Purnell Pratt
Date of birth: 1885-10-19
Place of birth: Bethel, Illinois, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Purnell B. Pratt
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Purnell Pratt (October 20, 1885 – July 25, 1941) was an American film actor. He appeared in 114 films between 1914 and 1941. He was born in Bethel, Illinois and died in Hollywood, California.
Movie Credits
Scarface
1932-04-09
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant and notorious thug, Antonio 'Tony' Camonte, aka Scarface, shoots
Under Suspicion
1937-11-22
Jack Holt stars as Robert Bailey, a Henry Ford-like auto industrialist who decides to give his milli
A Shriek in the Night
1933-07-22
Rival newspaper reporters Pat Morgan and Ted Rand find themselves unraveling the mystery behind the
My Wife's Relatives
1939-05-20
It all begins when Joe Higgins, business manager of a prosperous candy-manufacturing firm, is ordere
Grand Hotel
1932-05-25
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
Name the Woman
1934-07-25
The fate of a city hangs upon the innocence of a girl charged with murder. A young, inexperienced, b
Alibi
1929-04-20
Chick Williams, a prohibition gangster, rejoins his mob soon after being released from prison. When
Doctors Don't Tell
1941-09-22
Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for night
Five Star Final
1931-09-26
Searching for headlines at any cost, an unscrupulous newspaper owner forces his editor to print a se
The Locked Door
1929-11-16
On her first anniversary, Ann Reagan finds that her sister-in-law is involved with a shady character
The Unwritten Law
1932-11-26
A film producer is found murdered on a ship, and among the suspects are a young woman whose mother w
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 Winning Ticket
1935-02-08
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Bachelor Apartment
1931-04-15
A New York playboy, Wayne Carter, dates wild women until he falls for a hard-working stenographer, H
The Casino Murder Case
1935-03-15
After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, a
A Night at the Opera
1935-11-15
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly busin
The Furies
1930-03-16
Fifi Sands, whose husband is constantly unfaithful, is prevented from obtaining a divorce by Bedlow,
Emma
1932-01-02
After decades of raising the motherless Smith children, housekeeper Emma Thatcher is faced with rese
Behind the Green Lights
1935-03-11
A police detective's (Norman Foster) lawyer girlfriend (Judith Allen) works for a crooked criminal l
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931-02-07
When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling a
Come On, Rangers
1938-11-21
A Texas Ranger (Roy Rogers) and his pals come out of forced retirement to do what the cavalry cannot
The Roadhouse Murder
1932-04-28
After he stumbles across a murder, a young reporter devises an elaborate scene to keep his newspaper
The Mystery Squadron
1933-12-21
Hank Davis, foreman on a huge dam project, enlists the aid of his two flyer friends when a sinister
The Public Defender
1931-08-01
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled
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
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935-06-21
Bored rich girl hooks up with news photographer, gets caught up in his adventures.
Road to Paradise
1930-07-20
Loretta Young plays dual roles in this 1930 crime drama about a young thief planning to steal jewels
Midnight Alibi
1934-07-12
An elderly woman provides an alibi to a man she scarcely knows who is on trial for murder of his gir
Murder with Pictures
1936-09-24
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the sto
Painted Faces
1929-11-19
After a vaudeville performer is murdered backstage, framed-up evidence lead the police to arrest a t
Night of Mystery
1937-05-21
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
The Witching Hour
1934-04-26
Jack Brookfield, a gambler with clairvoyant and hypnotic powers, is able to win at cards through his
The Gay Diplomat
1931-08-22
Captain Orloff is sent to Bucharest to capture a Mata Hari type of spy, but many different women fit
The Return of Sophie Lang
1936-06-18
In order to give up her life of crime and go straight, renowned jewel thief Sophie Lang fakes her ow
Crimson Romance
1934-10-12
After Fred von Bergen, a German immigrant in America, is forced from his job by anti-German hysteria
Common Clay
1930-08-01
Young Ellen Neal gets work as a servant with the wealthy Fullerton family. She falls in love with th
Traveling Husbands
1931-08-15
A salesman gets in trouble with a party girl and a debutante in Detroit.
Grand Ole Opry
1940-06-25
Aided by musicians at the Grand Ole Opry, a small-town mayor in the Ozarks takes on a group of crook
Up for Murder
1931-05-26
Young reporter accidentially kills his newspaper's editor in a fight over the publisher's mistress,
The Chief
1933-11-03
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to be
Murder Goes to College
1937-02-24
The policy-racket reaches it lean, bony fingers into the ivy-towers of a large university and the un
False Faces
1932-10-12
The philandering Dr. Silas Brenton is fired from his position at a large hospital and given 24 hours
The Hell Cat
1934-06-16
Reporter Dan Collins tries to expose a crooked gambling ring, but is waylaid by Geraldine Sloane, a
Death Flies East
1935-02-28
Evelyn Vail (Florence Rice) is a nurse convicted of poisoning a patient. Out on parole, Evelyn decid
The Spider
1931-09-23
Lowe plays Chatrand the Great, a magician with great hypnotic and magical powers. During his evening
Ladies of the Big House
1931-12-26
A woman tries to save her husband from the electric chair after both are sent to prison for a murder
Wedding Present
1936-10-09
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involve
Paid
1930-12-30
Mary Turner gets a three year prison sentence for a crime she didn't commit. Once released, she plot
High, Wide and Handsome
1937-07-21
The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in tow
Red Haired Alibi
1932-10-21
A young woman new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that the
Pot o' Gold
1941-04-03
Jimmy, the owner of a failed music shop, goes to work with his uncle, the owner of a food factory. B
The Plainsman
1936-11-16
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.
The Band Plays On
1934-12-21
A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.
Lazy River
1934-03-16
Ex-convicts try to stop a Chinese smuggling ring.
Lawful Larceny
1930-08-17
When Marion Corsey's husband, Andrew, is conned out of a small fortune by Vivian Hepburn, she dedica
Rendezvous at Midnight
1935-02-11
There are plenty of suspects when an unscrupulous, blackmailing businessman turns up dead, especiall
Dancing Feet
1936-01-20
Peyton Wells (Ben Lyon) rescues Judy Jones (Joan Marsh) from a very dull young man, at a sedate part
The Secret Witness
1931-12-12
A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a s
The Gorilla
1930-11-02
A series of murders that take place in an old, dark mansion are suspected of being committed by an a
The Famous Ferguson Case
1932-04-19
A foreword warns against the peril of yellow journalism, and the story illustrates it by following e
On With the Show!
1929-07-13
With unpaid actors and staff, the stage show Phantom Sweetheart seems doomed. To complicate matters,
The Prodigal
1931-02-21
An aspiring singer, who has fallen on hard times and is now living as a hobo, returns to his wealthy
Midshipman Jack
1933-09-22
Director Christy Cabanne's 1933 film dramatizes one year in the lives of four midshipmen at the U.S.
Hollywood Boulevard
1936-08-20
With a full Hollywood background and settings but more an expose of scandal-and-gossip magazines of
Son of a Sailor
1933-11-29
A lovesick fool bumbles into espionage and finds a stolen plane.
Red Salute
1935-09-12
The rebellious daughter of an army general gets involved with a Communist agitator, mainly to annoy
$1,000 a Minute
1935-10-21
Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend
I Cover the Waterfront
1933-05-19
An investigative reporter romances a suspected smuggler's daughter.
King of Gamblers
1937-04-22
Working for a slick restaurateur who has fallen for her, a down-on-life songstress falls instead for
Waterfront Lady
1935-10-04
When a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business, he be
It's in the Air
1935-10-10
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants
Beyond Victory
1931-04-03
Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
Rosalie
1937-12-24
West Point cadet Dick Thorpe falls in love with a girl, who turns out to be a princess from an Europ
Skyscraper Souls
1932-07-16
After bank president David Dwight makes a vast loan to himself to build a remarkable skyscraper, his
Fast Life
1929-09-01
A man is tried and convicted for the murder of a man who flirted with his wife., and sentenced to de
Is Everybody Happy?
1929-10-19
It is the story of Ted Lewis, popular band leader and clarinettist. The music for the film was writt
Diamond Jim
1935-09-01
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
The Silver Horde
1930-10-24
A salmon fisherman has to choose between a bad girl and a society doll.
Midnight Lovers
1926-10-25
During World War I, a young woman marries a famous flying ace. After the honeymoon, he is called bac
Headline Shooter
1933-07-28
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
Join the Marines
1937-01-25
New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Ma
A Night at the Opera
1935-11-15
The Marx Brothers take on high society and the opera world to bring two lovers together. A sly busin
Lady Be Careful
1936-09-03
Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware retu
Frisco Waterfront
1935-12-03
As California gubernatorial candidate Burton is about to cast his vote a truck crashes into the poll
A Wicked Woman
1934-12-07
A woman and her children escape severe poverty and abuse. She successfully betters her family's cond
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1917-10-16
A writer bets a publisher friend that he can write a 10,000-word novel in 24 hours. The publisher ta
Magnificent Obsession
1935-12-30
A playboy tries to redeem himself after his careless behavior causes a great man's death.
Wives Never Know
1936-09-18
The blissful marriage of Homer and Marcia Bigelow is disrupted when Marcia hosts a party for one J.
The Public Enemy
1931-04-23
Two young Chicago hoodlums, Tom Powers and Matt Doyle, rise up from their poverty-stricken slum life
The Billion Dollar Scandal
1933-01-06
An ex-convict working for a wealthy oil baron uncovers trouble while his brother becomes involved wi
Ringside Maisie
1941-08-01
Young undefeated boxer Terry Dolan, who's been lying to his invalid mother about his career, confide
Sinners' Holiday
1930-10-11
Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story inv
The Lady Who Lied
1925-07-12
During a carnival in Venice, Horace Pierpont, a wealthy American (Lewis Stone), falls in love with F
School for Girls
1934-03-22
After being convicted of stealing some jewels, Annette Eldrige is sent to a reformatory administered
Let's Make a Million
1936-09-01
A wealthy mama's boy finds himself the victim of con artists involved in an oil stocks racket.
Puttin' on the Ritz
1930-02-19
A vaudeville and nightclub performer becomes successful and forgets who his friends really are.
Straight from the Shoulder
1936-08-28
A mob witness is hiding in a remote mountain cabin together with his young son.
Colorado Sunset
1939-07-30
When his well-meaning sidekick (Smiley Burnette) buys a cow farm instead of a cattle ranch, singing
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933-10-25
A campus flirt who has been "pinned" by most of the boys of Sigma Chi fraternity falls for a no-nons
Thru Different Eyes
1929-04-13
Harvey Manning is placed on trial for the murder of Jack Winfield, his closest friend, whose body wa
Phantom Police
1926-03-01
Phantom Police is a 1926 American action film serial directed by Robert A. Dillon.
The Flame Fighter
1925-09-10
A ten-chapter Rayart serial about fire-fighters in the Big City.