Jess Kirkpatrick
Nascimento : 1897-10-02, Champaign, Illinois, USA
Morte : 1976-08-09
Watson
Also known as "Dragnet 1966," this TV movie was originally the pilot for the 1967 relaunch of the original 1950s "Dragnet" radio show and TV show (which also had it's own movie in 1954, from the same creative team). However, the pilot wasn't actually aired until 1969. In this feature-length entry, Sgt. Joe Friday is called back from vacation to work with his partner, Officer Bill Gannon, on a missing persons case. Two amateur female models and a young war widow have vanished, having been last seen with one J. Johnson. In the course of tracking down Johnson and the young ladies, the detectives wind up with two different descriptions of the suspect, one of which closely resembles a dead body found in a vacant lot. But the dead man, later identified as Charles LeBorg of France, proves not to be J. Johnson, when a third young model disappears.
Simpkins (uncredited)
A policeman is accused of manslaughtering a 14-year-old boy but is acquitted of all charges. Still, he feels a lot of guilt and begins to doubt if he really is innocent after all.
Model T. Parson
A young Texas cowgirl raises a prize-winning calf, whose presence helps her recover from polio.
Sheriff
Irritado com seu tio, Toby Tyler foge de seu lar adotivo para se juntar ao circo, onde logo se torna amigo de Mr. Stubbs, um chimpanzé brincalhão. No entanto, o circo não é somente diversão e jogos, quando o malvado vendedor de doces, Harry Tupper, o convence de que sua tia e tio não o amam ou o querem volta. Toby se resigna a vida no circo até descobrir as mentiras de Tupper sobre seus tios.
Barney
Al Graham runs a trucking business in Alaska, America’s final frontier which confronts him with washed out bridges, female hitchhikers and mayhem concerning his partner Gerard Mason and his scheming wife.
Pilot Viccarino
A fungus dubbed "Space Rust" from Outer Space threatens to destroy the Earth.
The singing, rhyming citizens of Hamelin hope to win a competition with rival towns for royal recognition. To this end, the mayor outlaws play (which is a bit hard on the children) and refuses to help a rival town when it's flooded. But rats (seen only as shadows), fleeing the flood, invade Hamelin in droves; a magical piper, whose music only children (and rats) can hear, strikes a bargain...which, once the rats are gone, the Mayor and council renege on, to their subsequent regret.
Al (uncredited)
Former radio singer Kay learns from her gossipy friends that her husband, Steve, has had an affair with chorus girl Crystal. Devastated, Kay tries to ignore the information, but when Crystal performs one of her musical numbers at a charity benefit, she breaks down and goes to Reno to file for divorce. However, when she hears that gold-digging Crystal is making Steve unhappy, Kay resolves to get her husband back. The Opposite Sex is a remake of the 1939 comedy The Women.
Chicago Reporter (uncredited)
The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ.
Ed Pardee
The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.
Bill MacReady
A government agent's son wins respect and love when he challenges counterfeiters.
Story follows the rise and subsequent fall of the notorious head of a New York crime family, who decides to testify against his pals in order to avoid being killed by his fellow cohorts.
Fred (uncredited)
Do-gooder Joe McDoakes is the guest on the "Know Your Relatives" TV show where, to his chagrin, many of his black sheep relations reveal the skeletons in the family closet.
Mac (the waiter)
A woman and a songwriter suspected of murder join forces to crack the case.
Anderson
A small-town newspaper editor defies threats to expose the mob.
Quigley
In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgotten well on her way to school. Having nothing better to go on, the police follow up a report that the child was seen with a white stranger, and rumors run wild. Before hapless, innocent Claude Packard is even found, popular hysteria has him tried and convicted. But is he guilty?
Newsboy (as Jess B. Kirkpatrick)
Sid Melton stars as a taxi driver dealing with nutty passengers and a nagging wife. Comedy.
Sam
Frank Bigelow is about to die, and he knows it. The accountant has been poisoned and has only 24 hours before the lethal concoction kills him. Determined to find out who his murderer is, Frank, with the help of his assistant and girlfriend, Paula, begins to trace back over his last steps. As he frantically tries to unravel the mystery behind his own impending demise, his sleuthing leads him to a group of crooked businessmen and another murder.
Gambler (uncredited)
Expecting the usual loss, a boxing manager takes bribes from a betting gangster without telling his fighter.
Patrolman Patrick Riley (as Jesse Kirkpatrick)
A study of an amoral and sleazy defense lawyer who suddenly tries to "go straight" when he finds out that his tart wife is cheating on him; as well as the similarities he has in life with one of his clients.