Harry Semels
Harry Semels is known for The Great Dictator (1940), It Happened One Night (1934), Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927).
Biography
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Harry Semels (November 20, 1887 – March 2, 1946) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 315 film between 1917 and 1946. Semels appeared in his first film in 1917. He began to achieve fame after arriving at Columbia Pictures, appearing in several Three Stooges shorts including Disorder in the Court, Wee Wee Monsieur and Three Little Sew and Sews. He also appeared in feature films like Road to Morocco, The Princess and the Pirate and The Kid from Brooklyn. A versatile character actor, Semels often appeared as villains, waiters, soldiers, lawyers, et al.
Questions about Harry Semels
How many Harry Semels films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 105 films with Harry Semels, from 1927 to 1950.
What is the best rated Harry Semels film?
The best rated Harry Semels film in the catalogue is The Great Dictator (1940), rated 8.3.
What was the first Harry Semels film?
The first Harry Semels film in the catalogue is Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans, from 1927.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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8.3 The Great Dictator
1940
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7.8 It Happened One Night
1934
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7.8 Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927
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7.5 Ninotchka
1939
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7.5 You Can't Take It with You
1938
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7.0 Foreign Correspondent
1940
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7.2 Baby Face
1933
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7.0 Woman of the Year
1942
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6.6 The Harvey Girls
1946
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6.9 They Drive by Night
1940
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6.6 Hell's Angels
1930
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6.9 Dishonored
1931
Full filmography
166 films — 105 in the catalogue
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6.1 Riding High
1950 · Bettor on Broadway Bill (archive footage) (uncredited)
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6.3 Badman's Territory
1946 · Bettor (uncredited)
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6.7 Road to Utopia
1946 · Lombardi (uncredited)
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6.2 The Diary of a Chambermaid
1946 · Townsman (Uncredited)
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6.6
The Harvey Girls
1946 · Townsman at Saloon (uncredited)
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6.1 A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Leader of Caravan
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5.6 Eve Knew Her Apples
1945 · Tony (uncredited)
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6.4 I Love a Mystery
1945 · Mr. G's Doorkeeper Servant (Uncredited)
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6.0 Can't Help Singing
1944 · Peon (uncredited)
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6.3 The Conspirators
1944 · Customs Assistant (uncredited)
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6.2 Strange Affair
1944 · Man in Police Lineup (uncredited)
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6.0 Make Your Own Bed
1944 · Pedestrian
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6.6 Passage to Marseille
1944 · Cayenne Prison Colony Guard (uncredited)
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6.7 The Chance of a Lifetime
1943 · Jerome Wagner (Uncredited)
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7.2 Dizzy Pilots
1943 · Sky Aircraft Co. Representative (uncredited)
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5.9 A Lady Takes a Chance
1943 · Greek
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6.0 Slightly Dangerous
1943 · Italian at concert (uncredited)
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5.9 After Midnight with Boston Blackie
1943 · Greek Florist
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6.5 The Hard Way
1943 · Passerby (Uncredited)
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6.5 Reunion in France
1942 · R.R. Mechanic (uncredited)
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6.9 Road to Morocco
1942 · Jolla's Warrior (uncredited)
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6.4 Moontide
1942 · Waiter (uncredited)
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4.0 Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942 · Waiter (uncredited)
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7.0
Woman of the Year
1942 · Mug (uncredited)
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5.5 Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1942 · Saloon Bouncer
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6.8 She's Oil Mine
1941 · Referee
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6.6 General Nuisance
1941 · Latin America Delagate
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6.8 Little Nellie Kelly
1940 · Immigrant at Citizenship Ceremony (uncredited)
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6.0 Seven Sinners
1940 · Antro's Henchman (uncredited)
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6.4 North West Mounted Police
1940 · Half-breed Archer
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8.3
The Great Dictator
1940 · Jewish Fruit Stand Proprietor (uncredited)
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8.0 He Stayed for Breakfast
1940 · Comrade
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6.1 Kit Carson
1940 · Aide
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7.0
Foreign Correspondent
1940 · Sidewalk Crowd Extra (uncredited)
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6.9
They Drive by Night
1940 · Leo, Cashier (uncredited)
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6.9 New Moon
1940 · Bondsman
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6.1 Phantom Raiders
1940 · Cafe Bartender
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6.7 And One Was Beautiful
1940 · Courtroom Spectator
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7.0 Strange Cargo
1940 · Convict (uncredited)
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5.3 Balalaika
1939 · (uncredited)
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7.5 Crashing Thru
1939 · Man Who Reports Gunfight
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5.0 Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939 · Neighbor
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6.0 The Amazing Mr. Williams
1939 · Race Track Spectator (uncredited)
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4.5 Overland Mail
1939 · Pancho
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7.5
Ninotchka
1939 · Gurganov (uncredited)
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6.1 Thunder Afloat
1939 · Cook on Tugboat (uncredited)
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7.4 Midnight
1939 · Police Officer (uncredited)
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3.9 Star Reporter
1939 · Mike
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7.0 King of the Turf
1939 · Coffee Pot Proprietor
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7.0 Three Little Sew and Sews
1939 · Count Alfred Gehrol
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7.7 Flirting with Fate
1938 · Member of Sancho's Band
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7.5
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · Man (uncredited)
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6.6 Marie Antoinette
1938 · Townsman at Execution (uncredited)
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6.1 I'll Give a Million
1938 · Man in Cafe (uncredited)
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5.3 The Girl of the Golden West
1938 · Peon Servant
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8.0 State Police
1938 · Albert Morton
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6.4 A Slight Case of Murder
1938 · Partygoer (uncredited)
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5.5 Wells Fargo
1937 · Minor Role
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7.0 Missing Witnesses
1937 · Tony - Italian Shop Owner (uncredited)
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5.3 Hollywood Round-Up
1937 · Tony Papalini
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6.5 Hot Water
1937 · Barber (uncredited)
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6.3 My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937 · Cafeteria Dining Customer (uncredited)
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4.8 The Last Train from Madrid
1937 · Guard (uncredited)
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7.1 Kid Galahad
1937 · Waiter Restraining McGraw (uncredited)
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7.3 The Soldier and the Lady
1937 · Tartar (Uncredited)
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6.2 Midnight Taxi
1937 · Joe, Counterman
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10.0
New News
1937 · Prince Albert
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8.0
Swing It Professor
1937 · Angelo
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5.0 Midnight Blunders
1936 · Dr. Wong (uncredited)
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6.5 More Than a Secretary
1936 · Apartment Custodian with Hose (uncredited)
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3.7 The Gay Desperado
1936 · Manuel
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7.3 The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936 · Bum
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5.7 Anthony Adverse
1936 · Lottery Celebrant
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7.2 The Case of the Velvet Claws
1936 · A. G. 'Kicky' Kickopopolos
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6.8 Disorder in the Court
1936 · District Attorney (uncredited)
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7.5 Human Cargo
1936 · Barreto
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5.0 One Rainy Afternoon
1936 · Clerk (Uncredited)
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7.0 Give Us This Night
1936 · Prisoner
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6.0 Movie Maniacs
1936 · Cecil Z. Swinehardt - Director
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5.0 I'll Name the Murderer
1936 · Luigi
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5.0
I Don't Remember
1935 · 'Doctor' in Gambling Hall
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6.6 I Live My Life
1935 · Greek Following Kay (Uncredited)
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7.1 Les Misérables
1935 · Cochepaille
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8.0 Stone of Silver Creek
1935 · R. J. Simmons
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8.0 The Revenge Rider
1935 · Henchman Rankin
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5.9 The Wedding Night
1935 · Wedding Guest
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9.0
One Too Many
1934
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8.0 Mills of the Gods
1934
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6.0 Broadway Bill
1934 · Conductor Bettor on Broadway Bill (uncredited)
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5.0 I Sell Anything
1934 · Statue Smasher (uncredited)
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6.7 Our Daily Bread
1934 · Italian Shoemaker (uncredited)
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8.0 Rocky Rhodes
1934 · Dick Boggs
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6.5 Down to Their Last Yacht
1934 · Ship Passenger (uncredited)
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6.8 Twentieth Century
1934 · Poster Artist (uncredited)
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6.0 A Very Honorable Guy
1934 · Greek
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7.8
It Happened One Night
1934 · Bus Passenger (uncredited)
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3.0 Bridal Bail
1934 · Hotel Manager
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7.5 Bombay Mail
1934 · Platform Conductor
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6.6 I Am Suzanne!
1933 · Balcony Spectator
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8.0 King of the Wild Horses
1933 · John Foster
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5.4 The Bowery
1933 · Artist (uncredited)
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4.7 Damaged Lives
1933 · Waiter
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5.4 Torch Singer
1933 · Waiter in Bistro
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7.2
Baby Face
1933 · Speakeasy Drunk (uncredited)
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6.3 Hold Your Man
1933 · Neighbor in Hallway (uncredited)
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6.6 Storm at Daybreak
1933 · Serbian Villager (uncredited)
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6.5 The Thrill Hunter
1933 · Henchman Lou Norton
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5.1 De Bom Tamanho
1933 · Waiter (uncredited)
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5.5 Drum Taps
1933 · Henchman Pete
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10.0 Young Blood
1932 · Tony Murullo
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6.6 Virtue
1932 · Tony (uncredited)
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7.0 Texas Buddies
1932 · Ken Kincaid
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7.1 Vanity Street
1932 · Italian Street Workman (uncredited)
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6.5 Tiger Shark
1932 · Crewman (uncredited)
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6.9 American Madness
1932
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5.5 Ghost Valley
1932 · Pawnee
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5.4 This Is the Night
1932 · Man in the Manhole (uncredited)
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7.5 South of the Rio Grande
1932 · Bandido Leader
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6.0 Sin's Pay Day
1932 · Louie Joe
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8.0 Sally of the Subway
1932 · Leopold Von Trump
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6.2 Night Beat
1931 · Enricco Pommetti
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6.7 Safe in Hell
1931 · Jury Member (uncredited)
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5.0 Suicide Fleet
1931 · Havana Merchant (uncredited)
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6.7 Platinum Blonde
1931 · Waiter (uncredited)
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5.1 The Yellow Ticket
1931 · Jailer
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6.9
Dishonored
1931
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6.5 Dance, Fools, Dance
1931 · Emilio (uncredited)
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5.1 Command Performance
1931 · Sergeant of the Guard (uncredited)
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7.0 The Lion and the Lamb
1931 · Second Lascar
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4.4 Captain Thunder
1930 · Barfly
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6.6
Hell's Angels
1930 · Anarchist (uncredited)
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9.0 The Bad Man
1930 · Jose
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6.2 Those Who Dance
1930 · Hood
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9.0 The Delightful Rogue
1929 · Hymie
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4.5 Big News
1929 · Reno Henchman (uncredited)
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6.7 Movie Night
1929 · Movie Patron
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5.5 Hawk of the Hills
1929 · Sheckard
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7.0 The Royal Rider
1929 · Parvene
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5.8 Weary River
1929 · Telephone Informer / Friend at Barney's (uncredited)
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7.0 The Tiger's Shadow
1928 · Hawks
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5.7 Riley the Cop
1928 · French Policeman
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3.3 Virgin Lips
1928 · Patron
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5.5 Beware of Blondes
1928 · Portugee Joe
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8.0
Out with the Tide
1928
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7.0 The Yellow Cameo
1928 · Black Gavin
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5.5 The Desert Bride
1928 · Kassim’s Henchman (uncredited)
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7.4 The Last Command
1928 · A Soldier (uncredited)
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7.8
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
1927 · Carnival Gallery Man with Pig (uncredited)
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9.0 The Isle of Forgotten Women
1927
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8.0 The House Without a Key
1926 · Saladine
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7.0 Moran of the Mounted
1926 · Dubuc
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10.0 The Demon
1926 · Joseph Lomax
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7.0 Play Ball
1925 · Count Segundo
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6.5 The Crackerjack
1925 · Guard
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10.0 Into the Net
1924 · Ivan Invanovitch
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8.0 Plunder
1923 · Jude Deering
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8.0 Speed
1922 · Jim Sprague
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6.5 Hurricane Hutch
1921 · Jim Tiegerley
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9.0 The Sky Ranger
1921 · Dr. Santro
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7.0 Rogues and Romance
1920 · Pedro Pezet
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7.0 The Phantom Foe
1920 · The Phantom Foe
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Bound and Gagged
1919 · Don Esteban Carnero
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The American Way
1919 · Half Breed
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8.0 A Fallen Idol
1919 · Tushau
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8.0 Here Comes the Bride
1919 · Sevier
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The Black Secret
1919
People data: TMDb.
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