Cast
Lester Dorr
Acting
Cast
Lester Dorr
Known for
Acting
Born
1893-05-07
From
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Died
1980-08-25
Also known as Harry Lester Dorr
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lester Dorr (born Harry Lester Dorr; May 8, 1893 - August 25, 1980) was an American actor who between 1917 and 1975 appeared in well over 500 productions on stage, in feature films and shorts, and in televised plays and weekly series. His extensive filmography attests to his versatility as a supporting actor and reliability as a bit player. Although Dorr's screen roles are at times credited, the great majority of his work is uncredited. Dorr was cast in more than 250 films in just the 1930s alone. Dorr continued to appear regularly in studio productions throughout the 1940s, but with reduced frequency when compared to the preceding decade; nevertheless, he still added more than 140 Hollywood films to his résumé in that decade. His work on the big screen decreased even further in the 1950s as acting opportunities increased on television. He was, though, cast in at least 45 feature films and shorts during the 1950s. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, programming in the rapidly expanding medium of television attracted the talents of many experienced personnel in the film industry, including Dorr. As with his film career, Dorr’s 15 years of being cast in television series consisted predominantly of brief appearances on screen and portraying characters who had relatively few lines. Yet, his characterizations on television, like in films, were highly diverse and can be seen in at least 84 episodes of Westerns, crime and detective series, courtroom and hospital dramas, adventure programs, and sitcoms of the period.
★7.9
MOVIE1939
Gone with the Wind
as Minor Role (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1940
The Return of Frank James
as Reporter (uncredited)
★7.8
MOVIE1939
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
as Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1969
Hello, Dolly!
as Workman (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1959
Vice Raid
as Malone's Secretary
★7.7
MOVIE1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Bar Patron (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1955
East of Eden
as City Official at Parade (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1936
Brilliant Marriage
as Art Critic
★7.3
MOVIE1941
Remember the Day
as Photographer
★6.7
MOVIE1938
Exposed
as Slim
★7.0
MOVIE1949
On the Town
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1933
Central Airport
as Hotel Desk Clerk #3 (uncredited)
★7.8
MOVIE1951
Ace in the Hole
as Father Diego (uncredited)
★7.6
MOVIE1960
Inherit the Wind
as Dr. John (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1936
The Sky Parade
as Fred (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1943
Batman
as Agent on Plane
★7.5
MOVIE1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Reporter (uncredited)
★6.4
MOVIE1939
Those High Grey Walls
as Convict (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1935
Front Page Woman
as Waiter (uncredited)
★7.8
MOVIE1949
The Heiress
as Groom (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1941
The Reluctant Dragon
as Slim (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1937
Easy Living
as Stock Investor (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1937
Captains Courageous
as Corridor Steward (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1949
The Fountainhead
as Minor Role (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1935
Special Agent
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1940
No, No, Nanette
as Travel Agent
★6.4
MOVIE1934
Jimmy the Gent
as Chalmers (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1945
Anchors Aweigh
as Assistant Director (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1947
Pursued
as Dingle's Casino Boss (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1958
Hot Rod Gang
as Dryden Philpott
★6.2
MOVIE1949
Red, Hot and Blue
as Drugstore Manager / Workman (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1942
The Pride of the Yankees
as Disappointed Fan #1 (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1941
Babes on Broadway
as Reed's Writer (uncredited)
★4.2
MOVIE1938
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Newsstand Man (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1943
Hitler's Madman
as Sergeant (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1948
Joan of Arc
as Peasant (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1948
Silver River
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1948
The Big Clock
as Cabby (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1939
Girl from Rio
as Second Hotel Desk clerk
★7.1
MOVIE1937
Way Out West
as Cowboy (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1932
If I Had a Million
as Pedestrian at Accident (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1967
Hotel
as Cy - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1938
The Spy Ring
as Firing Range Radio Operator (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1958
The Bonnie Parker Story
as Informant (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1953
Take the High Ground!
as Army Doctor (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Fingers at the Window
as Photographer (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1947
California
as Mike (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1940
I Take This Oath
as Cotton Club Doorman
★6.9
MOVIE1936
The Prisoner of Shark Island
as George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1937
Wells Fargo
as Minor Role
★6.4
MOVIE1950
Where Danger Lives
as Postville Deputy (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1937
Stella Dallas
as Man on Train (uncredited)
★5.9
MOVIE1942
Wake Island
as Marine in Trench (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Blue, White and Perfect
as Porter
★5.0
MOVIE1936
I'll Name the Murderer
as Driver (Uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1933
The Bowery
as Cynic (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1937
Love Takes Flight
as Talking Reporter
★5.9
MOVIE1937
Expensive Husbands
as Reporter
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Pardon My Stripes
as Bookie (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1939
The Cisco Kid and the Lady
as Army Telegraph Operator
★6.3
MOVIE1949
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Townsman (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1943
Destroyer
as 1st Ship Fitter
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
as Real Ambulance Intern
★4.5
MOVIE1937
Sunday Night at the Trocadero
as Columnist
★5.9
MOVIE1939
Mandrake the Magician
as Gray
★5.1
MOVIE1975
At Long Last Love
as Doorman
★6.8
MOVIE1949
Alias Nick Beal
as Commercial Fisherman
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Paris Calling
as Gendarme (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1937
The Firefly
as French Officer (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Love Is News
as Salesman (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1963
Mary, Mary
as Husband in Elevator (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1948
The Dark Past
as First Man in Police Line-Up (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1958
Marjorie Morningstar
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
★6.1
MOVIE1950
Quicksand
as Baldy
★6.7
MOVIE1948
Whispering Smith
as Woody, Train Brakeman (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1942
Gentleman Jim
as Reporter (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1946
That Brennan Girl
as Apartment House Clerk (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Speed to Spare
as Otto Behrman
★5.6
MOVIE1942
Lady in a Jam
as Carter’s Assistant Manager (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1938
I Met My Love Again
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1936
Below the Deadline
as Oscar (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1939
Captain Fury
as Paymaster's Assistant
★6.1
MOVIE1932
Union Depot
as Sailor (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1948
Big Town Scandal
as Man Passing Steve in Hallway (uncredited)
★10.0
MOVIE1951
Night Riders of Montana
as Drummer
★5.9
MOVIE1942
The Secret Code
as Otto Stahl
★3.9
MOVIE1939
Star Reporter
as Wilkins
★5.2
MOVIE1945
Circumstantial Evidence
as Prisoner
★7.5
MOVIE1939
The Day the Bookies Wept
as Horse Seller to Colonel March (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1940
Two Girls on Broadway
as Reporter (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1938
Comet Over Broadway
as Amateur Actor (uncredited)
★4.4
MOVIE1938
Tell Your Children
as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1941
Roar of the Press
as Swithboard Operator
★5.9
MOVIE1948
On an Island with You
as (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1941
You'll Never Get Rich
as Photographer at Crystal Room (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1941
Three Girls About Town
as Reporter
★5.9
MOVIE1939
Fast and Loose
as Driver (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1937
Topper
as Bank Teller (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1943
Wolves of the Range
as Bank Teller
★7.0
MOVIE1938
The Crowd Roars
as Photographer (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1950
Three Secrets
as Matthews (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1944
Wilson
as Reporter (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1942
For Me and My Gal
as Stage Manager (uncredited)
★4.7
MOVIE1949
Without Honor
as Neighbor
★6.6
MOVIE1938
The Saint in New York
as Jacob S. 'Jake' / 'John' Irbell (Uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1936
The Devil Is a Sissy
as Intern
★8.0
MOVIE1938
The Chaser
as Injured Man
★6.4
MOVIE1934
Fog Over Frisco
as Reporter (Uncredited)
★4.9
MOVIE1936
Sinner Take All
as Reporter (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1939
Fast and Furious
as Day Clerk (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1950
Covered Wagon Raid
as Bartender Pete
★4.7
MOVIE1944
Lady in the Dark
as Reporter (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1943
Dixie Dugan
as Citizen (uncredited)
★7.2
MOVIE1939
Four Girls in White
as Ambulance Orderly
★6.2
MOVIE1949
The Crooked Way
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Sailor's Lady
as Assistant Paymaster
★7.0
MOVIE1933
The Little Giant
as Investment Clerk (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1939
Money to Loan
as Frank Sidley, Loan Victim
MOVIETBA
Aliens from Space
as Station Attendant
★5.3
MOVIE1932
The Death Kiss
as Hotel Desk Clerk
★5.6
MOVIE1938
Mr. Wong, Detective
as Coroner (uncredited)
★3.7
MOVIE1938
Sunset Murder Case
as Editor
★5.3
MOVIE1933
The House on 56th Street
as Ship's Steward (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
as Maxim's Headwaiter (uncredited)
★3.8
MOVIE1954
Killers from Space
as Gas Station Attendant
★6.9
MOVIE1933
Hard to Handle
as Ed - Photographer (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1935
Shanghai
as Ship Steward
★7.3
MOVIE1940
The Shadow
as Henchman
★6.0
MOVIE1938
Juvenile Court
as Druggist (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1940
Andy Hardy Meets Debutante
as Photographer (uncredited)
★7.4
MOVIE1934
Going Bye-Bye!
as Man in Courtroom
★6.1
MOVIE1938
Test Pilot
as Pilot (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1937
Missing Witnesses
as Ship's Office Clerk (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Postal Inspector
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1942
Dr. Broadway
as Little Man (uncredited)
★6.6
MOVIE1939
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
as Reporter (uncredited)
★6.7
MOVIE1939
Homicide Bureau
as Gangster Shot by Brown
★6.7
MOVIE1940
The Saint Takes Over
as Welcoming Committee Man
★9.0
MOVIE1938
Wide Open Faces
as News Photographer
★6.3
MOVIE1937
It Happened in Hollywood
as Reporter
★6.8
MOVIE1934
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
as Ladies' Table Dealer
★7.3
MOVIE1945
You Came Along
as Reporter (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1938
Hollywood Handicap
as Turf Club Representative
★6.3
MOVIE1939
Sued for Libel
as Pomeroy's Butler (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1936
The President's Mystery
as Townsman (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1938
The Fighting Devil Dogs
as The Lightning (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1939
Convict's Code
as Bank Teller
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Mexican Spitfire
as Slippy - a Fugitive
★10.0
MOVIE1936
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Townsman (uncredited)
★5.6
MOVIE1934
As the Earth Turns
as Villager at Dance
★4.9
MOVIE1933
Goodbye Again
as Albany Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1950
The Great Rupert
as Eddie, the Bartender (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1935
Here Comes the Band
as Audience Member (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1936
Great Guy
as Canning's Chauffeur (Uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1935
Show Them No Mercy!
as Milkman (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1930
All Stuck Up
★5.3
MOVIE1937
Hollywood Round-Up
as Louis Lawson
★6.0
MOVIE1941
Two Latins from Manhattan
as Information Attendant
★5.7
MOVIE1941
Road to Happiness
as Rankin's Chauffeur (uncredited)
★6.2
MOVIE1937
Cash and Carry
as President's Secretary (uncredited)
★6.8
MOVIE1944
Four Jills in a Jeep
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1940
Girls of the Road
as Lecherous Driver (Uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1939
Coast Guard
as Second Officer (uncredited)
★6.3
MOVIE1937
Criminals of the Air
as 'Trigger'
★5.7
MOVIE1942
Alias Boston Blackie
as Henry - Desk Clerk (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1943
The Masked Marvel
as Reporter #1
★6.3
MOVIE1933
Female
as Shooting Gallery Onlooker (Uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1940
Pop Always Pays
as Auto Salesman
★4.7
MOVIE1938
Streamlined Swing
as Railroad Detective (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1939
Cafe Society
as Waiter (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1933
Torch Singer
as Man in Radio Station
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Go West Young Man
as Reporter (uncredited)
★9.8
MOVIE1944
Hi, Beautiful
as Conductor (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1938
State Police
as Police Dispatcher
★6.1
MOVIE1934
Upperworld
as Steward (uncredited)
★5.7
MOVIE1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget
as Subordinate
★4.4
MOVIE1934
The Personality Kid
as Ritzy's Trainer
★6.1
MOVIE1945
The Jade Mask
as Michael Strong
★5.2
MOVIE1936
Shadow of Chinatown
★7.0
MOVIE1938
Straight, Place and Show
as Photographer
★4.9
MOVIE1950
Flying Disc Man from Mars
as Crane
★5.7
MOVIE1936
Boulder Dam
as Job Applications Teller (uncredited)
★6.5
MOVIE1934
Dames
as Elevator Starter (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1937
The Californian
as Townsman
★8.0
MOVIE1936
Crash Donovan
as Patrolman (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Murder at Glen Athol
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★5.0
MOVIE1936
The Mandarin Mystery
as Reporter at Dock
★8.0
MOVIE1940
Danger Ahead
as Henchman Lefty
★5.9
MOVIE1934
Journal of a Crime
as Cartier's Secretary (uncredited)
★5.4
MOVIE1938
Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus
as Circus Usher (uncredited)
★7.5
MOVIE1942
Sabotage Squad
as Middle Barber [script name: Harry]
★4.3
MOVIE1931
Newly Rich
as (uncredited)
★5.5
MOVIE1939
Stronger Than Desire
as First Reporter on Telephone (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1936
The Preview Murder Mystery
as Reporter (Uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1939
North of Shanghai
as Wycoff
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Mandrake the Magician
as Gray, gas station thug [Chs. 8-9]
★4.0
MOVIE1958
Missile Monsters
as Male Secretary (bit)
★4.0
MOVIE1956
So You Want to Be Pretty
as Eddie the Bartender (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1936
Spendthrift
as Reporter
★6.7
MOVIE1936
Jailbreak
as Hotel Clerk
★6.2
MOVIE1940
Son of the Navy
as Patrolman at Altercation
★6.5
MOVIE1946
Bowery Bombshell
as Feather-Fingers
★5.3
MOVIE1937
Secret Valley
as Henchman Doc (uncredited)
★8.0
MOVIE1936
The Bridge of Sighs
as Man in Crowd Outside the Thornton (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1936
The Crime Patrol
as Henchman (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1936
It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did)
as Fingerprint Expert
★5.7
MOVIE1943
The Mystery of the 13th Guest
as Carter (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1935
Helldorado
as Newspaper Reporter
★6.0
MOVIE1934
The Curtain Falls
as Seven Eleven Club Customer
★7.5
MOVIE1941
South of Panama
as Joe
★5.5
MOVIE1936
Ten Laps to Go
as Motor Vehicle Bureau Clerk
★7.0
MOVIE1936
Love on a Bet
as Reporter
★8.0
MOVIE1931
Riders of the Purple Sage
as Judkins
★5.0
MOVIE1940
Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Harry
★8.0
MOVIE1941
The Officer and the Lady
as Concessionaire (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1947
Robin Hood Of Texas
as Photographer
★7.5
MOVIE1937
Big Business
as Townsman Investor
★8.0
MOVIE1938
The Main Event
as Buck
★6.5
MOVIE1942
Don't Lie
as 1st Circus Attendant (uncredited)
★5.8
MOVIE1948
The Vicious Circle
as Andreas Molnar
★6.0
MOVIE1936
Sing, Baby, Sing
as Kansas City News Vendor
★6.4
MOVIE1940
Rodeo Dough
as Rodeo Official
★7.5
MOVIE1939
Ride 'em, Cowgirl
as Announcer
★4.7
MOVIE1936
The Girl from Mandalay
as New Year's Party Participant
★7.3
MOVIE1956
So Your Wife Wants to Work
as Harry (uncredited)
★7.3
MOVIE1945
The Great American Mug
as Pete Ramson (uncredited)
★4.6
MOVIE1934
Smarty
as Court Recorder (uncredited)
★5.2
MOVIE1935
Born to Gamble
as Dice Player (uncredited)
★6.0
MOVIE1935
The Girl Who Came Back
as Henchman Jimmy (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1936
Black Gold
as Collins (uncredited)
★4.7
MOVIE1943
Confessions of a Vice Baron
as Eddie's Henchman (edited from 'Smashing the Vice Trust') (archive footage) (uncredited)
★9.0
MOVIE1937
Smashing the Vice Trust
as Eddie's Henchman (uncredited)
★7.8
MOVIE1938
One Wild Night
as Bank Officer (uncredited)
★5.3
MOVIE1938
The Canary Comes Across
as Convict (uncredited)
★7.0
MOVIE1959
Arson for Hire
as Cab Dispatcher