Brooks Benedict
Date of birth: 1896-02-05
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Harold J. Mann
Biography
Brooks Benedict (born Harold J. Mann, February 6, 1896 – January 1, 1968) was an American actor of the silent and sound film era, where he played supporting and utility roles in over 300 films, mostly uncredited.
Movie Credits
Strangers on a Train
1951-06-27
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit th
Speedy
1928-04-07
A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-dra
My Sister Eileen
1942-09-24
Sisters Ruth and Eileen Sherwood move from Ohio to New York in the hopes of building their careers.
Lady Killer
1933-12-09
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Ho
Follow the Fleet
1936-02-20
When the US Navy fleet docks at San Francisco, sailor Bake Baker tries to rekindle the flame with hi
The People Against O'Hara
1951-09-01
A defense attorney jeopardizes his career to save his client.
The Freshman
1925-09-20
An unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular b
The Cowboy Kid
1928-07-14
Our hero catches a gang of bank robbers while taking time out to romance the banker's pretty daughte
Moran of the Marines
1928-10-13
After getting into a fight with a drunkard, Mike Moran spends 10 days on the rock pile and is disinh
The Unsuspected
1947-10-11
The secretary of an affably suave radio mystery host mysteriously commits suicide after his wealthy
Holiday Inn
1942-07-10
Lovely Linda Mason has crooner Jim Hardy head over heels, but suave stepper Ted Hanover wants her fo
Show Boat
1936-05-17
Despite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the
Phantom Lady
1944-01-28
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove he
Cupid's Fireman
1923-12-16
McGee becomes a fireman over the protests of his mother, who doesn't want to see her son sacrifice h
What Price Hollywood?
1932-06-24
Sassy and ambitious waitress Mary Evans amuses and befriends amiable seldom-sober Hollywood film dir
Murder on a Honeymoon
1935-02-22
An amateur sleuth suspects foul play when a fellow passenger on a seaplane suddenly dies. The third
The Office Wife
1930-08-23
Larry, a publisher, wants Kate to write a book about the 'Office Wife'. An executive stenographer's
Painting The Clouds With Sunshine
1951-10-10
The story of three gold-digging ladies searching for millionaires. A loose remake of Gold Diggers o
Girl Crazy
1932-03-24
New York playboy Danny Churchill is sent to a small town in Arizona, where being sheriff is very dan
Houseboat
1958-11-19
An Italian socialite on the run signs on as housekeeper for a widower with three children.
Buried Loot
1935-01-19
An embezzler who expects to serve his time in prison and then pick up his buried loot is in for a su
The Widow from Chicago
1930-11-23
A woman infiltrates a criminal mob to avenge her brother's death.
Fight for Your Lady
1937-11-05
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich
Pick-up
1933-03-24
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caug
Reckless Living
1931-10-20
In order to be able to buy a gas station, a young couple run a speakeasy. Complications arise when t
Recaptured Love
1930-07-07
In this drama, a 50-year-old married man (played by John Halliday) goes with his wife (Belle Bennett
No Other Woman
1933-01-06
A steelworker and his aspiring wife make millions when they become partners in a dyeworks. Unfortuna
Clear the Decks
1929-03-03
This 1929 drama about mistaken identities contains three eight minute scenes that involve talking. T
Sunset Murder Case
1938-11-11
Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsibl
The Drop Kick
1927-09-25
College football player Jack Hamill finds his reputation on the line when he pays an innocent visit
Atlantic Adventure
1935-08-25
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is wo
Backstage
1927-04-01
Julia, Myrtle, Fanny, and Jane - all chorus girls, after weeks of rehearsing for a show, find themse
Street of Chance
1930-02-08
'Natural' Davis (William Powell) is a respected gambler who follows a ruthless code of honor with th
Three Girls Lost
1931-04-19
Architect Gordon Wales finds fellow apartmenthouse resident Joan Marsh locked out and flirts with he
Gangs Inc.
1941-06-13
Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a c
Weary River
1929-02-10
A gangster is put in prison, but finds salvation through music while serving his time. Again on the
Derelict
1930-11-22
Two rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the attentions
Hot Money
1935-11-16
A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.
Meet Me on Broadway
1946-01-26
Stuffy amateur director Eddie Dolan decides to mount a show for the well-connected patrons of a posh
Three's a Crowd
1927-08-28
Harry, The Odd Fellow, is a tenement worker who lives alone in a shack alongside a warehouse and lon
Together Again
1944-12-23
Anne Crandall is the mayor of a small town in Vermont. Her deceased husband had been the mayor for y
The Sophomore
1929-08-24
Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is ent
Mexican Spitfire
1940-01-12
Newlyweds Dennis and Carmelita have several obstacles to deal with in their new marriage: Carmelita'
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
1926-03-21
A poor cobbler's son enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest sponsored by the footwear company
One Night at Susie's
1930-10-19
A woman gets help from her gangster friends after her foster son takes the blame for a murder he did
I Accuse My Parents
1944-10-27
Ignored by his alcoholic parents, Jimmy Wilson starts hanging around with some shady characters. Aft
Slightly Static
1935-09-07
Thelma and Patsy get jobs at a radio station.
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothin
The Affairs of Annabel
1938-09-09
Wonder Pictures has been striking out at the box office lately, causing the seedy PR man to involve
Josette
1938-06-03
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the
Trade Winds
1938-12-28
After committing a murder, Kay assumes a new identity and boards a ship. But, Kay is unaware that Sa
Going Places
1938-12-31
A sports store clerk poses as a famous jockey as an advertising stunt, but gets more than he bargain
A Very Honorable Guy
1934-04-18
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacterist
Woman Wanted
1935-08-02
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into anoth
Broadway Hostess
1935-12-07
Melodrama about the professional and romantic problems of an aspiring singer.
So This Is Washington
1943-08-01
Lum and Abner go to Washington to aid in the war effort by giving the government what they think is
Cowboy from Brooklyn
1938-07-09
A singing cowboy turns out to be a tenderfoot.
The Defense Rests
1934-07-15
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally
'G' Men
1935-05-04
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused
Here Comes the Band
1935-08-30
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an un
Sons of the Desert
1933-12-29
Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when t
They Won't Believe Me
1947-07-16
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to
Fast Life
1932-12-16
Two sailors (William Haines and Cliff Edwards) are leaving the US Navy after 10 years. In their spar
Hired Wife
1940-09-13
Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his
Champagne Charlie
1936-05-06
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
Cheating Blondes
1933-05-01
A reporter sets out to prove that his girlfriend was framed and sent to prison.
The Razor's Edge
1946-11-19
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. Bu
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939-03-29
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures la
Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets de
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939-06-16
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murde
Another Thin Man
1939-11-17
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a
They Shall Have Music
1939-08-18
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step f
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939-06-20
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939-07-07
Mr. Moto is in Egypt to thwart a criminal mastermind determined to steal the priceless crown of the
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
The Housekeeper's Daughter
1939-10-26
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
Portia on Trial
1937-11-08
Lady lawyer Portia Merryman defends woebegone Elizabeth Manners, who is on trial for shooting her lo
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939-09-13
A pigeon breeder is hired to train a racehorse that wins only when it drinks beer.
Love Takes Flight
1937-11-05
A commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.
It's a Wonderful Life
1946-12-20
George Bailey has spent his entire life giving to the people of Bedford Falls. All that prevents ri
Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
1933-10-18
Tough Aggie gives a street guy polish and a rich kid gumption.
The Glass Key
1942-09-08
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help d
The Great Gambini
1937-06-24
A millionaire is found murdered in his apartment. Suspicion falls on a variety of suspects, includin
Killer at Large
1947-05-31
Two newspaper reporters become involved with another killing while investigating a murder, which lea
He Married His Wife
1940-01-19
Race horse owner pays so much attention to business he winds up divorced from his wife. His alimony
Remember the Night
1940-01-19
Unexpected love blossoms when an assistant district attorney agrees to take a recidivist shoplifter
Charlie Chan in Panama
1940-03-01
Charlie impersonates an employee of the U.S. government to foil an espionage plot which would destro
I Take This Oath
1940-05-20
The trials and tribulations of a group of newly sworn-in police officers.
Three on a Ticket
1947-04-04
A private detective, who has been shot, stumbles into the office of Michael Shayne (Hugh Beaumont),
The Thin Man
1934-05-25
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed f
The Killers
1946-08-30
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede,
Out of the Past
1947-11-25
The peaceful life of a gas station owner is disrupted when a man from his past arrives in town and f
The Dancing Masters
1943-11-19
The Dancing Masters is a 1943 Laurel and Hardy feature film. The plot involves the team running a ba
Two for Tonight
1935-09-12
A songwriter has to come up with a full-length theatrical piece within a few days.
The Strong Man
1926-11-19
A meek Belgian soldier (Harry Langdon) fighting in World War I receives penpal letters and a photo f
Thunder in the Night
1935-09-16
Officer Karl Torok's best friend, Count Alvinczy, is elected president of the Hungarian cabinet. Mea
The Letter
1940-11-21
After a woman shoots a man to death, a damning letter she wrote raises suspicions.
Kitty Foyle
1940-12-27
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's
One Night in the Tropics
1940-11-15
Jim "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve: a 'lov
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleague
No, No, Nanette
1940-12-19
Perky young Nanette attempts to save the marriage of her uncle and aunt by untangling Uncle Jimmy fr
Let's Face It
1943-08-04
A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to ge
Millionaires in Prison
1940-07-12
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton wa
Nothing But the Truth
1941-10-10
A stockbroker bets his new partners $10,000 that he can tell the truth, and only the truth, for twen
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943-08-13
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a p
365 Nights in Hollywood
1934-12-11
Down-on-his-luck film director Jimmie Dale takes a job at a fly-by-night acting school. He is drawn
Gabriel Over the White House
1933-03-31
A political hack becomes President during the height of the Depression and undergoes a metamorphosis
I Married a Witch
1942-10-30
A 17th-century witch returns to wreak havoc in the life of a descendant of the Puritan witch hunter
There Goes the Groom
1937-10-29
After striking it rich in Alaskan gold, a young man returns to marry his fiancé only to be snubbed.
The Only Woman
1924-10-25
A 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.
Gun Smoke
1931-04-10
Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his he
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941-11-17
Two peanut vendors at a rodeo show get in trouble with their boss and hide out on a railroad train h
They Died with Their Boots On
1941-11-20
The story follows General George Armstrong Custer's adventures from his West Point days to his death
Early to Bed
1936-06-05
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before
The Trespasser
1929-11-11
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family
The Young in Heart
1938-07-06
A family of confidence tricksters sets their sights on a very rich, very lonely old lady named Miss
Now, Voyager
1942-10-22
A woman suffers a nervous breakdown and an oppressive mother before being freed by the love of a man
Straight, Place and Show
1938-09-30
The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match
The Gorilla
1927-11-13
An ape is suspected of committing a series of murders.
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American ent
Woman of the Year
1942-02-05
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relation
Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a ne
The Gay Bride
1934-12-14
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectanc
I Wake Up Screaming
1941-10-31
A young promoter is accused of the murder of Vicky Lynn, a young actress he "discovered" as a waitre
College Days
1926-10-15
Jim Gordon, the son of a proud and loving father, enters the University of California as a student.
Flirting in the Park
1933-08-18
A day at the park starts out well when two couples enter a boat race, but things start going south w
In Old Chicago
1938-04-15
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually riva
Welcome Danger
1929-10-12
A gentle botany student has to toughen up to replace his father as chief of police.
Murder in the Music Hall
1946-04-10
An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.
Crash Dive
1943-04-22
A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant ra
Crazy House
1943-10-08
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie.
The Constant Nymph
1943-06-23
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. W
Weekend for Three
1941-12-12
Jim is hardly thrilled when his new bride, Ellen, invites an old friend, Randy, over for dinner. Yet
Hot Tip
1935-08-20
An amateur handicapper must help his future son-in-law recoup the money he lost while playing the po
Fun on a Weekend
1947-05-15
Shy, destitute Peter Porter meets equally impoverished Nancy Crane at a Florida beach. Inspired by P
The Unfaithful
1947-07-01
Christine Hunter kills an intruder and tells her husband and lawyer that it was an act of self-defen
The Miracle of the Bells
1948-03-27
The body of a young actress is brought to her home town by the man who loved her. He knows that she
Ranson's Folly
1926-05-30
U. S. Cavalry Lieutenant Ranson belittles the exploits of a bandit known as "The Red Rider," and boa
Johnny O'Clock
1947-01-07
When an employee at an illegal gambling den dies suspiciously, her sister, Nancy, looks into the sit
Fingers at the Window
1942-04-22
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparen
Public Hero Number 1
1935-05-31
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which
Our Wife
1941-08-20
A musician's ex-wife wants him back after he finds love and success.
Wallflower
1948-06-13
Two stepsisters become rivals for the same handsome bachelor. Comedy.
Hold That Ghost
1941-08-07
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. The
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
1937-12-16
Captain Drummond is travelling to Switzerland to marry his girlfriend. However, when a cargo contain
Lured
1947-08-28
Sandra Carpenter is a London-based dancer who is distraught to learn that her friend has disappeared
Buck Privates Come Home
1947-04-04
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan g
Blossoms On Broadway
1937-11-19
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Over 21
1945-08-08
A woman screenwriter lives in a shabby bungalow in order to be near her husband, a 39-year-old newsp
No More Ladies
1935-06-14
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
The Hard Way
1943-01-13
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small
Why Girls Go Back Home
1926-03-01
Trusting country girl Marie Downey falls in love with touring stage-actor Clifford Dudley. As he be
Rhubarb
1951-08-29
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. The
Suddenly It's Spring
1947-02-13
A WAC officer returns from the war to find her husband wants a divorce.
Don't Bet on Blondes
1935-07-13
Owen, a small time bookie, decides to open an insurance business as it involves lesser risk. His fir
I Walk Alone
1947-12-31
Bootleggers on the lam Frankie and Noll split up to evade capture by the police. Frankie is caught a
The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
His Master's Voice
1925-09-01
A loyal German Shepherd dog follows his master to the French front in World War One.
Life Hesitates at 40
1935-11-18
Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.
White Flannels
1927-03-19
A smothering mother, Mrs. Jacob Politz, stands in the way of the engagement of her college son Frank
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934-07-12
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dr
Nora Prentiss
1947-02-22
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a stree
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937-05-21
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of
Orchids and Ermine
1927-03-06
Set in New York City, flapper Pink Watson works a telephone operator at a cement factory who dreams
Let's Face It
1943-08-04
A soldier stationed on an army base and his fiancé, who runs a women's "fat farm" nearby, want to ge
Penny To the Rescue
1941-01-25
A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.
Whirlpool
1934-04-10
An ex-convict tries to connect with the daughter who doesn't even know he exists.
Holiday in Mexico
1946-08-15
Christine Evans, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the widowed American ambassador to Mexico Jeffrey
A Slight Case of Murder
1938-02-26
Former bootlegger Remy Marco has a slight problem with foreclosing bankers, a prospective son-in-law
Possessed
1947-05-29
After being found wandering the streets of Los Angeles, a severely catatonic woman tells a doctor th
The Richest Girl in the World
1934-09-21
Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and
White Lies
1935-12-27
A powerful publisher John Mitchell whose pursuit of sensational headlines at the expense of all else
The Las Vegas Story
1952-01-30
When newlyweds visit Las Vegas, the wife's shady past comes to the surface.
The Casino Murder Case
1935-03-15
After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, a
Kid Glove Killer
1942-04-17
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by
The Kid Sister
1927-07-05
Mary Hall (Ann Christy) forsakes the quiet life of her small-town home and joins her chorus-girl sis
A Girl in Every Port
1952-02-13
After two sailors are conned into buying a lame race-horse, they go ashore to sort out the problem,