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Videos (see all 4)
Rings on Her Fingers (1942) -- In this romantic comedy, a pair of swindlers convince a young girl to pretend to fall in love with a man they believe is a millionaire, but the plan backfires.
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) -- Open-ended Trailer from HBO
The Invisible Woman (1940) -- An attractive model with an ulterior motive volunteers as guinea pig for an invisibility machine.
Blondie on a Budget (1940) -- Open-ended Trailer from Columbia

Overview

Date of Death:
20 February 1958, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Mini Biography:
Movies, especially comedies, have always needed big, blustery, booming... more
Trivia:
He is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park. more
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Filmography

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Actor:
  1. "Maverick" .... Judge (1 episode, 1958)
        - The Savage Hills (1958) TV episode .... Judge
  2. "Circus Boy" .... Major Buffington (1 episode, 1957)
        - Major Buffington (1957) TV episode .... Major Buffington
  3. "Tales of the Texas Rangers" .... Colonel Titus (1 episode, 1957)
        - Quarter Horse (1957) TV episode .... Colonel Titus
  4. "Letter to Loretta" .... Judge (1 episode, 1957)
    ... aka "The Loretta Young Show" (USA: new title)
    ... aka "The Loretta Young Theatre" (USA: rerun title)
        - A Mind of Their Own (1957) TV episode .... Judge
  5. Affair in Reno (1957) .... J.B. Del Monte
  6. "The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin" .... Colonel Ulysses X. Stonewall (1 episode, 1957)
        - The Southern Colonel (1957) TV episode .... Colonel Ulysses X. Stonewall
  7. "The Adventures of Hiram Holliday" .... Harrison Prentice (7 episodes, 1956-1957)
    ... aka "Hiram Holliday"
        - Sturmzig Cunieform (1957) TV episode .... Harrison Prentice
        - Adventure of the Romantic Pigeon (1956) TV episode .... Harrison Prentice
        - Dancing Mouse (1956) TV episode .... Harrison Prentice
        - Hawaiian Hamzah (1956) TV episode .... Harrison Prentice
        - Sea Cucumber (1956) TV episode .... Harrison Prentice
          (2 more)
  8. "TV Reader's Digest" .... Capt. Warren (1 episode, 1956)
        - Down on the Tennessee (1956) TV episode .... Capt. Warren
  9. "It's a Great Life" .... Horace Tepper (1 episode, 1956)
    ... aka "The Bachelors" (syndication title)
        - Beauty Contest (1956) TV episode .... Horace Tepper
  10. The Go-Getter (1956) .... Mr. Higgins
  11. "The Lone Ranger" .... Claude Pierce, Banker (1 episode, 1955)
        - Sheriff's Sale (1955) TV episode .... Claude Pierce, Banker
  12. "Lassie" .... Phineas Monroe (1 episode, 1954)
    ... aka "Jeff's Collie" (USA)
    ... aka "Timmy and Lassie" (USA: syndication title)
        - The Job (1954) TV episode .... Phineas Monroe
  13. "Topper" .... Mr. Schuyler / ... (14 episodes, 1953-1954)
        - George's Old Flame (1954) TV episode .... Mr. Schuyler
        - Preparations for Europe (1954) TV episode .... Mr. Schuyler
        - A Ghostly Joke (1954) TV episode .... Mr. Schuyler
        - Topper Goes West (1954) TV episode .... Mr. Schuyler
        - Topper Goes to Las Vegas (1954) TV episode .... Mr. Schuyler
          (9 more)
  14. Born in Freedom: The Story of Colonel Drake (1954) .... James M. Townsend
    ... aka The Story of Colonel Drake (USA: alternative title)
  15. Wonder Valley (1953)
  16. "Four Star Playhouse" .... Judge B.D. Johnson (1 episode, 1953)
    ... aka "Best in Mystery" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Four Star Theatre" (UK: new title)
    ... aka "Singer Playhouse" (USA: syndication title)
    ... aka "Star Performance" (USA: rerun title)
        - The Girl on a Park Bench (1953) TV episode .... Judge B.D. Johnson
  17. "My Little Margie" .... Mr. Crater (1 episode, 1953)
        - What's Cooking? (1953) TV episode .... Mr. Crater
  18. "Hopalong Cassidy" .... Dan Clemens / ... (2 episodes, 1952-1953)
        - The Jinx Wagon (1953) TV episode .... Dan Clemens
        - The Promised Land (1952) TV episode .... Rivers
  19. The Band Wagon (1953) (uncredited) .... Col. Tripp
  20. "The Abbott and Costello Show" .... Smith (2 episodes, 1952-1953)
        - The Tax Return (1953) TV episode .... Smith
        - The Actors' Home (1952) TV episode
  21. The WAC from Walla Walla (1952) .... Col. Mayfield
    ... aka Army Capers (UK)
  22. Woman of the North Country (1952) (uncredited) .... Mayor Spencer
  23. It Grows on Trees (1952) (uncredited) .... Bank President Sleamish
  24. "Racket Squad" .... Avedon (1 episode, 1952)
        - The Strange Case of James Doyle (1952) TV episode .... Avedon
  25. Carson City (1952) .... Charles Crocker
  26. Skirts Ahoy! (1952) .... Thatcher Kinston
  27. Night Stage to Galveston (1952) .... Colonel James Bellamy
  28. One Big Affair (1952) .... Mr. 'G'
  29. "Dangerous Assignment" .... Carruthers (1 episode, 1952)
        - The Civil War Map Story (1952) TV episode .... Carruthers
  30. Texas Carnival (1951) .... Mr. Gaytes
  31. Whirlwind (1951) .... Big Jim Lassiter
  32. Belle Le Grand (1951) .... Parkington
  33. One Too Many (1950) .... Kenneth Simes
    ... aka Killer with a Label
    ... aka Mixed-Up Women (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka The Important Story of Alcoholism
  34. The Bandit Queen (1950) .... Governor
  35. "Dick Tracy" .... Diet Smith (5 episodes, 1950)
        - The Mole: Part 2 (1950) TV episode .... Diet Smith
        - The Brain: Part 1 (1950) TV episode .... Diet Smith
        - The Brain: Part 2 (1950) TV episode .... Diet Smith
        - The Brain: Part 4 (1950) TV episode .... Diet Smith
        - The Brain: Part 5 (1950) TV episode .... Diet Smith
  36. Chain Gang (1950) .... John McKelvey
  37. Bright Leaf (1950) .... Phillips
  38. "The Silver Theatre" (1 episode, 1950)
        - Close-Up (1950) TV episode
  39. Federal Agent at Large (1950) .... 'Big Bill' Dixon
  40. Belle of Old Mexico (1950) .... Horatio Huntington
  41. Girls' School (1950) .... Col. Selby Matthews
    ... aka Dangerous Inheritance (UK)

  42. Tell It to the Judge (1949) (uncredited) .... Sen. Caswell
  43. Bride for Sale (1949) (uncredited) .... Mr. Trisby
  44. Square Dance Jubilee (1949) .... G.K.
  45. The Fountainhead (1949) (uncredited) .... Businessman at party
  46. Rim of the Canyon (1949) .... Big Tim Hanlon
  47. Stagecoach Kid (1949) .... Peter Arnold
  48. Manhattan Angel (1949) .... Everett H. Burton
  49. Rusty Saves a Life (1949) .... Counselor Frank A. Gibson
  50. Blondie's Secret (1948) .... Mr. George Whiteside
  51. Miraculous Journey (1948) .... Kendricks
  52. Up in Central Park (1948) .... Gov. Motley
  53. King of the Gamblers (1948) .... 'Pop' Morton
  54. Three Daring Daughters (1948) (uncredited) .... Howie Howard, Louise's Assistant
    ... aka The Birds and the Bees (UK)
  55. It Had to Be You (1947) .... Mr. Ned Harrington
  56. Mourning Becomes Electra (1947) .... Dr. Blake
  57. The Unfinished Dance (1947) .... Mr. Ronsell
  58. Black Gold (1947) .... Colonel Caldwell
  59. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) .... Bruce Pierce
  60. The Son of Rusty (1947) .... Counselor Franklyn P. Gibson
  61. Swing the Western Way (1947) .... Jasper Jim Bandy
    ... aka The Schemer (UK)
  62. Welcome Stranger (1947) .... Congressman Beeker
  63. The Farmer's Daughter (1947) .... Wilbur Johnson
  64. Three Little Girls in Blue (1946) (uncredited) .... Colonel Clay
  65. Dangerous Business (1946) .... B.J. Calhoun
  66. She Wrote the Book (1946) .... Horace Van Cleve
  67. One More Tomorrow (1946) .... Thommas Rufus Collier, II
  68. Without Reservations (1946) .... Henry Baldwin
    ... aka Thanks God, I'll Take It from Here
  69. Two Sisters from Boston (1946) .... Mr. Lawrence Tyburt Patterson Sr
  70. Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946) .... Ed, the Mayor
    ... aka Man of the Hour (UK)
  71. Saratoga Trunk (1945) (uncredited) .... Mr. Pound
  72. Song of the Prairie (1945) .... Jerome Wingate
    ... aka Sentiment and Song (UK)
  73. West of the Pecos (1945) .... Colonel Lambeth
  74. The Gay Senorita (1945) .... J.J. Frentiss
  75. Lady on a Train (1945) (uncredited) .... Josiah Waring the Murder Victim
  76. The Blonde from Brooklyn (1945) .... 'Colonel' Hubert Farnsworth
  77. Don Juan Quilligan (1945) .... Judge at murder trial
  78. Thrill of a Romance (1945) (uncredited) .... J.P. Bancroft
  79. Brewster's Millions (1945) .... Colonel Drew
  80. Bring on the Girls (1945) .... Rutledge
  81. Something for the Boys (1944) (uncredited) .... Colonel Jefferson L. Calhoun
  82. Ever Since Venus (1944) .... Edgar Pomeroy
  83. The Great Moment (1944) .... Senator Borland
  84. In Society (1944) .... Mr. Van Cleve
    ... aka Abbott and Costello in Society
  85. Song of Nevada (1944) .... John Barrabee
  86. Wilson (1944) .... Senator Edward H. 'Big Ed' Jones
  87. Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944) .... Judge James Rutherford
  88. The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944) (uncredited) .... Politician
  89. Follow the Boys (1944) .... Man
  90. Cover Girl (1944) (uncredited) .... Tony Pastor
  91. Here Comes Elmer (1943) .... P. J. Ellis
  92. I Dood It (1943) .... Kenneth 'Ken' Cawlor
    ... aka By Hook or by Crook (UK)
  93. Footlight Glamour (1943) (uncredited) .... Randolph Wheeler
  94. Hoosier Holiday (1943) .... Henry P. Fairchild
    ... aka Farmyard Follies (UK)
  95. This Land Is Mine (1943) .... Mayor Henry Manville
  96. Crash Dive (1943) (uncredited) .... Senator from Texas
  97. Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943) .... Senator Henry Babcock
  98. He Hired the Boss (1943) .... Mr. Bates
  99. The Youngest Profession (1943) .... Mr. Drew
  100. The Hard Way (1943) (uncredited) .... Harry
  101. One Dangerous Night (1943) .... Inspector Crane
  102. The Great Gildersleeve (1942) .... Governor John Stafford
  103. Counter-Espionage (1942) .... Insp. Crane
  104. Call of the Canyon (1942) .... Grantley B. Johnson
  105. Her Cardboard Lover (1942) (uncredited) .... Mr. Garthwaite, Barling's lawyer
  106. We Were Dancing (1942) (uncredited) .... Senator Quimby
  107. Twin Beds (1942) (uncredited) .... Horace Touchstone
  108. The Great Man's Lady (1942) .... Mr. Sempler
  109. Hello, Annapolis (1942) .... Capt. Wendall
    ... aka Personal Honour (UK)
  110. Shepherd of the Ozarks (1942) .... James Maloney
    ... aka Susannah (UK)
  111. Rings on Her Fingers (1942) .... Mr. Beasley
  112. The Night Before the Divorce (1942) .... Bert 'Mousey' Harriman
  113. Sleepytime Gal (1942) .... Mr. Adams
  114. Pacific Blackout (1941) .... Williams (Civil Defense official)
  115. Design for Scandal (1941) .... Northcott - Blair's lawyer
  116. Remember the Day (1941) .... Gov. Teller
  117. Tuxedo Junction (1941) .... Doug Gordon
    ... aka The Gang Made Good (UK)
  118. Secrets of the Lone Wolf (1941) .... Inspector Crane
    ... aka Secrets of the Lone Wolf (UK)
  119. Swing It Soldier (1941) .... Oscar Simms, Wheezies Sponsor
    ... aka Radio Revels of 1942 (UK)
  120. Unexpected Uncle (1941) (scenes deleted) .... Jerry Carter
  121. Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) (uncredited) .... H.S.Huntley
  122. Hold That Ghost (1941) (uncredited) .... Alderman Birch
    ... aka Oh, Charlie
  123. Accent on Love (1941) .... T.J. Triton
  124. In the Navy (1941) (uncredited) .... Lead Senator
  125. She Knew All the Answers (1941) .... J.D. Sutton
  126. Washington Melodrama (1941) .... Sen. Morton
  127. The Great Lie (1941) .... Oscar Worthington 'Worthy' James
  128. Repent at Leisure (1941) .... Jay Buckingham
  129. The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance (1941) .... Inspector Crane
  130. Flight from Destiny (1941) .... Dean A.K. Somers
  131. Life with Henry (1941) (uncredited) .... Mr. Woodring
  132. Four Mothers (1941) (uncredited) .... Mr. Davis
  133. Where Did You Get That Girl? (1941) .... Stuyvesant, Four Star Record Co. President
  134. The Invisible Woman (1940) .... Hudson
  135. Kiddie Kure (1940) .... Bill 'Old Man' Morton
    ... aka Kiddie Cure
  136. The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date (1940) .... Inspector Crane
  137. Friendly Neighbors (1940) .... The Governor
  138. City for Conquest (1940) .... Max Leonard
  139. The Golden Fleecing (1940) .... Charles Engel
  140. The Great McGinty (1940) .... Mr. Maxwell
    ... aka Down Went McGinty (UK)
  141. Millionaires in Prison (1940) .... Harold Kellogg
  142. The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady (1940) .... Inspector M.J. Crane
  143. Alias the Deacon (1940) .... Jim Cunningham
    ... aka The Hillbilly Deacon
  144. In Old Missouri (1940) .... Mr. Pittman
  145. Virginia City (1940) (uncredited) .... Gen. George Meade
  146. Blondie on a Budget (1940) .... Brice, a Lawyer
  147. The Blue Bird (1940) .... Father Time

  148. Money to Burn (1939) .... Ellis
  149. Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939) .... Mr. Guilfoyle
  150. First Love (1939) .... Oliver Drake
  151. Sued for Libel (1939) .... David Hastings
  152. Jeepers Creepers (1939/I) .... M.K. Durant
    ... aka Money Isn't Everything (UK)
  153. Dancing Co-Ed (1939) .... Henry W. 'H.W.' Workman
    ... aka Every Other Inch a Lady (UK)
  154. Hawaiian Nights (1939) .... T.C. Hartley
  155. The Day the Bookies Wept (1939) .... Colonel March
  156. The Star Maker (1939) .... Mr. Proctor
  157. Mutiny on the Blackhawk (1939) .... Sam Bailey
  158. Each Dawn I Die (1939) .... Hanley
    ... aka Killer Meets Killer
  159. Million Dollar Legs (1939) .... Gregory Melton Sr.
  160. Ex-Champ (1939) .... Mr. Courtney
  161. Dodge City (1939) (uncredited) .... Twitchell
  162. Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) (uncredited) .... Senator
  163. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) .... Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
  164. Going Places (1938) .... Col. Harvey Withering
  165. Out West with the Hardys (1938) (uncredited) .... H.R. Bruxton
  166. Spring Madness (1938) (uncredited) .... Charles Platt
  167. Hard to Get (1938) .... John Atwater
  168. Campus Confessions (1938) .... Wayne Atterbury, Sr.
    ... aka Fast Play (UK)
  169. The Affairs of Annabel (1938) .... Major
  170. The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938) .... Grant
  171. Professor Beware (1938) .... J.J. Van Buren
  172. Fast Company (1938) .... Dist. Atty. MacMillen
    ... aka The Rare-Book Murder (USA: TV title)
  173. Squadron of Honor (1938) .... Bob Metcalf
  174. The Main Event (1938) .... Captain Phillips
  175. Extortion (1938) .... Professor Tisdelle
  176. Women Are Like That (1938) .... Claudius King
  177. There's Always a Woman (1938) .... District Attorney
  178. When G-Men Step In (1938) (uncredited)
  179. Women in Prison (1938)
  180. Penitentiary (1938) (uncredited) .... Judge
  181. No Time to Marry (1938) .... Pettensall
  182. Little Miss Roughneck (1938) .... Joe Crowley
  183. All-American Sweetheart (1937) .... Adams
  184. Paid to Dance (1937) .... Governor
    ... aka Hard to Hold (USA: new title)
  185. Murder in Greenwich Village (1937) .... Charles Cabot
  186. Counsel for Crime (1937) .... Sen. Maddox
  187. It Can't Last Forever (1937) .... Fulton
  188. Venus Makes Trouble (1937) .... Harlan Darrow
  189. I Promise to Pay (1937) .... Police Captain Hall
  190. Oh Doctor (1937) .... 'Doc' Erasmus Thurston
  191. We Have Our Moments (1937) .... Frank Rutherford
  192. Parole Racket (1937) .... Jameson
  193. Women of Glamour (1937) .... Mr. Stark
    ... aka Women of Glamor (USA: informal English title)
  194. Don't Tell the Wife (1937) .... Major Manning
  195. Lady from Nowhere (1936) .... Mr. Barnes
  196. Theodora Goes Wild (1936) .... Arthur Stevenson
  197. Killer at Large (1936) .... Inspector O'Hara
    ... aka Killer on the Loose (USA: alternative title)
  198. The Man Who Lived Twice (1936) .... Dr. Clifford L. Schuyler
  199. Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936) .... Pop
  200. Shakedown (1936) .... T. Gregory Stuart
  201. Trapped by Television (1936) .... John Curtis
    ... aka Caught by Television (UK)
  202. The Three Wise Guys (1936) .... Hatcher
  203. The King Steps Out (1936) .... Major
  204. Roaming Lady (1936) .... E. J. Reid
  205. Devil's Squadron (1936) .... Major Metcalf
  206. Pride of the Marines (1936) .... Col. Gage
  207. Don't Gamble with Love (1936) .... Martin Cage
  208. You May Be Next (1936) (uncredited) .... Undetermined Role
  209. The Lone Wolf Returns (1935) .... Inspector Crane
  210. Too Tough to Kill (1935) .... Whitney (mine owner)
  211. Super-Speed (1935) .... Investor
  212. One-Way Ticket (1935) .... Mr. Ritchie
  213. Crime and Punishment (1935/I) .... Editor
  214. Guard That Girl (1935) .... Dr. Silas Hudson
  215. A Feather in Her Hat (1935) .... Sir Elroyd Joyce
  216. Case of the Missing Man (1935) .... Boyle
  217. Metropolitan (1935) .... T. Simon Hunter
  218. The Girl Friend (1935) .... George S. Harmon
  219. The Public Menace (1935) .... Captain of ocean liner
  220. Atlantic Adventure (1935) (uncredited) .... Rutherford
  221. After the Dance (1935) .... District Attorney
  222. The Black Room (1935) .... Col. Paul Hassel
    ... aka The Black Room Mystery (UK)
  223. Love Me Forever (1935) .... Maurizio
    ... aka On Wings of Song (UK)
  224. Hooray for Love (1935) .... Commodore Jason T. Thatcher
  225. The Match King (1932) (uncredited) .... Match Company Executive
  226. The Burgular to the Rescue (1931) .... The Banker, Steve Corley
    ... aka The Shadow #1: Burglar to the Rescue (USA: series title)
  227. Absent Minded (1930)

  228. The Great Well (1924) .... Peter Starling
    ... aka Neglected Women
  229. The Royal Oak (1923) .... Colonel Ancketell
  230. Wildness of Youth (1922) .... Edward Grayton
  231. Fair Lady (1922) .... Italian banker
  232. The Iron Trail (1921) .... Curtis Gordon
  233. Idle Hands (1921) .... Henry Livingston
  234. Mother Eternal (1921) .... Edward Stevens Sr
  235. The Valley of Doubt (1920) .... Jules
  236. Empty Arms (1920) .... Bruce Gordon

  237. The Spitfire of Seville (1919) .... Kent Staunton
  238. The Weaker Vessel (1919) .... J. Booth Hunter
  239. The Unpainted Woman (1919) .... Martin O'Neill
  240. The Exquisite Thief (1919) .... Algernon P. Smythe
  241. Who Will Marry Me? (1919) .... Jerome Van Tyne
  242. The Squaw Man (1918) .... Henry, Jim's Cousin
  243. The Brazen Beauty (1918) .... Kenneth Hyde
  244. We Can't Have Everything (1918) .... Peter Cheever
  245. The Kaiser's Shadow (1918) .... Hugo Wagner
    ... aka The Triple Cross (UK)
  246. The Mating of Marcella (1918) .... Robert Underwood
  247. Tyrant Fear (1918) .... Harley Dane
  248. An Alien Enemy (1918) .... David J. Hale
  249. Flare-Up Sal (1918) .... The Red Rider
  250. The Midnight Patrol (1918) .... Officer Terrence Shannon
  251. Love Letters (1917) .... John Harland
  252. The Price Mark (1917) .... Dr. Daniel Melfi
  253. Cleopatra (1917) .... Antony
  254. Sweeter Than Revenge (1915) .... Joe Best
  255. Think Mothers (1915)
  256. In Spite of Him (1915)
  257. The Mirror (1915)
  258. The Deception (1915/I)
  259. A Day of Havoc (1915)
  260. The Earl's Adventure (1915)
Soundtrack:
  1. The Great Gildersleeve (1942) (performer: "My Bonnie (Lies Over the Ocean)" (1881) (uncredited))
Archive Footage:
  1. Gobs in a Mess (1953) (uncredited) .... Civilian Observer
  2. Knights of the Bath (1951) .... The Master of the House
  3. Frontier Days (1945) (uncredited) .... edited from 'Dodge City'


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Active on Broadway in the following productions: more
Genres:
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