John Qualen

John Qualen

出生 : 1899-12-08, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

死亡 : 1987-09-12

略歴

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Qualen (born Johan Mandt Kvalen, December 8, 1899 – September 12, 1987) was a Canadian-American character actor of Norwegian heritage who specialized in Scandinavian roles. Qualen was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, the son of immigrants from Norway; his father was a Lutheran minister and changed the family's original surname, "Kvalen", to "Qualen" – though some sources give Oleson, later Oleson Kvalen as Qualen's earlier surnames. His father's ministering meant many moves and John was 20 when he graduated from Elgin High School in 1920. Though he was awarded a scholarship to Northwestern University after he won an oratory contest he never attended college. In a Milwaukee Journal interview he said he needed to start working and did so with the Chattaqua Circuit. Eventually reaching Broadway, he gained his big break as the Swedish janitor in Elmer Rice's Street Scene. His movie career began when he recreated the role in the film version. This was followed by his appearance in John Ford's Arrowsmith (1931) which began a more than thirty year membership in the director's "stock company", with important supporting roles in The Searchers (1956), Two Rode Together (1961), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and Cheyenne Autumn (1964). Appearing in well over one hundred films, and acting extensively on television into the 1970s, Qualen performed many of his roles with various accents, usually Scandinavian, often intended for comic effect. Three of his more memorable roles showcase his versatility. Qualen assumed a Midwestern dialect as Muley, who recounts the destruction of his farm by the bank in Ford's The Grapes of Wrath (1940), and as the confused killer Earl Williams in Howard Hawks' classic comedy His Girl Friday (also 1940). As Berger, the jewelry-selling Norwegian resistance member in Michael Curtiz' Casablanca (1942), he essayed a light Scandinavian accent, but put on a thicker Mediterranean accent as the homeward-bound fisherman Locota in William Wellman's The High and the Mighty (1954) Qualen was treasurer of The Authors Club and historian of The Masquers, Hollywood's social group for actors. John Qualen was blind in his later years. He died of heart failure in 1987 in Torrance, California, and was interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. He was survived by his three daughters.

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Miss
A narrative feature made from a collage of clips from various films around the world.
La Classe américaine
V12 (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. (Sixteen French actors dub scenes from various Warner Bros. films to create a parody of Citizen Kane, 1941.)
Getting Away from It All
Charlie Erickson
Two city couples decide to leave the hectic urban life and retreat to the country, but find that rural living isn't quite what they thought it would be.
Hail, Hero!
Billy Hurd
Carl Dixon decides to quit school and enlist in the Army, even though he's already run afoul of the law as a Vietnam protestor. It is our hero's intention to use love, rather than bullets, to combat the Viet Cong. Needless to say, his idealism is no match for the harsher realities of war.
Doc
Luke
An aging doctor in a small town decides to pack up his little black bag, but when a young doctor assumes his practice, the older practitioner can't resist butting in with comic results.
P.J.
Poppa
Reluctant New York City private eye P.J. Detweiler is hired as a bodyguard to protect Maureen Preble, the mistress of shady millionaire William Orbison. In truth, Orbison plans a deadly intrigue in which P.J. is to play a central part. Meanwhile, complications ensue as P.J. gradually falls in love with Maureen. (Wikipedia)
Firecreek
Hall
A peace-loving, part-time sheriff in the small town of Firecreek must take a stand when a gang of vicious outlaws takes over his town.
テキサスの五人の仲間
Jesse Buford
西部に名を轟かせるギャンブラー5人が年に1度のポーカー大会をテキサスで開催していた。そこへポーカー好きの男とその妻がゲームに参加する。2転3転するストーリーが見ものの詐欺師ムービー。
いつか見た青い空
Mr. Faber
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
The Sons of Katie Elder
Charlie Biller
The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their Hometown of Clearwater, Texas for their Mother's funeral, and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, the town's gunsmith.
I'll Take Sweden
Olaf
Bob Holcomb will do anything to stop his daughter JoJo from tying the knot with her lazy boyfriend, even move her all the way to Sweden! But once they're "safely" out of the country, JoJo falls for a sly Swedish playboy.
われらキャロウェイ
Ernie Evans
Story of Cam Calloway and his family, who live in a densely wooded area in New England. Cam dreams of building a sanctuary for the geese that fly over the area each year, and he tries several schemes to buy a nearby lake for this santuary. He is thwarted at every attempt, it seems; he and his son try to get enough furs from their trapping venture to get the money, but the bottom falls out of the fur market. He uses the little money they get for a down payment on the lake, thereby losing their house when he can't make the mortgage payment. They move to the lake, where their friends help them build a cabin. A salesman stops in town, and tries to get the people to sell their land for a tourist venture; Cam is outraged at his tactics and takes desperate measures after he himself is tricked.
7 Faces of Dr. Lao
Luther Lindquist
An old Chinese man rides into the town of Abalone, Arizona and changes it forever, as the citizens see themselves reflected in the mirror of Lao's mysterious circus of mythical beasts.
逆転
Oscar
A group of Nobel laureates descends on Stockholm to accept their awards. Among them is American novelist Andrew Craig, a former literary luminary now writing pulp detective stories to earn a living. Craig, who is infamous for his drinking and womanizing, formulates a wild theory that physics prize winner Dr. Max Stratman has been replaced by an impostor, embroiling Craig and his chaperone in a Cold War kidnapping plot.
ドノバン珊瑚礁
Deckhand (uncredited)
南太平洋の孤島に暮らすディダムは、娘に内緒で、現地の女性と結婚し子供までつくっていた。ところがある日、彼のもとにボストンにいる娘がやってくるという報せがとどく。慌てた彼は、親友のドノバンを三人の子供の父親、ということにするが……。南海の美しい珊瑚礁を舞台に、男の友情、家族愛、そして男女の恋愛を描く傑作コメディー。
リバティ・バランスを射った男
Peter Ericson
巨匠ジョン・フォードが、近代化の波が押し寄せ、時代が移り変わる西部を舞台に、素朴な人間性と男の友情を詩情豊かに描く、名優ジョン・ウェイン×ジェームズ・スチュワート共演の傑作西部劇。 東部の大学で法律を学び、西部の小さな町シンボーンへやって来た青年弁護士のランスは、途中、無法者のリバティ・バランス一味に襲われて重傷を負う。牧場主で銃の名手トムとその恋人ハリーに救われたランスは、町の新聞社編集長のピーボディと協力して無法者一味に対抗することを決意する…。
Two Rode Together
Ole Knudsen
Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
アラスカ魂
Logger
舞台はゴールド・ラッシュににぎわう1900年のアラスカ。金鉱を掘りあてたサムは、相棒の婚約者を迎えるためにシアトルへ向かうが……。西部劇の王者ジョン・ウェインがコメディ・タッチの西部劇に挑戦したことでも話題に。
Elmer Gantry
Sam - Storekeeper
When hedonistic but charming con man Elmer Gantry meets the beautiful Sister Sharon Falconer, a roadside revivalist, he feigns piousness to join her act as a passionate preacher. The two make a successful onstage pair, and their chemistry extends to romance. Both the show and their relationship are threatened, however, when one of Gantry's ex-lovers decides that she has a score to settle with the charismatic performer.
Hell Bent for Leather
Old Ben
When Clay Santell stops in the town of Sutterville after having his horse stolen, he is mistaken by townspeople for a murderer named Travers. The townspeople capture Santell, and turn him over to lawman Harry Deckett. Deckett, who is tired of chasing the real Travers, decides to kill Santell and pass him off as Travers. Santell escapes from Deckett, taking lovely Janet Gifford hostage in the process. Janet comes to believe Santell's story, and helps him in his struggle to prove his real identity.
或る殺人
Deputy Sheriff Sulo
Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensive trial, Biegler parries with District Attorney Lodwick and out-of-town prosecutor Claude Dancer to set his client free, but his case rests on the victim's mysterious business partner, who's hiding a dark secret.
Revolt in the Big House
Doc
A crime boss tries to cause a riot and prison break while behind bars.
The Gun Runners
Pop
Remake of "To Have and Have Not" based on Hemingway short story. Plot reset to early days of Cuban revolution. A charter boat skipper gets entangled in gunrunning scheme to get money to pay off debts. Sort of a sea-going film noir with bad girl, smarmy villain, and the "innocent" drawn into wrong side of law by circumstances.
My World Dies Screaming
Jonah Snell
A newlywed is terrified when her husband brings her to live in the old house that figures in her recurring nightmare.
The Big Land
Sven Johnson
Back home in Texas following the Civil War, former Confederate officer Chad Morgan (Alan Ladd) leads a cattle drive to Missouri, assuring fellow ranchers that their stock will bring $10 a head at auction. Instead, ruthless cattle baron Brog (Anthony Caruso) has scared off all competition and offers much less.
Johnny Concho
Jake
In Johnny Concho, Frank Sinatra plays a man who goes from the town bully to town coward!
捜索者
Lars Jorgensen
コマンチ族に弟一家を殺され、二人の姪をさらわれた男イーサン。以来、彼はコマンチ族に対して憎悪を燃やす復讐鬼となった。そして、さらわれた姪たちを求めて、彼は何年も捜索を続けていたのだった。だがやっと探し当てた姪のデビーは、インディアンの言葉を操り、イーサンから逃れようとする。完全なコマンチ族となってしまったデビーに、イーサンは銃を向けるが……。J・フォード&J・ウェインのコンビによる、一人の男の復讐を描いた傑作ウェスタン。
At Gunpoint
Livingstone
A general-store keeper scares off bank robbers with a lucky shot, but they come back.
Unchained
Leonard Haskins
This fact-based prison drama tells the tale of a band of prisoners living in the innovative 2,600-acre prison at Chino, California. The place takes a humanistic approach to reform and there are no armed guards, no lockups and no uniforms. The underlying philosophy is that if these things are not there, the prisoners will not want to escape, and will instead accept their punishment. A new inmate arrives and soon accustoms himself to the new idea. The story includes the Oscar nominated song Unchained Melody.
The Sea Chase
Chief Engineer Schmitt
As the Second World War breaks out, German freighter captain Karl Ehrlich is about to leave Sydney, Australia with his vessel, the Ergenstrasse. Ehrlich, an anti-Nazi but proud German, hopes to outrun or out-maneuver the British warship pursuing him. Aboard his vessel is Elsa Keller, a woman Ehrlich has been ordered to return to Germany safely along with whatever secrets she carries. When Ehrlich's fiercely Nazi chief officer Kirchner commits an atrocity, the British pursuit becomes deadly.
Man On A Bus
Second Prisoner
Six people who have emigrated to Israel from different countries are all on a bus traveling through the Negev Desert. They find themselves stranded overnight in the bus. To pass the time, each begins to tell the story behind their emigration to Israel.
The Other Woman
Papasha
Bit player Sherry Stewart gets miffed when director Walter Darman turns her down after she reads for a small part in his picture. She and her boy friend, Ronnie, devise a plan to lure Darman to her apartment, where she gives him a drugged drink. She tells Darman they had been intimate and blackmails him for $50,000. More than a little distracted by his situation, his wife senses something is wrong and he gets into a violent argument with his father-in-law who owns the producing company Darman works for, and discontinues the picture. Sherry informs Darman she is going to tell his wife all about them. Darman tells his secretary that he is going to work late and is not to be disturbed, sets the moviola runnings, and exits by the back door and hot-foots it to Sherry's apartment.
Passion
Gaspar Melo
In old Spanish California, dashing cattleman Juan Obregon returns to the rancho of his friend Gaspar Melo, to find he's fathered a son on Rosa, one of Gaspar's identical twin daughters. Overjoyed, he plans to formalize his "unofficial" marriage. But trouble brews; Melo's land is of unclear title and the new Don Domingo hopes to grab it for his own profit. Violence results. Without even knowing who survived, Juan (accompanied by Rosa's tomboy sister Tonya) rides for revenge, through spectacular pastoral and wilderness scenery.
The High and the Mighty
Jose Locota
Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight - one that takes a terrifying suspense-building turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean at the point of no return.
I, the Jury
Dr. R.H. Vickers, Veterinarian
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer in his first film adventure. Originally screened in 3D.
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
Jonas P. Travis
Hodiak, Brian, Derek and Teal have just been released from prison. They return to Tomahawk Gap, now a ghost town, to retrieve the money that they stole and was buried by a partner somewhere in the town. While hunting, the Indians attack, and a life and death battle ensues.
Hans Christian Andersen
Burgomaster
A small-town shoemaker with a knack for spinning yarns, Hans encounters happiness and heartbreak on his road to becoming a full-fledged writer.
Goodbye, My Fancy
Professor Dingley
Agatha has fond memories of her romance with college president Dr. James Merrill, when she was a student and he was her professor, and wants to see if there is still a spark between them.
Belle Le Grand
Corky McGee
Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger sister has been placed in an orphanage. Determined to do whatever it takes to get her out, she eventually becomes the proprietor of a notorious gambling establishment.
The Flying Missile
Lars Hansen
A Navy commander experiments with launching missiles from submarines.
Woman on the Run
Maibus
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
The Jackpot
Mr. Ferguson
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy or prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them all in order to pay the taxes he's incurred.
Buccaneer's Girl
Vegetable Seller
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
Captain China
Geech
The title character, played by John Payne, is a ship's captain whose embittered behavior after losing his lady love seemingly leads to tragedy. Accused of deliberately scuttling his ship during a typhoon, Captain China hopes to clear himself by signing on as a common seaman on a vessel captain by his former first mate Brendensen. There's no love lost between the two men, and their mutual animosity is intensified when both fall in love with beautiful passenger.
The Big Steal
Julius Seton
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.
The Scar
Swangron
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate results.
16 Fathoms Deep
Capt. Athos
A bitterly jealous sponge fisherman tries to sabotage a fellow diver.
My Girl Tisa
Svenson
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.
Alias a Gentleman
No End
Aging ex-con tries to stop his daughter from getting involved with shady characters.
Reaching from Heaven
The Stranger
Just as church services are letting out, a shabbily-dressed stranger is run over by an automobile in front of the church. The stranger is helped mentally and physically by the minister and congregation members, who help him regain his self-confidence and also to accept the death of his wife as she was about to embark from Europe, as a displaced person, to join him in America.
The Fugitive
A Refugee Doctor
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
High Conquest
Peter Oberwalder Sr.
Love and adventure on the Matterhorn mountain.
Song of Scheherazade
Lorenzo
A beautiful cabaret dancer inspires composer Rimsky-Korsakov.
Adventure
Model T
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.
River Gang
Uncle Bill
An orphan girl lives with apparently kind uncle who turns out to be a murderer.
Roughly Speaking
Svend Olsen
In the 1920s, enterprising Louise Randall is determined to succeed in a man's world. Despite numerous setbacks, she always picks herself back up and moves forward again.
Dark Waters
Uncle Norbert
Leslie Calvin, the sole survivor of a submarine accident, goes to her relatives in order to recover emotionally. Unfortunately, she encounters various scam artists led by Mr. Sydney who intend to kill her and steal the family assets. Dr. George Grover helps Leslie to defeat Sydney.
An American Romance
Anton Dubechek
A European immigrant becomes a master of industry but almost loses his family.
The Impostor
Monge
The story concerns a condemned murderer named Clement (Jean Gabin), who is "liberated" when the Nazis bomb the French jail that holds him. During his escape, Clement comes across the body of a French soldier; he steals the dead man's uniform and identification papers, then hides from the law by joining the Resistance movement. Clement's new identity and purpose in life reforms him, and in due time he has sacrificed himself in service of his country.
Swing Shift Maisie
Horatio Curley
Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.
Arabian Nights
Aladdin
Two half brothers battle each other for the power of the throne and the love of sensual, gorgeous dancing girl Scheherazade.
カサブランカ
Berger
戦火近づく'40年の仏領モロッコ、カサブランカは、自由を求めて渡米しようとする人々で溢れていた。ナイトクラブを経営するリックの元へ、ナチの手を逃れてここまでやって来た抵抗運動の指導者が現れる。だがその人物の妻は、かつてパリでリックと恋に落ちたイルザだった……。
Tortilla Flat
Jose Maria Corcoran
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is quickly taken advantage of by his vagabond friends.
Larceny, Inc.
Sam Bachrach
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can do, the shop prospers...
Jungle Book
The Barber
Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book is given the full treatment in this lavish retelling filled with huge sets, exotic animals, a large cast and the incomparable Sabu, starring as Mowgli, the young orphan boy raised by wolves. Curious to reconnect with his human village, Mowgli returns only to find disappointment in the greed and treachery of man. Over time, Mowgli and the village members do grow to trust one another, but not before the village finds itself under siege. It's up to Mowgli and his jungle friends to save the day.
Breakdowns of 1942
Self
This is a collection of bloopers and film manipulation by The Warner Studio Club for an annual dinner for the staff at Warner Brothers.
All That Money Can Buy
Miser Stevens
Farmer Jabez Stone, about to lose his land, agrees to sell his soul to the devil, known as Mr. Scratch, who gives Jabez seven years to enjoy the fruits of his sale before he collects. Over that time, Jabez pays off his debts and helps many neighboring farmers, then becomes an advocate for the upstanding Sen. Daniel Webster. When Jabez's contract with Mr. Scratch concludes, he desperately turns to Webster to represent him in a trial for his soul.
New Wine
Hasslinger's Clerk
The romantic story of Franz Schubert 's fight for recognition of his music. The 1941 Reinhold Schunzel biographical musical composer melodrama.
The Shepherd of the Hills
Coot Royal
Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt's mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred rampant in the mountains. However, the arrival of a stranger, Daniel Howitt, begins to positively affect the mountain people, who learn to shed their hatred under his gentle influence.
Out of the Fog
Olaf Johnson
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
Million Dollar Baby
Dr. Patterson
A sudden windfall has unexpected consequences on a working class girl during the Great Depression.
Model Wife
The Janitor
Complications in a dressmaking firm when a model has to hide her marriage.
Youth Will Be Served
Clem Howie
A precocious youngster organizes a show to save a government youth camp from a local entrepreneur.
The Long Voyage Home
Axel
The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O'Neill one-act plays.
Knute Rockne All American
Lars Knutson Rockne
The story of legendary Notre Dame football player and coach Knute Rockne.
Angels Over Broadway
Charles Engle
Small-time businessman Charles Engle is threatened with exposure for embezzling $3,000 for his free-spending wife. Deciding on suicide, he scribbles a note, stuffs it in his pocket and goes for one last night on the town. He is pulled into a poker game by conman Bill O'Brien and singer Nina Barone, but when they discover the dropped note, they resolve to turn the tables, get Engle his $3,000 and save his life.
Babies for Sale
Howard Anderson
A determined newsman pursues his hunch that a charitable maternity hospital is running a ruthless adoption racket.
On Their Own
Peters
The Jones family (without father) head for California to open a bungalow court. To increase business they advertise for families with children and pets. A neighbor threatens to sue.
Ski Patrol
Gustaf
In 1939, a group of Finnish soldiers defend the border from Russian invaders.
Saturday's Children
First Carpenter (uncredited)
An inventor and his bride get testy in the city as they try to make ends meet.
怒りの葡萄
Muley Graves
30年代半ばの中西部の大飢饉を題材に、あからさまにニューディール政策の側に立って、アメリカ農民の詩を謳う、スタインベックの同名小説の映画化。 殺人容疑で入獄していたトムは仮釈放で4年ぶりに故郷オクラホマの農場に戻るが、小作人として働いていた一家は既に凶作の土地を逃れさったあとだった。叔父の家で家族と再会した彼は、みなで遥かカリフォルニアに行き、職を求めるのだったが……。
Blondie on a Budget
Ed Fuddle
Dagwood wants to join the trout club and Blondie wants a fur coat. Jealousy reigns when Dag's old girlfriend Joan shows up, but nothing else matters when a drawing at the movie theatre provides money for the coat.
ヒズ・ガール・フライデー
Earl Williams
前夫である編集長の思惑で、死刑が予定されている囚人の取材をすることになった女性新聞記者ヒルディ。次第に記者魂に火がついてしまい……。ケイリー・グラント、ロザリンド・ラッセルの顔合わせによる都会派コメディ。
Four Wives
Frank
In this sequel to Four Daughters, Ann struggles to move on after the death of her husband as she falls in love with Felix, but on the day of her engagement discovers that she carries Mickey's child.
Honeymoon in Bali
Meek Man (uncredited)
Bill Burnett, a resident of Bali, visits New York City, meets and falls in love with Gail Allen, the successful manager of a Fifth Avenue shop, who is determined to remain free and independent. Bill proposes, Gail declines and Bill goes home to Bali. But a young girl, Rosie, and Tony the Window Cleaner, who dispels advice on every floor, soon have Gail thinking maybe she was a bit hasty with her no to Bill's proposal. Ere long she discovers that she does love Bill and can't live without him. She goes down to Bali to give him the good news. He learns that he is soon to marry Noel Van Ness. She goes back to New York City.
Thunder Afloat
Milo
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
Mickey the Kid
Mailman
A bank robber and his boy make a run for it during winter in a bus full of children.
Let Us Live
Dan (uncredited)
When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved in. Though no one is willing to listen to the innocent prisoner's pleas for freedom, Brick's faithful fiancée, Mary, knows that her lover is innocent because she was with him when the crime was committed. As the scheduled execution draws ever nearer, Mary begins to investigate the murder herself.
Stand Up and Fight
Davy
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom.
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade
Stoner
In this drama, a New York physician takes a much-needed vacation down South. Unfortunately, he encounters a nurse working in the backwoods and ends up helping her to combat an epidemic that rages through the mountain communities. The doctor she works for prefers traditional herbs to modern medicine.
The Mad Miss Manton
Night Watchman at Subway Construction Site
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
Five of a Kind
Asa Wyatt
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.
The Chaser
Lars
A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.
Joy of Living
Oswego
Falling in love with the voice of Broadway chanteuse Margaret Garret, cocksure young tycoon Daniel Brewster decides to rescue the star from her hectic lifestyle of frenzied fans and mooching relatives. When Margaret has her ardent suitor arrested, the judge appoints her as Daniel's probation officer, forcing the duo to spend time together. As Daniel teaches Margaret to let her hair down and enjoy life, she begins to fall for her fun-loving admirer.
The Bad Man of Brimstone
Loco
A ruthless outlaw becomes very protective of a prizefighter when he learns the young man is his own son.
Nothing Sacred
Fireman (uncredited)
When a small-town girl is incorrectly diagnosed with a rare, deadly disease, an unknowing newspaper columnist turns her into a national heroine.
Fit for a King
Otto
Newspaper reporter "Scoops" is sent out on assignment, to investigate the failed assassination attempts on Archduke Julio. Trying to get the story, he runs into Jane Hamilton who is really Princess Helen. He doesn't realize that she is the story: a princess in exile, in danger of assassination; and, falling in love with "Scoops", while engaged to a prince.
She Had to Eat
Sleepy
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to New City, where he meets up with a small-time con woman and is repeatedly mistaken for a gangster.
Angel's Holiday
Waldo Everett
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes involved in intrigue centering on movie star Pauline Kaye and her companion Stivers. Reporter Nick Moore, once sweet on Pauline, is convinced that her sudden disappearance is a publicity stunt, which is true -- until gangster Bat Regan decides to get involved.
Fifty Roads to Town
Sheriff Dow
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
Seventh Heaven
Sewer Rat
A Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from the police, lives with her in a barren flat on the seventh floor, and then marches away to war.
Reunion
Asa Wyatt
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown chamber of commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor, some of whom have become famous.
Girls Dormitory
Toni
When a busybody teacher in a girls' finishing school finds a love letter from a student to an unknown man, a minor scandal erupts.
Meet Nero Wolfe
Olaf
Rex Stout's portly detective prides himself on solving crimes without venturing outside his comfortable home; here he relies on others to do the legwork in pinpointing who among a number of suspects is responsible for two sudden deaths, which the authorities at first are not convinced were murders.
The Country Doctor
Asa Wyatt
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
Wife vs. Secretary
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
Magazine publisher Van Stanhope is a hard-working, dynamic executive very happily married to his beautiful wife Linda. Although their relationship is built on unconditional trust, friends, and even Van's mother, caution Linda about the dangers of allowing Whitey, her husband's extremely sexy secretary, to continue to have access to him. Although Whitey has a faithful boyfriend, she secretly harbors unrequited feelings for her boss. When they take a business trip to Havana, circumstantial evidence convinces Linda that the rumors she's heard may have a basis in fact.
Ring Around the Moon
Bill Harvey
Ring Around the Moon was based on the once-popular novel by Vera Hobart. The story endeavors to invite comparisons between the high-toned romantic adventures of wealthy Gloria Endicott and more earthy amours of low-born Kay Duncan. Caught between both ladies is confused hero Ross Graham.
Man of Iron
Collins
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position.
Whipsaw
Will Dabson
Hot jewels from London make their way to New York, where they are stolen by racketeer Ed Dexter, who hides them with the help of his vivacious girlfriend, Vivian Palmer. Federal agent Ross McBride goes undercover to infiltrate the gang and, suspecting Vivian can lead him to the jewels, comes to her aid when she is chased by a rival gang. The two flee to the Midwest with both gangs in pursuit, but Vivian is not as gullible as Ross thinks.
The Three Musketeers
Planchet
The young Gascon D'Artagnan arrives in Paris, his heart set on joining the king's Musketeers. He is taken under the wings of three of the most respected and feared Musketeers, Porthos, Aramis, and Athos. Together they fight to save France and the honor of a lady from the machinations of the powerful Cardinal Richelieu.
Thunder in the Night
Hotel Porter
A whodunit set in Budapest, starring Edmund Lowe as a detective investigating the murder of an unemployed vaudeville actor.
Orchids to You
Smith
An unlikely courtroom romance blooms between a flower-shop owner and her unscrupulous landlord's married attorney.
Silk Hat Kid
Mr. Fossbender
Eddie Howard, a fast-thinking, two-fisted bodyguard, is hired by nightclub-owner Tim Martin to protect him from chiseling gangsters operating an extortion-racket. But Eddie meets and falls in love with Laura Grant, Tim's sweetheart, and complications quickly arise.
Doubting Thomas
Von Blitzen
A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides to retaliate by also going on stage.
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Sol Tinker
A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
Black Fury
Mike Shemanski
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.
Chasing Yesterday
Coccoz
An elderly bachelor, feeling nostalgic for his youth, seeks out his late sweetheart's teenage daughter, now an orphan forced to attend a strict boarding school.
The Great Hotel Murder
Ole
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.
One More Spring
Auctioneer
Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets.
Charlie Chan in Paris
Concierge, Dufresne's Hotel (bit)
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
365 Nights in Hollywood
Prof. Herman Ellenbogen
Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn into the plans of the school's owner to bilk a wealthy young man out of the funds he has supplied to shoot a movie starring pretty student Alice Perkins. But Jimmie hopes to bilk the bilkers by actually completing the movie as ostensibly planned.
Our Daily Bread
Chris (as John T. Qualen)
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
Servants' Entrance
Detective
Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda falls in love with humble chauffeur Eric Landstrom.
Straight Is the Way
Mr. Clapman (uncredited)
Just out of prison, Benny Horowitz tries to go straight. Things are complicated by his former girlfriend and his former gangster buddies.
He Was Her Man
Dutch, Santa Avila's Cabbie
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".
Sing and Like it
Oswald (as John M. Qualen)
While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her in a Broadway revue
Upperworld
Chris the Janitor
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably until the woman's manager decides to blackmail the millionaire.
Hi, Nellie!
Steve (uncredited)
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a straight shooter and he goes easy on the story. Every other paper goes with the story that Frank took the money and Brad is demoted, by the publisher, to the Heartthrob column - writing advice to the lovelorn. After feeling sorry for himself for two months, he takes the column seriously and makes it the talk of the town. But Brad still wants his old job back so he will have to find Canfield and the missing money.
Let's Fall in Love
Svente Bjorkman
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
Let's Fall in Love
Bjorkman
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
Counsellor at Law
Breitstein
A successful lawyer struggles to deal with his wife's unfaithfulness and his own hidden past.
Arrowsmith
Henry Novak (uncredited)
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Street Scene
Karl Olsen (as John M. Qualen)
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot. There is idle chitchat, gossip, jealousy, racism, adultery, and suddenly but not unexpectedly, a murder.