Dick Wessel
Dick Wessel is known for Strangers on a Train (1951), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).
Biography
Richard Michael Wessel (April 20, 1913 – April 20, 1965) was an American film actor who appeared in more than 270 films between 1935 and 1966. He is best remembered for his only leading role, a chilling portrayal of strangler Harry "Cueball" Lake in Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946), and for his appearances as comic villains opposite The Three Stooges.
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Known for
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7.7 Strangers on a Train
1951
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7.5 Rebel Without a Cause
1955
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6.7 Around the World in 80 Days
1956
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7.3 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
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7.0 An American in Paris
1951
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7.7 Harvey
1950
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7.6 Scarlet Street
1945
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7.0 On the Town
1949
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7.0 Father of the Bride
1950
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7.5 Fury
1936
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7.3 Pocketful of Miracles
1961
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7.5 The Roaring Twenties
1939
Trivia
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Full filmography
141 films — 111 in the catalogue
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6.7 The Ugly Dachshund
1966 · Eddie - Garbage Man (uncredited)
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6.9 Who's Minding the Store?
1963 · Traffic Cop
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4.4 Wives and Lovers
1963 · Mr. Liberti
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7.3
Pocketful of Miracles
1961 · Governor of Florida (uncredited)
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6.0 All in a Night's Work
1961 · Janitor (uncredited)
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6.9 The Gazebo
1959 · Louis
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8.0 Tricky Chicks
1957
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8.0 The Desperados Are in Town
1956 · Hank Green (as Richard Wessel)
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6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · Train Engineer (uncredited)
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7.5
Rebel Without a Cause
1955 · Planetarium Guide (uncredited)
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7.0 G.I. Dood It
1955 · Sgt. Flint (as Richard Wessel)
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6.5 Bowery to Bagdad
1955 · Henchman Gus
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6.0 Fling in the Ring
1955 · Chopper Kane
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7.0 Champ for a Day
1953 · 'Speedtrap' Calhoun
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7.3
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953 · Chez Louis Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
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4.2 Let's Do It Again
1953 · Ajax Moving Man
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5.9 Blackbeard, the Pirate
1952 · Dutchman
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10.0 The WAC from Walla Walla
1952 · Sgt. Malone
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5.2 Young Man with Ideas
1952 · Eddie Tasling
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6.5 Rancho Notorious
1952 · Deputy (uncredited)
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9.0
Heebie Gee-Gees
1952 · Big Dan
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6.6 Love Is Better Than Ever
1952 · Smittie
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6.3 Reunion in Reno
1951 · Taxi Driver
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5.4 Texas Carnival
1951 · Concessionaire
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7.0
An American in Paris
1951 · Ben Macrow (uncredited)
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8.0 Corky of Gasoline Alley
1951 · Pudge McKay
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5.8 Flying Leathernecks
1951 · Mess Sergeant (uncredited)
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7.7
Strangers on a Train
1951 · Bill (uncredited)
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6.1 The Texas Rangers
1951 · Arkansas (uncredited)
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4.0 Her First Romance
1951 · Night Watchman (uncredited)
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5.7 The Scarf
1951 · Sid, Drunk Cowboy
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8.5 Life with Buster Keaton
1951
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5.8 Gasoline Alley
1951 · Pudge
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7.3 The Misadventures of Buster Keaton
1950 · Harry (uncredited)
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5.5 Watch the Birdie
1950 · Man Who Undresses
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7.7
Harvey
1950 · Mr. Cracker (uncredited)
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7.0
Father of the Bride
1950 · Moving Man with Chandelier (uncredited)
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6.3 The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 · Tough Lodge Member in Stands (uncredited)
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6.0 Beware of Blondie
1950 · Mailman
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6.8 Blondie's Hero
1950 · Mailman (uncredited)
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7.0 Dizzy Yardbird
1950 · Sergeant Flint
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6.0 Punchy Cowpunchers
1950 · Sgt. Mullins
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6.4 Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Grenade Instructor (uncredited)
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7.0
On the Town
1949 · Sailor Kovarsky (uncredited)
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7.3 Thieves' Highway
1949 · Cab Driver (uncredited)
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7.0 Blondie Hits the Jackpot
1949 · Mailman (uncredited)
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5.2 Slattery's Hurricane
1949 · Taxi Driver (uncredited)
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5.2 Canadian Pacific
1949 · Bailey
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6.3 Tulsa
1949 · Joker (uncredited)
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6.4 The Green Promise
1949 · Mr. Clairborne
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5.2 Unknown Island
1948 · Sanderson, 1st Mate
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8.0
Billie Gets Her Man
1948 · Mr. McGonagle
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6.6 Hollow Triumph
1948 · Bullseye's Sidekick (uncredited)
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6.9 Pitfall
1948 · Desk Sergeant
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8.0 Flat Feat
1948 · Toledo Thompson, aka Egbert L. Thompson
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6.4 The Fuller Brush Man
1948 · Police Sergeant (uncredited)
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10.0 Radio Romeo
1947
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6.4 High Wall
1947 · Jim Hale (uncredited)
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7.0
Wife to Spare
1947
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8.0
Hectic Honeymoon
1947 · Duffy
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6.3 Merton of the Movies
1947 · Chick
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9.0
In Room 303
1947
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10.0
Wife Tames Wolf
1947 · Male Character
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5.9 It Happened in Brooklyn
1947 · Policeman
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6.8 Fright Night
1947 · Chopper Kane
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6.8 California
1947 · Blacksmith (uncredited)
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8.0 Do or Diet
1947 · Old Boyfriend
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6.1 13 Rue Madeleine
1947 · Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
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5.5 Blondie's Big Moment
1947 · Bus Driver (uncredited)
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5.5 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
1946 · Harry 'Cueball' Lake
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6.5 Slappily Married
1946 · Eddie--Honey's Fiance
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7.0 So's Your Antenna
1946
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7.0 Pardon My Terror
1946 · Luke
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6.1 Black Angel
1946 · Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)
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6.8 In Old Sacramento
1946 · Oscar
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4.8 Blonde Alibi
1946 · Detective (Uncredited)
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4.8 Young Widow
1946 · Cab Driver (Uncredited)
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7.6
Scarlet Street
1945 · Detective (uncredited)
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4.8 Silver Spurs
1943 · Buck Walters
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6.6 Yanks Ahoy
1943 · Ship Cargo Seaman (uncredited)
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7.1 Action in the North Atlantic
1943 · Cherub Joe (uncredited)
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8.0 False Faces
1943 · Detective Mallory
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6.5 Three Hearts for Julia
1943 · Soldier-Stage Manager (uncredited)
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6.0 King of the Cowboys
1943 · Hershel
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10.0 The Traitor Within
1942 · Henchman Otis
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6.5 Fall In
1942 · Army Barber
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7.2 Gentleman Jim
1942 · Referee (uncredited)
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4.5 X Marks the Spot
1942 · Dizzy
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6.2 Sunset Serenade
1942 · Antlers Bartender
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6.0 Friendly Enemies
1942 · Delivery man
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6.5 Romance on the Range
1942 · Jailer-Deputy
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6.6 About Face
1942 · Bartender Charlie
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6.5 Joe Smith, American
1942 · Aircraft Plant Worker (uncredited)
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6.7 Brooklyn Orchid
1942 · Al
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6.3 Dangerously They Live
1941 · Grant, Psychopathic Ward Guard (uncredited)
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5.4 Steel Against the Sky
1941 · Mike (uncredited)
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7.5 Red River Valley
1941 · Lumber Deliverer
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6.7 They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · Sgt. Brown (uncredited)
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5.3 Dangerous Lady
1941 · Officer Donahue
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6.5 Manpower
1941 · Lineman at Cafe Counter (uncredited)
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9.0 Desert Bandit
1941 · Henchman Hawk
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8.3 The Great Train Robbery
1941 · Gorman
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6.9 The Strawberry Blonde
1941 · Barber Shop Hanger-on (uncredited)
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5.9 Flight Command
1940 · Big Sailor on Downed Seaplane (uncredited)
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5.0 The Border Legion
1940 · Oscar "Red" McGooney
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5.8 So You Won't Talk?
1940 · Dopey
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6.9 City for Conquest
1940 · Cab Driver by Fire (uncredited)
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6.7 The Howards of Virginia
1940 · Backwoodsman
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6.7 Flowing Gold
1940 · Man on Dance Floor (uncredited)
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6.9 They Drive by Night
1940 · Driver in Cafe (uncredited)
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6.6 Brother Orchid
1940 · Buffalo Burns
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7.0 Castle on the Hudson
1940 · Convict Messenger (uncredited)
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5.4 Cafe Hostess
1940 · Henchman Willie
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7.5
The Roaring Twenties
1939 · Fletcher's Mechanic (uncredited)
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4.7 Hitler: Beast of Berlin
1939 · Buchman - Prison Guard (uncredited)
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6.5 Dust Be My Destiny
1939 · Customer (uncredited)
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5.9 They All Come Out
1939 · Moxie (uncredited)
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8.0 I Stole a Million
1939 · Cop #2 (uncredited)
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6.7 The Cowboy Quarterback
1939 · Football player
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4.3 Missing Daughters
1939 · Brick McGirk
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6.3 An Hour for Lunch
1939 · Drugstore Lunch Counterman (uncredited)
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5.5 Blackwell's Island
1939 · Convict (uncredited)
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6.3 They Made Me a Criminal
1939 · Collucci
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7.0 Hawk of the Wilderness
1938 · Dirk
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6.7 Submarine Patrol
1938 · Dock Shore Patrolman (facing camera)
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7.0 The Crowd Roars
1938 · Fighter at Gym (uncredited)
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5.6 Racket Busters
1938 · Truck Driver (uncredited)
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5.7 Over the Wall
1938 · Convict in Machine Shop with Gyp
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6.4 A Slight Case of Murder
1938 · Partygoer Popping Cork (uncredited)
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7.0 Borrowing Trouble
1937 · Joe
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6.3 The Game That Kills
1937 · 'Leapfrog' Soule
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6.8 White Bondage
1937 · Beans Clerk
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7.0 Border Cafe
1937 · Jaillbird (uncredited)
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6.7 San Quentin
1937 · Trusty (uncredited)
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6.7 They Gave Him a Gun
1937 · German Machine Gunner (uncredited)
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7.8 Round-Up Time in Texas
1937 · Henchman Craig Johnson
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7.5
Fury
1936 · Bodyguard (uncredited)
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7.1 Half Shot Shooters
1936 · Gunnery Soldier (uncredited)
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6.0 Small Town Girl
1936 · College Boy in Car (uncredited)
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5.7 The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936 · Joe
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5.5 In Spite of Danger
1935 · Monk Grady
Series and TV shows
17 titles
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7.0
Daniel Boone
1964 · Moses Hennepin
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5.9
Petticoat Junction
1963 · Bink Sharfells
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7.3
The Fugitive
1963 · Charley Hendricks
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7.5
Bonanza
1959 · Big Mike Campbell
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7.3
Rawhide
1959 · Jed
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8.5
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Charlie
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7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958 · Stan
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6.6
Peter Gunn
1958 · Cast
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7.7
Perry Mason
1957 · Transfer Man
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6.7
Wagon Train
1957 · Biff
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7.6
Zorro
1957 · Cpl. Delgado (uncredited)
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6.7
Gunsmoke
1955 · Sol Durham
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6.6
Father Knows Best
1954 · Officer
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6.4
Lassie
1954 · Fred Brockway
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6.2
The Danny Thomas Show
1953 · Policeman
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7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952 · Larry
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7.4
The Red Skelton Show
1951 · Delaney
People data: TMDb.
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