Dewey Robinson
Date of birth: 1898-08-16
Place of birth: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Known for: Acting
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Movie Credits
Angels' Alley
1948-03-07
Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jim
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947-04-04
Twenty-three years after scoring the winning touchdown for his college football team mild-mannered H
At War with the Army
1950-12-31
Two former nightclub partners are now enlisted in the Army. Sergeant Puccinelli ranks above his form
Sing for Your Supper
1941-12-04
Evelyn Palmer, a débutante society girl who also is a property landlord, becomes interested in the p
Strange Gamble
1948-10-08
Hoppy and his pals arrive in a remote town to investigate the counterfeiting of both U.S. and Mexica
The Palm Beach Story
1942-08-28
A New York inventor, Tom Jeffers, needs cash to develop his big idea, so his adoring wife, Gerry, de
The Sound of Laughter
1963-12-17
A compilation of film clips of comedies from 1930's.
The Gangster
1947-11-25
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sulliva
Blonde Venus
1932-09-23
In an effort to be able to afford expensive treatment for her gravely ill American husband, a retire
Lady Killer
1933-12-09
An ex-gang member tries to resist his old cohorts' criminal influence after he suddenly becomes a Ho
Lady for a Night
1942-01-05
Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into h
The Great McGinty
1940-08-01
Told in flashback, Depression-era bum Dan McGinty is recruited by the city's political machine to he
Jail House Blues
1942-02-01
A prisoner about to be pardoned puts it off until he can put on one last variety show for his fellow
She Done Him Wrong
1933-02-09
New York singer and nightclub owner Lady Lou has more men friends than you can imagine. One of them
Slightly Scandalous
1946-08-02
Disparate twin brothers find themselves involved in romantic mayhem when their respective girl frien
Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944-05-20
To solve the murder of a man shot in a locked room, Chan must wade through a Fun House, the writings
The Lady Confesses
1945-05-16
An estranged wife shows up after a nearly 7 years of disappearance -- thought to be dead, to prevent
A Midsummer Night's Dream
1935-10-09
Four young people escape Athens to a forest where the king and queen of the fairies are quarreling,
Strange Cargo
1940-03-01
Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.
Secret Command
1944-07-30
Sam Gallagher returns home to Los Angeles as an undercover spy for the Navy, getting a job at the sh
One Run Elmer
1935-02-22
Elmer owns a gas station out in the California desert. Soon he has a business rival in Jim, who open
Palooka from Paducah
1935-01-11
A hillbilly family, hard-hit by the end of Prohibition, decide to set the biggest brother up as a pr
Storm Warning
1951-02-10
A fashion model witnesses the brutal assassination of an investigative journalist by the Ku Klux Kla
Mama Runs Wild
1937-12-22
Suburban Paradise Park becomes a heaven for social-minded Mrs. Alice Summers (Mary Boland), when she
Fashion Model
1945-03-02
When two employees of a clothing factory are murdered, the shadow of suspicion falls upon a lowly st
A Lady's Profession
1933-03-03
A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
The Big Shakedown
1934-01-06
Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate kn
Missing Girls
1936-09-10
A couple of naïve girls get themselves unwittingly involved in the gambling racket in this Poverty R
Coroner Creek
1948-07-01
A man is bent on taking revenge on those responsible for his fiancée's death.
If I Had a Million
1932-11-18
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight st
River Lady
1948-05-20
In the 1850s, in a logging town on the Mississippi River, a conflict between the people of a mill to
Pursuit
1935-08-09
"Mitch" Mitchell is an aviator who has been hired to take a child in a guardianship suit out of Cali
Murder on the Campus
1933-12-26
A popular young student finds herself accused of a series of murders that have occurred on the colle
Isle of Missing Men
1942-09-18
A young woman receives an invitation from the Governor of an island prison to spend a week with him.
Keystone Hotel
1935-09-21
The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the f
Navy Secrets
1939-02-08
After a stamp-collecting Navy chief petty officer is jailed following FBI and Naval Justice investig
Alaska
1944-11-18
A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who
Army Girl
1938-08-11
A young captain hoping to replace the U.S. Army's horses with mechanized vehicles faces court-martia
Black Gold
1936-01-19
Wildcat riggers risk their lives in the pursuit of oil. Their jobs get even more dangerous when ruth
Marry the Girl
1937-07-13
Frantic screwball comedy about a meek personal assistant (Frank McHugh) who is promoted to managing
Pardon My Past
1945-12-24
Eddie York is mistaken for playboy Francis Pemberton and gets into trouble.
Her Forgotten Past
1933-09-01
A compulsive gambler, thought to have been killed in an automobile crash, reappears when his wife re
The 13th Man
1937-06-29
A tough district attorney has been cleaning up the town, and has already imprisoned twelve dangerous
Double Exposure
1944-12-18
In New York City, a newly hired photographer becomes embroiled in a scandal when her photo is mistak
Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven
1948-07-16
Eddie Tayloe's grandfather leaves him six thousand dollars and the money belt it came in, freeing Ta
Laughing at Life
1933-07-12
Easter, a soldier of fortune and gunrunner, leaves his family behind escaping from the authorities a
Women Won't Tell
1932-11-16
A homeless woman living at the city dump hears of the death of a wealthy industrialist and puts in a
Hail the Conquering Hero
1944-08-09
Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action, Woodrow
Trocadero
1944-04-24
A newspaper columnist and host of his own national network radio program, interviewing more film per
We're in the Money
1935-08-17
Ginger and Dixie are process servers for goofy lawyer Homer Bronson. The two friends want to quit, b
Black Market Babies
1945-12-15
Two bit hood Eddie Condon (Kane Richmond) sells babies under the counter. A highly lucrative racket
Lawyer Man
1932-12-24
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York
The Yellow Cab Man
1950-03-25
Pirdy is accident prone. He has been denied insurance from every company in town because he is alway
Neptune's Daughter
1949-06-10
Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the Sout
If I'm Lucky
1946-09-02
Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertain
The Woman from Monte Carlo
1932-01-09
On the eve of WW-I the French Navy ship Lafayette returns to its Toulon base for one night. There is
His Night Out
1935-10-01
When a meek purchasing agent is told by a quack doctor that he only has three months to live, he get
Casablanca
1943-01-15
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with un
Notorious But Nice
1933-08-04
A lover selflessly steps aside to let her guy go so he can hook up with a rich dame. Sadly, the good
6 Hours to Live
1932-10-15
The victim of a political assassination is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However,
Tarnished Lady
1931-05-01
Nancy Courtney, a once wealthy socialite, has had to struggle to maintain a facade of prosperity eve
Enemies of the Law
1931-07-21
The Lady cop Florence Vinton goes undercover to get the goods on rival gangsters Eddie Swan and Larr
The Affairs of Cellini
1934-08-24
The 16th-century sculptor woos the Duchess of Florence despite the duke.
While Paris Sleeps
1932-05-08
To save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques C
Murder, My Sweet
1944-12-14
After being hired to find an ex-con's former girlfriend, Philip Marlowe is drawn into a deeply compl
Havana Widows
1933-11-18
Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
The Checkered Coat
1948-07-16
A psychiatrist tries to help a patient who loses consciousness after he kills someone. When the doct
The Devil's in Love
1933-07-21
The French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. When military doctor Andr
New Faces of 1937
1937-07-02
A crooked producer makes money from Broadway flops by selling more than 100% interest to multiple pa
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950-05-16
Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Trac
Mummy's Boys
1936-10-02
Wheeler & Woolsey comedy about two moronic ditch diggers, recruited for an archaeology expedition, g
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
Juarez
1939-06-10
The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment f
Professor Beware
1938-07-29
Egyptologist, Dean Lambert, accused of car-theft, skips bail and begins a cross-country trek to join
Behold My Wife!
1934-12-06
After Michael Carter's fiancée commits suicide, Michael vows to seek revenge on his wealthy family,
Rangers of Fortune
1940-09-27
An US Army misfit and his pals roam the west in search of adventure. Arriving in a small town, they
Sky Bandits
1940-07-06
Sgt. Renfrew and Constable Kelly go aloft to search for a plane missing with a shipment of gold from
Belle of the Yukon
1944-12-27
Left by a con man, Belle De Valle, a dancer, finds him again in gold-rush Alaska running an honest c
My Dear Secretary
1948-11-05
A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen
The Bells of St. Mary's
1945-12-27
Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby
1940-05-01
In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abd
Scarlet Street
1945-12-25
Cashier and part-time starving artist Christopher Cross is absolutely smitten with the beautiful Kit
Take It Big
1944-06-09
Jack Haley plays Jack North, the nether end of a vaudeville horse act who inherits a western ranch.
Parachute Jumper
1933-01-28
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depr
The Blue Bird
1940-01-15
Peasant children Mytyl and Tyltyl are led on a magical quest for the fabulous Blue Bird of Happiness
Having Wonderful Crime
1945-04-12
Newlyweds (George Murphy, Carole Landis) drag their lawyer friend (Pat O'Brien) to a mountain resort
One Way Passage
1932-10-04
A terminally ill woman and a debonair murderer facing execution meet and fall in love on a trans-Pac
The Truth About Murder
1946-04-01
A young attorney (Bonita Granville) is convinced a murder suspect is innocent in the killing of his
Too Tough to Kill
1935-12-20
A no-nonsense engineer is hired to oversee construction of the Whitney Tunnel, a project that has be
All American Chump
1936-10-16
A country bumpkin who's a mathematical genius falls into the hands of gangsters.
'Neath Brooklyn Bridge
1942-11-20
The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a man who has just been murdered. Believing
Forged Passport
1939-04-23
Dan Frazier is a U. S. Border Patrolman on the California-Mexico border whose hot temper and ready-f
Killer Dill
1947-08-02
Door-to-door salesman Johnny Dill, the exact double of a notorious gangster, finds himself struck be
When Strangers Marry
1944-08-21
A naive small-town girl comes to New York City to meet her husband, and discovers that he may be a m
There Goes Kelly
1945-02-16
Musical turned murder mystery set at a radio station.
Timber Queen
1944-01-13
Russ Evans, A WWII veteran army pilot, decides to check up on the widow of an old war buddy of his,
Student Tour
1934-10-05
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
Christmas in July
1940-10-25
An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying the g
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
1941-03-14
Steve is a shy quiet man who is an executive for a shipping firm. He meets Dot at the Opera where sh
Tin Pan Alley
1940-11-29
Songwriters Calhoun and Harrigan get Katie and Lily Blane to introduce a new one. Lily goes to Engla
Dance, Girl, Dance
1940-08-30
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash man
Broadway Musketeers
1938-10-08
Three women who grew up in an orphanage cross paths later in life: one unhappily married with a youn
Three Faces West
1940-07-03
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees fr
When You're in Love
1937-02-12
An Australian opera singer hires a husband so she can work in the U.S. Moore sings "Minnie the Mooc
Redhead from Manhattan
1943-05-06
Lupe Vélez plays a dual role, twin sisters Rita and Elaine. After escaping a torpedoed ship, Rita sh
Crime Doctor
1943-06-22
Robert is found beside the highway with a head injury and amnesia. His amnesia motivates him to bec
La Conga Nights
1940-05-31
In this comedy, actor Hugh Herbert plays six different roles. Only one of the roles is a man. The st
Bagdad
1949-11-23
An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and h
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947-10-08
Chester Wooley and Duke Egan are travelling salesmen who make a stopover in Wagon Gap, Montana while
Hellfire
1949-05-29
Zeb Smith is a gambler with a larcenous streak, but when an itinerant preacher takes a bullet meant
Skipalong Rosenbloom
1951-04-30
Skipalong Rosenbloom is the star of a heavily commercialized TV kiddie show, presided over by a smar
The Woman of the Town
1943-12-31
Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge Ci
Colt Comrades
1943-06-18
Hoppy, California and Johnny partner up with brother and sister ranch owners, two of several who are
The Kansan
1943-09-10
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital
Scarlet Dawn
1932-11-12
During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Con
Roadblock
1951-09-17
An insurance agent's greedy girlfriend with a taste for mink leads him to a life of crime.
Buccaneer's Girl
1950-03-01
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.
Slave Ship
1937-06-16
Action-filled drama about a ship captain, ashamed of his background in the slave trade, forced again
The Soldier and the Lady
1937-04-09
In the face of rebellion in Russia, Czar Alexander II sends soldier Michael Strogoff 2,000 miles awa
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
Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
The Undie-World
1934-04-03
A gangster is smitten with the two girls in the next apartment. With the help of his violinist frien
Mr. District Attorney
1941-03-27
An assistant prosecutor and his spunky friend investigate a suddenly hot case.
My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy miss
The Little Giant
1933-05-20
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a hou
Diplomaniacs
1933-04-28
Barbers Willy Nilly and Hercules Glub have opened a barbershop in an Indian reservation, where they
How to Be a Detective
1936-10-17
This Robert Benchley 'How To' comedy short attempts to teach us how to profile criminals by physical
Diamond Frontier
1940-09-30
Story of the early days of the diamond-mining era in South Africa.
The Talk of the Town
1942-08-20
Hilarity ensues when a falsely accused fugitive from justice hides at the house of his childhood fri
The Big Game
1936-10-09
A quarterback stands against gangsters out to control the college sports scene.
The Toast of New York
1937-07-22
After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, a
$1,000 a Touchdown
1939-10-04
A couple inherits a college and to generate revenue offers a thousand dollars to players for each to
Coney Island
1943-06-18
Set at the turn of the century, smooth talking con man Eddie Johnson weasels his way into a job at f
The Wife of Monte Cristo
1946-04-22
In this sequel to the original story, Monte Cristo count Edmund Dantes (Martin Kosleck) returns to P
Grand Slam
1933-02-22
A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winn
Stairway to Light
1945-11-03
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells the story of 18th Century French physician Dr. Philip
No Place for a Lady
1943-02-11
A private detective and a blonde acquaintance whom he has rescued from a misdirected murder charge,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1939-08-31
Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beaut
Bride by Mistake
1944-07-26
The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target
Joe Palooka in Fighting Mad
1948-02-07
Joe Palooka goes blind during a fight. An operation restores his vision, but he's told not to fight
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933-09-16
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police wor
Father of the Bride
1950-05-18
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she annou
The Ghost Ship
1943-12-16
Captain Stone's newly recruited officer, Tom Merriam, idolizes his senior who treats him like a frie
Always Together
1947-12-10
An old millionaire, who believes he's dying, bequeaths his fortune to a young woman with a fanatical
Dishonored Lady
1947-05-16
Art editor Madeleine Damian carries on numerous loveless affairs. After a failed relationship with a
Dangerous Waters
1936-02-10
While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an a
Hollywood and Vine
1945-04-25
A young girl arrives in Hollywood determined to become a star in the movies but finds that attaining
Swing Parade of 1946
1946-03-19
A struggling young singer falls for a nightclub owner whose father, a millionaire, is trying to shut
Two Sisters from Boston
1946-06-06
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New
The Missing Lady
1946-08-17
While investigating the theft of a valuable jade statue known as "The Missing Lady" -- and the subse
Michigan Kid
1947-08-11
A former U.S. marshal rescues an instant heiress from an outlaw's gang.
The Seventh Victim
1943-08-21
After young Mary Gibson discovers that her older sister Jacqueline has disappeared, she leaves her b
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
1947-07-31
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 2
High Powered
1945-02-27
Tim takes a job as a lowly chipper because he has been afraid to go high ever since a bad fall in wh
Soldiers of the Storm
1933-04-04
Soldiers of the Storm is a 1933 American Pre-Code crime film directed by D. Ross Lederman.
Sensation Hunters
1945-10-12
A naive young girl, looking to escape from a bad family situation, falls in love with a man who turn
Rubber Racketeers
1942-06-26
Racketeer Gillin is paroled from prison and immediately goes to work trying to make an illegal buck
Test Pilot
1938-04-16
Jim is a test pilot. His wife Ann and best friend Gunner try their best to keep him sober. But the l
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 Big Street
1942-08-13
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses
Radio Patrol
1932-06-02
A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing hou
Let's Live Again
1948-02-27
The brother of a nuclear scientist dies but is reincarnated as a dog so he can return to Earth to pr
Detective Kitty O'Day
1944-05-13
Convinced that she has what it takes to be a detective, inquisitive secretary Kitty O'Day gets her c
Come Live with Me
1941-01-31
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writ
Law and Order
1932-02-09
A legendary lawman and his cohorts set out to restore order to the dangerous streets of Tombstone, A
Murder on a Bridle Path
1936-04-17
When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942-03-26
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy),
My Friend Irma
1949-10-14
Prototype dumb blonde Irma and her slacker, wheeler-dealer boyfriend Al interfere in the love life o
Florida Special
1936-05-01
A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue when one of the passengers disappears whil
The Company She Keeps
1951-01-06
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
Tension
1949-11-25
Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, wh
Roman Scandals
1933-11-27
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asl
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1934-03-18
A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to
It's in the Bag!
1945-04-21
The ringmaster of a flea circus inherits a fortune...if he can find which chair it's hidden in.