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Jack Townley brought many screenplays to Hollywood throughout the course of his Hollywood career. Townley started his entertainment career writing for films, including "The Avenger" (1931), "Strange People" (1933) and the comedy "The Plot Thickens" (1936) with James Gleason. He also appeared in "Mummy's Boys" (1936) and the Harry Carey comedy "The Last Outlaw" (1936). Toward the en...

Filmography

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The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)

Home on the Prairie (1939)

Guilty Parents (1934)

The Crooked Circle (1957)

The Disembodied (1957)

Up In Smoke (1957)

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Great Gildersleeve, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) That Female Man Trap!

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) -- (Movie Clip) A Man Who Don't Like Ducks

Biography

Jack Townley brought many screenplays to Hollywood throughout the course of his Hollywood career. Townley started his entertainment career writing for films, including "The Avenger" (1931), "Strange People" (1933) and the comedy "The Plot Thickens" (1936) with James Gleason. He also appeared in "Mummy's Boys" (1936) and the Harry Carey comedy "The Last Outlaw" (1936). Toward the end of his career, Townley wrote "Rosie, the Riveter" (1944), "Jamboree" (1944) and "The Yellow Rose of Texas" (1944). He also appeared in "Bells of Rosarita" (1945) and the western "Utah" (1945) with Roy Rogers. Townley last wrote "The Abbott and Costello Show" (1951-54). Townley passed away in October 1960 at the age of 64.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Pittsburgh Kid (1941)

Home on the Prairie (1939)

Guilty Parents (1934)

Writer (Feature Film)

The Crooked Circle (1957)

The Disembodied (1957)

Up In Smoke (1957)

Crashing Las Vegas (1956)

Story and Screenplay

Hot Shots (1956)

Hot Shots (1956)

Untamed Heiress (1954)

Oklahoma Annie (1952)

The Fabulous Senorita (1952)

The Fabulous Senorita (1952)

Honeychile (1951)

Havana Rose (1951)

Cuban Fireball (1951)

The Blazing Sun (1950)

Riders of the Whistling Pines (1949)

The Last Round-Up (1947)

The Last Round-Up (1947)

My Pal Trigger (1946)

One Exciting Week (1946)

Bells of Rosarita (1945)

Original Screenplay

Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)

The Chicago Kid (1945)

Jamboree (1944)

The Yellow Rose of Texas (1944)

Original Screenplay

Faces in the Fog (1944)

Original Screenplay

Allergic to Love (1944)

Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944)

Jamboree (1944)

Rosie, the Riveter (1944)

Here Comes Elmer (1943)

Original Screenplay

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943)

Petticoat Larceny (1943)

The Great Gildersleeve (1942)

The Traitor Within (1942)

Vengeance of the West (1942)

Based upon a story by

Joan of Ozark (1942)

Original Screenplay

Puddin' Head (1941)

Ice-Capades (1941)

Sis Hopkins (1941)

Country Fair (1941)

Puddin' Head (1941)

Rookies on Parade (1941)

Grandpa Goes to Town (1940)

Original Screenplay

Scatterbrain (1940)

Original Screenplay

Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)

Should Husbands Work? (1939)

Original Screenplay

My Wife's Relatives (1939)

The Covered Trailer (1939)

Money to Burn (1939)

Money to Burn (1939)

The Covered Trailer (1939)

Romance on the Run (1938)

Orphans of the Street (1938)

The Higgins Family (1938)

Gangs of New York (1938)

Additional Dialogue

Meet the Missus (1937)

All over Town (1937)

Quality Street (1937)

Mummy's Boys (1936)

The Plot Thickens (1936)

The Last Outlaw (1936)

Silly Billies (1936)

Mummy's Boys (1936)

Yellow Dust (1936)

Guilty Parents (1934)

Strange People (1933)

Story and Adapted

Bachelor Mother (1933)

The Avenger (1931)

The Last Dance (1930)

Story, scen and dial

The Call of the Circus (1930)

Divorce Among Friends (1930)

Unguarded Girls (1929)

The Bachelor Girl (1929)

The Cohens and Kellys in Atlantic City (1929)

The Bachelor Girl (1929)

Father and Son (1929)

The Wright Idea (1928)

The Wright Idea (1928)

Twin Triggers (1926)

Life Events

Videos

Great Gildersleeve, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) That Female Man Trap! Title character (Harold Peavy) is hiding in the basement (visited by Lillian Randolph as Birdie) to avoid aggressive spinster Amelia (Mary Field), who’s made an unwelcome house call on singing pupil Leroy (Freddie Mercer, a highly trained singer, doing his own vocal, on an aria often sung by Enrico Caruso), who’s sort-of rescued by sister Margie (Nancy Gates) and her band, early in the first feature in the RKO series, The Great Gildersleeve, 1942.

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) -- (Movie Clip) A Man Who Don't Like Ducks Through contrivance by niece and nephew Margie and Leroy (Nancy Gates, Freddie Mercer), title character “Uncle Morty” (Harold Peary) and the jury are dining at his place, Birdie and aunt Emma (Lillian Randolph, Jane Darwell) serving, Alex Christy the bailiff, Richard LeGrand as Peavy, and semi-crooked George (Harold Landon) on the phone, in GIlderseeve’s Bad Day, 1943.

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) -- (Movie Clip) Save Some Of The Pep! Troublesome laundry delivery guy George (Harold Landon) bothers Peanuts (Jimmy Clemons Jr.) and Leroy (Freddie Mercer) to get at Margie (Nancy Gates), getting ready to open the canteen, prying her from Jimmy (Russell Wade) as he advances the plot to bribe the jury on which their uncle, the title character, is serving, in the second movie in the RKO series, GIlderseeve’s Bad Day, 1943.

Great Gildersleeve, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Saves Rubber And Gas! Headed to the train to pick up Aunt Emma (Jane Darwell) to help convince the court he can take care of the kids, the title character (Harold Peary) finds Leroy (Freddie Mercer) has wasted the gas, and Birdie (Lillian Randolph) can’t help, but there’s another vehicle handy, in The Great Gildersleeve, 1942.

Great Gildersleeve, The (1942) -- (Movie Clip) Biggest Man In Summerfield The orphan kids (Nancy Gates and Freddie Mercer as niece and nephew Margie and Leroy) don’t want to be separated by Judge Hooker (Charles Arnt) from their uncle, the title character (Harold Peary) so they decide to mount an aimless campaign, using his own hobby printing press, on his behalf, in the first movie in the RKO series based on the NBC radio sit-com, The Great Gildersleeve, 1942.

Gildersleeve's Bad Day (1943) -- (Movie Clip) I'm No Groundhog, Brother! Rapid exposition, Otis (Dink Trout) is serving summons and arrives at the Gildersleeve’s house where Margie (Nancy Gates) and the gals (Barbara Hale et al) are fundraising, while Birdie (Lillian Randolph) serves and the title character (Harold Peary) and Leroy (Freddie Mercer) are busy in the basement (again!) in RKO’s second feature in the series, GIldersleeve’s Bad Day, 1943.

My Pal Trigger (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Livin' Western Style Opening scene, narration from the star (playing, as ever, himself) and the first song, moving on to meet "Susan" (Roy's wife-to-be Dale Evans) and her dad "Gabby" (ever-present George "Gabby" Hayes), in My Pal Trigger, 1946.

My Pal Trigger (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Harriett Neighbor rancher Scoville (Jack Holt) with dinner introductions, then the star (Roy Rogers) cajoled into a song with "Susan," (Dale Evans, soon to become Mrs. Rogers), in My Pal Trigger, 1946.

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