Cast
Alan Hale
Acting
Cast
Alan Hale
Known for
Acting
Born
1892-02-09
From
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Died
1950-01-22
Also known as Allan Hale, Alan Hale Sr., Rufus Edward MacKahan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Hale Sr. (born Rufus Edward Mackahan; February 10, 1892 β January 22, 1950) was an American movie actor and director, most widely remembered for his many supporting character roles, in particular as a frequent sidekick of Errol Flynn, as well as films supporting Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery, Douglas Fairbanks, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart and Ronald Reagan, among dozens of others. Hale was born Rufus Edward Mackahan in Washington, D.C. He studied to be an opera singer and also had success as an inventor. Among his innovations were a sliding theater chair (to allow spectators to slide back to admit newcomers rather than standing), the hand fire extinguisher, and greaseless potato chips. His first film role was in the 1911 silent movie The Cowboy and the Lady. He played "Little John" in the 1922 film Robin Hood, with Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, reprised the role 16 years later in The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, then played him yet again in Rogues of Sherwood Forest in 1950 with John Derek as Robin Hood's son, an unprecedented 28-year span of portrayals of the same character in theatrical films. Hale played Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), featuring in a pivotal confrontation with the Earl of Essex, portrayed by Flynn. His other films include the 1922 epic The Trap with Lon Chaney, 1928's Skyscraper; as well as Fog Over Frisco with Bette Davis; Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen with Baby LeRoy and William Frawley; The Little Minister with Katharine Hepburn; and It Happened One Night with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert; all released in 1934; the 1937 film Stella Dallas with Barbara Stanwyck; High, Wide, and Handsome with Irene Dunne and Dorothy Lamour; The Fighting 69th with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien; They Drive By Night with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart; Manpower with Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, and George Raft; Virginia City with Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott, and Humphrey Bogart; and as the cantankerous Sgt. McGee in the 1943 movie This Is the Army with Irving Berlin. He also co-starred with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in the successful western film Dodge City (1939) where he played the slightly dimwitted but likeable and comical Rusty Hart, sidekick to Flynn's character, Sheriff Wade Hatton. Hale co-starred with Errol Flynn in 13 movies. Hale directed eight movies during the 1920s and 1930s and acted in 235 theatrical films.
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7.5
MOVIE1938
The Adventures of Robin Hood
as Little John
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7.8
MOVIE1934
It Happened One Night
as Danker
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6.4
MOVIE1922
Robin Hood
as Little John
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6.7
MOVIE1928
The Cop
as Mather
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2.0
MOVIE1917
One Hour
as G.D. Stanley
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6.1
MOVIE1931
Susan Lenox
as Jeb Mondstrum
MOVIE1916
The Beast
as Cowboy
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10.0
MOVIE1927
Vanity
as 'Happy' Dan Morgan
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6.9
MOVIE1939
Dodge City
as Rusty Hart
MOVIE1916
Rolling Stones
as Jerry Braden
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7.1
MOVIE1945
God Is My Co-Pilot
as Big Mike Harrigan
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7.1
MOVIE1943
Action in the North Atlantic
as Boats O'Hara
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6.5
MOVIE1934
The Lost Patrol
as Cook
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4.5
MOVIE1940
Green Hell
as Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren
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7.2
MOVIE1940
The Sea Hawk
as Carl Pitt
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6.5
MOVIE1947
Pursued
as Jake Dingle
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6.8
MOVIE1937
The Prince and the Pauper
as Captain of the Guard
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6.9
MOVIE1943
Destination Tokyo
as 'Cookie' Wainwright
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6.1
MOVIE1946
Night and Day
as Leon Dowling
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6.8
MOVIE1948
Adventures of Don Juan
as Leporello
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8.0
MOVIE1928
Power
as Hanson
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6.5
MOVIE1938
Four Men and a Prayer
as Furnoy
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5.7
MOVIE1943
This Is the Army
as Sergeant McGee
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6.9
MOVIE1940
They Drive by Night
as Ed Carlsen
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6.2
MOVIE1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo
as Kaidu
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7.0
MOVIE1950
Stars in My Crown
as Jed Isbell
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7.0
MOVIE1936
Parole!
as John Borchard
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5.8
MOVIE1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Tex Bell
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8.0
MOVIE1915
The Americano
as Madison - The Americano
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7.2
MOVIE1942
Juke Girl
as Yippee 'Yip'
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6.7
MOVIE1938
Valley of the Giants
as 'Ox' Smith
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6.5
MOVIE1934
Of Human Bondage
as Emil Miller
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6.1
MOVIE1946
The Man I Love
as Riley
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7.3
MOVIE1944
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
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7.7
MOVIE2005
The Adventures of Errol Flynn
as Various Roles (archive footage)
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6.3
MOVIE1940
Virginia City
as Olaf Swenson
MOVIE1915
Dora Thorne
as Hugh Fernely
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6.6
MOVIE1950
Colt .45
as Sheriff Harris
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5.7
MOVIE1928
Sal of Singapore
as Captain Erickson
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7.1
MOVIE1939
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Porthos
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7.2
MOVIE1942
Gentleman Jim
as Pat Corbett
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6.3
MOVIE1939
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex
as The Prince of Tyrone
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5.9
MOVIE1931
The Sin of Madelon Claudet
as Hubert
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6.3
MOVIE1934
Little Man, What Now?
as Holgar Jachman
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6.0
MOVIE1934
Broadway Bill
as Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
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7.0
MOVIE1941
The Strawberry Blonde
as Old Man Grimes
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6.1
MOVIE1942
Desperate Journey
as Sgt. Kirk Edwards
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7.0
MOVIE1944
The Adventures of Mark Twain
as Steve Gillis
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4.5
MOVIE1939
On Your Toes
as Sergei Alexandrovitch
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5.8
MOVIE1922
The Trap
as Benson
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10.0
MOVIE1922
A Doll's House
as Torvald Helmer
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6.4
MOVIE1942
Captains of the Clouds
as Tiny Murphy
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7.1
MOVIE1935
The Good Fairy
as Maurice Schlapkohl
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6.8
MOVIE1945
Roughly Speaking
as Lew Morton
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5.8
MOVIE1940
The Fighting 69th
as Big Mike Wynn
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6.2
MOVIE1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
as Self
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6.6
MOVIE1921
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
as Karl von Hartrott
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6.7
MOVIE1938
Listen, Darling
as J.J. Slattery
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7.0
MOVIE1934
Imitation of Life
as Martin the Furniture Man
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9.0
MOVIE1922
Shirley of the Circus
as Max
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7.5
MOVIE1935
Hollywood Extra Girl
as Crusades Actor (uncredited)
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6.4
MOVIE1934
Fog Over Frisco
as Chief O'Malley
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7.0
MOVIE1924
For Another Woman
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7.0
MOVIE1933
Destination Unknown
as Lundstrom
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6.0
MOVIE1944
Make Your Own Bed
as Walter Whirtle
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5.0
MOVIE1914
Strongheart
as Ralph Thorne
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6.5
MOVIE1941
Manpower
as Jumbo Wells
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6.2
MOVIE1937
High, Wide and Handsome
as Walt Brennan
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7.0
MOVIE1936
Our Relations
as Joe Grogan
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6.6
MOVIE1949
The Inspector General
as Kovatch
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10.0
MOVIE1982
Showbiz Goes to War
as (archive footage)
MOVIE1921
Over the Wire
as James Twyford
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6.1
MOVIE1936
Two in the Dark
as Inspector Florio
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5.8
MOVIE1935
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Burbix
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6.3
MOVIE1938
Algiers
as Grandpere
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5.0
MOVIE1914
The Woman in Black
as Frank Mansfield
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9.0
MOVIE1913
Dick's Turning
as The Rich Boy's Father
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5.0
MOVIE1948
Whiplash
as Terrance O'Leary
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7.0
MOVIE1928
The Leopard Lady
as Caesar
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5.3
MOVIE1950
Rogues of Sherwood Forest
as Little John
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6.5
MOVIE1939
Dust Be My Destiny
as Michael 'Mike' Leonard
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6.0
MOVIE1937
Breakdowns of 1937
as Self
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6.8
MOVIE1937
Stella Dallas
as Ed Munn
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5.8
MOVIE1925
Dick Turpin
as Tom King
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6.1
MOVIE1932
Union Depot
as The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan
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6.4
MOVIE1923
The Covered Wagon
as Sam Woodhull
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6.4
MOVIE1935
The Crusades
as Blondel
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5.7
MOVIE1937
Jump for Glory
as Jim Diall 'Col. Fane'
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7.5
MOVIE1949
The Younger Brothers
as Sheriff Knudson
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5.0
MOVIE1936
A Message to Garcia
as Dr. Ivan Krug
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6.0
MOVIE1938
The Sisters
as Sam Johnson
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5.7
MOVIE1932
So Big!
as Klass Pool
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5.1
MOVIE1934
The Scarlet Letter
as Bartholomew Hockings
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7.0
MOVIE1941
Footsteps in the Dark
as Police Insp. Charles M. Mason
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9.0
MOVIE1929
Red Hot Rhythm
as Walter
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5.2
MOVIE1937
God's Country and the Woman
as Bjorn Skalka
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7.0
MOVIE1923
Long Live the King
as King Karl
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6.0
MOVIE1941
The Great Mr. Nobody
as 'Skipper' Martin
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6.0
MOVIE1924
One Night in Rome
as Duke Mareno
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5.8
MOVIE1949
South of St. Louis
as Jake Evarts
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7.8
MOVIE1928
The Spieler
as Flash
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8.0
MOVIE1924
Troubles of a Bride
as Gordon Blake
β
6.4
MOVIE1940
Alice in Movieland
as Carlo's Guest (uncredited)
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4.4
MOVIE1949
Always Leave Them Laughing
as Sam Washburn
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6.7
MOVIE1941
The Smiling Ghost
as Norton
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10.0
MOVIE1932
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
as Mr Simpson
MOVIE1912
Glued
MOVIE1914
The Little Widow
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8.0
MOVIE1922
The Dictator
as Sabos
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6.7
MOVIE1947
That Way with Women
as Herman Brinker
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5.8
MOVIE1934
The Little Minister
as Rob Daw
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6.3
MOVIE1934
Babbitt
as Charlie McKelvey
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6.8
MOVIE1937
Thin Ice
as Baron
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5.3
MOVIE1936
Yellowstone
as John Alexander Hardigan
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6.0
MOVIE1941
Thieves Fall Out
as Robert Barnes
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9.0
MOVIE1945
Escape in the Desert
as Dr. Orville Tedder
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10.0
MOVIE1921
The Barbarian
as Mark Grant
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7.0
MOVIE1934
Great Expectations
as Joe Gargery
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8.0
MOVIE1946
Perilous Holiday
as Dr. Lilley
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6.7
MOVIE1932
The Match King
as Borglund
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6.0
MOVIE1934
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Sam
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7.0
MOVIE1935
Grand Old Girl
as Click Dade
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6.0
MOVIE1940
Tugboat Annie Sails Again
as Capt. Bullwinkle
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6.3
MOVIE1937
Music for Madame
as Detective Flugelman
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9.0
MOVIE1948
My Girl Tisa
as Dugan
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10.0
MOVIE1930
She Got What She Wanted
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5.5
MOVIE1939
Pacific Liner
as Gallagher
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4.8
MOVIE1935
Another Face
as Charles L. Kellar
MOVIE1916
The Scarlet Oath
as John Huntington
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6.0
MOVIE1944
Janie
as Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon
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6.2
MOVIE1945
Hotel Berlin
as Herman Plottke
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7.0
MOVIE1928
Oh Kay!
as Jansen
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4.8
MOVIE1949
The House Across the Street
as J.B. Grennell
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4.9
MOVIE1931
The Night Angel
as Biezel
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6.0
MOVIE1947
My Wild Irish Rose
as John Donovan
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5.8
MOVIE1923
Black Oxen
as Prince Rohenhauer
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5.1
MOVIE1934
Picture Brides
as Von Luden
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5.7
MOVIE1946
The Time, The Place and The Girl
as John Braden
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6.0
MOVIE1923
Cameo Kirby
as Colonel Moreau
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7.0
MOVIE1947
Cheyenne
as Fred Durkin
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7.0
MOVIE1940
Three Cheers for the Irish
as Gallagher
MOVIE1917
The Eternal Temptress
as Count Rudolph Frizel
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8.0
MOVIE1968
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
as Joe Grogan (archive footage)
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8.0
MOVIE1933
The Eleventh Commandment
as Max Stager
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9.0
MOVIE1923
Hollywood
as Alan Hale
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8.0
MOVIE1934
There's Always Tomorrow
as Henry
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5.7
MOVIE1929
The Leatherneck
as Otto Schmidt
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10.0
MOVIE1929
The Sap
as Jim Belden
MOVIE1917
The Price She Paid
as Stanley Baird
MOVIE1916
Pudd'nhead Wilson
as Tom Driscoll
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5.8
MOVIE1928
Skyscraper
as Slim Strede
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9.0
MOVIE1921
A Wise Fool
as George Masson
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7.0
MOVIE1923
The Eleventh Hour
as Prince Stefan de Bernie
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10.0
MOVIE1927
The Wreck of the Hesperus
as Singapore Jack
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10.0
MOVIE1914
Woman Against Woman
as John Tressider
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7.0
MOVIE1923
Quicksands
as Ferrago
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9.0
MOVIE1921
The Fox
as Rufus B. Coulter
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6.0
MOVIE1923
Main Street
as Miles Bjornstam
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8.0
MOVIE1931
Aloha
as Stevens
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5.7
MOVIE1931
The Sea Ghost
as Capt. Greg Winters
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7.0
MOVIE1936
The Country Beyond
as Jim Alison
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8.0
MOVIE1921
A Voice in the Dark
as Dr. Hugh Sainsbury
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1.0
MOVIE1918
Moral Suicide
as 'Lucky' Travers
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6.1
MOVIE1929
Sailor's Holiday
as Adam Pike
β
5.8
MOVIE1916
The Americano
β
9.0
MOVIE1922
One Glorious Day
as Ben Wadley
MOVIE1917
Life's Whirlpool
as Dr. Henry Grey
MOVIE1915
East Lynne
as Sir Francis Levinson
MOVIE1916
The Love Thief
as Captain Arthur Boyce
MOVIE1913
By Man's Law
as Brother Owner
MOVIE1914
The Power of the Press
as Sam Freeborn
β
3.0
MOVIE1933
What Price Decency
as Klaus van Leyden
β
7.0
MOVIE1921
The Great Impersonation
as Gustave Seimann
β
8.0
MOVIE1916
Sold Out
as Halsey Brent