Guy Usher


Biography

Guy Usher was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Usher appeared in such films as the Edna May Oliver crime feature "The Penguin Pool Murder" (1932), "The Big Brain" (1933) and the romance "The Face in the Sky" (1933) with Spencer Tracy. He also appeared in the drama "This Day and Age" (1933) with Charles Bickford, the Eddie Cantor musical come...

Biography

Guy Usher was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In his early acting career, Usher appeared in such films as the Edna May Oliver crime feature "The Penguin Pool Murder" (1932), "The Big Brain" (1933) and the romance "The Face in the Sky" (1933) with Spencer Tracy. He also appeared in the drama "This Day and Age" (1933) with Charles Bickford, the Eddie Cantor musical comedy "Kid Millions" (1934) and the drama "All of Me" (1934) with Fredric March. He continued to act in productions like "The Spanish Cape Mystery" (1935) with Helen Twelvetrees, "The Case of the Black Cat" (1936) and "Dangerous Waters" (1936). He also appeared in "King of Hockey" (1936). In the latter part of his career, he tackled roles in "Mr. Wong in Chinatown" (1939), "King of Chinatown" (1939) and "Queen of the Yukon" (1940). He also appeared in "I Take This Oath" (1940) and "Doomed to Die" (1940). Usher more recently acted in "Lost Canyon" (1942). Usher passed away in June 1944 at the age of 61.

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

The Avenging Rider (1943)
Doc McLane
Lost Canyon (1942)
Zack Rogers
Bad Men of the Hills (1942)
Doctor [Jed] Mitchell
Timber (1942)
Jerome K. Osborne
Top Sergeant (1942)
Ansel Jacobs
Pardon My Gun (1942)
Jim Carter
Bells of Capistrano (1942)
Sheriff
The Old Homestead (1942)
Commissioner
The Mummy's Tomb (1942)
Doctor
Sin Town (1942)
Man on train
Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
Inspector
Man from Cheyenne (1942)
Hendricks
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
Bailiff
In Old California (1942)
Captain of 1st boat
I Was Framed (1942)
Police Chief Taylor
Lady for a Night (1942)
Governor
Shepherd of the Ozarks (1942)
General Tobin
King of the Zombies (1941)
Admiral Wainwright
West of Cimarron (1941)
Colonel Conway
No Greater Sin (1941)
Pa James
King of Dodge City (1941)
Morgan King
Public Enemies (1941)
Detective captain
Robbers of the Range (1941)
Prosecuting attorney
Buy Me That Town (1941)
Norton
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
Councilman
Meet John Doe (1941)
Bixler
Highway West (1941)
Sheriff
The Kid from Kansas (1941)
Maloney
The Bandit Trail (1941)
Mayor Blake
Ridin' on a Rainbow (1941)
Sheriff Jim Mason
The Great Train Robbery (1941)
Barnsdale
Borrowed Hero (1941)
District Attorney
Kansas Cyclone (1941)
I Take This Oath (1940)
Captain Daniel Casey
Hold That Woman! (1940)
Officer [John] Mulvaney
Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
Thomas Lindsey
Doomed to Die (1940)
[Paul] Fleming
Queen of the Yukon (1940)
Stake
Laughing at Danger (1940)
Alvin Craig
Danger Ahead (1940)
Inspector
Devil Bat (1940)
Henry Morton
Black Diamonds (1940)
Grundy
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
Timber Stampede (1939)
Jay Jones
Wolf Call (1939)
Michael Vance, Sr.
Mr. Wong in Chinatown (1939)
Commissioner
Secret Service of the Air (1939)
Morrow
Missing Evidence (1939)
Senator
Rovin' Tumbleweeds (1939)
Craig
Death of a Champion (1939)
Officer Brown
King of Chinatown (1939)
Investigator
Union Pacific (1939)
Governor Stanford
Disbarred (1939)
Judge
Union Pacific (1939)
Mr. Mills
Ambush (1939)
Detective
Off the Record (1939)
Inspector
Invitation to Happiness (1939)
Spectator
Rough Riders Round-Up (1939)
Blair
Pirates of the Skies (1939)
Captain Higgins
Buck Rogers (1939)
Romance of the Limberlost (1938)
Judge
Prison Break (1938)
The warden
Crashing Through Danger (1938)
Carter
Under Western Stars (1938)
John D. Fairbanks
The Renegade Ranger (1938)
Major Jameson
Midnight Intruder (1938)
Mike Kelly
The Missing Guest (1938)
McDonald
Little Miss Roughneck (1938)
Captain Dorn
Touchdown, Army (1938)
General Ashby
Spawn of the North (1938)
Grant
Island in the Sky (1938)
Police captain
Highway Patrol (1938)
Lewis
City Streets (1938)
Judge Wiley
State Police (1938)
Hughes
The Old Wyoming Trail (1937)
Lafe Kinney
Boots and Saddles (1937)
Colonel Allen
Hotel Haywire (1937)
Reilly
Michael O'Halloran (1937)
Judge
White Bondage (1937)
Phillips
Life Begins with Love (1937)
Director
A Family Affair (1937)
Chairman
Time Out for Romance (1937)
Chief of police
Big Town Girl (1937)
Inspector
Nancy Steele Is Missing! (1937)
Municipal court judge
Alcatraz Island (1937)
Marked Woman (1937)
Detective
Once a Doctor (1937)
Warden
The Mighty Treve (1937)
Wilton
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1937)
Inspector Regan
Sophie Lang Goes West (1937)
Inspector Parr
Boy of the Streets (1937)
Fog Horn Brennan
The President's Mystery (1936)
Police lieutenant
Postal Inspector (1936)
Evans
Dangerous Waters (1936)
Captain Denning
The Case of the Black Cat (1936)
Burger
The Return of Sophie Lang (1936)
Doctor Dutton
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
Judge Davis
After the Thin Man (1936)
Chief of detectives
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
Desk sergeant
Parole! (1936)
Police lieutentant
Fury (1936)
Assistant defense attorney
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Jackson
The Golden Arrow (1936)
Jackson
Anything Goes (1936)
First federal man
Pepper (1936)
Commissioner
King of Hockey (1936)
Mr. O'Rourke
Grand Exit (1935)
Police Chief Roberts
The Spanish Cape Mystery (1935)
Inspector Queen
The Mystery Man (1935)
District Attorney
Make a Million (1935)
Corning
Justice of the Range (1935)
Hadley Graves
Law Beyond the Range (1935)
Daniel Heston
It Happened in New York (1935)
New York policeman
Atlantic Adventure (1935)
Lieutenant Kelly
Little Big Shot (1935)
Lieutenant Adams
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
President, Chamber of Commerce
Air Hawks (1935)
Shelton
The Goose and the Gander (1935)
Police sergeant
People Will Talk (1935)
Tommy
King Solomon of Broadway (1935)
Detective
One Way Ticket (1935)
Bank president
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Ship's captain
Two for Tonight (1935)
Police captain
His Night Out (1935)
Police sergeant
Rendezvous (1935)
Ship's captain
The Crusades (1935)
Grey Beard/Templar
Orchids to You (1935)
Member of board of directors
Front Page Woman (1935)
Editor
Annapolis Farewell (1935)
Admiral
Life Begins at 40 (1935)
Sheriff
Carnival (1935)
Detective
Hold 'Em Yale (1935)
Coach Jennings
The Hell Cat (1934)
Gillette
Flirting with Danger (1934)
James E. Fenton
Good Dame (1934)
Detective Fallon
Voice in the Night (1934)
Benton
Born to Be Bad (1934)
Judge McAffee
It's a Gift (1934)
Harry Payne Bosterly
Hell Bent for Love (1934)
Patrol chief
Straight Is the Way (1934)
Father
The Witching Hour (1934)
Dick Wingate
Mills of the Gods (1934)
Kennedy
Kid Millions (1934)
William Slade
The Man with Two Faces (1934)
Weeks
Upper World (1934)
Carter
The Merry Frinks (1934)
Sergeant
Elinor Norton (1934)
Army colonel
All of Me (1934)
District Attorney
The Big Brain (1933)
This Day and Age (1933)
Chief of police
Clear All Wires (1933)
J. H. Stevens
Face in the Sky (1933)
[Albert] Preston
Fast Workers (1933)
Scudder
Penguin Pool Murder (1932)
Gerald Parker

Cast (Short)

It May Happen to You (1937)

Life Events

Bibliography