Spec O'Donnell
Date of birth: 1911-04-09
Place of birth: Fresno, California, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Walter O'Donnell, Walter 'Speck' O'Donnell, Walter 'Spec' O'Donnell, Speck O'Donnell, 'Spec' O'Donnell, Walter D. "Spec" O'Donnell
Biography
Movie Credits
One Night of Love
1934-07-16
Mary Barrett is an aspiring opera singer who is taken under the wings of a famous operatic maestro,
The Male Animal
1942-03-12
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspect
Rich Uncles
1930-05-11
When the rich uncle finds the bride in the company of one of her former suitors, he mistakes him for
Blondes Prefer Bonds
1931-05-14
Louise Fazdenda decides to get a make-over to rekindle the romance in her marriage. Somehow the reju
Hold Your Temper
1933-12-15
The day starts out fine for Leon, but as it goes on, things start to deteriorate.
Earthworm Tractors
1936-07-24
A salesman tries to sell a tractor to a customer who hates tractors while falling for the girl.
The Mystery Train
1931-08-01
A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926-05-23
The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they c
The Devil's Cargo
1925-02-02
John Joyce arrives in Sacramento with his sister, Martha, and aunt to become the editor of a newspap
Hello Trouble
1932-07-15
After killing a friend in a gunfight, Jeff Douglas quits the Texas Rangers. He arrives at the Kenyon
Call of the Cuckoo
1927-10-15
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.
Private Izzy Murphy
1926-10-30
Isadore "Izzy" Goldberg changes his name to I. Patrick Murphy because his store is in an Irish-neigh
Two Plus Fours
1930-08-10
This short subject was done by Paul Whiteman's Rhythm boys shortly after they finished The King of J
Freshman Year
1938-09-02
A budding entrepreneur nearly loses everything after his get-rich quick scheme selling "flunk" insur
Stand by for Action
1942-12-31
U. S. Navy Lieutenant Gregg Masterman, of The Harvard and Boston Back Bay Mastermans, learned about
Alcatraz Island
1937-10-13
A man who has been railroaded into prison is framed for the murder of a fellow inmate and must prove
The Grand Parade
1930-02-02
No one suffered more magnificently in the early-talkie era than the inimitable Helen Twelvetrees. In
Exposure
1932-08-20
A reporter runs into a pretty young girl who has inherited her father's failing business. She wants
Pass the Gravy
1928-01-07
Schultz raises prize chickens and roosters that are always getting into neighbor Max Davidson's gard
Show Girl
1928-09-23
An aspiring dancer fakes her own kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Her new found fame causes trouble
Don't Tell Everything
1927-07-02
Max and his son Asher are invited to a party, where Max meets a rich widow, but Asher keeps annoying
Dumb Daddies
1928-02-03
Max mistakes his son's acting for reality. When the play calls for the son to commit a murder (on a
Traffic Tangle
1930-11-02
A drive in a new car with the family turns into a fiasco.
Dance Hall
1929-12-27
A dance trophy winning young couple is temporarily split up when a playboy aviator leads the girl to
Speed Boys
1924-11-12
While Spec's father is ill, he takes over as conductor on the miniature railroad.
College Holiday
1936-12-19
College students rally to save a struggling hotel from closing. Comedy.
Who's Who in the Zoo
1931-10-11
Billy takes a trip to the the zoo with his wife and two sons. He is proud to show his knowledge abou
Why Girls Say No
1927-02-21
A short comedy by Leo McCarey about a Jewish father who is worried about his daughter.
Held For Ransom
1938-06-17
A female detective investigates the kidnapping of a wealthy businessman.
A Pair of Tights
1929-02-03
Two girls are invited by one of the girls boyfriend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop fo
Movie Night
1929-05-11
A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...
Show Girl in Hollywood
1930-04-20
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy director
Convoy
1978-06-27
Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn
Casey at the Bat
1927-03-08
Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable abili
Sparrows
1926-09-19
Molly, the eldest child of a group of orphans being used as slaves on a farm hidden deep in a swamp,
Special Delivery
1927-05-06
The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian
Ride the High Country
1962-05-09
An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But wha
The Sophomore
1929-08-24
Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is ent
You're Only Young Once
1937-12-10
Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.
Parole Girl
1933-03-04
A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being releas
Lilly Turner
1933-05-13
One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a car
Sweepstakes
1931-07-10
A popular jockey is disbarred from racing after he's accused of throwing a race.
Love Is on the Air
1937-10-02
A newscaster gets demoted for exposing the town's criminal activities over the airwaves.
Melody for Two
1937-05-01
A singing bandleader signs on with an all-girls band.
Public Wedding
1937-07-09
The operators of a bankrupt carnival sideshow hope to restore their fallen fortunes by staging a fak
Stars Over Broadway
1935-11-23
An aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
Exclusive
1937-08-06
Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on
The Big Broadcast
1932-10-14
The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to h
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934-07-28
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to hi
King of Hockey
1936-12-19
Gamblers try to pressure a star hockey player into throwing a game.
The Daredevil Drivers
1938-02-12
To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her r
Hers to Hold
1943-07-16
Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" film
Love Crazy
1941-05-23
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorc
The Secrets of Wu Sin
1932-12-15
A murder mystery about the smuggling of illegal Chinese aliens into America through Chinatown.
The Glass Key
1942-09-08
A crooked politician finds himself being accused of murder by a gangster from whom he refused help d
Night Club Scandal
1937-11-11
When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But F
Varsity Show
1937-09-04
Winfield College students rebel against a stodgy professor who won't permit "swing" music be played
Arsenic and Old Lace
1944-09-01
Mortimer Brewster, a newspaper drama critic, playwright, and author known for his diatribes against
Little Annie Rooney
1925-10-18
A feisty little girl, the daughter of a beat cop, faces the challenges of growing up in a tough city
Dressed to Kill
1941-08-08
A detective's wedding is postponed when gunshots are heard nearby.
Pat and Mike
1952-06-13
Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies golf
Should Second Husbands Come First?
1927-10-23
A woman's two sons pretend to be insane in order to de-rail their mother's plans to remarry.
The Dancing Millionaire
1934-12-14
The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls'
All by Myself
1943-06-11
Career woman Jean. almost a partner in Mark's advertising firm, has been falling in love with Mark,
Man Hunt
1936-01-29
A bored small-town teacher gets mixed up with an escaped bank robber.
Blood and Thunder
1931-01-17
Mickey overhears the gang rehearsing a play and thinks it's real.
The Knockout
1932-03-05
When Mickey accidentally knocks out a local boxing champ, he is forced to take the fighter's place i
Freshman Love
1936-01-18
A star rower is forced to join a good school under a pseudonym because his wealthy dad doesn't like
Mickey's Touchdown
1933-10-13
Mickey and the gang get ready for a big game of football. But Stinky Davis has a few tricks up his s
Hot News
1928-07-14
Aspiring newsreel camera girl Pat Clancy, is hired by her father, a publisher, to work on The Sun an
Second Chorus
1941-01-03
Danny O'Neill and Hank Taylor are rival trumpeters with the Perennials, a college band, and both men
Old Ironsides
1926-12-06
An embellished account of the 1803 expedition by famed frigate U.S.S. Constitution--a.k.a. "Old Iron
The Darling of New York
1923-12-03
Santussa, an orphan who becomes separated from her nurse en route to America to live with her grandf
Accidents Will Happen
1938-04-09
A married insurance claims adjuster investigates a gang of accident-fraud racketeers, but they retal
Angel's Holiday
1937-06-07
Lively June, teen-aged daughter of mystery writer Waldo Everett, who calls her "Angel," becomes invo
Danger Street
1928-08-26
Rolly Sigsby, a society clubman bitterly weary of life, wanders into the middle of a gunfight betwee
Vamping Venus
1928-05-13
A present-day stereotypically-Irish American politician is vaulted into ancient Greece after receivi
The Dressmaker from Paris
1925-03-30
An American soldier falls in love with a French maiden but their romance is thwarted when the Yanks
The Death Kiss
1932-12-05
When a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin to
Once Upon a Time
1944-06-29
Broadway producer Jerry Flynn is anxious to recapture the magic and reclaim the crowds after a set o
Penrod's Double Trouble
1938-07-23
When a young boy disappears, a man desperate for the offered reward money turns up with an identical
Blondes at Work
1938-02-05
When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself a
Walking Down Broadway
1938-03-11
Five closely knit showgirls sign a pact to reunite one year after the closing of their Broadway prod
Crazy House
1943-10-08
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie.
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944-09-18
A small-town girl with a soft spot for American soldiers wakes up the morning after a wild farewell
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man
1943-03-12
Grave robbers open the grave of the wolf man and awaken him. He doesn't like the idea of being immor
We're All Gamblers
1927-09-03
The second of Thomas Meighan's three 1927 vehicles, We're All Gamblers was also the first of two col
The Country Kid
1923-10-29
Ben Applegate's father dies, leaving him and his brothers Joe and Andy orphans and having to run the
The Itching Hour
1931-02-01
Comedy spoof of THE CAT AND THE CANARY. A female athlete and her entourage take refuge on a stormy n
Kentucky Blue Streak
1935-05-01
A nosy reporter (Nugent) befriends the dumb Coughlin and pushes the Governor to commute his sentence
Baby Face
1933-07-13
A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins t
It Ain't Hay
1943-02-22
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feedin
Double Exposure
1944-12-18
In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is mistak
Little Johnny Jones
1923-08-12
Jockey Johnny Jones is hired to ride The Earl of Bloomsburg's horse at the English Derby. Crooked ga
His Weak Moment
1933-10-13
Andy has developed a new type of kettle and travels to the "big city" to secure a patent. Once there
Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952-06-25
When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel
Boarding House Blues
1930-10-20
A boarding house maid is treated mean, until inheriting oil gives her a new gleam.
Young America
1932-04-17
Mrs. Doray sits with a Juvenile Court Judge to learn more about problem children and what to do abou
Alice's Fishy Story
1924-06-01
Alice wants desperately to get out of practicing her piano so she can go have fun with her friends.
Webs of Steel
1925-10-01
Helen Webb (Helen Holmes) is willfully wooed by a man with a mysterious past (Bruce Gordon) who join
The Good Fairy
1935-02-18
In 1930s Budapest, naïve orphan Luisa Ginglebuscher becomes an usherette at the local movie house, d
David Harum
1934-03-02
Rogers plays a small town banker in the 1890s whose chief rival is the deacon (Middleton) with whom
Circumstantial Evidence
1935-03-30
A reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then
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
Sweet Dreams
1924-11-06
Fighting Fathers
1927-12-10
One of many LOST MGM silent films.
In Conference
1931-04-26
Walter MacIntosh and Abe Salisbury are filmmakers in the process of viewing their swashbuckling roma
The Barefoot Boy
1923-09-01
Dick Alden, a 12-year-old boy mistreated by his stepfather and picked on by the other residents of h
The Price of Success
1925-08-15
Directed by Tony Gaudio. With Alice Lake, Lee Shumway, Gaston Glass, Florence Turner.
The Racing Kid
1924-04-16
Buddy, mischievous son of a race horse owner, is a competent youth around the stable and racetrack.