Andrew Tombes
Date of birth: 1885-06-28
Place of birth: Ashtabula, Ohio, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Andrew J. Tombes
Biography
Movie Credits
Knocking them Cold
1930-11-05
Idle chit-chat from some out-of-work actors in a boarding house.
Blondie Goes to College
1942-01-15
Dagwood Bumstead must receive a college diploma or lose his job with the Dithers Construction Compan
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937-05-21
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of
Money To Burn
1939-12-31
In this episode of the Higgins Family series, pandemonium ensues when Ma enters a dog biscuit contes
The Devil Thumbs a Ride
1947-02-20
Steve Morgan kills a man in a holdup and hitches a ride to Los Angeles with Fergie. At a gas station
Hi'ya, Chum
1943-02-25
Entertainers get stranded in a small boomtown, and open up a restaurant.
Phantom Lady
1944-01-28
A devoted secretary embarks on a dangerous mission to try to find the elusive woman who may prove he
The Singing Sheriff
1944-09-01
In this comic western, a Broadway star leaves his musical revue to go West and help out his troubled
Badman's Territory
1946-05-04
After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a
A Close Call for Ellery Queen
1942-01-29
Amateur sleuth Ellery Queen learns the truth about a businessman's two long-lost daughters.
Larceny, Inc.
1942-04-24
Three ex-cons buy a luggage shop to tunnel into the bank vault next door. But despite all they can d
Can't Help Singing
1944-12-25
With the California Gold Rush beginning, Senator Frost's singing daughter Caroline loves a young arm
Hoppy's Holiday
1947-07-18
Hoppy, California, and Lucky travel to Mesa City for a short vacation. California buys new clothes a
The Jackpot
1950-11-01
Bill Lawrence wins a bevy of prizes from a radio program, but ends up having to sell them in order t
The Mad Ghoul
1943-11-12
A university chemistry professor experiments with an ancient Mayan gas on a medical student, turning
Lady Scarface
1941-09-26
A Chicago gang led by Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieutenant Bill Mason takes
King of Burlesque
1936-01-03
Warner Baxter plays the ambitious producer of a burlesque show who rises to the big time on Broadway
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
Murder in the Blue Room
1944-10-27
A young woman, a trio of singers, and a mystery writer are among the guests at a house long-consider
Frontier Gal
1945-12-14
Johnny Hart is on the run from the law after killing one of the men who shot his partner. He passes
The Wild Man of Borneo
1941-01-24
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.
Sis Hopkins
1941-04-12
An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
Wolf of New York
1940-01-23
A New York attorney defends a young man with a criminal past who has been accused of murdering a pol
San Fernando Valley
1944-09-15
A ranch owner fires his ranch hands and brings in women to replace them. The owner's daughter wants
A Stranger in Town
1943-04-01
In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt t
Patrick the Great
1945-05-04
A famous stage actor hopes to land the lead role in a big new Broadway musical, but he's unaware his
Swing Fever
1943-11-01
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Hot Money
1936-07-18
Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.
Doubting Thomas
1935-07-10
A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local produc
Ticket to Paradise
1936-06-24
A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.
Five of a Kind
1938-10-14
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.
Here Comes Cookie
1935-08-30
A scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performe
Oh, You Beautiful Doll
1949-11-11
Period musical about a song plugger who vows to turn an opera composer's music into popular hits.
Riding on Air
1937-06-18
Smugglers are using a device for controlling airplanes in flight, and newspaper reporters from Chica
Meet the Boy Friend
1937-07-12
A heartthrob singer, Tony Paige, also known as "America's Boyfriend" decides to wed a Swedish actres
Oklahoma Annie
1952-03-24
A spunky storekeeper is determined to clean up corruption in her small town, as well as win the hear
Boy Trouble
1939-01-27
A fussy shopkeeper's life drastically changes when his wife takes in two homeless boys.
Always in Trouble
1938-10-28
Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society
Battle of Broadway
1938-04-22
The wealthy owner of a Pennsylvania steel business travels to New York to break up his son's romance
I Dood It
1943-09-01
Constance Shaw, a Broadway dance star, and Joseph Rivington Reynolds, a keen fan of hers, marry afte
You Came Along
1945-07-04
War hero flier Bob Collins goes on a war bond selling tour with two buddies, and substitute "chapero
Sally, Irene and Mary
1938-03-04
Manicurists Sally, Irene and Mary hope to be Broadway entertainers. When Mary inherits an old ferry
Romance on the Run
1938-05-11
A (rather shady?) private detective specializing in recovering highly insured items gets involved in
Vacation from Love
1938-09-29
A socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.
Beat the Band
1947-02-19
Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.
What a Life
1939-10-05
Jackie Cooper stars in this first film in the wholesome "Henry Aldrich" series of teen comedies.
Bathing Beauty
1944-06-27
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal l
Christmas Eve
1947-10-31
The greedy nephew of eccentric Matilda Reid seeks to have her judged incompetent so he can administe
Moulin Rouge
1934-01-10
A singer marries a famous composer, and after a while she gets the itch to go back on the stage. How
A Wonderful Life
1950-08-10
Sponsored by The Protestant Film Commission, this religiously-affiliated tale centers around citizen
It Had to Happen
1936-02-14
A poor boy rises to power in politics.
The Country Beyond
1936-04-24
A Canadian Northwest Mounted Policeman suspects his girlfriend's father of theft and murder.
Thanks a Million
1935-11-13
A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political ca
Stage Struck
1936-09-12
A Broadway show is forced to bow to the whims of a talentless, whacky, but rich, Broadway actress wi
Too Busy to Work
1939-11-17
The Jones family females decide to teach Father a lesson. He's neglecting the family business to run
Easy Living
1937-07-16
J.B. Ball, a rich financier, gets fed up with his free-spending family. He takes his wife's just-bou
Reveille with Beverly
1943-02-04
Beverly Ross, the switchboard operator at a local radio station, jumps at the chance to be the DJ fo
One Wild Night
1938-06-02
Frenzied comedy starring June Lang as a reporter investigating the mysterious disappearances of four
Texas
1941-10-09
Two Virginians are heading for a new life in Texas when they witness a stagecoach being held up. The
Last of the Duanes
1941-09-26
Based on Zane Grey's tale of a man who gains an unfair reputation as a gunfighter while out to aveng
Music Is Magic
1935-11-01
An aging star finally recognizes the truth when she is replaced in her new movie by a girl from the
The Devil Is a Sissy
1936-09-18
A well-bred young English lad living in lower Manhattan tries to gain acceptance from his not-so-wel
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933-11-02
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night
Nick Carter, Master Detective
1939-12-13
Detective Nick Carter is brought in to foil spies at the Radex Airplane Factory, where a new fighter
Balalaika
1939-12-15
A Russian prince disguised as a worker and a cafe singer secretly involved in revolutionary activiti
Village Barn Dance
1940-01-30
Dan Martin, an unemployed college graduate, drifts into the town of Lyndale, only to learn that the
A Desperate Adventure
1938-08-05
In this romantic comedy, a passionate French painter nearly goes berserk when he learns that his wel
Screw Drivers of 1940
1940-08-04
Film-within-a-film: two men eating lunch at restaurant see another Shell Oil film entitled "The Larg
Bedtime Story
1941-12-25
A Broadway playwright wants to keep on writing plays for his wife to star in, but all she wants is t
Here Comes Trouble
1936-02-21
Donovan unknowingly becomes tangled up with jewel thieves when Evelyn Howard gives him a cigarette l
Time Out for Romance
1937-02-10
A girl escapes marriage and hitchhikes with a young man in whose car a jewel thief has planted his l
In Old Missouri
1940-04-17
The Weavers are share-croppers who confront their landlord with their tale of woe only to find he is
Captain Caution
1940-08-09
When her father dies, a young girl helps a young man take command of the ship to fight the British d
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
Don't Fence Me In
1945-10-20
Wildcat Kelly has been dead and buried for years. Or has he? Dale is a reporter for an Eastern magaz
Charter Pilot
1940-12-06
US-to-Central-America freight service pilot gets engaged to radio broadcaster and promises to take a
Sing and Be Happy
1937-06-25
Rival advertising firms compete for a radio show's pickle manufacturing account.
Week-End Pass
1944-02-14
A run-away socialite "Babs" Bradley (Martha O'Driscoll), using an alias, wants to join the WACs, fin
Honeymoon Lodge
1943-07-23
Honeymoon Lodge is a musical variation on the old Awful Truth plotline. Divorce-bound Bob and Carol
G.I. Honeymoon
1945-04-06
In this romantic comedy, set during WW II, an newlywed army couple are unable to consummate their ma
Between Us Girls
1942-09-04
A 20-year-old stage actress takes on her most challenging role when she pretends to be her own mothe
Fair Warning
1937-03-05
In California's Death Valley a chemistry whiz-kid helps a sheriff track the man who murdered a wealt
Don't Get Personal
1942-01-02
Elmer Whippet inherits the Whippet Pickles company and sets out to meet the two stars, Mary Reynolds
Third Finger, Left Hand
1940-10-11
Magazine editor Margot Merrick pretends to be married in order to avoid advances from male colleague
The Go-Getter
1956-01-01
The Go-Getter (1956)
Meet John Doe
1941-03-14
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who
Bring on the Girls
1945-03-30
A millionaire joins the Navy hoping to find a girl who'll marry him for himself, not for his money.
His Butler's Sister
1943-11-26
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
A Dangerous Game
1941-08-21
Detectives Dick Williams and Andy McAllister find themselves trying to solve several crimes at an is
Obliging Young Lady
1942-04-01
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divor
Big City
1937-09-03
Anna and Joe are newly married, playful and deeply in love. Joe is scraping by as cab driver in New
Alex in Wonderland
1940-03-09
In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like
Hi Diddle Diddle
1943-08-02
When the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's fat
Two Guys from Texas
1948-08-27
Two vaudevillians on the run from crooks try to pass themselves off as cowboys.
Borrowing Trouble
1937-12-10
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a l
Du Barry Was a Lady
1943-08-13
Hat check man Louis Blore is in love with nightclub star May Daly. May, however, is in love with a p
Crazy House
1943-10-08
Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson are Broadway stars who return to Universal Studios to make another movie.
They All Kissed the Bride
1942-06-11
Margaret Drew runs her trucking company single-mindedly, if not ruthlessly. The only thorn in her si
Sing While You Dance
1946-07-25
Susan Kent, hoping to establish herself as a song-plugger, tries to obtain a second song from a youn
Reckless Age
1944-08-01
Linda Wadsworth rebels against her millionaire grandfather, J. H. Wadsworth, and runs away from home
The Holy Terror
1937-02-05
Corky is the daughter of an officer in the Naval Air Service who, while putting on musical shows for
Hellzapoppin'
1941-12-25
Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring together
Road to Morocco
1942-11-10
Two carefree castaways on a desert shore find an Arabian Nights city, where they compete for the lus
Goin' to Town
1944-09-01
General store owners, through a series of contrivances, end up on the better side of a practical jok
It Ain't Hay
1943-02-22
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feedin
Two Sisters from Boston
1946-06-06
Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New
Rhapsody in Blue
1945-06-27
Fictionalized biography of George Gershwin and his fight to bring serious music to Broadway.
World Premiere
1941-08-21
A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity f
Men of Steel
1938-12-17
Employees of The Homey Foamy Washing Machine Company decide to put on a musical show. The Board of D
Louisiana Purchase
1941-12-31
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese b
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance
1950-06-04
A crooked boxing promoter tries to shake down Joe's manager by setting up a rigged fight in Humphrey
How To Be Very, Very Popular
1955-07-22
Two strippers on the run hide out in a college fraternity. Director Nunnally Johnson's 1955 musical
The Meanest Man in the World
1943-02-12
Compassionate small-town lawyer Richard Clarke moves to New York City to seek his fortune, but is un
I Dream of Jeanie
1952-06-15
The life and career of famed American composer Stephen Foster.
45 Fathers
1937-11-26
An orphan girl becomes adopted by a group of old men and is placed in the home of one of them. She s
Checkers
1937-12-08
A clever veterinarian repairs a horse's leg so the animal can run in a big race and save a man's far
Kansas City Kitty
1944-08-24
A piano teacher and her roommate decide to invest their savings in a music publishing company. Comed
Half Angel
1936-05-22
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Re
Melody for Three
1941-06-19
Dr. Christian takes an interest in a young boy, a violin prodigy, whose mother is a divorced music t
The Bowery
1933-10-07
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had g