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Lee Phelps was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Phelps began his acting career with roles in such films as "The Road Demon" (1921), the Greta Garbo dramatic adaptation "Anna Christie" (1930) and the Wallace Beery sports "The Champ" (1931). He also appeared in the James Cagney crime feature "The Public Enemy" (1931), "The Woman I Stole" (1933) and "Parole Girl" (1933)...

Filmography

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Count the Hours (1953)

Sheriff Masters

Code Two (1953)

The Magnetic Monster (1953)

Man of Conflict (1953)

The Marshal's Daughter (1953)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

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Public Enemy, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Somebody's Got To Protect Your Customers

Biography

Lee Phelps was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Phelps began his acting career with roles in such films as "The Road Demon" (1921), the Greta Garbo dramatic adaptation "Anna Christie" (1930) and the Wallace Beery sports "The Champ" (1931). He also appeared in the James Cagney crime feature "The Public Enemy" (1931), "The Woman I Stole" (1933) and "Parole Girl" (1933). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like "Sandflow" (1937) with Buck Jones, "Smoke Tree Range" (1937) and the western "Sudden Bill Dorn" (1937) with Buck Jones. He also appeared in "Tough to Handle" (1937). In the latter half of his career, he continued to act in "Life Begins at Eight-Thirty" (1942), the comedy "Don Juan Quilligan" (1945) with William Bendix and "Deadline at Dawn" (1946). He also appeared in "The Dark Corner" (1946) and "The Lone Wolf and His Lady" (1949). Phelps last acted in the Laurie Anders western "The Marshal's Daughter" (1953). Phelps passed away in March 1953 at the age of 60.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Count the Hours (1953)

Sheriff Masters

Code Two (1953)

The Magnetic Monster (1953)

Man of Conflict (1953)

The Marshal's Daughter (1953)

The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1953)

The Clown (1953)

Kansas City Confidential (1952)

Carbine Williams (1952)

The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1952)

Oklahoma Annie (1952)

The Turning Point (1952)

My Man and I (1952)

Plainclothesman

Behind Southern Lines (1952)

Fort Defiance (1951)

Pistol Harvest (1951)

The People Against O'Hara (1951)

Emmett Kimbaugh

Double Dynamite (1951)

Hunt the Man Down (1951)

Callaway Went Thataway (1951)

Don Daredevil Rides Again (1951)

To Please a Lady (1950)

Square Dance Katy (1950)

Devil's Doorway (1950)

The Yellow Cab Man (1950)

Dial 1119 (1950)

Father of the Bride (1950)

The File on Thelma Jordon (1950)

Hi-Jacked (1950)

Western Pacific Agent (1950)

Chief of police

Hills of Oklahoma (1950)

The Girl from San Lorenzo (1950)

Sheriff Editor Marlowe

Timber Fury (1950)

Sheriff [Williams]

Desperadoes of the West (1950)

The Sky Dragon (1949)

Plainclothesman

Home in San Antone (1949)

Follow Me Quietly (1949)

A Woman's Secret (1949)

Flaxy Martin (1949)

Tell It to the Judge (1949)

Police sergeant

Angels in Disguise (1949)

Knock on Any Door (1949)

Red, Hot and Blue (1949)

White Heat (1949)

That Midnight Kiss (1949)

Prison Warden (1949)

The Lone Wolf and His Lady (1949)

Sergeant Henderson

Shadows of the West (1949)

The Window (1949)

Leave It to Henry (1949)

The Devil's Henchman (1949)

Gun Law Justice (1949)

Alias a Gentleman (1948)

The Babe Ruth Story (1948)

Joan of Arc (1948)

High Wall (1948)

The Fuller Brush Man (1948)

Michael O'Halloran (1948)

Undercover Maisie (1947)

Officer Mitchell

Out of the Blue (1947)

Motorcycle officer

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947)

High Barbaree (1947)

The Mighty McGurk (1947)

The Devil Thumbs a Ride (1947)

Love Laughs at Andy Hardy (1947)

They Won't Believe Me (1947)

Unconquered (1947)

Royal American sergeant

Blaze of Noon (1947)

Till the Clouds Roll By (1947)

A Likely Story (1947)

Policeman at intersection

Nora Prentiss (1947)

Lost Honeymoon (1947)

The Sea of Grass (1947)

California (1947)

The Madonna's Secret (1946)

Ding Dong Williams (1946)

San Quentin (1946)

In Fast Company (1946)

Deadline at Dawn (1946)

Philosophical policeman

Earl Carroll Sketchbook (1946)

The Dark Corner (1946)

Blonde Alibi (1946)

The Harvey Girls (1946)

Adventure (1946)

Up Goes Maisie (1946)

The Hoodlum Saint (1946)

A Letter for Evie (1946)

Behind Green Lights (1946)

Murder in the Music Hall (1946)

Nobody Lives Forever (1946)

Three Wise Fools (1946)

Magnificent Doll (1946)

Her Adventurous Night (1946)

Scarlet Street (1945)

Honeymoon Ahead (1945)

The Hidden Eye (1945)

Road to Alcatraz (1945)

Don't Fence Me In (1945)

Don Juan Quilligan (1945)

Police stenographer

The Chicago Kid (1945)

Circumstantial Evidence (1945)

The Valley of Decision (1945)

Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (1945)

Patrick the Great (1945)

Girls of the Big House (1945)

Within These Walls (1945)

Roughly Speaking (1945)

The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood (1945)

House detective

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

Youth on Trial (1945)

Music for Millions (1945)

Nothing But Trouble (1945)

Betrayal from the East (1945)

Immigration officer

Along Came Jones (1945)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

The Lady and the Monster (1944)

Girl Rush (1944)

Youth Runs Wild (1944)

An American Romance (1944)

Workman in meeting

Lost Angel (1944)

Meet the People (1944)

See Here, Private Hargrove (1944)

Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)

Barbary Coast Gent (1944)

Shotgun messenger

Gentle Annie (1944)

Gildersleeve on Broadway (1943)

Good Morning, Judge (1943)

Air Raid Wardens (1943)

Two Tickets to London (1943)

Action in the North Atlantic (1943)

Lieutenant-commander

Swing Shift Maisie (1943)

Plant policeman

Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case (1943)

Flesh and Fantasy (1943)

Whistling in Brooklyn (1943)

Truck Busters (1943)

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)

Seven Miles from Alcatraz (1943)

Slightly Dangerous (1943)

The Iron Major (1943)

The Fallen Sparrow (1943)

Night in New Orleans (1942)

Grady, driver of police car

The Great Gildersleeve (1942)

Born to Sing (1942)

Daring Young Man (1942)

Two Yanks in Trinidad (1942)

Grand Central Murder (1942)

Maintenance man

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)

The Forest Rangers (1942)

North to the Klondike (1942)

Pilot of the river boat

The Bugle Sounds (1942)

Tennessee Johnson (1942)

Joe Smith, American (1942)

The Talk of the Town (1942)

Wings for the Eagle (1942)

Fingers at the Window (1942)

Voice on telephone

All Through the Night (1942)

Saboteur (1942)

Plant policeman

In This Our Life (1942)

Murder in the Big House (1942)

Pardon My Stripes (1942)

Ball of Fire (1942)

Policeman in station

The Great Man's Lady (1942)

Broadway (1942)

The Man in the Trunk (1942)

Scattergood Rides High (1942)

War Dogs (1942)

Gentleman Jim (1942)

Drums of the Congo (1942)

Captain of steamer

Blondie Goes to College (1942)

Dance Hall (1941)

Police sergeant

Public Enemies (1941)

Sergeant operator

Six Lessons from Madame La Zonga (1941)

The Face Behind the Mask (1941)

Blues in the Night (1941)

Wild Geese Calling (1941)

The Bride Wore Crutches (1941)

The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)

Double Date (1941)

The Big Store (1941)

Honky Tonk (1941)

Man in meeting house

Manpower (1941)

Unholy Partners (1941)

We Go Fast (1941)

High Sierra (1941)

Love Crazy (1941)

Strange Alibi (1941)

Principal keeper

Pacific Blackout (1941)

A Shot in the Dark (1941)

Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)

Her First Beau (1941)

Knockout (1941)

Dead Men Tell (1941)

Murder over New York (1940)

First policeman

The Fargo Kid (1940)

The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Gallant Sons (1940)

Men Against the Sky (1940)

Pop Always Pays (1940)

Cop at pawnbroker's

Police sergeant

I'm Nobody's Sweetheart Now (1940)

Girl in 313 (1940)

Second detective

Little Nellie Kelly (1940)

Girls Under 21 (1940)

First detective

Customs officer

Black Diamonds (1940)

And One Was Beautiful (1940)

Brother Orchid (1940)

Knute Rockne--All American (1940)

Young Tom Edison (1940)

Engineer Miller

Castle on the Hudson (1940)

Gold Rush Maisie (1940)

I'm Still Alive (1940)

Hidden Gold (1940)

Sheriff Cameron

Girl from Rio (1939)

Burn 'Em Up O'Connor (1939)

Dancing Co-Ed (1939)

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)

The Flying Irishman (1939)

Wings of the Navy (1939)

Four Girls in White (1939)

Hell's Kitchen (1939)

Remember? (1939)

Golden Boy (1939)

Pirates of the Skies (1939)

Bad Little Angel (1939)

The Roaring Twenties (1939)

Lucky Night (1939)

Waiter in George's

Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939)

Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)

Sergeant Madden (1939)

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

Blackmail (1939)

Persons in Hiding (1939)

Gone With the Wind (1939)

Let Us Live (1939)

Women in the Wind (1939)

Tell No Tales (1939)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Coast Guard (1939)

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt (1939)

Police broadcaster

Waterfront (1939)

Kid Nightingale (1939)

Undercover Agent (1939)

City Girl (1938)

Sergeant Farrell

Vacation from Love (1938)

Spring Madness (1938)

Wives Under Suspicion (1938)

Midnight Intruder (1938)

Trade Winds (1938)

Detective Squad member

No Time to Marry (1938)

The Devil's Party (1938)

Over the Wall (1938)

Too Hot to Handle (1938)

The Sisters (1938)

Men with Wings (1938)

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)

Sweethearts (1938)

Doorman at St. Regis

Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)

The Crowd Roars (1938)

Female Fugitive (1938)

The Gladiator (1938)

Midnight Taxi (1937)

Chief of detectives

Under Suspicion (1937)

The Perfect Specimen (1937)

Head of State Patrol

The Man in Blue (1937)

Think Fast, Mr. Moto (1937)

Internes Can't Take Money (1937)

Let Them Live (1937)

That's My Story (1937)

Rubberneck barker

Time Out for Romance (1937)

Blossoms on Broadway (1937)

The Devil Is Driving (1937)

Man of the People (1937)

Conquest (1937)

Turn Off the Moon (1937)

God's Country and the Woman (1937)

One Mile from Heaven (1937)

Her Husband Lies (1937)

Nothing Sacred (1937)

Black Legion (1937)

You Only Live Once (1937)

Guard in corridor

Submarine D-1 (1937)

San Quentin (1937)

Tough to Handle (1937)

A Fight to the Finish (1937)

First parole officer

Sandflow (1937)

Raw Timber (1937)

Boss of Lonely Valley (1937)

Left-Handed Law (1937)

Sudden Bill Dorn (1937)

Nation Aflame (1937)

Souls at Sea (1937)

Big City (1937)

Adams, immigration officer

Wells Fargo (1937)

Moonlight Murder (1936)

Murder with Pictures (1936)

Girard henchman

Palm Springs (1936)

Straight from the Shoulder (1936)

Police broadcaster

Absolute Quiet (1936)

The Bohemian Girl (1936)

Sinner Take All (1936)

Crash Donovan (1936)

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Nobody's Fool (1936)

The Walking Dead (1936)

Human Cargo (1936)

Big Brown Eyes (1936)

Show Boat (1936)

Riffraff (1936)

Cain and Mabel (1936)

The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)

Police announcer

Theodora Goes Wild (1936)

Wives Never Know (1936)

The Accusing Finger (1936)

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)

Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936)

Postal Inspector (1936)

The Magnificent Brute (1936)

Road Gang (1936)

And Sudden Death (1936)

Forgotten Faces (1936)

The Boss Rider of Gun Creek (1936)

Sheriff Marsden

After the Thin Man (1936)

Proprietor of Flop House

Our Relations (1936)

$1,000 a Minute (1935)

Men of the Hour (1935)

Radio announcer

The Frisco Kid (1935)

Silk Hat Kid (1935)

Times Square Lady (1935)

Baby Face Harrington (1935)

Orchids to You (1935)

Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935)

Vagabond Lady (1935)

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

Princess O'Hara (1935)

Delivery driver

Metropolitan (1935)

Ghita's chauffeur

Special Agent (1935)

Grand Exit (1935)

The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935)

Mister Dynamite (1935)

Party Wire (1935)

Three Kids and a Queen (1935)

Wings in the Dark (1935)

The Winning Ticket (1935)

Let 'Em Have It (1935)

I Found Stella Parish (1935)

You Can't Buy Everything (1934)

Murder in the Private Car (1934)

Among the Missing (1934)

The Girl from Missouri (1934)

Policeman/Poster man

Sadie McKee (1934)

College Rhythm (1934)

Death on the Diamond (1934)

This Side of Heaven (1934)

You're Telling Me! (1934)

Six of a Kind (1934)

Starter at airport

Blind Date (1934)

Midnight Alibi (1934)

The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934)

Helldorado (1934)

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)

Men in White (1934)

Housewife (1934)

Beggars in Ermine (1934)

The Show-Off (1934)

King Kong (1933)

The Woman I Stole (1933)

Parole Girl (1933)

Cross-Examination (1932)

Red-Headed Woman (1932)

Waiter at The Log Cabin

The Night Club Lady (1932)

The Criminal Code (1931)

Detective Doherty

Anna Christie (1930)

The Freshie (1922)

The Road Demon (1921)

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1920)

The Follies Girl (1919)

The Home Town Girl (1919)

False Ambition (1918)

Peter Van Dixon

Secret Code (1918)

Marked Cards (1918)

The Flames of Chance (1918)

Old Love for New (1918)

The Reckoning Day (1918)

The Hard Rock Breed (1918)

Limousine Life (1918)

The Fuel of Life (1917)

Framing Framers (1917)

Cast (Short)

Patrolling the Ether (1944)

Mighty Lak a Goat (1942)

Buyer Beware (1940)

Tiny Troubles (1939)

Dog Daze (1939)

Money to Loan (1939)

Drunk Driving (1939)

Life in Sometown, U.S.A. (1938)

Candid Cameramaniacs (1937)

"Decathlon Champion" The Story of Glenn Morris (1937)

It May Happen to You (1937)

Life Hesitates at 40 (1936)

Hot Money (1935)

A Thrill for Thelma (1935)

Southern Exposure (1935)

Alibi Racket (1935)

Nurse to You! (1935)

Roast-Beef and Movies (1934)

Over the Counter (1932)

Putting Pants on Phillip (1927)

Life Events

Videos

Public Enemy, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) Somebody's Got To Protect Your Customers Now working for Nails (Leslie Fenton) as beer racket enforcers, Tom and Matt (James Cagney, title character, and Edward Woods) lay down some rules on unfortunate Chicago barkeep Steve (Lee Phelps), in William A. Wellman’s The Public Enemy, 1931.

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