Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lee Phelps (May 15, 1893 – March 19, 1953) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 600 films between 1917 and 1953, mainly in uncredited roles. He also appeared in three films - Grand Hotel, You Can't Take It with You, and Gone with the Wind - that won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Phelps appeared in the 1952 episode "Outlaw's Paradise" as a judge in the syndicated western television series The Adventures of Kit Carson, starring Bill Williams in the title role. He also appeared in a 1952 TV episode (#90) of The Lone Ranger.
Acted in 330
1950s
- 1953
Vice Squad
Vickie's Apartment Manager (uncredited)
- 1952
The Turning Point
Policeman (uncredited)
- 1951
Callaway Went Thataway
Ranch Hand (uncredited)
Fort Defiance
Bartender
- 1950
Hunt the Man Down
Court Bailiff (uncredited)
Timber Fury
Sheriff Williams
Hills of Oklahoma
Rancher Scotty Davis
Champagne for Caesar
Neighbor
Western Pacific Agent
Chief of Police
1940s
- 1949
The File on Thelma Jordon
Chauffeur (uncredited)
Red, Hot and Blue
Cop (uncredited)
Follow Me Quietly
Detective
The Fountainhead
Juror (uncredited)
Sky Dragon
Detective at Airport Gate
Gun Law Justice
Hank Cardigan
A Woman's Secret
District Attorney's Office Clerk (Uncredited)
- 1948
Walk a Crooked Mile
Movie
The Fuller Brush Man
Fire Captain (uncredited)
- 1947
High Wall
Movie
High Barbaree
Workman (uncredited)
A Likely Story
Cop at Intersection (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie
Police Officer Mitchell (uncredited)
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
Movie
- 1946
Magnificent Doll
Hatch (uncredited)
Accomplice
Lt. Hayden
Her Adventurous Night
Cop #3 (uncredited)
Blonde Alibi
Policeman #1 (Uncredited)
Up Goes Maisie
Cop at Fire (Uncredited)
- 1945
Adventure
Bartender at Frank & Bob's Place (uncredited)
Pillow of Death
Movie
Girls of the Big House
Detective Benson
The Hidden Eye
Polasky
Betrayal from the East
Immigration Officer with Black Hatband (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
Cop
- 1944
Dark Mountain
Police Dispatcher in montage (archive footage) (uncredited)
Youth Runs Wild
Night Watchman (uncredited)
The Lady and the Monster
Headwaiter with Phone (Uncredited)
Patrolling the Ether
Bit Role
- 1943
Swing Shift Maisie
Security Officer (Uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic
Lieutenant-Commander (uncredited)
Gildersleeve's Bad Day
Police Officer Ryan (uncredited)
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Bronson - Prison Gate Guard (uncredited)
Power of the Press
Policeman (uncredited)
- 1942
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty
Bartender
Seven Miles from Alcatraz
Patrol Launch Captain Luther
The Secret Code
Jailer
Riders of the West
The Sheriff-Conspirator
Night in New Orleans
Grady, Police Car Driver (uncredited)
Spy Ship
Listener on Street
In This Our Life
Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Broadway
Detective (uncredited)
Grand Central Murder
First Railroad Yardman (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
Police Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Murder in the Big House
Executioner (uncredited)
Two Yanks in Trinidad
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
Second Police Driver (uncredited)
Blondie Goes to College
Coach Hartley
- 1941
Pacific Blackout
Cop
The Great Man's Lady
Chairman
Manpower
Detective in Raid (uncredited)
The Spider Returns
Police Officer Mulligan
Her First Beau
State Trooper
A Shot in the Dark
Blaney
Dead Men Tell
Detective (Uncredited)
Andy Hardy's Private Secretary
Barnes
The Face Behind the Mask
Detective at Cary's Office (uncredited)
- 1940
Murder Over New York
Police Officer Joe
The Fargo Kid
Bartender
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Flynn (uncredited)
Little Nellie Kelly
Detective Barter (uncredited)
Gallant Sons
Police Lieutenant Bill Maloney (uncredited)
Angels Over Broadway
Police Lieutenant (uncredited)
Wyoming
Ed James
Men Against the Sky
Shop Foreman
Dance, Girl, Dance
Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Flowing Gold
Policeman (uncredited)
Gold Rush Maisie
Man Outside General Store (Uncredited)
Pop Always Pays
Policeman at the Pawnbroker's
Brother Orchid
1st Policeman at Buck's Hideout (uncredited)
Hidden Gold
Sheriff Cameron
Girl in 313
Second Detective
And One Was Beautiful
Bailiff
Young Tom Edison
Train Engineer Miller
Women Without Names
Police Broadcaster
Castle on the Hudson
Visitor Room Guard (uncredited)
I Take This Woman
Policeman (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
Police Sergeant Outside Bohlen's Office (uncredited)
Santa Fe Marshal
Blacksmith
1930s
- 1939
Balalaika
Doorman (uncredited)
Nick Carter, Master Detective
Riley - Airplane Workman
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Policeman
Kid Nightingale
Ring Announcer
Bad Little Angel
Fireman (uncredited)
Sued for Libel
Policeman Playing Cards (uncredited)
Smashing the Money Ring
Night Gate Guard (uncredited)
Dancing Co-Ed
Workman's Stooge (uncredited)
Golden Boy
Ring Announcer
Angels Wash Their Faces
Guard at Reform School (uncredited)
These Glamour Girls
Policeman (uncredited)
They Shall Have Music
Policeman in Auditorium (uncredited)
Girl from Rio
Dennis Slater
Coast Guard
Senior Officer (uncredited)
Hell's Kitchen
Bailiff (uncredited)
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Police Guard (uncredited)
Dog Daze
Officer Sweeney
Tell No Tales
Policeman at School (uncredited)
Lucky Night
Waiter At George's (uncredited)
Fixer Dugan
Hammer Game Barker
Women in the Wind
Wichita Official (uncredited)
The Lady and the Mob
Policeman
Let Us Live
Cop (uncredited)
Sergeant Madden
Policeman
Money to Loan
Policeman
Tiny Troubles
Officer O'Brien
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Sheriff (uncredited)
Wings of the Navy
Train Conductor
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Detective (uncredited)
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
Police Dispatcher (uncredited)
Four Girls in White
Foreman at Accident
Idiot's Delight
Train Announcer
Scouts to the Rescue
G-Man Jim Carson [Chs. 11-12]
The Long Shot
Movie
Pirates of the Skies
Movie
- 1938
Trade Winds
Detective (Uncredited)
Spring Madness
Police Officer Ryan
The Chaser
Ambulance Dispatcher
Men with Wings
Photographer
Gold Diggers in Paris
Detective
The Saint in New York
Detective Kestry (Uncredited)
Heart of Arizona
Ranger Captain
Female Fugitive
Investigator Steve Roberts
Over the Wall
Patrolman Who Arrests Davis
The First Hundred Years
The Judge's clerk (uncredited)
Midnight Intruder
Deputy (uncredited)
- 1937
Sudden Bill Dorn
Ken Fairchild
Under Suspicion
Private Detective
Blossoms On Broadway
Cop (uncredited)
Boss of Lonely Valley
Peter Starr
One Mile from Heaven
Radio Cop
Raw Timber
Goss 'Bull' Riley
Behind The Headlines
FBI Agent Harris
Turn Off the Moon
Waiter (uncredited)
Let Them Live
Fireman
Midnight Taxi
Chief of Detectives
Left-Handed Law
Sheriff Joe Grant
Sandflow
Singing Guard
Time Out for Romance
Reporter
Man Of The People
Relative of Sentenced Boy (uncredited)
- 1936
After the Thin Man
Flop House Proprietor (uncredited)
Sinner Take All
Police Officer Beaumont (uncredited)
The Boss Rider of Gun Creek
Sheriff Lem Morrison
Hideaway Girl
Police Sgt. Davis
The Accusing Finger
Riley
Theodora Goes Wild
Reporter (uncredited)
Murder with Pictures
Girard Henchman (uncredited)
Wives Never Know
Doorman (uncredited)
Postal Inspector
Cop (uncredited)
Crash Donovan
Patrolman (uncredited)
And Sudden Death
Court Clerk
Palm Springs
Bartender
Little Miss Nobody
Policeman
Show Boat
Movie
Human Cargo
Gangster
Absolute Quiet
First Mechanic (Uncredited)
Big Brown Eyes
Lee (Uncredited)
Road Gang
Guard in Blackfoot Mine (uncredited)
Robin Hood of El Dorado
Off-Key Singer Hank
The Garden Murder Case
Bus Driver (Uncredited)
The Voice of Bugle Ann
Davis' Cellmate (uncredited)
Strike Me Pink
Stage Doorman at Club Lido (uncredited)
- 1935
We're Only Human
Detective
The Calling of Dan Matthews
Club Owner (uncredited)
Hot Money
Policeman (uncredited)
3 Kids and a Queen
Cop
Confidential
One of Keaton's Lieutenants
It's in the Air
Investigator (uncredited)
The Spanish Cape Mystery
Detective (uncredited)
She Couldn't Take It
Bailiff
Waterfront Lady
Detective Bates
Special Agent
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Woman Wanted
Detective Charlie Beale (uncredited)
Men of Action
Construction Worker
Public Hero Number 1
Tower Guard with Machine Gun (uncredited)
Murder in the Fleet
Officer Berating Guard (Uncredited)
'G' Men
McCord's Aide (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady
Yelling Ship Official (uncredited)
Baby Face Harrington
Policeman (uncredited)
The Winning Ticket
Bookmaker
Sequoia
Hunter (uncredited)
- 1934
The Gay Bride
Safety deposit box guard (uncredited)
Two Heads on a Pillow
Court Clerk
Among the Missing
Detective Gaynor
Chained
Ship's Bartender (uncredited)
Blind Date
Marathon Dance Attendant
Sadie McKee
Brennan’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
Manhattan Melodrama
Bailiff (uncredited)
Upperworld
Reporter (uncredited)
The Crime Doctor
Detective (uncredited)
Beggars in Ermine
Joe Swanson
Fashions of 1934
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Roast-Beef and Movies
Attendant from Asylum (uncredited)
Cross Country Cruise
Bus Driver (Uncredited)
- 1933
Female
Man with Thorne's Blueprint (Uncredited)
I'm No Angel
Sideshow Spectator (uncredited)
Bedtime Worries
Police Officer
Penthouse
Detective (uncredited)
Mary Stevens, M.D.
Station Master (uncredited)
Midnight Mary
Club Imperial Floor Manager (uncredited)
The Woman I Stole
Murdock
The Nuisance
Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
King of the Jungle
Customs Inspector (uncredited)
Parole Girl
Burns, 1st Store Detective (uncredited)
Men Must Fight
Secret Service Escort
She Done Him Wrong
Waiter -Singer (uncredited)
Goldie Gets Along
Spring Valley Contest Judge
Frisco Jenny
Jailer (uncredited)
- 1932
Afraid to Talk
Taxi Driver
Vanity Street
Detective (uncredited)
Blessed Event
Hotel Desk Clerk
70,000 Witnesses
Detective (uncredited)
American Madness
Movie
By Whose Hand?
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman
Waiter Calling Bill to Phone (uncredited)
Attorney for the Defense
Radio Test Man
The Rich Are Always with Us
Club Clerk (uncredited)
Letty Lynton
Dennis (Uncredited)
Man Wanted
Speakeasy Waiter (Uncredited)
Young America
Court Clerk (Uncredited)
Cross-Examination
Officer Myles
Emma
Railroad Ticket Agent (uncredited)
- 1931
Local Boy Makes Good
Assistant Coach
The Champ
Louie the Bartender (uncredited)
Flying High
Reporter from the News (uncredited)
Traveling Husbands
Hotel Elevator Starter
Laughing Sinners
Poker-Playing Salesman
Daybreak
Waiter
The Secret Six
Smelts - Waiter (uncredited)
Quick Millions
Tom, Man in sound track (uncredited)
Ladies' Man
Desk clerk
Stepping Out
Casino Patron
Strangers May Kiss
Bartender
Ten Cents a Dance
Bouncer (uncredited)
Danger Lights
Railroad Worker (uncredited)
- 1930
Brothers
Bailiff (uncredited)
The Girl Said No
Truck Driver
Anna Christie
Larry the Bartender
Street of Chance
Bert (uncredited)
1920s
- 1929
The Kiss
Tour Guide (uncredited)
- 1927
Putting Pants on Philip
Extra
- 1923
- 1922
The Freshie
Tom
- 1921
The Road Demon
Movie
- 1920
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Turner Boy
1910s
- 1919
The Home Town Girl
Frank Willis
The Follies Girl
Basil
- 1918
The Reckoning Day
Jimmy Ware
The Secret Code
Towen Rage
Limousine Life
Moncure Kelts
- 1917
Framing Framers
Lonnie Gorman
The Fuel of Life
Leonard Durant
Appearances1
2000s
- 2003
Complicated Women
Self (archive footage)