Cast
Ray Teal
Acting
Cast
Ray Teal
Known for
Acting
Born
1902-01-12
From
Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Died
1976-04-02
Also known as Ray E. Teal, Π ΡΠΉ Π’ΠΈΠ», Ray Elgin Teal
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ray Elgin Teal (January 12, 1902 β April 2, 1976) was an American actor. His most famous role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee on the television series Bonanza (1959β1972), which was only one of dozens of sheriffs on television and in movies that he played during his long and prolific career stretching from 1937 to 1970. He appeared in pictures such as Western Jamboree (1938) with Gene Autry, The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) with Fredric March and Myrna Loy, The Black Arrow (1948), Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole (1951) and Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) with Spencer Tracy and Burt Lancaster. Teal was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. A saxophone player, he worked his way through the University of California, Los Angeles as a bandleader before becoming an actor. His longest-running role was as Sheriff Roy Coffee, a law-enforcing sheriff on Bonanza. Teal was one of the most senior members of the crew having a permanent role. He had also played a sheriff in the Billy Wilder film Ace in the Hole (1951). Teal co-starred in numerous TV westerns throughout his career: he appeared five times on Cheyenne, four times on The Lone Ranger, on The Alaskans, three times in different roles on another long-running western series, Wagon Train, on NBC's Tales of Wells Fargo, on the ABC western series Broken Arrow, five times on the ABC western comedy Maverick, on the CBS western series The Texan, the NBC western series The Californians, twice on Colt .45, once on Wanted: Dead or Alive, and as "Sheriff Clay" for a single 1960 episode of the NBC western series Riverboat, and four times on a western series about the rodeo titled Wide Country. After more than 15 years performing in films and in early television, Teal secured a recurring role as a police officer in the 1953β1955 ABC sitcom with a variety-show theme, Where's Raymond?, later renamed The Ray Bolger Show. In 1955, Teal appeared as McCanles, a ruthless cattle baron in the episode "Julesburg" of the ABC/Warner Bros. Western series, Cheyenne. Altogether, Teal appeared five times on Cheyenne. He later appeared in a guest-starring role in another ABC/WB Western series, The Alaskans. From 1957 to 1962, Teal was cast three times in different roles on the Western series, Wagon Train. He also appeared in a number of episodes of Bat Masterson, an episode of The Rifleman and later in Green Acres. In 1957, Teal played a lawman, Captain McNelly, in the episode "Sam Bass" of NBC's Tales of Wells Fargo. Teal was cast as Fenster in "The Bounty Hunters" (1957) on the ABC Western series, Broken Arrow. In 1958, Teal guest-starred "No Tears for the Dead" on the CBS Western series, The Texan. He also later appeared in the CBS sitcom, Dennis the Menace. In 1960, Teal was cast as Sheriff Roy Coffee in Bonanza, a role he played until 1972, appearing in 98 episodes, occasionally as the lead character. He also portrayed judge/dentist/shoe repairman H.G. Cogswell in Bat Masterson starring Gene Barry. He died of undisclosed causes on April 2, 1976, at age 74 in Santa Monica, California. CLR
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6.8
MOVIE1960
Home from the Hill
as Dr. Carson
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6.3
MOVIE1951
Distant Drums
as Pvt. Mohair
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6.7
MOVIE1970
Chisum
as Justice J.B. Wilson
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8.0
MOVIE1961
Judgment at Nuremberg
as Curtiss Ives
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7.5
MOVIE1950
The Asphalt Jungle
as Cop in Car Barn Slugged by Dix (uncredited)
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7.7
MOVIE1946
The Best Years of Our Lives
as Mr. Mollett
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5.9
MOVIE1944
Bathing Beauty
as Adams Club Maitre D' (uncredited)
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6.9
MOVIE1942
Woman of the Year
as Married Sports Reporter (uncredited)
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6.6
MOVIE1940
Kitty Foyle
as Clarinet Player (uncredited)
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7.6
MOVIE1960
Inherit the Wind
as Jessie H. Dunlap
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7.2
MOVIE1941
Sergeant York
as Marching Soldier (uncredited)
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7.8
MOVIE1951
Ace in the Hole
as Sheriff
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7.1
MOVIE1945
The Clock
as Policeman
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6.8
MOVIE1961
One-Eyed Jacks
as Barney
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5.8
MOVIE1957
The Oklahoman
as Jason - Stableman
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7.3
MOVIE1947
Brute Force
as Jackson - Guard (uncredited)
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7.3
MOVIE1950
Winchester '73
as Marshall Noonan (uncredited)
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6.6
MOVIE1953
The Wild One
as Frank Bleeker
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5.8
MOVIE1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Movie Studio Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
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6.1
MOVIE1956
The Burning Hills
as Joe Sutton
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6.8
MOVIE1947
Driftwood
as Mr. Perkins
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6.4
MOVIE1955
The Indian Fighter
as Morgan
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6.7
MOVIE1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Barfly (uncredited)
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6.1
MOVIE1947
The Sea of Grass
as Cattleman (uncredited)
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7.0
MOVIE1955
The Desperate Hours
as State Police Lt. Fredericks
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6.8
MOVIE1945
Anchors Aweigh
as Assistant Movie Director (uncredited)
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5.4
MOVIE1951
The Redhead and the Cowboy
as Brock (Union agent)
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8.0
MOVIE1947
Undercover Maisie
as Man at Union Station
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8.0
MOVIE1947
Undercover Maisie
as Wolf at Union Station (uncredited)
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6.8
MOVIE1940
A Volta do Besouro Verde
as Chief Guard at Steel Mill
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6.3
MOVIE1964
Bullet for a Badman
as Townsman
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6.6
MOVIE1971
Hacksaw
as The Rancher
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6.8
MOVIE1955
Run for Cover
as Sheriff
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5.8
MOVIE1945
Along Came Jones
as Kriendler
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6.1
MOVIE1945
Back to Bataan
as Lt. Col. Roberts (uncredited)
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6.7
MOVIE1946
Canyon Passage
as Neal Howison (uncredited)
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7.4
MOVIE1950
Gun Crazy
as California Border Inspector (uncredited)
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6.5
MOVIE1957
The Tall Stranger
as Cap
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7.0
MOVIE1950
The Men
as Man at Bar
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4.8
MOVIE1946
Blonde Alibi
as Detective Jones (Uncredited)
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6.8
MOVIE1946
Dead Reckoning
as Motorcycle Cop (uncredited)
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6.3
MOVIE1957
The Guns of Fort Petticoat
as Salt Pork
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6.2
MOVIE1948
Joan of Arc
as Bertrand de Poulengy, a squire
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7.4
MOVIE1951
Along the Great Divide
as Deputy Lou Gray
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7.0
MOVIE1940
Strange Cargo
as Guard (uncredited)
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6.8
MOVIE1948
The Man from Colorado
as Bartender
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6.8
MOVIE1948
The Man from Colorado
as Bartender (uncredited)
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7.0
MOVIE1941
Shadow of the Thin Man
as Cab Driver (uncredited)
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7.2
MOVIE1943
Madame Curie
as Driver (uncredited)
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6.6
MOVIE1946
The Harvey Girls
as Conductor (uncredited)
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5.5
MOVIE1949
Hello Out There
as The Husband
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5.5
MOVIE1965
Taggart
as Ralph Taggart
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6.4
MOVIE1941
Honky Tonk
as Poker Player on Train (uncredited)
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6.9
MOVIE1950
No Way Out
as Day Deputy in Hospital Prison Ward (uncredited)
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6.2
MOVIE1946
The Strange Woman
as Alex Duncan (uncredited)
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6.3
MOVIE1957
Decision at Sundown
as Morley Chase
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6.3
MOVIE1963
Cattle King
as Edwin 'Ed' Winters (Teton Ranch Foreman)
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6.6
MOVIE1952
Hangman's Knot
as Quincey
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5.5
MOVIE1949
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
as Policeman
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7.0
MOVIE1949
Kazan
as McCready
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6.0
MOVIE1949
Streets of Laredo
as Cantrel
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6.6
MOVIE1947
My Favorite Brunette
as State Trooper Sergeant (uncredited)
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6.6
MOVIE1949
It Happens Every Spring
as Mac (uncredited)
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5.9
MOVIE1947
Desert Fury
as Bus Driver (uncredited)
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5.5
MOVIE1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
as Jack Handley
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6.6
MOVIE1953
Ambush at Tomahawk Gap
as Doc
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6.6
MOVIE1940
Northwest Passage
as Bradley McNeil
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7.3
MOVIE1944
Hollywood Canteen
as Army Captain (uncredited)
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6.2
MOVIE1961
Posse from Hell
as Banker
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6.9
MOVIE1952
The Wild North
as Ruger
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4.5
MOVIE1974
The Hanged Man
as Judge Homer Bayne
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5.2
MOVIE1950
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
as Captain McHale
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7.0
MOVIE1958
Girl on the Run
as Lt. Harper
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7.1
MOVIE1951
Fort Worth
as Gabe Clevenger
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6.0
MOVIE1951
Warpath
as Maj. Reno (uncredited)
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7.2
MOVIE1940
I Love You Again
as Watchman (uncredited)
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5.8
MOVIE1947
The Long Night
as Mr. Hudson (uncredited)
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4.5
MOVIE1945
Main Street After Dark
as Cop at Finale (uncredited)
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6.3
MOVIE1944
Nothing But Trouble
as Police Officer (uncredited)
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6.7
MOVIE1948
Whispering Smith
as Seagrue
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5.9
MOVIE1946
Decoy
as Policeman (uncredited)
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6.4
MOVIE1945
Sudan
as Slave Trader (uncredited)
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6.9
MOVIE1944
The Princess and the Pirate
as Guard (uncredited)
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4.8
MOVIE1946
The Missing Lady
as Interrogating Detective with Black Mustache (uncredited)
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6.8
MOVIE1949
Mr. Soft Touch
as Squad Car Police Officer (Uncredited)
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7.0
MOVIE1940
Third Finger, Left Hand
as Cameraman in Ohio (uncredited)
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6.4
MOVIE1952
Carrie
as Allen - Bondsman
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6.3
MOVIE1952
Montana Belle
as Emmett Dalton
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6.7
MOVIE1958
Saddle the Wind
as Brick Larson
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6.5
MOVIE1947
Ramrod
as Ed Burma
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5.7
MOVIE1942
Fingers at the Window
as Police Car #12 Driver (uncredited)
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5.3
MOVIE1941
Billy the Kid
as Sammy Axel (uncredited)
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5.6
MOVIE1947
Deep Valley
as Prison Official
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6.4
MOVIE1954
The Command
as Dr. Trent
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6.3
MOVIE1945
Captain Kidd
as Michael O'Shawn (uncredited)
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6.1
MOVIE1952
The Captive City
as Chief Gillette
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6.4
MOVIE1950
Where Danger Lives
as Sheriff Joe Borden (uncredited)
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6.3
MOVIE1952
The Turning Point
as Clint, Police Captain
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4.9
MOVIE1948
Black Bart
as Pete (uncredited)
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5.3
MOVIE1946
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Little John
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6.7
MOVIE1948
Raw Deal
as (uncredited)
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6.7
MOVIE1941
Ziegfeld Girl
as Pawnbroker (uncredited)
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6.0
MOVIE1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
as Chief of Police
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5.8
MOVIE1942
Secret Enemies
as Casey (uncredited)
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6.1
MOVIE1950
Quicksand
as Motorcycle Officer
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7.4
MOVIE1954
About Mrs. Leslie
as Barney
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6.1
MOVIE1938
Give Me a Sailor
as Sailor Playing Clarinet (uncredited)
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6.7
MOVIE1943
The Chance of a Lifetime
as Policeman Joe (Uncredited)
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6.3
MOVIE1943
Dangerous Blondes
as Detective Charlie Temple (uncredited)
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5.0
MOVIE1956
The Blessed Midnight
as Mr. O'Hara
MOVIE1966
Gallegher Goes West
as Snead
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5.2
MOVIE1945
Circumstantial Evidence
as Policeman
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6.1
MOVIE1950
Edge of Doom
as Ned Moore
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7.0
MOVIE1942
Apache Trail
as Ed Cotton
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6.4
MOVIE1947
High Wall
as Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
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6.2
MOVIE1955
Rage at Dawn
as Sheriff of Seymour
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5.6
MOVIE1948
I Wouldn't Be in Your Shoes
as Death Row Guard (uncredited)
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6.5
MOVIE1948
Daredevils of the Clouds
as Jim Mitchell
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4.8
MOVIE1943
Ode to Victory
as Master Sergeant - Orchestra Conductor (uncredited)
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6.6
MOVIE1951
The Secret of Convict Lake
as Sheriff Cromwell (uncredited)
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7.0
MOVIE1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Detroit Policeman (uncredited)
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5.9
MOVIE1952
The Lion and the Horse
as Dave Tracy
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6.8
MOVIE1942
The Bugle Sounds
as Sergeant
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6.3
MOVIE1948
Fury at Furnace Creek
as Sergeant (uncredited)
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5.5
MOVIE1950
The Kid from Texas
as Sheriff Rand
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6.7
MOVIE1948
Road House
as Policeman
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6.7
MOVIE1948
Road House
as Policeman at Bus Depot (uncredited)
β
4.3
MOVIE1950
The Petty Girl
as Policeman #1 (uncredited)
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6.4
MOVIE1943
Thousands Cheer
as Ringmaster at Circus (uncredited)
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6.6
MOVIE1942
Nazi Agent
as Officer Graves (uncredited)
β
6.2
MOVIE1952
Flaming Feather
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7.5
MOVIE1957
The Phantom Stagecoach
as Sheriff Ned Riorden
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5.4
MOVIE1950
Ambush
as Capt. J.R. Wolverson
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5.9
MOVIE1950
Our Very Own
as Jim Lynch
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6.2
MOVIE1950
Convicted
as Cell Block / Yard Guard (uncredited)
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5.5
MOVIE1944
The Soul of a Monster
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
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5.7
MOVIE1954
Rogue Cop
as Patrolman Mullins
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5.7
MOVIE1947
Roses Are Red
as Weston
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6.1
MOVIE1945
Keep Your Powder Dry
as Army Captain/Camouflage Leader (uncredited)
β
8.0
MOVIE1948
Hazard
as Plain Clothes Policeman in L.A. (uncredited)
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6.5
MOVIE1952
Jumping Jacks
as W.W. Timmons
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6.1
MOVIE1945
A Gun in His Hand
as Police Lt. O'Neill (uncredited)
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5.9
MOVIE1955
The Man from Bitter Ridge
as Shep Bascom
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3.9
MOVIE1939
Star Reporter
as Crook
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6.5
MOVIE1944
None Shall Escape
as Oremski
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6.8
MOVIE1954
Lucky Me
as Thayer Crony (uncredited)
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7.0
MOVIE1943
Whistling in Brooklyn
as Traded Beaver Baseall Player (uncredited)
β
7.0
MOVIE1948
The Countess of Monte Cristo
as Charlie
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6.7
MOVIE1940
Adventures of Red Ryder
as Shark
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6.3
MOVIE1950
Harbor of Missing Men
as Frank Leggett
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6.0
MOVIE1943
Slightly Dangerous
as Pedestrian lifting Peggy up (uncredited)
β
6.2
MOVIE1940
Melody Ranch
as Henchman
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4.9
MOVIE1951
Home Town Story
as Complaining Electrical Worker (uncredited)
β
6.4
MOVIE1943
Crime Doctor
as Detective with Pipe (uncredited)
β
6.2
MOVIE1948
Walk a Crooked Mile
as Police Sergeant
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6.5
MOVIE1951
Tomorrow Is Another Day
as Mr. Dawson
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7.0
MOVIE1948
One Sunday Afternoon
as Policeman on bicycle
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6.6
MOVIE1944
Secret Command
as Shipyard Worker (uncredited)
β
6.5
MOVIE1948
Tenth Avenue Angel
as Mounted Train Yard Guard (uncredited)
β
9.0
MOVIE1946
Deadline for Murder
as Frank (uncredited)
β
6.0
MOVIE1950
Southside 1-1000
as Detective
β
9.0
MOVIE1940
American Spoken Here
as Bartender (uncredited)
β
5.5
MOVIE1942
Escape from Crime
as Gangster
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6.7
MOVIE1958
Gunman's Walk
as Jensen Sieverts
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6.6
MOVIE1957
Utah Blaine
as Russ Nevers
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6.3
MOVIE1944
The Missing Juror
as Chief of Detectives at Line-Up (uncredited)
β
7.2
MOVIE1956
The Young Guns
as Josh
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5.5
MOVIE1948
The Black Arrow
as Nick Appleyard
β
10.0
MOVIE1940
Trail of the Vigilantes
as Deputy Sheriff
β
7.3
MOVIE1944
U-Boat Prisoner
as C.P.O. Shaw (uncredited)
β
6.3
MOVIE1957
Band of Angels
as Mr. Calloway
β
8.0
MOVIE1964
Bristle Face
as Justice Mackley
β
10.0
MOVIE1942
Overland Mail
as Phony Indian
β
6.6
MOVIE1944
Maisie Goes to Reno
as Policeman (Uncredited)
β
10.0
MOVIE1942
Don Winslow of the Navy
as Gang Radioman Barker
β
8.0
MOVIE1947
Michigan Kid
as Sergeant
β
4.8
MOVIE1944
Cry of the Werewolf
as Ed, a Policeman (uncredited)
β
6.3
MOVIE1955
Apache Ambush
as Sgt. Tim O'Roarke
β
6.3
MOVIE1942
Northwest Rangers
as Poker Player
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6.5
MOVIE1949
Once More, My Darling
as Truck Driver
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7.6
MOVIE1952
Cattle Town
as Judd Hastings
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4.5
MOVIE1940
Florian
as Soldier
β
9.0
MOVIE1943
She Has What It Takes
as Cop (uncredited)
β
6.5
MOVIE1946
Strange Voyage
as Capt. Andrews
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6.3
MOVIE1944
Main Street Today
as Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)
β
6.2
MOVIE1948
The Miracle of the Bells
as Koslick, Miner
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7.5
MOVIE1941
Outlaws of the Panhandle
as Walt Burnett
β
7.0
MOVIE1949
Rusty's Birthday
as Virgil Neeley
β
6.4
MOVIE1945
Adventure
as Steve - Maritime Commissioner (uncredited)
β
7.0
MOVIE1947
The Peanut Man
as Dr. Miller
β
6.2
MOVIE1944
Strange Affair
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
β
7.0
MOVIE1938
Western Jamboree
as McCall
β
7.0
MOVIE1947
Cheyenne
as Gambler (uncredited)
β
8.0
MOVIE1943
Prairie Chickens
as Sam
β
8.0
MOVIE1957
The Wayward Girl
as Sheriff
β
9.0
MOVIE1946
Dangerous Business
as Plainclothesman (uncredited)
β
8.0
MOVIE1940
Pony Post
as Claud Richards
β
9.0
MOVIE1968
Gallegher: The Mystery of Edward Sims
as Sheriff Snead
β
6.9
MOVIE1940
New Moon
as Bondsman
β
6.4
MOVIE1940
Viva Cisco Kid
as Josh - Stage Holdup Man
β
8.0
MOVIE1940
Prairie Schooners
as Wolf Tanner
β
7.0
MOVIE1949
Bad Boy
as Policeman Bob
β
10.0
MOVIE1937
Radio Patrol
as Perkins
β
9.0
MOVIE1950
When You're Smiling
as Steve