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Harry James Holman (March 15, 1862 – May 3, 1947) was an American
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. He appeared in approximately 130 films between 1923 and 1947.


Biography

Born in
Conway, Missouri Conway is a city in Laclede County, Missouri, United States. The population was 788 at the 2010 census. Conway is located southwest of Lebanon. History Conway was platted in 1869, and named after a local merchant. A post office has been in opera ...
, Holman dropped out of school in the ninth grade and began seeking work as an actor. In films from at least 1930, he played "a vast array of mayors, justices of the peace, attorneys, millionaires and sugar daddies". He is best known to modern audiences as the desperate Professor Richmond who tries to transform the uncouth
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into gentlemen in the film ''
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'' (1935). He also played frequently in the films of director
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, for example as the mayor in ''
Meet John Doe ''Meet John Doe'' is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created unwittingly by ...
'' (1941) and as the befuddled high school teacher Mr. Partridge in ''
It's a Wonderful Life ''It's a Wonderful Life'' is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ''The Greatest Gift'', which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loos ...
'' (1946)''. On Broadway, Holman portrayed Wilson Prewitt in ''The County Chairman'' (1903) and Caesar Augustus Miggs in ''Ruled Off the Turf'' (1906). Holman performed in vaudeville, heading the Harry Holman Comedy Company, which presented skits including "The Merchant Price". In 1929 or 1932, Holman left vaudeville, where he "was nationally known" for his "Hard-Boiled Hampton" comedy sketch. On May 3, 1947, Holman died of a
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in
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.California Death Index
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Selected filmography

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'' (1923) - Fat Man (uncredited) * '' Sporting Blood'' (1931) - B.H. 'Jerry' Hartwick (uncredited) * ''
Her Majesty, Love ''Her Majesty, Love'' is a 1931 American pre-Code musical comedy drama film directed by William Dieterle for First National Pictures, starring Broadway stars Marilyn Miller and Ben Lyon, and in his talking feature debut, W. C. Fields. It is ...
'' (1931) - Reisenfeld * ''
Peach O'Reno ''Peach-O-Reno'' is a 1931 pre-Production Code comedy film starring Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, and Zelma O'Neal. It was released on Christmas Day of 1931. A copy is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of H ...
'' (1931) - Counselor Jackson #2 (uncredited) * '' Forbidden'' (1932) - Advice-to-the-Lovelorn Columnist (uncredited) * ''
The Final Edition ''The Final Edition'' is a 1932 American crime drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Pat O'Brien, Mae Clark and Morgan Wallace. Made by Columbia Pictures, it is based on a story by Roy Chanslor.Langman p.127 Synopsis The squabblin ...
'' (1932) - Harry - Newspaperman (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1932) - Victor Albert Adolph Jules Hugo Louis Dupont, the Landlord (uncredited) * ''
The Wet Parade ''The Wet Parade'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Victor Fleming and starring Robert Young, Myrna Loy, Walter Huston, Lewis Stone and Jimmy Durante. It is based on the 1931 novel by Upton Sinclair. The film shows how two ...
'' (1932) - Wilson Supporter (uncredited) * '' Beauty and the Boss'' (1932) - Hotel Manager (uncredited) * '' Symphony of Six Million'' (1932) - Mr. Holman - Hospital Patient (uncredited) * '' So Big'' (1932) - Country Doctor (uncredited) * '' The Dark Horse'' (1932) - Mr. Jones * ''
The Final Edition ''The Final Edition'' is a 1932 American crime drama film directed by Howard Higgin and starring Pat O'Brien, Mae Clark and Morgan Wallace. Made by Columbia Pictures, it is based on a story by Roy Chanslor.Langman p.127 Synopsis The squabblin ...
'' (1932) - Harry * '' Doctor X'' (1932) - Mike - Waterfront Policeman * ''
American Madness ''American Madness'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Frank Capra and starring Walter Huston as a New York banker embroiled in scandal. Plot At the Union National Bank, the directors are concerned because they think that bank presi ...
'' (1932) - Loan-Seeker (uncredited) * '' The Conquerors'' (1932) - Stubby * ''
Uptown New York ''Uptown New York'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Jack Oakie, Shirley Grey, and Leon Ames. It is based on the story by Vina Delmar. Plot summary Pat and Max are in love and share an intimate r ...
'' (1932) - Pappy, Bartender (uncredited) * '' Silver Dollar'' (1932) - Adams * ''
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'' (1932) - Police Captain (uncredited) * ''
Bachelor Mother ''Bachelor Mother'' (1939) is an American romantic comedy film directed by Garson Kanin, and starring Ginger Rogers, David Niven, and Charles Coburn. The screenplay was written by Norman Krasna from an Academy Award-nominated story by Felix Jac ...
'' (1932) - Judge Yates * ''
Frisco Jenny ''Frisco Jenny'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Ruth Chatterton and Louis Calhern, and directed by William A. Wellman. Its storyline bears a resemblance to Chatterton's previous hit film, ''Madame X''. Plot In 1906 San Fran ...
'' (1932) - Old Man Whose Pocket is Picked (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1933) - Professor Tyler Cramp - Hog Judge (uncredited) * '' Hard to Handle'' (1933) - Colonel's Associate (uncredited) * ''
The Woman Accused ''The Woman Accused'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Nancy Carroll and Cary Grant as a young engaged couple on a sea cruise, with the woman being implicated in the death of her former lover. The suppo ...
'' (1933) - Judge Osgood * '' Oliver Twist'' (1933) - Grimwig * '' Phantom Thunderbolt'' (1933) - Tobias Wingate (uncredited) * '' The Circus Queen Murder'' (1933) - Jim Dugan * ''
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'' (1933) - The Business Man * ''
Song of the Eagle ''Song of the Eagle'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Ralph Murphy and starring Charles Bickford, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian and Jean Hersholt. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Its release coincided with th ...
'' (1933) - 'Here's How!' Drinking Man (uncredited) * '' Man Hunt'' (1933) - Hotel Clerk (uncredited) * ''
She Had to Say Yes ''She Had to Say Yes'' is a 1933 American pre-Code film directed by George Amy and Busby Berkeley. It was Berkley's directorial debut. Loretta Young stars as a secretary who receives unwanted sexual advances when she is sent out on dates with he ...
'' (1933) - Mr. Hoopnagle (uncredited) * ''
The Stranger's Return ''The Stranger's Return'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code drama film directed by King Vidor and starring Miriam Hopkins, Lionel Barrymore and Franchot Tone. It was released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Miriam Hopkins was loaned out to MGM for the pictu ...
'' (1933) - Dr. Spaulding (uncredited) * ''
Devil's Mate ''The Devil's Mate'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Phil Rosen, starring Peggy Shannon and Preston Foster.
'' (1933) - McGee * '' Turn Back the Clock'' (1933) - 1929 Spokesman (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1933) - Fat Man * '' Stage Mother'' (1933) - Mr. Rumley (uncredited) * ''
The Solitaire Man ''The Solitaire Man'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code Drama (genre), drama film directed by Jack Conway (filmmaker), Jack Conway and starring Herbert Marshall and Mary Boland. Plot summary After a job in Monte Carlo, an English ...
'' (1933) - Mr. Elmer Hopkins (uncredited) * '' My Woman'' (1933) - Lou * ''
Roman Scandals ''Roman Scandals'' is a 1933 American black-and-white pre-Code musical film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was directed by Frank Tuttle. The film features a number of intricate production ...
'' (1933) - Mayor of West Rome (uncredited) * ''
East of Fifth Avenue ''East of Fifth Avenue'' is a 1933 American drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Wallace Ford, Mary Carlisle and Dorothy Tree.Dick p.237 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The plot revolves around the inhabitant ...
'' (1933) - Sam Cronin * '' Lady Killer'' (1933) - J.B. Roland (uncredited) * '' The Meanest Gal in Town'' (1934) - Brookville's Mayor (uncredited) * ''
It Happened One Night ''It Happened One Night'' is a 1934 pre-Code American romantic comedy film with elements of screwball comedy directed and co-produced by Frank Capra, in collaboration with Harry Cohn, in which a pampered socialite ( Claudette Colbert) tr ...
'' (1934) - last auto camp manager (uncredited) * '' Jimmy the Gent'' (1934) - Joe Cuney (uncredited) * '' The Lost Jungle'' (1934, Serial) - Maitland, Circus Owner
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The Line-Up ''The Line-Up'' is a 1934 American crime film directed by Howard Higgin and starring William Gargan, Marian Nixon and Paul Hurst.Langman & Finn p.144 Synopsis A young police officer is assigned to the detective squad investigating a series o ...
'' (1934) - Jacob (uncredited) * '' A Very Honorable Guy'' (1934) - Fat Man (uncredited) * '' Born to Be Bad'' (1934) - Man at Bar with Letty (uncredited) * ''
The Personality Kid ''The Personality Kid'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Alan Crosland, starring Pat O'Brien and Glenda Farrell. The film was based on a story by Gene Towne and C. Graham Baker. It was released by Warner Bros. on July 7, 1934. A young p ...
'' (1934) - Diner Counterman (uncredited) * ''
Fugitive Road ''Fugitive Road'' is a 1934 American comedy drama film directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Erich von Stroheim, Wera Engels and Leslie Fenton. It is set a border post in Austria following World War I. A variety of different people trying to ...
'' (1934) - Burgomaster * ''
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'' (1934) - Third Druggist (uncredited) * ''
The Captain Hates the Sea ''The Captain Hates the Sea'' is a 1934 comedy film directed by Lewis Milestone and released by Columbia Pictures. The film, which involves a ''Grand Hotel''-style series of intertwining stories involving the passengers on a cruise ship, is notab ...
'' (1934) - Passenger (uncredited) * ''
I'll Fix It ''I'll Fix It'' is a 1934 American romantic comedy film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Jack Holt, Mona Barrie and Winnie Lightner. An extremely powerful machine politics fixer is frustrated when his attempts to secure his younger br ...
'' (1941) - Mayor Short (uncredited) * '' Men of the Night'' (1934) - Fat Man at Pig-Stand (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1934) - Man with Dog (uncredited) * '' Broadway Bill'' (1934) - Racetrack Rube (uncredited) * '' Fugitive Lady'' (1934) - Mr. Young (uncredited) * ''
Night Alarm ''Night Alarm'' is a 1934 American drama film directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and starring Bruce Cabot as a down on his luck reporter, Hal Ashby, who tries to make a name for himself by investigating a series of bizarre arson attacks. The film, ...
'' (1934) - Mayor Wilson * '' Million Dollar Baby'' (1934)- J.D. Pemberton * '' The Best Man Wins'' (1935) - Uncle Ed (uncredited) * '' Calling All Cars'' (1935) - Judge Marlowe * ''
Folies Bergère de Paris ''Folies Bergère de Paris'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film produced by Darryl Zanuck for 20th Century Films, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon and Ann Southern. At the 8th Academy Awards, the “Str ...
'' (1935) - Cafe Waiter (uncredited) * ''
Living on Velvet ''Living on Velvet'' is a 1935 American romantic drama film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Kay Francis, Warren William and George Brent. Plot One day, Terry Parker, an airplane pilot, is in a plane crash that kills his family. He feel ...
'' (1935) - Bartender (uncredited) * '' It Happened in New York'' (1935) - Dockman (uncredited) * ''
Traveling Saleslady ''Traveling Saleslady'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright and starring Joan Blondell and Glenda Farrell. It was released by Warner Bros. on March 28, 1935. It is one of five films by Warner Bros. where Farrell and Blondell ...
'' (1935) - Pat O'Connor's Uncle * ''
In Caliente ''In Caliente'' (also known as ''Viva Señorita'') is a 1935 American romantic musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, starring Dolores del Río and Pat O'Brien. The film was written by Ralph Block and Warren Duff. The musical numbers wer ...
'' (1935) - Biggs * ''
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'' (1935) - Jolly Fat Man (uncredited) * ''
Every Night at Eight ''Every Night at Eight'' is a 1935 American comedy musical film starring George Raft and Alice Faye and made by Walter Wanger Productions Inc. and Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Raoul Walsh and produced by Walter Wanger from a screenplay ...
'' (1935) - Col. Ratchfield (uncredited) * '' Cheers of the Crowd'' (1935) - Honest John Brady * '' Welcome Home'' (1935) - Flink * '' Jalna'' (1935) - Mr. Cory, the Publisher (uncredited) * ''
Manhattan Butterfly ''Manhattan Butterfly'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Dorothy Granger, William Bakewell and Kenneth Thomson.Pitts p.187 Cast * Dorothy Granger as Nina Malone * William Bakewell as Stevens aka Stephen ...
'' (1935) * ''
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'' (1935, Short) - Prof. Richmond (uncredited) * ''
Here Comes Cookie ''Here Comes Cookie'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod, written by Don Hartman, and starring George Burns, Gracie Allen, George Barbier, Betty Furness, Andrew Tombes and Rafael Storm. The picture was released on Augus ...
'' (1935) - Stuffy * ''
The Public Menace ''The Public Menace'' is a 1935 American black-and-white romantic drama film starring Jean Arthur, George Murphy and Douglass Dumbrille. A newspaper reporter keeps losing and regaining his job due to a manicurist he is persuaded to marry. Plot ...
'' (1935) - Self - Made Man (scenes deleted) * '' Barbary Coast'' (1935) - Mayor (uncredited) * '' Bad Boy'' (1935) - Mr. Klink (uncredited) * ''
To Beat the Band ''To Beat the Band'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy directed by Benjamin Stoloff using a screenplay by Rian James based on a story by George Marion, Jr. The film stars Hugh Herbert, Helen Broderick, Roger Pryor, and Fred Keating, and featu ...
'' (1935) - Chubby Diner (uncredited) * ''
Your Uncle Dudley ''Your Uncle Dudley'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by Eugene Forde and written by Allen Birkin, Joseph Hoffman and Dore Schary. The film stars Edward Everett Horton, Lois Wilson, John McGuire, Rosina Lawrence, Alan Dinehart and ...
'' (1935) - Banker (uncredited) * '' The Lone Wolf Returns'' (1935) - Masquerade Party Nero (uncredited) * '' Murder at Glen Athol'' (1936) - Campbell Snowden * '' Hitch Hike to Heaven'' (1936) - Philmore Tubbs * '' Gentle Julia'' (1936) - Grandpa Atwater * ''
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) - Sgt. Berkovitch (uncredited) * '' When You're in Love'' (1937) - A Babbitt Brother (uncredited) * '' She's No Lady'' (1937) - Colonel (uncredited) * ''
Broadway Melody of 1938 ''Broadway Melody of 1938'' is a 1937 American musical film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed by Roy Del Ruth. The film is essentially a backstage musical revue, featuring high-budget sets and cinematography in the MGM musical trad ...
'' (1937) - Boardinghouse Resident (uncredited) * ''
Nation Aflame ''Nation Aflame'' is a 1937 American drama film. Directed by Victor Halperin, the film stars Noel Madison, Norma Trelvar, and Lila Lee. It was released on October 16, 1937. Cast list * Noel Madison as Frank Sandino, aka Sands * Norma Trelvar as ...
'' (1937) - Roland Adams * ''
Professor Beware ''Professor Beware'' is a 1938 comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Elliott Nugent. It was Phyllis Welch MacDonald's first and only film. Plot Three thousand years after ancient Egyptian Neferus's death, Professor Dean Lambert (who ...
'' (1938) - Man Shaving on Boat (uncredited) * '' The Arkansas Traveler'' (1938) - Telegrapher * ''
I Demand Payment ''I Demand Payment'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Clifford Sanforth and starring Betty Burgess, Jack La Rue and Matty Kemp. The film was based on Rob Eden's 1932 novel ''Second Choice''. Sanforth produced the film and Sherman L. Low ...
'' (1938) - Justice of the Peace * '' Western Jamboree'' (1938) - Doc Trimble * '' Jesse James'' (1939) - Engineer (uncredited) * ''
I Was a Convict ''I Was a Convict'' is a 1939 American crime film directed by Aubrey Scotto and written by Robert Hardy Andrews and Ben Markson. The film stars Barton MacLane, Beverly Roberts, Clarence Kolb, Janet Beecher, Horace McMahon and Ben Welden. The fi ...
'' (1939) - Martin Harrison * ''
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) - J.B. - Businessman Juror (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1939) - Burgomeister (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1939) - Mr. Brown (uncredited) * ''
Slightly Tempted ''Slightly Tempted'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Lew Landers and written by Arthur T. Horman. The film stars Hugh Herbert, Peggy Moran, Johnny Downs, Elisabeth Risdon, George E. Stone and Gertrude Michael. The film was released ...
'' (1940) - Mayor Ammerson * ''
Meet John Doe ''Meet John Doe'' is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created unwittingly by ...
'' (1941) - Mayor Hawkins * ''
Lady from Louisiana ''Lady from Louisiana'' is a 1941 American Western film starring John Wayne and Ona Munson. It was produced and directed by Bernard Vorhaus. The Louisiana State Lottery Company organizes a lottery in 1890s New Orleans, with lottery funds used ...
'' (1941) - Mayor of New Orleans (uncredited) * '' The Bride Came C.O.D.'' (1941) - Judge Sobler * ''
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'' (1941) - Justice of the Peace (uncredited) * '' Public Enemies'' (1941) - Fat Reporter * '' I Killed That Man'' (1941) - Lannings * '' Call Out the Marines'' (1942) - Man in Wheelchair (uncredited) * '' Too Many Women'' (1942) - John Cartwright * '' Mexican Spitfire at Sea'' (1942) - Mr. Joshua Baldwin * ''
The Bashful Bachelor ''The Bashful Bachelor'' is a 1942 American film directed by Malcolm St. Clair. It is the second of seven films based on the Lum and Abner radio series created by and starring Chester Lauck and Norris Goff. Plot Small town store owner Lum Ed ...
'' (1942) - Knute (uncredited) * ''
Inside the Law ''Inside the Law'' is a 1942 American film directed by Hamilton MacFadden. It is also known as ''Rogues in Clover''. Cast *Wallace Ford as Billy * Frank Sully as Jim Burke *Harry Holman as Judge Mortimer Gibbs * Luana Walters as Dora Mason * ...
'' (1942) - Judge Mortimer Gibbs * ''The Silver Bullet'' (1942) - Doc Winslow (uncredited) * ''
Shadows on the Sage ''Shadows on the Sage'' is a 1942 American Western " Three Mesquiteers" B-movie directed by Lester Orlebeck and starring Bob Steele, Tom Tyler, and Jimmie Dodd. Cast * Bob Steele as Tucson Smith * Tom Tyler as Stony Brooke * Jimmie Dodd as ...
'' (1942) - Lippy * '' Seven Days' Leave'' (1942) - Percy Gildersleeve - Justice of the Peace * ''
Tennessee Johnson ''Tennessee Johnson'' is a 1942 American film about Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United States, released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed by William Dieterle and written by Milton Gunzburg, Alvin Meyers, John Balderston, and We ...
'' (1942) - Morley (uncredited) * ''
Keep 'Em Slugging ''Keep 'Em Slugging'' is a 1943 American film starring the Little Tough Guys and directed by Christy Cabanne for Universal Pictures. This was the final film in Universal's Little Tough Guys series, and although Universal still billed the group as ...
'' (1943) - Fat Man (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1943) - Man Leaving Church (uncredited) * ''
Captive Wild Woman ''Captive Wild Woman'' is a 1943 American horror film directed by Edward Dmytryk. The film stars Evelyn Ankers, John Carradine, Milburn Stone, and features Acquanetta as Paula, the Ape Woman. The film involves a scientist, Dr. Sigmund Walters, w ...
'' (1943) - Dock Ticket Office Clerk (uncredited) * ''
Hers to Hold ''Hers to Hold'' (aka ''Three Smart Girls Join Up'') is a 1943 American romantic musical comedy film and is the third film in the unofficial '' Three Smart Girls'' trilogy. In ''Hers to Hold'', Deanna Durbin reprises her role as Penny Craig, wh ...
'' (1943) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''
Young Ideas ''Young Ideas'' is a 1943 American romantic comedy film directed by Jules Dassin and starring Susan Peters, Herbert Marshall and Mary Astor Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American ...
'' (1943) - Harry, Court Clerk (uncredited) * '' What a Man!'' (1944) - Harold D. Prewitt * '' The Adventures of Mark Twain'' (1944) - Drunken Guest (uncredited) * ''
Allergic to Love ''Allergic to Love'' is a 1944 American comedy musical romance film directed by Edward C. Lilley and starring Martha O'Driscoll, Noah Beery Jr. and David Bruce. The film's plot centers on a bride (O'Driscoll) who appears to be allergic to her h ...
'' (1944) - Club Member (uncredited) * '' Swing Hostess'' (1944) - Fralick * ''
And Now Tomorrow ''And Now Tomorrow'' is a 1944 American drama film based on the best-selling novel, published in 1942 by Rachel Field, directed by Irving Pichel and written by Raymond Chandler. Both center around one doctor's attempt for curing deafness. The fil ...
'' (1944) - Santa Claus (uncredited) * '' Where Do We Go from Here?'' (1945) - Dutch Councilman (uncredited) * ''
Badman's Territory ''Badman's Territory'' is a 1946 American Western film starring Randolph Scott. It was followed by the loose sequels '' Return of the Bad Men'' (1948) and ''Best of the Badmen'' (1951). Plot Just north of Texas and west of the Oklahoma borde ...
'' (1946) - Hodge * ''
Without Reservations ''Without Reservations'' is a 1946 RKO Radio Pictures American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Claudette Colbert, John Wayne and Don DeFore. The film was adapted by Andrew Solt from the novel ''Thanks, God! I'll Take It From H ...
'' (1946) - Gas Station Attendant (uncredited) * ''
My Dog Shep ''My Dog Shep'' is a 1946 American drama film directed by Ford Beebe. It was made by Golden Gate Productions and released through the newly-formed Screen Guild Productions. They had just made ''Flight to Nowhere''. Filming started August 15, 1 ...
'' (1946) - The Judge * ''
It's a Wonderful Life ''It's a Wonderful Life'' is a 1946 American Christmas fantasy drama film produced and directed by Frank Capra, based on the short story and booklet ''The Greatest Gift'', which Philip Van Doren Stern self-published in 1943 and is in turn loos ...
'' (1946) - Mr. Partridge (uncredited) * ''
Magic Town ''Magic Town'' is a 1947 comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring James Stewart and Jane Wyman. The picture is one of the first films about the then-new practice of public opinion polling. The film was inspired by the Middletown ...
'' (1947) - Mayor (final film role)


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