Allan Cavan

AKA:
0.3881

1880-03-24

Concord, California, USA

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {75}

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

1937-01-08 5.2

Jail Bait

Buster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer. ...
Genre :Comedy

Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)

1932-10-14 5.875

The Phantom of Crestwood

Five men have to prove their innocence when a blackmailer is murdered. ...
Genre :Crime, Mystery

Ranger Captain

1936-09-15 0

The Unknown Ranger

Bob Allen in his starring debut gets a job on Wright's ranch where he hopes to find the rustlers no one else has been able to locate. Everyone is looking for men when the actual rustler is a horse. ...
Genre :Western

President Thomas Jefferson

1937-03-01 6

Old Louisiana

The Louisiana Purchase is imminent and Gilmore is smuggling guns into St. Louis so his men can make him Governor of the new Louisiana Territory. But John Colfax fights to defeat Gilmore. ...
Genre :Western

1927-10-15 0

Shanghai Bound

Landing at a Chinese port, tough sea captain Bucklin and his passengers are threatened by a marauding war lord, who intends to kill the captain and hold the others hostage as part of his campaign of d ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Police Chief

1929-02-09 0

The Million Dollar Collar

Bill Holmes rescues Rinty from a car wreck not realizing that there is a stolen $50,000 diamond necklace hidden in the dog's collar. ...
Genre :Adventure, Family

(archive footage)

1992-04-05 6.7

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys

Modern comedians share their thoughts about Laurel and Hardy. Also includes archival footage of contemporary comedians. Hosted by Dom DeLuise. ...
Genre :Documentary

Father of the bride

1926-07-18 5.6

Thundering Fleas

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose. ...
Genre :Comedy

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

1928-04-27 7.302

The Man Who Laughs

When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly executed and his son surgically disfigured. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Horror

President Zachary Taylor

1936-10-27 6

Rebellion

In this drama, a Mexican woman attempts to live a peaceful life in California. Unfortunately, land-grabbers kill her father and begin harassing her. Desperate, she sends an impassioned plea for help t ...
Genre :Western

O'Bannon's Aide (uncredited)

1922-09-24 5.167

Manslaughter

Society-girl thrillseeker Lydia's fun comes to an end when she accidentally causes the death of motorcycle policeman. ...
Genre :Drama

Doctor Kahn (uncredited)

1933-06-03 5

The Nuisance

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Mr. Caulder

1935-12-23 3.5

Hong Kong Nights

Customs agents track a ring of arms smugglers into Hong Kong. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Mr. Bruce

1935-08-30 6.7

The Adventures of Rex and Rinty

A 12 episode serial starring Rex, the King of the Wild Horses and Rin-Tin-Tin, Jr. Rex is brought from the island of Sujan, where he is worshiped as a God-Horse, to the U.S. to be trained as a polo po ...
Genre :Adventure, Family

Judge

1937-05-07 1

The Law Commands

Night riders are terrorizing homesteaders, and the town doctor tries to keep the locals from forming a vigilante group. After more towns people are killed, however, the rest of the town makes the doct ...
Genre :Western

1936-12-01 6

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek

A man impersonates his double to clear himself of a murder conviction. ...
Genre :Western

Police Sergeant Jerry Dunn (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

Banker

1932-10-15 5.5

Slightly Married

Mary Smith is picked up by the police and is about to be sentenced, in night court, to jail for prostitution. But a stranger, Jimmie Martin, stands up and tells the judge that Mary was waiting for him ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Doctor (uncredited)

1934-10-05 0

Opened by Mistake

Patsy tries to stay with Thelma at the hospital where she works, but Thelma is forced to pretend that Patsy is a patient. ...
Genre :Comedy

Captain Rush

1933-03-13 4

The Intruder

A murder is committed aboard a cruise ship just before it sinks in a storm. The survivors, including the killer, land on a mysterious jungle island. ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery

Forest Ranger (uncredited)

1935-01-16 6

Sequoia

A wilderness girl raises a deer and a mountain lion to be friends. ...
Genre :Adventure

Juror

1930-06-06 6.4

Shadow of the Law

John Nelson, a well-to-do businessman, is escorting a woman he knows as Ethel Barry to the door of her apartment suite when a man steps out of the shadows and angrily demands to know where she has bee ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Sheriff

1939-02-05 4

In Old Montana

The Colonel sends Fred Dawson and Doc Flanders to investigate a cattleman sheepman war. Posing as a two man medicine show, they quickly become involved. When Fred tries to bring the two sides together ...
Genre :Western

Doorman (uncredited)

1937-07-15 5.458

Ever Since Eve

Madge Winton, a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Matthews, accidentally sees her without her disguise ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Superintendant

1938-10-29 5

Brother Rat

Story of three buddies at the Virginia Military Institute. Cadet Bing Edwards is secretly married and soon to be a father. ...
Genre :Comedy

Erickson

1932-10-15 6.7

Washington Merry-Go-Round

Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quickly runs afoul of the powerful Senator Norton... ...
Genre :Drama

1935-02-15 5.8

One More Spring

Three people live together in the maintenance shed at Central Park as an alternative to living on the streets. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Sergeant

1935-06-25 6

After the Dance

Though he was protecting her when he accidentally killed a man, Mabel Kane (Thelma Todd) refuses to testify on behalf of her dance partner Jerry Davis (George Murphy), and he's sent to jail. In a riot ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

2nd Warden

1939-09-02 3.7

Dick Tracy's G-Men

A mad doctor named Zanoff uses a drug to bring himself back from the dead after his execution in prison. Dick Tracy sets out to capture Zanoff before he can put his criminal gang back together again. ...
Genre :Action, Crime, Mystery

Court Clerk

1934-07-15 7

The Defense Rests

A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Doctor

1930-12-21 6

Going Wild

Rollo and Lane just happen to be tossed off the train at White Beach where Robert Story -Air ace and writer- is supposed to stop. It is a case of mistaken identity as no one knows what Story looks lik ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Officer

1939-03-13 4

Rough Riders' Round-up

Roy Rogers is a cowboy who joins the Border Patrol, only to have his buddy Tommy get killed at a local saloon. Determined to get revenge at any cost, Roy and Rusty cross the border in search of Arizon ...
Genre :Western

Judge

1939-04-12 5.5

The Night Riders

Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won't pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious "night riders" to fight this evil. ...
Genre :History, Western

Wichita Official (uncredited)

1939-04-15 6.8

Women in the Wind

A famous aviator helps an amateur enter a cross-country air race for women. ...
Genre :Adventure

Senator Roberts

1939-06-27 5.6

Wyoming Outlaw

Will Parker has been destroyed by a local politician and now must steal to feed his family. He steals a steer from the Three Mesquiteers. ...
Genre :Western

Ragner (uncredited)

1939-10-19 7.844

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replacement in Washington. Soon, the naive and earnest new senator has to battle political corruption. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

Man who 'resents it' (uncredited)

1930-01-25 5.7

Shivering Shakespeare

The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids ...
Genre :Comedy

Pedestrian #2

1929-11-09 7

Saturday's Lesson

A man dressed as the devil scares the gang into minding their mothers. ...
Genre :Comedy

One of Keaton's Lieutenants

1935-10-16 5.8

Confidential

A Treasury agent gains the trust of a mob gunman while working under cover to smash a crime syndicate. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Richard Conlon's Doctor

1937-11-08 5.429

Portia on Trial

Lady lawyer Portia Merryman defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners, who is on trial for shooting her lover Earle Condon. Ironically, Portia herself had once had a relationship with Earle Condon, but Earl ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Harrington Office Worker (uncredited)

1935-05-15 0

Whispering Smith Speaks

O'Brien is "Whispering" Smith, so named because he speaks softly but knows how to fend for himself. The son of a railroad president, Smith is determined to learn the business from the ground up, so he ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Romance, Western

Reviewing Officer

1931-05-02 3.4

Daybreak

An Austrian soldier must choose between a wealthy fiancee and a new girl who takes his fancy. ...
Genre :Drama

Doctor (uncredited)

1935-10-04 0

It's a Great Life

Desperate for work, Johnny Barclay leaves Ma and Grandpop to join the newly formed Civilian Conversation Corps. On the way he meets cynical young hobo Roscoe "Rockie" Johnson, and, although Rockie bel ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama, Romance

Warden (uncredited)

1937-07-10 0

Empty Holsters

Ace owns just about everything around except for the Bank, which is owned by John Ware. Ace also has his eye on Judy, but Judy only has eyes for Clay. Since Ace is a crook, he holds up the stage and h ...
Genre :

Police Chief Harding

1940-12-24 6.2

The Green Hornet Strikes Again!

Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure

Radio Station Owner

1940-01-15 5.591

The Fatal Hour

When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller, Crime

Pedestrian

1928-12-29 5.864

We Faw Down

Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer. ...
Genre :Comedy

Army Officer

1935-09-12 5.6

Red Salute

The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy her father. He arranges to have her kidnapped and taken to Mexico--hoping that she will forget her " ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Romance

Host at Red Lantern Inn

1928-03-24 5.6

The Smart Set

A cocky, arrogant young playboy is expelled from his American polo team shortly before the big match with England. ...
Genre :Comedy

Man with Thinking Brain (uncredited)

1940-03-03 5.8

Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe

A mysterious plague, the Purple Death, ravages the earth. Dr. Zarkov, investigating in his spaceship, finds a ship from planet Mongo seeding the atmosphere with dust. Sure enough, Ming the Merciless i ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Action

Police Captain

1929-11-16 5

The Mighty

In this melodrama set during WWI, a gangster joins the army and is promoted to major. He then returns from war torn Europe to tell a family that their beloved son had died in his arms during a battle. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Crime, War

1935-09-01 6

Diamond Jim

A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady. ...
Genre :Drama

Doctor with Iron Lung

1933-05-26 3.5

The Girl in 419

A hospital surgeon (James Dunn) protects a mystery woman (Gloria Stuart) who knows too much about a card-game murder. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Doctor (uncredited)

1929-11-11 6.6

The Trespasser

A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child. Her former boss helps her out to ...
Genre :Drama

De Motte

1938-12-07 4.5

I Am a Criminal

In this crime drama, a gangster uses an innocent newsboy to manipulate the jury just prior to his manslaughter trial. The 10-year-old newsboy idolizes the gangster. Eventually the lad's admiration com ...
Genre :Crime

Spring Valley Contest Judge

1933-01-27 4

Goldie Gets Along

A small-town girl schemes to get to Hollywood only to run into the man she left behind. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance

Preston, the Lawyer

1934-04-01 4.4

Badge of Honor

Hoping to impress a pretty girl he's after, a playboy poses as a newspaperman and goes after a big story. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

122 Club Doorman (uncredited)

1935-09-14 6.2

Special Agent

A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster's bookkeeper. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Stockbroker (uncredited)

1928-11-01 6.167

Noah's Ark

The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War. ...
Genre :Drama, War

Mat Lane

1921-09-11 0

The Primal Law

silent cowboy western starring Dustin Farnum as a rancher whose partner is killed by rustlers. He takes in his partner's young son, and begins to sell his ranch, but the boy finds oil on the land. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Romance

Parson Shaw

1935-10-25 4.6

The New Frontier

In 1889 pioneers race ahead of the law to claim free land in Oklahoma, forming wide-open towns. In one such, citizens elect Milt Dawson to challenge the self-appointed rule of gambler Ace Holmes, only ...
Genre :Western

Real Estate Broker (uncredited)

1927-12-03 6.5

London After Midnight

The abandoned Balfour House, the owner of which was found dead five years earlier, comes back to life with the arrival of two suspicious sinister-looking tenants. This film was lost in the 1965 MGM v ...
Genre :Horror, Mystery

Senior Conductor

1935-09-15 4.7

Streamline Express

A disparate group of people meet as passengers on a superspeed train crossing the U.S. Aboard are a seductive blackmailer and the stage director he intends to frame, a woman chasing her husband who is ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance

Prison Official (uncredited)

1938-12-03 5

Comet Over Broadway

Story of a rising stage star and the trouble she causes by her ambition. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1931-04-04 6.8

Dishonored

The Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians. ...
Genre :Drama, War, Romance

Wayne Seymour (uncredited)

1932-08-09 4.947

The Thirteenth Guest

Thirteen years after a dinner party in which the thirteenth guest failed to arrive, the remaining guests are being murdered one by one, and their bodies being placed at the same dinner table in the ap ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Prison Warden (uncredited)

1929-11-15 6.313

The Kiss

An unhappily married woman is caught up in scandal and murder when her affection toward a young man is misinterpreted. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Doctor (uncredited)

1935-02-02 0

Okay Toots!

Charley Chase, a stockbroker, gets rich by mistake, has parking trouble, then at home finds his wife Toots seeing a psychic who apparently causes husband and wife to switch bodies! ...
Genre :Comedy

Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

1932-03-15 4.333

Behind Stone Walls

Esther Clay, wife of District Attorney John Clay and mother of attorney Bob Clay, is having an affair with Jack Keene. Scorned by him Esther kills Jack. Bob comes to her defense and confesses to the s ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Doctor

1934-11-10 0

I'll Fix It

A power-broker ward-heeler, Bill Grimes, wields more power than the elected politicians and has no problem in getting matters-of-the-city handled in which ever way is best for his needs. But when he t ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Balkan Passenger

1934-07-12 5.5

Whom the Gods Destroy

Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step into his shoes. He sails to England to produce a show ...
Genre :Drama

Court Officer (uncredited)

1934-05-18 6.833

Thirty Day Princess

A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contracts the mumps, and an actress who looks exactly like her is hired to impersonate her. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Mayor White of El Centro

1940-12-06 3.4

A Night at Earl Carroll's

Newly-elected reform Mayor Jones celebrates his victory over the crooked political machine with a party at Earl Carroll's night club. Steve Kalkus, the defeated racketeer-politician, has Earl Carroll ...
Genre :Music

Mob Member (uncredited)

1917-12-24 4.5

The Scarlet Car

Paul Revere Forbes, an descendant of Paul Revere, is a teller at Cyrus Peabody's bank. He learns that Cyrus and his son, Ernest, have speculated with $35,000 of the bank's money, and the entire sum ha ...
Genre :Drama

Greer

1934-04-15 0

Sisters Under the Skin

Directed by David Burton. With Elissa Landi, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Doris Lloyd. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance