James Durkin

James Durkin

출생 : 1876-05-21, Quebec, Canada

사망 : 1934-03-12

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James Durkin (May 21, 1876 – March 12, 1934) was a Canadian-American actor of the stage and screen and director.

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James Durkin

참여 작품

The Vanishing Shadow
Prof. Carl Van Dorn
A 12-episode serial in which a son avenges the death of his father at the hands of corrupt politicians. He develops a wide variety of complex devices in his crusade . . . ray guns, robots and a 'vanishing belt.'
Heat Lightning
The Sheriff
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
Perils of Pauline
Prof. Hargrave
A famous scientist and his beautiful daughter travel to Indochina to find an ivory disc that has the formula for a deadly gas engraved on it. An evil doctor and his gang are also looking for it.
The Devil's Mate
Warden
A convicted murderer has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. He decides to spill the name of the man who hired him, but just before he does he's killed by a poison dart. A police detective and a pretty young newspaper reporter team up to find out the identity of the man behind the killings.
Secret of the Blue Room
Kruger, Commissioner's Assistant
According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night in that room has met with an untimely end. The three suitors of the heroine wager that each can survive a night in the forbidding blue room.
The Big Cage
Silas Warner
A circus on the verge of bankruptcy decides to save itself by staging a animal act with lions and tigers for the first time.
Wild Girl
Madison Clay
Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.
스카페이스
Newspaper Man (uncredited)
{이 영화는 미국을 지배하는 세력인 갱단에 대한 고발이자, 국민의 안전과 자유에 대한 위협이 날로 증가함에도 불구하고, 이에 무관심한 정부에 대한 고발이다. 이 영화에 등장하는 모든 사건은 실제 사건을 재현한 것으로써, 정부에게 이에 대한 대책을 촉구하기 위해 만들어졌다. 이 정부는 바로 당신의 정부이다. 당신은 어떻게 할 것인가?} 1920년대, 금주법 시대의 시카고. 구시대의 마지막 갱 두목 루이 코스틸로(일명 빅 루이)가 살해된다. 그의 보디가드이자 오른팔인 토니 카몬테(일명 조 블랙)가 또다른 두목 자니 로보의 사주로 저지른 것이라는 혐의를 받지만 증거가 없다. 토니는 로보 밑에서 조직의 2인자 노릇을 하면서, 앞뒤 안 가리는 폭력으로 점차 세력을 확대해 나간다. 그에겐 유일하게 애정을 쏟는 여동생 체스카가 있으며, 보스 자니의 여자 포피에게 호감을 가진다. 한편, 토니는 북쪽 지역 갱단의 밀주 상권까지 세력에 넣으면서, 때마침 휴대용 기관총까지 등장, 시카고는 온통 총격전이 난무하는 무법천지가 된다. 이러한 상황은 경찰을 사칭하고 상대편 갱 7명을 사살한 발렌타인 대학살 사건으로 절정을 이루는데..
South of the Rio Grande
Señor Ruiz
Sergeant Carlos Olivarez (Buck Jones) becomes entangled in the machinations of an oil baron, havoc-wreaking bandits, and the femme fatale who ruined his brother.
House of Mystery
John Craig
Two hunters discover a dead young woman in a cabin in the woods.One of them being the sheriff, he proceeds to press the wealthy owner for an explanation. At first it looks like his son has killed his unfaithful wife, but the wife's lover and the family butler are acting suspiciously enough to be followed.
The Secret Witness
Detective
A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor believes the man is innocent and sets out to prove who really committed the murder.
Nice Women
Mr. Girard
A mother tries to get her daughter to marry for money, but the daughter wants to marry for love.
Flying High
Mr. Rankin - Detective (uncredited)
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
Alexander Hamilton
Second Ex-Soldier
The founding father has an extramarital affair and meets with the likes of Thomas Jefferson.
An American Tragedy
A social climber charms a debutante, seduces a factory worker and commits murder.
The Vice Squad
Second Magistrate
A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.
Gun Smoke
J.K. Horton
Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his henchies take a train to a small western town in Idaho, with intentions of hiding out there until things cool down back in Chi or NYC, or wherever they lammed from.They are welcomed with open arms by the citizens under the impression they are there as capital investors with money to spend. Before long, Darvas figures the town is ripe for the taking and sends word for reinforcements, and each arriving train unloads a few suits and snappy-brim hats.Then they get rough, kill Sheriff Posey Meed and rile up the citizens, led by cowhand Brad Farley, who had Darvas spotted for a wrong number just by the way he made moves on Sue Vancey.
The Conquering Horde
Amos Corley
Not long after the Civil War, Texas cattle ranchers realize they have a problem--the Union Pacific railroad is bypassing their state and make it near impossible to get their cattle to market. Many ranchers are being forced to sell their land, and crooked state treasure Marvin Fletcher buys up the land at pennies on the dollar. However, Laguna del Sol Ranch owner Taisie Lockhart and her ranch hands are holding out. Cowboy Dan McMasters returns to the ranch and tries to rekindle his romance with Taisie, but she rejects him because he fought for the North during the war. But what she doesn't know is that Dan is on an undercover mission from the President to investigate Fletcher, and in order to do that he has to pretend to be sympathetic to Fletcher and goes to work for him, angering Taisie even more. Complications ensue.
Shadow of the Law
Prison Warden
John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the shadows and angrily demands to know where she has been. The embarrassed Nelson excuses himself and goes to his rooms in the same hotel. The woman rushes into his apartment followed by the man who met her in the hall. The man threatens her with violence and Nelson comes to her defense. In the ensuing fight, the man is knocked out of the window and falls to his death to the pavement many stories down. He is charged with the killing and his only witness that can prove self-defense for him has disappeared, and can not be found.
The Red Widow
Director
An American corset manufacturer by the name of Cicero Hannibal Butts travels to Russia, where he has comic adventures involving a famous opera star and political intrigue.
The Incorrigible Dukane
Director
A rich contractor sends his son to supervise the building of a new dam. His clothes are stolen by a tramp and dressed in the tramp's clothes he's mistaken for a laborer.
The Celebrated Scandal
Director
The Celebrated Scandal
The Chasm
The Burglar
Dr. Mureaux, a widower, has an only daughter, Ruth. One night when her father is away, a burglar breaks into the house. Ruth displays great courage, winning the admiration of the intruder. She questions him about his mode of living and finally induces the man to promise that he will return in a few days when she will do all in her power to get him an honest job.
The Chasm
Director
Dr. Mureaux, a widower, has an only daughter, Ruth. One night when her father is away, a burglar breaks into the house. Ruth displays great courage, winning the admiration of the intruder. She questions him about his mode of living and finally induces the man to promise that he will return in a few days when she will do all in her power to get him an honest job.
Peggy's Invitation
Director
A society woman who lives in the suburbs near the sea had laid her plans to insure the marriage of her daughter to a wealthy young banker.