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Barton MacLane
Born: 25th Dec 1902 Columbia, South Carolina, USA - Died 1st Jan 1969
Dept: Acting
Barton MacLane graduated from Wesleyan University, where he displayed a notable aptitude for sports, in particular football and basketball. Not surprisingly, his physical prowess led to an early role in The Quarterback (1926) with Richard Dix. MacLane once commented that, as an actor, he needed to have the physical strength to tear the bad guys "from limb to limb", if necessary. Ironically, it was usually Barton himself who was destined to be at the end of a hiding (when not getting shot, instead), typically as snarling henchmen, outlaws and other assorted dubious or abrasive types throughout most of his 40-year acting career. In fact, Barton became so typecast that his name was for a time used proverbially, to generally describe a shouting, hard-nosed ruffian.
After training at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, MacLane joined a stock company in Brooklyn. In 1927 he had his first part on Broadway, a brief moment as an assistant district attorney, in the melodrama "The Trial of Mary Dugan". He then played a small featured role as a police officer in "Subway Express" (1929-30), a drama enacted in the interior of a subway car. In mid-1932 MacLane tried his hand at writing his own starring vehicle for the stage, entitled "Rendezvous". While the play closed after just 21 performances, it led to a contract with Warner Brothers.
Barton had already appeared in bit roles for Paramount at their Astoria Studios, including The Marx Brothers' debut film The Cocoanuts (1929). He portrayed mobster Brad Collins in 'G' Men (1935) (with James Cagney), which set the tone for most of his future assignments. Brawny, with squinty eyes and a rasping voice, MacLane was the ideal surly tough guy, particularly suitable for westerns and the type of films noir Warner Brothers excelled at. He was often cast as cops, be they bent or honest. Some of his most representative performances include gangster Al Kruger in Bullets or Ballots (1936), which won him some of the best critical notices of his career; outlaw Jack Slade in Western Union (1941); crooked construction boss Pat McCormick, who gets beaten up by Humphrey Bogart and Tim Holt over past-due wages in The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948); hard-nosed cops Detective Dundy in The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Lt. Reece in Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950). MacLane, on loan to Universal, also had a starring role in Prison Break (1938) as an innocent tuna fisherman who is framed for murder. He was prominent as a tough but sympathetic cop, foil to sleuthing girl reporter Glenda Farrell in the "Torchy Blaine" series of the mid- to late 1930s. In the 1960s Barton began to cultivate a good-guy image as Marshal Frank Caine in the NBC western series Outlaws (1960) as well as showing up in a small recurring role as Air Force Gen. Martin Peterson in I Dream of Jeannie (1965).
Barton was married to the actress Charlotte Wynters, who appeared with him in six of his films. When not on the set, the couple spent time on their 2000-acre cattle ranch in Madera County, California.
For his work in television, Barton has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 174
Film: 153 (88%)
Television: 21 (12%)
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Filmography
1997
Stephen H. Bogart narrates the rise to fame of his father, Humphrey Bogart through the use of film clips, written material and interviews of friends a ... view
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Self (archive footage)
1983
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival fo ... view
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Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Self (archive footage)
1968
A Montana marshal fights a land baron out to parch homesteaders with a spite dam. ... view
Character:
Dr. H. 'Doc' Raymond
1968
During the Civil War, a Confederate spy takes a job as marshal of a small western town as a cover for his espionage activities. However, he soon finds ... view
Character:
Sheriff Grover
Sep 1967 (first aired)
Hondo is a 17-episode Western television series starring Ralph Taeger that aired in the United States on ABC during the 1967 fall season. The series w ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Sep 1966 (first aired)
Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madca ... view
Character:
Bart (1 ep.)
Sep 1965 (first aired)
While on a mission, American astronaut Captain Tony Nelson is forced to make an emergency landing that will forever change his life. On a deserted Sou ... view
Character:
General Peterson (35 ep.)
1965
A gunfighter is hired to clean up a wild frontier town, but there are forces afoot who want to keep the town as wide-open as it is. Lyle Bettger, Bruc ... view
Character:
James Fell
1965
Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), wh ... view
Character:
Tanner
Sep 1964 (first aired)
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely. ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1964
A former gunfighter, now a circuit court judge, faces his father's killer in a small post-Civil War Kansas town. ... view
Character:
Big Tom Stone
1961
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying ... view
Character:
Police Commissioner
Sep 1960 (first aired)
Outlaws is an NBC Western television series, starring Barton MacLane as U.S. marshal Frank Caine, who operated in a lawless section of Oklahoma Territ ... view
Character:
Marshal Frank Caine (50 ep.)
1960
Case Britton, gunslinger and wanted man, comes to town to meet his bride-to-be, stop a stagecoach robbery, and get even with the man who killed his br ... view
Character:
Carl Avery
1960
A gunman receives a request for help from his brother, but arrives too late to save him from the lawless rancher who wanted him dead. ... view
Character:
Seth
Sep 1959 (first aired)
Tightrope is an American crime drama series that aired on CBS from September 1959 to September 1960, under the alternate sponsorship of the J.B. Willi ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Jan 1959 (first aired)
Black Saddle is an American Western television series starring Peter Breck that aired 44 episodes on ABC from January 10, 1959 to May 6, 1960. The hal ... view
Character:
General Fowler (1 ep.)
1958
Gilbert Wooley is a second-rate magician who is sent to entertain the troops in the pacific. During his time in Japan he becomes attached to a little ... view
Character:
Major Ridgley
1958
Small-town sheriff discovers that gun-fighting is the only way to clean up the town. ... view
Character:
Simon Crayle
1958
A Hollywood private eye (Efrem Zimbalist Jr.) seeks a singer being stalked by a hired killer. ... view
Character:
Francis J. Brannigan
Oct 1958 (first aired)
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office locate ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
Oct 1958 (first aired)
Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse is an American television anthology series produced by Desilu Productions. The show ran on CBS television between 1958 a ... view
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Unknown/various (2 ep.)
1958
Lumbering tale of lumbermen challenging the ownership of valuable woodlands. ... view
Character:
Big Jim
Sep 1957 (first aired)
The cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most difficult of cases in the aid of the innocent. ... view
Character:
Senator Harriman Baylor (1 ep.)
Sheriff Eugene Norris (1 ep.)
Harold Minter (1 ep.)
Archer Osmond (1 ep.)
1957
In the 1830s a Florida slave trader captures the wife of Chief Osceola, setting off a war between the Seminoles and the U.S. Army. ... view
Character:
Wilson
1957
A prospector becomes a small town outcast after he rescues a man about to be lynched. ... view
Character:
Lem Gotch
1957
An imprisoned gunfighter must scatter to elude the authorities. Outlaws Bob Ford and Vic Rodell are nabbed, but the governor offers them amnesty in ex ... view
Character:
Clyde O'Connell
1956
A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas. ... view
Character:
Yates
1956
Don Pablo Salazar steals a fortune in jewels from an Indian tribe and an Aztec medicine man puts a curse on the jewels until they are returned. Years ... view
Character:
Joe Barnum
1956
Crime drama in which a man unknowingly helps a gang pull off a big heist. The gang discovers that the man is more trouble than he is worth and as a re ... view
Character:
Det. Lt. Dan Coster
Oct 1956 (first aired)
Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup. ... view
Character:
Gen. Bailey (1 ep.)
Sep 1956 (first aired)
Conflict is a 1956 ABC series that directly succeeded Warner Brothers Presents. It is most famous for having hosted the effective pilots of 77 Sunset ... view
Character:
Charlie Ringle (1 ep.)
1956
Former Coastguardsmen Jim Benson is about to lose his boat when a couple approaches him for a fishing charter. Jim departs just ahead of the Sherrif w ... view
Character:
Karl Shanks
Apr 1956 (first aired)
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbit ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1956
Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for ... view
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Sergeant George Lake
1956
Oil explorers suspect a South American jungle boy of murder. ... view
Character:
Steve Bailey
1955
After killing Billy the Kid, Sheriff Pat Garrett is relentlessly dogged by members of the Kid's gang. ... view
Character:
Mosby, Gang Leader
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawma ... view
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Unknown/various (1 ep.)
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Captain Jenkins
Sep 1955 (first aired)
Gunsmoke is an American radio and television Western drama series created by director Norman MacDonnell and writer John Meston. The stories take place ... view
Character:
Herkimer Crawford (1 ep.)
Willard Kerner (1 ep.)
1955
A part-Indian mining engineer looks for gold in an Arizona ghost town with his socialite bride. ... view
Character:
Jim Mablett
1955
A third generation deputy sheriff doubts whether or not he has the guts for the job that killed both his father and grandfather. His doubts are re-enf ... view
Character:
Henry 'Tiny' Longtree
1955
Ranchers battle one another over water rights. Western. ... view
Character:
Chalk Reynolds
1954
A returning Korean War vet becomes embroiled in a fight over possession of a tungsten mine. ... view
Character:
Sheriff Olson
Oct 1954 (first aired)
Walt Disney Productions has produced an anthology television series under several different titles since 1954. The original version of the series prem ... view
Character:
Rawls Kettrick (1 ep.)
Sep 1954 (first aired)
Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and i ... view
Character:
Unknown/various (1 ep.)
1954
A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with chi ... view
Character:
Deacon Bartlett
1954
A federal agent arrives in Laramie to try to find out who is behind the efforts to stop the construction of a new railroad track. ... view
Character:
Lee Graham
1954
A vibrant tribute to one of America's legendary bandleaders, charting Glenn Miller's rise from obscurity and poverty to fame and wealth in the early 1 ... view
Character:
General Arnold
1953
A young boy witnesses his father murdered by bandits and grows into adulthood vowing revenge. ... view
Character:
Jules Reni
1953
The son of a deceased Coast Guard hero is raised by a Coast Guard NCO, who also has a son the same age. When they get older both are accepted into the ... view
Character:
Capt. Jack Matthews
1953
A group of communist spies plan to blow up an essential commercial artery, the Panama Canal. To this end, they have kidnapped a nuclear scientist and ... view
Character:
Captain Scarface
1953
A hired hand gets caught between a noble rancher and ruthless land grabbers. ... view
Character:
Marvin Parker
1953
Just before the Civil War (but after the South has seceded), Southern saboteurs try to prevent railroad construction from crossing Kansas to the front ... view
Character:
Cal Bruce
1952
An Oklahoma National Guard unit, comprised mainly of Native Americans, is called up for duty at the start of World War II. ... view
Character:
Sgt. Durkee
Sep 1952 (first aired)
Four Star Playhouse is an American television anthology series that ran from 1952 to 1956, sponsored in its first bi-weekly season by The Singer Compa ... view
Character:
Capt. Webber (1 ep.)
Milo (1 ep.)
1952
An Apache of mixed blood tries to make peace between Indians and whites. ... view
Character:
Marshal Cassidy
1952
Old enemies stationed together at an Army post vie for the same woman. ... view
Character:
Capt. Myles Moylan
Oct 1951 (first aired)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was spon ... view
Character:
Chief Brooks (1 ep.)
1951
Two old friends find themselves on opposite sides during the Civil War in a desperate battle atop an impregnable mountain. ... view
Character:
Sgt. Mac McCardle
1951
After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders a chance to claim allegi ... view
Character:
Joad
1950
Zara Montalve, half Spanish and half America, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sher ... view
Character:
Sheriff Jim Harden
1950
Years after the death of her husband, Kitty McNeil takes her son and flees from the home of her wealthy and controlling mother-in-law. Alone and joble ... view
Character:
Larry Channock
Oct 1950 (first aired)
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original telep ... view
Character:
Steve (1 ep.)
Marvin Platt (1 ep.)
1950
Merchant seaman Joe Blake, in love with Peggy Walters, takes the job of a rookie fireman in a big city department. His commander is strict-disciplinar ... view
Character:
Captain Jess Henshaw
1950
Ralph Cotter, a ruthless criminal, escapes violently from a farm prison. Then, he seduces a dead inmate’s sister, gets back quickly into the crime b ... view
Character:
Lieutenant John Reece
1949
Nick Cherney, in prison for embezzling from Torno Freight Co., sees a chance to get back at Johnny Torno through his young priest brother Jess. He pay ... view
Character:
Detective Strecker
1948
In a small town in Kansas, a county attorney in an unhappy marriage falls in love with another woman. ... view
Character:
Rufus J. "Gotch" McCurdy
1948
An ex-convict on his way to make his fortune in a gold mine in Arizona has his trip interrupted when the residents of a small Mexican village believe ... view
Character:
Max Giorgio
1948
Adventure-seeker Ted Osborne has convinced his finacee Carole to finance his expedition to an uncharted South Pacific island supposedly populated with ... view
Character:
Capt. Tarnowski
1948
A man wrongly accused of murder tracks the true culprit across the desert. ... view
Character:
Tex Brandow
1948
Daniel Bone is aiming for success. A Brooklyn gunsmith by trade, he figures the place to be is where the guns are. So off he goes into the West and be ... view
Character:
Texas Jack Barton
1948
Unjustly booted out of the cavalry, Mike McComb strikes out for Nevada, and deciding never to be used again, ruthlessly works his way up to becoming o ... view
Character:
'Banjo' Sweeney
1948
Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandit ... view
Character:
Pat McCormick
1947
Kelly Jordan and Andy Melton are former AAF fliers operating a cargo service over the South American mountain ranges in order to get enough money to r ... view
Character:
Case Hagin
1947
Slick gambler James Wylie is apprehended by the law and given the option to forgo a prison sentence if he poses as a bandit. His mission is to uncover ... view
Character:
Webb Yancey
1947
A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial backer and her cruel trail boss to the jungle. After ... view
Character:
Paul Weir
1946
An ex-con sets up a program to straighten out hard-core prisoners. Things don't go as planned. ... view
Character:
Nick Taylor
1946
The Duchess, the aunt of Red Ryder, comes to town to protect her property. Crawford, a town big-shot behind an outlaw gang, tries to prevent her from ... view
Character:
Crawford
1946
A private detective is hired to find a young heiress but finds himself accused of murder. ... view
Character:
Detective Taggart
1945
Laurent van Horn is the leader of a band of Dutch refugees on a ship seeking freedom in the Carolinas, when the ship is wrecked on the coast of Cartag ... view
Character:
Capt. Benjamin Black
1945
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set. ... view
Character:
George 'Deacon' Markham
1945
A group of archaeologists asks Tarzan to help them find an ancient city in a hidden valley of women. He refuses, but Boy is tricked into doing the job ... view
Character:
Ballister
1944
The Goss family live on a farm they call the dust bowl where the wind blows during the day and the coyotes howl at night. When the train is robbed, ev ... view
Character:
Sheriff Tatum
1944
A young gypsy girl turns into a wolf to destroy her enemies. ... view
Character:
Lt. Barry Lane
1944
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the shipyards where his brother, Jeff, is a foreman. Jef ... view
Character:
Red Kelly
1944
A Marine major looks out for his captain on Guadalcanal and in Australia. ... view
Character:
Sgt. Maguire
1944
An Egyptian high priest travels to America to reclaim the bodies of ancient Egyptian princess Ananka and her living guardian mummy Kharis. Learning th ... view
Character:
Inspector Walgreen
1944
When a treasure hunter seeks a downed airplane in the jungles of Africa, he encounters one of the passenger's young daughter, now fully grown, and wit ... view
Character:
Carl Hurst
1943
The Crime Doctor gets involved in the case of the poisoning of a wealthy industrialist. ... view
Character:
Detective Rief
1943
During WWII, a strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally confused father straight, at the same time striving to keep ... view
Character:
John Tate
1943
A man of no worth brags to his daughter back East that he is rich and owns a big ranch. When she decides to pay a visit to her father, Roy and his bud ... view
Character:
Jim Calvert
1943
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude precisio ... view
Character:
Archie Dixon
1943
A crusading district attorney tries to stop a local mob boss who has connections in high places. ... view
Character:
John Wallace
1942
A young millionaire (Richard Carlson) joins the real world and meets a maid (Jane Randolph) and mobsters. ... view
Character:
Leo Bronson
1942
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses him. ... view
Character:
Case Ables
1942
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship. ... view
Character:
Marty Callahan
1941
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette. ... view
Character:
Lt. of Detectives Dundy
1941
In the 1890s lumberjack John leaves Seattle for Alaska to look for gold. After he marries dancehall girl Sally, he finds she used to be in love with h ... view
Character:
Pirate Kelly
1941
Dr. Jekyll believes good and evil exist in everyone and creates a potion that allows his evil side, Mr. Hyde, to come to the fore. He faces horrible c ... view
Character:
Sam Higgins
1941
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang. Tens ... view
Character:
Smiley Quinn
1941
Kids look to get revenge when their fathers are all killed in a mob war. ... view
Character:
James J. Ryan
1941
A fishing boat captain searches for romance in hopes of improving his financial picture. ... view
Character:
John Kelly
1941
When Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern ... view
Character:
Jack Slade
1941
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer. ... view
Character:
Barney Grogan
1941
Given a pardon from jail, Roy Earle gets back into the swing of things as he robs a swanky resort. ... view
Character:
Jake Kranmer
1940
His Arizona hometown of Torpedo invites Gene back to be the honorary sheriff of the Frontier Days Celebration. ... view
Character:
Mark Wildhack
1940
Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a series of murders. ... view
Character:
Sam O'Donnell
1940
A prison chaplain (John Litel) rescues a young convict (Glenn Ford) on a misguided mission of revenge. ... view
Character:
Blackie Drew
1940
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along the way. ... view
Character:
Jim Ramsey
1939
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1939. ... view
Character:
Self
1939
A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison... ... view
Character:
Red Manson
1939
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner. ... view
Character:
Steve McBride
1939
When gangster Phil Daley gets rid of his chief Paul Burgess he has everything that money can buy, except the respect of his parents and his sweetheart ... view
Character:
Phil Daley
1939
In this crime drama a wealthy business tycoon serves a sentence for tax fraud. While there he becomes good friends with his cellmates and after they a ... view
Character:
Ace King
1939
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and ... view
Character:
Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride
1939
A southern aristocrat clashes with a driver transporting stolen slaves to freedom. ... view
Character:
Crowder
1938
A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of ... view
Character:
Detective Steve McBride
1938
“Sparks” Roberts and Captain Cogswell are brothers whose relationship is fractured by a long-standing feud involving rivalries over boats and wome ... view
Character:
Captain Cogswell
1938
Story of a tuna fisherman who has been wrongfully convicted of a murder he did not commit. His exemplary behavior in prison ensures that he is up for ... view
Character:
Joaquin Shannon
1938
Mr. Morris, the owner of a large metropolitan department store, gives jobs to paroled ex-convicts in an effort to help them reform and go straight. Am ... view
Character:
Mickey
1938
A ring veteran turns a Texas tenderfoot into a winning fighter. ... view
Character:
Gunner Malone
1938
Colonel Ferris, a wealthy farmer in northern California, is strongly opposed to hydraulic mining, a new method developed during the gold rush of the 1 ... view
Character:
Slag Martin
1938
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in ... view
Character:
Lt. Steve McBride
1937
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1937. ... view
Character:
Self
1937
The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fi ... view
Character:
Det. Lt. Steve McBride
1937
An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife. ... view
Character:
Jim Turner
1937
Madge Winton, a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Ma ... view
Character:
Al McCoy
1937
Racketeer Jim Barnes is trying to force the independent taxicab-drivers to join his "protection service" at the cost of five bucks a day. Champion rac ... view
Character:
Jim Barnes
1937
Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight. ... view
Character:
Steve McBride
1937
Ex-Army officer Jameson takes a job a prison guard at San Quentin. Joe, the brother of his new girlfriend May, is sentenced to the prison for robbery. ... view
Character:
Lt. Druggin
1937
After a mine cave in, the rescue crew risks their lives to search for two trapped miners. ... view
Character:
Andrew Beaupre
1937
Two boys – the prince Edward and the pauper Tom – are born on the same day. Years later, when young teenage Tom sneaks into the palace garden, he ... view
Character:
John Canty
1937
Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is fr ... view
Character:
Stephen Whitney
1937
Hard-nosed Jefferson Russett runs a logging company; his brother, Steve, is the prodigal son. Steve becomes stranded on the competition's property and ... view
Character:
Bullhead
1937
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing. ... view
Character:
Steve McBride
1936
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936. ... view
Character:
Self
1936
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars. ... view
Character:
Detective Captain Rourke
1936
After causing his friend's death, an animal trainer marries the man's daughter to atone. ... view
Character:
Cliff Ballenger
1936
After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger th ... view
Character:
Al Kruger
1936
A stock broker's small-town best friend thinks the bride-to-be and her family are gold-diggers so he does everything he can to prevent the wedding. ... view
Character:
Casey (Vic's Butler/Trainer)
1936
Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence ... view
Character:
Loder
1936
War veteran pilots Dizzy Davis, Texas Clark and Jake Lee are working in an airline. Dizzy is fooling with one of the younger pilot's girl-friend and d ... view
Character:
Al Stone
1935
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935). ... view
Character:
Himself (uncredited)
1935
A construction company foreman's life changes--not necessarily for the better--when he is promoted to an executive position. ... view
Character:
Chris Bennett
1935
After a roustabout sailor avoids being shanghaied in 1850s San Francisco, his audacity helps him rise to a position of power in the vice industry of t ... view
Character:
Spider Burke
1935
A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past. ... view
Character:
Clifton Jeffords
1935
Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor ... view
Character:
Red Bastian
1935
A con man who stages phony "lucky legs" beauty contests and leaves town with the money is found with a surgical knife in his heart by Mason. ... view
Character:
Bisonette
1935
A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer. ... view
Character:
Blackie
1935
A Traveler's Aid worker who delights in solving people's problems gets mixed up with gangsters. ... view
Character:
Sharkey
1935
A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management. ... view
Character:
McGee
1935
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused to get involved with the underworld. When a fr ... view
Character:
Collins
1935
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters. ... view
Character:
Duke Hutchinson
1935
After giving the District Attorney another stinging defeat, Perry plans to take a vacation in China. That is, he was, until Rhoda, his old flame, meet ... view
Character:
Detective Lucas
1934
Randolph Scott plays Jim Cleve, one of several volunteers keeping the US-Mexican border safe on behalf of American settlers. Ostensibly the hero, Clev ... view
Character:
Charley Benson
1934
A professor tires of the direction his life is going and wants to move west, but his girlfriend doesn't understand why he is so dissatisfied. ... view
Character:
First Cop (uncredited)
1933
Young Scooter O’Neal, orphaned after his father’s suicide, is sent out West to live with family friend Dobe Jones. Unaware of his father’s fate ... view
Character:
Policeman Baxter
1933
When a married stockbroker falls in love with another woman, he becomes the prime suspect in his wife's accidental death. ... view
Character:
Harry the Guide
1933
Tillie and Augustus Winterbottom are thought to be missionaries when they arrive to find Phineas Pratt trying cheat the Sheridans out of her father's ... view
Character:
Commissioner McLennan
1933
In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison for 15 years for murder. The Haydens head for Neva ... view
Character:
Neil Stanley
1933
Beasley, who is after Gayner's land, plans to kidnap his daughter. But Dale overhears their plan and kidnaps her himself. When Gayner arrives to retri ... view
Character:
Mulvey
1933
Sailor George and his pals visit the Roseland Dance Hall, where funny things happen between conversations with dizzy hostess Gracie. ... view
Character:
1933
A buffalo hunter tries to stop a thief and his minions from stealing hides. ... view
Character:
Henchman Pruitt
1932
George Shelton asks Tom Howard to help him impress his girl as a he-man. Howard is to insult him, and then Shelton comes up and punches out Howard. Th ... view
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Character:
Sailor
1931
Tough Caribbean freighter Captain Sam Whelan engages Sally Clark, a tramp masquerading as a missionary's daughter, to care for an abandoned baby on bo ... view
Character:
Crewman
1931
As a publicity stunt, a musical comedy star announces her engagement to a young man she believes is a gigolo, with whom she eventually falls in love. ... view
Character:
Cafe Customer
1931
When a crook decides to go straight, his jealous cast off moll exposes him to the police. ... view
Character:
Detective with Handcuffs
1930
An ambitious campaign manager makes friends, influences people and welcomes his long-lost mother to Ellis Island. ... view
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1929
During the Florida land boom, the Marx Brothers run a hotel, auction off some land and thwart a jewel robbery. ... view
Character:
Bather
1926
Elmer Stone, quarterback of the 1899 Colton College football team vows to remain a student until Colton beats its biggest rival, State University. Twe ... view
Character:
Football Player (uncredited)