Ernie Alexander

AKA: Ernest Earl Alexander, Ernest Alexander
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1890-02-09

Wichita, Kansas, USA

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {89}

Alexander, a Pilot (uncredited)

1933-03-03 6.2

Today We Live

Two lovers are living together and are not married; they had made a promise as children to get married when they grew up, but they "didn't wait." ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, War

Experimental Patient (uncredited)

1937-11-11 6

How to Start the Day

Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right. ...
Genre :Comedy

Bellhop with Flowers (uncredited)

1942-07-14 7.4

The Pride of the Yankees

The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig. ...
Genre :Drama, Family

Porter

1932-06-03 1

Jimmy's New Yacht

A young lady is wooed by two men ...
Genre :Comedy

Office Worker

1937-09-11 4.5

The Boss Didn't Say Good Morning

Carey Wilson narrates this MGM Miniature short in which an average office worker suffers all week-end because his boss, who had a bad case of indigestion, didn't speak to him when he came to work on F ...
Genre :Comedy

One of Carl's Friends

1938-09-14 3

Crashing Through Danger

Three electrical linemen work through the hazardous conditions of the Depression Era. Sparks fly, and things become truly dangerous, when Ann comes between this band of brothers. Things get worse, aft ...
Genre :Drama

Newsboy (uncredited)

1930-11-23 6.1

The Widow from Chicago

A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother's death. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Waiter Telling of Barn Dance

1936-05-08 5.5

Speed

Terry is the chief car tester for Emery Motors and Frank is an Engineer. Jane has just been hired to work in publicity. Frank and Terry both want Jane to be their girl. Terry has designed a new carbur ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Romance

Dog Hospital Intern (uncredited)

1934-03-30 0

Soup and Fish

At a ritzy beauty salon, while a mud pack is on her face, a wealthy socialite invites Thelma and Patsy, two salon attendants, to a party, mistakenly thinking they are social acquaintances whom she wan ...
Genre :Comedy

Man at Bar (uncredited)

1937-09-10 5.5

The Women Men Marry

A newsman with a no-good wife exposes a religious racket with a newswoman who loves him. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Hot Dog Vendor

1933-02-10 6

Too Many Highballs

Harold Hobbs doesn't much like that his lazy, sponging and unemployed brother-in-law Claude and his mother-in-law live with him and his wife, Hortense, especially as the in-laws seem to rule the roost ...
Genre :Comedy

Room Service

1933-01-13 0

Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife

A Mack Sennett-produced sound short about couples playing bridge through the ages. ...
Genre :Comedy

Student Drinker (uncredited)

1933-03-03 5.883

The Fatal Glass of Beer

The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast." ...
Genre :Comedy

Wise Guy

1935-03-08 0

One New York Night

Foxhall Ridgeway, arriving in New York City from the West, stumbles onto a murder in the hotel room next to his. He gets tangled up into the affair, and with the aid of Phoebe, the hotel telephone ope ...
Genre :Comedy, Mystery, Romance

Pool Hall Patron (uncredited)

1934-07-14 0

Three Chumps Ahead

Thelma rushes into the apartment she shares with Patsy, excited because she's fallen in love with Archie, a rich man with yachts and a British accent. Patsy isn't impressed and less so when Archie com ...
Genre :Comedy

Maintenance Man with Ladder (uncredited)

1932-10-29 6.2

The Soilers

Zasu and Thelma are working their way through college by selling magazine subscriptions. Finding little success going door-to-door, the pair decide to use their charms to sell to men at their places o ...
Genre :Comedy

Theatre Patron Behind Patsy (uncredited)

1933-09-16 0

Beauty and the Bus

The girls win a car in a raffle. ...
Genre :Comedy

(uncredited)

1936-01-25 0

An All American Toothache

Thelma volunteers Patsy as a subject for her friend who is in dental school and needs somebody to practice on. ...
Genre :Comedy

Intern (uncredited)

1932-09-24 6.3

Alum and Eve

When Thelma is stopped by a cop for speeding, she tries to get out of it by telling him that she and Zasu are on their way to the hospital. ...
Genre :Comedy

Admiring Soldier (uncredited)

1937-05-07 6.2

They Gave Him a Gun

With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use. ...
Genre :War, Crime, Drama

Reporter Johnson (uncredited)

1938-01-14 5.7

Love Is a Headache

A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publicity by having her adopt two orphans, without her knowledge. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mickey - Maurice's Chauffeur

1938-05-13 6.5

Hold That Kiss

Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Drunk

1934-06-28 2.5

She Learned About Sailors

Shanghai nightclub singer Jean falls in love to a sailor, but after his ship left Shanghai, he is of the opinion that he cannot support her in the States, so he writes her in a letter, that he will no ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Farmhand

1933-07-28 6.2

The Stranger's Return

A divorcée leaves New York to visit her grandfather's farm and recover in the Midwest, where she unexpectedly falls in love with a married farmer. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Steve - Man Bringing Newspapers (uncredited)

1935-08-02 6.3

Woman Wanted

Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vo ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

Johnny - Reporter (uncredited)

1939-06-12 4.583

Tell No Tales

A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery, Drama

Drunk on Streetcar (uncredited)

1935-11-01 4

Music Is Magic

An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the chorus. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance

Waiter (uncredited)

1933-12-29 7.026

Sons of the Desert

Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention. ...
Genre :Comedy

Drunk (uncredited)

1940-10-11 4.833

The Villain Still Pursued Her

Victorian melodrama is sent up in this spoof of the old production "The Drunkard; or, The Fallen Saved." Dastardly villain Silas Cribbs schemes to get his lusty clutches on the virtuous heroine by dri ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Reporter (uncredited)

1939-06-30 5.143

Stronger Than Desire

An attorney handling a murder case is unaware his own wife played a crucial role in the killing. ...
Genre :Drama

Man Calling Hank to Phone (uncredited)

1936-09-11 5.3

Sworn Enemy

A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster. ...
Genre :Romance, Crime, Drama

Cabbie

1939-05-06 5.6

Mandrake the Magician

Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention. ...
Genre :Action, Crime

Photographer (uncredited)

1939-04-07 6.2

Broadway Serenade

A married singer, pianist/composer team are struggling to hit it big in New York. Finally, they audition before a Broadway producer, but the producer only wants the singer, leaving the husband without ...
Genre :Romance, Drama, Music

Parking Attendant (uncredited)

1939-08-18 5.5

These Glamour Girls

A drunken college student invites a dance hostess to the big college dance and then forgets he asked her. When she shows up at school, he tries to get rid of her, but she won't leave. Instead, she sta ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Man Throwing Confetti

1939-06-01 4.2

The Girl from Mexico

Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aid ...
Genre :Comedy, Action, Romance, Music

Photographer

1939-06-30 4.9

Second Fiddle

Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her. ...
Genre :Comedy

Drunk

1939-07-20 4

News Is Made at Night

Newspaper editor (Foster) will do almost anything to increase circulation. He campaigns to free a condemned man while accusing a wealthy ex-criminal of a string of murders. ...
Genre :Action, Comedy

Sailor (uncredited)

1942-03-01 6.6

Nazi Agent

Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a surprise visit from his estranged twin brother and Nazi spy, Baron Hugo von Detner, his world is thr ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Acrobat

1935-09-27 6

O'Shaughnessy's Boy

A circus wild animal trainer searches for the son who was taken away from him by a meddling relative years earlier. ...
Genre :Drama

Court Clerk (uncredited)

1939-12-22 5.6

Judge Hardy and Son

Judge Hardy guides Andy through problems with girls, money and an essay contest. ...
Genre :Comedy

Factory Workman

1939-12-13 5.7

Nick Carter, Master Detective

Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter plane is under manufacture. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Reporter at Hospital

1939-03-24 6

Sergeant Madden

A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Singer at Party (uncredited)

1939-10-06 4.7

Fast and Furious

Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their b ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Bootleg Customer (uncredited)

1939-10-28 7.516

The Roaring Twenties

After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie Bartlett becomes a cab driver. Eddie builds a fleet of ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Taxicab Driver

1939-10-26 3.5

The Housekeeper's Daughter

A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop. ...
Genre :Comedy

Peanut Vendor (uncredited)

1936-06-05 7.428

Fury

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Soldier

1940-01-11 4

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He changes his name so as not to harm his family. The law is not content with his explanation, however. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Warship Sailor

1938-11-25 6.6

Submarine Patrol

A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew. ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Bit Role

1936-06-19 0

Sins of Man

Austrian church bell ringer Freyman loves music and wants his two sons (both played by Ameche) to love it too. The first goes to America and the second is born deaf-mute but gains hearing during WWI b ...
Genre :Drama

Elevator Operator

1931-01-30 6.8

Ten Cents a Dance

A taxi dancer with a jealous husband finds herself falling for a wealthy client. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Harry Goodfellow

1936-02-21 0

Here Comes Trouble

Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette lighter containing some hot rocks. ...
Genre :

Photographer

1943-06-11 0

All by Myself

Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark, who of course is unaware of it. But unknown to Jean, Mark has become engaged to singer Val. When Jea ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Hotel Messenger (uncredited)

1936-01-10 5.9

Two in the Dark

Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventually uncovers (with the help of Marie Smith) connects him to a well-known producer--who's just been ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance

Boat Passenger

1936-12-11 5.5

General Spanky

Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are f ...
Genre :Comedy, War

Newsboy

1940-04-29 6.8

Saps at Sea

Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem ensues. ...
Genre :Comedy

Expectant Father (uncredited)

1940-11-22 6.7

Little Nellie Kelly

Nellie Kelly, the daughter of Irish immigrants, patches up differences between her father and maternal grandfather while rising to the top on Broadway. ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Clerk (uncredited)

1940-08-16 5.3

The Golden Fleecing

A mild-mannered insurance salesman gets mixed up with gangsters. ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

Man at Railroad Station

1940-10-11 6.8

Third Finger, Left Hand

Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleagues. Unfortunately, things don't go to plan when Jeff Thompson, a potential suitor, uncovers the decep ...
Genre :Comedy

Assistant Bed Salesman

1940-11-29 6

Dr. Kildare's Crisis

Jimmy Kildare's impending nuptials are jeopardized by a diagnosis of possible epilepsy in his fiancee's brother. ...
Genre :Drama

Young Fellow

1940-08-30 4.6

Young People

Wendy Ballantine's parents decide to retire from show biz so she can have a normal life. They are unwelcome in the small town until a storm lets the family show their stuff. ...
Genre :Drama

Man Walking Under Ladder

1943-01-02 5

Who's Superstitious?

This short film examines the origins of several superstitions including crossing your fingers, knocking on wood, rabbit's feet, and breaking champagne bottles to christen ships, plus the role of super ...
Genre :Documentary

Reporter (uncredited)

1937-07-16 6.703

Topper

Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When To ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

Alphonse - Asst. Photographer

1937-06-15 2

Anything for a Thrill

Despite his older brother's objections, a young man vows to become a newsreel cameraman. ...
Genre :Drama

Garage Attendant (uncredited)

1936-12-18 4.286

Sinner Take All

A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family. ...
Genre :Mystery

Clerk

1941-08-22 4

This Woman Is Mine

Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Many adventures follow. ...
Genre :Adventure, Romance

Program vendor

1938-10-07 4.8

How to Watch Football

Humorist Robert Benchley illustrates the fine points of attending an American football game. ...
Genre :Comedy

Taxi Driver

1942-01-31 6

Brooklyn Orchid

Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort. ...
Genre :Comedy

Harvey

1941-02-14 7

Golden Hoofs

A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sold. ...
Genre :Comedy

Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)

1942-02-01 5.8

Joe Smith, American

Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a promoted to a much higher position, Joe is kidnapped by enemy agents who are determined to get mili ...
Genre :Crime, Thriller, Drama

Billiard Ball Tester (uncredited)

1943-07-17 0

Trifles That Win Wars

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short looks at how a few specific inventions made a major contribution to the U.S. war effort. ...
Genre :

Wounded Soldier

1943-06-03 6.4

Bataan

During Japan's invasion of the Philippines in 1942, Capt. Henry Lassiter, Sgt. Bill Dane and a diverse group of American soldiers are ordered to destroy and hold a strategic bridge in order to delay t ...
Genre :Action, Drama, War

Deck Steward with Food Cart (uncredited)

1934-08-31 6.8

Chained

Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to divorce him. Concerned that Diane will now lose interest, Richard offers her an all-expense-paid cruise ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

Drunk

1938-03-11 5.7

Walking Down Broadway

Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway production, but the lives of all five take many different turns, often for the worse. ...
Genre :Drama

Delivery Man with Flowers (uncredited)

1943-08-13 6.2

Du Barry Was a Lady

Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a poor dancer but wants to marry for money. When Louis wins the Irish Sweepstakes, he asks May to marry ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Music

Baby Weems' Father (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

2004-05-31 8.8

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

Two classic animated shorts from the Disney studios. In 'The Reluctant Dragon' (1941), a young boy and a famous dragon fighter team up to teach a docile dragon the art of being a force to be reckoned ...
Genre :Animation, Family, Comedy

Reporter (uncredited)

1942-04-22 5.5

Fingers at the Window

In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic. ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Newsboy

1935-10-21 6

3 Kids and a Queen

An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecu ...
Genre :Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance

Expectant Father (uncredited)

1940-07-19 5.8

We Who Are Young

A man violates company policy by getting married. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Bellhop with Telegram (uncredited)

1935-09-07 6.3

Page Miss Glory

A country girl goes to the city and gets a job in a posh hotel, and winds up becoming an instant celebrity thanks to an ambitious photographer. ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Drunk Singing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" (uncredited)

1937-10-15 6.371

Double Wedding

A bohemian free spirit helps meek Waldo win back his fiancée and falls in love with her over-controlling sister in the process. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Telegram Messenger (Uncredited)

1934-12-23 5.868

Forsaking All Others

A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Concessionaire (uncredited)

1943-11-01 5

Swing Fever

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Music

Roy - Bridegroom (uncredited)

1942-10-10 5.4

You Can't Escape Forever

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin. ...
Genre :Thriller

Theater Workman with Big Die (uncredited)

1942-10-21 6.4

For Me and My Gal

Two vaudeville performers fall in love, but find their relationship tested by the arrival of WWI. ...
Genre :Music, Romance, War

Dopey Caller (Uncredited)

1943-10-01 6.5

Swing Shift Maisie

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting eng ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Judge

1937-09-11 7.2

Framing Youth

Alfalfa and Butch are competing in an amateur radio contest, and Butch tries to fix it so that he will win. ...
Genre :Comedy, Family

Bellhop at Mud Bath

1931-04-26 0

In Conference

Walter MacIntosh and Abe Salisbury are filmmakers in the process of viewing their swashbuckling romance epic, 'The Loves of LaVorees', starring silent screen idol, Romaine Salisbury, hotly contested w ...
Genre :Comedy

Projectionist (uncredited)

1938-09-16 5.75

Too Hot to Handle

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adv ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure, Romance

Party Guest

1929-02-03 0

Calling Hubby's Bluff

Late silent short with a Hal Roach approach to situational comedy. Bevan is battling a widow and his wife, Carmelita Geraghty and Vernon Dent making it tricky ...
Genre :Comedy