Movie Mania

Going Hollywood: The '30s

1984

(archive footage)

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now

1940

Senator Henry Lowell

Public Deb No. 1

1940

Judge

Cross-Country Romance

1940

Colonel Conway

The Way of All Flesh

1940

Reginald L. Morten

Turnabout

1940

Julian Marlowe

Saturday's Children

1940

Mr. 'B.N.' Norman, Office Manager

20 Mule Team

1940

'Jackass' Brown

Brother Rat and a Baby

1940

Mr. Harper

On Your Toes

1939

Donald Henderson

Hero for a Day

1939

E.A. Dow

Angels Wash Their Faces

1939

Mayor James Dooley

Should Husbands Work?

1939

Barnes

Daughters Courageous

1939

Judge Henry Hornsby

Stagecoach

1939

Ellsworth H. Gatewood

So This Is London

1939

Hiram Draper

Sweethearts

1938

Sheridan

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

Oliver Wendell Henderson

Down in 'Arkansaw'

1938

Judge

Danger on the Air

1938

Caesar Kluck

Ladies in Distress

1938

Fred Morgan

Kentucky Moonshine

1938

J.B.

Four Men and a Prayer

1938

Martin Cherrington

Wide Open Faces

1938

L.D. Crawford

In Old Chicago

1938

Senator Colby

He Couldn't Say No

1938

Senator Mabby

Quick Money

1937

Bluford H. Smythe

Wild and Woolly

1937

Edward Ralston

Public Wedding

1937

H. Theodore "Pop" Lane III

The Singing Marine

1937

J. Montgomery Madison

Sing and Be Happy

1937

John Mason

Parnell

1937

The O'Gorman Mahon

Racing Lady

1937

Judge

Under Your Spell

1936

Judge

Dimples

1936

Colonel Loring

Bunker Bean

1936

Professor Ed Balthazer

Parole!

1936

Rex Gavin

Three of a Kind

1936

'Con' Cornelius

Colleen

1936

Logan

The Dark Hour

1936

Paul Bernard

You May Be Next!

1936

J.J. Held

Black Gold

1936

J.C. Anderson

Coronado

1935

Walter Marvin

The Rainmakers

1935

Simon Parker

The Spanish Cape Mystery

1935

Judge Macklin

I Live for Love

1935

Fabian

Page Miss Glory

1935

Mr. Yates

Steamboat Round the Bend

1935

New Moses

Dizzy Dames

1935

Dad Hackett

$10 Raise

1935

Mr. Bates

Vagabond Lady

1935

R.D. Spear

A Night at the Ritz

1935

Mr. Vincent

The County Chairman

1935

Elias Rigby

Helldorado

1935

'Clarion' Editor

Sing Sing Nights

1934

Governor Duane

Babbitt

1934

Judge Virgil 'Verge' Thompson

Menace

1934

Norman Bellamy

Kid Millions

1934

Harrison Larrabee

Redhead

1934

Mr. Brown

Judge Priest

1934

Senator Horace Maydew

Dames

1934

Harold Ellsworthy Todd

Take the Stand

1934

Mr. Jerome Burbank

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

1934

Franklyn P. Brumbaugh

Bachelor Bait

1934

"Big" Barney Nolan

Murder in the Private Car

1934

Luke Carson

Half a Sinner

1934

Deacon Caswell

Strictly Dynamite

1934

Mr. Rivers

Let’s Be Ritzy

1934

R.M. Pembrook

Hi, Nellie!

1934

Graham

Frontier Marshal

1934

Hiram Melton

Master of Men

1933

Mr. Walling

College Coach

1933

Otis

Only Yesterday

1933

Goodheart (Uncredited)

Doctor Bull

1933

Herbert Banning

Golden Harvest

1933

Eben Martin

The Avenger

1933

Forster

The Big Brain

1933

Col. Higginbotham

Her First Mate

1933

Davis

I Love That Man

1933

Mordant - Casket Buyer

Heroes for Sale

1933

Mr. Winston

The Little Giant

1933

Donald Hadley Cass

Elmer, the Great

1933

Colonel Moffitt

So This Is Africa

1933

President

Private Jones

1933

Roger Winthrop

From Hell to Heaven

1933

Toledo Jones

Employees' Entrance

1933

Bradford (uncredited)

The Mysterious Rider

1933

Mark King

Hard to Handle

1933

Col. H.D.X. Wells (uncredited)

Laughter in Hell

1933

Mike Slaney

The Billion Dollar Scandal

1933

The Warden

Madame Butterfly

1932

Mr. Sharpless

If I Had a Million

1932

Warden (uncredited)

Afraid to Talk

1932

Mayor William 'Billy' Manning

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1932

The Judge

Washington Merry-Go-Round

1932

Speaker of the House

False Faces

1932

Dr. J.B. Parker

The Big Stampede

1932

Governor Lew Wallace

The Cabin in the Cotton

1932

Lane Norwood

The Crooked Circle

1932

Col. Walters

Okay, America!

1932

Jacob Baron

American Madness

1932

O'Brien (uncredited)

The Washington Masquerade

1932

Senator Bitler (as Burton Churchill)

Fast Companions

1932

Committee Chairman

Week Ends Only

1932

A.S. Carr

The Dark Horse

1932

William A. Underwood

Two Seconds

1932

The Warden

The Rich Are Always with Us

1932

Judge Bradshaw

Scandal for Sale

1932

Bunnyweather

The Wet Parade

1932

Roger's Uncle Dick (uncredited)

The Mouthpiece

1932

Rocco Trial Judge (Uncredited)

A Fool's Advice

1932

Mayor Martin Sloan

Cheaters at Play

1932

Character TBA

This Reckless Age

1932

Banker (uncredited)

Taxi!

1931

Judge West (uncredited)

Air Eagles

1931

Windy J. Bailey

My Sin

1931

Mr. Osgood

Secrets of a Secretary

1931

Mr. Merritt

Tarnished Lady

1931

Stock Speculator

Five Minutes from the Station

1930

Mr. Mason

Nothing But the Truth

1929

E.M. Burke

Tongues of Flame

1924

Boland

Six Cylinder Love

1923

George Stapleton