Ray Cooke

AKA: Victor Ray Cooke
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1905-04-05

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {67}

Office Worker (uncredited)

1928-09-10 7.829

The Cameraman

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Prop Man (uncredited)

1933-12-09 6.9

Lady Killer

An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Hollywood movie star. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Danny Nolan

1932-01-23 6.6

Taxi!

Amidst a backdrop of growing violence and intimidation, independent cab drivers struggling against a consolidated juggernaut rally around hot-tempered Matt Nolan. Nolan is determined to keep competiti ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Traylor

1934-06-07 4.333

Now I'll Tell

A two-bit gambler somehow claws his way to the top. His love for riches is only matched by his love for his wife, but he is sometimes confused by which he loves most. ...
Genre :Drama

Reporter

1936-03-06 7

Love on a Bet

An aspiring theater producer convinces his wealthy uncle to finance a play on the condition that he lives the play’s far-fetched plot: making a cross-country trip with no money. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1932-06-16 6

The Loud Mouth

Del Lord, famous director of the Three Stooges shorts, directed this story of one man in various comical vignettes playing the "loud mouth" - a guy who can't keep a secret and is always getting himsel ...
Genre :Comedy

Pedestrian

1929-09-14 6

Cat, Dog & Co.

Farina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head of the Be Kind to Animals Society, they make it their cause to rescue animals from bad treatment. Joe ...
Genre :Family, Comedy

Jimmy

1932-06-03 1

Jimmy's New Yacht

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

Torchy

1931-12-06 0

Torchy Passes the Buck

Torchy (Ray Cooke) is an office boy....sort of like a secretary that does a variety of tasks for the boss. Well, when the boss is out one day, a friend of Torchy's has friends come to see him. Torchy ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1932-06-06 0

Torchy's Two Toots

When his boss goes out of town on a big deal and leaves important securities behind, it's up to office boy Ray Cooke to get them to him tout suite. ...
Genre :Comedy

Percival Oliver Muldoon aka Torchy

1931-10-04 0

Torchy

Fired from his job as office boy, Torchy gets involved with a phony gold mine promoter. ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1932-05-01 0

Torchy Raises the Auntie

Ray Cooke's employer needs to raise $100,000 to retain control of his company. He hopes to get them from his cousins. When the old ladies show up, they are sent to a restaurant with office manager Fra ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1932-04-03 0

Torchy's Night Cap

Ray Cooke is Torchy the Office boy, told to deliver a letter; through a series of accidents, he winds up with the letter torn and can't explain it to his boss because reason. Later, he tries to help t ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1932-02-07 0

Torchy Turns the Trick

When he bother can't take Dorothy Dix to a fancy dinner, office boy Ray Cooke escorts her. He also has a chance to win a contract for the business by reuniting a visiting prince with his declasse swee ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1933-01-22 0

Torchy's Kitty Coup

Dot Farley is throwing a benefit for cats but hasn't any. This means she calls up her husband, Edmund Breese, to bring some. He being busy with business deputes the job to Franklin Pangborn. Pangborn ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1932-10-02 0

Torchy's Busy Day

Edmund Breese, Ray Cooke's boss, is trying to buy a sausage factory. However, the cash hasn't come through, so he sends an insulting telegram to the owner. This ends in the two of them playing a round ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1932-10-20 0

Torchy Rolls His Own

In the eighth of the series of short sound comedies, Ray Cooke as the office boy 'Torchy' is thought to be a whiz at polo -- don't ask; in these short comedies, people believe the most peculiar things ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1933-06-25 0

Torchy's Loud Spooker

When the story begins, you learn that Torchy's boss has a problem with his blood pressure and the doctor recommends he take a rest. So, he plans on taking some of his staff with him to a mansion in Fl ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1933-04-23 0

Torchy Turns Turtle

One of those gangs of Arab spies who use to infest Wall Street in their colorful native costumes steals a super-secret bomb formula from Edmund Breese's safe. Naturally he blames his office boy, Ray C ...
Genre :Comedy

Torchy

1933-08-25 0

Trying Out Torchy

The final entry in the Torchy short series starring Ray Cooke as things go wrong at a gathering. ...
Genre :Comedy

Richview Hotel Bellboy

1933-09-09 4.6

Goodbye Again

Flirtatious mix-ups abound when a celebrated novelist tangles with an old flame and her suspicious husband. Will the author's savvy secretary, who's secretly in love with him, save his neck? ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Pussy

1938-03-18 4

King of the Newsboys

A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and the young man doesn't have. Determined to show her that he can be a success--and how much of a mistak ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1930-09-07 0

The Freshman's Goat

The freshman and sophomore classes of Barton College get into a brawl over possession of a goat, then decide to settle the dispute with an auto race. ...
Genre :Comedy

Hank

1930-09-12 1

Sweethearts on Parade

Helen and Nita work in a department store to make ends meet while they search for millionaire husbands. They meet Bill and Hank, who make them reconsider whether they really need millionaires to be ha ...
Genre :Comedy, Music, Romance

Office Boy

1930-04-20 5

Alias French Gertie

A safecracker poses as a French maid in order to gain access to wealthy homes. In the midst of a nocturnal search for a cache of valuables, she is interrupted by another safecracker. Narrowly escaping ...
Genre :Crime

Sailor in Cafe (uncredited)

1929-09-14 5.2

Sailor's Holiday

Sailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when a street woman swindles them out of some money by telling them she is looking for her long-lost brother, a sailor. ...
Genre :Comedy

Sophomore Fraternity Brother (uncredited)

1929-08-24 4.5

The Sophomore

Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nostalgic slice of college, replete with songs, romanc ...
Genre :Comedy

The Bellboy

1929-03-24 6.695

Spite Marriage

An unimpressive but well-intentioned man is given the chance to marry a popular actress, of whom he has been a hopeless fan. But what he doesn't realize is that he is being used to make the actress' o ...
Genre :Comedy

Dental Student (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

Messenger (uncredited)

1929-11-03 5

Jazz Heaven

A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York. ...
Genre :Comedy

First Cab Driver

1939-10-13 5.75

Hollywood Cavalcade

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent star ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, History

Elevator Operator

1934-11-09 2.333

By Your Leave

A bored couple facing middle-age succumbs to wandering eyes. ...
Genre :Comedy

Peewee

1930-05-25 7

True to the Navy

Ruby is a counter girl at the San Diego Soda Shop with a habit of being a girlfriend to Sailors stopping by. Things get a little zany when she sets her eyes on Bull's Eye McCoy a gunner who refuses to ...
Genre :Action, Romance, Comedy

Diner (uncredited)

1935-01-12 6

Maybe It's Love

Director William C. McGann's 1935 film stars Gloria Stuart and Ross Alexander as a young couple in love who face economic woes once they're wed. ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Officer's Lackey (Uncredited)

1934-12-30 5

Caravan

A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary. ...
Genre :Music

Bill (uncredited)

1939-06-23 6.2

Daughters Courageous

Nan Masters, a single mother living with her four marriageable daughters, plans to marry Sam Sloane, businessman. Out of the blue her first husband Jim returns after deserting the family 20 years earl ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Pool Party 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

Orderly (uncredited)

1939-10-28 7.527

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

Drunk Reporter (uncredited)

1934-02-22 7.817

It Happened One Night

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Airline Ticket Clerk

1940-09-05 4

Ride, Tenderfoot, Ride

Gene inherits a meat-packing plant, then faces stiff competition from snooty Ann Randolph, rival owner determined to do him in. ...
Genre :Romance, Western, Music

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

Taxicab Driver

1935-07-17 0

The Daring Young Man

The Daring Young Man is hotshot-reporter Don McLane, played by James Dunn. Always on the prowl for a good story, McLane is persistently outscooped by his rival, sob sister Martha Allen (Mae Clarke). A ...
Genre :Comedy

Porter

1940-06-07 6.4

The Saint Takes Over

The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Lesli ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Orderly (uncredited)

1941-09-27 7.2

Sergeant York

Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep religious and moral objections to fighting becomes on ...
Genre :War, Drama

Reporter (uncredited)

1940-08-30 6.35

Dance, Girl, Dance

Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Ship Steward

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

Phil, Lunch Counterman (uncredited)

1940-08-16 6.433

Stranger on the Third Floor

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death. ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Man Clueing in Ed (uncredited)

1940-03-22 6.6

Primrose Path

Ellie Mae lives on Primrose Hill with her good-hearted and fancy free mother, her drunken father, her younger sister and a mean-spirited grandmother. The Hill is not a good part of town, however. When ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Messenger

1940-01-23 7

Wolf of New York

A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a police inspector. ...
Genre :Drama

Chauffeur

1928-10-13 0

Captain Swagger

Hugh Drummond goes broke living too high and turns to crime in order to pay his bills. ...
Genre :

Cameraman

1935-07-10 7

Doubting Thomas

A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local production. When she begins to neglect him, he decides to retaliate by also going on stage. ...
Genre :Comedy

Party Boy

1928-05-21 7.8

Walking Back

Jazz age youngster Smoke Thatcher "borrows" a neighbor's car to take Patsy, his sweetheart, to a dance after his father refuses to lend him his car. A car-fight with a rival results in the borrowed au ...
Genre :Drama

Bellboy (uncredited)

1934-08-04 6.6

The Man with Two Faces

Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartment of a theatrical producer she comes home incoher ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Banjo Player (uncredited)

1933-12-22 6.243

Flying Down to Rio

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Director's Assistant (uncredited)

1928-11-20 7.1

Show People

Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Sailor at Sideshow (uncredited)

1930-07-12 5.6

The Unholy Three

A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Bellhop (uncredited)

1929-02-08 5.18

The Broadway Melody

The vaudeville act of Harriet and Queenie Mahoney comes to Broadway, where their friend Eddie Kerns needs them for his number in one of Francis Zanfield's shows. When Eddie meets Queenie, he soon fall ...
Genre :Music, Romance, Drama

Jimmy the Bellhop (uncredited)

1931-09-16 7.023

Blonde Crazy

The adventures of a cocky con man and his beautiful accomplice. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime, Comedy, Romance

Dr. Finn (uncredited)

1934-04-06 6

Men in White

A dedicated young doctor places his patients above everyone else in his life. Unfortunately, his social register fianceé can't accept the fact that he considers an appointment in the operating room mo ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Sailor at Circus (uncredited)

1933-10-06 6.336

I'm No Angel

The bold Tira works as dancing beauty and lion tamer at a fair. Out of an urgent need of money, she agrees to a risky new number: she'll put her head into the lion's mouth! With this attraction, the c ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Airport Attendant

1940-01-26 5.5

High School

A teenager who's been raised and home-schooled on her father's Texan ranch must adjust to her new surroundings with other students when she's sent to a San Antonio high school. ...
Genre :Comedy

Father in Hospital

1941-06-20 6

West Point Widow

In this romance, a hospital nurse marries a West Point football hero. She soon gets pregnant, but this doesn't stop her from annulling the marriage so as not to interfere with her husband's military c ...
Genre :Comedy

Line

1934-11-23 4.7

Jealousy

Larry O'Roark is a boxer who's insanely posssesive and jealous of his fiancee, Jo. the sight of her and her employer, Mr. Lambert, at ringside during his big fight distracts Larry and he is knocked ou ...
Genre :Drama

Pinky - Tim's Mechanic (uncredited)

1939-12-30 6.096

Invisible Stripes

A gangster is unable to go straight after returning home from prison. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1932-04-10 0

The Midnight Patrol

A cub reporter rashly makes a promise to solve a murder mystery within 24 hours, then must make good on his boast. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime, Drama

Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

1938-09-16 5.816

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

1927-01-02 0

Her Father Said No

While taking a morning workout, young prizefighter Danny Martin encounters Charlotte Hamilton in distress over her balky roadster. Martin wins his fight but is counted a loser by a crooked referee. La ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance