Matthew Betz
Date of birth: 1881-09-12
Place of birth: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Matthew Von Betz, Matthew von Betz, Matthew L. Betz, Mathew Betz, M.C. Von Betz, M.C. von Betz, Matthew L. Betts, Matthew Betts, A. von Betz
Biography
Movie Credits
The Whirlwind
1933-04-13
After years of wandering due to a charge of murder, Tim Reynolds returns to Sagebrush to find the Sh
Mystery of the Wax Museum
1933-02-18
A wax sculptor opens a new museum years after he is severely injured during a fire that destroyed hi
My Old Kentucky Home
1922-04-09
After serving time in Sing Sing, for which he was unjustly sentenced, and encouraged by two "sharper
The Unholy Three
1925-07-20
Three sideshow performers form a conspiracy known as "The Unholy Three" - a ventriloquist, midget, a
The Squealer
1930-08-20
A gangster's wife, fearful that he is about to be murdered by his rivals, tips off the police to his
Curtain at Eight
1933-10-01
An elderly detective sets out to find who murdered a lecherous stage actor. His estranged wife? Hi
The Flame of the Yukon
1926-08-30
George Fowler, a young man from the states, arrives at the Mias saloon, and the proprietor, "Blak Ja
The Winner
1914-04-17
Dan Ryan and Fritz Noodle, two would-be politicians, succumb to the charming mannerisms of the Widow
The Hurricane Express
1932-08-01
The Wrecker wrecks trains on the L & R Railroad. One of his victims is Larry Baker's father. Baker w
The Big House
1930-06-14
Convicted of manslaughter for a drunken driving accident, Kent Marlowe is sent to prison, where he m
Those Who Dance
1924-04-27
A federal agent assigned to stop a bootlegging gang joins forces with the gang leader's wife and the
White Fang
1925-05-24
Silent version of the classic Jack London tale.
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931-06-15
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated f
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932-09-09
A cowboy detective goes up against a gang of big-city thugs trying to set up a protection racket out
Jail Bait
1937-01-08
Buster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searche
Tarzan the Fearless
1933-08-11
Mary Brooks' father, who has been studying ancient tribes, falls into the hands of "the people of Za
Gold
1932-09-15
A cowboy turned gold miner fights a gang that buys miner's claims and then murders them.
Fugitives
1929-01-27
Nightclub singer Alice Carroll is found in the office of club owner Al Barrow, who is lying dead on
Luck
1923-03-01
A young man is bet $100,000 that his famous luck can hold out and he can make that sum in one year's
Boomerang Bill
1922-01-15
When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of
The Big Chance
1933-08-28
Gangsters try to get a boxer to throw an important fight.
Julius Sizzer
1931-09-06
After the success of "Little Caesar," "Public Enemy" and "Scarface," here is the inevitable parody,
Fury Below
1936-11-22
Jim Cole, heir to a mining operation, takes over the mine, which is suffering from unexplained low p
Racing Blood
1936-11-14
Frankie Reynolds (Frankie Darro' ), youngest member of a family of jockeys, borrows $4.85 (yes, four
The Little Red Schoolhouse
1936-03-02
Upset by discipline at school, a 17-year-old runs away to New York City and learns there are worse p
The Little Irish Girl
1926-03-06
Beautiful Dot Walker is part of a ring of crooks in San Francisco, who use her to lure impressionabl
Side Show
1931-09-19
A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.
On Probation
1935-04-01
A corrupt politician adopts a young girl. A few years later he finds himself falling in love with he
Just My Luck
1935-12-30
Homer Crow, fired from his laboratory job at the Dunn-Wright Rubber Company, is sure that his formul
The Law Commands
1937-05-07
Night riders are terrorizing homesteaders, and the town doctor tries to keep the locals from forming
The Black Coin
1936-09-01
Government agents try to thwart smugglers, while some sort of plot unfolds, about a hidden treasure
Alias Mary Smith
1932-07-14
A young woman trying to obtain proof that a gangster committed a murder is befriended by a playboy w
Jungle Menace
1937-09-01
Mystery and adventure, surrounding a stolen rubber harvest.
The Fighting Rookie
1934-05-15
Patrolman Jim Trent (Jack La Rue) hears the screams of a woman and rushes to her aid in an upstairs
State Trooper
1933-02-10
Mike Rolph quits his job, seemingly, as a highway patrolman and takes the position of the Police Chi
Let 'em Have It
1935-05-15
Let 'Em Have It is a 1935 gangster film. It was also known as The Legion of Valour and False Faces.
Shooting Straight
1930-07-20
A gambler wanted for murder hides under the guise of a clergyman.
I Have Lived
1933-06-15
A girl with a shady past is picked by a playwright to be the star of his newest play.
The Single Sin
1931-02-23
A lady-bootlegger does her 90 days in jail, gets released and becomes the secretary for a prominent
See America Thirst
1930-11-23
Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.
The Lighthouse by the Sea
1924-12-01
A lighthouse keeper and his daughter are in trouble on two fronts--if the authorities find out he is
The Girl Who Came Back
1935-09-20
A counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the memb
The Tin Man
1935-03-30
Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and
The Wedding March
1928-10-06
Against the backdrop of Vienna's hidebound caste system, aristocrat and army officer Nicki is attrac
The Man Who Found Himself
1937-04-02
Young Jim Stanton is a conscientious surgeon, but spends too many off-duty hours pursuing his passio
The Big Flash
1932-11-05
Would-be photographer Harry gets his big chance when a newspaper wants pictures of a prominent gangs
Child of Manhattan
1933-02-11
Paul Vanderkill is extraordinarily wealthy because his grandfather happened to buy farmland in what
Mississippi
1935-03-22
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in
Under Secret Orders
1933-12-06
A young bank employee is sent to South America to bring some valuable bonds to a client there. Unfor
Outcast
1937-02-05
A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when o
Silent Men
1933-03-03
In prison for a crime he didn't commit, Tim Richards has escaped and is now a cattle inspector. He i
The Patent Leather Kid
1927-09-01
The Patent Leather Kid is a 1927 silent film which tells the story of a boxer who scoffs at fighting
Oh! What a Nurse!
1926-03-07
Oh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F
Knight Duty
1933-05-06
Harry is a hobo, one step ahead of the law. After accidentally foiling a purse snatcher, he cadges a
Shipwrecked
1926-05-09
Larry O'Neil, a ship's cook, finds and befriends stowaway Lois Austin, who is a fugitive from a murd
Speed Madness
1932-07-29
More mile-a-minute action with the stunt ace Richard Talmadge playing the loafer son of a shipbuilde
The Fighting Marshal
1931-11-25
Not knowing he has just been pardoned, Tim Benton (Tim McCoy, Texas Cyclone) escapes from prison wit
Trails of the Wild
1935-07-31
An agent tracking down a man who disappeared in the mysterious "Ghost Mountain" area discovers disco
The Honeymoon
1929-12-31
The honeymoon of Prince Nicki in the Alps, and the wedding of Mitzi and Schani. Mitzi still loves N
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
1935-10-20
A 12-episode serial in which Tailspin Tommy evades volcanoes, anti-aircraft shells, and time bombs a
Salvation Nell
1931-07-01
Young Nell loses everything and her father is sent to prison. She joins the Salvation Army and tries
Lights of Old Broadway
1925-10-31
Adapted from the play The Merry Wives of Gotham, twin sisters are separated at birth - one of them b
The Western Code
1932-09-15
When Tim Barrett rides into Carabinas, his reputation as a lawman precedes him. Rescuing Polly Loomi
The Only Woman
1924-10-25
A 1924 film directed by Sidney Olcott.
The Exquisite Sinner
1926-03-28
Adapted by Alice Duer Miller from a novel by Alden Brooks, the film concerns a young man who forsake
The Terror
1928-09-06
Guests at an old English manor house are stalked by a mysterious killer known only as "The Terror".
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
The Girl in the Glass Cage
1929-06-23
A pretty young cashier at a movie theater has a few problems--a local thug is interested in her and
Let's Go
1923-10-31
The no-good son of a company owner is sent to investigate a problematic business deal.
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1921-08-01
Car racer Burn 'em Up Barnes, son of a wealthy manufacturer, leaves home to make his own way in the
Her Man
1930-09-21
A prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
Florida Special
1936-05-01
A Florida-bound train is filled with romance and intrigue when one of the passengers disappears whil
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
Men of the Night
1934-11-18
"Stake-Out" Kelly, ace detective, meets Mary Higgins at a small Hollywood sandwich shop where he exp
A Self Made Wife
1923-07-08
Tim Goodwin and his wife Corrie are living in poverty when Tim's oil well strikes it rich. He soon w
Telling the World
1928-06-30
The journalist Don Davis becomes involved in a murder case, where Chrystal Malone is part of it. Dav
Mutiny Ahead
1935-03-01
A wealthy playboy winds up getting himself involved with mobsters and a search for buried treasure.
The Siren Of Seville
1924-08-17
Young Gallito (Allan Forrest) wants very badly to become a matador. His sweetheart, Dolores (Priscil
The Crimson City
1928-04-07
Gregory Kent is on the run for a crime he did not commit.
Soul of the Slums
1931-11-15
A young man, framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, is released after serving his s
It's Showtime
1976-03-31
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
The Shepherd of the Hills
1928-01-01
David Howitt, a stranger, comes among the mountain folk of the Missouri hills and, taken in by an Oz
On Your Guard
1933-01-31
An ex-con makes for a backwoods town intending to rob the bank, and becomes involved in protecting t
Sins of the Fathers
1928-12-28
A married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When he st
Love's Whirlpool
1924-03-02
Toughened criminal Jim Reagan tries to persuade his brother, Larry, to go straight, but Larry attemp
The Stealers
1920-10-03
Rev. Robert Martin is an ex-minister who has lost his faith because of his wife's faithlessness, and
My Lady's Lips
1925-07-01
A newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A repo
Putting One Over
1919-06-22
When a train crash kills Horace Barney, the heir to a fortune that his doctors and guardians were pl
The E-Flat Man
1935-08-09
Elmer attempts to elope with his fiancée, but they escape her parents by driving off in a car that's
The Heart Bandit
1924-01-24
A kindly old woman named Mrs. Rand takes in wayward girl and petty crook Molly O'Hara, known as "Ang
The Single Track
1921-11-13
A damsel-in-distress Western melodrama and a stirring picture of railroad construction and the minin
High Speed
1920-01-17
Billy Brice has been disqualified from the race track. He becomes sweetheart to a car manufacturer's
Broadway After Midnight
1927-10-29
To protect her brother, a nightclub entertainer Queenie Morgan marries a gangster. She bears a resem
Sawdust
1923-06-25
Nita Moore, a circus performer, is mistreated by the ringmaster and runs away to join an old couple
Dynamite Denny
1932-05-27
When a railroad engineer refuses to participate in a strike, the union drops him and he loses his jo
Girls Gone Wild
1929-03-24
In his last film, silent star William Russell plays the motorcycle policeman father of one of the re