Biography
An American character actor who over a 50-year career performed in hundreds of stage, film, and television productions.
Acted in 428
2010s
- 2019
The Twilight Zone: A 60th Anniversary Celebration
Charlie (archive footage)
1970s
- 1970
The Cockeyed Cowboys of Calico County
Reverend Marshall
The Sixth Column
Will
1960s
- 1969
- 1968
- 1967
The Gnome-Mobile
Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Spirit Is Willing
Drug Store Owner
Captain Nice
Mr. Nash · 15 episodes
- 1966
The Swinger
Court Clerk (uncredited)
Love on a Rooftop
TV
- 1965
Marriage on the Rocks
Mr. Bruno (uncredited)
My Mother the Car
TV
- 1964
- 1963
Who's Minding the Store?
Sale Department Manager (uncredited)
Son of Flubber
Proprietor (uncredited)
- 1962
- 1961
Devil's Partner
Papers
- 1960
Moochie of Pop Warner Football
School Principal
The Slowest Gun in the West
The Clerk
Twelve Hours to Kill
Selby Gardner
1950s
- 1959
High School Big Shot
Mr. Mathews
The Rebel Set
Train Conductor
King of the Wild Stallions
A.B. Orcutt
- 1958
Man from God's Country
Will Potter (uncredited)
Going Steady
George Potter
- 1957
Up In Smoke
Satan
Gun Battle at Monterey
Carson
Dino
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Sierra Stranger
Claim Clerk Kelso
The Phantom Stagecoach
Mr. Fenshaw (uncredited)
Curfew Breakers
School Principal
The Young Stranger
Mr. Doyle (uncredited)
- 1956
The Desperados Are in Town
Jim Day
You Can't Run Away from It
Billings, Andrews' Secretary
Thunder Over Arizona
Undertaker
- 1955
At Gunpoint
Larry, Bank Teller
The Spoilers
Montrose
Jungle Jim
TV
The Scarlet Coat
Man with Delivery for Mr. Moody (uncredited)
Phantom Trails
Henry Hooper
- 1954
Trouble on the Trail
(archive footage)
The Rocket Man
Card Player Wearing Glasses (uncredited)
- 1953
The Flaming Urge
A. Horace Pender
The Moonlighter
Mr. Gurley
Bandits of the West
Eric Strikler
Cruisin' Down the River
Ben Fisher (uncredited)
Gun Belt
The Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
I Was a Burlesque Queen
Book Shop Owner
Run for the Hills
Mr. Simpson
A Perilous Journey
Martin, Desk Clerk
Confidentially Connie
Prof. Rosenberg (uncredited)
- 1952
Terry and the Pirates
TV
Cripple Creek
Hawkins (uncredited)
Ellis in Freedomland
Watchman
Apache Country
Secretary Bartlett (uncredited)
Skirts Ahoy!
Tearoom Manager (uncredited)
Hold That Line
Mathematics Professor Grog (uncredited)
Rose of Cimarron
Coroner
The Steel Fist
Professor Kardin
- 1951
Superman and the Mole Men
Jeff Reagan (uncredited)
The Sea Hornet
Clerk
FBI Girl
Morgue Clerk
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Mr. Teems, Erick Schwatzmeier, Superintendent · 1 episode
Disc Jockey
Clerk (uncredited)
Footlight Varieties
Dr. Twitchell
Hollywood Honeymoon
Movie
- 1950
Blades of the Musketeers
Du Verge, De Treville's Aide
Experiment Alcatraz
Jim Carlton, Realtor
Dark City
Motel Manager (uncredited)
Pal, Canine Detective
Movie
Champagne for Caesar
Gerald
Salt Lake Raiders
Lawyer John Sutton
Riding High
Maitre d' (uncredited)
Key to the City
Custodian (uncredited)
1940s
- 1949
Red Desert
Sparky Jackson
Dancing in the Dark
Stephen
Chinatown at Midnight
Greer Pharmacy Druggist
They Live by Night
Lambert
The Dalton Gang
Amos Boling
Satan's Cradle
Henry Lane,The Preacher
Mighty Joe Young
Jones (uncredited)
Arson, Inc.
Thomas Peyson
Tucson
Elkins (uncredited)
- 1948
Trouble Preferred
O'Rourke (uncredited)
Let's Live a Little
Hopkins
The Kissing Bandit
Grandee (uncredited)
The Return of October
Jonathan Grant
I Surrender Dear
George Rogers
Out of the Storm
Al Weinstock
A Southern Yankee
Mr. Duncan (scenes deleted)
Borrowed Trouble
Mike the Bartender (uncredited)
Relentless
Assayer (uncredited)
The Bride Goes Wild
Max (uncredited)
Arch of Triumph
Policeman at Accident (uncredited)
- 1947
The Chinese Ring
Armstrong
Linda, Be Good
Bookshop Owner
Song of Love
Bailiff (uncredited)
Michigan Kid
Mr. Porter
Second Chance
Emery (uncredited)
The Trouble with Women
Little Thin Man (uncredited)
Too Many Winners
Ben Edwards / Claude Bates
Fun on a Weekend
Man at Lunch Counter (uncredited)
Hard Boiled Mahoney
Prof. Quizard
The Adventures of Don Coyote
Henry Felton
Love and Learn
The Bridegroom (uncredited)
Easy Come, Easy Go
Sporting Goods Shop Owner
Bells of San Fernando
Francisco Garcia, Mission Blacksmith
It's a Joke, Son!
Groceryman
- 1946
San Quentin
Dixon (uncredited)
Magnificent Doll
Politician (uncredited)
The Show-Off
Mr. Jenkins (uncredited)
The Plainsman and the Lady
Simmons
Courage of Lassie
Dr. Coleman (uncredited)
The Secret of the Whistler
Jorgensen (uncredited)
The Mysterious Mr. M
Wetherby
Suspense
Cab Driver at Lodge (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston
Recording Technician (uncredited)
The French Key
Peabody
The Hoodlum Saint
J. Cornwall Travers (uncredited)
House of Horrors
Mr. Samuels
Deadline at Dawn
Night Attendant (uncredited)
Just Before Dawn
Harris, Makeup Man (uncredited)
Blonde Alibi
Wilson (Uncredited)
- 1945
Adventure
Littleton (uncredited)
Follow That Woman
Orville (uncredited)
Snafu
Phil Ford
Purity Squad
Dr. Laren aka Dr. Dibson
Voice of the Whistler
Georgie (uncredited)
Sensation Hunters
Mark Rogers
Week-End at the Waldorf
Joe (uncredited)
Arson Squad
Amos Baxter
The Hidden Eye
Burton Lorrison
Blonde from Brooklyn
Harvey (uncredited)
Don Juan Quilligan
Dr. Spenser, DDS (uncredited)
The Master Key
Prof. Elwood Henderson
It's in the Bag!
Mr. Teckler (uncredited)
Circumstantial Evidence
Bolger
Adventures of Kitty O'Day
Roberts
Grissly's Millions
Fred Palmor
Let's Go Steady
Waldemar Oates
- 1944
Music for Millions
Mr. Perkins (uncredited)
And Now Tomorrow
Clerk (uncredited)
Mystery of the Riverboat
Dr. Hartman [Ch. 1]
Mrs. Parkington
Norman Vance (uncredited)
Music in Manhattan
Ticket Agent (uncredited)
Ever Since Venus
Henley, the Druggist (uncredited)
Dark Mountain
Harvey Bates
Barbary Coast Gent
H.E. Holcomb - Assayer (uncredited)
Marriage Is a Private Affair
Ned Bolton
When Strangers Marry
Albert Foster (uncredited)
Maisie Goes to Reno
Dr. Joe Carter (Uncredited)
Swing in the Saddle
Sheriff Mort Tucker
The Great Moment
Morton's Clinic Manager (uncredited)
Once Upon a Time
Theatregoer (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich's Little Secret
Bill Collector
Take It Big
Mr. Jones (uncredited)
Roger Touhy, Gangster
Court Clerk (uncredited)
A Night of Adventure
Glove Expert (uncredited)
Stars on Parade
Mr. Barker (uncredited)
3 Men in White
Technician (uncredited)
Ladies of Washington
Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Gambler's Choice
Phony Robbery Victim (uncredited)
An American Romance
High School Principal (uncredited)
The Whistler
Flophouse Desk Clerk (Uncredited)
Lady in the Death House
Avery
Beautiful But Broke
Maxwell McKay
- 1943
What a Woman
Buxton Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
Rimplemayer (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail
Larson (Uncredited)
The Adventures of a Rookie
Mr. Linden (uncredited)
Silver Spurs
Justice of the Peace
Hi Diddle Diddle
Watson
First Comes Courage
Norwegian Shopkeeper (uncredited)
Appointment in Berlin
Herr Van Leyden (uncredited)
Henry Aldrich Swings It
Store Proprietor (uncredited)
Coney Island
Church Organist
The Black Raven
Horace Weatherby
Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
Father (uncredited)
Shantytown
Politician (uncredited)
The Falcon Strikes Back
Argyle, Hotel Desk Clark (uncredited)
Quiet Please, Murder
Edmund Walpole
Dixie Dugan
Secretary
Hoppy Serves a Writ
Danvers
The Human Comedy
Mr. Blenton (uncredited)
Margin for Error
Pharmacist
- 1942
Stand by for Action
Pharmacist's Mate 'Doc' Miller
Keep 'Em Sailing
Pelly, Stregel's Henchman (uncredited)
Wrecking Crew
Mission Worker
The Man in the Trunk
Man at Auction (uncredited)
Apache Trail
Clerk (uncredited)
Sabotage Squad
Bomber
The Magnificent Dope
Fifth Man to Leave Class (uncredited)
Flying with Music
Horace Willpott
Pacific Rendezvous
Decoder
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
Freddy Froelich
The Tuttles of Tahiti
Assistant Bank Manager (uncredited)
Fingers at the Window
Bird Man (uncredited)
Who Is Hope Schuyler?
George
The Panther's Claw
Everett P. Digberry
The Adventures of Martin Eden
Smithers
Man From Headquarters
Hotel Manager Clark
The Power of God
Dr. Bradden
- 1941
Bedtime Story
First Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Remember the Day
Mr. Blanton - Photographer
Road to Happiness
Jackson
Harvard Here I Come
Professor Alvin
Dude Cowboy
Frank Adams
H.M. Pulham, Esq.
Curtis Cole (uncredited)
Sullivan's Travels
Johnny Valdelle
The Night of January 16th
Jeweler (uncredited)
Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring
Hospital Orderly (uncredited)
Fancy Answers
Offbeat Otto, Musician
Come Back, Miss Pipps
Attorney Arthur Prince (uncredited)
The Stork Pays Off
Teacher (uncredited)
Mystery Ship
Wasserman
The Deadly Game
Motel Manager
I Was a Prisoner on Devil's Island
Presidente Judge (uncredited)
Sweetheart of the Campus
Dr. Bailey
She Knew All the Answers
Man in the Elevator (uncredited)
The Gay Vagabond
Vogel
Under Age
Downey
Roar of the Press
Eddie Tate
Sis Hopkins
Joe
Man-Made Monster
Alienist #2
The Penalty
Bank Manager (uncredited)
Meet Boston Blackie
Blind Man (uncredited)
Blonde Inspiration
Hutchins' Associate (uncredited)
Ridin' on a Rainbow
Matt 'Pop' Evans
- 1940
Behind the News
John - Alcoholic Father
Heroes of the Saddle
Melloney
Ellery Queen, Master Detective
Amos
Dr. Kildare's Crisis
Orderly at Emergency Switchboard
Sky Murder
Kuse
I Want a Divorce
Secretary
Good Bad Boys
Mr. Stephens (uncredited)
Golden Gloves
Hemingway (uncredited)
The Great McGinty
Governor's Secretary (uncredited)
Untamed
Nels (uncredited)
Three Faces West
Joe Stebbins
Opened by Mistake
Roger Weatherby (uncredited)
Edison, the Man
Edwin Hall
The Man with Nine Lives
Dr. Bassett
Curtain Call
Director of Medbury Theatre Group
Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
Professor Drok
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Politician (uncredited)
Parole Fixer
Florist (uncredited)
The Saint's Double Trouble
Ephraim Byrd (uncredited)
1930s
- 1939
The Secret of Dr. Kildare
Hospital Attendant (uncredited)
Bad Little Angel
New Sentinel editor (uncredited)
Television Spy
William Sheldon
Sabotage
(uncredited)
A Woman is the Judge
Ballistic Expert (uncredited)
Hawaiian Nights
Evans (uncredited)
In Name Only
Owen the Clerk (uncredited)
The Man They Could Not Hang
Lang
Girl from Rio
William Wilson
Mutiny on the Blackhawk
Coombs - a Sailor
The Spellbinder
J.J. Henkins, Auditor (uncredited)
Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever
Mark Hansen (uncredited)
Million Dollar Legs
Frederick Day, Dean Wixby's Secretary (uncredited)
The Girl from Mexico
Delivery Entrance Guard, Delivery Entrance Guard (uncredited)
Exile Express
Fake Conductor
Some Like It Hot
Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Streets of New York
'Murderer' in Classroom (uncredited)
Let Us Live
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Mystery of the White Room
The Coroner
I'll Tell the World
Banker
- 1938
Smashing the Spy Ring
Schuster aka Quirk (uncredited)
I Am a Criminal
Ed Harper
Say It in French
Swedish Janitor
Gangster's Boy
District Attorney's Secretary
The Spider's Web
Allen Roberts
The Mad Miss Manton
Assistant News Editor (uncredited)
A Man to Remember
Bank Teller (uncredited)
Tenth Avenue Kid
Dr. Belknap
Smashing the Rackets
Alverson - Chemist
Delinquent Parents
Herbert Ellis
Crime Ring
George Myles
Strange Glory
Senator
The Lady in the Morgue
Al Horn (uncredited)
It's All in Your Mind
Wilbur Crane
King of the Newsboys
Gazette Owner (uncredited)
- 1937
True Confession
Ballistic Expert (uncredited)
The Duke Comes Back
Peters the butler
The Luck of Roaring Camp
Kentuck
It Happened in Hollywood
Chet
Soak the Poor
Grocer (uncredited)
The Devil Is Driving
Mr. Muller (uncredited)
Dick Tracy
Korvitch [Chs. 1, 12]
The Devil Diamond
Ole
Larceny on the Air
Pete Andorka
- 1936
The President's Mystery
Supporting Role
- 1934
The Little Minister
Villager at Stabbing
- 1932
Night World
Mr. Baby / Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Appearances1
1950s
- 1950
