Peter George Lynn (January 28, 1906 – December 3, 1967) was an American actor and writer.
Early life
Lynn was born January 28, 1906, in
Cumberland, Maryland
Cumberland is a U.S. city in and the county seat of Allegany County, Maryland
Maryland ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It shares borders with Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its s ...
. He graduated from
Washington and Lee University
, mottoeng = "Not Unmindful of the Future"
, established =
, type = Private liberal arts university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.092 billion (2021)
, president = William C. Dudley
, provost = Lena Hill
, city = Lexingto ...
and worked as a pilot for
Curtiss-Wright
The Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a manufacturer and services provider headquartered in Davidson, North Carolina, with factories and operations in and outside the United States. Created in 1929 from the consolidation of Curtiss, Wright, and v ...
before he became an actor.
Career
Lynn acted in about 30 plays at the
Pasadena Playhouse
The Pasadena Playhouse is a historic performing arts venue located 39 S. El Molino Avenue in Pasadena, California, United States. The 686-seat auditorium produces a variety of cultural and artistic events, professional shows, and community engage ...
.
He appeared in films such as ''
Sinner Take All
''Sinner Take All'' is a 1936 murder mystery film directed by Errol Taggart and starring Bruce Cabot and Margaret Lindsay.
Plot
When millionaire New York City businessman Aaron Lampier (Charley Grapewin) receives a death threat in the mail, he ...
'' (1936), the MGM Academy Award nominated short ''
Torture Money
''Torture Money'' is a 1937 American short crime film directed by Harold S. Bucquet. In 1938, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-reel at the 10th Academy Awards
The 10th Academy Awards were held on March 10, 1938 to honor films rel ...
'' (1937),
''
The Great Dictator
''The Great Dictator'' is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the onl ...
'' (1940), and ''
To Be or Not to Be To Be or Not to Be may refer to:
* ''To be, or not to be'', the soliloquy from ''Hamlet''.
Films and TV, theatre and books
* ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1942 film), directed by Ernst Lubitsch
* ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1983 film), a remake produced ...
'' (1942).
Towards the end of his career he appeared in television series such as ''
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
''The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin'' is an American children's television series in the Western genre that aired from October 1954 to May 1959 on the ABC television network. In all, 164 episodes aired. The show starred Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orph ...
'' (1956–8), ''
The Untouchables
Untouchables or The Untouchables may refer to:
American history
* Untouchables (law enforcement), a 1930s American law enforcement unit led by Eliot Ness
* ''The Untouchables'' (book), an autobiography by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley
* ''The U ...
'' (1959) and ''
The Deputy
''The Deputy, a Christian tragedy'' (German: ''Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel''), also published in English as ''The Representative '', is a controversial 1963 play by Rolf Hochhuth which portrayed Pope Pius XII as having failed ...
'' (1961).
Lynn was also a playwright and a contributor of material published in magazines.
Death
Lynn died December 3, 1967, in
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the world' ...
.
Selected filmography
Film
* ''
Tough Guy
The Tough Guy Competition was an endurance challenge that claims to be the world's most demanding one-day survival ordeal. First staged in 1987 and organised by Billy Wilson under the pseudonym of "Mr. Mouse", it is held on a 600-acre (2.42 sq ...
'' (1936) - Patrolman (uncredited)
* ''
Sinner Take All
''Sinner Take All'' is a 1936 murder mystery film directed by Errol Taggart and starring Bruce Cabot and Margaret Lindsay.
Plot
When millionaire New York City businessman Aaron Lampier (Charley Grapewin) receives a death threat in the mail, he ...
'' (1936) - Stephen
* ''
Torture Money
''Torture Money'' is a 1937 American short crime film directed by Harold S. Bucquet. In 1938, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject, Two-reel at the 10th Academy Awards
The 10th Academy Awards were held on March 10, 1938 to honor films rel ...
'' (1937, Short) - Larry Martin
* ''
Internes Can't Take Money
''Internes Can't Take Money'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by Alfred Santell and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Joel McCrea, Lloyd Nolan and Stanley Ridges. McCrea portrays Dr. Kildare in the character's first screen appearance. Metro-Goldw ...
'' (1937) - Joe (uncredited)
* ''
The Duke Comes Back'' (1937) - Al
* ''
Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
''Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo'' is a 1937 American movie directed by Eugene Forde. The main character is Charlie Chan, a Chinese-Hawaiian detective. This was the sixteenth and final Charlie Chan film with Warner Oland portraying Chan. The film f ...
'' (1937) - Al Rogers
* ''
City Girl'' (1938) - Steve (uncredited)
* ''
Island in the Sky'' (1938) - Charlie - Butler's Henchman (uncredited)
* ''
Too Hot to Handle'' (1938) - Harry Harding (uncredited)
* ''
Time Out for Murder
''Time Out for Murder'' is a 1938 American crime film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone, written by Jerome Cady, and starring Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen, Chick Chandler, Douglas Fowley, Robert Kellard, Jane Darwell and Jean Rogers. It was r ...
'' (1938) - Henchman Blackie
* ''
Cipher Bureau'' (1938) - Lt. Tydall
* ''
Newsboys' Home
''Newsboys' Home'' is a 1938 crime film that starred Jackie Cooper and ''Little Tough Guys, The Little Tough Guys''.
Plot
When his father, a small town sheriff, is slain by a big city gangster, "Rifle" Edwards becomes a homeless vagabond, driftin ...
'' (1938) - Balke (uncredited)
* ''
Risky Business
''Risky Business'' is a 1983 American teen comedy-drama film written and directed by Paul Brickman (in his directorial debut) and starring Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay. Best known as Cruise's breakout film, ''Risky Business'' was a critical ...
'' (1939) - Jackson's Henchman (uncredited)
* ''
Pardon Our Nerve
''Pardon Our Nerve'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Lynn Bari, June Gale, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Michael Whalen, Edward Brophy and John Miljan. The ...
'' (1939) - Bodyguard (uncredited)
* ''
Society Smugglers
''Society Smugglers'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Joe May and starring Preston Foster, Irene Hervey and Walter Woolf King.Monaco p.364 It was made and distributed by Universal Pictures. The film sets were designed by the art director ...
'' (1939) - Austin
* ''
Mystery Plane
''Mystery Plane'' (aka ''Sky Pilot'' and ''Sky Pirate'') is a 1939 American action film directed by George Waggner and written by Paul Schofield and George Waggner. The film is based on the comic strip ''Tailspin Tommy'' by Hal Forrest and Glenn ...
'' (1939) - 'Brandy' Rand
* ''
Let Us Live
''Let Us Live'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda and Ralph Bellamy.
The script of the film was adapted from the 1936 Harper's Magazine story "Murder in Massachusetts" by Joseph F. ...
'' (1939) - Joe Taylor
* ''
Wolf Call
The wolf (''Canis lupus''; : wolves), also known as the gray wolf or grey wolf, is a large canine native to Eurasia and North America. More than thirty subspecies of ''Canis lupus'' have been recognized, and gray wolves, as popularly u ...
'' (1939) - Father Devlin
* ''
Mr. Wong in Chinatown
''Mr. Wong in Chinatown'' is a 1939 American mystery film directed by William Nigh and starring Boris Karloff as Mr. Wong.Stephen Jacobs, ''Boris Karloff: More Than a Monster'', Tomahawk Press 2011 p 246
Plot
A beautiful Chinese woman visits ...
'' (1939) - Captain Guy Jackson
* ''
Quick Millions'' (1939) - H. Jenkins 'Hank' Pierson
* ''
The Housekeeper's Daughter
''The Housekeeper's Daughter'' is a 1939 comedy film directed and produced by Hal Roach. The film stars Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou and John Hubbard. The screenplay was written by Rian James, Gordon Douglas, Jack Jevne and Claude Martin, base ...
'' (1939) - Gangster (uncredited)
* ''Buried Alive'' (1939) - Gus Barth
* ''
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk'' (1940) - Convict (uncredited)
* ''
The Lone Wolf Strikes
''The Lone Wolf Strikes'' is a 1940 crime drama film directed by Sidney Salkow, which stars Warren William, Joan Perry, and Eric Blore.
The Lone Wolf character dates back to 1914, when author Louis Joseph Vance
Louis Joseph Vance (September ...
'' (1940) - Dorgan
* ''
Northwest Passage
The Northwest Passage (NWP) is the sea route between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the Arctic Ocean, along the northern coast of North America via waterways through the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. The eastern route along the Arct ...
'' (1940) - Joe Turner (uncredited)
* ''
Kit Carson
Christopher Houston Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868) was an American frontiersman. He was a fur trapper, wilderness guide, Indian agent, and U.S. Army officer. He became a frontier legend in his own lifetime by biographies and n ...
'' (1940) - James King
* ''
Drums of the Desert'' (1940) - Capt. Jean Bridaux
* ''
The Great Dictator
''The Great Dictator'' is a 1940 American anti-war political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced, scored by, and starring British comedian Charlie Chaplin, following the tradition of many of his other films. Having been the onl ...
'' (1940) - Commander of Storm Troopers
* ''
The Saint in Palm Springs
''The Saint in Palm Springs'' is a crime melodrama released by RKO Pictures in early 1941. The film continued the screen adventures of the Robin Hood-inspired anti-hero, Simon Templar, alias "The Saint", created by Leslie Charteris.
This sequel ...
'' (1941) - Jimmy (uncredited)
* ''
The Penalty'' (1941) - George, Police Operative (uncredited)
* ''
Adventures of Captain Marvel
''Adventures of Captain Marvel'' is a 1941 American 12-chapter black-and-white serial film, movie serial from Republic Pictures, produced by Hiram S. Brown, Jr., directed by John English (director), John English and William Witney, that stars T ...
'' (1941, Serial) - Prof. Dwight Fisher
h. 1-6* ''
Saddlemates
''Saddlemates'' is a 1941 American Western " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck and starring Robert Livingston, Bob Steele, and Rufe Davis.
Cast
* Robert Livingston as Stony Brooke
* Bob Steele as Tucson Smith
* Rufe ...
'' (1941) - LeRoque aka Wanechee
* ''
Caught in the Draft
''Caught in the Draft'' is a 1941 comedy/war film with Bob Hope directed by David Butler.
Plot
Famous Hollywood actor Don Bolton (Hope) is a vain movie star whose biggest fear is to be drafted into the US Army. He definitely lacks the qualities ...
'' (1941) - Pilot (uncredited)
* ''
Criminals Within
''Criminals Within'' (also issued as ''Army Mystery'') is a 1941 American drama film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Eric Linden, Ben Alexander and Donald Curtis. It was released on June 27, 1941.
Cast list
* Eric Linden as Corporal Gr ...
'' (1941) - Prof. Carroll (uncredited)
* ''
Bombay Clipper
''Bombay Clipper'' is a 1942 aviation drama film directed by John Rawlins and starring William Gargan and Irene Hervey. The film features Maria Montez in an early role. Turhan Bey also appears.
The film was based on the exploits of oceanic fly ...
'' (1942) - Bland
* ''
Plan for Destruction
''Plan for Destruction'' is a 1943 American short propaganda film directed by Edward Cahn. It looks at the Geopolitik ideas of the ex-World War I professor, General Karl Haushofer, who is portrayed as the head of a huge organisation for gatheri ...
'' (1942) -
Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Walter Richard Hess (Heß in German; 26 April 1894 – 17 August 1987) was a German politician and a leading member of the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany. Appointed Deputy Führer to Adolf Hitler in 1933, Hess held that position unt ...
* ''
To Be or Not to Be To Be or Not to Be may refer to:
* ''To be, or not to be'', the soliloquy from ''Hamlet''.
Films and TV, theatre and books
* ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1942 film), directed by Ernst Lubitsch
* ''To Be or Not to Be'' (1983 film), a remake produced ...
'' (1942) - Actor-Adjutant
* ''
Grand Central Murder
''Grand Central Murder'' is a comedy/mystery film released in 1942. It was based on Sue MacVeigh's 1939 novel of the same name, and stars Van Heflin as a private investigator who is one of the suspects in a murder on a private train car in Grand C ...
'' (1942) - Paul Rinehart
* ''
A-Haunting We Will Go'' (1942) - Darby Mason
* ''
The Secret Code'' (1942, Serial) - Chief Stover
h.1
H1, H-1, H01, H I may refer to:
Places
* Interstate H-1, a highway in Hawaii
* Area H1, the area of Hebron controlled by the Palestinian Authority under the Hebron Protocol
Science
* H1 (particle detector)
* Histamine H1 receptor
* Histone H1 ...
* ''
Commandos Strike at Dawn
''Commandos Strike at Dawn'' is a 1942 war film directed by John Farrow and written by Irwin Shaw from a short story entitled "The Commandos" by C. S. Forester that appeared in ''Cosmopolitan'' magazine in June 1942. Filmed in Canada, it starred ...
'' (1942) - German Radio Announcer (uncredited)
* ''
G-Men vs. the Black Dragon
''G-Men vs. The Black Dragon'' (1943) is a Republic Pictures movie serial. It is noteworthy among adventure serials as containing an unusually high number of fistfights, all staged by director William Witney and a team of stuntmen.
This was Witne ...
'' (1943, Serial) - Pilot Thug (uncredited)
* ''
Tarzan Triumphs
''Tarzan Triumphs'' is a 1943 adventure film in which Tarzan fights the Nazi Germany, Nazis. Johnny Weissmuller had portrayed the Edgar Rice Burroughs character in six films with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, but this was his first with the producer Sol ...
'' (1943) - Nazi Pilot (uncredited)
* ''
Tonight We Raid Calais
''Tonight We Raid Calais'' is a 1943 American film directed by John Brahm and starring John Sutton, Lee J. Cobb, and Annabella.
Plot summary
Geoffrey Carter ( John Sutton), a young commando British intelligence officer, is sent into Nazi-occu ...
'' (1943) - German Lieutenant
* ''
Slightly Dangerous
''Slightly Dangerous'' is a 1943 American romantic comedy film starring Lana Turner and Robert Young. The screenplay concerns a bored young woman in a dead-end job who runs away to New York City and ends up impersonating the long-lost daughter of ...
'' (1943) - 'Times' Reporter (uncredited)
* ''
They Came to Blow Up America
''They Came to Blow Up America'', also known as ''School for Sabotage'' and ''School for Saboteurs'', is a 1943 American war spy film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring George Sanders and Anna Sten. It is based on the World War II Operation P ...
'' (1943) - Herman - Gestapo Driver (uncredited)
* ''
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
''Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case'' is a 1943 film in the Dr. Kildare series. Based on characters created by Max Brand. The third of MGM's Dr. Gillespie series (6 in all) to dispense with the services of Dr. Kildare (Lew Ayres) (8 in all) after '' ...
'' (1943) - Mack (uncredited)
* ''
Hitler's Madman
''Hitler's Madman'' is a 1943 World War II drama directed by Douglas Sirk. It is a highly fictionalized account of the 1942 assassination of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich and the resulting Lidice massacre, which the Germans committed as reveng ...
'' (1943) - 1st Officer (uncredited)
* ''
Appointment in Berlin
''Appointment in Berlin'' (also known as ''Assignment in Berlin'') is a 1943 American war drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring George Sanders, Marguerite Chapman and Onslow Stevens. The film's plot follows an R.A.F. officer who inf ...
'' (1943) - Under Officer (uncredited)
* ''
The North Star'' (1943) - German Pilot (uncredited)
* ''
Northern Pursuit
''Northern Pursuit'' is a 1943 American World War II film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn as a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) who tries to uncover a Nazi plot against the Allied war effort. The film was set in ...
'' (1943) - Johnson - Mountie (uncredited)
* ''
The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case
''The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case'' is a 1943 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Warner Baxter, Lynn Merrick and Gloria Dickson.Erickson p.203 It is the second in a series of Crime Doctor films made by Columbia Pictures ...
'' (1943) - Walter Burns (uncredited)
* ''
The Impostor'' (1944) - Soldier (uncredited)
* ''
None Shall Escape
''None Shall Escape'' is a 1944 war film. Even though the film was made during World War II, the setting is a post-war Nuremberg-style war crimes trial. Alexander Knox plays Wilhelm Grimm, a Nazi officer who is on trial, and the story unfolds th ...
'' (1944) - Otto - S.S. Officer (uncredited)
* ''
The Fighting Sullivans
''The Fighting Sullivans'', originally released as ''The Sullivans'', is a 1944 American biographical war film directed by Lloyd Bacon and written by Edward Doherty, Mary C. McCall Jr., and Jules Schermer. It was nominated for a now-discontinued ...
'' (1944) - Officer (uncredited)
* ''
Two-Man Submarine
''Two-Man Submarine'' is a 1944 American action film directed by Lew Landers and written by Griffin Jay and Leslie T. White. The film stars Tom Neal, Ann Savage, J. Carrol Naish, Robert B. Williams, Abner Biberman and George Lynn. The film ...
'' (1944) - Norman Fosmer
* ''
The Hitler Gang
''The Hitler Gang'' is a 1944 American pseudo-documentary film directed by John Farrow, which traces the political rise of Adolf Hitler. Described as a "documentary-propaganda" film by its studio, Paramount Pictures, the historical drama is based ...
'' (1944) - SS Man (uncredited)
* ''
The Story of Dr. Wassell
''The Story of Dr. Wassell'' is a 1944 American World War II film set in the Dutch East Indies, directed by Cecil B. DeMille, and starring Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso and Dennis O'Keefe. The film was based on a book of the same name by ...
'' (1944) - Lt. Smith (uncredited)
* ''
Wilson
Wilson may refer to:
People
* Wilson (name)
** List of people with given name Wilson
** List of people with surname Wilson
* Wilson (footballer, 1927–1998), Brazilian manager and defender
* Wilson (footballer, born 1984), full name Wilson Ro ...
'' (1944) - Reporter (uncredited)
* ''
The House of Frankenstein
''House of Frankenstein'' is a 1944 American horror film starring Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine. The film was directed by Erle C. Kenton based on a story by Curt Siodmak, and produced by Universal Pictures. The film is about Dr ...
'' (1944) - Inspector Gerlach
* ''
She Gets Her Man She Gets Her Man may refer to:
* She Gets Her Man (1935 film), an American comedy film
* She Gets Her Man (1945 film)
''She Gets Her Man'' is a 1945 American comedy film directed by Erle C. Kenton and written by Warren Wilson, Clyde Bruckman, Ra ...
'' (1945) - Sinister Cameraman (uncredited)
* ''
High Powered
''High Powered'' is a 1945 American adventure film directed by William Berke starring Robert Lowery and Phyllis Brooks. It is also known as ''High Man''.
Plot
Marian Blair and Cassie McQuade are running a small lunch establishment in their tr ...
'' (1945) - Joe Jackson (uncredited)
* ''
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
'' (1945) - Bata
* ''
The Master Key'' (1945, Serial) - Herman - Chief Thug
* ''
Counter-Attack
A counterattack is a tactic employed in response to an attack, with the term originating in "Military exercise, war games". The general objective is to negate or thwart the advantage gained by the enemy during attack, while the specific object ...
'' (1945) - Russian Lieutenant (uncredited)
* ''
Secret Agent X-9
''Secret Agent X-9'' is a comic strip created by writer Dashiell Hammett ('' The Maltese Falcon'') and artist Alex Raymond (''Flash Gordon''). Syndicated by King Features, it ran from January 22, 1934 until February 10, 1996.
Premise and publ ...
'' (1945, Serial) - Bach
* ''
Shady Lady'' (1945) - Card Player (uncredited)
* ''
Girl on the Spot'' (1946) - Tony Bracken (uncredited)
* ''
Tangier
Tangier ( ; ; ar, طنجة, Ṭanja) is a city in northwestern Morocco. It is on the Moroccan coast at the western entrance to the Strait of Gibraltar, where the Mediterranean Sea meets the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Spartel. The town is the cap ...
'' (1946) - Lieutenant
* ''
Lost City of the Jungle
''Lost City of the Jungle'' is a 1946 Universal movie serial.
Plot
Recent atom tests show a certain element - Meteorium 245 - as a defense against the atomic bomb. The evil Eric Hazarias (Lionel Atwill) has traced a Meteorium deposit to the Him ...
'' (1946, Serial) - Henchman Marlow
* ''
Her Kind of Man
''Her Kind of Man'' is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Frederick De Cordova, and starring Dane Clark, Janis Paige and Zachary Scott. The film is not to be confused with ''His Kind of Woman'' (1951) starring Robert Mitchum and Jane Russ ...
'' (1946) - Houseman (uncredited)
* ''
Notorious
Notorious means well known for a negative trait, characteristic, or action. It may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Films
* ''Notorious'' (1946 film), a thriller directed by Alfred Hitchcock
* ''Notorious'' (1992 film), a TV film re ...
'' (1946) - Photographer (uncredited)
* ''
Under Nevada Skies
'' Under Nevada Skies '' is a 1946 American western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Roy Rogers, Dale Evans and George 'Gabby' Hayes. It was produced and distributed by Republic Pictures.
Cast
* Roy Rogers as himself
* Trigger ...
'' (1946) - Henchman LeBlanc
* ''
Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1946) - Soldier (uncredited)
* ''
Suddenly, It's Spring
''Suddenly, It's Spring'' (some sources list the title without a comma) is a 1947 comedy film directed by Mitchell Leisen. It stars Paulette Goddard and Fred MacMurray.
The story is set in 1945, at the end of World War II. Goddard and MacMurray ...
'' (1944) - Reporter (uncredited)
* ''
Killer at Large'' (1947) - Rand
* ''
The Naked City
''The Naked City'' (aka ''Naked City'') is a 1948 American film noir directed by Jules Dassin, starring Barry Fitzgerald, Howard Duff, Dorothy Hart and Don Taylor. The film, shot almost entirely on location in New York City, depicts the polic ...
'' (1948) - Det. Fredericks (uncredited)
* ''
Best Man Wins
''Best Man Wins'' is a 1948 American historical drama film directed by John Sturges and starring Edgar Buchanan, Anna Lee and Robert Shayne. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. It it based on the story ''The Celebrated Jumping F ...
'' (1948) - Mr. Crow
* ''
For the Love of Mary
''For the Love of Mary'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film directed by Frederick de Cordova and starring Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, and Jeffrey Lynn. Written by Oscar Brodney, the film is about a young woman who takes a job ...
'' (1948) - (uncredited)
* ''
The Snake Pit
''The Snake Pit'' is a 1948 American psychological drama film directed by Anatole Litvak and starring Olivia de Havilland, Mark Stevens, Leo Genn, Celeste Holm, Beulah Bondi, and Lee Patrick. Based on Mary Jane Ward's 1946 semi-autobiographi ...
'' (1948) - Doctor (uncredited)
* ''
Homicide for Three
''Homicide for Three'' is a 1948 American crime film directed by George Blair and written by Bradbury Foote and Albert DeMond. The film stars Warren Douglas, Audrey Long, Grant Withers, Lloyd Corrigan, Stephanie Bachelor and George Lynn. The ...
'' (1948) - Bill Daggett - aka Ludwig Rose
* ''
Criss Cross'' (1949) - Andy (uncredited)
* ''
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
''The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend'' is a 1949 romantic comedy Western film starring Betty Grable and featuring Cesar Romero and Rudy Vallee. It was directed by Preston Sturges and written by him based on a story by Earl Felton.
The film ...
'' (1949) - Townsman (uncredited)
* ''
Take One False Step
''Take One False Step'' is a 1949 American film noir crime film directed by Chester Erskine and starring William Powell and Shelley Winters.
Plot
Married college professor Andrew Gentling reluctantly agrees to have a drink with Catherine Sykes, a ...
'' (1949) - Policeman (uncredited)
* ''
D.O.A.
DOA may refer to:
* Dead on arrival
* Dead or Alive (disambiguation)
Film
* ''D.O.A.'' (1949 film), a ''film noir''
* ''D.O.A.'' (1988 film), a remake of the 1949 film
* '' D.O.A.: A Rite of Passage'' (1980 film), a documentary on the gene ...
'' (1949) - Homicide Detective (uncredited)
* ''
Gun Crazy
''Gun Crazy'' (also known as ''Deadly Is the Female'') is a 1950 American crime film noir starring Peggy Cummins and John Dall in a story about the crime-spree of a gun-toting husband and wife. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis, and produced ...
'' (1950) - Holdup Victim (uncredited)
* ''
'' (1950) - Frank (uncredited)
* ''
The Asphalt Jungle
''The Asphalt Jungle'' is a 1950 American film noir heist film directed by John Huston. Based on the 1949 novel of the same name by W. R. Burnett, it tells the story of a jewel robbery in a Midwestern city. The film stars Sterling Hayden and Lo ...
'' (1950) - Detective at Ciavelli's Apartment (uncredited)
* ''
Union Station
A union station (also known as a union terminal, a joint station in Europe, and a joint-use station in Japan) is a railway station at which the tracks and facilities are shared by two or more separate railway companies, allowing passengers to ...
'' (1950) - Detective Moreno (uncredited)
* ''
Three Secrets
''Three Secrets'' is a 1950 American drama film directed by Robert Wise and starring Eleanor Parker, Patricia Neal and Ruth Roman. It was released by Warner Bros.
Plot
A private plane crashes in the California mountains and a 5-year-old boy survi ...
'' (1950) - Reporter (uncredited)
* ''
Insurance Investigator
An insurance investigator examines insurance claims that are suspicious or otherwise in doubt. Investigators in this field have differing specialties and backgrounds. Some insurance companies have their own in-house investigation teams while other ...
'' (1951) - Jerry Hatcher (uncredited)
* ''
Apache Drums
''Apache Drums'' is a 1951 American Western film directed by Hugo Fregonese and produced by Val Lewton. The drama features Stephen McNally, Coleen Gray, and Willard Parker. The film was based on an original story: ''Stand at Spanish Boot'', by ...
'' (1951) - Bartender (uncredited)
* ''
Show Boat
''Show Boat'' is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of the performers, stagehands and dock worke ...
'' (1951) - Blackjack Dealer (uncredited)
* ''
The Day the Earth Stood Still
''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (a.k.a. ''Farewell to the Master'' and ''Journey to the World'') is a 1951 American science fiction film from 20th Century Fox, produced by Julian Blaustein and directed by Robert Wise. It stars Michael Renn ...
'' (1951) - Colonel Ryder (uncredited)
* ''
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel'' (1951) - German Lieutenant (uncredited)
* ''
Fixed Bayonets!
''Fixed Bayonets!'' is a 1951 American war film written and directed by Samuel Fuller and produced by Twentieth Century-Fox during the Korean War. It is Fuller's second film about the Korean War. In his motion-picture debut, James Dean appears br ...
'' (1951) - Colonel - 26th Infantry (uncredited)
* ''
My Favorite Spy'' (1951) - Official (uncredited)
* ''
The Bushwackers
The Bushwhackers are a professional wrestling tag team who competed first as the New Zealand Kiwis and then as The Sheepherders during their 36-year career as a tag team. They wrestled in the World Wrestling Federation, Jim Crockett Promotions, ...
'' (1952) - Guthrie
* ''
Finders Keepers
Finders, keepers, sometimes extended as the children's rhyme finders, keepers; losers, weepers, is an English language, English adage with the premise that when something is unowned or abandoned, whoever finds it first can claim it for themself pe ...
'' (1952) - Allen (uncredited)
* ''
Something to Live For'' (1952) - Kennedy Brother, Executive (uncredited)
* ''
The Atomic City
''The Atomic City'' is a 1952 thriller film directed by Jerry Hopper and starring Gene Barry and Lydia Clarke.
The story takes place at Los Alamos, New Mexico, where a nuclear physicist (Barry) lives and works. Terrorists kidnap his son and dem ...
'' (1952) - Robert Kalnick
* ''
My Man and I
''My Man and I'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by William Wellman, about an ambitious Mexican immigrant farm laborer (Ricardo Montalban), who falls in love with an alcoholic waitress (Shelley Winters) despite being pursued by the beautifu ...
'' (1952) - Bit Role (uncredited)
* ''
Bonzo Goes to College
''Bonzo Goes to College'' is a 1952 American comedy film directed by Frederick De Cordova and starring Maureen O'Sullivan, Edmund Gwenn, Charles Drake, Gigi Perreau, Gene Lockhart, and Bonzo.
Plot
Former lab chimpanzee Bonzo, suddenly literate ...
'' (1952) - Bartender (uncredited)
* ''The Congregation'' (1952)
* ''
The Lawless Breed
''The Lawless Breed'' is a 1953 American Technicolor Western biographical film produced and distributed by Universal-International, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Rock Hudson and Julie Adams. The film is a romanticized story based on the ...
'' (1953) - Duncan - Texas Ranger (uncredited)
* ''
Raiders of the Seven Seas
''Raiders of the Seven Seas'' is a 1953 American swashbuckler film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring John Payne and Donna Reed. The supporting cast features Gerald Mohr, Lon Chaney Jr. and Anthony Caruso.
Plot
The pirate Barbarossa raids ...
'' (1953) - Spanish Officer (uncredited)
* ''
Powder River'' (1953) - Deputy (uncredited)
* ''
The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd
''The Great Adventures of Captain Kidd'' (1953) was the 52nd serial released by Columbia Pictures. It is based in the historical figure of Captain William Kidd.
Plot
In 1697, agents Richard Dale and Alan Duncan are sent on an undercover missio ...
'' (1953) - London Official (uncredited)
* ''
Ride Clear of Diablo
''Ride Clear of Diablo'' is a 1954 American Technicolor Western film directed by Jesse Hibbs starring Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Susan Cabot and Abbe Lane. made for Universal Pictures. Cabot and Murphy had appeared in two films together previous ...
'' (1954) - Deputy (uncredited)
* ''
Magnificent Obsession
''Magnificent Obsession'' is a 1929 novel by American author Lloyd C. Douglas. It was one of four of his books that were eventually made into blockbuster motion pictures, the other three being ''The Robe'', ''White Banners'' and ''The Big Fisherm ...
'' (1954) - Williams - Bob's Butler (uncredited)
* ''
Sign of the Pagan
''Sign of the Pagan'' is a 1954 American historical drama film directed by Douglas Sirk, shot in CinemaScope (color by Technicolor), and released by Universal Pictures. The film stars Jeff Chandler, Jack Palance, Ludmilla Tchérina, and Rita Gam ...
'' (1954) - Servant (uncredited)
* ''
World in My Corner
''World in My Corner'' is a 1956 American film noir drama sport film directed by Jesse Hibbs and starring Audie Murphy and Barbara Rush. It was one of the few non-Westerns Murphy made in his career.
Plot
Tommy Shea (Audie Murphy), a boxer from J ...
'' (1956) - Mallinson's Butler (uncredited)
* ''
The Werewolf'' (1956) - Dr. Morgan Chambers
* ''
The Boss'' (1956) - Tom Masterson
* ''
Gun Brothers
''Gun Brothers'' is a 1956 American Western film starring Buster Crabbe and Ann Robinson. It was Crabbe's first feature film in six years.
Plot
Wyoming, 1879: Chad Santee, a former Cavalry sergeant, is a passenger on a stagecoach bound for Chey ...
'' (1956) - Blake, Gang Member (uncredited)
* ''
The Halliday Brand
''The Halliday Brand'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Joseph Cotten. The film's sets were designed by the art director David S. Garber. It was shot partly at the Corriganville Movie Ranch.
Plot
Clay ...
'' (1957) - Townsman #3
* ''
Mister Cory
''Mister Cory'' is a 1957 American CinemaScope film noir directed by Blake Edwards and starring Tony Curtis, Martha Hyer, Charles Bickford and Kathryn Grant.
Plot
Cory, a poor Chicago kid with a penchant for gambling, gets a job at a posh Wisc ...
'' (1957) - Headwaiter (uncredited)
* ''
The Man Who Turned to Stone
''The Man Who Turned to Stone'' (a.k.a. ''The Petrified Man'') is a 1957 American black-and-white horror science fiction film directed by László Kardos and starring Victor Jory, Ann Doran and Charlotte Austin. The screenplay was written by B ...
'' (1957) - Dr. Freneau
* ''
The Deadly Mantis
''The Deadly Mantis'' is a 1957 American science fiction monster film produced by William Alland for Universal-International. The film was directed by Nathan Juran from a screenplay by Martin Berkeley based on a story by producer William Allan ...
'' (1957) - Bus Driver (uncredited)
* ''
Beau James
''Beau James'' is a 1957 film based on a non-fiction book of the same name by Gene Fowler. The film stars Bob Hope in a rare dramatic role as Jimmy Walker, the colorful but controversial Mayor of New York City from 1926–32.
Plot
In 1925, New ...
'' (1957) - Reporter (uncredited)
* ''La donna che venne dal mare'' (1957) - Dario Nucci
* ''
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein
''I Was a Teenage Frankenstein'' (U.K. title: ''Teenage Frankenstein'') is a film starring Whit Bissell, Phyllis Coates and Gary Conway, released by American International Pictures (AIP) in November 1957 as a double feature with '' Blood of Dra ...
'' (1957) - Sgt. Burns
* ''
Sing, Boy, Sing
''Sing Boy Sing'' is a 1958 musical–drama film released by 20th Century-Fox and starring newcomers Tommy Sands and Lili Gentle.
The film was an expansion of the January 1957 '' Kraft Television Theatre'' episode "The Singin' Idol," also starri ...
'' (1958) - Mr. Starrett (uncredited)
* ''
Girl in the Woods
''Girl in the Woods'' is a 1958 American drama film directed by Tom Gries. It stars Forrest Tucker and Margaret Hayes.
Plot
Steve and Bell Cory arrive in timber country, where Bell is eager to begin a new life, tired of moving from place to plac ...
'' (1958) - Operator
* ''
Voice in the Mirror
''Voice in the Mirror'', also known as ''How Lonely the Night'' and ''This Day Alone'', is a 1958 American CinemaScope film noir drama film directed by Harry Keller and starring Richard Egan and Julie London.
Plot
After sinking into the depth ...
'' (1958) - Alcoholic (uncredited)
* ''
Career
The career is an individual's metaphorical "journey" through learning, work and other aspects of life. There are a number of ways to define career and the term is used in a variety of ways.
Definitions
The ''Oxford English Dictionary'' defin ...
'' (1959) - Stage Manager (uncredited)
Television
*''
The Lone Ranger
The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend Tonto. The character has been called an enduring icon of American culture.
He first appeared in 1933 in ...
'' (1950) - Squire Turnbull
*''
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
''The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin'' is an American children's television series in the Western genre that aired from October 1954 to May 1959 on the ABC television network. In all, 164 episodes aired. The show starred Lee Aaker as Rusty, a boy orph ...
'' (1956–1958) - Clint Desay / Red
*''
The Untouchables
Untouchables or The Untouchables may refer to:
American history
* Untouchables (law enforcement), a 1930s American law enforcement unit led by Eliot Ness
* ''The Untouchables'' (book), an autobiography by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley
* ''The U ...
'' (1959) - Doctor / Hood
*''
The Deputy
''The Deputy, a Christian tragedy'' (German: ''Der Stellvertreter. Ein christliches Trauerspiel''), also published in English as ''The Representative '', is a controversial 1963 play by Rolf Hochhuth which portrayed Pope Pius XII as having failed ...
'' (1961) - Willis
References
External links
*
1906 births
1964 deaths
American male film actors
American male television actors
Actors from Cumberland, Maryland
20th-century American male actors
American male stage actors
Washington and Lee University alumni
{{US-film-actor-1900s-stub