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The Atomic Submarine (1960)

The Gallant Hours (1960)

Adm. Chester Nimitz

The Lost Missile (1958)

Secretary of State

Three Brave Men (1957)

Retired admiral

The Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

Autumn Leaves (1956)

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Magic Town (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Hunting For That Shortcut

Sudden Fear (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Junior Is More Impressionable

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Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Atomic Submarine (1960)

The Gallant Hours (1960)

Adm. Chester Nimitz

The Lost Missile (1958)

Secretary of State

Three Brave Men (1957)

Retired admiral

The Hellcats of the Navy (1957)

Autumn Leaves (1956)

Seven Angry Men (1955)

Devil Goddess (1955)

Prof. Carl Blakely

The Eternal Sea (1955)

Crazylegs (1954)

Pres. Michigan Alumni Club

City Story (1954)

Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954)

The President's Lady (1953)

Sky Commando (1953)

Jack McCall, Desperado (1953)

We're Not Married! (1952)

Indian Uprising (1952)

Commissioner of Indian Affairs

Sudden Fear (1952)

Deadline--U.S.A. (1952)

Young Man With Ideas (1952)

Mr. Crayton, lawyer

Washington Story (1952)

The Flying Missile (1951)

Colonel Halliburton

Up Front (1951)

Buckaroo Sheriff of Texas (1951)

Purple Heart Diary (1951)

Elopement (1951)

Bowery Battalion (1951)

The Magnificent Yankee (1951)

That's My Boy (1951)

Mark of the Gorilla (1950)

Warden Frank Bentley

Gunmen of Abilene (1950)

No Man of Her Own (1950)

Lucky Losers (1950)

The Crime Doctor's Diary (1949)

Forgotten Women (1949)

Renegades of the Sage (1949)

Alaska Patrol (1949)

The Dark Past (1949)

The Fountainhead (1949)

Mighty Joe Young (1949)

High Wall (1948)

Inspector Harding

Cass Timberlane (1948)

The Cobra Strikes (1948)

Stage Struck (1948)

Blonde Ice (1948)

District Attorney Chalmers

King of the Gamblers (1948)

Heading for Heaven (1948)

The Fuller Brush Man (1948)

The Gentleman from Nowhere (1948)

District Attorney

Dream Girl (1948)

Judge "Jed" Allerton

Every Girl Should Be Married (1948)

Sealed Verdict (1948)

The Girl from Manhattan (1948)

Sarge Goes to College (1947)

Capt. R. S. Handler

Key Witness (1947)

Edward Clemmons

The Pretender (1947)

Step-Child (1947)

A Likely Story (1947)

Her Husband's Affairs (1947)

The 13th Hour (1947)

The Beginning or the End (1947)

Senior engineer

The Fabulous Texan (1947)

Wife Wanted (1946)

Johnny Comes Flying Home (1946)

She Wrote the Book (1946)

Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)

Child of Divorce (1946)

The French Key (1946)

Dangerous Money (1946)

The Glass Alibi (1946)

Dr. John F. Lawson

Mysterious Intruder (1946)

The Time of Their Lives (1946)

Girl on the Spot (1946)

San Quentin (1946)

Reverend Eckels

Out of This World (1945)

Thrill of a Romance (1945)

This Love of Ours (1945)

Escape in the Desert (1945)

Allotment Wives (1945)

Forever Yours (1945)

Black Market Babies (1945)

A Sporting Chance (1945)

The Caribbean Mystery (1945)

Dr. Herbert Merryman

Circumstantial Evidence (1945)

First Yank into Tokyo (1945)

Around the World (1944)

Stars on Parade (1944)

Hey, Rookie (1944)

Colonel Robbins

Sheriff of Las Vegas (1944)

The Big Noise (1944)

The Sullivans (1944)

Damage control officer

She's a Sweetheart (1944)

Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944)

Principal keeper

Wing and a Prayer (1944)

Marine Raiders (1944)

Heavenly Days (1944)

What a Woman! (1943)

You Can't Beat the Law (1943)

Honeymoon Lodge (1943)

It Ain't Hay (1943)

When Johnny Comes Marching Home (1943)

Major Donaldson

Margin for Error (1943)

Guadalcanal Diary (1943)

The Falcon in Danger (1943)

Airline official

Someone to Remember (1943)

Harrigan's Kid (1943)

Adventures of the Flying Cadets (1943)

Thunder Birds (1942)

Thru Different Eyes (1942)

Miss Annie Rooney (1942)

'Frisco Lil (1942)

Secret Agent of Japan (1942)

American Naval Captain

Madame Spy (1942)

Harrison [K.] Woods

The Power of God (1942)

The Strange Case of Doctor Rx (1942)

Powder Town (1942)

Sing Your Worries Away (1942)

True to the Army (1942)

Dr. Kildare's Victory (1942)

They Died with Their Boots On (1942)

Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)

Get Hep to Love (1942)

My Favorite Spy (1942)

The Falcon Takes Over (1942)

A Date with the Falcon (1942)

Romance on the Range (1942)

Saboteur (1942)

Joe Smith, American (1942)

Remember the Day (1942)

Navy Blues (1941)

Captain Willard

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)

Three Sons O'Guns (1941)

Draft board chairman

It Started with Eve (1941)

International Squadron (1941)

She Knew All the Answers (1941)

Play Girl (1941)

Paper Bullets (1941)

District Attorney

The Devil Pays Off (1941)

Admiral Curtiss

Tight Shoes (1941)

District attorney [Larry]

Parachute Battalion (1941)

Road to Happiness (1941)

The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Buck Privates (1941)

Nice Girl? (1941)

Sergeant York (1941)

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

Meet John Doe (1941)

Radio announcer

Love Crazy (1941)

Back Street (1941)

The Man Who Lost Himself (1941)

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)

Queen of the Mob (1940)

Santa Fe Trail (1940)

Wagons Westward (1940)

Lady with Red Hair (1940)

Military Academy (1940)

Hired Wife (1940)

Bowery Boy (1940)

Men Against the Sky (1940)

Captain Sanders

Babies for Sale (1940)

Mr. [Arthur] Kingsley

Son of the Navy (1940)

Honeymoon Deferred (1940)

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

I'm Still Alive (1940)

Gallant Sons (1940)

Millionaires in Prison (1940)

The Man from Dakota (1940)

Murder in the Air (1940)

City for Conquest (1940)

Brigham Young--Frontiersman (1940)

Glamour for Sale (1940)

Girls Under 21 (1940)

If I Had My Way (1940)

Forty Little Mothers (1940)

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940)

On Their Own (1940)

Sailor's Lady (1940)

Executive officer

Johnny Apollo (1940)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)

Inspection officer

Union Pacific (1939)

Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)

Custom official

The Forgotten Woman (1939)

The Underpup (1939)

Espionage Agent (1939)

Invisible Stripes (1939)

Sorority House (1939)

South of the Border (1939)

On Dress Parade (1939)

Capt. Evans Dover

Scandal Sheet (1939)

Off the Record (1939)

Detective Kendall

Inside Information (1939)

Calling All Marines (1939)

Colonel C. B. Vincent

Undercover Agent (1939)

Two Thoroughbreds (1939)

Outside These Walls (1939)

Stand Up and Fight (1939)

Whittingham P. Talbot

Missing Evidence (1939)

Blondie Brings Up Baby (1939)

The Escape (1939)

Society Lawyer (1939)

District Attorney

6,000 Enemies (1939)

The Star Maker (1939)

Each Dawn I Die (1939)

Naughty but Nice (1939)

Defense attorney

Wings of the Navy (1939)

20,000 Men a Year (1939)

The Honeymoon's Over (1939)

Private Detective (1939)

Four Men and a Prayer (1938)

Captain of yacht

Garden of the Moon (1938)

The Chaser (1938)

Midnight Intruder (1938)

Personal Secretary (1938)

Defense attorney Blackmere

Prison Nurse (1938)

Down in "Arkansaw" (1938)

Flight to Fame (1938)

Secrets of an Actress (1938)

Arson Gang Busters (1938)

Commissioner Benton

Gangster's Boy (1938)

The Missing Guest (1938)

Too Hot to Handle (1938)

Coast guard captain

Secrets of a Nurse (1938)

Assistant district attorney

Little Tough Guy (1938)

Gambling Ship (1938)

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

Manager radio station

Meet the Boyfriend (1937)

Reported Missing (1937)

A Family Affair (1937)

West of Shanghai (1937)

You're Only Young Once (1937)

The Wrong Road (1937)

Two Wise Maids (1937)

The Westland Case (1937)

The Duke Comes Back (1937)

Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)

The 13th Man (1937)

Federal Bullets (1937)

Girl Overboard (1937)

Captain Hartman

The Case of the Stuttering Bishop (1937)

Victor Stockton

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)

J. Henry Thorne

Hot Water (1937)

Breezing Home (1937)

Man of the People (1937)

The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)

Defense attorney

My Dear Miss Aldrich (1937)

The Man in Blue (1937)

District Attorney

Smashing the Vice Trust (1937)

Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936)

Next Time We Love (1936)

The Golden Arrow (1936)

The Golden Arrow (1936)

Postal Inspector (1936)

Chief inspector

Little Miss Nobody (1936)

My Man Godfrey (1936)

Easy Money (1936)

Paddy O'Day (1936)

First class passenger

The Accusing Finger (1936)

Medical examiner

Show Boat (1936)

Public Enemy's Wife (1936)

Educating Father (1936)

Professor Howard

Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)

Wanted! Jane Turner (1936)

It Had to Happen (1936)

Immigration officer

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Barbershop customer

The Magnificent Brute (1936)

Bridge of Sighs (1936)

Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island (1936)

Ace Drummond (1936)

Don't Bet on Blondes (1935)

Let 'Em Have It (1935)

Bertillion instructor

In Caliente (1935)

Public Hero No. 1 (1935)

Grand Exit (1935)

District Attorney Cope

Living on Velvet (1935)

Front Page Woman (1935)

This Is the Life (1935)

The Best Man Wins (1935)

She Married Her Boss (1935)

The Public Menace (1935)

Broadway Gondolier (1935)

Traveling Saleslady (1935)

Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)

Navy Wife (1935)

Carnival (1935)

The Great Hotel Murder (1935)

A Night at the Opera (1935)

Committee member

Murder Man (1935)

Shipmates Forever (1935)

Commander Gibbs

$10 Raise (1935)

Real estate agent

6 Day Bike Rider (1934)

The Secret Bride (1934)

Vincent's counsel

The Witching Hour (1934)

I'll Fix It (1934)

Sisters Under the Skin (1934)

The Defense Rests (1934)

Blind Date (1934)

Sadie McKee (1934)

Tiffany salesman

Bright Eyes (1934)

Now I'll Tell (1934)

Stand Up and Cheer! (1934)

Jealousy (1934)

Radio announcer

Murder in the Clouds (1934)

Fog over Frisco (1934)

Radio announcer

I've Got Your Number (1934)

Hell and High Water (1933)

Lieutenant Saunders

Let's Fall in Love (1933)

Forgotten (1933)

Blood Money (1933)

Man in district attorney's office

Three on a Match (1932)

Radio announcer's voice

You Said a Mouthful (1932)

Dirigible (1931)

Leftover Ladies (1931)

[Wilson] Churchill

Subway Express (1931)

The Secret Call (1931)

Lovin' the Ladies (1930)

George Van Horne

Thru Different Eyes (1929)

King, defense attorney

Why Bring That Up? (1929)

The Supreme Passion (1921)

Cast (Short)

Purity Squad (1945)

Patrolling the Ether (1944)

Soak the Old (1940)

Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

Strange Glory (1938)

Give Till It Hurts (1937)

Life Events

Videos

Magic Town (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Hunting For That Shortcut First scene for top-billed James Stewart as “Rip” Smith, independent Manhattan opinion pollster whose radical business model is failing, with assistants (Ned Sparks, Donald Meek) and his big shot office building neighbor (Selmer Jackson) dangling a job offer, in Magic Town, 1947, from producer Robert Riskin’s story and screenplay.

Sudden Fear (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Junior Is More Impressionable Actor Lester (Jack Palance), now happily married after some turmoil to San Francisco socialite playwright Myra (Joan Crawford), isn’t expecting Irene (Gloria Grahame), who’s not been mentioned as yet, to appear on the arm of one of their lawyers (Touch a.k.a “Mike” Connors), in Sudden Fear, 1952.

Each Dawn I Die (1939) -- (Movie Clip) We'll Take Off The Gloves James Cagney (as reporter Frank Ross) in the rain witnesses a white-collar crime, then sells the story to editor Patterson (Selmer Jackson) in the opening scenes of Each Dawn I Die, 1939.

Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) -- (Movie Clip) That's My Fight! Fighter Joe (Robert Young), inhabiting the body of millionaire Farnsworth, is celebrated for righting a financial wrong, escorted by his confused secretary (John Emery), when Messenger 7013 (Edward Everett Horton) and Claude Rains (title character) tell him they’ve found his new body, in Here Comes Mr. Jordan. 1941.

Autumn Leaves -- (Movie Clip) Either Him Or Me! Alone at the concert, Milly (Joan Crawford) enjoys her first flashback to life with her father (Selmer Jackson) in Robert Aldrich's Autumn Leaves, 1956.

Winner Take All (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Knockout Jimmy Opening scene, ring announcer (Selmer Jackson) helps boxer Jimmy (James Cagney, son of an amateur fighter) solicit charity, manager Pop (Guy Kibbee) and aide Rosebud (Clarence Muse) putting him on the 20th Century, in Roy Del Ruth's Winner Take All, 1932.

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