Ernest Hilliard

Nacimiento : 1890-01-31, New York City, New York, USA

Muerte : 1947-09-03

Perfil

Ernest Hilliard

Películas

Corrientes ocultas
Party Guest (uncredited)
Una mujer decide casarse con un hombre de negocios del que está totalmente enamorada. Sin embargo, tras la boda, empieza a sospechar del oscuro pasado de su esposo, un hombre perverso y lleno de maldad. La misteriosa desaparición del hermano de su marido será el punto de partida de una larga investigación...
Gilda
English Cartel Member (uncredited)
Johnny Farrell, un aventurero que vive de hacer trampas en el juego, recala en Buenos Aires. Allí le saca de un apuro un hombre llamado Ballin Mundson, propietario de un lujoso casino. El recién llegado termina convirtiéndose en el individuo de confianza de su anfitrión. Un día, su superior le presenta a su esposa, Gilda. Él reacciona con perplejidad, ya que ella lo convirtió en el ser amargado y cínico que es ahora.
Días sin huella
Headwaiter (uncredited)
Don Birnam es un escritor fracasado a causa de su adicción al alcohol, adicción que lo ha destruido física y moralmente y lo ha convertido en un hombre desprovisto de voluntad. Con tal de seguir bebiendo es capaz de todo, incluso de robar. Tanto su novia como su hermano intentan por todos los medios regenerarlo, pero sus esfuerzos parecen estériles.
La bribona
Assistant Hazard Banker (uncredited)
Una farsa con cierto estilo según la novela de Rosamund Marshall, que bebe directamente de la idea de Pigmalión. Esta vez se traslada la acción al Londres del siglo XVIII, donde unos conspiradores transforman a una chica de la calle (Paulette Goddard, tan divertida y natural como de costumbre) en una gran dama. Traman un plan consistente en casar a la muchacha con un noble de la Corte para sacarle todo el dinero posible.
On Stage Everybody
Sponsor (uncredited)
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
The Missing Juror
Doctor (Uncredited)
A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.
Make Your Own Bed
Man in Waiting Room
A Walter y a Vivian les cuesta conservar la servidumbre. Walter contrata a un detective privado y a su prometida para que trabajen con él, con la excusa de que espías nazis la han tomado con él, por ser fabricante de municiones. Cuando aparezcan los verdaderos espías, empezarán los líos de verdad...
Reveille with Beverly
Mr. Oliver (uncredited)
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ for an early morning show before the soldiers at a nearby army camp assemble for reveille. Beverly, with her modern music, camp bulletins and chatter, is a hit with the soldiers. Beverly's younger brother and his two buddies are soldiers at the camp. The buddies vie for Beverly's attentions.
Lucky Legs
Salesman
Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. Unfortunately, the money has "made the rounds" prior to reaching Gloria and several less-than-scrupulous characters set out to separate Gloria from her inheritance.
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Banker Ed Randall
A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction.
Sea Spoilers
Reggie Winton
Cuando el comandante de la Guardia Costera se acerca al yate donde navegaba su novia, se encuentra con el cadáver de su dueño, con pieles de foca que iban a ser contrabandeadas, y con la desaparición de su novia.
Go-Get-'Em, Haines
Walter Bernard, the Editor
Reporter Steve Haines, on the trail of a business tycoon, follows his subject onto an ocean liner and gets wound up in a cruise full of intrigue, romance and murder.
Racing Luck
Walker Hammond
Racehorse-owner Dan Morgan is ruled off the track and out of racing when his horse is doped by a rival owner who knows that Dan's horse can win a high-stakes race. Trying to clear his name, Dan runs into many difficulties and incidents, including a blazing barn filled with valuable horses, before he is able to gather the needed evidence against the guilty man.
Flirting with Danger
James E. Dawson
Three brash and cocky powder mixers are sent to South America to work at a dynamite plant there.
Parole Girl
Mr. Hoss - Millard's Manager
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.
Mother and Son
Jameson
A woman loses all her money in the 1929 stock market crash, and in order to support her family, goes back to her previous occupation--owner of a gambling house--which her son is dead set against.
The Drums of Jeopardy
Prince Ivan Petroff
A mad doctor is determined to take revenge on the family he believes is responsible for his daughter's death.
Second Honeymoon
Maj. Pat Lovering
A wealthy man's wife becomes bored with him, so his friend decides to trick her into believing her husband is having an affair to "wake her up".
Lovin' the Ladies
Davison - Tailor Shop Owner
A man who believes that love is more animal and chemical than spiritual, bets that by controlling the circumstances, he can get any man and woman to fall for with each other and get engaged within a month.
The Broadway Hoofer
Morton
Broadway dancing star Adele Dorey who, overworked and exhausted, suddenly ups and leaves New York in favor of a country village. But when promoter Bobby Lewis (Egan) of the barnstorming Gay Girlies Burlesque Company arrives in town, he picks an incognito Adele among all the pretty village girls to star in his new show. On a lark, Adele introduces her maid Jane (Louise Fazenda) as her mother and accepts a contract. When Adele's identity is finally revealed, the slumming star apologizes for her deception by offering Bobby a Broadway job.
Wall Street
Savage
A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller McCray, a steelworker turned ruthless tycoon whose tough business methods leads a rival (Philip Strange) to commit suicide. The widow (Aileen Pringle), believing she can ruin Ince by using his own methods, conspires with her husband's former partner (Sam De Grasse), but a strong friendship between Ince and Pringle's young son (Freddie Burke Frederick) changes things dramatically. According to future Three Stooges director Edward Bernds, who worked as a sound mixer on Wall Street, Ince's reaction to his rival's suicidal jump from a window ledge was changed from a sneering "I didn't think he had the guts" to the more respectful "I didn't think he'd do it" due to derisive laughter from the film's crew.
Red Hot Rhythm
Eddie Graham
A 1929 film by Leo McCarey.
The Awful Truth
Story of a wealthy couple whose individual infidelities lead inexorably to the divorce court.
Cantaré para ti
Radio Station Employee
Joe Lane, un condictor de radio y compositor, descubre que el dueño del estudio, Arthur Phillips, tiene conductas inapropiadas con su esposa Katherine. Completamente enfurecido, Lane lo enfrenta en una pelea, lo que resulta en la muerte involuntaria de Phillips. Joe va a prisión por algunos años, al salir, visita a si hijo en la escuela, el cual le reuga escapar juntos.
The Big Diamond Robbery
Rodney Stevens
Tom Mix starred in this late-silent Wild West melodrama from poverty row company FBO as a ranch foreman assigned to escort his employer's daughter (Kathryn McGuire) from the big city back to the ranch. The girl, Ellen, is carrying the valuable Regent diamond, and the pair become the target of a gang of thieves led, it turns out, by Ellen's former fiancée Rodney (Ernest Hilliard).
Weary River
Literary Club Host (uncredited)
A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the outside, he finds success elusive and temptations abound.
The Big Hop
Ben Barnett
Jones plays Buck Bronson, a ranch hand taking to the air as a barnstorming pilot.
Lady Raffles
Dick
Interrupted during a robbery, thief Lady Raffles hides in an adjacent mansion and is mistaken for a maid during a party thrown by Warren Blake, who plans to present his mother with a diamond necklace. Also in attendance are Lillian and Dick, two jewel thieves who recognize Lady Raffles and fear that she is there to rob Warren as well. But sparks fly between Warren and Lady Raffles, despite Dick and Lillian's attempts at sabotage.
The Divine Sinner
Prince Josef Miguel
Lillia is a small town girl who gets involved with the wrong crowd in Paris. Arrested by police prefect Nigel De Brulier, Lillia agrees to seduce a politically important foreign prince Ernest Hilliard in exchange for her freedom.
Dugan of the Dugouts
Sgt. Davis
A young man joins the army to impress his girlfriend. He soon finds out that his sergeant is actually an enemy spy, but before he can take any action, he and his girlfriend are kidnapped by enemy soldiers, and devise an unusual method of escape from capture.
El teatro de Minnie
Arnold Wingate
El famoso actor de teatro Don Wilson (Walker), después de los ensayos de una nueva obra, sale de excursión con unos amigos. En las afueras de la ciudad encuentran un teatro ambulante en el que actúa una compañía de aficionados, cuya primera actriz, Ginger Bolivar (Love), contrata a Don como actor secundario. Con él representan ante el productor Arnold Wingate (Hilliard) el melodrama “Guerra Civil”. El productor cree que es una magnífica comedia cómica, por lo que ofrece a la compañía un contrato para actuar en Broadway.
The Noose
Craig
In this suspenseful silent crime drama, a hijacker proves his loyalty to his mother by killing his biological father, a blackmailing gangster who has been threatening to destroy the mother's happy marriage to the governor.
The Wheel of Destiny
After suffering a blow on the head, brilliant scientist Forrest Stanley totally loses his memory. Wandering into a travelling carnival, Stanley manages to land a job as a fast-talking spieler. In this capacity, he meets and falls in love with fellow "carnie" Georgia Hale.
Smile, Brother, Smile
Mr. Saunders
A hot young salesman at a cosmetics company finds out that, because the company is losing a lot of money, he may soon be out of a job.
The Silent Hero
Wade Burton
Bud Taylor loves Mary Stoddard but is leaving for Alaska in search of gold, leaving a police-dog pup with her that he has named "Phantom." Wade Burton is anxious to win Mary and her father's money. Later, Wade follows Bud to Alaska and attempts to claim-jump Bud's gold strike, but is foiled by Bud and "Phantom."
Let It Rain
Crook
Let-It-Rain Riley (MacLean) is a devil-may-care Marine sergeant who falls in love with a girl (Shirley Mason) who he assumes to be rich. His rival for the girl's affection is his pal, Kelly (Wade Boteler). The guys find out that the object of their affections is but a modest switchboard operator but she proves to be invaluable when she deciphers a code and discovers that a mail train is about to be robbed.
The Fighting Failure
Cullen Landis starred in this silent Western melodrama about a prizefighter accused of cowardice who toughens up on a Western ranch.
The Frontier Trail
Capt. Blackwell
A 1926 silent Western.
White Mice
Colonel Vega
Roddy Forrester has formed the White Mice club with a pal. The purpose of the club is to help those in trouble. When Roddy's father sends him to the South American republic of Montebello, he gets his chance to be of service. General Rojas, the former president, is locked away in a prison and slowly dying. Roddy decides to rescue him, especially since he has been inspired by the general's pretty daughter, Inez.
A Broadway Lady
Martyn Edwards
Chorus girl Rosalie Ryan catches the eye of Bob Westbrook, a wealthy playboy. He proposes to her but she refuses, mainly because of his heavy drinking. However, after being brazenly insulted by his family, she accepts his proposal, just to get under their skin. She finds out that Bob's sister Phyllis is planning to run off with Martyn Edwards, a cad who once betrayed a close friend of Rosalie's. Rosalie goes to Phyllis' apartment to talk her out of it, but soon finds herself involved in, and arrested for, a murder.
Man and Wife
Walter Powell
Dora Perkins is a country girl who runs away to New York City. She gets work as a nurse and marries Dr. Howard Fleming, a famed brain surgeon. Supposedly she dies in a fire, and some time later Fleming takes a vacation in the country, where by some odd coincidence he winds up meeting Dolly, Dora's sister. Without realizing her relationship to Dora, he marries her. Soon Dolly is expecting, and not long after, Dora pops up -- she survived the fire, but has been left hopelessly insane.
Evidence
Walter Stanley
Tropical Love
Carlos Blasco
Tropical Love is a 1921 Romance film
Annabelle Lee
David Granger
This drama was based on the poem by Edgar Allan Poe.