaster
A grandmother's will leaves her fortune to a few, mostly to her great-niece Ann. Ann will only receive her inheritance once she marries, with the approval of three of her stuffed-shirt relatives and without scandal. Otherwise the estate goes to the cat and dog hospital. Ann, not needing the money, rebels by seeking scandal with a gigolo.
Footlights and Fools
Stage manager
Una estrella de la comedia musical llamada Fifi D'Auray es famosa por su encanto galo, aunque en realidad es una Betty Murphy. No se casará con su prometido, Jimmy, hasta que deje de apostar y obtenga un trabajo honesto. Como Fifi, tiene al rico playboy Gregory obsesionado con ella, y él hace todo lo posible para complacerla, incluso consiguiendo a Jimmy un puesto como tesorero de su teatro. Un robo se atribuye a Jimmy, y Fifi cree que Gregory le había tendido una trampa.
The Unholy Night
The Butler
One dark foggy London night, someone tries to strangle Lord Montague, but he escapes. Only to discover the four other men who did get killed were old regimental comrades in Gallipoli. When Scotland Yard gets Monty to gather the other nine surviving officers at his home, one of them is murdered, and no one else has entered the house. Now, they must determine who the murderer is.
Madame X
Gendarme at Trial (uncredited)
A young, unfaithful wife and mother is thrown out by her cold, unforgiving husband, the Attorney General of France. She is barred from ever seeing her three year old son again despite her earnest attempts to make amends. For many years the mother seeks refuge overseas and in Absinthe. In the end, her son, a young and promising lawyer unknowingly defends her in court. Ruth Chatterton gives a marvelous performance in this early talkie in her portrayal of Madame X.
El comparsa
Man in Audience Next to Elmer
Última película muda de Buster Keaton. La actriz Trilby Drew se casa con Elmer, quien está locamente enamorado de ella. Pero ella no parece sentir lo mismo...
La mujer ligera
Gendarme (uncredited)
Tras haber sufrido un desengaño amoroso, Diana (Greta Garbo) se abandona a la mala vida y busca la felicidad en brazos de otros hombres. Finalmente, se casa con uno que resulta ser un delincuente.
The Upland Rider
Ross Cheswick
The honest John Graham and the crooked Ross Cheswick battle for supremacy. Despite Cheswick's unscrupulous methods, Dan and his handsome bronco Tarzan win the Big Race for Graham. Dan's prize: Graham's lovely daughter Sally.
The Wagon Show
Sayre
Colonel Beldan runs a Wild West show. When Beldan's star attraction switches to his unscrupulous competitor Vicarino, the young Bob Mason takes the opportunity to take over the job with his horse 'Tarzan'.
Casey at the Bat
McGraw
Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scout signs him up, so Casey and his equally dishonest manager go to the big leagues. Eventually, the scout and manager conspire to get him drunk and bet against him for a crucial game with the pennant at stake.