Uncredited actors
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Actors mostly credited as (uncredited) [More than 150 ?]
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Movies & TV & some Stunts - No Shorts
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Actor: TV (xx credits) : IMDb does not count television episodes just titles
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People with >100 Credits for Feature Films with Sound
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1,046 names. Some are (uncredited)
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Actors with more than 10 uncredited films
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303 names
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Famous Uncredited Stars in Films & TV!
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255 names
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Actors mostly credited as (uncredited) [More than 150 ?]
Names here are in random order
Movies & TV & some Stunts - No Shorts
Must be millions of them
Actor: TV (xx credits) : IMDb does not count television episodes just titles
- Staff: Add episode count ? ?. ACT_1 : 15 June 2020
If 'uncredited' how do producers - directors - studios
find them to do the next project ?
Studio contract players with a weekly paycheck ?
IMDb Statistics
https://www.imdb.com/pressroom/stats/
As of Dec 2020 - Names: 11,214,704
As of Mar 2021 - Names: 10,827,285
As of Jun 2021 - Names: 11,044,057
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Found these later ...
People with >100 Credits for Feature Films with Sound
by bderoes
created - 21 Jan 2018
1,046 names. Some are (uncredited)
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls021379096/
Actors with more than 10 uncredited films
by cinenchile
created - 12 Apr 2019
303 names
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls042673084/
Famous Uncredited Stars in Films & TV!
by gattonero975
created - 6 Sep 2013
208 names
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls056448192/
Not my list:
ACT
by tonitkupi
created - 13 Mar 2019
255 names
https://www.imdb.com/list/ls046642935/
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- Stunts
- Actor
- Director
As the highest paid stuntman in the world, Hal Needham broke 56 bones, his back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth. His career has included work on 4500 television episodes and 310 feature films as a stuntman, stunt coordinator, 2nd unit director and ultimately, director.
He wrote and directed some of the most financially successful action comedy films, making his directorial debut with the box office smash, Smokey and the Bandit (1977). The ten features he directed include Hooper (1978) and The Cannonball Run (1981)... A real outlaw race from coast-to-coast, where he drove a fake ambulance that could peg the speedometer at 150 mph, on which the movie, "Cannonball Run", was based. He also set trends in movies - the first director to show outtakes during end credits.
Needham wrecked hundreds of cars, fell from tall buildings, got blown up, was dragged by horses, rescued the cast and crew from a Russian invasion in Czechoslovakia, set a world record for a boat stunt on Gator (1976), jumped a rocket powered pick-up truck across a canal for a GM commercial and was the first human to test the car airbag.
He invented and introduced to the film industry, the air ram, air bag, the car cannon turnover, the nitrogen ratchet, the jerk-off ratchet, rocket power and The Shotmaker Camera Car to make stunts safer and yet more spectacular at the same time.
Needham revolutionized the art of the stuntman - from new devices and techniques, to conceptualizing the organization and execution of complicated action set pieces. To a large degree, he elevated the stuntman and his craft to become important and critical elements in contemporary American Film.
He mentored a new generation of stuntmen and fought for the respect and recognition that stuntmen and stuntwomen deserve for their contribution to moviemaking.
Life also got exciting outside of the movie business. Needham owned a NASCAR race team and was the first team owner to use telemetry technology. His Skoal-Bandit race team was one of the most popular NASCAR teams ever - second only to that of the King, Richard Petty. Needham set Guinness World Records and was the financier and owner of The Budweiser Rocket Car. The car is now on display in the Smithsonian's National Air & Space Museum.
His many awards include an Emmy and an Academy Award.(1931–2013) (age 82)
Stunts: Movie (79 credits)
Stunts: TV (27 credits)
. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957) (TV Series) stunts 225 episodes
Actor : TV (48 credits)
. Have Gun - Will Travel (1957) (TV Series) Henchman / Cowhand 46 episodes
Actor : Movie (25 credits)
(uncredited) 408- Stunts
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Starting out as a rodeo cowboy and then becoming a stuntman in silent westerns, Yakima Canutt later doubled for such stars as Clark Gable and John Wayne, among others, in such dangerous activities as jumping off the top of a cliff on horseback, leaping from a stagecoach onto its runaway team, being "shot" off a horse at full gallop and other such potentially life-threatening activities. He became expert at staging massive events involving livestock, such as cattle stampedes and covered-wagon races, as well as Indians-vs.-cavalry battles on a grand scale. Canutt's most noteworthy achievement as a second-unit director came in his staging and direction of the chariot-race sequence in William Wyler 's Ben-Hur (1959)--which, from initial planning to final execution, took two years.(1895–1986) (age 90)
Stunts: Movie (274 credits)
Stunts: TV (1 credit)
Actor: Movie (180 credits)
(uncredited) 335- Stunts
- Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Arguably Hollywood's greatest stunt driver ever, Carey Loftin's amazing driving and stunt skills were utilized in dozens of Hollywood productions over a period of nearly half a century.
Loftin was born on January 31st, 1914 in Blountstown, Florida and broke into movie stunt work in the late 1930s. Loftin's expertise with motor vehicles, including cars, trucks & motorcycles, saw him involved in contributing his skills to numerous cult films of the 1960s / 1970s that featured thrilling car chase sequences including The Love Bug (1969), Bullitt (1968), Vanishing Point (1971)Diamonds Are Forever (1971), The French Connection (1971), Duel (1971), Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) and White Line Fever (1975). The versatile Loftin also appeared in front of the camera as an actor in over seventy minor roles during his long career.
Loftin was still contributing stunt and driving work in feature films until his mid-seventies, and eventually retired from film in 1991. He died in March 1997, in Huntington Beach, California from natural causes.(1914–1997) (age 83)
Stunts: Movie (312 credits)
Stunts: TV (76 credits)
Actor: Movie (85 credits)
Actor: TV (26 credits)
(uncredited) Movies & TV 87
(uncredited) Movies & TV & Stunts 499- Herman Hack was born on 15 June 1899 in Panola, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Arizona Trails (1935), The Tia Juana Kid (1935) and Range Riders (1934). He was married to Signe Hack. He died on 19 October 1967 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1899–1967) (age 68)
Actor: Movie (720 credits)
Actor: TV (73 credits)
Stunts: Movie (120 credits)
(uncredited) 1,248 - Actor
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Bob Harks came from a rather large family where his father was a salesman for oil rig companies and where his mother was a stay at home mother. Throughout his life he was very devoted to his family but like most people, he yearned to get out and see the world.
Harks eventually drifted to California where he eventually became a clothing model. Through his connections he established as a model, he was able to get into the Screen Extras Guild where he was actually taken onto location for the movie Bullet. This began what was going to be a very long career in the Screen Extras Guild.
Harks came in at the tail end of the television western era, it was only natural for him to find work on the unpaved streets of several television westerns like Bonanza and Gunsmoke. With the downturn of popularity in westerns, Harks made the transition from a cowboy to a detective. Over the next 15 years, he would frequently be seen on shows like Kojak where he'd appear around the squad room and also on shows like Lou Grant where he'd make crosses.
In the early 1970s, Harks gained work as a utility stand-in on the Bill Bixby show The Magician and it would be his big break. Both he and fellow Magician stand-in Edna Ryan would later find themselves working on another show Bixby starred in called "The Incredible Hulk." Bixby was very fond of Bob and would frequently have him appear in roles that require Hark to be upgraded to a pay rate than you usual extra role. Harks would usually drive the car that would either pick up Bixby at the end of the episode or he would use his car to pass Bixby's character up as he was hitchhiking to his next destination.
After the closing of The Incredible Hulk, Harks got regular work as Bixby's stand-in on the short lived show Goodnight Beantown. As Bixby's career started to wind down, Harks found work as a stand-in on the show Alien Nation and he worked on it for the rest of his career not only appearing in the series but also most of the subsequent television movies. It was during this time that Harks decided to retire and move Wisconsin to be closer to his sister Sue and the rest of his family bringing a 30+ year career to a close.(1927–2010) (age 83)
Actor: TV (358 credits)
Actor: Movie (174 credits)
(uncredited) 1,103- Actor
- Stunts
Jack Tornek was born on 2 January 1887 in Minsk, Russian Empire [now Belarus]. He was an actor, known for A Five Foot Ruler (1917), Bombs and Banknotes (1917) and David Hartman: Counterspy (1955). He died on 18 February 1974 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.(1887–1974) (age 87)
Actor: Movie (421 credits)
Actor: TV (107 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 4 episodes
Stunts: Movie (66 credits)
Stunts: TV (1 credit)
(uncredited) Movies & TV 1,023
(uncredited) Movies & TV & Stunts 1,090- Actor
- Stunts
George Bruggeman was born on 1 November 1904 in Antwerp, Belgium. He was an actor, known for You Hit the Spot (1945) and The Living Christ Series (1951). He was married to Emily Priscilla Mills. He died on 9 June 1967 in North Hollywood, California, USA.(1904–1967) (age 62)
Actor: Movie (199 credits)
Actor: TV ( 76 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 375- Actor
- Additional Crew
Sam Harris was born on 11 January 1877 in Sydney, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936), Safari (1940) and I Cover the War! (1937). He was married to Constance M.K. Harris . He died on 22 October 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1877–1969) (age 92)
Actor: Movie (690 credits)
Actor: TV ( 72 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 11 episodes
(uncredited) 827- Actor
- Additional Crew
Don Anderson grew up near the MGM studios, and was a Jitterbug Dancer for the studios during WW2. He became a bit player, and worked as an actor/stand-in starting with Van Johnson. He did some stunts, and was one of the bikers, Shark, in The Wild One with Marlon Brando. Don enjoyed the business and was well known and liked. His last show was standing-in and working with Pierce Brosnan on Remington Steele. He was survived by his daughter, Misa Anderson and a brother.(1924–1983) (age 59)
Actor: Movie (100 credits)
Actor: TV ( 42 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 129 episodes
... 3 credited
(uncredited) 309- Bess Flowers was born on 23 November 1898 in Sherman, Texas, USA. She was an actress, known for We Faw Down (1928), The Shadow (1937) and Sinister Hands (1932). She was married to William S. Holman and Cullen Tate. She died on 28 July 1984 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1898–1984) (age 85)
Actress: Movie (842 credits)
Actress: TV (60 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 13 episodes
(uncredited) 918 - Flower Parry was a native Californian who broke into show business as a dancer in Nils T. Granlund's Florentine Gardens Revue in 1941. Working as a cigarette girl she met then soon married Jackie Coogan that year and they had one son, Jackie Coogan Jr. (birth name: John Anthony Coogan), born on March 4, 1942. She and Coogan divorced in June of 1943. During the mid-forties, she was also employed at Republic Pictures as a secretary and picking up bit and extra work at various studios in Hollywood. In 1945 she married entrepreneur Hal Baker Cope; they divorced in 1950. The marriage produced two sons, Christopher and Milo (Matt). In December 1956 she married actor Eddie Hall, who had given up acting and was a car salesman, and the union lasted until his death in 1963. They had one son, Parry Alan Hall, born on November 25, 1957. She continued to do movie and television extra work until mid-1979. She died September 10, 1981 from a short bout with cancer. She is buried next to her husband Eddie Hall at Forest Lawn Hollywood, overlooking Warner Bros. Studios.(1922–1981) (age 59)
Actress: Movie (9 credits)
Actress: TV (2 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 28 episodes
(uncredited) 40 - Bob Perry was born on 26 December 1878 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Long Voyage Home (1940), The Light of Western Stars (1925) and The Thundering Herd (1925). He was married to Nita Primrose. He died on 8 January 1962 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1878–1962) (age 83)
Actor: Movie (200 credits)
Actor: Short (7 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 173 - Actor
- Additional Crew
- Writer
Charles Perry was born on 26 December 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Smashing the Money Ring (1939), The Wagons Roll at Night (1941) and The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940). He died on 26 February 1967 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1900–1967) (age 66)
Actor: Movie (96 credits)
Actor: TV (39 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
(uncredited) 166- Actor
- Additional Crew
Jack Perry was born on 7 March 1895 in Nicastro, Catanzaro, Calabria, Italy. He was an actor, known for Steady Company (1932), Celebrity (1928) and A Woman's Man (1934). He died on 7 October 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1895–1971) (age 76)
Actor: Movie (207 credits)
Actor: TV (29 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 9 episodes
Stunts: Movie (29 credits)
Uncredited - 303- Jack Chefe was born on 1 April 1894 in Kiev, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for I Love Lucy (1951), Spy Hunt (1950) and The Mad Martindales (1942). He died on 1 December 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1894–1975) (age 81)
Actor: Movie (355 credits)
Actor: TV (26 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 16 episodes
(uncredited) 379 - William H. O'Brien was born on 19 July 1891 in Peak Hill, New South Wales, Australia. He was an actor, known for I've Been Around (1935), Once a Gentleman (1930) and The Sky Raiders (1931). He died on 18 April 1981 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1891–1981) (age 89)
Actor: Movie (542 credits)
Actor: TV (71 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 14 episodes
(uncredited) 687 - Actor
- Soundtrack
William J. O'Brien was born on 31 January 1884 in Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Hell Bound (1931), Mister Smarty (1936) and Honky Donkey (1934). He died on 14 February 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1884–1953) (age 69)
Actor: Movie (172 credits)
(uncredited) 171- Actor
- Additional Crew
Furiously prolific and ubiquitous extra Kenner G. Kemp was born on January 3, 1908 in Concho, Arizona. Kemp first started appearing in films in uncredited minor roles in the early 1930's and began popping up in numerous TV shows in the early 1950's. Moreover, Kenner not only also worked as both a stuntman and an occasional stand-in for Walter Pidgeon, but also was a longtime officer in the Screen Extras Guild which included treasurer and vice president. His sister Donna Kempe also worked as an extra. Kemp died at age 77 on May 13, 1985 in Los Angeles, California.(1908–1985) (age 77)
Actor: Movie (489 credits)
Actor: TV (70 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 8 episodes
(uncredited) 614- Actor
- Writer
Steve Carruthers was born on 15 August 1900 in Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Angela (1954), Burke's Law (1963) and A House Is Not a Home (1964). He died on 1 March 1983 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1900–1983) (age 82)
Actor: Movie (218 credits)
Actor: TV (61 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 10 episodes
(uncredited) 338- Actor
- Additional Crew
Joe Ploski was born on 16 April 1904 in New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965), M Squad (1957) and Li'l Abner (1959). He died on 17 May 1993 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1904–1993) (age 89)
Actor: Movie (190 credits)
Actor: TV (67 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 314- Philo McCullough was born on 16 June 1893 in San Bernardino, California, USA. He was an actor and director, known for The Girl Who Wouldn't Quit (1918), The Gay Lord Quex (1919) and Trilby (1923). He was married to Valeri Gratton and Laura Anson. He died on 5 June 1981 in Burbank, California, USA.(1893–1981) (age 87)
Actor: Movie (413 credits)
Actor: TV (37 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 6 episodes
(uncredited) 375 - Leon Alton enjoyed a fine career on stage, screen, and television starting in the 1920s and lasting until the late 1970s.
In the 1930s he started out on the Broadway stage appearing in various musicals which lasted until the early 1940s. Then like many Broadway actors and dancers, he seemingly drifted his way to Hollywood where he was able to use his talents as a dancer to appear in many party scenes in a suit dancing in some of the most well known films.
Like many dancers though, that was only part of their work as they could not survive on musicals alone and by the mid 1950s musicals started to lose their popularity so he had to find work elsewhere, although he was never unemployed long.
Alton's appearance was ideal for bankers, or distinguished townsman, or whatever was needed. By the late 1950s, he was able to secure some roles in which he received screen credit in shows like Bat Masterson (1958), Tombstone Territory (1957), and Lock Up (1959) all while still appearing at the usual party scenes or the social gatherings.
By the 1960s his career was still going strong as he still found work in the usual places and managed to appear in several well known movies like True Grit (1969), The Cheyenne Social Club (1970), and Airport (1970) and appearing in most of the well known television shows of the time.
His career wound down by the 1970s and while his name will not garner the attention or recognition to film audiences of today, most casting directors could tell you it was a name which should be respected and could be depended upon.(1907–1995) (age 88)
Actor: Movie (182 credits)
Actor: TV (86 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 11 episodes
(uncredited) 328 - Actor
- Additional Crew
Ralph Brooks was born on 22 April 1904 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was an actor, known for A Shot in the Dark (1935), Strange Wives (1934) and The 3rd Voice (1960). He died on 15 April 1991 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1904–1991) (age 86)
Actor: Movie (407 credits)
Actor: TV (59 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 13 episodes
(uncredited) 519- Bert Stevens was born on 26 February 1905 in Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Perry Mason (1957) and Trackdown (1957). He was married to Caryl Lincoln and Elizabeth Zilker. He died on 14 December 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.(1905–1964) (age 59)
Actor: Movie (416 credits)
Actor: TV (57 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 27 episodes
(uncredited) 575 - Child actor and bit player Monty O'Grady was born John Montgomery O'Grady on March 6, 1916 in Los Angeles, California. O'Grady began his film career in the silent movie era of the mid-1920s as a child actor who's probably best known as a member of the early Our Gang group. Upon reaching adulthood O'Grady went on to become an extremely prolific and ubiquitous extra who can be spotted in a slew of films and TV shows alike in often uncredited minors roles such as reporters, waiters, party guests, passengers on ocean liners, or patrons in bars, nightclubs, or restaurants. His career as an actor spanned seven decades altogether. O'Grady died at age 84 on March 8, 2000 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.(1916–2000) (age 84)
Actor: Movie (245 credits)
Actor: TV (132 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 7 episodes
(uncredited) 627 - Actor
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Born George Shephard Houghton on June 4, 1914, in Salt Lake City, Utah, Shep is the youngest of two sons born to George Henry Houghton and Mabell Viola Shephard. Far from being born into show business, his father was an insurance company representative who moved his family to Hollywood for business reasons in 1927. As luck would have it, they rented a house on Bronson Avenue just two blocks from Paramount Studio's iron front gate, and not far from the Edwin Carreau studio. Picked off the street by an assistant producer, Shep's first work in the movie industry was in 1927 as a Mexican youngster in Carreau's production of Ramona, released in 1928. As a thirteen-year old he also worked in Emil Janning's The Last Command, and continued to work for director Josef von Sternberg in several subsequent pictures. He found movie work to his liking, and out of high school he worked through Central Casting for Mascot Productions, Universal Studios, Paramount Pictures, Fox Film Corporation, and Warner Brother's, where he became a favorite in the Busby Berkeley musicals as a dancer and chorus singer. In 1935 he married Jane Rosily Kellog, his high school sweetheart. Together they had one child, Terrie Lynn, born on September 22, 1939. They were divorced in October, 1945. In 1946 he married Geraldine Farnum, daughter of featured actor Franklin Farnum. They had also one child, Peter William, born August 19, 1947. He and Gerry were divorced in 1948.
Shep was a talent in television from its earliest days. He acted in many recurring roles, beginning with the Jack Benny Program in 1950. That show, and Shep's work in it, lasted until 1965. He worked on many programs through their entire runs, with the notable exception of the original Star Trek of 1966, in which he appeared in only the first three episodes. In addition to these productions, he worked on the I Love Lucy show from 1951 to 1957, and Wagon Train, Perry Mason, The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Mr. Lucky, The Untouchables, and The Twilight Zone, all in the 1950s.
The 1960s brought him steady work in My Three Sons, The Andy Griffith Show, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Loretta Young Show, both The Lucille Ball Show and the renewed Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour, Hogan's Heroes, Mannix, and Marcus Welby. In the 1970s he worked on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Shep was a charter member of both SAG and SEG, and continued to work in both movies and television until his retirement in 1976. He and Mel Carter Houghton were married in 1975, and continue to live happily ever after. She lets him play golf very nearly every day.(1914–2016) (age 102)
Actor: Movie (200 credits)
Actor: TV (81 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 10 episodes
(uncredited) 378- Actor
- Additional Crew
Extremely prolific and ubiquitous extra Arthur Roland Tovey was born on November 14, 1904 in Douglas, Arizona. Tovey appeared in his first film in an uncredited minor role in 1924 and began working profusely as a background extra starting in the mid-1940's. One of the most busy and tireless of American bit players, Arthur popped up in scores of movies and TV shows alike in a career that spanned an impressive seven decades altogether and was still plugging away into his early 90's. Moreover, Tovey not only served in the U.S. Army during World War II, but also was a longtime member of both the Musicians Local 47 -- he was a musician all his life who was especially adept at playing the piano -- and the Screen Actors Guild. Arthur died at age 95 of natural causes at his home in Van Nuys, California on October 20, 2000.(1904–2000) (age 95)
Actor: Movie (312 credits)
Actor: TV (130 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 16 episodes
(uncredited) 559- Actor
- Stunts
Bob Burns was born on 21 November 1884 in Glendive, Montana, USA. He was an actor, known for Jus' Travlin' (1925), Melting Millions (1927) and Blazing Sixes (1937). He was married to Julia Bearcroft. He died on 14 March 1957 in Burbank, California, USA.(1884–1957) (age 72)
Actor: Movie (389 credits)
Actor: TV (6 credits)
Stunts: Movie (47 credits)
(uncredited) 400- Actor
- Stunts
Forest Burns was born on 15 January 1914 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Invisible Monster (1950) and Cimarron Strip (1967). He was married to Claire Louise Bertrand. He died on 25 April 1998 in Kern County, California, USA.(1914–1994) (age 80)
Actor: Movie (91 credits)
Actor: TV (46 credits)
Stunts: Movie (28 credits)
(uncredited) 262- Paul E. Burns was born on 26 January 1881 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Smoky River Serenade (1947), The Pilgrim Lady (1946) and Son of Paleface (1952). He died on 17 May 1967 in Van Nuys, California, USA.(1881–1967) (age 86)
Actor: Movie (203 credits)
Actor: TV (50 credits)
(uncredited) 145 - Actor
- Casting Department
- Casting Director
Bit player and casting director Tony Regan was born Douglas Francis Anthony Regan on August 11, 1908 in Sparks, Nevada. He first began appearing in films and TV shows in often uncredited minor roles in the late 1950s. A burly man with wavy silver gray hair and a friendly round face, Tony was frequently cast as reporters, tourists, party guests, spectators, and patrons in bars, clubs, casinos, or restaurants. Moreover, Regan was also a casting director who held offices in the Screen Extras Guild. He died on August 1, 1988 in Los Angeles, California, ten days before his 80th birthday.(1908–1988) (age 79)
Actor: Movie (110 credits)
Actor: TV (101 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 328- Paul Kruger was born on 24 July 1895 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Heart of Maryland (1927), Canon City (1948) and Hello, Everybody! (1933). He died on 6 November 1960 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.(1895–1960) (age 65)
Actor: Movie (210 credits)
Actor: TV (16 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 230 - From the very beginning, Bernard Sell was destined to be an actor. His father was a musician over in England and was school mates with Charlie Chaplin. His first love was the sea and he decided to become a seamen. Eventually, fate intervened and he met Errol Flynn on one of his trips to Tasmania. Flynn convinced Sell to come with him to be in motion pictures.
Because of his good looks, Bernie found an abundance of work. He could deliver dialog in a movie or just collect a paycheck as a party guest. It wasn't uncommon for him to have dialog in a film but he found work steadier just being a stand-in and working as an extra whenever he could. He could be frequently in various movies with dialog in such roles as reporters and party guest.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s, Sell worked as a stand-in over at Disney studios. However he found higher paying work as a stuntman. He used his knowledge of scuba diving to procure work as a scuba diver in a few films. He would still frequently appear in the background and do some of his usual work as a stand-in. Never one to stay still, he also appeared as an assistant director on the play Most Happy Fella in Palm Springs in 1966.
Around 1970, Sell decided to retire but like most actors, he couldn't stay away and he used his connections to get back into the Screen Extras Guild in 1980. It was around this time that he began to appear as a regular townsman on the James Garner western Bret Maverick. Unfortunately for Sell, Bret Maverick was canceled but he continued to try to work as much as he could throughout the 1980s trying to work socialite scenes whenever he could.
Bernie Sell's career could be one that could be best described as one that really was destined to be. He was able to become friends with some of Hollywood's biggest stars and experienced a various jobs in front of the camera and behind it. He passed away in 1993 leaving behind a long legacy in film and television.(1908–1993) (age 84)
Actor: Movie (182 credits)
Actor: TV (42 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 288 - Jeffrey Sayre was born on 3 December 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Men of San Quentin (1942), On the Spot (1940) and Mutiny in the Big House (1939). He was married to Lucille. He died on 26 September 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1900–1974) (age 73)
Actor: Movie (519 credits)
Actor: TV (94 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 14 episodes
(uncredited) 732 - Prolific (and ubiquitous) bit player Leoda Richards was born Leoda Carole Knapp, March 15, 1907 in Columbus, Ohio. The daughter of Carl and Celia Knapp, Richards trained as a dancer. Moreover, Leoda was in the original company of 3 Broadway musicals: "A Connecticut Yankee," "Strike Me Pink," and "Anything Goes." She took the name, 'Leoda Richards', after marrying Charles Richards in 1928. Leoda first began appearing in films in uncredited minor roles in the late 1940's. A quintessential 'little old lady type', Richards can be spotted in scores of films and TV shows as party guests, passengers on either airplanes or ocean liners, spectators at sporting events, or patrons in clubs, diners, casinos, or restaurants. On February 7, 1998, Leoda passed away in Laguna Niguel, California. She was survived by a daughter, Barbara.(1907–1998) (age 90)
Actress: Movie (149 credits)
Actress: TV (94 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 4 episodes
(uncredited) 329 - Actor
- Stunts
John Roy was born on 3 May 1898 in Lisle, New York, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Ruth Beresford, Clairette Julien Castelling, Jean Catherine Neves and Lorena Lenore Post. He died on 31 May 1975 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1898–1975) (age 77)
Actor: Movie (180 credits)
Actor: TV (62 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 13 episodes
(uncredited) 321- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Stunts
Eddie Hall was born on 3 February 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Thoroughbreds (1944), Administration of Military Justice and Courts-Marshal (1943) and Gangs of the Waterfront (1945). He was married to Flower Parry, Helen Patricia Stengel and Violet N. Cane. He died on 19 February 1963 in Granada Hills, California, USA.(1912–1963) (age 51)
Actor: Movie (181 credits)
(uncredited) 176- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Stuart Hall was born on 9 September 1903 in Hove, East Sussex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for First Aid (1931), Harmony Heaven (1930) and The Dawn Patrol (1938). He died on 2 June 1990 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1903–1990) (age 86)
Actor: Movie (180 credits)
Actor: TV (45 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
(uncredited) 238- Actor
- Soundtrack
Dick Cherney was born on 6 November 1914 in Stiles, Oconto County, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Hannah Lee: An American Primitive (1953) and Judd for the Defense (1967). He died on 21 October 2017 in the USA.(1914- )
Actor: Movie (143 credits)
Actor: TV (103 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 10 episodes
(uncredited) 332- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
Harry Wilson was born on 22 November 1897 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Some Like It Hot (1959), Frankenstein's Daughter (1958) and One Million B.C. (1940). He died on 6 September 1978 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1897–1978) (age 80)
Actor: Movie (284 credits)
Actor: TV (39 credits)
(uncredited) 336- Stunts
- Actor
Eddie Parker was born on 12 December 1900 in Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for All Ashore (1953), Dangers of the Canadian Mounted (1948) and Trouble at Midnight (1937). He was married to Bess. He died on 20 January 1960 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.(1900–1960) (age 59)
Actor: Movie (278 credits)
Actor: TV (21 credits)
Stunts: Movie (437 credits)
Stunts: TV (4 credits)
(uncredited) Movies & TV 229
(uncredited) Movies & TV & Stunts 666- Actor
- Stunts
Gene Coogan was born on 30 August 1909 in Essex, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Peter Gunn (1958), Panic! (1957) and Flight (1958). He was married to Linda Landi. He died on 26 January 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1909–1972) (age 62)
Actor: Movie (116 credits)
Actor: TV (49 credits)
(uncredited) 311- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Sailor Vincent was born on 24 October 1901 in Dracut, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for The Man I Love (1929), The Twilight Zone (1959) and Woman Trap (1929). He died on 12 July 1966 in Toluca Lake, California, USA.(1901–1966) (age 64)
Actor: Movie (169 credits)
Actor: TV (46 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
Stunts: Movie (72 credits)
(uncredited) 423- Actor
- Additional Crew
Born Noble LaPorte Chisman to Thomas F and Cora Esther (LaPorte) Chisman of Indianapolis, he eventually adopted the screen name Kid Chissel. He left his Indiana home in the mid-1930's, not long after his parents had divorced. He aimed to pursue a Hollywood career. Prior to that, he worked as a locomotive fireman in Indianapolis (1930 U.S. Census). His father worked the railroad yards in Indianapolis, and at the time of Noble's birth, resided at 3018 East New York Street (1910 U.S. Census).(1905–1987) (age 82)
Actor: Movie (167 credits)
Actor: TV (57 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 304- Born in Butte Montana just before the turn of the century, Ethan Laidlaw worked as a steam fitter, bus driver, mechanic, salesman, and policeman, before moving to the Los Angeles in the early 1920's. Laidlaw's tall, lean frame and chiseled features made him a natural for gangster pictures, Westerns, and for any role that required a villain, heavy, or tough guy. While he seldom had a substantial speaking park, he found steady work for almost four decades.
Between the movies and the proliferation of TV Westerns in the 1950's, Laidlaw kept busy from 1925 until his death from a heart attack in 1963. All told, he had almost 450 known appearances in movies, and about 400 on TV. He was one of Hugh O'Brian's regulars on "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp," (which included Jimmy Noel, Buddy Roosevelt, Bill Coontz, and Phil Schumacher), with over 130 appearances on that series alone.
An avid biker, Laidlaw could be seen traveling the countryside on his motorcycle during the few times he wasn't working. Laidlaw lived in the Whitley Hills area of Hollywood, not far from the studios, from the early 1940's until his death.(1899–1963) (age 63)
Actor: Movie (441 credits)
Actor: TV (42 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
Stunts: Movie (40 credits)
(uncredited) 728 - Actor
- Stunts
Jack Stoney was born on 1 October 1897 in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Lilac Time (1928) and The Woman on Pier 13 (1949). He died on 29 January 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1897–1978) (age 80)
Actor: Movie (144 credits)
Actor: TV (32 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 14 episodes
Stunts: Movie (85 credits)
(uncredited) 316- Actor
- Soundtrack
Harry Tyler was born on 13 June 1888 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Naked Street (1955) and Woman Who Came Back (1945). He was married to Gladys Crolius. He died on 15 September 1961 in Hollywood, California, USA.(1888–1961) (age 73)
Actor: Movie (289 credits)
Actor: TV (83 credits)
(uncredited) 232- Norman Stevans began in the Screen Extras Guild in 1943. This period turned out to be the perfect time for Screen Extras Guild members because the studios were spending a lot of money on big-budget productions and constantly needed extras. It didn't matter whether you were a soldier type, a dignitary, or a cowboy.
Like many extras, Stevans found his niche first as a soldier during the era in which World War 2 films were made to increase the morale of the general public. As he aged, Stevans purchased a wide variety of clothes so he could get cast more often as a dress extra.
By the 1950s, Stevans started to develop a reputation as one of the most dependable dress extras. His appearance led him to appear as a socialite or a businessman in many of the dramas but, he would also play bartenders and government officials in television westerns. Stevans effortlessly transitioned over to television and appeared in most of the major television shows of the period.
The coming of television seemed to be a good thing on the surface but for Stevans and extras like him, it caused the big-budget productions to be filmed elsewhere. What may have been steady work on a production for a month now turned into just a day or two. This made it much harder to make a living as a film extra.
Throughout the 1970s, the lack of steady work came to a head. Stevans became president of the Screen Extras Guild. By 1971, there was a depression in the motion picture industry and Stevans tried to lead the Screen Extras Guild and all of its members through the depression. By the middle of June that year, Stevans had only worked 27 days of that year.
Norman Stevans continued working until he passed away because of lung cancer. He leaves behind a few credited roles in television but more importantly, he leaves behind a legacy of being one of the leaders who led the Screen Extras Guild members through their roughest period.(1916–1980) (age 63)
Actor: Movie (207 credits)
Actor: TV (117 credits)
(uncredited) 495 - Charles Sherlock was born on 9 July 1900 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Shakedown (1950), King of the Turf (1939) and Undertow (1949). He died on 1 May 1983 in North Hollywood, California, USA.(1900–1983) (age 82)
Actor: Movie (344 credits)
Actor: TV (12 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 368 - Actor
- Additional Crew
Edwin Rochelle started out in films in the 1930s as a stand-in for smaller actors. Like many actors of the 1930s, he had an affiliation with a studio and a majority of their work came from that studio. Rochelle was the go-to stand-in for Barry Fitzgerald and other stars at RKO, and sometimes this led to upgrades where he was paid more because he would deliver dialog, and he'd have to be paid as a day player for every day that he was on set as an actor's stand-in.
By the late 1950s, Rochelle was one of the guys that was regularly used as a stand-in for various guest stars in productions filmed at Universal Studios. He would regularly be seen in westerns and dramas filmed there throughout the early 1960s. It was during one of these productions where Rochelle's life would change forever when he stood-in for actor Robert Lansing.
After he stood in for Robert Lansing, it started a friendship that lasted until Rochelle's death. Lansing would use Rochelle whenever Lansing was working, and he would usually make sure Rochelle was upgraded to a silent bit on set. Lansing would regularly take Rochelle on location with him as his assistant and would occasionally give him a credited role like in Namu, the Killer Whale (1966). This provided regular work and a steady income for Rochelle for more than a decade.
When Lansing's career started to slow down, so did Rochelle's. Rochelle decided to retire, but he still would come back for an occasional role until he passed away in 1977.(1906–1977) (age 70)
Actor: Movie (55 credits)
Actor: TV (55 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 26 episodes
(uncredited) 243- Murray Pollack was born on 29 August 1918 in New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Murder Without Tears (1953), It Takes a Thief (1968) and Days of Our Lives (1965). He died on 10 May 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1918–1979) (age 61)
Actor: Movie (194 credits)
Actor: TV (128 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 531 - Mathew McCue was born on 4 October 1895 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fugitive (1963) and Gunsmoke (1955). He died on 10 April 1966 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1895–1966) (age 61)
Actor: Movie (150 credits)
Actor: TV (61 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
(uncredited) 383 - Robert "Bob" Jasper Reeves was born on January 28, 1892 in Marlin, Texas. He attended Texas A&M University and served in the US Army during World War I. In 1921 he was cast in a series of Western shorts that were called "Cactus Features". He and his leading lady Maryon Aye would make 18 Cactus Features together including Streak Of Yellow and The Claim Jumpers. Bob, who was six foot two inches tall and weighed over 200 pounds, became a popular Western star during the silent era. His success didn't last long and by the 1940s he was playing bit parts. During his long career he appeared in more three hundred movies. He also had roles on the television shows Maverick and Wyatt Earp. Bob was married to Mary Lee Turner. The couple had no children together but Bob was a stepfather to Mary's children from a previous marriage. On April 12, 1960 Bob had a heart attack and died while filling out an unemployment application. He was buried at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California.(1892-1960) (age 68)
Actor: Movie (336 credits)
Actor: TV (30 credits)
Stunts: Movie (159 credits)
Stunts: TV (2 credits)
(uncredited) Movies & TV 401
(uncredited) Movies & TV & Stunts 560 - While most actors like to play cowboy, Tom Smith was one. He was born to a family of poor German farmers who were originally from Germany. The shiftless Smith eventually made his way to California where he got into the motion picture business.
Staring in the 1920s, Smith worked in countless westerns. His prowess with a horse, his long hair, and his big bushy mustache was the very ideal image of what an old western outlaw looked like. Smith was so trusted with horses that he was taken across the country in 1930 so he could appear in Raoul Walsh's epic film The Big Trail.
Smith did not usually have dialog in the films that he appeared in but his appearance helped him gain work in countless films and television. By the 1930s, he was constantly appearing in Republic films typically appearing in posse or bar scenes. Through his connections, he was able to gain work in some of the better western productions and frequently appeared in higher-budgeted films as his career went on.
While most cowboys either retired or passed away, Smith found a new avenue of income with the introduction of television. He could regularly be seen appearing in some Universal Studios productions and in some of the more well-known westerns like Gunsmoke but during this period, he primarily did a lot of shows at For Star Productions studios where you can see him appear in bar scenes of shows like Zane Grey Theatre, The Rifleman, Black Saddle, and many other productions.
By the late 1960s, westerns were no longer as plentiful as they once were and Smith's career started to wind itself up. He spent his last few years making sporadic appearances on television shows like Gunsmoke and Barbary Coast until he passed away in 1976 leaving behind a legacy of being a true cowboy on-screen and off of it.(1892–1976) (age 83)
Actor: Movie (178 credits)
Actor: TV (32 credits)
Stunts: Movie (21 credits)
(uncredited) 257 - Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Cap Somers was a bit actor and stuntman. He came to be known as Cap after returning from France during WWI as a captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. As a child who grew up around the New Jersey fisheries, he was nicknamed "Fimp" for his lispy pronunciation of shrimp. Fredrick was a descendant of the Somers Family of Somers Point, New Jersey, near Atlantic City. He was a hometown hero athlete and lifeguard who excelled in baseball, football, and basketball. He played professional baseball with the New York Giants in 1914. He was a scout for Connie Mack's Philadelphia Athletics. He did sports reporting for the New York Times in 1926. His prosperity earned in the real estate and insurance business crashed in 1929. In 1930 a late night brawl with a friend result in his friend's death. Somers was cleared of charges. Somers headed to the west coast in 1931. In addition to his many small roles in film, Somers was declared the "Bravest Man in Hollywood" in 1940 as the result of his work, "Follow the Arrow." In this MGM short, archer Pete Smith attempted to hit an apple on Somers' head at a distance of fifty feet. Somers died on September 18, 1970 in Los Angeles from a heart attack and stroke, leaving a daughter from his first marriage, Evelyn S. Offutt.(1893–1970) (age 77)
Actor: Movie (235 credits)
Actor: TV (70 credits)
Stunts: Movie (74 credits)
(uncredited) 563- Actor
- Stunts
Phil Schumacher was born on 7 November 1909 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Coroner Creek (1948), The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956) and Death Valley Days (1952). He died on 19 January 1975 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.(1909–1975) (age 65)
Actor: Movie (116 credits)
Actor: TV (61 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
Stunts: Movie (16 credits)
(uncredited) 389- Chuck Hamilton was born on 9 December 1903 in Vallejo, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Captain Midnight (1942), Valley of the Zombies (1946) and The Shadow (1940). He died on 24 December 1978 in Vallejo, California, USA.(1903-1978) (age 75)
Actor: Movie (409 credits)
Actor: TV (37 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 11 episodes
Stunts: Movie (381 credits)
Stunts: TV (2 credits)
(uncredited) Movies & TV 564
(uncredited) Movies & TV & Stunts 944 - Burly, stentorian-voiced John Hamilton, worked on Broadway and in touring theatrical companies for many years prior to his 1930 film debut. He was in the original Broadway company of "Seventh Heaven" and would appear in the film remake (Seventh Heaven (1937)) in 1937. For Warner Bros, he starred with Donald Meek in a series of short mysteries based on S.S. Van Dine stories. He was often typecast as prison wardens, judges and police chiefs, but played various types of characters in an almost limitless number of films from the 1930s to the 1950s. He became famous when he was cast as Daily Planet newspaper editor Perry White in the 1950s TV classic, Adventures of Superman (1952). He died of a heart attack in 1957 and is survived by a son. Hamilton is often confused with John F. Hamilton, an American actor whose career began in the 1920s, John Hamilton, a British actor who worked during the same period but exclusively in the UK, and with several other actors of the same name.(1887–1958) (age 71)
Actor: Movie (286 credits)
(uncredited) 176 - Actor
- Stunts
- Producer
Jack Perrin was born in Three Rivers, MI, on July 25, 1896. His father, a real estate investor, had an eye on the burgeoning prospects in Los Angeles and moved his family there when Perrin was about four. Jack literally grew up witnessing the birth of the film industry, which exploded there in 1913, after Universal and Famous Players (later known as Paramount) moved out in an attempt to escape Thomas Edison's patent war. Perrin entered films in 1915, reportedly with Mack Sennett (these details are in dispute), before enlisting in the Navy in World War I. Discharged in 1919, he returned to Hollywood and landed a contract with Universal, which lasted until 1921. He was cut loose from what was then the largest studio in the world and made the rapid descent into the world of low-budget westerns by outfits like Rayart (later to become Monogram), Aywon and Arrow Pictures. During this period he would work for companies at the very bottom of the Hollywood food chain, headed by ultra-low-budget specialists like Harry S. Webb and the legendary cheapskate Robert J. Horner.
By the latter part of the 1920s Perrin's fortunes rose to the point where he returned to Universal for a series of Canadian Mountie adventure pictures (on a personal level, he met and married Universal star Josephine Hill in 1920 and the marriage would last until 1937). Although he seemed to possess all the assets necessary for cowboy stardom, fate would not be particularly kind to Jack Perrin. At the beginning of the "talkie" period he left Universal and went back to working for the likes of Webb and Horner again. Things got so bad that in the mid-'30s he wound up having to sue Horner in order to get paid for appearing in several of Horner's films (he won). The quality of these productions was, to be charitable, dismal and Jack's popularity correspondingly suffered. He bowed out as a leading man under an ostensible partnership with veteran low-budget producer William Berke in 1936.(1896–1967) (age 71)
Actor: Movie (325 credits)
Actor: TV (47 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 6 episodes
Stunts: Movie (10 credits)
(uncredited) 381- Raven Grey Eagle was born on 25 May 1927 in St. Marys, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955). He died on 9 April 1998 in Glendale, California, USA.(1927–1998) (age 70)
Actor: TV (161 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
Actor: Movie (78 credits)
(uncredited) 359 - Jimmy Dime was born on 19 December 1897 in Yugoslavia. He was an actor, known for White Woman (1933), Stand and Deliver (1928) and Nada más que una mujer (1934). He died on 11 May 1981 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1897–1981) (age 83)
Actor: Movie (201 credits)
Actor: TV (27 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 2 episodes
Stunts: Movie (57 credits)
(uncredited) 301 - Han Moebus drifted to Hollywod in the 1920s where he started out as an extra in films. However, with the coming of World War II, his career took an upward swing because of the growing Anti-German sentiment. If there was a Nazi scene or a foreign military scene Moebus was most likely there either with dialog or collecting a paycheck as a high ranking official.+ By the 1950s, Moebus found success by appearing in television through his usual roles as diplomats and various foreign leaders. By the late 1950s, the now wrinkled and serious faced Moebus found himself traversing the unique path of gritty detective dramas and the unpaved streets of televisions old west. Hans Moebus retired in 1973 and passed away in 1976 leaving behind a great body of work spanning many different generations and boom periods of interest in various subjects.(1902–1976) (age 73)
Actor: Movie (242 credits)
Actor: TV (105 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 10 episodes
(uncredited) 579 - Actor
- Additional Crew
Fred Aldrich was born on 23 December 1904 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for I Love Lucy (1951), Journey Into Light (1951) and Mrs. Mike (1949). He died on 25 January 1979 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1904–1979) (age 74)
Actor: Movie (250 credits)
Actor: TV (50 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 6 episodes
(uncredited) 402- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Paul Bradley found his way into films after leaving the cavalry. Unfortunately for Bradley, his real name was distinctively Italian and it required him to adopt his stage name. This turned out to be a good career move for Bradley because he would find his niche as one of the most popular dress extras in the 1930s.
It was during this time that Bradley became connected with George Sanders and served as his stand-in and as his personal assistant. Whenever Sanders was working in the United States, he usually had Bradley as his stand-in. Sanders and Bradley developed such a good friendship that Bradley served as the best man at one of Sanders' weddings.
As Sanders' regularly obtained work in Europe, Bradley's distinctive white hair and pencil thin mustache made him a natural for socialite scenes in countless dramas and in some television westerns. He even obtained a lot of work as a mature male clothing model because of his dashing good looks.
While most people's careers came to a close, Bradley's career spanned through the early 1990s until he decided to bring a close to a career that spanned over 60 years.(1901–1999) (age 97)
Actor: Movie (313 credits)
Actor: TV (86 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 21 episodes
(uncredited) 519- Harry C. Bradley was born on 15 April 1869 in San Francisco, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The House of Mystery (1934), Riding on Air (1937) and Heat Lightning (1934). He was married to Lottie Alter and Lurelle Lancing Waters. He died on 18 October 1947 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1869–1947) (age 78)
Actor: Movie (208 credits)
(uncredited) 170 - Dale Van Sickel was born on 29 November 1907 in Eatonton, Georgia, USA. He was an actor, known for Radar Patrol vs. Spy King (1949), Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952) and The Crimson Ghost (1946). He was married to Iris Van Sickel. He died on 25 January 1977 in Newport Beach, California, USA.(1907-1977) (age 69)
Actor: Movie (264 credits)
Actor: TV (68 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
Stunts: Movie (227 credits)
Stunts: TV (22 credits)
(uncredited) Movies & TV 261
(uncredited) Movies & TV & Stunts 508 - Edgar Dearing was born on 4 May 1893 in Ceres, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Abraham Lincoln (1930), Lightning Strikes Twice (1934) and Raiders of Tomahawk Creek (1950). He was married to Lila Stones and Nelvina Hyink. He died on 17 August 1974 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1893–1974) (age 81)
Actor: Movie (272 credits)
Actor: TV (38 credits)
(uncredited) 223 - Sayre Dearing was born on 19 September 1899 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Mystery Plane (1939). He died on 5 July 1979 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.(1899–1979) (age 79)
Actor: Movie (253 credits)
Actor: TV (3 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 2 episodes
(uncredited) 257 - Actor
- Stunts
Carl Sklover was born on 1 September 1904 in Vilna, Russia. He was an actor, known for Meet Danny Wilson (1952), Playgirl (1954) and Dragnet (1951). He died on 24 April 1999 in Palm Springs, California, USA.(1904–1999) (age 94)
Actor: Movie (87 credits)
Actor: TV (27 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 20 episodes
Stunts: Movie (6 credits)
(uncredited) 176- Rudy Germane was born on 24 March 1910 in Portland, Maine, USA. He was an actor, known for The Doris Day Show (1968). He died on 28 March 1997 in Costa Mesa, California, USA.(1910–1997) (age 87)
Actor: Movie (154 credits)
Actor: TV (91 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 7 episodes
(uncredited) 405 - Luther Raymond Vestergard was born 2 December 1902 in Chicago, Illinois to Christian Vestergard and Maytha Heckel. Growing up in Chicago, Luther attended local schools. Upon graduating, Luther moved to Los Angeles California where he attended the University of Southern California. At the same time he worked as an assistant deputy probation officer so he could pay his way through college. Luther would move on to Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts to study law. Luther was only able to complete 2 years before running out of money.
Returning to Los Angeles in 1926, Luther started acting, working under the stage name of Paul Power. Initially he appeared in 2 reel silent comedies based on the "Winnie Winkle, the Bread Winner" comic strip. The vast majority of his appearances during his career were in a number of supporting and minor roles that extended the rest of his life (over 40 years) taking his career from the days of silent films through the golden age of movies to television. His largest role was in Christian movie "Oil Town U.S.A." where he worked with his friend Billy Graham.
Luther was married twice and divorced twice with no record of having any children. He also took care of his mother(who was bed ridden from a traffic accident) during the last four years of her life.
Luther was also a lay minister serving at different times as assistant pastor and interim pastor for Saint Matthews Lutheran Church. He occasionally conducted services at the local movie studios and funeral services for the Motion Pictures Home in Calabasas, California. He joined the Hollywood Christian Group after it was organized in 1949.
Luther passed away 5 April 1968 at the Hollywood West Hospital.(1902–1968) (age 65)
Actor: Movie (268 credits)
Actor: TV (74 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 357 - Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
George DeNormand's life is an example of somebody whose life is almost too eventful to be true. Once he got out of the military, he became a professional boxer. Like most boxers, his career only lasted a handful of professional bouts however it opened up the door to a move to appearing as a stuntman in films.
While most boxers who appeared in movies had faces which showcased the many years of abuse they took during their career, DeNormand was able to escape with face and cognitive ability intact. In the 1930s, he started a long career as a stuntman. Like most stuntman, he had a specialty, and his was appearing in fight scenes and doubling for actors who the studio did not want to risk hurting.
There was no better period in DeNormand's career than the 1940s. By then he had established himself as one of the go-to brawlers for movies. This led him to be cast as a regular henchman in various Johnny Mack Brown movies where he was able to get paid as a stuntman and as an actor. Sometimes he was handy to have around just in case they needed a stuntman to do a fighting sequence or if they needed a random henchman to have beaten up. DeNormand had several credited roles in the late 1940s where he was an outlaw that Johnny Mack Brown had to fight or a gang member Brown had to shoot off a horse.
Like most stuntmen, DeNormand's body began to break down in the 1950s and he found regular work as an extra in both westerns and dramas as an extra. Sometimes he would be given dialog but DeNormand's thick New York accent made it really hard to give him lines of dialog if the setting was wrong. He was able to appear multiple times in many of the hit television shows of the time and he even had a few talking appearances in The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp.
By the late 1960s, DeNormand's stunt days were over. The various productions he worked for would occasionally have him do a few small stunts that could not be done by a regular person. These were regularly referred to by various cast members as "Whammys" where the stunt would not be hazardous enough to call in a member of the stuntman's union but where an extra would get upgraded in pay. One of DeNormand's final stunts or credits where he received a whammy was on the hit television show "The Wild Wild West" where he played a murdered toy maker who receives a close-up right before his body falls out of a closet.
DeNormand was heavily connected to the studios so by the 1970s, he was still receiving various silent bits from movies. He was still frequently chosen in shows like Gunsmoke to play a banker or movies like Get to Know Your Rabbit where he had a single line of dialog as an aspiring magician. DeNormand loved the motion picture industry and he continued to appear in various films until he died as result of cancer in 1976 leaving behind a legacy of somebody who appeared in various aspects of the film industry and who was greatly respected by all who knew him.(1903-1976) (age 73)
Actor: Movie (284 credits)
Actor: TV (144 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
Stunts: Movie (224 credits)
(uncredited) Movies & TV 607
(uncredited) Movies & TV & Stunts 833- Jack Kenney was born on 5 December 1902 in Vladimir, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Gang's All Here (1941), Atlantic City (1944) and Name the Woman (1934). He died on 27 January 1961 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1902–1961) (age 58)
Actor: Movie (147 credits)
(uncredited) 135 - Actor
- Additional Crew
Already accomplished in his homeland, Irish actor Colin Kenny came to the US in 1917 to make his bid for film stardom. To the best of his memory, there would be over 150 of them. Silent movies were more generous in ladling out cast credit. He had steady roles from 1918 to the late 1920s. One of his best opportunities had been as Cecil Greystoke in Tarzan of the Apes (1918) and its sequel, The Romance of Tarzan (1918). When sound arrived the studios got stingy about giving credits, and handed the out in the most efficient way they could--to as few actors as possible. That, however, was the lot of many a character actor of the time, as well as some production people. Kenny found the parts most varied just the same. He was the Talking Clock in Alice in Wonderland (1933). His opening line (one of the few he actually had) as Lord Chester Dyke in Captain Blood (1935), "Ahh, guilty!" in a distinctively clipped aristocratic attitude during the courtroom scene in England, sets him apart.
Small parts of all sorts would be his sole acting fare in that era, for he was already in his late 40s. Yet he would average five or six parts each year from 1934 to 1947, and the list would include many a major film. His busiest year would be 1952, with parts in such films as The Quiet Man (1952) and Limelight (1952). After that the bit parts became scarcer and he started doing uncredited extra work. Yet Colin Kenny kept working. He joined a whole crowd of fellow elder British expatriates for a choice bit part in My Fair Lady (1964). His last movie was the Steve McQueen vehicle The Cincinnati Kid (1965).(1888–1968) (age 79)
Actor: Movie (294 credits)
Actor: TV (16 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 4 episodes
(uncredited) 283- Jack Kenny was born on 16 November 1886 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for The Northern Code (1925), Not Quite Decent (1929) and Beauty and Bullets (1928). He was married to Bryna Davis. He died on 26 May 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.(1886–1964) (age 77)
Actor: Movie (225 credits)
Actor: TV (30 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
(uncredited) 290 - Hal Taggart was born on 12 April 1896 in Kingman, Arizona, USA. He was an actor, known for Lux Video Theatre (1950), Marihuana (1936) and Highway Patrol (1955). He died on 7 December 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1896–1971) (age 75)
Actor: Movie (202 credits)
Actor: TV (80 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 284 - Actor
- Additional Crew
Edwin Rochelle started out in films in the 1930s as a stand-in for smaller actors. Like many actors of the 1930s, he had an affiliation with a studio and a majority of their work came from that studio. Rochelle was the go-to stand-in for Barry Fitzgerald and other stars at RKO, and sometimes this led to upgrades where he was paid more because he would deliver dialog, and he'd have to be paid as a day player for every day that he was on set as an actor's stand-in.
By the late 1950s, Rochelle was one of the guys that was regularly used as a stand-in for various guest stars in productions filmed at Universal Studios. He would regularly be seen in westerns and dramas filmed there throughout the early 1960s. It was during one of these productions where Rochelle's life would change forever when he stood-in for actor Robert Lansing.
After he stood in for Robert Lansing, it started a friendship that lasted until Rochelle's death. Lansing would use Rochelle whenever Lansing was working, and he would usually make sure Rochelle was upgraded to a silent bit on set. Lansing would regularly take Rochelle on location with him as his assistant and would occasionally give him a credited role like in Namu, the Killer Whale (1966). This provided regular work and a steady income for Rochelle for more than a decade.
When Lansing's career started to slow down, so did Rochelle's. Rochelle decided to retire, but he still would come back for an occasional role until he passed away in 1977.(1906–1977) (age 70)
Actor: Movie (55 credits)
Actor: TV (55 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 26 episodes
(uncredited) 236- Cosmo Sardo was born on 7 March 1909 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Mission: Impossible (1966), Amazon Quest (1949) and Same Time, Next Year (1978). He died on 14 July 1989 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.(1909–1989) (age 80)
Actor: Movie (375 credits)
Actor: TV (134 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
(uncredited) 753 - Actor
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Stunts
Chet Brandenburg was born on 15 October 1897 in Peoria, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Under Two Jags (1923), Hats Off (1927) and Powder and Smoke (1924). He died on 17 July 1974 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1897–1974) (age 76)
Actor: Movie (329 credits)
Actor: TV (43 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
Stunts: Movie (54 credits)
(uncredited) 622- Actress
- Soundtrack
Nobody in the history of films has ever gotten dropped into quicksand by a tree possessed by the spirit of a wrongly killed chief's son like Suzanne Ridgway. Her career didn't always start out so glamorous. Her undeniable beauty got her a movie contract where they saw her as a potential foil for a comedian. Like a lot of ideas in Hollywood, it never came to fruition and Ridgway quickly found herself working in bit roles and as an extra.
By the 1940s, Ridgway was reduced to appearing in roles that required girls who looked pretty but who didn't have much chance for improvement. Her acting ability was very limited and this further hampered her career. Her exotic appearance led her to constantly get cast in roles of Spanish or Mexican girls and she had trouble delivering dialog with an accent. Like a true professional, she did what she was told and she was able to collect paychecks for 20 years while experiencing all facets of the business.
By the late 1940s, Ridgway frequently found herself being fought over by pirates, cowboys, and derelicts. What had once been a promising young actress was primarily reduced to window dressing for whatever scene she appeared in. She still managed to appear in some higher-budget films like "Calamity Jane" where she gets to wink at Doris Day in a silent bit role and as a guest in a hotel lobby admiring Glenn Ford. Eventually, she met producer Lindsley Parsons who helped get her a role in the film masterpiece "From Hell It Came." Her final acting role was in her husband's film "The Purple Gang" where she played Daisy, a girl who constantly reported crimes and when she finally saw a real one, nobody would believe her.
While most actresses quickly give up on Hollywood, Suzanne Ridgway never gave up on her dream. She wanted to be an actress who starred in films. When she finally got her chance, she was attacked by a possessed tree and tossed into quicksand. She got further than most and she leaves a long-lasting legacy that will forever be remembered by the countless fans on this true leading lady.(1918–1996) (age 78)
Actress: Movie (246 credits)
Actress: TV (12 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 254- Actor
- Stunts
- Soundtrack
Kermit Maynard was born on 20 September 1897 in Vevay, Indiana, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fighting Texan (1937), Valley of Terror (1937) and Phantom Patrol (1936). He was married to Edith Jessen. He died on 16 January 1971 in North Hollywood, California, USA.(1897-1971) (age 73)
Actor: Movie (298 credits)
Actor: TV (55 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
Stunts: Movie (241 credits)
Stunts: TV (2 credits)
(uncredited) Movies & TV 440
(uncredited) Movies & TV & Stunts 682- Michael Jeffers may be relatively unknown although he will forever go down as a small note in Hollywood history as the president of the Screen Extras Guild who halted production of movies for a 24 hour period in 1945 in protest because stuntmen and bit part actors were getting extra work however extras were not obtaining bit part or stunt work. He also led a further protest in 1946.
While acting as the bargaining agent for the SEG he was a thorn in the side of the Screen Actors Guild. After being informed that people affiliated with the Screen Extras Guild had restricted voting rights Jeffers sued in a attempt to be able to vote on such matters.
As a result of this action, he received little work because a letter was sent around hinting he had communist ties and that he was trying to drive a wedge in the Screen Extras Guild. He fought in court from 1950 to 1958 trying to restore his name so he could receive more work and recover damages for wages he lost as result of the letter.
He later went on to appear in scores of westerns in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, eventually accumulating over 600 credits.(1898–1990) (age 92)
Actor: Movie (206 credits)
Actor: TV (81 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 4 episodes
(uncredited) 586 - Actor
- Director
- Writer
Frank O'Connor was born on 11 April 1881 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Religious Racketeers (1938), Call of the Circus (1930) and The Lawful Cheater (1925). He died on 22 November 1959 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1881–1959) (age 78)
Actor: Movie (620 credits)
Actor: TV (11 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 8 episodes
(uncredited) 596- Actor
- Stunts
Ray Spiker was born on 6 January 1902 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Shane (1953) and Where's Raymond? (1953). He died on 23 February 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.(1902–1964) (age 62)
Actor: Movie (161 credits)
Actor: TV (34 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
Stunts: Movie (55 credits)
(uncredited) 305- Wilbur Mack was born on 29 July 1873 in Binghamton, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Redheads on Parade (1935), Gold and Grit (1925) and The Crimson Canyon (1928). He was married to Constance Purdy and Nella Walker. He died on 13 March 1964 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.(1873–1964) (age 90)
Actor: Movie (374 credits)
Actor: TV (15 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 5 episodes
(uncredited) 387 - Actor
Frank McLure was born on 14 July 1893 in Mobile, Alabama, USA. He was an actor. He died on 23 January 1960 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1893–1960) (age 66)
Actor: Movie (257 credits)
Actor: TV (5 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 261- Actor
- Additional Crew
Frank Mills was born on 26 January 1891 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for Those Who Dance (1930), Parole! (1936) and Charlie Chan's Courage (1934). He died on 18 August 1973 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1891–1973) (age 82)
Actor: Movie (360 credits)
Actor: TV (33 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
Stunts: Movie (83 credits)
(uncredited) 559- John George was born on 20 January 1898 in Aleppo, Syria. He was an actor, known for The Unknown (1927), Scaramouche (1923) and The Night of Love (1927). He died on 25 August 1968 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1898–1968) (age 70)
Actor: Movie (206 credits)
Actor: TV (16 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 253 - Boston-born Franklyn Farnum was on the vaudeville stage at the age of 12 and was featured in a number of theatre and musical productions by the time he entered silent films near the age of 40. He appeared to be at his most comfortable in the saddle, his career dominated mostly by westerns. Some of his more famous films include the serial Vanishing Trails (1920) and features The Clock (1917), The Firebrand (1922), The Drug Store Cowboy (1925) and The Gambling Fool (1925). In 1925 he left films, but returned five years later at the advent of sound, only to find himself billed much further down the credits, if at all. He continued on, however, in these obscure roles well into the 1950s. Largely forgotten today, he is not related to silent actors and brothers Dustin Farnum and William Farnum. One of his three wives was the ill-fated Alma Rubens, to whom he was briefly married in 1918. Farnum passed away from cancer in 1961.(1878–1961) (age 83)
Actor: Movie (588 credits)
Actor: TV (33 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 3 episodes
(uncredited) 536 - Herschel Graham was born on 5 February 1904 in Bixby, Oklahoma, USA. He was an actor, known for Public Defender (1954). He died on 18 March 1964 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1904–1964) (age 60)
Actor: Movie (211 credits)
Actor: TV (62 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 376 - Alexander Pollard was born on 15 October 1886 in Burnley, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Monster Maker (1944), Private Number (1936) and Torchy's Busy Day (1932). He died on 17 June 1950 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.(1886–1950) (age 63)
Actor: Movie (161 credits)
(uncredited) 159 - Actor
- Soundtrack
In recalling silent movie comedian Harry "Snub" Pollard, his slight frame (5' 6"), bullet-shaped head and dark, droopy mustache are definitive identification badges. Born in Melbourne, Australia as Harold Fraser on November 9, 1889, he started off performing with the Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company at an early age and was also a church choirboy. Adopting the last name of "Pollard" as his last name moniker in tribute to the company, he went on to perform with other Down Under children's troupes. When a vaudeville company he was touring with in 1910 made it to the United States, Harry decided to stay in the country.
Nicknamed (and billed) "Snub," he started off in bit parts at the Essenay Film Studios in 1911 and briefly worked with the Keystone Kops. Moving up into support roles, often with the Keystone Cops series, Hal Roach took an avid interest in him and, by 1915, had Snub co-starring with Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels in the highly successful Lonesome Luke series, which ran for years (86 films in all). In 1919, Snub took a chance and ventured on with his own solo one- and two-reeler's with zany slapstick, sights gags and gimmicks-a-plenty. He performed many of his own stunts and was often seriously injured as a result. Many of them were ably directed by Charley Chase and co-starred Marie Mosquini as his frequent leading lady. Snub's "second banana" status, however, was firmly entrenched, and his starring vehicles were met with only a modicum of interest. One of his most notable is the short comedy It's a Gift (1923) in which he played an eccentric inventor pursued by oil magnates interested in his newest creation.
In between Snub made personal appearances on the farcical stage. His production film company, created in 1926, was forced to fold and found himself relegated to supporting other top comedians again, notably Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and Andy Clyde. He was further financially strapped when the Depression hit. By the late 1930s, he was appearing in "poverty row" films. One last hurrah would be his playing of Pee Wee, the sidekick to cowboy Tex Ritter, in a series of minor westerns. Relegated now to atmospheric bits, it is noted that in the film Singin' in the Rain (1952), he is the rained-on passerby that Gene Kelly gives his umbrella to toward the end of the title song. Snub continued to work in relative obscurity until his death on January 19, 1962 of cancer. Earning a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his work in silent films, the thrice-married actor was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in the Hollywood Hills.(1889–1962) (age 72)
Actor: Movie (220 credits)
Actor: TV (42 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 304- Actor
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Rudy Sooter was born on June 17, 1904 in Canada as Roby Cecil Sooter. His parents were John Franklin Sooter and Hattie Blanch Tussing Sooter. Rudy first became known for his country and western music, both as a writer and performer. Bob Nolan and Roy Rogers were in his band before they formed the Sons of the Pioneers. Rudy Sooter worked in radio and in B Western Movies on a very regular basis and became a go to musician and band leader for B Western movie projects. In 1936 his Horse Opera Company featured guitar and mandolin. His Ranchmen recorded with Jimmie Davis for Decca Records. Their collaboration included the popular "You are My Sunshine." Between 1936 and 1951 Rudy appeared in eighty-one western movies as musician or singer in all but twelve where he had roles as character actors. From 1936 to 1943 he appeared in thirteen movies with Tex Ritter. In three of those films he both performed songs and wrote those songs. The 1937 Roy Rogers movie Billy the Kid Returns had a featured appearance by Sooter. In 1947, he collaborated with band leader Spade Cooley, playing in his band and co-writing several songs, including "It's Dark Outside," "Down at the Cuckoo House," and the probing "Who Dug the Hole I Am In?" Later in his acting career he became a familiar face on Gunsmoke, appearing in eighty-four episodes in a wide variety of roles. In six episodes he had a musical role and in four episodes he was a bartender. He died on June 9, 1991 in Reno, Nevada, USA.(1905–1991) (age 85)
Actor: Movie (100 credits)
Actor: TV (21 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 237- Actor
- Additional Crew
James Gonzalez was born on 4 May 1911 in Irvington, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Iceland (1942), The Red Skelton Hour (1951) and The Lucy Show (1962). He died on 25 January 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1911–1971) (age 59)
Actor: Movie (246 credits)
Actor: TV (69 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 424- Actor
- Stunts
- Additional Crew
Cowboy actor Buddy Roosevelt was born Kenneth Stanhope Sanderson in Meeker, Colorado, in 1898. His parents were emigrants from England, and at age 16 Kenneth got a job with the C.B. Irwin WIld West Show. When the show traveled to Southern California in 1914, the young Sanderson learned that stunt work in the burgeoning film industry paid much better, and was quite a bit safer, than busting broncs and the kind of roping, trick riding and other hard and dangerous tasks required of a Wild West show performer, and he soon got a job doing stunts in westerns for pioneering producer Thomas H. Ince at his Inceville studio, and often performed as a stunt double for William S. Hart. When the US entered World War I in 1917 Roosevelt enlisted in the Navy and was aboard the USS Norfolk when it was sunk. As if that wasn't enough, he contracted the Spanish flu during the 1918 influenza pandemic that killed millions worldwide, but he managed to survive both the sinking and the flu and returned to Hollywood at war's end.
Going back to stunt work, he was the stunt double for matinee idol Rudolph Valentino in The Sheik (1921), the picture that made Valentino a star. After more stunt work and small parts in a few films, Sanderson was hired by shoestring producer Lester F. Scott Jr. to star in a series of low-budget westerns. Scott didn't think that "Kenneth Sanderson" was enough of a cowboy name so he changed it to Buddy Roosevelt. The newly renamed cowboy actor made Rough Ridin' (1924) for Scott, the first of 25 that Roosevelt would make for him. Budgets for these pictures were usually less than $25,000--a paltry sum even for the early 1920s--but Scott had the sense to hire veteran supporting characters and efficient directors like a young Richard Thorpe (later to become a mainstay at prestigious MGM) and the pictures proved popular and made money. Unfortunately for Roosevelt, however, Scott signed two more cowboy actors, Jay Wilsey and Hal Taliaferro, which meant that the low budgets on Roosevelt's films got even lower.
In 1928 Roosevelt left Scott for another "B" outfit, Rayart Pictures, but the films he made for that company weren't much of an improvement over his Scott opuses (and in many cases were even worse). After a half-dozen of Rayart's "extravaganzas", Roosevelt managed to get a good role in a big picture for a major studio--The Cisco Kid in In Old Arizona (1928) for Fox. As luck would have it, though, Roosevelt broke his leg shortly before filming was to start. He was replaced by Warner Baxter, who went on to win an Academy Award for the part, which started him on a long and distinguished career. Buddy, on the other hand, went back to making "B" (and even lower-grade) horse operas. He signed with cheapjack producer/director Jack Irwin for a trio of oaters that were barely released. Irwin ran out of money on the third of this trio, "Valley of Bad Men"--which was apparently NEVER released--and Roosevelt was once again out of a job. He did some stunt work and got some small parts in small films, and eventually signed with low-rent specialist Victor Adamson (aka Denver Dixon) for a series of extremely low-budget westerns for Adamson's Superior Talking Pictures outfit. Supposedly shot in only a few days on budgets that were so low that Superior could only afford to pay Roosevelt $250 for each one, these films have gained a reputation for incoherence, ineptness and cheapness that few others have achieved, even to this day.
These pictures finished Buddy Roosevelt's career as a "star", but he still remained active in the business, doing stunt work and appearing in small parts and bit roles until he retired after making his last film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), in 1962. He died in his home town of Meeker, Colorado, on October 6, 1973.(1898–1973) (age 75)
Actor: Movie (235 credits)
Actor: TV (46 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
Stunts: Movie (126 credits)
(uncredited) Movies & TV 431
(uncredited) Movies & TV & Stunts 554- Harold Miller was born on 31 May 1894 in Redondo Beach, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Leatherstocking (1924), Desperate Youth (1921) and Very Truly Yours (1922). He died on 18 July 1972 in Los Angeles, California, USA.(1894–1972) (age 78)
Actor: Movie (646 credits)
Actor: TV (42 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 12 episodes
(uncredited) 706 - Fred Rapport was born on 23 June 1895 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Days of Our Lives (1965), The Loretta Young Show (1953) and Perry Mason (1957). He died on 29 May 1973 in Desert Hot Springs, California, USA.(1895–1973) (age 77)
Actor: Movie (145 credits)
Actor: TV (37 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 7 episodes
(uncredited) 230 - Jimmie Horan was born on 23 October 1907 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for F Troop (1965), Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958) and Cavalcade of America (1952). He died on 4 May 1967 in Hollywood, California, USA.(1907–1967) (age 59)
Actor: Movie (168 credits)
Actor: TV (49 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 275 - Duke Fishman was born on 15 July 1906 in Manila, Philippines. He was an actor, known for The Doris Day Show (1968). He died on 22 December 1977 in Palm Springs, California, USA.(1906–1977) (age 71)
Actor: Movie (89 credits)
Actor: TV (55 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 1 episode
(uncredited) 273 - Michael Jeffers may be relatively unknown although he will forever go down as a small note in Hollywood history as the president of the Screen Extras Guild who halted production of movies for a 24 hour period in 1945 in protest because stuntmen and bit part actors were getting extra work however extras were not obtaining bit part or stunt work. He also led a further protest in 1946.
While acting as the bargaining agent for the SEG he was a thorn in the side of the Screen Actors Guild. After being informed that people affiliated with the Screen Extras Guild had restricted voting rights Jeffers sued in a attempt to be able to vote on such matters.
As a result of this action, he received little work because a letter was sent around hinting he had communist ties and that he was trying to drive a wedge in the Screen Extras Guild. He fought in court from 1950 to 1958 trying to restore his name so he could receive more work and recover damages for wages he lost as result of the letter.
He later went on to appear in scores of westerns in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, eventually accumulating over 600 credits.(1898–1990) (age 92)
Actor: Movie (206 credits)
Actor: TV (81 credits)
. Perry Mason (1957) (TV Series) 4 episodes
(uncredited) 587