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Mitchell Lewis (June 26, 1880 – August 24, 1956) was an American film actor whose career as a
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contract player encompassed both silent and
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films. Born in 1880, Lewis appeared in more than 175 films between 1914 and 1956, although many of the roles in his later films were uncredited. He played supporting roles, such as Sheihk Idrim in 1925's '' Ben Hur'' in the silent era and Ernest Defarge in ''
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'' (1935) in the sound era, but his career would diminish to small uncredited roles like the Captain of the Winkie Guards in '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939). His last film was ''
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'', starring
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and
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, which was released shortly before Lewis' death in 1956. Mitchell also served as one of the original board members of the Motion Picture Relief Fund, now known as the
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.


Selected filmography

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The Million Dollar Mystery ''The Million Dollar Mystery'' is a 23-chapter film serial released in 1914, directed by Howell Hansel, and starring Florence La Badie and James Cruze. It is presumed lost. Plot A prologue for ''The Million Dollar Mystery'' introduced the chara ...
'' (1914, Serial) - Gang Leader * ''Zudora'' (1914) * ''The Come-Back'' (1916) - Bully Bill * '' The Flower of No Man's Land'' (1916) - Kahoma * ''
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'' (1917) - Poleon Doret * ''
The Bar Sinister ''The Bar Sinister'' is a lost 1917 silent film drama directed by Edgar Lewis. An independent film, it was released on a State Rights basis.Nine-Tenths of the Law ''Nine-Tenths of the Law'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by B. Reeves Eason. Plot As described in a film magazine, Jules Leneau (Lewis) and his wife Jane (Maye), living in a cabin in the Northwoods, are inconsolable after the ...
'' (1918) - Jules Leneau * ''
Life's Greatest Problem ''Life's Greatest Problem'' is a 1918 American silent war drama film directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton. The film exists today, preserved in the Library of Congress collection. Cast * Mitchell Lewis as Big Steve Reardon * Rubye De Reme ...
'' (1918) - Big Steve Reardon * ''Code of the Yukon'' (1918) - Jean Dubois * ''
Calibre 38 ''Calibre 38'' is a 1919 existing American silent Western film produced by and directed by Edgar Lewis. It is preserved in the Library of Congress.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artist Collection at ...
'' (1919) - Austin Brandt * ''Children of Banishment'' (1919) - Dick Bream * ''
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'' (1919) - Marshall Strong * ''Jacques of the Silver North'' (1919) - Jacques La Rouge * ''The Faith of the Strong'' (1919) - Paul La Rue * ''The Last of His People'' (1919) - Lone Wolf - aka Wolf Briggs * '' The Mutiny of the Elsinore'' (1920) - John Pike * ''
Burning Daylight ''Burning Daylight'' is a novel by Jack London, published in 1910, one of the best-selling books of that year and London's best-selling book in his lifetime. The novel has been adapted for film. Plot The first part of the novel takes place in ...
'' (1920) - Burning Daylight * '' At the End of the World'' (1921) - Donald MacGregor * '' Salomé'' (1922) - Herod, Tetrarch of Judea * ''
The Siren Call ''The Siren Call'' is a 1922 American drama silent film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Philip D. Hurn, Victor Irvin and J.E. Nash. Starring Dorothy Dalton, David Powell, Mitchell Lewis, Ed Brady, Will Walling, Leigh Wyant and Lucien ...
'' (1922) - Beauregard, a trapper * ''
On the High Seas ''On the High Seas'' is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Edward Sheldon and E. Magnus Ingleton. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Holt, Mitchell Lewis, Winter Hall, Michael Dark, Otto Brower, an ...
'' (1922) - Joe Polack * ''
The Marriage Chance ''The Marriage Chance'' is a 1922 American silent comedy film directed by Hampton Del Ruth and starring Alta Allen, Milton Sills and Irene Rich.Munden p.493 Cast * Alta Allen as Eleannor Douglas * Milton Sills as William Bradley * Henry B. Wa ...
'' (1922) - The Mute * ''
The Woman Conquers ''The Woman Conquers'' is a 1922 American silent drama film written by Violet Clark and directed by Tom Forman. It starred Katherine MacDonald and Bryant Washburn and featured a young Boris Karloff. The film is considered lost. Plot Young soc ...
'' (1922) - Lazar *'' Her Accidental Husband'' (1923) - Old Blind Goring * ''
The Little Girl Next Door ''The Little Girl Next Door'' is a 1912 American silent short drama directed by Lucius Henderson and written by Philip Lonergan. The film starred William Garwood and Marguerite Snow in the lead roles. Prints of the film are in the Library of ...
'' (1923) - Tug Wilson *''
Rupert of Hentzau ''Rupert of Hentzau'' is a sequel by Anthony Hope to ''The Prisoner of Zenda'', written in 1895 but not published in book form until 1898. The novel was serialized in ''The Pall Mall Magazine'' and ''McClure's Magazine'' from December 1897 thr ...
'' (1923) - Bauer * '' The Spoilers'' (1923) - Marshal Voorhees * ''
The Destroying Angel ''The Destroying Angel'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Leah Baird, John Bowers and Noah Beery.Munden p.183 Cast * Leah Baird as Mary Miller / Saraa Law * John Bowers as Hugh Miller Whittaker * No ...
'' (1923) - 'Strangler' Olsen * ''Gold Madness'' (1923) - Soctty McGee * '' A Prince of a King'' (1923) - Andrea, the giant * ''
The Miracle Makers ''The Miracle Makers'' is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by W.S. Van Dyke and starring Leah Baird, George Walsh and Edith Yorke.Connelly p.171 Synopsis Doris Mansfield is forced to marry Bill Bruce, despite being engaged to another m ...
'' (1923) - Bill Bruce * ''
Half-A-Dollar-Bill ''Half-A-Dollar-Bill'' is a surviving 1924 American silent drama film directed by W. S. Van Dyke and starring Anna Q. Nilsson. It was produced by an independent company and released through Metro Pictures. Plot As described in a film magazine ...
'' (1924) - Papeete Joe * '' Three Weeks'' (1924) - Vassili * ''
The Red Lily ''The Red Lily'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Ramon Novarro, Enid Bennett, and Wallace Beery. A print of the film exists. Plot Marise La Noue (Enid Bennett) and Jean Leonnec (Ramon Novarro) are youn ...
'' (1924) - D'Agut * '' The Mine with the Iron Door'' (1924) - Sonora Jack * ''
Flaming Love ''Flaming Love'', also known as ''Frivolous Sal'', is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Victor Schertzinger for First National Pictures. The film involves a female saloon owner in the Old West, her weak-willed new actor husband, a ...
'' (1925) - Osner * '' The Crimson Runner'' (1925) - Conrad (the black) * ''
Tracked in the Snow Country ''Tracked in the Snow Country'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Herman C. Raymaker, written by Edward J. Meagher and Herman C. Raymaker, and starring Rin Tin Tin, June Marlowe, David Butler, Mitchell Lewis, Charles Sellon, a ...
'' (1925) - Jules Renault * '' The Mystic'' (1925) - Zazarack * '' Ben-Hur'' (1925) - Sheik Ilderim * '' Typhoon Love'' (1926) * '' Wild Oats Lane'' (1926) - The Bum * '' Miss Nobody'' (1926) - Harmony * ''
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'' (1926) - Johansen, the Mate * '' The Last Frontier'' (1926) - Lige * ''
The Eagle of the Sea ''The Eagle of the Sea'' is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Frank Lloyd, starring Florence Vidor and featuring Boris Karloff in an uncredited role. Incomplete prints of the film exist. Cast See also * List of American films of ...
'' (1926) - Crackley * '' Old Ironsides'' (1926) - Pirate Chief (uncredited) * '' Tell It to the Marines'' (1926) - Native * ''
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'' (1927) - Maj. Cotton * '' Back to God's Country'' (1927) - Jean DeBois * ''
Beau Sabreur ''Beau Sabreur'' is a 1928 American silent romantic adventure film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper and Evelyn Brent. Based on the 1926 novel '' Beau Sabreur'' by P. C. Wren, who also wrote the 1924 novel ''Beau Geste''. Produce ...
'' (1928) - Suleman the Strong * '' Tenderloin'' (1928) - The Professor * '' The Hawk's Nest'' (1928) - James Kent * '' The Way of the Strong'' (1928) - Handsome Williams * ''
Out with the Tide ''Out with the Tide'' is a 1928 American silent film, silent drama film directed by Charles Hutchison and starring Dorothy Dwan, Cullen Landis and Crauford Kent.Munden p.579 Cast * Dorothy Dwan as Joan Renshaw * Cullen Landis as John Templeton ...
'' (1928) - Captain Lund *''
The Speed Classic ''The Speed Classic'' is a 1928 American silent action film directed by Bruce M. Mitchell and starring Rex Lease, Mildred Harris and Mitchell Lewis. Synopsis A young man obsessed with cars is dumped by his girlfriend, and goes on a binge in ...
'' (1928) - Mr. Thornton * ''
The Docks of New York ''The Docks of New York'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring George Bancroft, Betty Compson, and Olga Baclanova. The movie was adapted by Jules Furthman from the John Monk Saunders story ''The Dock ...
'' (1928) - Andy, the Third Engineer * ''The Devil Bear'' (1929) - Jack Crawford * '' The Leatherneck'' (1929) - Court-Martial Officer * ''
One Stolen Night ''One Stolen Night'' is a 1929 American part-talkie adventure film, adventure crime film directed by Scott R. Dunlap, and starring Betty Bronson, William Collier Jr., Mitchell Lewis (actor), Mitchell Lewis, Harry Todd, and Charles Hill Mailes. It ...
'' (1929) - Blossom * ''
The Bridge of San Luis Rey ''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' is American author Thornton Wilder's second novel. It was first published in 1927 to worldwide acclaim. The novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1928, and was the best-selling work of fiction that year. Premise ''The Bri ...
'' (1929) - Capt. Alvarado * ''
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'' (1929) - Stillwater * '' The Black Watch'' (1929) - Mohammed Khan * ''
Madame X ''Madame X'' (original title ''La Femme X'') is a 1908 play by French playwright Alexandre Bisson (1848–1912). It was novelized in English and adapted for the American stage; it was also adapted for the screen twelve times over sixty-five ...
'' (1929) - Colonel Hanby * ''
Girl of the Port ''Girl of the Port'' is a 1930 pre-Code melodramatic adventure/romance American film directed by Bert Glennon. The screenplay was written by Beulah Marie Dix and Frank Reicher based on the short story "The Fire-walker" by John Russell. The film ...
'' (1930) - McEwen * ''
Beau Bandit ''Beau Bandit'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code Western film, directed by Lambert Hillyer, from a screenplay by Wallace Smith, based on his short story, "Strictly Business" which appeared in the April 1929 edition of ''Hearst's International-Cosmo ...
'' (1930) - Colosso * '' Mammy'' (1930) - Hank Smith / Tambo * ''The Bad One'' (1930) - Borloff * '' The Cuckoos'' (1930) - Julius * ''
See America Thirst ''See America Thirst'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film produced and distributed by Universal Pictures and directed by William James Craft. Silent comics Harry Langdon and Slim Summerville star along with Bessie Love. Though released late ...
'' (1930) - Screwy O'Toole * '' Never the Twain Shall Meet'' (1931) - Captain Larrieau * '' Son of India'' (1931) - Hamid * '' The Squaw Man'' (1931) - Tabywana * ''
Business and Pleasure ''Business and Pleasure'' is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by David Butler, starring Will Rogers and featuring Boris Karloff.
'' (1932) - Hadj Ali (uncredited) * ''
The World, the Flesh, the Devil ''The World, the Flesh, the Devil'' is a 1932 British crime film directed by George A. Cooper and starring Harold Huth, Isla Bevan and Victor Stanley. It was based on a play by Laurence Cowen. It was shot at Beaconsfield and Twickenham Studios ...
'' (1932) - Sukhanov * ''
New Morals for Old ''New Morals for Old'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romance-drama film produced and distributed by MGM. It is based on the 1931 Broadway play '' After All'', in which Humphrey Bogart had a significant role. Bogart's stage role is portrayed by D ...
'' (1932) - Bodvin * ''
McKenna of the Mounted ''McKenna of the Mounted'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by D. Ross Lederman. A print is housed in the Library of Congress collection.''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collec ...
'' (1932) - Pierre - Henchman * ''
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'' (1932) - Hogan * '' The Secret of Madame Blanche'' (1933) - M. Duval * '' Ann Vickers'' (1933) - Captain Waldo * ''
The Count of Monte Cristo ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' (french: Le Comte de Monte-Cristo) is an adventure novel written by French author Alexandre Dumas (''père'') completed in 1844. It is one of the author's more popular works, along with ''The Three Musketeers''. Li ...
'' (1934) - Vampa * ''
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'' (1934) - Yermack - Steamship Crew Member (uncredited) * ''
Red Morning ''Red Morning'' is a 1934 American adventure film directed by Wallace Fox from a screenplay by John Twist and Wallace Fox, based on a story by Gouverneur Morris. The film stars Steffi Duna, Regis Toomey, Raymond Hatton, and Mitchell Lewis. Cas ...
'' (1934) - Captain Perava * ''The Best Man Wins'' (1935) - Joe Martini (uncredited) * '' Oil for the Lamps of China'' (1935) - Skipper of Ship (uncredited) * '' The Farmer Takes a Wife'' (1935) - Boatman in Office (uncredited) * ''
A Tale of Two Cities ''A Tale of Two Cities'' is a historical novel published in 1859 by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. The novel tells the story of the French Doctor Manette, his 18-year-long imprisonment in the ...
'' (1935) - Ernest Defarge * ''
The Bohemian Girl ''The Bohemian Girl'' is an Irish Romantic opera composed by Michael William Balfe with a libretto by Alfred Bunn. The plot is loosely based on a Miguel de Cervantes' tale, ''La Gitanilla''. The best-known aria from the piece is " I Dreamt I Dwe ...
'' (1936) - Salinas * ''
Sutter's Gold ''Sutter's Gold'' is a 1936 American Western film. It is a fictionalized version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays John Sutter. The supporting cast inc ...
'' (1936) - King Kamehameha * ''
Fatal Lady ''Fatal Lady'' is a 1936 American musical film, musical mystery film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring Walter Pidgeon, Mary Ellis and Ruth Donnelly. It recorded a loss of $296,665. The film's sets were designed by art director Alexander Tol ...
'' (1936) - Magistrate (uncredited) * ''
Dancing Pirate ''Dancing Pirate'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Lloyd Corrigan. It is the third film shot in the three strip Technicolor process and the first musical in that format. Produced by the makers of ''Becky Sharp'', the film was ...
'' (1936) - Pirate Chief * ''
Anthony Adverse ''Anthony Adverse'' is a 1936 American epic historical drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Fredric March and Olivia de Havilland. The screenplay by Sheridan Gibney draws elements of its plot from eight of the nine books in Herve ...
'' (1936) - White Man Whipping Slave (uncredited) * ''
Mummy's Boys ''Mummy's Boys'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and written by Jack Townley, Philip G. Epstein and Charles E. Roberts. The film stars Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Barbara Pepper, Moroni Olsen, Frank M. Thomas and Willie Be ...
'' (1936) - Haroun Pasha * ''
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'' (1937) - Sondheim * ''
Waikiki Wedding ''Waikiki Wedding'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, and Shirley Ross. Crosby plays the part of Tony Marvin, a PR man charged with extolling the virtues of the Territory ...
'' (1937) - Koalani * ''
The Emperor's Candlesticks ''The Emperor's Candlesticks'' is an 1899 historical novel by Baroness Orczy. Written soon after the birth of her son John, it is her first book as an author rather than translator and was a commercial failure. As in the Scarlet Pimpernel, the ...
'' (1937) - Plainclothesman (uncredited) * '' Big City'' (1937) - Detective Haley (uncredited) * ''
Conquest Conquest is the act of military subjugation of an enemy by force of arms. Military history provides many examples of conquest: the Roman conquest of Britain, the Mauryan conquest of Afghanistan and of vast areas of the Indian subcontinent, t ...
'' (1937) - Beppo (uncredited) * ''
The Bad Man of Brimstone ''The Bad Man of Brimstone'' is a 1937 American Western film directed by J. Walter Ruben and starring Wallace Beery, Virginia Bruce and Dennis O'Keefe. The screenplay was written by Cyril Hume and Richard Maibaum, from a story by Ruben and Maur ...
'' (1937) - Jake Mulligan (uncredited) * ''
Arsène Lupin Returns ''Arsène Lupin Returns'' is a 1938 American mystery film directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by James Kevin McGuinness, Howard Emmett Rogers, and George Harmon Coxe. The film stars Melvyn Douglas, Virginia Bruce, Warren William, John Hal ...
'' (1938) - Detective (uncredited) * '' Three Comrades'' (1938) - Boris (uncredited) * '' Rich Man, Poor Girl'' (1938) - Man Who Yells (voice, uncredited) * ''
Mysterious Mr. Moto ''Mysterious Mr. Moto'', produced in 1938 by Twentieth Century Fox, is the fifth in a series of eight films starring Peter Lorre as Mr. Moto. The film is based on the character of Mr. Moto created by John P. Marquand, from an original screenpl ...
'' (1938) - Nola * '' Stand Up and Fight'' (1939) - Cheating Gambler (uncredited) * '' Idiot's Delight'' (1939) - Chief Wahoo (uncredited) * '' Let Freedom Ring'' (1939) - Joe (uncredited) * ''
Sergeant Madden ''Sergeant Madden'' is a 1939 film noir forerunner directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Wallace Beery. The supporting cast in this dark police crime drama, noted for its imaginative and evocative cinematography, includes Tom Brown, Lara ...
'' (1939) - Officer Minetti (uncredited) * ''
Bridal Suite ''Bridal Suite'' is a 1939 American comedy film directed by Wilhelm Thiele and written by Samuel Hoffenstein. The film stars Annabella, Robert Young, Walter Connolly, Reginald Owen, Gene Lockhart, and Arthur Treacher. The film was released o ...
'' (1939) - Hotel Runner at Train Station (uncredited) * '' 6,000 Enemies'' (1939) - Prisoner Milky (uncredited) * '' The Wizard of Oz'' (1939) - the Captain of the Winkie Guards (uncredited) * ''
Blackmail Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to fa ...
'' (1939) - Workman (scenes deleted) * ''
Bad Little Angel ''Bad Little Angel'' is a 1939 inspirational drama film starring Virginia Weidler as an orphan named Patsy Sanderson, living in America around 1900. The film was based on the story "Looking After Sandy" by Margaret Turnbull. Plot Treated with c ...
'' (1939) - Fireman Telling Wilks Tommy Went Into Fire (uncredited) * ''
The Secret of Dr. Kildare ''The Secret of Dr. Kildare'' is a 1939 American film directed by Harold S. Bucquet and produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This was the fourth of a total of ten Dr. Kildare pictures, Lew Ayres starred all but the first. Plot summary Dr. Leonard ...
'' (1939) - Adam - Nora's Gardener (uncredited) * '' Henry Goes Arizona'' (1939) - Rancher Bull Carson (uncredited) * ''
Young Tom Edison ''Young Tom Edison'' is a 1940 biographical film about the early life of inventor Thomas Edison directed by Norman Taurog and starring Mickey Rooney. The film was the first of a complementary pair of Edison biopics that Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer releas ...
'' (1940) - McGuire - Train Engineer (uncredited) * '' Strange Cargo'' (1940) - Guard (uncredited) * '' 20 Mule Team'' (1940) - Barfly at Bar (uncredited) * '' Florian'' (1940) - Horse Dealer (uncredited) * ''
Gold Rush Maisie ''Gold Rush Maisie'' is a 1940 drama film, the third of ten films starring Ann Sothern as Maisie Ravier, a showgirl with a heart of gold. In this entry in the series, she joins a gold rush to a ghost town. The film was directed by Edwin L. Marin. ...
'' (1940) - William Howard Taft Miggs (uncredited) * '' I Love You Again'' (1940) - Sailor Yelling 'Man Overboard' (uncredited) * ''
Boom Town A boomtown is a community that undergoes sudden and rapid population and economic growth, or that is started from scratch. The growth is normally attributed to the nearby discovery of a precious resource such as gold, silver, or oil, although ...
'' (1940) - Venezuelan Foreman (uncredited) * ''
Gallant Sons ''Gallant Sons'' is a 1940 American mystery film directed by George B. Seitz and written by William R. Lipman and Marion Parsonnet. The film stars Jackie Cooper, Bonita Granville, Gail Patrick, Gene Reynolds, June Preisser, Ian Hunter, Leo Gorce ...
'' (1940) - Newspaper Buyer (uncredited) * '' Go West'' (1940) - Halfbreed Indian Pete (uncredited) * ''
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) - Bennett * '' I'll Wait for You'' (1941) - Alfred 'Al' * ''
Billy the Kid Billy the Kid (born Henry McCarty; September 17 or November 23, 1859July 14, 1881), also known by the pseudonym William H. Bonney, was an outlaw and gunfighter of the American Old West, who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at t ...
'' (1941) - Bart Hodges * ''
The Big Store ''The Big Store'' is a 1941 American comedy film starring the Marx Brothers (Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx and Chico Marx) that takes place in a large department store. Groucho appears as private detective Wolf J. Flywheel (a character name originatin ...
'' (1941) - Indian Father (uncredited) * ''
Honky Tonk A honky-tonk (also called honkatonk, honkey-tonk, or tonk) is both a bar that provides country music for the entertainment of its patrons and the style of music played in such establishments. It can also refer to the type of piano ( tack piano) ...
'' (1941) - Man #1 Agreeing with Candy (uncredited) * ''
Kid Glove Killer ''Kid Glove Killer'' is a 1942 American crime film, starring Van Heflin as a forensic scientist investigating the murder of a mayor. The B film, the feature-length directorial debut of Fred Zinnemann, was an expanded version of the 1938 '' Crime ...
'' (1942) - Restaurant Proprietor (uncredited) * '' Rio Rita'' (1942) - Julio aka Pete * ''
I Married an Angel ''I Married An Angel'' is a 1938 musical comedy by Rodgers and Hart. It was adapted from a play by Hungarian playwright János Vaszary, entitled ''Angyalt Vettem Felesegul''. The book was by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, with music by Rodge ...
'' (1942) - Hotel Porter (uncredited) * ''
Cairo Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...
'' (1942) - Ludwig * ''
Apache Trail The Apache Trail in Arizona was a stagecoach trail that ran through the Superstition Mountains. It was named the Apache Trail after the Apache Indians who originally used this trail to move through the Superstition Mountains. The historic A ...
'' (1942) - Bolt Saunders (uncredited) * ''
Du Barry Was a Lady ''Du Barry Was a Lady'' is a Broadway musical, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and the book by Herbert Fields and Buddy DeSylva.
'' (1943) - Rebel Opening Door (uncredited) * ''
I Dood It ''I Dood It'' (UK title ''By Hook or by Crook'') is a 1943 American musical-comedy film starring Red Skelton and Eleanor Powell, directed by Vincente Minnelli, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The screenplay is by Fred Saidy and Sig Herzig ...
'' (1943) - Greek Taffy Man (scenes deleted) * ''
The Cross of Lorraine ''The Cross of Lorraine'' is a 1943 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer war film about French prisoners of war escaping a German prison camp and joining the French Resistance. Directed by Tay Garnett, starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Gene Kelly, was partly base ...
'' (1943) - French Villager (uncredited) * ''
Whistling in Brooklyn ''Whistling in Brooklyn'' is a 1943 film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Red Skelton, Ann Rutherford, and Jean Rogers. It is the third and last film starring Skelton as radio personality and amateur detective Wally "The Fox" Benton, fol ...
'' (1943) - Bearded Baseball Spectator (uncredited) * ''
The Seventh Cross ''The Seventh Cross'' (german: Das siebte Kreuz) is a novel by Anna Seghers, one of the better-known examples of German literature circa World War II. It was first published in Mexico by ''El Libro Libre'' In 1942. The English translation came o ...
'' (1944) - Prisoner at Concentration Camp (uncredited) * '' Kismet'' (1944) - Sheik (uncredited) * ''
An American Romance ''An American Romance'' is a 1944 American epic drama film directed and produced by King Vidor, who also wrote the screen story. Shot in Technicolor, the film stars Brian Donlevy and Ann Richards and is narrated by Horace McNally. The film is ...
'' (1944) - Detroit Auto Works Technician (uncredited) * ''
Lost in a Harem ''Lost in a Harem'' is a 1944 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and starring the team of Abbott and Costello alongside Marilyn Maxwell. Plot When a traveling vaudeville show becomes stranded in the Middle East, their singer, Haze ...
'' (1944) - Slave (uncredited) * ''
The Thin Man Goes Home ''The Thin Man Goes Home'' is a 1945 comedy- mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe. It is the fifth of the six '' Thin Man'' films starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Dashiell Hammett's dapper ex-private detective Nick Charles and his ...
'' (1944) - Third Man Outside Barber Shop (uncredited) * ''
Main Street After Dark ''Main Street After Dark'' is a 1945 American drama film directed by Edward L. Cahn and written by John C. Higgins and Karl Kamb. The film stars Edward Arnold, Selena Royle, Tom Trout, Audrey Totter, Dan Duryea, Hume Cronyn and Dorothy Morris. ...
'' (1945) - Plainclothesman (uncredited) * ''
The Picture of Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical fiction, philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''Th ...
'' (1945) - Waiter (uncredited) * ''
The Harvey Girls ''The Harvey Girls'' is a 1946 Technicolor American musical film produced by Arthur Freed for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It is based on the 1942 The Harvey Girls (novel), novel of the same name by Samuel Hopkins Adams, about Fred Harvey (entrepreneur ...
'' (1946) - Sandy (uncredited) * ''
The Green Years ''The Green Years'' is a 1944 novel by A. J. Cronin which traces the formative years of an Irish orphan, Robert Shannon, who is sent to live with his draconian maternal grandparents in Scotland. An introspective child, Robert forms an attachme ...
'' (1946) - Smithy (uncredited) * ''
Courage of Lassie ''Courage of Lassie'' is a 1946 Technicolor MGM feature film starring Elizabeth Taylor, Frank Morgan, and dog actor Pal in a story about a collie named Bill and his young companion, Kathie Merrick. When Bill is separated from Kathie followin ...
'' (1946) - Gil Elson * ''
The Mighty McGurk ''The Mighty McGurk'' is a 1947 American sports, drama, action, adventure, melodrama film starring Wallace Beery as a boozing ex-boxer brawling as a bouncer in a Bowery saloon. Plot Roy "Slag" McGurk (Wallace Beery), the former heavyweight boxing ...
'' (1947) - Bartender (uncredited) * ''
It Happened in Brooklyn ''It Happened in Brooklyn'' is a 1947 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical romantic comedy film directed by Richard Whorf and starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Peter Lawford and Jimmy Durante, and featuring Gloria Grahame and Marcy McGuire. ''It ...
'' (1947) - Printer (uncredited) * ''
The Romance of Rosy Ridge ''The Romance of Rosy Ridge'' is a 1947 American Western film directed by Roy Rowland, about a rural community bitterly divided during the aftermath of the American Civil War. It stars Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, and Janet Leigh in her film d ...
'' (1947) - Southerner (uncredited) * ''
Song of the Thin Man ''Song of the Thin Man'' is a 1947 murder mystery-comedy directed by Edward Buzzell. The sixth and final film in MGM's '' Thin Man'' series, starring William Powell and Myrna Loy as Nick and Nora Charles, characters created by Dashiell Hammett ...
'' (1947) - Jailkeeper (uncredited) * '' Merton of the Movies'' (1947) - Set Guard (uncredited) * ''
Desire Me ''Desire Me'' is a 1947 American drama film starring Robert Mitchum and Greer Garson. It had a troubled production that included numerous directors and rewrites, and was ultimately released without a credited director. Plot In Paris, Marise Au ...
'' (1947) - Old Man (uncredited) * ''
Tenth Avenue Angel ''Tenth Avenue Angel'' is a 1948 American film directed by Roy Rowland and starring Margaret O'Brien, Angela Lansbury, and George Murphy. It chronicles the life and family of Flavia Mills (Margaret O'Brien) in the late 1930s. Filming took place 1 ...
'' (1948) - Vendor's Bystander (uncredited) * ''
Julia Misbehaves ''Julia Misbehaves'' is a 1948 American romantic comedy film starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon as a married couple who are separated by the man's snobbish family. They meet again many years later, when the daughter whom the man has rais ...
'' (1948) - Railroad Manager (uncredited) * '' The Kissing Bandit'' (1948) - Fernando (uncredited) * ''
Take Me Out to the Ball Game "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" is a 1908 Tin Pan Alley song by Jack Norworth and Albert Von Tilzer which has become the unofficial anthem of North American baseball, although neither of its authors had attended a game prior to writing the song ...
'' (1949) - Fisherman (uncredited) * ''
The Stratton Story ''The Stratton Story'' is a 1949 American biographical film directed by Sam Wood that tells the true story of Monty Stratton, a Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Chicago White Sox from 1934 to 1938. The film is the first of thre ...
'' (1949) - Conductor (uncredited) * ''
Border Incident ''Border Incident'' is a 1949 film noir featuring Ricardo Montalbán, George Murphy, Howard Da Silva. Directed by Anthony Mann, the MGM production was written by John C. Higgins and George Zuckerman. The film was shot by cinematographer John Al ...
'' (1949) - Older Bracero (uncredited) * ''
The Toast of New Orleans ''The Toast of New Orleans'' is a 1950 MGM musical film directed by Norman Taurog and choreographed by Eugene Loring. It stars Mario Lanza, Kathryn Grayson, David Niven, J. Carrol Naish, James Mitchell and Rita Moreno. The film was made af ...
'' (1950) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''
Dial 1119 ''Dial 1119'' is a 1950 film noir directed by Gerald Mayer, nephew of Louis B. Mayer. The film stars Marshall Thompson as a deranged escaped killer holding the customers of a bar hostage. The telephone number "1119" is the police emergency number ...
'' (1950) - (uncredited) * '' Two Weeks with Love'' (1950) - Mr. Schimpf (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1950) - Farmer Going to Ambala (uncredited) * '' Inside Straight'' (1951) - Immigrant (uncredited) * '' Mr. Imperium'' (1951) - Old Watchman (uncredited) * ''
The Painted Hills ''The Painted Hills'', also known as ''Lassie's Adventures in the Goldrush'', is a 1951 drama western film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and directed by Harold F. Kress. Adapted by True Boardman from Alexander Hull's novel ''Shep of t ...
'' (1951) - Mark Miller (uncredited) * ''
The Tall Target ''The Tall Target'' is a 1951 American historical crime film directed by Anthony Mann and starring Dick Powell, Paula Raymond and Adolphe Menjou. Powell stars as a police sergeant who tries to stop the assassination of Abraham Lincoln at a train ...
'' (1951) - Sleeping Train Passenger (uncredited) * ''
Callaway Went Thataway ''Callaway Went Thataway'' is a 1951 American comedy western film starring Fred MacMurray, Dorothy McGuire, and Howard Keel. It was written, directed, and produced by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. Also known as ''The Star Said No'', it is a s ...
'' (1951) - Studio Guard (uncredited) * ''
The Man with a Cloak ''The Man with a Cloak'' is a 1951 American film noir crime- thriller-drama directed by Fletcher Markle and starring Joseph Cotten, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, and Leslie Caron, and based on "The Gentleman from Paris", a short story by Joh ...
'' (1951) - Waiter * '' Lone Star'' (1952) - Senator (uncredited) * ''
Talk About a Stranger ''Talk About a Stranger'' is a 1952 American film noir directed by David Bradley and starring George Murphy, Nancy Davis and Billy Gray. The motion picture was shot by noted cinematographer John Alton, A.S.C. and was based on Charlotte Armstron ...
'' (1952) - Orchard Owner (uncredited) * ''
Scaramouche Scaramouche () or Scaramouch (; from Italian Scaramuccia , literally "little skirmisher") is a stock clown character of the 16th-century commedia dell'arte (comic theatrical arts of Italian literature). The role combined characteristics of the ...
'' (1952) - Majordomo (uncredited) * ''
Washington Story ''Washington Story'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by Robert Pirosh and starring Van Johnson and Patricia Neal. The screenplay concerns a reporter in search of government corruption who falls for a congressman. Plot On her first trip to ...
'' (1952) - Spectator (uncredited) * ''
The Merry Widow ''The Merry Widow'' (german: Die lustige Witwe, links=no ) is an operetta by the Austro-Hungarian composer Franz Lehár. The librettists, Viktor Léon and Leo Stein, based the story – concerning a rich widow, and her countrymen's attempt t ...
'' (1952) - The King's Page with pistol (uncredited) * ''
Million Dollar Mermaid ''Million Dollar Mermaid'' (also known as ''The One Piece Bathing Suit'' in the UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur ...
'' (1952) - Violinist (uncredited) * ''
Sky Full of Moon ''Sky Full of Moon'' is a 1952 American western film directed by Norman Foster and starring Carleton Carpenter, Keenan Wynn, and Jan Sterling. It was produced and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Easy-going cowpoke Harley "Tumbleweed" W ...
'' (1952) - Garage Owner (uncredited) * ''
Lili ''Lili'' is a 1953 American film released by MGM. It stars Leslie Caron as a touchingly naïve French girl whose emotional relationship with a carnival puppeteer is conducted through the medium of four puppets. The film won the Academy Award for ...
'' (1953) - Concessionaire (uncredited) * ''
The Sun Shines Bright ''The Sun Shines Bright'' is a 1953 American Comedy-Drama Western film directed by John Ford, based on material taken from a series of Irvin S. Cobb "Judge Priest" short stories featured in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' in the 1910s, specifica ...
'' (1953) - Sheriff Andy Redcliffe * ''
I Love Melvin ''I Love Melvin'' is a 1953 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy film directed by Don Weis, starring Donald O'Connor and Debbie Reynolds. According to MGM records, the film earned $1,316,000 in the United States and Canada and $654,000 ...
'' (1953) - Stage Doorman (uncredited) * '' A Slight Case of Larceny'' (1953) - Court Clerk (uncredited) * ''
Torch Song A torch song is a sentimental love song, typically one in which the singer laments an unrequited or lost love, either where one party is oblivious to the existence of the other, where one party has moved on, or where a romantic affair has affecte ...
'' (1953) - Bill the Doorman (uncredited) * ''
Kiss Me Kate ''Kiss Me, Kate'' is a musical written by Bella and Samuel Spewack with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' and the conflict on and off-sta ...
'' (1953) - Stage Doorman (uncredited) * '' All the Brothers Were Valiant'' (1953) - Cook * ''
Gypsy Colt ''Gypsy Colt'' is a 1954 American drama film directed by Andrew Marton and starring Donna Corcoran, Ward Bond and Frances Dee. Shot in Ansco Color, it was produced and distributed by Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film's basic plot w ...
'' (1954) - Ed (uncredited) * ''
The Student Prince ''The Student Prince'' is an operetta in four acts with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly. It is based on Wilhelm Meyer-Förster's play '' Old Heidelberg''. The piece has a score with some of Romberg's most enduri ...
'' (1954) - Chess Partner (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1955) - Jury Foreman (uncredited) * ''
The Fastest Gun Alive ''The Fastest Gun Alive'' is a 1956 MGM Western film starring Glenn Ford, Jeanne Crain, and Broderick Crawford directed by Russell Rouse. Plot Son of a notorious fast-drawing sheriff, George Kelby Jr. (Ford) and his wife Dora (Jeanne Crain) ...
'' (1956) - Tucker Eddy (uncredited)


Notes

Although uncredited in ''The Wizard of Oz'', he had several lines towards the end of the film, including: "She's dead. You killed her." "Hail to Dorothy! The Wicked Witch is dead!" and, in response to Dorothy's request for the late witch's broomstick, "Please! And take it with you!".


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Mitchell 1880 births 1956 deaths American male film actors American male silent film actors Male actors from Syracuse, New York 20th-century American male actors Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)