Murray Alper
Date of birth: 1904-01-11
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Murray Apler
Biography
Murray Alper (January 11, 1904 – November 16, 1984) was an American actor. He appeared in numerous television series, films, and Broadway productions.
Movie Credits
Manpower
1941-08-09
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and
The Maltese Falcon
1941-10-18
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful li
Las Vegas Shakedown
1955-05-15
A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.
The Outlaws Is Coming
1965-01-14
Rance Roden plans to kill off all the buffalo and thus cause the Indians to riot. After they destroy
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938-11-17
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out
Jungle Gents
1954-09-05
When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery Boys ar
Appointment with Danger
1950-04-07
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to ar
The Gangster
1947-11-25
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sulliva
Jail Busters
1955-09-18
Slip and Sach go to prison to help a reporter with a story.
Security Risk
1954-08-08
An FBI agent on vacation in the mountains begins to suspect that a Communist spy ring may be operati
On the Town
1949-12-08
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.
Lost Continent
1951-08-17
When an experimental atomic rocket crashes somewhere off-radar, its three developing scientists are
The Horn Blows at Midnight
1945-04-28
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an
Slippy McGee
1948-01-15
A safecracker breaks his leg and reforms with a good girl and a priest.
Highway Dragnet
1954-01-20
An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer,
Murder Without Tears
1953-06-14
A man hires someone to murder his wife and use a legal loophole to get away with it.
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
The Big Shot
1942-06-13
Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth co
After the Thin Man
1936-12-25
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, an
Wife to Spare
1947-11-20
Andy tries to fix a dilemma between a gold digging blonde and his brother-in-law who's smitten with
The Phantom Thief
1946-05-02
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy
Navy Bound
1951-03-04
A sailor who is a champion boxer in the Navy is forced to leave the service because his family's bus
The Night of Nights
1939-12-01
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left hi
God Is My Co-Pilot
1945-04-07
Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds him
The Arkansas Traveler
1938-10-14
The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record,
Let's Go Navy!
1951-07-29
The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
Down Mexico Way
1941-10-15
Like 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a "special", t
Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer
1943-01-02
The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conques
Sea Devils
1937-02-19
Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming of
Seven Keys to Baldpate
1935-12-13
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate
Panic on the Air
1936-04-10
A sports announcer and a friend investigate after a pitcher misses a series. When they discover that
Gasoline Alley
1951-01-02
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.
Here Come the Marines
1952-06-29
After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sac
Tanganyika
1954-07-03
A landowner in colonial Africa leads a safari through Nukumbi territory in order to capture an escap
23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937-03-21
Army training Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can get himself invited to breakfast with his commanding
Escape by Night
1937-09-01
Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.
Next Time I Marry
1938-12-09
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." H
Married Bachelor
1941-10-16
A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling book a
The Eve of St. Mark
1944-05-22
Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first
Gallant Bess
1946-12-05
Marshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues dur
Ocean's Eleven
1960-08-10
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.
Sleep, My Love
1948-02-18
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got the
Stop, Look and Love
1939-09-22
Daughter has trouble holding onto boyfriends because of her critical mother until understanding fath
The Big Tip Off
1955-03-20
A newspaper man uses a mobster's tips to get the scoop on gangster activities.
You Can't Buy Luck
1937-04-30
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him in
Young Dr. Kildare
1938-10-14
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigo
Cocoanut Grove
1938-05-20
Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.
Lullaby of Broadway
1951-03-26
Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to s
Gold Diggers in Paris
1938-06-11
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite th
Turnabout
1940-05-17
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue who grants the
Two in Revolt
1936-04-03
A dog and a horse become unlikely allies when they attempt to thwart a crooked gambler from rigging
Honeymoon Ahead
1945-05-11
When the prison choir loses its leader, the boys try to get him back in.
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940-07-11
A couple can't make ends meet. He is an airplane mechanic and makes extra money testing planes. When
King of the Underworld
1939-01-14
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her i
The Great Man Votes
1939-01-13
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff
1949-05-26
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize
Tail Spin
1939-02-19
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however,
Baby Face Nelson
1957-12-11
Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful m
Rose of Washington Square
1939-05-05
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets de
It's a Wonderful World
1939-05-19
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can
Another Thin Man
1939-11-17
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a
Bachelor Mother
1939-06-30
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a fo
The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally
Spies and Guys
1953-04-04
Joe Besser is sent on a spying mission with a beautiful female officer. Things, as usual when Joe is
Black Friday
1940-02-29
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him w
The Lone Wolf Strikes
1940-01-26
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.
Behind Southern Lines
1952-11-02
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
Army Bound
1952-10-05
Race car driver Frank Cermak is in love with Jane Harris. Jane and her parents watch Frank win a tig
Submarine Patrol
1938-11-25
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a m
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
Free For All
1949-11-01
The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young invent
The Big Mouth
1967-07-12
A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertentl
Air Force
1943-03-20
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and
The Long Night
1947-05-28
City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
1940-07-25
Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr
High Tension
1936-07-10
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want h
Slightly Scarlet
1956-02-29
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to
Little Big Shot
1935-09-07
A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
Big Town Girl
1937-12-03
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Maske
The Gunfighter
1950-05-26
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.
Walk on the Wild Side
1962-02-21
At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam
Hands Across the Table
1935-10-18
A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.
Moonlight and Cactus
1944-09-08
The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a
Sergeant York
1941-09-27
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is the
City for Conquest
1940-09-21
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and strug
East of the River
1940-11-09
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing co
My Favorite Wife
1940-05-17
Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her hu
Blonde Dynamite
1950-02-12
While Louie is on vacation, the boys turn The Sweet Shop into an escort service, and soon find a gro
Lucky Partners
1940-08-02
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.
The Gay Sisters
1942-08-01
The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.
The Big Broadcast of 1937
1936-10-05
The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of con
The Jazz Singer
1953-02-14
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects
Vice Squad
1953-07-31
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbe
No Time for Love
1943-04-09
An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel
The Nutty Professor
1963-06-04
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suav
The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze
1963-08-21
Phileas Fogg III, great grandson of the original Phileas Fogg, accepts a bet to duplicate his great
The Royal Family of Broadway
1930-12-22
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues a
The Jazz Singer
1953-02-14
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects
Saboteur
1942-04-24
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of sta
Trouble Along the Way
1953-04-04
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams fi
Mug Town
1942-12-18
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and tr
The Steel Fist
1952-01-06
In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.
Up Goes Maisie
1946-02-01
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.
Tricky Dicks
1953-05-07
The stooges are policemen on the trail of a murderer. They unsuccessfully interrogate an Italian org
Border City Rustlers
1953-11-15
Two episodes of "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.
Dangerously They Live
1941-12-24
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.
Something for the Boys
1944-11-01
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who ge
My Life with Caroline
1941-08-01
A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.
Gambling on the High Seas
1940-06-22
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justic
Lady Be Careful
1936-09-03
Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware retu
Double Alibi
1940-03-01
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.
Powder Town
1942-06-07
Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret fo
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
Obliging Young Lady
1942-04-01
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divor
They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat
Affectionately Yours
1941-05-10
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
1962-10-31
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.
Bombardier
1943-05-14
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U
Corvette K-225
1943-09-29
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.
Let's Live a Little
1948-12-09
A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a s
Larceny with Music
1943-09-10
A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages
Torture Money
1937-01-02
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobil
Escape from Crime
1942-07-25
Ex-con Red O'Hara becomes a daring news photographer, but his old ways get him into trouble.
Angel on My Shoulder
1946-09-20
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up f
Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly
1945-12-12
This documentary short film is intended to instruct U.S. Navy pilot trainees in the proper preparati
Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs
1945-01-01
In this government documentary short film, a U.S. Navy flight instructor demonstrates to a young pil
Twelve Crowded Hours
1939-02-23
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
The Lady Is Willing
1942-02-12
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a bab
Sailor's Lady
1940-07-05
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose
The Hard Way
1943-01-13
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small
Jalopy
1953-02-15
Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning u
Calypso Joe
1957-06-08
Juile, an airline hostess, has her mind made up to marry South American millionaire Rico Vargas, in
The Girl Habit
1931-06-27
A Lothario tries to get arrested as protection from the gangster husband who has threatened him.
Swing Fever
1943-11-01
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
The Power of the Whistler
1945-04-19
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then
The Big Guy
1939-12-22
A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death pe
The Public Menace
1935-09-30
1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster (Douglass
Women's Prison
1955-02-01
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.
Out of the Fog
1941-06-14
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen
Yankee Doodle Dandy
1942-05-29
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M.
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
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