Alan Dinehart
Date of birth: 1889-10-03
Place of birth: Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Allan Dinehart, Mason Alan Dinehart Sr.
Biography
Mason Alan Dinehart Sr. (born Harold Alan Dinehart; October 3, 1889 – July 18, 1944) was an American actor, director, writer, and stage manager.
Movie Credits
It's a Great Life
1943-05-27
Dagwood Bumstead, intending to buy a house, buys a horse instead. However, Dagwood quickly gets mix
Baby Take a Bow
1934-06-30
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
1936-08-07
When a friend of Charlie's is found kicked to death by his own race horse on board a Honolulu-bound
The Sin of Nora Moran
1933-12-13
Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that sh
The Whistler
1944-03-30
A guilt-ridden man blames himself for his wife's death and secretly pays an assassin to kill him. Bu
The Cat's-Paw
1934-08-07
Naive Ezekial Cobb, brought up by his missionary father in China returns to America to seek a wife.
Second Fiddle
1939-06-30
Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Mi
Born to Dance
1936-11-27
On leave, a sailor falls in love with a young lady aspiring to become a Broadway dancer, but their r
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938-03-18
Rebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. Bu
Jimmy the Gent
1934-03-09
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and te
The Heat's On
1943-12-02
Broadway star Fay Lawrence (West) is a temperamental diva who is reluctantly persuaded by a Broadway
Girls About Town
1931-11-07
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhatt
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937-10-29
While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an A
Supernatural
1933-04-21
After her brother's death, Roma Courtney becomes the heiress to his fortune. When a fake psychic cla
Slightly Honorable
1939-12-22
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Lawyer Man
1932-12-24
Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes a prominent New York
Everything Happens at Night
1939-12-22
Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
Danger – Love at Work
1937-09-30
A New York City lawyer finds himself falling in love with the daughter of a screwball South Carolina
The House of Fear
1939-06-30
A detective goes undercover as a producer to investigate an actor's murder, which occurred during th
Street of Women
1932-06-04
An architect has an affair with a woman who inspires him. Her brother is in love with the architect'
Dante's Inferno
1935-08-23
A carny builds a gambling empire at the expense of his family's wellbeing.
The Road Is Open Again
1933-01-30
A Songwriter falls asleep while writing a song about the NRA. He dreams that Washington, Lincoln and
Sweepings
1933-04-14
Daniel Pardway, starting with almost nothing after the great Chicago fire, builds the biggest depart
Hotel for Women
1939-08-03
Guests at a women's residence club help a jilted small-town girl turn to modelling.
Dance, Girl, Dance
1933-09-01
Vaudevillian Joe Pitt sweeps young Sally Patter off of her feet and steals the lovestruck girl away
The Payoff
1935-01-09
An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked spo
What a Woman
1943-12-29
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.
$10 Raise
1935-05-04
A timid, overworked and underpaid bookkeeper needs a $10 raise to marry his sweetheart...
Fired Wife
1943-09-04
A Broadway producer's Girl Friday must make sure that her recent marriage is kept secret. If it gets
Love on a Budget
1938-03-04
This late entry in the popular "The Jones Family" series of '30s comedies has the family contending
A Very Honorable Guy
1934-04-18
Well respected local good guy, "Feet" Samuels finds himself heavily in debt due to an uncharacterist
The Devil Is Driving
1932-12-09
Gabby Denton, a hard-drinking, down-on-his-luck drifter, seems to get a chance at redemption when hi
Washington Merry-Go-Round
1932-10-15
Button Gwinett Brown is a freshman congressman on a mission to rid Washington of corruption. He quic
The First Hundred Years
1938-03-12
David and Lynn are a happily married couple. When David gets his dream job in another state, Lynn, a
Fury of the Jungle
1933-10-23
Joan Leesom is stranded in a remote South American jungle village. She is pursued by the rapacious T
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.
Good Sport
1931-12-12
Marilyn Parker decides not to accompany her husband Rex on his business trip to Europe when she rece
Disorderly Conduct
1932-03-20
When motorcycle cop Dick Fay gives a ticket to Phyllis Crawford, her father's graft-fed influence le
Seven Days Ashore
1944-04-25
Circumstances force a womanizing playboy on leave from the Merchant Marine to ask two shipmates to h
Cross Country Cruise
1934-01-16
A young woman is involved with a married man, although she does not know that he is married. He kill
Human Cargo
1936-05-15
Bonnie Brewster and "Packy" Campbell, rival reporters on competing newspapers, team up to put an end
Bachelor's Affairs
1932-06-26
A middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided
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.
Reunion
1936-11-20
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into
Thanks a Million
1935-11-13
A show troupe is engaged by Judge Culliman, who is running for Governor, to enhance his political ca
Midnight Taxi
1937-04-04
A federal agent goes to work for a taxi company believing it to be a front for a gang of counterfeit
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
1932-05-01
Vivienne Ware is defended by her ex-beau when she's accused of killing her faithless fiance.
Girl Trouble
1942-10-09
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
The Brat
1931-08-23
A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for h
Moon Over Las Vegas
1944-04-01
A beautiful woman goes to Las Vegas in a scheme to make her husbnd jealous, but once she gets there
Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1944-07-07
A young girl rents an apartment from a man who has recently enlisted in the Marines. The trouble is
Fast and Loose
1939-02-17
The Sloanes tie murder to the theft of a Shakespeare manuscript.
In Old Kentucky
1935-11-28
Horse trainer Steve Tapley is caught between the feuding Martingale and Shattuck families. He sides
King of the Royal Mounted
1936-09-11
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Sergeant King protects a girl who has come to claim a mine left by her
No Marriage Ties
1933-08-11
An unemployed reporter, fired because of his drinking, takes a job at an advertising agency. Drama.
Dangerously Yours
1937-09-21
A detective poses as a jewel thief and joins a bunch of other crooks sailing from Europe to New York
Bureau of Missing Persons
1933-09-16
Butch Saunders has been transferred to Missing Persons because he was too brutal in other police wor
As the Devil Commands
1933-09-01
Slowly dying of a terminal illness, wealthy invalid John Duncan wants his aide Dr. Graham to end hi
Parole!
1936-06-14
Soon after the prison release of a lawyer (Henry Hunter), his dedication to improving his life puts
Step Lively, Jeeves!
1937-06-30
A British butler goes to America duped by mobsters into believing he is the heir to a fortune.
Big Town Girl
1937-12-03
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Maske
Minstrel Man
1944-01-02
Unusually elaborate for a PRC film, Minstrel Man is a lively musical drama built around the talents
Money to Loan
1939-03-11
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks ab
This Is My Affair
1937-05-28
President McKinley asks Lt. Richard L. Perry to go underground to identify some obviously very well
The Lottery Lover
1935-02-05
A crew of young military-school cadets are enjoying their first weekend in Paris. Frank Harrington,
Sweet Rosie O'Grady
1943-10-01
An American singer becomes engaged to an English duke, but is continuously pestered over her past as
Star for a Night
1936-08-28
Blind Mrs. Lind comes to American to visit her three children whom she thinks are successful.
Redheads on Parade
1935-09-07
A film star finds herself in trouble with her co-star when she has to flirt with the backer to preve
Your Uncle Dudley
1935-12-13
A paint store owner turns his attention to civic affairs while his business falls apart.
Rackety Rax
1932-10-23
Gambler/racketeer "Knucks" McGloin takes note of just how much money and action (aside from the game
King of the Turf
1939-02-17
Mason is a former race-horse owner who gave up everything and started to drink after the death of on
The Crosby Case
1934-03-05
Former lovers get together to clear themselves when the police suspect them of murder.
Fifty Roads to Town
1937-06-03
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the
Her Bodyguard
1933-07-21
The "sugar daddy" of a Broadway star hires a bodyguard to protect her from thieves out to steal the
Wicked
1931-10-04
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband
Woman-Wise
1937-01-22
A crusading sportswriter exposes racketeers involved in paying off fighters to throw their matches.
Oh, What a Night!
1944-09-02
An international jewel thief tries to keep his secret from his niece.
A Study in Scarlet
1933-05-14
In London, a secret society led by lawyer Thaddeus Merrydew collects the assets of any of its deceas
Okay, America!
1932-09-08
A gossip columnist's rise to fame. Based closely on the real life of Walter Winchell.
Two Bright Boys
1939-09-21
A young man inherits a valuable piece of Texas land that an oil man plots to steal away.
Almost Married
1932-07-17
Russian beauty Anita Mellikovna, traveling by train with a forged passport and carrying jewels, find
Everybody's Old Man
1936-03-20
An elderly businessman thinking about aging and death takes time off to help teach a dead friend's c
The World Changes
1933-11-25
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen