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Biography

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Arthur Rankin was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Rankin's earliest roles were in film, including "Little Miss Smiles" (1922), "Dearie" (1927) and "Slightly Used" (1927). He also appeared in "Submarine" (1928) and "The Companionate Marriage" (1928). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like "Walking Back" (1928), "Below the Deadline" (1929) and...

Filmography

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Remember the Day (1942)

Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1 (1940)

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)

Star Dust (1940)

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Assistant camerman

Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)

Biography

Arthur Rankin was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Rankin's earliest roles were in film, including "Little Miss Smiles" (1922), "Dearie" (1927) and "Slightly Used" (1927). He also appeared in "Submarine" (1928) and "The Companionate Marriage" (1928). His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like "Walking Back" (1928), "Below the Deadline" (1929) and "Mexicali Rose" (1929). He also appeared in "The Wolf of Wall Street" (1929) and "The Fighting Fool" (1932). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in the Tom Mix western "Terror Trail" (1933), the Buck Jones western "The Thrill Hunter" (1933) and "The Crime of Helen Stanley" (1934). He also appeared in "Grand Exit" (1935). Rankin last acted in "The Case of the Missing Man" (1935). Rankin passed away in March 1947 at the age of 52.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Remember the Day (1942)

Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1 (1940)

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)

Star Dust (1940)

Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)

Assistant camerman

Wife, Husband and Friend (1939)

Chasing Danger (1939)

The Jones Family in Hollywood (1939)

Stop--Look and Love (1939)

News Is Made at Night (1939)

It Could Happen to You (1939)

Assistant district attorney

Charlie Chan in Reno (1939)

Chicken Wagon Family (1939)

The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)

Telegraph operator

The Honeymoon's Over (1939)

The Jones Family in Quick Millions (1939)

20,000 Men a Year (1939)

Here I Am a Stranger (1939)

Man in newspaper office

Happy Landing (1938)

Sharpshooters (1938)

Walking Down Broadway (1938)

Always in Trouble (1938)

Flying lieutenant

Road Demon (1938)

Island in the Sky (1938)

Meet the Girls (1938)

Thanks for Everything (1938)

Sound effects man

My Lucky Star (1938)

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938)

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

Assistant stage manager

This Is My Affair (1937)

Assistant jeweler

Time Out for Romance (1937)

Lost Horizon (1937)

Big Town Girl (1937)

Second Honeymoon (1937)

Midnight Taxi (1937)

Love Is News (1937)

Sing and Be Happy (1937)

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

The King Steps Out (1936)

Adventure in Manhattan (1936)

Secretary to Blackton

Dangerous Intrigue (1936)

Come Closer, Folks (1936)

Pride of the Marines (1936)

Hell-Ship Morgan (1936)

Roaming Lady (1936)

The Final Hour (1936)

Panic on the Air (1936)

Legion of Terror (1936)

Counterfeit (1936)

Devil's Squadron (1936)

The Blackmailer (1936)

Two-Fisted Gentleman (1936)

Man in lunch wagon

Meet Nero Wolfe (1936)

The Lone Wolf Returns (1935)

The Public Menace (1935)

Grand Exit (1935)

The Case of the Missing Man (1935)

Unknown Woman (1935)

Awakening of Jim Burke (1935)

After the Dance (1935)

Eight Bells (1935)

Men of the Hour (1935)

Death Flies East (1935)

The Girl Friend (1935)

Air Hawks (1935)

She Couldn't Take It (1935)

The Whole Town's Talking (1935)

The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934)

Men of the Night (1934)

Broadway Bill (1934)

Most Precious Thing in Life (1934)

A Man's Game (1934)

Parking station man

Murder at the Vanities (1934)

Assistant treasurer

The Westerner (1934)

Search for Beauty (1934)

Thrill Hunter (1933)

Trailing North (1933)

Terror Trail (1933)

Bernie ["Little Casino"] Laird

Morning Glory (1933)

The Unwritten Law (1932)

The Fighting Fool (1932)

The Animal Kingdom (1932)

The Glad Rag Doll (1929)

Jimmy Fairchild

Mexicali Rose (1929)

Loco, the Halfwit

The Wolf of Wall Street (1929)

Brothers (1929)

Below the Deadline (1929)

The Fall of Eve (1929)

Walking Back (1928)

The Companionate Marriage (1928)

Tommy Van Cleve

Finders Keepers (1928)

The Wife's Relations (1928)

Domestic Troubles (1928)

Meredith Roberts

Ships of the Night (1928)

Submarine (1928)

Runaway Girls (1928)

Making the Varsity (1928)

Wally Ellsworth

Code of the Air (1928)

Say It With Sables (1928)

The Blood Ship (1927)

Slightly Used (1927)

The Adventurous Soul (1927)

The Woman Who Did Not Care (1927)

Riding to Fame (1927)

The Love Wager (1927)

Old Loves and New (1926)

The Volga Boatman (1926)

Vasili, a boatman

The Man in the Shadow (1926)

The Sporting Lover (1926)

Algernon Cavens

The Millionaire Policeman (1926)

The Hidden Way (1926)

The Love Gamble (1925)

The Fearless Lover (1925)

Tearing Through (1925)

The Dark Swan (1924)

Clifford Raynes

Broken Laws (1924)

Bobby Allen, age 16

Vanity's Price (1924)

Teddy, Vanna's son

Discontented Husbands (1924)

The Call of the Canyon (1923)

To Have and To Hold (1922)

Lord Cecil, Jocelyn's brother

Enter Madame (1922)

John Fitzgerald

The Five Dollar Baby (1922)

Little Miss Smiles (1922)

Jim the Penman (1921)

Lord Drelincourt

Enchantment (1921)

The Great Adventure (1921)

The Lure of Jade (1921)

The Truth About Husbands (1920)

Wilfred Brownell

The Copperhead (1920)

The Amateur Wife (1920)

Harry Armstrong

Silas Marner (1916)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Night of Terror (1933)

Assistant Camera

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