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Arthur Aylesworth

Born: 12th Aug 1881 Apponaug, Warwick, Rhode Island, USA - Died 26th Jun 1946
Dept: Acting
Arthur Preston Aylsworth, professionally known as Arthur Aylesworth (occasionally also using the regular no-e surname spelling), was an American stage and screen actor. Aylesworth's Broadway career spanned the years 1911-1942; he appeared in many productions. In the 1930s he became a contract player at Warner Bros. working in character roles, often uncredited.
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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 105
Film: 105 (100%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Action, Horror, Documentary

Filmography

Dragonwyck Drama, Romance, Thriller
1946
A simple Connecticut farm girl is recruited by a distant relative, an aristocratic patroon, to be governess to his young daughter in his Hudson Valley ... view
Character:
Farmer (uncredited)
1945
A criminal psychologist treats an artist whose blackouts coincide with a series of murders. ... view
Character:
Mrs. Lake's Attorney #2 (uncredited)
Christmas in Connecticut Comedy, Romance
1945
While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a Housewife" column written by Elizabeth Lane. Jeff's nurse ... view
Character:
Sleigh Driver (uncredited)
Scared Stiff Comedy, Horror, Mystery
1945
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set. ... view
Character:
Emerson Cooke
Sin Town Western
1942
Two con artists arrive in a western boom town that they think is ripe for the pickings, only to get swindled themselves. ... view
Character:
Sheriff Bagby
Moontide Drama, Romance, Thriller
1942
After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man. ... view
Character:
Pop Kelly
1942
When Martin Knox, a friend of Scattergood's who owns a horse-breeding farm, is killed in a harness race Scattergood tells Martin's son Dan that he wil ... view
Character:
Cromwell
Roxie Hart Comedy, Romance
1942
A café in Chicago, 1942. On a rainy night, veteran reporter Homer Howard tells an increasing audience the story of Roxie Hart and the crime she was j ... view
Character:
Mr. Wadsworth (uncredited)
Dangerously They Live Romance, War, Drama, Thriller
1941
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents. ... view
Character:
Gate Keeper
Shadow of the Thin Man Comedy, Crime, Mystery
1941
High society sleuths Nick and Nora Charles run into a variety of shady characters while investigating a race-track murder. ... view
Character:
Second Coroner (uncredited)
Railroadin' Documentary
1941
Produced in 1941, this film was sponsored by Alco Locomotives & General Electric, so naturally their railroad equipment is featured front and center. ... view
Character:
Bill Poster
Three Girls About Town Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Romance
1941
Faith and Hope Banner, sisters, are "convention hostesses" in a hotel. A body is discovered next door as the magician's convention is leaving and the ... view
Character:
Poker Player
Sergeant York War, Drama, History
1941
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep rel ... view
Character:
Marten - Bartender (uncredited)
The Smiling Ghost Comedy, Mystery, Horror
1941
Elinor Bentley Fairchild's previous three grooms-to-be have either died or been maimed. Her aunt hires Lucky Downing to become engaged to her for a mo ... view
Character:
Justice Of The Peace
1941
The Younger brothers return to Missouri after the Civil War with intent to avenge the misdeeds of William Merrick, a crooked banker who has been buyin ... view
Character:
Dr. Taylor
Western Union Western
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:
Woody
Santa Fe Trail Western
1940
As a penalty for fighting fellow classmates days before graduating from West Point, J.E.B. Stuart, George Armstrong Custer and four friends are assign ... view
Character:
Abolitionist at Russell's House (uncredited)
Dancing on a Dime Drama, Music, Comedy
1940
Director Ted Brooks and comedians Jack Norcross, Dandy Joslyn and Phil Miller are part of a troupe of promising young players rehearsing for a WPA sho ... view
Character:
Joe Phillips
Brigham Young History, Romance, Western
1940
Based on the story of the famous Mormon leader, it follows Brigham Young and his challenge to transport his people across the Rocky mountains to settl ... view
Character:
Jim Bridger
Sky Murder Comedy, Mystery, Romance
1940
This final Carter film is a lot of fun, with Nick (unwillingly, at first) taking on a ring of Fifth Columnists (since this was filmed before the US en ... view
Character:
Cell Block Member Against Killing
The Westerner Western
1940
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by ... view
Character:
Mr. Dixon - Homesteader (uncredited)
1940
A young doctor gives up big-city success to help his father set up a small-town clinic. ... view
Character:
Mr. Cobb - a Farmer (uncredited)
Young People Drama
1940
Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the f ... view
Character:
Doorman
Edison, the Man History, Drama
1940
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New Yor ... view
Character:
Bigelow
1940
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncl ... view
Character:
Father (uncredited)
Women Without Names Crime, Drama, Romance
1940
Joyce and Fred MacNeil's honeymoon comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt when Fred is accused of murder. Railroaded into prison through the efforts ... view
Character:
Juror
Northwest Passage Adventure, History, War, Drama
1940
Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force e ... view
Character:
Innkeeper Flint
Granny Get Your Gun Western, Comedy
1940
An elderly woman turns sheriff to clear her granddaughter of murder charges. ... view
Character:
Sheriff Henry Quinn
Little Old New York Romance, Comedy, Drama, History
1940
Inventor Robert Fulton receives support from a tavern owner and a shipyard worker to help realize his dream of a high-powered steamboat. ... view
Character:
Sea Captain
Drums Along the Mohawk Drama, History, War
1939
Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosper ... view
Character:
George Weaver
1939
A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town. ... view
Character:
John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
What a Life Drama, Comedy
1939
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies. ... view
Character:
MacGowan
Dust Be My Destiny Crime, Drama, Romance
1939
Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter l ... view
Character:
Magistrate
In Name Only Drama, Romance
1939
A wealthy man falls for a widow but is locked into a loveless marriage with a woman who has contrived to convince his parents she is the ideal wife. ... view
Character:
Farmer on Truck (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music Family, Music, Drama
1939
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the ... view
Character:
Detective (uncredited)
1939
Wyatt Earp agrees to become marshal and establish order in Tombstone in this very romanticized version of the gunfight at the O.K. Corral. ... view
Character:
Card Player
Beau Geste Adventure, Drama, War
1939
Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned ... view
Character:
Renault, a deserter
Blondie Takes a Vacation Comedy, Adventure
1939
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life saving ... view
Character:
Sheriff Weaver (uncredited)
Young Mr. Lincoln Drama, History
1939
In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first l ... view
Character:
New Salem Townsman (uncredited)
6,000 Enemies Romance, Crime, Drama
1939
A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself. ... view
Character:
Bluebeard Dawson
1939
In Arizona a young woman who's being manipulated by an evil businessman is helped by the Cisco Kid who happens to be there on holiday. ... view
Character:
Stagecoach Driver
The Oklahoma Kid Western, History
1939
McCord's gang robs the stage carrying money to pay Indians for their land, and the notorious outlaw "The Oklahoma Kid" Jim Kincaid takes the money fro ... view
Character:
Judge Morgan
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Adventure, Drama, Family
1939
Huckleberry Finn, a rambunctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by ... view
Character:
River Queen Pilot (uncredited)
King of the Underworld Romance, Crime, Drama
1939
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her lice ... view
Character:
Dr. Sanders
Jesse James Western
1939
After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge. ... view
Character:
Tom Colson
The Strange Case of Dr. Meade Adventure, Drama, Romance
1938
In this drama, a New York physician takes a much-needed vacation down South. Unfortunately, he encounters a nurse working in the backwoods and ends up ... view
Character:
Reuben
Boys Town Drama
1938
Devout but iron-willed Father Flanagan leads a community called Boys Town, a different sort of juvenile detention facility where, instead of being tre ... view
Character:
Tim (uncredited)
1938
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join a group in New York headed for Egypt. With the po ... view
Character:
Gas Station Attendant in Desert
Joaquin Murrieta Mystery, Western
1938
This MGM Historical Mystery short follows the life and exploits of killer outlaw Joaquin Murrieta, in California in the 1850s. ... view
Character:
Jackson (uncredited)
Kentucky Moonshine Comedy, Romance
1938
The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show. ... view
Character:
Driver (uncredited)
Test Pilot Drama, Romance, Adventure
1938
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the life of a test pilot is anything but safe. ... view
Character:
Mr. Frank Barton
Gold Is Where You Find It Drama, Romance, Western
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:
Farmer (uncredited)
1938
This is a story about family relationships, set in the time before and during the American Civil War. Ethan Wilkins is a poor and honest man who minis ... view
Character:
Rufus Inchpin
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Family, Adventure
1938
Tom Sawyer and his pal Huckleberry Finn have great adventures on the Mississippi River, pretending to be pirates, attending their own funeral and witn ... view
Character:
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Wells Fargo History, Western
1937
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fres ... view
Character:
Southern Orator
Behind the Mike Comedy, Romance
1937
Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor. ... view
Character:
Williams
1937
An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife. ... view
Character:
Mr. Plummer
Escape by Night Action, Crime
1937
Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight. ... view
Character:
Sheriff Charlie Thornton
Marry the Girl Romance, Comedy
1937
Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing editor of a newspaper features syndicate that is o ... view
Character:
2nd sales manager
1937
Bob Adams, ace newsreel cameraman, is told by his boss, "Get the picture---we can't screen alibis." He heads for Samari, a desert hot-bed of tribal un ... view
Character:
Dave Logan
Slave Ship Adventure, Drama
1937
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced against his will to again transport human cargo. ... view
Character:
Stranger
1937
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run. ... view
Character:
Deputy
Mountain Justice Drama, Romance
1937
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse. ... view
Character:
Justice of the Peace
That Man's Here Again Romance, Comedy
1937
An elevator operator in a swanky apartment building falls in love with a homeless girl who sneaks in one night looking for a place to keep warm. In or ... view
Character:
Johnson
Marked Woman Crime, Drama, Thriller
1937
In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters. ... view
Character:
Mr. Truble
Sandflow Western
1937
Director Leslie Selander exhibits the sure-handed expertise that would endear him to latter-day western cultists in his 1937 formula western Sandflow. ... view
Character:
Tex
The Plot Thickens Mystery, Comedy
1936
A priceless Cellini silver cup is stolen from a local museum with both Hildegarde and Oscar on the case. ... view
Character:
Kendall
1936
Boston blueblood Aloysius Merriweather loves to play jokes on people and he's come up with a joy-buzzer of a doozy. He'll send barber Joe Jenkins in h ... view
Character:
Mr. Simpson
The President's Mystery Drama, Mystery, Thriller
1936
The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is the tale of a prominent ... view
Character:
Joe Reed
Love Begins at Twenty Comedy, Music, Romance
1936
A henpecked husband tries to help his daughter marry the man she loves and his wife loathes. ... view
Character:
Justice Felton
1936
Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keepin ... view
Character:
Bartender
The Arizona Raiders Western, Comedy, Drama
1936
After saving himself from hanging, Laramie Nelson saves Tracks Williams from the same fate. They then travel to Lindsay's ranch where they get jobs. T ... view
Character:
Andy Winthrop
1936
Leon Errol trying to report a stolen car. ... view
Character:
King of the Pecos Action, Western
1936
Profiteer Alexander Stiles lays claim to a million acres of range in the Pecos River country, but a rancher named Claybor stands in his way as he has ... view
Character:
Hank Mathews
Woman Trap Drama, Crime
1936
A gangland murder is the motivating factor of this fast-moving crime drama. George Murphy stars as reporter Kent Shevlin, whose investigation of the m ... view
Character:
City Editor Bert
The Petrified Forest Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
1936
Gabby, the waitress in an isolated Arizona diner, dreams of a bigger and better life. One day penniless intellectual Alan drifts into the joint and th ... view
Character:
Black Horse Troopers Commander (uncredited)
1936
Besieged by his adoring female fans, radio celebrity Ned "The Fireside Troubadour" Farrar hides out at the home of his wife Queena's imperious Aunt Mi ... view
Character:
Bit Role
Rose of the Rancho Music, Romance, Western
1936
It is California in 1852 that only recently being surrendered by Mexico to the United States and admitted into the union. Most of the land-owners of C ... view
Character:
Sheriff James
Forced Landing Mystery
1935
In this high-flying mystery set aboard a cross-country flight to New York, some of the passengers are kidnappers who are trying to locate a hidden cac ... view
Character:
Al Talcott
1935
Two men escape from the French penal colony but not from their jealousy over a woman. ... view
Character:
Commondante
1935
Hard-working, henpecked Ambrose Ambrose Wolfinger takes off from work to go to a wrestling match with catastrophic consequences. ... view
Character:
Judge (uncredited)
Men Without Names Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
1935
A G-man woos a newswoman and corners bank robbers with a hostage in a factory. ... view
Character:
Area Agent Drew
The Nitwits Comedy, Music
1935
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a song publisher. ... view
Character:
Lurch
1935
Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort. ... view
Character:
Head Bartender (uncredited)
1935
This short shows the entrances of the various Hollywood studios, then specifically visits Warner Bros. / First National Studios. We start at the casti ... view
Character:
Himself, the Man in Casting Office (uncredited)
Red Hot Tires Drama, Crime, Romance
1935
An escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion. ... view
Character:
Race Judge Hanson
Maybe It's Love Romance, Comedy
1935
Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed. ... view
Character:
Diner (uncredited)
Show Kids Family, Music
1935
During the Great Depression, vaudeville has fallen on hard times. The Palace Theater may have to close its doors, unless the proprietor, William Jenki ... view
Character:
William Jenkins Sr.
1934
Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of b ... view
Character:
Lt. Tom Nigard
Babbitt Drama
1934
Middle aged George F. Babbitt is a leading citizen in the town of Zenith, the fastest growing community in America according to its town sign. George ... view
Character:
Zeke
I Am a Thief Crime, Drama, Mystery
1934
A man dodges jewel thieves while carrying a fortune in diamonds on the Orient Express. ... view
Character:
Francois
Gentlemen Are Born Drama, Music, Romance
1934
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the heart of the Great Depression, and quickly learn t ... view
Character:
Mr. Gillespie
The St. Louis Kid Romance, Drama
1934
Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty wh ... view
Character:
Judge Jeremiah Jones
Happiness Ahead Romance, Music, Comedy
1934
Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washe ... view
Character:
Daily Gazette Newspaper Editor in Trailer (uncredited)
1934
To get his girl back, that has fallen for a biker, a worker and one of his friends enter a six day race. ... view
Character:
Colonel Jenkins
1934
A very nervous man named Cartwright comes into Perry's office to have the neighbor arrested for his howling dog. He states that the howling is a sign ... view
Character:
Sheriff Bill Pemberton
British Agent Romance, Drama, War
1934
In the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St Petersburg, falls in love with a Russian spy. ... view
Character:
Mr. Henry Farmer
Desirable Romance, Drama
1934
A man meets the daughter of his lover and they begin to fall in love. ... view
Character:
Eph
Dames Romance, Music, Comedy
1934
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show. ... view
Character:
Train Conductor
1934
Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone decides to go into the pool, except Stamm, who is drunk. Mo ... view
Character:
Trainor - Stamm's Butler
The Man with Two Faces Crime, Drama
1934
Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartme ... view
Character:
Morgue Keeper
Midnight Alibi Comedy, Crime, Romance
1934
An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his girlfriend's racketeer father. ... view
Character:
Louie the Blind Man
The Key Drama
1934
A British officer stationed in Ireland falls for the wife of an intelligence man. ... view
Character:
Kirby
A Burglar to the Rescue Thriller, Crime, Mystery
1931
He is working on the books to cover his crimes, when a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues, it is revealed that the visitor is ... view
Character:
The Detective, Andy Hurley
1930
Husband and wife decide to carry on their arguing by red-light-green-light traffic lights. ... view
Character: