Kenneth Harlan

AKA: Kenneth Daniel Harlan, Ken Harlan
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1895-07-26

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Biography

Kenneth Harlan was an American screen and stage actor, his film career spanning the years 1917 to 1943. During the Silent era he was a romantic leading man.

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {163}

Lead steward

1936-11-20 0

Hideaway Girl

An unfortunate marriage and a bogus Count are the ingredients for this musical. ...
Genre :Comedy

Jim Thorne

1930-07-15 3.3

Paradise Island

The south sea island Tonga is full of plantations and scoundrels. Ellen Bradford arrives expecting marriage to respectable and successful plantation owner only to find he is a drunk and gambler. Being ...
Genre :Action, Romance, Adventure

Editor Keenan

1942-05-08 4.192

The Corpse Vanishes

A scientist keeps his wife young by killing, stealing the bodies of, and taking the gland fluid from virgin brides. ...
Genre :Science Fiction, Horror

Stephen Martin

1936-02-29 6.3

The Walking Dead

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and ...
Genre :Crime, Horror, Science Fiction

Dr. Wilmot Allen

1920-08-15 6.9

The Penalty

Blizzard, deranged from a childhood operation in which both his legs were needlessly amputated after an accident, becomes a vicious criminal, and eventually mob leader of the San Francisco underworld. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Tom Palmer

1927-12-05 0

Cheating Cheaters

Nan Carey ( Betty Compson ), a shoplifter, is caught by the police but acquitted through the influence of Lazare ( Lucien Littlefield ), a crooked lawyer, who places her with a gang of crooks. Posing ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Agent Brown

1942-03-27 3.7

The Dawn Express

A Nazi spy ring is after a chemical formula that increases the power of ordinary gasoline for U.S. Army aviation use. Two U.S. chemical companies are developing the formula, with each working on half ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, War

Cpl. Bob Fitzgerald

1922-06-01 0

I Am the Law

Brothers Tom and Bob Fitzgerald are both members of the Northwest Mounted Police. Bob falls in love with schoolteacher Joan Cameron when he saves her from an attack by Fu Chang. ...
Genre :Drama

Phineas T. Flagg

1937-05-05 3.6

Gunsmoke Ranch

A crooked real estate manipulator sells worthless land on mortgage to flood refugees, then tries to profit by reselling the land to the state, committing murder in the process, as the Three Mesquiteer ...
Genre :Action, Romance, Western

Bob Jones

1922-01-30 0

Polly of the Follies

A romantic comedy, focusing on the love triangle between Bob Jones, Alysia Potter and Polly Meachum. Originally engaged, Bob and Alysia elope to Bowling Green, Connecticut, where they meet Silas Meach ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Jim Adams

1941-06-13 5.2

Gangs Inc.

Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Allen Spencer

1938-10-24 0

Law of the Texan

Ore shipments are being stolen and the Rangers send Buck and his men to guard the next shipment. When that is stolen also, Buck is kicked out of the Rangers. ...
Genre :Western

Allen Carver

1923-01-22 6.2

The Toll of the Sea

A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, only for him to have second thoughts. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

David Rogers

1920-06-27 0

Dollars and Sense

Destitute, Hazel Farron is offered employment and comfort from bakery owner David Rogers. When Rogers' bakery slips into debt, he collapses from exhaustion and anxiety, forcing Hazel to turn to former ...
Genre :Drama

Hugh Kildair / Gilbert Kildair

1924-02-29 0

Poisoned Paradise

Margot Le Blanc loses her small fortune at Monte Carlo and makes the acquaintance of Hugh Kildair, an artist, who hires her as a housekeeper. A gang of thieves set a trap for Kildair when they find th ...
Genre :Drama

Actor (uncredited)

1939-12-01 0

The Night of Nights

A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival of the play he dies contented. ...
Genre :Drama

Howard Murray

1918-10-28 0

The Law That Divides

John Douglas divorces his wife, taking custody of their son Kenneth and leaving her with their little daughter Kathleen. Mrs. Douglas dies in poverty, and Kathleen falls in with crook Jack Baggot and ...
Genre :Drama

Captain Breen

1937-10-29 4.4

The Shadow Strikes

Lamont Cranston assumes his secret identity as "The Shadow", to break up an attempted robbery at an attorney's office. When the police search the scene, Cranston must assume the identity of the attorn ...
Genre :Mystery

Prentice Tiller

1918-06-08 0

Midnight Madness

In the act of robbing a set of rare jewels from a museum, a robber is wounded in the hand. Prentice Tiller, while dressing a wound in his hand, overhears the woman in the next hotel room, Gertrude Tem ...
Genre :Mystery

FBI Chief Clive Anderson [Chs. 13-15]

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

Reporter (uncredited)

1937-05-29 6.962

Kid Galahad

Fight promoter Nick Donati grooms a bellhop as a future champ, but has second thoughts when the 'kid' falls for his sister. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

John Graham

1919-08-31 5.8

The Hoodlum

A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleasantness. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ship's Officer (uncredited)

1941-01-09 5.4

The Case of the Black Parrot

Sandy Vantine and her uncle, Paul Vantine, return from Europe with an antique cabinet purchased during their trip. Jim Moore, a reporter who had met Sandy and fallen for her during the voyage, suspect ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Mystery

Leading man

1936-02-20 5.6

Movie Maniacs

The boys are stowaways on a train box-car filled with furniture bound for Hollywood where they hope to break into movies and become stars. Arriving at the Carnation Pictures Studios. Fuller Rath, the ...
Genre :Comedy

John Harper

1938-04-29 4

Whirlwind Horseman

Ken and Happy, looking for their friend Cherokee, run into an outlaw gang led by Ritter who have been terrorizing the ranchers. Ken figures that one of the prominent citizens is the real boss and sets ...
Genre :Western

Roger 'Angel' Carroll

1937-09-29 3.5

Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

Counterfeit bills are being printed in Canada and shipped across the border hidden in blocks of ice. When the counterfeiters force engraver Bronson to make a new plate, he inscribes a tiny help messag ...
Genre :Western

Peter Milnor

1936-07-03 6.8

The Case of the Velvet Claws

Perry and Della are finally married by his old friend, Judge Mary. They plan to go on a honeymoon, but before it can start, Perry is retained by a woman with a gun and $5000. ...
Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Crime

G-Man

1936-07-24 5.8

Public Enemy's Wife

Judith has just been paroled for a crime which her vindictive, jealous, violent husband, Gene, fingered her for. Gene is in prison for life. She claims that she had no knowledge of Gene's criminal act ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Bigelow

1938-01-27 0

Saleslady

A young heiress moves away from home, takes a job in a Chicago department store and weds a co-worker who's unaware of his bride's wealthy background. ...
Genre :Drama

McBride

1938-06-17 4.7

Held For Ransom

A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman. ...
Genre :Crime

Gas Works Policeman

1943-11-06 4.8

The Masked Marvel

A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome saboteur Sakima. ...
Genre :Action

Borman

1943-04-16 3.8

Wild Horse Stampede

Two cowboys try to protect railroad workers from rampaging Indians. ...
Genre :Western

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1937-12-17 3

Wallaby Jim of the Islands

Wallaby Jim and his men have just found a valuable source of pearls in the South Pacific. But Jim's associate Norman has put the whole operation in jeopardy because of his gambling problem. Jim's unsc ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Carter Snowden

1937-12-09 0

The Mysterious Pilot

Jim Dorn endeavors to protect Jean McNain from a man she knows has committed a murder, Carter Snowden ...
Genre :Action

Mr. Richards

1938-04-20 5.6

Under Western Stars

In his starring debut, Roy gets elected to Congress in order to bring water to the ranchers in his district. In Washington, he learns he needs the backing of a key congressman and gets that man to go ...
Genre :Western, Action, Music

First Warden

1943-01-29 5.2

You Can't Beat the Law

A wild playboy is framed by crooks for a robbery he didn't commit and eventually lands in prison. There he becomes pals with the prison's most hardened criminal, who plans a daring escape. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Mr. Remington

1938-03-04 6.9

Merrily We Live

Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's uniform. He also catch ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

First Officer

1938-02-04 5

Swing It, Sailor!

Comical exploits of two Navy pals, at sea and on shore. ...
Genre :Comedy, Adventure

Roger Strong

1921-10-01 0

Dawn of the East

Countess Natalya is a glamorous refugee from the Bolshevik revolution. Supporting herself and her ailing sister by dancing in a Shanghai dive, she's is talked into a marriage with a wealthy Chinese ge ...
Genre :Drama

John Hampton, Indian Agent

1943-08-06 6

The Law Rides Again

When a band of American Indians breaks a treaty with the federal government, U.S. Marshals Ken Maynard and Hoot Gibson hit the trail with captured outlaw Duke Dillon (Jack La Rue) to find out what spa ...
Genre :Western

Frank Billings

1941-01-31 5

Secret Evidence

A legal secretary with a loving family who is happily engaged to a successful young attorney receives a surprise visit from her bad-news former boyfriend, a jewel thief just released on parole who has ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

1926-10-01 0

The Ice Flood

Jack De Quincy, an American graduate of Oxford, is still considered a wastrel playboy by his father, owner of a giant lumber company in the American northwest. To prove he is a man his father sends hi ...
Genre :Romance, Action, Adventure, Drama

Clay Conning

1930-09-09 0

Under Montana Skies

Clay gets a musical troop out af jail and helps raise money so they can put on their show. During the performance Blake and his men rob the box office. The townsmen give chase and Clay goes after Blak ...
Genre :Western

Peter Van Horne

1927-02-20 0

Easy Pickings

Simeon Van Horne is poisoned by Stewart, his lawyer, who hopes to get a part of the estate to be divided between young Peter Van Horne and Dolores, Peter's cousin. Knowing that Dolores is dead, Stewar ...
Genre :Mystery

Dick Frothingham

1918-08-31 6.2

Bread

Bread is a socially engaged drama which follows the fate of a woman struggling to pull herself out of poverty as she’s ruthlessly exploited by a string of men. ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Bright

1937-09-11 4.3

Wine, Women and Horses

An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife. ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. Andrews

1936-09-08 5.5

They Met in a Taxi

A cab driver takes in a young woman who claims to be a reluctant bride, and becomes involved in the search for a stolen necklace. ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Donald Wales

1922-04-30 5.9

The Primitive Lover

A free-spirited girl is caught between her love for her husband and her attraction to a handsome adventurer. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Angry Businessman

1938-08-08 5.5

Smashing the Rackets

Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothing job in the district attorney's office. Meanwhile, he meets wild debutante Letty Lane, girlfriend o ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Bowman

1936-12-11 4

Trail Dust

Hoppy, Johnny and Windy are fighting a malicious gang trying to stop a cattle drive from reaching a drought-stricken North. ...
Genre :Western

Reporter at Wade's Lab

1939-04-10 6

Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers and Buddy Wade are in the middle of a trans-polar dirigible flight when they are caught in a blizzard and crash. Buddy then releases a special gas to keep them in suspended animation until ...
Genre :Science Fiction

Blair Thompson

1928-09-30 0

Code of the Air

A criminal mastermind uses a "death ray" machine to bring down government airplanes. Police dog, Silverstreak, aids in capturing the insane inventor of the machine. Masked aviator Pilot X is part of t ...
Genre :War, Science Fiction, Drama

General Terry

1939-07-04 8

The Oregon Trail

Jeff Scott is sent to investigate problems with wagon trains attempting to make the journey to Oregon. Sam Morgan has sent his henchmen, under lead-henchman Bull Bragg, to stop the wagon trains in ord ...
Genre :Action, Western

Laundry Owner

1938-07-14 1

The Wages of Sin

A hard-working woman trying to support her family and working at a menial, low-paying job falls for a low-life and before she knows it, he has her working as a prostitute in a bordello. ...
Genre :Drama

Man at New York Airport

1939-04-07 4.6

The Flying Irishman

This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallon ...
Genre :Drama

Capt. Hank MacFarland

1941-07-04 2.3

Desperate Cargo

When two showgirls decide to leave South America and head for home, they sweet talk the purser of a clipper ship into giving them berths. In the course of the voyage, a band of thieves attempts to tak ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Romance

Miller

1939-11-07 4

Heroes in Blue

Family heartbreak: A dedicated New York City policeman raises two sons, one following in his dad's footsteps as a cop while the other turns to crime and is arrested for murder. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Rufus Asher

1924-01-01 0

The Man Without a Heart

When Rufus Asher suspects that Barbara Wier is plotting with his sister's husband, Edmund Hyde, he abducts Barbara and takes her to a lonely mountain retreat. Mistaking Rufus for a vagabond, Barbara s ...
Genre :Drama

Bob Randall

1939-08-21 5.7

Port of Hate

A group of American adventurers discover a bed of black pearls off a South Pacific island. When one of them is shot dead, a young girl in the group is accused of the crime. ...
Genre :Adventure, Action

Arthur Carleton

1925-07-19 0

The Marriage Whirl

Marian marries Arthur, a party-loving man, hoping to reform him, but he becomes restless and starts an affair with a dancer, leading Marian to seek comfort in her old friend Tom. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Tom Wilson

1941-08-08 3

Wide Open Town

Belle Langtry runs a town being taken over by cattle rustlers. She is also a front for the outlaws, who are led by Steve Fraser. Hoppy gets elected sheriff and cleans up the town with help from the Ba ...
Genre :Adventure, Western

Capt. Lathrop

1940-12-13 5

Mysterious Doctor Satan

A mad scientist named Dr. Satan plots to steal key pieces of technology to enable him to build an army of robots based on his prototype to conquer America. The only one standing in his way is Bob Wayn ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Crime, Science Fiction

William Stevens

1936-12-31 3

A Million to One

The son of a disgraced Olympic decathlete prepares to become a star in his own right. His quest is complicated by a beautiful girl and a bitter rival. ...
Genre :Drama, Action

John Marsh

1939-02-24 5

Sunset Trail

Disguising himself as a milquetoast Easterner who writes Western novels, Hoppy enrolls in a dude ranch in order to unmask the murderer of the owner's husband. ...
Genre :Adventure, Western

Major Taylor

1937-06-12 6

Blazing Sixes

Government agent Red Barton is sent to a small western town to find both the source of a recent series of gold robberies and the method they use to get the gold out of the county unseen. Complicating ...
Genre :Western

Dalton Stull

1940-09-29 6

Prairie Schooners

Wild Bill Hickok (Bill Elliott) leads a wagon train of settlers from Kansas to Colorado. Along the way, they cross a group of Indians who don't want any more settlers on their land. ...
Genre :Western

Captain

1940-12-15 6

Pride of the Bowery

Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in shape. Muggs resists and battles with the camp captain and with other campers. He also becomes involved in ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Stan - Star Advertising Manager (uncredited)

1939-05-13 5.7

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner. ...
Genre :Action, Adventure, Comedy

Charles Roberts (uncredited)

1940-01-08 5.682

The Green Hornet

A newspaper publisher and his Korean servant fight crime as vigilantes who pose as a notorious masked gangster and his aide. ...
Genre :Adventure, Crime, Science Fiction

Jim Davis

1936-01-29 0

Man Hunt

A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Comedy

George Fowler

1917-07-01 0

The Flame of the Yukon

George Fowler arrives at the Mias saloon, and the proprietor, "Blak Jack" Hovey, orders a saloon girl, known only as "The Flame," to fleece him, but he has no money... ...
Genre :Adventure, Drama

Ludlow

1940-08-12 5.48

Doomed to Die

Shipping magnate Cyrus Wentworth, downcast over a disaster to his ocean liner 'Wentworth Castle' (carrying, oddly enough, an illicit shipment of Chinese bonds) is shot in his office at the very moment ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Thriller

Tim Regan

1928-02-26 0

Midnight Rose

Midnight Rose, a dancer in the Gold Coast Cabaret, loves Tim Regan, an underworld gang leader who decides to go straight in spite of entreaties from other gang members. A dying gangster requests that ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Matt Peasley

1935-09-25 4.5

Cappy Ricks Returns

"Cappy" Ricks comes out of retirement to fight against a bill, sponsored by his old political rivals, that, if passed, would forbid the selling of wooden shingles for house-roofs. He also takes time, ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Drama

Mark Kenyon

1942-09-28 3.375

Bandit Ranger

Rancher Clay Travers finds and brings in the body of ranger Frank Mattison, murdered on the road to Trail City, where he had been sent to deal with an outbreak of cattle rustling. Businessman Art Keny ...
Genre :Western

Caldwell

1938-07-07 4

Pride of the West

Caldwell and Nixon have their men rob the stage and then critcize the Sheriff for not catching the robbers. With her father the Sheriff under pressure, Mary sends for Hoppy who finds the stolen money ...
Genre :Western

Blake

1940-01-26 5.3

Santa Fe Marshal

U.S. Marshal Hopalong Cassidy is called when a town becomes overun with bad guys. Disguised as a member of a medicine show, Hoppy discovers that the ringleader is none other than sweet li'l ol' Ma Bur ...
Genre :Western

Chas. Higgins

1939-09-08 4

Range War

Buck Colins heads a group of local ranchers who are trying to prevent the railroad from completing its line through their property. Till now they have been able to charge tolls on herds passing throug ...
Genre :Western

Captain Sneed

1942-09-25 5

Deep in the Heart of Texas

Hoping to increase its box-office allure by adopting the title of a popular song, Deep in the Heart of Texas (clap!clap!clap!clap!) was the first Johnny Mack Brown western of the 1942-43 season. The p ...
Genre :Western

Marshal Bill Graves

1936-02-28 7

Song of the Saddle

Frank Sr. sells his supplies to Hook, but then Hook has the Bannion Boys bushwhack his wagon to get the money back. Frank is murdered, but Junior gets away. He comes back 10 years later to settle the ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance, Western

Chuck Lightfoot

1926-11-28 6.7

Twinkletoes

"Twinkletoes" Minasi wants to be a great dancer like her deceased mother. Twink meets Chuck Lightfoot, a noted prizefighter, who falls in love with her at first sight. She tries to avoid falling in lo ...
Genre :Romance, Crime, Drama

Jerry Connell (uncredited)

1940-07-12 6

Millionaires in Prison

A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Police Lt. Cosgrove

1941-12-27 5.7

Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.

Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible. ...
Genre :Crime

Dyer, Factory Gate Guard (uncredited)

1940-11-01 6.1

Junior G-Men

A gang of urban street kids and a club of suburban would-be federal agents, at first rivals, join forces to rescue the father of one of the kids, the inventor of a super-explosive and its remote deton ...
Genre :Adventure, Crime, Action

The Virginian

1923-09-29 5

The Virginian

Molly Wood arrives in a small western town to be the new schoolmarm. The Virginian, foreman on a local ranch, takes a shine to her, and vows that he will make her love him. The Virginian's best friend ...
Genre :Western

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

1937-07-16 6.707

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

Judson Forrest

1924-10-30 0

On the Stroke of Three

Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir, but the villagers will not sell him their land. Among the resentful villagers is Judson Forrest (Har ...
Genre :Drama

Flight Dispatcher

1942-03-20 4.2

Klondike Fury

In this Alaskan adventure, a surgeon becomes a pilot after he messes up an operation. Unfortunately, he crashes during a storm and finds himself cared for by a lovely woman. He gets a chance to reclai ...
Genre :Drama

Elmer Ross

1938-04-09 6

Accidents Will Happen

A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retaliate by targeting his wife. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama

Spencer, Trader

1937-12-27 0

Tim Tyler's Luck

A 12-episode serial in which Tim Tyler goes to Africa in search of his father in gorilla country. He meets up with Laura, who is after Spider Webb who has framed her brother. Webb causes the death of ...
Genre :Family, Adventure

Ward

1932-02-01 5.1

The Shadow of the Eagle

The Eagle uses sky writing to make threats against a corporation. Nathan Gregory owns a travelling fairground and is thought to be the Eagle. Craig McCoy is a pilot who goes looking for the Eagle when ...
Genre :Action

Territorial Commissioner

1943-05-01 0

Daredevils of the West

A gang of land-grabbers tries to prevent safe passage of the Foster Stage Company through frontier territory. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Western

Sheriff Hackett

1941-12-09 6

Fighting Bill Fargo

Johnny Mack Brown essays the title role in Universal's Fighting Bill Forgo. Returning to his home town, Bill Fargo takes over the operation of his late father's newspaper. He quickly gets swept up in ...
Genre :Western

Banker Carruthers

1941-08-14 0

King of Dodge City

The story takes place in Kansas, just after the Civil War. Wild Bill Hickok is summoned from Dodge City to Abilene, there to neutralize a crooked political machine. Hickok is aided every step of the w ...
Genre :Western

George "Mack" McColl

1942-10-09 4

Foreign Agent

Hollywood starlet foils an Axis plot to sabotage the L.A. infrastructure. ...
Genre :Drama, Action, Thriller

Clarence Brooks

1920-11-28 0

Dangerous Business

Clarence Brooks is a shy, timid man working for Mr. Flavell. He is love with Flavell's daughter, Nancy. Nancy is shallow and fickle, always chasing after other, less-upstanding men. Clarence enlists w ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

(uncredited)

1925-01-25 0

Learning to Love

A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin. ...
Genre :Comedy

Horace Gray

1917-04-21 0

Cheerful Givers

A 1917 film directed by Paul Powell. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Harry Brent

1917-03-04 0

Betsy's Burglar

Betsy Harlow is a hard-working maid in a boarding house. Her dream. however, is to be a detective, a dream she shares with her boyfriend Oscar, a delivery boy for a local grocer. One day a mysterious ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

Capt. Holding [Ch. 1]

1942-01-06 0

Don Winslow of the Navy

A movie serial in 12 Chapters: US naval officer Don Winslow is given command of Tangita Island, near Pearl Harbor, where a ring of saboteurs is trying to destroy ships carrying supplies to the troops ...
Genre :Adventure, Action

Duncan Van Norman

1923-06-29 4

East Side - West Side

Poor, decent young woman Lory (Percy) avoids moral pratfalls after she is employed by a rich family. She falls in love with the son (Harlan) but the couple is separated by his cruel, class-conscious m ...
Genre :Drama

David Graham

1923-03-09 5.9

Little Church Around the Corner

A wealthy minister in a mining town is something of an advocate for the miners' safety, but he doesn't really get involved in the issue. He is soon snapped out of that attitude, however, when his daug ...
Genre :Drama

White Man

1924-11-01 6

White Man

Lady Andrea Pellor is engaged with a South African wealthy mine owner only to save her family from misery. Before the wedding, she changes her mind about marrying the rich man for the wrong reasons, a ...
Genre :Drama

Police Lt. Jim Brady

1942-10-02 4.5

Phantom Killer

Well-known philanthropist and deaf-mute John G. Harrison is identified leaving the scene of several murders but evades successful prosecution as there are hundreds of witnesses who have also seen him ...
Genre :Romance, Mystery, Crime, Thriller

David Kent

1924-08-01 0

The Virgin

The Virgin (1924) ...
Genre :Drama

David Lacy

1925-10-25 0

Bobbed Hair

Mystery of bootleggers, hijackers, a girl with bobbed hair, and a talented bull terrier. ...
Genre :Comedy

Philip Marvin

1923-12-19 0

The Broken Wing

An American pilot flying in Mexico crash-lands on a ranch, and is nursed back to health by the daughter of the ranch's owner. Unbeknownst to the pilot--who has lost his memory because of the crash--th ...
Genre :Comedy

Billy Laidlaw

1925-04-20 0

The Crowded Hour

Telephone operator Peggy, puts on an act with Matt Wilde at a Bowery amateur night and is seen by Billy Laidlaw, who becomes convinced of her talents. Billy subsequently arranges for the Broadway debu ...
Genre :Drama

1st Detective

1936-12-01 0

Flying Hostess

The story of the training and adventures of several airline stewardesses. ...
Genre :Drama

'Chick'

1936-06-26 6.5

San Francisco

A beautiful singer and a battling priest try to reform a Barbary Coast saloon owner in the days before the great earthquake and subsequent fires in 1906. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance, Music

Real G-Man

1937-02-28 6

Penrod and Sam

A boy and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Marvin Spencer

1938-02-05 6.1

Blondes at Work

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride det ...
Genre :Crime

Police Surgeon

1936-11-17 4.7

The Accusing Finger

A proud, pro-capital punishment district attorney with a 90% execution rate, finds himself wrongly convicted of murdering his estranged wife and sentenced to die. The woman he loves and his investiga ...
Genre :Crime, Romance, Drama, Thriller

Eddie

1937-04-10 6.52

Marked Woman

In the underworld of Manhattan, a woman dares to stand up to one of the city's most powerful gangsters. ...
Genre :Crime, Drama, Thriller

Billy Ravensworth

1918-06-02 0

A Model's Confession

An important customer at Armande's, where Iva Seldon works as a model, is Billy Ravensworth, who purchases expensive gowns for a heartless vampire named Rita Challoner. When Billy pays for a number of ...
Genre :Drama

Phillip Smith

1918-01-07 0

My Unmarried Wife

A nurse falls for a impoverished and recently blinded novelist. ...
Genre :Drama

Preston Winfield

1917-11-04 0

The Price of a Good Time

A poor shopgirl is offered a "good time" for a week by the son of her employer. She accepts, but the offer is misunderstood by her brother, who informs the girl's parents of her "fling." ...
Genre :Drama

Joe Blondin / Pierrot

1918-07-20 0

Her Body in Bond

The cabaret act of husband-and-wife dancing team Peggy and Joe Blondin is broken up when Joe becomes consumptive and is ordered West to recuperate. Peggy remains in New York to maintain the couple's i ...
Genre :Drama

Wallace Foster

1922-11-01 0

The World's a Stage

While playing Juliet in a barnstorming Shakespearean troupe, Jo Bishop is discovered by a motion picture director and brought to Hollywood. She becomes a star and quickly marries Wallace Foster. Anoth ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Steele Valiant

1918-02-04 0

The Wife He Bought

James Brieson, a wealthy stockbroker, ruins Hutch Valiant, who soon after dies of the shock. Valiant's son Steele returns from the Northwest, where he won his fortune, just before his father's death a ...
Genre :Drama

Milt Mulford Jr

1925-12-27 0

The Golden Strain

Lt. Milt Mulford graduates from West Point and is assigned to a cavalry outpost in the West, near an Apache reservation. One day the Apaches, tired of being cheated by a crooked Indian agent, break th ...
Genre :Western

Alan Randolph

1922-12-10 0

Thorns and Orange Blossoms

While in Spain Alan Randolph falls for famed singer Rosita Mendez, but when he goes back to Louisiana, he returns to his fiancée Violet Beaton. On an American tour Rosita discovers Alan has married Vi ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1922-12-10 0

The Beautiful and Damned

Gloria, the daughter in a wealthy family, has finally spent most of her father's money. She marries Tony, whose as much of a reckless spendthrift as she is, and they continue indulging themselves. Ton ...
Genre :Drama

Dr. Harmon

1921-01-23 0

Mama's Affair

Eve Orrin is at the mercy of her possessive mother, who has a case of "nerves" every time her daughter tries to show a mind of her own. Mrs. Orrin and her friend, Mrs. Marchant, have determined that E ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

John Warren

1921-05-01 0

Lessons in Love

Lawyer Hanover Priestley plots with his friend Henry Winkley to marry off young heiress Leila Calthorpe to Winkley's nephew, John Warren. When John refuses, preferring to select his own wife, they lur ...
Genre :Comedy

Jim Bradley

1921-10-17 0

Woman's Place

The Women's Political League decides to find a female candidate for mayor and their choice is Kay Gerson who, they figure, will win votes from the men because of her looks. But the town's political bo ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Colin Arnold

1925-06-18 0

Drusilla with a Million

Drusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars. Someone leaves a baby on the porch. And someone else leaves another, and soon Drusilla, who always wanted a ch ...
Genre :Drama

Varsity Football Coach

1938-12-29 4

The Duke of West Point

A cocky new West Point cadet from Cambridge is given the cold shoulder by his classmates because of his rule-breaking antics. ...
Genre :Action, Drama, Romance

Danny O'Rourke

1923-10-21 0

April Showers

Danny O'Rourke is the son of a police officer who was killed in the line of duty. Eager to join the police force, Danny fails his exams. The failure causes him to neglect his sweetheart Maggie, whose ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Ross Cavanagh

1925-07-26 0

Ranger of the Big Pines

A college graduate returns West after ten years in the East to her home in Sulfur Springs. Virginia's mother, the owner of a rooming house has turned hard and uncaring in her absence and the girl find ...
Genre :Western

Department of Commerce Inspector

1936-08-11 5.6

China Clipper

An aviator ignores skeptics to make the first commercial flight from San Francisco to China. ...
Genre :Drama

FBI Chief Colton

1942-03-06 4.5

Black Dragons

It is prior to the commencement of World War II, and Japan's fiendish Black Dragon Society is hatching an evil plot with the Nazis. They instruct a brilliant scientist, Dr. Melcher, to travel to Japan ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery, Horror

Jim

1941-07-19 4

Bullets for O'Hara

A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap. ...
Genre :Romance, Crime, Drama

Craig Spaulding

1924-10-11 0

Butterfly

A woman (Ruth Clifford) dedicates her life to her ungrateful younger sister (Laura La Plante), a brilliant violinist. “…a real gem of a photoplay…[Laura La Plante] does about the best work of her care ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Douglas Seward

1918-04-27 0

The Marriage Lie

Left alone and penniless after her father dies, Eileen Orton attempts suicide. Douglas Seward, who must be married to obtain the position he seeks, befriends Eileen and offers to support her if she wi ...
Genre :Drama

Bill / Jack Mason

1929-01-13 0

Man, Woman and Wife

Helen Brandon, an unhappily married woman, marries former suitor Jack Mason when her husband, Ralph, is killed in action. The report of Ralph's death is false; he returns to the States, a deserter, un ...
Genre :Drama

Frank Harris

1918-03-25 0

The Wine Girl

Andrea Minghetti runs a California vineyard with the help of his pretty niece Bona, who cooks for the employees. A worker named Chico Piave, who belongs to a secret crime society, tries unsuccessfully ...
Genre :Drama

Mr. John Trumbell - Juror #3

1939-04-01 5.5

On Trial

An ambitious attorney (Edward Norris) tries to prove a man (John Litel) who killed to protect his wife's (Margaret Lindsay) honor was justified. ...
Genre :Drama

Detective Dunlap

1941-09-12 4.4

Dangerous Lady

Private detective 'Duke' Martindale and his wife, Phyllis, an attorney, are working together to clear a girl falsely convicted of murdering a judge. Two people who know the truth are killed and 'Duke' ...
Genre :Mystery, Comedy, Crime

Robert Belmar

1923-06-30 0

Temporary Marriage

Temporary Marriage is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Kenneth Harlan, Mildred Davis, and Myrtle Stedman. ...
Genre :Drama

Cutler

1942-11-12 4.5

Hitler- Dead or Alive

A team of ex-con bounty hunters go to Germany in search of Hitler. If they can find him, a million dollar reward is to be paid to them. ...
Genre :Thriller, Adventure, Comedy

John Doe Smith

1926-02-28 0

The King of the Turf

Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to jail. ...
Genre :Drama

1926-01-08 0

The Fighting Edge

Juan de Dios O'Rourke, an American Secret Service, of Spanish-Irish descent, leads the cattle ranchers and border patrol in a fight to suppress a gang of cattle rustlers, who have been driving large h ...
Genre :Western

Fingerprint Division Lieutenant (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

John Rand

1917-11-05 0

The Lash of Power

John Rand, having lived in a small town his entire life, dreams of possessing wealth and power in New York. Napoleon Bonaparte has long been his ideal, and one day he feels a message from the departed ...
Genre :Drama

Sergeant Lee

1927-12-15 0

Streets of Shanghai

Genre :Drama

Smooth Adair

1938-11-01 0

The Headleys at Home

In this domestic comedy, a social climbing wife inadvertently creates trouble when she insists that her husband invite a renowned financier, who is new in town, to their house for dinner. Her husband ...
Genre :Comedy

Sammy Klein

1943-11-12 5

Nearly Eighteen

A singer pretends to be younger so she can enter a music school. ...
Genre :Comedy

Himself

1927-08-25 0

Life in Hollywood No. 2

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood. ...
Genre :

Bob

1935-09-09 5

Wanderer of the Wasteland

Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and joins an outlaw gang who prey on gold prospectors ...
Genre :Adventure, Action, Romance, Western

Eddie Mohr

1943-10-17 0

The Underdog

During WWII, a strong-willed 12-year-old boy tries to steer his vocationally and maritally confused father straight, at the same time striving to keep his honor while the gang in his new neighborhood ...
Genre :War, Drama

Jedson

1943-08-27 0

Melody Parade

The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing. ...
Genre :Romance, Music, Drama

Bill Billings

1922-07-31 0

The Married Flapper

A decline in family fortunes forces Bill to become a racing car driver. His wife, Pam, has been carrying on a bold flirtation with a wily philanderer, who, tiring of her, turns his attention to a youn ...
Genre :Comedy

Stephen Winthrop

1924-11-01 0

For Another Woman

Young New York playboy Stephen Winthrop inherits the entire estate of his wealthy Canadian uncle but pays scant attention to it, preferring the "party" life in New York. He is unaware that the family ...
Genre :Drama

Barry Weston

1926-03-20 0

The Sap

Barry Weston is raised by his widowed mother and is, at best, a "mama's boy," and, at worst, a bit of a coward. He is drafted into the A.E.F. when World War I breaks out, and accidentally captures a n ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Romance, War

Brian Kent

1925-02-15 0

The Re-Creation of Brian Kent

To support a demanding wife, bank clerk Brian Kent embezzles a large sum of money and, overcome with remorse, attempts to commit suicide by casting himself adrift in a small boat on a rough river. The ...
Genre :Drama

Billy Geary

1917-10-01 0

A Man's Man

John Stuart Webster, mining engineer, having accumulated a fortune in Death Valley, Calif., starts for Denver. On the train is Dolores Ruey, a beautiful Spanish girl reared in the United States. Webst ...
Genre :Adventure, Romance

Jimmie York

1925-11-08 0

Soiled

Chorus girl Mary Brown promises to give herself to playboy cad John Duane in exchange for $2500 so she can pay back a theft her brother made from his employers. Her sweetheart, race-car driver Jimmie, ...
Genre :Action, Romance

DeWitt Spense

1919-07-21 0

The Microbe

Happy O'Brien, called "The Microbe," or "Mike" for short, a female street urchin who sells newspapers dressed as a boy to avoid harassment, is saved from arrest for fighting other newsboys in Chinatow ...
Genre :Comedy

Tom Smith

1921-07-24 0

Nobody

When financier John Rossmore is found murdered in his library, suspicion points to his butler Hedges, who was instrumental in obtaining his divorce. At the trial, when the jury retires, Tom Smith, a y ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

Martin Norries

1923-04-14 0

The Girl Who Came Back

Country girl Sheila goes to work in a city department store. After a quick courtship she marries Ray Underhill, unaware that he is a car thief. ...
Genre :Drama

Donald Keap

1920-07-19 0

Going Some

Upon observing the adoration that track star Culver Covington receives, his friend, J. Wallingford Speed, decides to impress Helen Blake by also posing as a sprinter. Meanwhile, when Roberta Keap deci ...
Genre :Comedy

Brian Kelly

1924-12-07 0

Two Shall Be Born

As he lies dying, Count Florian Zuleski of Poland, the head of a committee working for perpetual peace among European nations, entrusts his daughter, Mayra, with the dangerous mission of delivering so ...
Genre :Drama