John Ridgely

John Ridgely

Nacimiento : 1909-09-06, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Muerte : 1968-01-18

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​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Ridgely (born John Huntington Rea, September 6, 1909 – January 18, 1968) was an American film character actor with over 175 film credits. He appeared in the 1946 Humphrey Bogart film The Big Sleep as blackmailing gangster Eddie Mars and had a memorable role as a suffering heart patient in the film noir Nora Prentiss (1947). He appeared in a large number of other Warner Bros. films in the 1930s and 1940s. Freelancing after 1948, John Ridgely continued to essay general-purpose parts until he left films in 1953. Thereafter, he worked in summer-theater productions and television until his death from a heart attack at the age of 58 in 1968.

Perfil

John Ridgely

Películas

Fabricante de campeones
Lt. Cmdr. Parnell
Comedia sobre el mundo del boxeo con célebres cameos como el del campeón Jack Dempsey, quien incluso tuvo su propia biografía en el telefilm Desmpsey (1983), con Treat Williams de protagonista. Herbert Tuttle, un aspirante a boxeador, encuentra al entrenador ideal en Wally Hogan. Hogan acaba de perder a su pupilo, el campeón del mundo Stanley Clements, por culpa de unos gángsteres. Después de someter a Herbert a un duro entrenamiento, lo convencerá para que se enfrente a Clements.
El mayor espectáculo del mundo
Assistant Manager
Con el fin de conseguir una exitosa temporada, el empresario circense Brad Bramen, contrata al famoso trapecista Sebastián para emparejarlo con Holly, una de las trapecistas favoritas del público.
Fort Osage
Henry Travers
Un hombre de negocios codicioso está cargando precios escandalosos para colonos que deseen unirse a un vagón de tren que está organizando para viajar de Missouri a California. Mientras tanto, él ha roto el tratado de su predecesor hizo con los indios de Osage para proporcionar bienes comerciales a cambio de paso a través de las tierras de los nativos americanos. Cuando el Wagonmaster contratado para el viaje se entera de la duplicidad del hombre de negocios y trata de arreglar las cosas antes de que los indios van en pie de guerra, los secuaces del empresario se ordenaron matarlo.
Hogar, dulce hogar
Harry Foreman
Poppy (Grant) y Anna Rose (Drake) viven felices con sus tres hijos. Pero Anna es tan maternal que desea tener más hijos; así que adoptan a dos niños: una niña de trece años y un chico analfabeto que tiene problemas para caminar. Al principio, la situación es dura, pero lucharán por sobreponerse a las adversidades.
The Blue Veil
Doctor (Uncredited)
A World War I widow loses her only child and spends the rest of her life as a children's nurse.
As You Were
Captain
Military comedy starring William Tracy and Joe Sawyer. 1951.
Un lugar en el sol
Coroner
Un obrero se ve envuelto en una historia entre dos mujeres de distinta clase social, una aristócrata y una trabajadora. Cuando la segunda queda embarazada, el destino del joven da un vuelco inesperado.
El hacha de la venganza
Christopher Gist
Williamsburg, 1753. Hannoc, un joven príncipe de los Deleware, acepta aliarse con los británicos contra los franceses que están invadiendo el sur de Canadá. Una espía francesa, Elizabeth Leeds, hace todo lo que puede para seducir a Hannoc y evitar que lleve a su gente a la guerra en el lado británico.
Half Angel
Tim McCarey
Nurse Nora Gilpin plans are to marry building contractor Tim McCarey and settle down. But one night a sleepwalking Nora slips into a provocative dress and goes to the home of startled lawyer John Raymond, for whom she doesn't care much during the day. She does not reveal her name and he cannot figure out where they have met, but they spend several hours together until she gets away before John notices.
Thunder in God's Country
Bill Stafford
Hidden Valley has managed to retain its Old Western atmosphere, free of modern-day corruption, until escaped convict Smitty arrives with plans of taking over and opening the town up as a gambling resort. It's up to Rex Allen and his pals to put a stop to it and sing a few songs along the way.
El último destacamento
Sam McQuade
Dos hermanos que combatieron durante la Guerra Civil (1861-1865) en distintos bandos no tienen más remedio que aliarse para hacer frente a un ataque de los indios. (FILMAFFINITY)
Al Jennings of Oklahoma
Railroad Detective Dan Hanes
Al Jennings, un abogado con un futuro prometedor, se ve obligado a dejar Kansas tras participar en una trifulca. Se instala en Oklahoma y cambiará su forma de vida por completo. (FILMAFFINITY)
Alma solitaria
Slim
Un buen hombre, siempre dispuesto a llegar a donde su caballo le lleve, aunque mejor que sea a California, lugar donde le han dicho que hay mucho trabajo, se adentra en las tierras de Nevada, metiéndose en algunos problemas ajenos. Un día visita a un viejo amigo, resultando que tiene cuatro hijos pequeños y es viudo desde hace un año. Por la noche, el padre de los chavales oye unos ruidos y se adentra en el bosque, apareciendo al de poco muerto. Se ha roto el cuello pues disparó a un coyote y el caballo se asustó y le tiró. Un buen día, resulta que hay una boca más que alimentar, una chica de diecinueve años, muy bonita, que se ha escapado del cuidado de su tío, al ser las intenciones de este un poco oscuras hacia ella".
Pal, Canine Detective
Gary's Father
Gary and his dog Pal are having fun working on make-believe crime cases, though Gary's father, a city detective, disapproves. Gary and Pal soon find themselves involved in a real case involving fur thieves.
South Sea Sinner
Don Williams
A tramp steamer lands sick crewman Jake Davis on rubber-growing island Oraka, from which voluptuous, bedroom-eyed saloon singer Coral is about to be ejected because "men like her too much." But Coral's slimy boss Cognac gets her a reprieve so she can learn Jake's secret.
The Petty Girl
Patrolman
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his arwork. She declines his offer, but he's determined not to take no for an answer.
Nube de sangre
Detective #1
Tras la muerte de su madre, un joven enloquece y asesina al cura de la parroquia porque éste se niega a celebrar un funeral adecuado
The Lost Volcano
Fred Barton
Little David Gordon lives in the jungle with his parents Ruth and Fred, along with their servant Nona. David likes living there while his father captures wild animals; he's made friends with Bomba the jungle boy, who has shown him a great deal about life in the jungle. One day two adventurers come looking for ancient treasure in the shadow of a live volcano.
Beauty on Parade
Jeffrey Woodstock
Marian Medford Woodstock gave up a chance twenty years ago to compete for the Miss USA beauty title in order to marry Jeffrey Woodstock. She hopes to realize her past ambitions for fame and fortune through her daughter Kay, whom she persuades to enter a local beauty contest. Kay wins and is interviewed by reporter Gil McRoberts, who advises her to get married and settle down. Jeffrey is very upset with his wife's and daughter's passion for beauty contests and, when Kay enters the national contest, he informs Marian that she must choose between him and her chase after empty honors for Kay.
Pasión desenfrenada
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Bob Corey, convaleciente en un hospital para veteranos después de sufrir varias operaciones, descubre que su amigo Steve Connally, con quien pensaba comprar un rancho, ha desaparecido y podría estar involucrado en un asesinato. Con la ayuda de su enfermera, Julie Benson, de quien se ha enamorado, sigue una serie de pistas que le llevan hasta un jugador que parece estar implicado en la desaparición de su amigo.
Incidente en la frontera
Mr. Neley
Para penetrar en una cuadrilla que explotaba a agricultores mexicanos ilegales para hacer contrabando en California (y no dejar ningún testigo vivo), el agente federal mexicano Pablo Rodriguez se presenta como un bracero ignorante.
Once More, My Darling
Burke
An actor is recalled to active duty with the Army's C.I.D. to find the thief who stole historical jewels in occupied Germany and the trail leads to the boyfriend of a young debutante from Bel Air.
Puente de mando
Dixie Rankin
Film bélico que narra el desarrollo de la aviación norteamericana durante la primera mitad del siglo XX. Jonathan L. Scott (Gary Cooper) es un piloto que aprendió en la Gran Guerra (1914-1918) las tácticas del combate aéreo. Terminada la contienda, sus novedosos proyectos para mejorar la aviación fueron siempre rechazados; pero el inesperado ataque japonés a Pearl Harbor cambiará la situación.
Tucson
Ben
The story of Andy Bryant, a University of Arizona student whose grades suffer because of his preoccupation with an upcoming intercollegiate rodeo. Andy's father is more interested in embarrassing a rival at the rodeo than he is with his son's academic progress. When his lack of focus nearly causes a tragic accident in the university chemistry lab, Andy decides to hunker down and study.
Trouble Makers
'Silky' Thomas
Slip and Sach are in the sidewalk star-gazing business when they see a murder committed in a room at the El Royale Hotel.
Adorable coqueta
Chief Officer Carver
Polly Bradford, la hija de un capitán de crucero de lujo, viaja como polizonte en el barco de su padre. El objetivo de la chica es encontrar una nueva pareja para él, viudo desde hace tiempo, antes de que termine el trayecto.
Sealed Verdict
Lance Nissen
John Hoyt plays a high-ranking Nazi being prosecuted by an army tribunal in the aftermath of World War II. Sentenced to death, the general appeals to the American investigating Major (Ray Milland), claiming mitigating circumstances, and providing the names of witnesses who will clear his name. This sends the Major in a search through the ruins of post-war Germany to determine the degree of the general's guilt.
Night Wind
Walters
A boy tries to protect his dog, a German shepherd that served with U.S. Army forces after it begins attacking strangers several years after the war.
Muro de tinieblas
Assistant District Attorney David Wallace (as John Ridgeley)
Steve Kenet, un veterano piloto de guerra, es ingresado en un psiquiátrico después de haber confesado el asesinato de su esposa. La doctora Ann Lorrison es la encargada de esclarecer el oscuro caso.
El aullido del lobo
Jackson Laidell
Sandra Demarest llega a la casa de los Caldwell y anuncia a su anfitrión, Mark, que estaba casada secretamente con su sobrino James, recientemente muerto. Mark no la cree, pero la deja quedarse en casa mientras investiga sus afirmaciones. Julie, hermana de James, le cuenta a Sandra que ha escuchado unos extraños ruidos en el laboratorio de la casa. Llevada por la intriga... (Filmaffinit)
Ése es mi hombre
Ramsey
Un taxista le cuenta a un pasajero, que es crítico deportivo, cómo conoció a Joe Grange, el propietario de Gallant Man, un caballo de carreras que ha conseguido muchas victorias y que está a punto de retirarse. Todo empezó cuando Joe, desesperado por el juego, se jugó una gran cantidad a favor de Gallant Man.
Amor que mata
Chief investigator of drowning
Después de ser rechazada por el ingeniero David Sutton, la enfermera Louise Howell se casa por despecho con el magnate Dean Graham, cuya mujer se ha suicidado. Louise empieza a sufrir alucinaciones y no puede soportar que su hijastra, la joven Carol Graham, se enamore de su amado David.
La sentencia
Walter Bailey, Heart Patient
El tranquilo y metódico doctor Talbot conoce a la cantante Nora Prentiss cuando ésta sufre un accidente en la calle que la deja ligeramente herida. A pesar de sus temores, no puede evitar enamorarse de ella, pero entonces tendrá que enfrentarse a un dilema: o dejar a Nora o divorciarse de su mujer. Así las cosas, la muerte de un paciente en su consulta, haqce que surja en su mente una tercera posibilidad.
That Way with Women
Sam
A bored millionaire matches his daughter with his partner in a gas station.
The Man I Love
Roy Otis
Tough torch singer Petey Brown, visiting her family, finds a nest of troubles: her sister, brother, and the neighbor's wife are involved in various ways with shady nightclub owner Nicky Toresca. Petey has what it takes to handle Nicky, but then she meets San Thomas, formerly great jazz pianist now on the skids, and falls for him hard.
El sueño eterno
Eddie Mars
El detective Philip Marlowe investiga qué ha ocurrido con un cadáver que ha sido rescatado en el muelle Lido. La familia que le ha contratado para resolver el caso tiene una hija muy atractiva de la que Marlowe se enamora sin remisión.
Two Guys from Milwaukee
Mike Collins
Balkan Prince Henry has two wishes, to meet Lauren Bacall and see the "real" America. He befriends cabbie Buzz Williams and, without knowing the microphone is live, the two stage a debate on democracy versus monarchy broadcast back to the Prince's homeland. A plebiscite there puts Henry out of a job. Flying to Milwaukee to become a beer salesman, he meets Bacall on the seat next to his, but a tap on his shoulder means he must give up his seat (and dream) to Bogie.
Mi reputación
Cary Abbott
En Lake Forrest (Illinois) la gente no deja de murmurar: dicen que la joven viuda Jessica Drummond (Barbara Stanwyck) anda en amoríos – demasiado pronto – con un apuesto oficial del ejército (George Brent). Las habladurías han llegado hasta Jessica y, por desgracia, también hasta sus dos hijos, pequeños e impresionables.
Danger Signal
Thomas Turner
After robbing and murdering his married lover and then making her death look like suicide, conniving philanderer Ronnie Mason relocates to Los Angeles. Under a new identity and claiming to be a writer, Ronnie finds lodging at the home of Hilda Fenchurch and her mother. He woos Hilda, knowing she has money, but when he discovers that Hilda's sister, Anne, has just inherited $25,000, he switches his attentions to her.
El orgullo de los marines
Jim Merchant
Un infante de la Marina de los Estados Unidos se queda ciego a causa de heridas de guerra. A partir de entonces inicia un proceso de superación personal para salir adelante a pesar de sus limitaciones.
Dios es mi copiloto
David 'Tex' Hill
Biografía de Robert L. Scott, afamado piloto de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, que se enfrentó a muerte con su mortífero enemigo, el aviador japonés conocido como Tokyo Joe.
Hollywood Canteen
Self
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.
The Doughgirls
Julian Cadman
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.
Arsénico por compasión
Officer Saunders
Un crítico teatral que acaba de casarse decide visitar a sus ancianas tías antes de marcharse de luna de miel. Durante la visita descubrirá que las encantadoras viejecitas tienen una manera muy peculiar de practicar la caridad.
Destino Tokio
Reserve Officer Raymond
En plena Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945), a un submarino americano le encargan una misión tan secreta como peligrosa: aventurarse en aguas japonesas y llegar hasta la mismísima bahía de Tokyo.
Persecución en el Norte
Jim Austen
Un policía canadiense (Errol Flyn) detiene a un espía nazi. Cuando el preso consigue escapar, el policía no se da por vencido y finge ser un desertor para infiltrarse entre los nazis. Thriller de espionaje con grandes dosis de acción y aventuras ambientado en la inmensidad de las blancas montañas canadienses
El bombardero heroico
Pilot
Película ambientada durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) en la que un avión de bombardeo de las fuerzas aéreas de Estados Unidos, el B-17, combate en el Pacífico. Viaja a Pearl Harbor, después del ataque nipón, y más tarde es enviado a Manila para ayudar con la defensa en Fipilinas.
Secret Enemies
John Trent
FBI agents Carl Becker and John Trent raid a New York hotel, sending Nazi spies to an upstate hunting lodge.
Wings for the Eagle
Alec Johnson
Aircraft workers during during World War II become involved in a love triangle.
Un gángster sin destino
Tim
Un gánster, próximo a morir en la cárcel, comienza a rememorar su vida. Condenado cuatro veces, la última fue a cadena perpetua, aunque era inocente. El culpable de todo ello fue un famoso abogado convertido en gánster que lo contrató para un atraco a cambio de una gran suma.
Bullet Scars
Hank O'Connor
Dr. Steven Bishop is taken to the hideout of Frank Dillon and his gang to treat the wounded Joe Madison. Joe's nurse sister Nora Madison is also taken. Dillon tells Bishop that if Joe dies, he will be killed, but Bishop knows he will be either way. Joe dies, but Nora and Steve conceal it from Dillon and send a plea for help in a prescription that Bishop writes in Latin.
El hombre que vino a cenar
Radio Man
El famoso escritor Sheridan Whiteside tiene una lengua viperina y un cerebro que puede resolver el crucigrama del New York Times en cuatro minutos. En un viaje a Ohio para dar una conferencia, sufre un accidente a causa del hielo y se ve obligado a permanecer recluido en la casa de un matrimonio burgués. Su comportamiento en la casa es tiránico, la gobierna como un zar y, por si fuera poco, se entromete en la vida amorosa de todo el mundo.
Dangerously They Live
John, Nazi Henchman
A doctor tries to rescue a young innocent from Nazi agents.
Steel Against the Sky
Joe (uncredited)
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
Murieron con las botas puestas
2nd Lt. Davis (uncredited)
George Custer (Errol Flynn) llega a la Academia de West Point lleno de arrogancia y vanidad. Su carácter indisciplinado le ocasionará numerosos problemas con sus superiores. A pesar de todo, y debido a la acuciante necesidad de oficiales para la Guerra de Secesión (1861-1865), es enviado al frente. Terminada la guerra, se casa con Beth (Olivia de Havilland), pero pronto le asignan un nuevo destino: la guerra contra los indios. Al frente del Séptimo de Caballería, el Teniente Coronel Custer se enfrentará a los indios de Caballo Loco. La campaña termina con la famosa batalla de Little Big Horn (Montana, 1876).
At the Stroke of Twelve
Reporter
This entry in Warner's "Broadway Brevity" series of shorts is based on Damon Runyon's short story, "The Old Doll's House". Racketeer Lance McGowan, on the night he has decided to go straight, finds himself caught between the gunfire of two rival gangsters and, wounded by a bullet, he finds refuge in the home of a wealthy recluse. One of the gangsters is found riddled with bullets from the gun Lance dropped while making his escape, and he is arrested and tried for murder. The reclusive widow comes to the trail and testifies that Lance was her guest that night when the clock struck twelve, the time of the killing. Lance, while innocent, is also lucky, as the widow had her all her clocks set to always strike twelve, as the time her husband had died.
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Garage Mechanic (uncredited)
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
Navy Blues
'Jersey'
On a layover in Hawaii two conniving Navy seamen borrow money to lay down bets that their ship will win the upcoming gunnery practice trophy, having found out that the current gunnery champ has just transferred aboard their ship. What they haven't learned, however, is that the marksman's enlistment is up before the contest is supposed to take place.
Highway West
Alex, Armored Car Guard
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
Million Dollar Baby
Ollie Ward
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
The Wagons Roll at Night
Arch
An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
Strange Alibi
Tex Alexander (prisoner)
An undercover cop finds himself on the wrong side of the law when the mob discovers his true identity.
Knockout
Pat Martin
Johnny Rocket (Arthur Kennedy) needs to fight one more match to have enough money to get married to Angela (Olympe Bradna) and start on his dream to run and then own a gym. However, his manager makes sure that this does not happen and eventually Johnny embraces being a fighter, but Angela becomes increasingly unhappy.
Here Comes Happiness
Jim
Jessica leaves her upper class home to assume an anonymous working class identity. She meets a blue collar guy, Chet and falls in love with the poor but ambitious man. Chet observes a series of suspicious, clandestine meetings with her rich father and his chauffeur which makes him think she is stringing along a "Sugar Daddy" on the side. Financial trickery and sequences of misunderstandings and coincidences culminate with a wedding that turns out much differently than planned.
The Great Mr. Nobody
Eddie Williams
A publicity man promotes his newspaper, but finds his boss always steals the credit.
Skinnay Ennis and His Orchestra
Assistant (uncredited)
Skinnay Ennis leads his orchestra as they play "Three Little Words," "Let's Do It," and "Birth of the Blues". He also sings his composition "A Boy, A Girl and the Lamplight."
March On, Marines
Hap
Marine Sergeant Bob Lansing has just completed a tour of duty in the Pacific and is off to study at the Officer's Academy in Annapolis if he passes the entrance exam. He soon finds out that his younger brother, Jimmy Lansing, just recently made sergeant as well, will also be taking the exam with him. The Lansing brothers are hard working and patriotic military men and both deserve to be accepted into the Academy, but they learn there is only one spot available. As entrance into Annapolis is dependent both on their exam results and their record, they are encouraged by the base colonel to enter into a friendly rivalry for the three weeks on the base prior to the exam. They also enter into a friendly rivalry for the affections of Penelope Hayworth, the admiral's daughter.
Lady with Red Hair
Actor Playing Paul (uncredited)
An actress hopes to regain her lost son by making it to the top.
La carta
Driver (uncredited)
La fría y calculadora esposa del propietario de una plantación de caucho en Malasia asesina a un hombre, supuestamente en defensa propia. Pero, de repente, aparece una comprometedora carta cuyo contenido echa por tierra la versión de los hechos de la protagonista.
Father Is A Prince
Salesman
Director Noel Smith's comic 1940 morality tale, about a carpet sweeper manufacturer who sacrifices his family's happiness for his business, stars Grant Mitchell, Nana Bryant, Jan Clayton, George Reeves, Lee Patrick, John Litel, Billy Dawson, Richard Clayton, Frank Ferguson, Vera Lewis, Pierre Watkin, Frank Wilcox, John Ridgely and Frank Orth.
No Time for Comedy
Cashier (uncredited)
Gaylord escribe una obra de teatro que triunfa en Broadway. Todo le va a las mil maravillas porque además consigue casarse con la chica a la que ama y que es quien ha protagonizado la historia. El éxito sobre los escenarios se sucede con nuevas obras pero las cosas cambian cuando decide olvidarse de las comedias e intentar escribir una buena tragedia. El nuevo reto
Service with the Colors
Army Lieutenant (uncredited)
This drama is "dedicated to the soldiers of the United States Army." Men with diverse backgrounds enlist in the army and are all assigned to the same post. Some adapt easily to army life, while others have trouble making the adjustment.
Money and the Woman
Doctor (uncredited)
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
River's End
Jeffers
An escaped criminal pretends to be a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in order to prove his innocence of murder. Star Dennis Morgan plays two roles.
La pasión ciega
Hank Dawson (uncredited)
Joe y Paul Fabrini son dos hermanos que tratan de abrirse camino por su cuenta como camioneros. Tras unos duros comienzos, las cosas comienzan a ir bien, pero la ambición de Joe y la aparición de una mujer obsesionada con él hará que todo se complique.
The Man Who Talked Too Much
Brooks
A young law graduate joins his older brother's legal practice, only to discover the firm's clients are mostly mobsters. Director Vincent Sherman's 1940 crime melodrama stars George Brent, William Lundigan, Richard Barthelmess, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Marc Lawrence, Henry Armetta, George Tobias, John Litel, Alan Baxter, Louis Jean Heydt, Clarence Kolb, Sam McDaniel and Mary Gordon.
El hermano orquídea
Texas Pearson
El gángster Little John Sarto viaja por Europa en busca de estilo, sin embargo nunca podrá poseer ese toque que anhela. Cuando regresa a América sin un dólar encuentra a su banda liderada por Jack Buck y a su novia convertida en una nueva rica.
Zona tórrida
Gardner
El ejecutivo de una empresa frutera asentada en una República Bananera, Steve Case, harto de que los revolucionarios hostiguen sus plantaciones, decide contratar a Nick Butler para que restablezca el orden y las ganancias.
Flight Angels
Lt. Parsons
Federal Airlines ace pilot Chick Faber is grounded by Flight Superintendent Bill Graves when a doctor says his eyesight is failing. Aided by Mary Norvell and Nan Hudson, Graves persuades Chick to take a job as teacher in the school for airline hostesses, and Chick and Mary get married. He learns that the Army is going to test a stratosphere plane that he and Artie Dixon designed and feels that he should make the first flight but permission is refused.
Saturday's Children
Mr. MacReady (voice) (uncredited)
La bonita Bobby ama a Rims, un inventor sin mucha suerte. Rims pretende ir a Manila para convertir cáñamo en seda y enriquecerse, pero cuando un miembro de la familia de Bobby la convence de que engañe a Rims para casarse, el mundo real se desmorona sobre los dos.
'Til We Meet Again
Junior Officer (uncredited)
Dying Joan Ames meets criminal Dan Hardesty on a luxury liner as he is being transported back to America by policeman Steve Burke to face execution. Joan and Dan fall in love, their fates unbeknownst to one another.
Alice in Movieland
Bill (uncredited)
In a U.S. town that could be anywhere, 18-year-old Alice Purdee wins a free trip to Hollywood. With the assistance of a cheerful porter, she takes the night train and dreams about her arrival. Instead of instant success, she meets disappointment after disappointment, and she needs the unexpected encouragement of her grandmother and an aging, former star whom she meets at a talent night. Finally, she gets a call to be an extra, and she's so hopeful that the regulars decide to make a fool of her. Is this the end of Alice's dream? Not if the porter has anything to say about it.
Teddy the Rough Rider
Reporter
This short follows the political career of Theodore Roosevelt, beginning in 1895, when he was appointed police commissioner of New York City. In 1897 he was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy. His charge up San Juan Hill during the Spanish-American War in 1898 is re-created. He becomes vice president in March 1901 and assumes the presidency when William McKinley is assassinated six months later. According to the narrator, Roosevelt refused to be beholden to political bosses, doing what he believed to be right for the American people.
Castle on the Hudson
Intake Guard (uncredited)
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
Regimiento heroico
Moran (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)
Spills for Thrills
Movie Director (uncredited)
Warner Bros. short about stuntmen and stuntwomen and how they do their work, featuring real-life stunt artists Harvey Parry, Mary Wiggins, and Allen Pomeroy.
Barreras invisibles
Employment Clerk (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
Private Detective
Donald Norton
A female private eye joins forces with a police detective to investigate the suspicious murder of a millionaire.
A Child Is Born
Intern Going to See Operation (uncredited)
A pregnant prison inmate shares her problems with the patients in a maternity ward.
El regreso del Doctor X
Rodgers
Una actriz teatral es asesinada, por lo que un reportero da de inmediato la primicia en su periódico; sin embargo, al día siguiente aparece aquella con vida para desmentirlo todo. El extraño hecho despierta la curiosidad del citado periodista que, junto con un joven médico, se pone a investigar, descubriendo que uno de los implicados es el reputado Dr. Flegg, cuyo asistente es el extraño y frío Doctor X...
On Dress Parade
Fort Lewis Firing Range Sergeant (uncredited)
The final feature in the "Dead End Kids" film series finds a youth trying to adjust to life at a military school.
Kid Nightingale
Whitey
A waiter becomes a singing prizefighter.
Los violentos años veinte
Cabbie at Grand Central (uncredited)
Estados Unidos, Ley Seca, años 20. Relato sobre los diferentes caminos que siguen tres veteranos que se conocen durante la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Cuando regresan a América tras luchar por su país, tropiezan con el problema del desempleo y con grandes difícultades económicas. Uno de ellos (Lynn) seguirá con decisión el buen camino; otro (Cagney), amargado por la falta de futuro, no encuentra más salida que el contrabando ilegal de licor; el tercero (Bogart) se convierte en un implacable gángster.
Smashing the Money Ring
Policeman (uncredited)
T-Man Brass Bancroft goes undercover in a prison which has a secret counterfeit operation set up in the print shop.
Slapsie Maxie's
Reporter (uncredited)
In this comedic short, when a waiter accidentally knocks out boxing champ Tiger Dorsey in Slapsie Maxie's restaurant, Maxie arranges a boxing match between the reluctant waiter and the champ.
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
Reporter
Nancy helps two aging spinsters fulfill the byzantine provisions of their father's will, but the murder of their chauffeur complicates matters.
Angels Wash Their Faces
Reporter at Pillory (uncredited)
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending to start a new life. However, he gets mixed up with the local mob boss and corrupt politicians and soon finds himself being framed for an arson and murder he didn't commit.
Everybody's Hobby
Ranger Mike Morgan
A hobby-mad family makes their obsessions pay off.
The Bill of Rights
Massachusetts Congressman
This short subject is a lavish costumed color production which dramatizes the birth of the American Bill of Rights. It depicts leading political figures of the American Revolution and the despotic British colonial rule which led to the creation of the Bill of Rights.
Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite
Reporter at Match
Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.
Indianapolis Speedway
Ted Horn
A champion auto racer who unhappily learns his kid brother wants to enter the same profession rather than finish school.
The Cowboy Quarterback
Mr. Walters
Football scout for the Chicago Packers Rusty Walker signs Harry Lynn, a legendary broken-field runner. Harry won't leave his home town without his girlfriend Maizie Williams. He gets tangled up with gamblers and Rusty's girl Evelyn Corey makes a play for him.
Muero cada amanecer
Reporter (uncredited)
Aunque inocente, el reportero Frank Ross es declarado culpable de asesinato y es enviado a la cárcel. Mientras sus amigos del periódico tratan de averiguar quien lo engañó, Frank se va endureciendo por la vida en prisión y su optimismo se convierte en amargura.
Quiet, Please
Sears' Assistant (uncredited)
A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.
Naughty But Nice
Harry, Hudson's Assistant (uncredited)
Donald Hardwick (Dick Powell) is a stuffed-shirt, classical music professor. His family and small-town music college that he works are of equal mindset. When Don visits his black-sheep aunt in New York in order to find a buyer for his Rhapsody he is exposed to her shocking swing music crowd. His life begins to make dramatic changes after drinking a "lemonade" that turns out to be a Hurricane.
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Photographer in Mayor's Office (uncredited)
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
Confesiones de un espía nazi
Army Hospital Clerk (uncredited)
Un agente del FBI (Robinson) investiga una amplia red de espionaje nazi que opera en Estados Unidos. Sus contactos llegarán hasta Suramérica y Europa. Se trata de una de las pocas películas del género antinazi rodadas antes de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, época en la que los Estados Unidos y, por consiguiente, Hollywood seguían una política aislacionista.
Amarga victoria
Man Making Crack About Judith (uncredited)
Judith Traherne (Bette Davis) es una rica heredera de Long Island que descubre que tiene un tumor cerebral y es operada por un experto neurocirujano, el Doctor Frederick Steele (George Brent). A pesar de que la operación resulta todo un éxito, el tumor resulta ser maligno. A partir de entonces, Judith decide disfrutar de la vida.
Women in the Wind
Salesman (uncredited)
A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women.
On Trial
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified.
Un crimen en la conciencia
Gas Station Proprietor
Johnnie learns crime from petty thug Frank Wilson. When Wilson kills a pawnbroker with a gun stolen from Johnnie's sister Madge's fiance Fred Burke, Fred goes to Sing Sing's death house. Wilson uses all the pressure can to keep Johnnie silent, even after he and Johnnie themselves wind up in the big house.
The Adventures of Jane Arden
Reporter
Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.
Secret Service of the Air
Joe LeRoy
Brass Bancroft and his sidekick Gabby Watters are recruited onto the secret service and go undercover to crack a ruthless gang that smuggles illegal aliens.
Nancy Drew... Reporter
Beldenburg Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Mientras participa en un concurso del periódico local en el que se les pide a los escolares que envíen una noticia, la hija del abogado local Carson Drew, Nancy, intercepta una asignación de historia real. Ella "cubre" la investigación de la muerte de una mujer que fue envenenada. Nancy no cree que la joven acusada del crimen sea culpable y acorrala a su vecino Ted para que busque una evidencia vital y tropieza con la identidad del verdadero asesino.
Wings of the Navy
Dan Morrison
Dos hermanos pilotos de aviación se disputan la misma mujer.
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Officer (uncredited)
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.
Han hecho de mí un criminal
Charles 'Charlie' Magee (Reporter)
Johnnie Bradfield acaba de proclamarse campeón mundial de boxeo, y todo el mundo le adora. Su tremenda popularidad se basa en que proviene de una familia humilde y debe luchar en el ring por necesidad, lo cual resulta admirable a ojos de sus seguidores. Sin embargo, una noche de borrachera cuenta a un periodista que esta inocente imagen de sí mismo no es más que un montaje, ya que en realidad es un mujeriego y un bebedor empedernido. Al desvelar el secreto, el manager de Johnnie, fuera de sí, mata al periodista para que la noticia no salga a la luz. Pero al darse cuenta de la crudeza de su crimen decide inculpar al boxeador.
El rey del hampa
Jerry
Una médico está bajo el punto de mira de la policía tras la muerte de su marido, un médico que conseguía dinero fácil atendiendo a criminales sin denunciarlos. Tendrá que probar su inocencia o perderá su licencia para ejercer la medicina.
Going Places
Desk Clerk
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargained for.
Nancy Drew: Detective
Radio Station Technician (uncredited)
Nancy Drew and Ted Nickerson solve a kidnapping case of a wealthy elderly lady. Ted has to disguise himself as a nurse while Nancy becomes a "widow" in order to locate the lady they are rescuing.
Torchy Gets Her Man
Henchman Bugs
A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.
Hard to Get
Burke
Cuando la mimada y rica heredera Maggie Richards intenta poner gasolina en un camping dirigido por Bill Davis, éste la obliga a pagar la deuda haciendo las camas. Con ánimo vengativo, ella finge perdonarle y le envía a su padre para que financie un plan de Bill. Lo que ocurre a continuación no formaba parte de su plan original...
Garden of the Moon
Sound Control Engineer (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.
Boy Meets Girl
Simmons - Friday's Film Cutter
Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...
Racket Busters
Yellow Stripe Truck Driver (uncredited)
A trucker with a pregnant wife fights a New York mobster's protection racket.
Cowboy from Brooklyn
Beacon Reporter
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
My Bill
Mr. Martin, Florist
An impoverished widow fights scandal for the sake of her four children.
White Banners
Charles Ellis
A homeless woman named Hannah drifts into the lives of the kindly Ward family, in a small Indiana town in 1919. Hannah makes herself useful as a cook and housekeeper and stays with the Wards... but her real interest is in meeting their neighbor, teenager Peter Trimble. It turns out that Peter is the son she bore out of wedlock and gave up for adoption, and now Hannah has returned to town to see what sort of young man her son has become.
Little Miss Thoroughbred
Jim (aka Slug)
A young orphan girl wants a small-time gambler to be her father.
Western Trails
Ben McClure
In a remake of Dawn Trail, Bob Mason is wounded chasing the killers of his father. During his recovery, his nurse is Alice whom his friend Ben plans to marry. He eventually learns the killer was Alice's brother Rudd. But Rudd convinces Ben that Bob is taking Alice away from him. So Ben removes the bullets from Bob's gun just before Bob goes off to face Rudd.
Torchy Blane in Panama
Sparks (as John Ridgeley)
Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
He Couldn't Say No
Man-On-The-Street Reporter
A lowly office clerk angers his fiancee and future mother-in-law by spending money intended for marriage furniture on a statue of a pretty girl, which he refuses to part with at any cost.
Forbidden Valley
Duke Lafferty
In this youth-oriented western, a young man's father is wrongfully accused of murder. Unfortunately, his pa can't prove it and so flees into the rugged mountains. He brings his boy with him. In those lonely hills lives a sad, but wealthy young woman. Love blossoms between the son and the girl as the son struggles to clear his father's name and bring the real villains to justice.
Blondes at Work
Regan
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
The Spy Ring
Spy Ring Member (uncredited)
Two American-army officers are working on a new type of machine-gun for anti-aircraft warfare, when one of them is murdered. The other vows to get the spies that are after the invention and avenge his friend's death.
The Patient in Room 18
Jim Warren
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.
The Man Without a Country
Ship's Officer (uncredited)
This short film tells the story of a disgraced U.S. army officer who is charged with treason. At his court martial he is sentenced to lifetime exile aboard American ships at sea, no crew member can mention anything about the United States within his hearing, and in the books he is allowed to read all references to the United States are removed.
Streamline Express
Train Steward (uncredited)
A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a superspeed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a seductive blackmailer and the stage director he intends to frame, a woman chasing her husband who is running away with the blackmail victim, and the stage director's feisty leading lady.