1892-02-09 Washington, District of Columbia, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alan Hale Sr. (born Rufus Edward Mackahan; February 10, 1892 – January 22, 1950) was an American movie actor and director, most widely remembered for his many supporting character roles, in particular as a frequent sidekick of Errol Flynn, as well as films supporting Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery, Douglas Fairbanks, James Cagney, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart and Ronald Reagan, among dozens of others. Hale was born Rufus Edward Mackahan in Washington, D.C. He studied to be an opera singer and also had success as an inventor. Among his innovations were a sliding theater chair (to allow spectators to slide back to admit newcomers rather than standing), the hand fire extinguisher, and greaseless potato chips. His first film role was in the 1911 silent movie The Cowboy and the Lady. He played "Little John" in the 1922 film Robin Hood, with Douglas Fairbanks and Wallace Beery, reprised the role 16 years later in The Adventures of Robin Hood with Errol Flynn and Basil Rathbone, then played him yet again in Rogues of Sherwood Forest in 1950 with John Derek as Robin Hood's son, an unprecedented 28-year span of portrayals of the same character in theatrical films. Hale played Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, in The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939), featuring in a pivotal confrontation with the Earl of Essex, portrayed by Flynn. His other films include the 1922 epic The Trap with Lon Chaney, 1928's Skyscraper; as well as Fog Over Frisco with Bette Davis; Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen with Baby LeRoy and William Frawley; The Little Minister with Katharine Hepburn; and It Happened One Night with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert; all released in 1934; the 1937 film Stella Dallas with Barbara Stanwyck; High, Wide, and Handsome with Irene Dunne and Dorothy Lamour; The Fighting 69th with James Cagney and Pat O'Brien; They Drive By Night with George Raft and Humphrey Bogart; Manpower with Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, and George Raft; Virginia City with Errol Flynn, Randolph Scott, and Humphrey Bogart; and as the cantankerous Sgt. McGee in the 1943 movie This Is the Army with Irving Berlin. He also co-starred with Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland in the successful western film Dodge City (1939) where he played the slightly dimwitted but likeable and comical Rusty Hart, sidekick to Flynn's character, Sheriff Wade Hatton. Hale co-starred with Errol Flynn in 13 movies. Hale directed eight movies during the 1920s and 1930s and acted in 235 theatrical films.
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The Adventures of Errol Flynn | Various Roles (archive footage) | 2005-04-05 |
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Showbiz Goes to War | (archive footage) | 1982-12-31 |
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The Best of Laurel and Hardy | Joe Grogan (archive footage) | 1968-12-14 |
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Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Little John | 1950-06-21 |
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Colt .45 | Sheriff Harris | 1950-05-27 |
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Stars in My Crown | Jed Isbell | 1950-05-11 |
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Always Leave Them Laughing | Sam Washburn | 1949-11-26 |
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The House Across the Street | J.B. Grennell | 1949-09-10 |
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The Younger Brothers | Sheriff Knudson | 1949-05-03 |
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The Inspector General | Kovatch | 1949-12-31 |
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South of St. Louis | Jake Evarts | 1949-03-06 |
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Adventures of Don Juan | Leporello | 1948-12-24 |
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Whiplash | Terrance O'Leary | 1948-12-24 |
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My Girl Tisa | Dugan | 1948-02-07 |
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Cheyenne | Fred Durkin | 1947-06-06 |
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Pursued | Jake Dingle | 1947-03-05 |
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That Way with Women | Herman Brinker | 1947-02-14 |
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My Wild Irish Rose | John Donovan | 1947-12-24 |
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Night and Day | Leon Dowling | 1946-07-02 |
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The Man I Love | Riley | 1946-12-26 |
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The Time, The Place and The Girl | John Braden | 1946-12-26 |
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Perilous Holiday | Dr. Lilley | 1946-03-20 |
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Hotel Berlin | Herman Plottke | 1945-03-02 |
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Roughly Speaking | Lew Morton | 1945-01-31 |
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God Is My Co-Pilot | Big Mike Harrigan | 1945-04-07 |
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Escape in the Desert | Dr. Orville Tedder | 1945-05-01 |
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Make Your Own Bed | Walter Whirtle | 1944-06-10 |
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Hollywood Canteen | Self | 1944-12-15 |
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Janie | Prof. Matthew Q. Reardon | 1944-09-02 |
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The Adventures of Mark Twain | Steve Gillis | 1944-07-20 |
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Destination Tokyo | 'Cookie' Wainwright | 1943-12-31 |
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This Is the Army | Sergeant McGee | 1943-08-14 |
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Thank Your Lucky Stars | Self | 1943-09-25 |
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Action in the North Atlantic | Boats O'Hara | 1943-06-12 |
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Desperate Journey | Sgt. Kirk Edwards | 1942-09-26 |
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Gentleman Jim | Pat Corbett | 1942-11-14 |
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Captains of the Clouds | Francis Patrick 'Tiny' Murphy (bush pilot) | 1942-02-12 |
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Juke Girl | Yippee 'Yip' | 1942-05-30 |
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Footsteps in the Dark | Police Insp. Charles M. Mason | 1941-03-08 |
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The Smiling Ghost | Norton | 1941-09-06 |
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The Strawberry Blonde | Old Man Grimes | 1941-02-21 |
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Thieves Fall Out | Robert Barnes | 1941-05-03 |
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The Great Mr. Nobody | 'Skipper' Martin | 1941-02-15 |
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Manpower | Jumbo Wells | 1941-08-09 |
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Three Cheers for the Irish | Gallagher | 1940-03-16 |
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They Drive by Night | Ed Carlsen | 1940-07-26 |
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The Sea Hawk | Carl Pitt | 1940-08-10 |
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Green Hell | Dr. Emil 'Nils' Loren | 1940-01-26 |
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Alice in Movieland | Carlo's Guest (uncredited) | 1940-03-03 |
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Tugboat Annie Sails Again | Capt. Bullwinkle | 1940-10-26 |
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The Fighting 69th | Big Mike Wynn | 1940-01-27 |
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Virginia City | Olaf Swenson | 1940-03-23 |
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Santa Fe Trail | Tex Bell | 1940-12-20 |
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The Man in the Iron Mask | Porthos | 1939-07-13 |
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Dust Be My Destiny | Michael 'Mike' Leonard | 1939-09-16 |
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On Your Toes | Sergei Alexandrovitch | 1939-10-14 |
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Pacific Liner | Gallagher | 1939-01-06 |
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The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex | The Prince of Tyrone | 1939-11-11 |
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Dodge City | Rusty Hart | 1939-04-08 |
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The Sisters | Sam Johnson | 1938-10-14 |
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Four Men and a Prayer | Furnoy | 1938-04-29 |
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Valley of the Giants | 'Ox' Smith | 1938-09-17 |
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Algiers | Grandpere | 1938-01-16 |
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Listen, Darling | J.J. Slattery | 1938-10-21 |
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The Adventures of Robin Hood | Little John | 1938-05-13 |
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The Adventures of Marco Polo | Kaidu | 1938-04-07 |
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Stella Dallas | Ed Munn | 1937-08-06 |
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Thin Ice | Baron | 1937-09-03 |
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High, Wide and Handsome | Walt Brennan | 1937-07-21 |
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Breakdowns of 1937 | Self | 1937-12-31 |
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God's Country and the Woman | Bjorn Skalka | 1937-01-16 |
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Music for Madame | Detective Flugelman | 1937-10-08 |
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Jump for Glory | Jim Diall 'Col. Fane' | 1937-01-01 |
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The Prince and the Pauper | Captain of the Guard | 1937-04-30 |
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Parole! | John Borchard | 1936-06-14 |
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Yellowstone | John Alexander Hardigan | 1936-09-01 |
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Our Relations | Joe Grogan | 1936-09-15 |
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The Country Beyond | Jim Alison | 1936-04-24 |
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A Message to Garcia | Dr. Ivan Krug | 1936-04-10 |
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Two in the Dark | Inspector Florio | 1936-01-10 |
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Hollywood Extra Girl | Crusades Actor (uncredited) | 1935-08-22 |
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Grand Old Girl | Click Dade | 1935-01-15 |
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The Crusades | Blondel | 1935-08-21 |
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The Good Fairy | Maurice Schlapkohl | 1935-02-18 |
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The Last Days of Pompeii | Burbix | 1935-10-18 |
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Another Face | Charles L. Kellar | 1935-12-20 |
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There's Always Tomorrow | Henry | 1934-11-01 |
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It Happened One Night | Danker | 1934-02-22 |
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Babbitt | Charlie McKelvey | 1934-12-08 |
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Fog Over Frisco | Chief O'Malley | 1934-06-02 |
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Little Man, What Now? | Holgar Jachman | 1934-06-04 |
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Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Sam | 1934-01-12 |
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Picture Brides | Von Luden | 1934-04-23 |
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Of Human Bondage | Emil Miller | 1934-07-20 |
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Imitation of Life | Martin the Furniture Man | 1934-11-23 |
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Broadway Bill | Orchestra Leader (uncredited) | 1934-11-30 |
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The Little Minister | Rob Daw | 1934-12-28 |
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The Lost Patrol | Cook | 1934-02-16 |
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The Scarlet Letter | Bartholomew Hockings | 1934-09-18 |
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Great Expectations | Joe Gargery | 1934-10-22 |
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Destination Unknown | Lundstrom | 1933-04-01 |
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The Eleventh Commandment | Max Stager | 1933-03-25 |
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What Price Decency | Klaus van Leyden | 1933-03-07 |
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Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm | Mr Simpson | 1932-07-03 |
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The Match King | Borglund | 1932-12-31 |
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So Big! | Klass Pool | 1932-04-30 |
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Union Depot | The Baron, aka Bushy Sloan | 1932-01-14 |
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The Night Angel | Biezel | 1931-07-18 |
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The Sin of Madelon Claudet | Hubert | 1931-10-23 |
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Aloha | Stevens | 1931-04-26 |
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Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise) | Jeb Mondstrum | 1931-10-10 |
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The Sea Ghost | Capt. Greg Winters | 1931-11-28 |
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She Got What She Wanted | 1930-11-09 | |
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Sailor's Holiday | Adam Pike | 1929-09-14 |
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Red Hot Rhythm | Walter | 1929-11-23 |
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The Leatherneck | Otto Schmidt | 1929-02-24 |
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The Sap | Jim Belden | 1929-11-09 |
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The Leopard Lady | Caesar | 1928-02-22 |
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Oh Kay! | Jansen | 1928-08-26 |
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Sal of Singapore | Captain Erickson | 1928-11-04 |
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The Cop | Mather | 1928-08-28 |
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Skyscraper | Slim Strede | 1928-04-08 |
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The Spieler | Flash | 1928-12-20 |
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Power | Hanson | 1928-09-23 |
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The Wreck of the Hesperus | Singapore Jack | 1927-10-31 |
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Vanity | 'Happy' Dan Morgan | 1927-05-09 |
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Dick Turpin | Tom King | 1925-02-01 |
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For Another Woman | 1924-11-01 | |
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One Night in Rome | Duke Mareno | 1924-09-29 |
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Quicksands | Ferrago | 1923-02-28 |
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The Eleventh Hour | Prince Stefan de Bernie | 1923-07-19 |
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Long Live the King | King Karl | 1923-11-26 |
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Hollywood | Alan Hale | 1923-08-19 |
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Cameo Kirby | Colonel Moreau | 1923-10-20 |
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The Covered Wagon | Sam Woodhull | 1923-03-15 |
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Main Street | Miles Bjornstam | 1923-04-25 |
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Black Oxen | Prince Rohenhauer | 1923-12-29 |
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The Trap | Benson | 1922-05-08 |
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Robin Hood | Little John | 1922-10-18 |
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Shirley of the Circus | Max | 1922-11-12 |
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A Doll's House | Torvald Helmer | 1922-02-12 |
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One Glorious Day | Ben Wadley | 1922-01-29 |
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The Dictator | Sabos | 1922-06-25 |
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The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse | Karl von Hartrott | 1921-03-06 |
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The Great Impersonation | Gustave Seimann | 1921-10-09 |
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A Wise Fool | George Masson | 1921-06-26 |
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The Fox | Rufus B. Coulter | 1921-07-24 |
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A Voice in the Dark | Dr. Hugh Sainsbury | 1921-06-05 |
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The Barbarian | Mark Grant | 1921-04-29 |
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Moral Suicide | 'Lucky' Travers | 1918-03-12 |
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The Eternal Temptress | Count Rudolph Frizel | 1917-12-09 |
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One Hour | G.D. Stanley | 1917-09-29 |
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Life's Whirlpool | Dr. Henry Grey | 1917-11-08 |
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Pudd'nhead Wilson | Tom Driscoll | 1916-01-31 |
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The Scarlet Oath | John Huntington | 1916-10-23 |
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Sold Out | Halsey Brent | 1916-06-05 |
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The Beast | Cowboy | 1916-07-24 |
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The Love Thief | Captain Arthur Boyce | 1916-12-17 |
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The Americano | 1916-12-23 | |
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East Lynne | Sir Francis Levinson | 1915-08-18 |
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Dora Thorne | Hugh Fernely | 1915-11-03 |
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The Americano | Madison - The Americano | 1915-03-30 |
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Strongheart | Ralph Thorne | 1914-03-08 |
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The Power of the Press | Sam Freeborn | 1914-10-01 |
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The Little Widow | 1914-07-24 | |
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The Woman in Black | Frank Mansfield | 1914-11-30 |
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Woman Against Woman | John Tressider | 1914-06-27 |
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By Man's Law | Brother Owner | 1913-11-22 |
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Dick's Turning | The Rich Boy's Father | 1913-07-02 |
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Glued | 1912-09-27 |
