Perc Launders


Biography

Perc Launders was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Launders's career beginnings included film roles in the Dorothy Lamour musical "And the Angels Sing" (1944), the Alan Ladd thriller "The Blue Dahlia" (1946) and the crime picture "The Killers" (1946) with Burt Lancaster. Launders then began to rack up a number of film credits, including roles in the drama "Born to Ki...

Biography

Perc Launders was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Launders's career beginnings included film roles in the Dorothy Lamour musical "And the Angels Sing" (1944), the Alan Ladd thriller "The Blue Dahlia" (1946) and the crime picture "The Killers" (1946) with Burt Lancaster. Launders then began to rack up a number of film credits, including roles in the drama "Born to Kill" (1947) with Claire Trevor, "Desperate" (1947) and the Dennis O'Keefe drama "Abandoned" (1949). He also appeared in the Ronald Reagan comedy "Bedtime For Bonzo" (1951). Later in his career, Launders acted in "The Enforcer" (1951). Launders passed away in October 1952 at the age of 48.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

It Grows on Trees (1952)
Policeman
Here Come the Marines (1952)
Sgt. Lane
Rodeo (1952)
Announcer
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
Assistant Coach Amster
Francis Goes to West Point (1952)
Grindle
Wild Stallion (1952)
Doctor
Jet Job (1952)
Photographer
Little Egypt (1951)
Police captain
Flight to Mars (1951)
Workman
Father Takes the Air (1951)
Silent driver
The Enforcer (1951)
Police sergeant
Frenchie (1951)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
Policeman
Meet Me After the Show (1951)
Turnkey
Bedtime For Bonzo (1951)
Fireman
Crazy Over Horses (1951)
Charlie
Three Secrets (1950)
Chauffeur
The Milkman (1950)
Police sergeant
For Heaven's Sake (1950)
Doorman
Highway 301 (1950)
Detective
Undercover Girl (1950)
Police sergeant
The Lady Gambles (1949)
Dealer
Abandoned (1949)
Dowd
Fighting Father Dunne (1948)
Policeman
Are You with It? (1948)
Concessionaire
River Lady (1948)
Western Heritage (1948)
Sheriff Claiborne
If You Knew Susie (1948)
Guard
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
Band member
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
Townsman
The Naked City (1948)
Police photographer
Kiss of Death (1947)
Lieutenant
California (1947)
Printer
The Shocking Miss Pilgrim (1947)
The Exile (1947)
Guitar player
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
Bartender
Suddenly, It's Spring (1947)
Reporter
Code of the West (1947)
Editor, stagecoach driver
They Won't Believe Me (1947)
Police stenographer
Desperate (1947)
Manny
Something in the Wind (1947)
Policeman
The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)
Policeman
Born to Kill (1947)
Detective Bryson
Magnificent Doll (1946)
Watch member
The Brute Man (1946)
Because of Him (1946)
Policeman
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Hotel clerk
The Virginian (1946)
Harmonica player
Centennial Summer (1946)
Waiter
The Killers (1946)
Policeman
Masquerade in Mexico (1946)
P.A.A. traffic man
Wake Up and Dream (1946)
Coast Guard policeman
San Quentin (1946)
Rod Mason
House of Horrors (1946)
Smith
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (1946)
Telephone operator
Lover Come Back (1946)
Reporter
Behind Green Lights (1946)
Policeman
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
Card player
Johnny Angel (1945)
Second official
She Gets Her Man (1945)
Hot dog man
Lady on a Train (1945)
New York policeman
West of the Pecos (1945)
Sam Sawtelle
The Stork Club (1945)
Tom, member of band
Under Western Skies (1945)
Hank
Boston Blackie's Rendezvous (1945)
Reporter
Her Lucky Night (1945)
Onlooker
The Lost Weekend (1945)
Doorman
See My Lawyer (1945)
Furniture mover
The Falcon in San Francisco (1945)
Turnkey
Allergic to Love (1944)
Janitor
Swingtime Johnny (1944)
Truck driver
Week-End Pass (1944)
Murphy
Destiny (1944)
Officer
Twilight on the Prairie (1944)
Hank
The Falcon Out West (1944)
Red
And the Angels Sing (1944)
Miller
The Falcon in Hollywood (1944)
Zoller
Experiment Perilous (1944)
Ambulance man
Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)
Croupier
Ghost Catchers (1944)
Policeman
Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943)
Photographer
Is Everybody Happy? (1943)
Red
The Falcon Strikes Back (1943)
Bartender
Calling Dr. Death (1943)
Detective
The Falcon and the Co-eds (1943)
Garage man
The Forest Rangers (1942)
Lumberjack
Sullivan's Travels (1942)
Yard man
The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
Assistant. postal inspector
The Man in the Trunk (1942)
Photographer
Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
Cab driver
The Falcon's Brother (1942)
Arlette's doorman
Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941)
Bus conductor
Dance Hall (1941)
Beattie
Sing for Your Supper (1941)
Musician
Citizen Kane (1941)
Man in projection room

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Citizen Kane (1941)
Stand-in

Life Events

Bibliography