Cast
Paul Hurst
Acting
Cast
Paul Hurst
Known for
Acting
Born
1888-10-14
From
Traver, California, USA
Died
1953-02-27
Also known as Paul Causey Hurst, Paul C. Hurst
Biography
Paul Hurst (October 15, 1888 - February 27, 1953) was an American character actor of prodigious output who also directed and wrote silent films. Much of his early work was in low budget western films. A native of central California, Hurst had a first-hand knowledge of Western lore, growing up surrounded by the multi-million acre Lux & Miller ranches which ran cattle throughout the state. Visiting San Francisco as a young man, Hurst became involved in amateur theatricals and thereafter traveled to Los Angeles to join in the emerging film industry there. He began appearing in films as early as 1912, most of them Westerns. By 1916, he was directing them as well (some sources report that he served in the First World War as a member of the French Foreign Legion, but the dates of his film projects make this story highly suspect). In the early 1920s, Hurst wrote several scenarios for films he directed and appeared in. He proved adept at working as a director for some of the cheapest producers along Gower Gulch, where movies were normally shot on location in a week or less and where stunt men were often the highest paid folks on the set. Within a few years, he focused all of his energies into acting, notably becoming one of the few successes to emerge from Hollywood's Poverty Row. Hurst quickly became one of the more prolific and familiar characters in American movies. With his blocky build and squinty demeanor, and with a raspy voice that enhanced his memorability once sound pictures came in, Hurst played villains and cops and comedy sidekicks in more than 250 films. His most famous role was that of the deserter shot dead on the stairway of Tara by Vivien Leigh in Gone with the Wind (1939). Hurst was the sidekick to Monte Hale in a number of B-Westerns. Former Gower Gulch veteran John Wayne hired Hurst for Big Jim McLain (1952) knowing that Hurst was ill with terminal cancer. In 1953, at the age of 64, due to his health problems, Paul Hurst committed suicide. Date of Death: 27 February 1953, Hollywood, California  (suicide)
Gone with the Wind
as Yankee Deserter
The Red Raiders
as Sergeant Murphy
Yellow Sky
as Drunk (uncredited)
Grand Slam
as Man Who Speaks Final Line of the Film
Summer Storm
as Orloff
The Ox-Bow Incident
as Monty Smith
The Virginian
The Missourians
as John X. Finn
Mississippi
as Hefty
Calaboose
as Ed the bartender
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as 1st Deputy (uncredited)
The Cossacks
as Sitchi
Slave Ship
as Drunk
Petticoat Politics
as Slats O'Dell
You Can't Have Everything
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Cafe Society
as Bartender
Island of Lost Souls
as Capt. Donahue
Rimrock Jones
as Ike Bray
Alexander's Ragtime Band
as Bill Mulligan
Broadway Serenade
as Reynolds, a Drunk
Dakota
as Captain Spotts
Quick Millions
as Sheriff
December 7th
as World War I Ghost Soldier
Girl Rush
as Muley
Lucky Larkin
as Pete Brierson
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Emeralda's Torturer (uncredited)
Goin' Fishin'
Angel and the Badman
as Frederick Carson
The Westerner
as Chickenfoot
The Sphinx
as Detective Terrence Aloysius Hogan
Prison Break
as Soapy
They Drive by Night
as Pete Haig (uncredited)
Blackmailer
as Inspector Killian
Outcasts of the Trail
as Doc Meadowlark
Ali Baba Goes to Town
as Captain
The Gay Deception
as Bell Captain
The Secret Six
as Nick Mizoski - the Gouger
You Can't Beat Love
as Foreman Butch Mehaffey
The Valley of the Giants
as Randeau
Toughest Man in Arizona
Carnival
as Policeman
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Florabelle's Father
Spring Parade
as Headwaiter
Edison, the Man
as Sheriff
Big Jim McLain
as Mr. Lexiter
Angel's Holiday
as Sgt. Murphy
The Vanishing Westerner
as Waldorf Worthington
Tall, Dark and Handsome
as Biff Sage
Fifty Roads to Town
as Tom
Queen Christina
as Swedish Soldier Betting on 6 (uncredited)
Tugboat Annie
as Sam
Who Killed Doc Robbin?
as Jailer
Death Valley
as Sergeant Dailey
We Who Are About to Die
as Tip Fuller
The Case of the Curious Bride
as Fibo Morgan (uncredited)
The Sun Shines Bright
as Jimmy Bagby
Danger â Love at Work
as NYC policeman
Each Dawn I Die
as Garsky
The Gay Desperado
as American Detective
Million Dollar Pursuit
as Ray Harvey
A Very Honorable Guy
as Butler
Swellhead
as Mugsy
Buttons
as Slugger McGlue
Torrid Zone
as Daniels
Coney Island
as Louie
Remember?
as Policeman
This Is My Affair
as Bowler
Wife, Doctor and Nurse
as Bill
Robin Hood of El Dorado
as Wilson
The Women in His Life
as Paul, Perez's Second Bodyguard
Lilac Time
as (uncredited)
Super-Sleuth
as Motorcycle Cop
My Lucky Star
as Louie
Maker of Men
as Gabby
Josette
as A. Adolphus Heyman
Midnight Alibi
as Babe the Butcher
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Al
Second Honeymoon
as Dennis Huggins
Star Dust
as Mac, Amalgamated Lab Tech
The Hazards of Helen: Episode13, The Escape on the Fast Freight
as A Trainman
In Old Sacramento
as Stagecoach Driver
Mountain Justice
as Lem Harland
In Old Chicago
as Mitch
Castle on the Hudson
as Guard (uncredited)
Bad Company
as Paul Hurst
Virginia
as Thomas
Topper Takes a Trip
as Charlie - the Bartender
The Big Stampede
as 'Arizona' Frank Bailey
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Pete
The Lawless Legion
as Ramirez
Charlie Chan's Courage
as Undetermined Role
Caught in the Draft
as Sgt. Burns
The Quicksands
as Captain Lanning - Osborn's Rival
Medicine Bend
as Murray Sinclair
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
as Empire State Building Guard
On Your Toes
as Variety Club Bartender
Maybe It's Love
as Expressman (uncredited)
Something for the Boys
as Defense Plant Foreman (uncredited)
The California Mail
as Rowdy Ryan
The Lady Fights Back
as Maloney
Among the Missing
as Capt. W.F. 'Big Bill' Connors
Tomorrow's Youth
as Detective
The Legion of Missing Men
as Muggsy
Shadow of the Law
as Pete Shore
Hold Your Man
as Aubrey C. Mitchell (uncredited)
The Daring Young Man
as Prison Guard
South to Karanga
as Slats
California Firebrand
as Chuck Waggoner
The Sky's the Limit
as Dock Foreman (uncredited)
Riffraff
as Belcher
Midnight Manhunt
as Murphy
The Thirteenth Guest
as Detective Grump
Island in the Sky
as Happy
The Racketeer
as Mehaffy - Policeman
Public Hero Number 1
as Rufe Parker
Men Are Such Fools
as Stiles
This Woman Is Mine
as Second Mate Mumford
Hi'ya, Chum
as Archie Billings
Secrets of a Nurse
as Arlington Bysshe 'Slice' Cavanaugh
The Parson of Panamint
as Jake Waldren
Hold 'Em Jail
as Butch
Paradise Island
as Beauty
The Runaway Bride
as Sergeant Daly
Bad Lands
as Curly Tom
Trouble in Morocco
as Tiger Malone
Sundown Jim
as Broderick
Sweepstakes
as Bartender
Murder in the Music Hall
as Hobarth
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
as Page
His First Command
as Sgt. Westbrook
Stingaree
as Howie - Stingaree's Partner
The Cave Men's War
as Red Axe
The Line-Up
as Detective Sgt. Doyle
State's Attorney
as Police Captain Morgan
The Hazards of Helen
as Benton - a Foreman
Calm Yourself
as Detective Roscoe
Wilderness Mail
as Jules
Hot Curves
as 'Slug', Baseball Player
Day of Reckoning
as Harry
The Railroad Raiders
as Steve Arnold (as Paul C. Hurst)
Scared Stiff
as Sheriff
The Girl Detective
as Blair / Thompson / Michaels / Snake Henely / Mike Donegal / Bat Dorgan / Kelly / Dalton / Blake
Heart of Virginia
as Whit Galtry
The Last Express
as Asst. Dist. Atty. Springer
The Old Frontier
as Skipper Horton
The Public Defender
as Doc
Night in New Orleans
as Sergeant Casper Riordan
Son of Godâs Country
as Eli Walker
Madonna of the Desert
as Pete Connors
Kick In
as Detective Whip Fogarty
The Single Sin
as Slug
South of Rio
as Andy Weems
Shadow of Doubt
as Lt. Sackville
San Antone Ambush
as Happy Daniels
North of Nome
as Carlson
Steppin' in Society
as Cookie
The Driver Of The Deadwood Coach
as Bad Bill - a Desperado
Ranger of Cherokee Strip
as Sheriff Jug Mason
Sequoia
as Bergman
Wake Up and Live
as McCabe
Barbary Coast Gent
as Jake Compton
The Secret Witness
as Officer Brannigan
Oh, Yeah!
as Railroad-Yard Superintendent
That's My Line
as Mexican Bandit
Smashing Through
as Stevens
The Vivisectionist
as Bart - Jardine's Servant
My Pal, the King
as Red
Tide of Empire
as Poppy
Under Colorado Skies
as Lucky John Hawkins
The Third Alarm
as 'Beauty' Johnson
The Big Show-Off
as Herbert Trafagan, aka "The Devil", a wrestler
Saturday's Millions
as Doc Maloney, Trainer
Hold That Co-ed
as Slapsy
Dudes Are Pretty People
as Two-Gun
Pioneer Marshal
as Huck Homer
Pardon My Stripes
as Feets
Panama Flo
as Al
The Big Race
as Skipper O'Neal
No Time to Marry
as Sergeant
Take the Stand
as Denny O'Brien
The Arizona Ranger
as Ben Riddle
Terror Aboard
as Boatswain
Law of the Golden West
as Otis Ellis
The Devil's Saddle
as 'Swig' Moran
Officer O'Brien
as Captain Antrim
The Rainbow
as Pat
It Could Happen to You
as Sandy
Outlaw's Paradise
as McDonald
The Phantom President
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Man Who Would Not Die
Sailor's Holiday
as Jimmylegs
Roaring Road
as Checking Board Tabulator (uncredited)
The Ghost That Walks Alone
as Sheriff Slim Carson
Borrowed Wives
as Bull Morgan
To Mary - with Love
as Drunk
Gun Smugglers
as Sergeant Hasty Jones
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
as Escaped Felon
The Manager of the B & A
as Roger Oakley (as Paul C. Hurst)
Glove Slingers
as Chuck Brenner
Judith of the Cumberlands
as Blatchley Turrentine
The Diamond Runners
as Paul - the Brains of the I.D.B.
Lightning Bryce
as Powder Solvang
Prince of the Plains
as Sheriff Hank Hartley
The Further Adventures of Stingaree
as Howie
The Plot at the Railroad Cut
as Benton, the Foreman
The Great Mr. Nobody
as Michael O'Connor
She's No Lady
as Cop
A Lass of the Lumberlands
I'd Give My Life
as "Sport" Conly
The Fighting Ranger
Blue Streak O'Neil
Whispering Smith
as Murray Sinclair
The Chief of Police
as Daniels
The Red Signal
as Chief Dispatcher