George Magrill
Date of birth: 1900-01-04
Place of birth: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
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The Secret Seven
1940-08-15
Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a s
Vultures of the Sea
1928-03-01
When his father is falsely convicted and sentenced to die for a murder committed aboard ship, the ma
The Secret Six
1931-04-18
Bootlegger/cafe owner, Johnny Franks recruits crude working man Scorpio to join his gang, mastermind
The Fighting Smile
1925-08-04
A cowboy who has been away from home for a long time returns, only to find that the area he grew up
North of Nevada
1924-02-24
When old rancher Mark Ridgeway passes away, his property goes to relatives in the East instead of to
Without Reservations
1946-05-13
Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train
Elmer, the Great
1933-04-29
Baseball star Elmer Kane leaves the little town of Gentryville, Indiana, to join the Chicago Cubs, w
House of Strangers
1949-07-01
Ruthless Italian-American banker Gino Monetti is engaged in a number of criminal activities. Three o
Dog of Dogs
1926-12-01
A silent short film starring "Fearless."
Bannerline
1951-10-12
A young crusading reporter in a small town tackles civic corruption.
Meet Boston Blackie
1941-02-20
When a murder occurs on an ocean liner docked in New York, the trail leads to Coney Island and a spy
Tarzan and the Slave Girl
1950-06-23
The Lionians, a tribe of lion worshippers, make a desperate attempt to find a cure for the mysteriou
Tarzan and the Huntress
1947-04-05
A shortage of zoo animals after World War II brings beautiful animal trainer Tanya, her financial ba
Sudan
1945-04-18
A desert pickpocket, his sidekick, and an escaped slave help an incognito queen in danger.
The Well
1951-09-24
In a racially mixed American town, a five-year-old black girl falls unnoticed into a hidden, forgott
A Tragedy at Midnight
1942-02-02
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find
Butch Minds the Baby
1942-03-20
Aloysius 'Butch' Grogan leads a life of criminal activities motivated to provide for a widow and her
The Fighting Devil Dogs
1938-05-27
Two marine lieutenants battle a masked would-be world conqueror who uses electricity as a weapon.
Love Before Breakfast
1936-03-09
Scott is a very rich businessman who hangs out with a snooty, silly Countess, but has the hots for K
Under Your Spell
1936-11-06
A famous singer, bored with music and fans, goes to live in Mexico. His manager sends a woman to bri
Hawk of the Hills
1929-03-16
Hawk of the Hills (1927), a ten episode serial, re-edited into a five-reel feature length version re
The Sea Wolf
1941-03-21
Shipwrecked fugitives try to escape a brutal sea captain who's losing his mind.
Queen of the Northwoods
1929-05-21
The villain of this serial, the "Wolf Devil", who's head covering amazingly looks to be a REAL wolf'
The Desert of the Lost
1927-12-17
Chased by Detective Murray and the posse, a wounded Jim Drake heads across the border into Mexico wh
Edge of Darkness
1943-04-09
The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wa
The Three Musketeers
1933-04-07
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after
Born to Be Wild
1938-02-16
Truck drivers Steve Hackett and Bill Purvis are fired from their jobs with the West Coast Trucking c
Short Grass
1950-12-24
Steve Llewellyn hung up his guns after killing a man in self-defense, left Willow Creek and went on
Merbabies
1938-12-09
Walt Disney enlisted former colleagues Hugh Harman and Rudy Ising to help create this underwater Sil
New Moon
1930-12-23
New Moon is the name of the ship crossing the Caspian Sea. A young Lt. Petroff meets the Princess Ta
The Sin Ship
1931-04-18
A lecherous ship captain becomes spiritually changed by a female passenger, not realizing she and he
King of Chinatown
1939-03-17
A Chinese-American surgeon faces a moral dilemma after operating on the mob boss in charge of vice a
Men Must Fight
1933-02-17
Prophetic tale of a mother in 1940 trying to keep her son out of war.
Disgraced!
1933-07-07
A lovely fashion model's dreams of marital bliss are shattered when her fiance jilts her. To make ma
The Lost Special
1932-11-25
A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared wit
Lord Jim
1925-11-15
Because he deserted his ship and passengers during a collision at sea, a ship's mate loses his certi
Uncertain Glory
1944-04-07
In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strike
Double Indemnity
1944-07-06
A seductive housewife draws an insurance salesman into a plot of adultery and crime to collect on he
Desert Command
1946-05-31
Tom Wayne rescues Clancy, Renard and Schmidt in the Arabian desert and they join him in going after
Behind The Headlines
1937-05-14
A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.
Wells Fargo
1937-12-31
In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, wil
They Gave Him a Gun
1937-05-07
With no other prospects, a World War I veteran puts the skills they taught him in the War to use.
It Happened in Hollywood
1937-09-07
A silent Western star has trouble adjusting to the coming of sound.
Wanted: Jane Turner
1936-12-04
Investigators set out to capture a gang of thieves transporting stolen cash through the U.S. mail.
Tell No Tales
1939-06-12
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save
The Phantom Creeps
1939-01-07
A mad scientist attempts to rule the world by creating various elaborate inventions.
The Ballyhoo Buster
1928-01-08
Bob Warner sells some cattle to two men who later drug him and rob him of the sale money. He takes a
Side Show
1931-09-19
A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.
Journal of a Crime
1934-03-10
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Sworn Enemy
1936-09-11
A law student poses as a fight promoter to catch a notorious gangster.
Strangers All
1935-04-01
Domestic drama about an elderly woman and her four squabbling adult children.
The Nitwits
1935-06-07
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a
Detective Story
1951-10-24
Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad.
Mister 880
1950-09-29
The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is als
Keep 'Em Rolling
1934-03-02
World War I drama about a soldier and the wild horse he befriends.
Roar of the Dragon
1932-07-08
A boatload of Westerners is trapped in Manchuria as bandits led by Russian renegade Voronsky ravage
The Flying Irishman
1939-04-07
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred
Mr. Moto in Danger Island
1939-04-07
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel mark
Union Pacific
1939-05-05
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad acro
Navy Blue and Gold
1937-11-19
Three Navy Cadets become friends, support each other and struggle to survive the rigorous training.
Nazi Agent
1942-03-01
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a
Broadway Thru a Keyhole
1933-11-02
Racketeer Frank Rocci is smitten with Joan Whelan, a dancer at Texas Guinan's famous Broadway night
Slightly Honorable
1939-12-22
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
Sergeant Madden
1939-03-24
A dedicated police officer is torn between family and duty when his son turns to a life of crime.
Swanee River
1939-12-29
Swanee River is a 1940 American biopic about Stephen Foster, a songwriter from Pittsburgh who falls
Murder in the Fleet
1935-05-24
A traitor is lurking somewhere aboard the USS Carolina, and Lt. Tom Randolph is determined to find t
Outcast
1937-02-05
A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when o
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940-01-11
A man involved in a crime (Nolan) kills his key witness by mistake and resigns himself to death. He
The Gay Caballero
1940-10-04
The Cisco Kid and his buddy Gordito arrive in town and learn that Cisco is supposedly dead. Not only
When Willie Comes Marching Home
1950-02-17
When Willie leaves home to join the war effort he is all ready to become a hero, but he is only frus
Missing Witnesses
1937-12-11
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
Love Crazy
1941-05-23
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorc
Wake Island
1942-08-11
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to ke
A Likely Story
1947-04-18
A shell-shocked young GI mistakenly believes he is dying, and a young artist takes it upon herself t
Secret Service Investigator
1948-05-31
Lloyd Bridges plays a flying ace war hero who gets sucked into a counterfeiting scheme by opposing g
Fallen Angel
1945-11-15
An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around t
Woman in Hiding
1950-01-06
As far as the rest of the world is concerned, mill heiress Deborah Chandler Clark is dead, killed in
The Green Hornet Strikes Again!
1940-12-24
Second serial featuring The Green Hornet and Kato.
Young Tom Edison
1940-03-15
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and sci
Merton of the Movies
1947-10-11
In 1915, Kansas theatre usher Merton Gill is a rabid silent-movie fan. When he brings Mammoth Studio
The Lodger
1944-01-19
In Victorian era London, the inhabitants of a family home with rented rooms upstairs fear the new lo
Donald's Dilemma
1947-07-11
Donald and Daisy are walking when he is hit by a flowerpot. He's convinced he's a famous singer, and
The Invisible Wall
1947-10-15
A former GI gets his old job back working for a bookie after returning from serving in the military.
This Gun for Hire
1942-04-24
Sadistic killer-for-hire Philip Raven becomes enraged when his latest job is paid off in marked bill
Money to Loan
1939-03-11
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks ab
The Sea of Grass
1947-04-25
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by t
Oklahoma Frontier
1939-10-09
It's the opening of the Cherokee strip and the Rankins are after a particular section. Frazier is al
Winners of the West
1940-07-02
Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a va
Scarlet Dawn
1932-11-12
During the Russian Revolution, a young nobleman and his peasant maid flee from their homeland to Con
North West Mounted Police
1940-10-22
Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) trave
Jailbreak
1936-08-05
A reporter gets himself sent to prison so he can solve a murder behind bars.
Fugitive in the Sky
1936-11-28
Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline host
Gallant Sons
1940-11-15
When a teenager's father is accused of murder, the boy and his high-school classmates set out to fin
Three Little Beers
1935-11-28
The stooges are inept deliverymen at a brewery. When they learn about a company golf tournament, the
Adam's Rib
1949-11-18
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam
A Chump at Oxford
1940-01-25
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disast
New Moon
1940-06-28
A revolutionary leader romances a French aristocrat in Louisiana.
Florian
1940-06-05
Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by
Millionaires in Prison
1940-07-12
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton wa
Mystery Sea Raider
1940-10-26
June McCarthy has unwittingly aided an undercover Nazi naval officer with acquiring a "mother ship"
The Merry Widow
1934-11-02
A prince from a small kingdom courts a wealthy widow to keep her money in the country.
Twilight on the Rio Grande
1947-03-31
Gene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off.
Good Luck, Mr. Yates
1943-06-29
A 4F military school teacher's lie about being accepted for active duty causes problems on the home
The Wedding Night
1935-03-08
While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett develops ro
Our Leading Citizen
1939-08-23
Lem Schofield, a lawyer in a one-time small-town turned industrialized big city, runs his firm on ex
Hotel Imperial
1939-05-11
It is the fate of a small frontier town, adjoining the no-man's-land where the Russians and Austrian
This Woman Is Mine
1941-08-22
Three seafaring fur traders fall in love with a female stowaway they discover aboard their ship. Ma
The Spider Returns
1941-05-09
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spi
Fancy Answers
1941-11-01
In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on variou
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
The Racket Man
1944-01-18
A gangster is drafted into the Army and, soon realizing how wrong his life of crime has been, agrees
Wild Horse Mesa
1925-09-13
Desperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The local Na
Say It in French
1938-11-25
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married
Flaming Gold
1932-09-28
Two friends working a jungle oil field clash when one marries a lady of the evening.
711 Ocean Drive
1950-07-01
A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a bet
Winter Carnival
1939-07-28
A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's W
Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
Over My Dead Body
1942-01-15
Berle plays a mystery writer who forever writes himself into corners and is never able to finish a s
Pacific Blackout
1941-12-31
Falsely convicted of murder, young Robert Draper escapes custody during a practice blackout drill. U
The Invisible Monster
1950-05-10
Man-woman team of investigators uncover a gang whose mad scientist leader has developed an invisibil
Miss Mink of 1949
1949-02-11
Winning a mink coat brings nothing but trouble to a couple on a budget.
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
The Rainmakers
1935-10-25
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spel
The Strange Woman
1946-10-25
In early 19th century New England, an unscrupulous woman uses her beauty and wits to seduce, deceive
Batman
1943-07-16
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's
Destroyer
1943-08-19
Flagwaving story of a new American destroyer, the JOHN PAUL JONES, from the day her keel is laid, to
Maid of Salem
1937-02-12
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a sc
Fingers at the Window
1942-04-22
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparen
Glamour for Sale
1940-09-27
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
Sorrowful Jones
1949-07-04
A young girl is left with the notoriously cheap Sorrowful Jones as a marker for a bet. When her fath
Pretty Baby
1950-09-16
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on t
You May Be Next!
1936-02-05
Gangster tries to censor a crusading radio station by jamming its signal.
King Kong
1933-03-15
Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world has
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950-08-05
Jonesy and Lou are in Algeria looking for a wrestler they are promoting. Sergeant Axmann tricks them
Body and Soul
1947-11-11
Charley Davis, against the wishes of his mother, becomes a boxer. As he becomes more successful the
The Brasher Doubloon
1947-02-06
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that bel
Armored Car Robbery
1950-06-08
While executing an armored car heist in Los Angeles, icy crook Dave Purvis shoots policeman Lt. Phil
The Good Humor Man
1950-03-24
Biff Jones is a driver/salesman for the Good Humor ice-cream company. He hopes to marry his girl Mar
Buck Privates
1941-01-31
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood
1945-10-05
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder
She Had to Eat
1937-07-02
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to
On Stage Everybody
1945-07-13
Radio's miracle show is on the screen.
Penthouse
1933-09-08
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been u
The War of the Worlds
1953-08-13
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they disco
The Mad Miss Manton
1938-10-21
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police
Rhubarb
1951-08-29
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. The
One Mysterious Night
1944-10-21
After a rare gem is stolen from an exhibition at a posh hotel, Inspector Farraday decides to recruit
The Chance of a Lifetime
1943-10-26
A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wart
Swing Fever
1943-11-01
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.
Fast and Fearless
1924-09-15
Lightning Bill Lewis sets out to capture Gómez, the leader of a ruthless gang that has been tormenti
The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951-05-17
An Arabian prince, kidnapped at birth and raised as a thief, plots to regain his throne from his evi
They Were Expendable
1945-12-07
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat
The Enchanted Hill
1926-01-18
Lee Purdy, the owner of a ranch on "Enchanted Hill," is subjected to repeated attacks by unknown ass
The Big Street
1942-08-13
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses
Cobra Woman
1944-05-12
A man tracks his kidnapped bride to a jungle island, where her twin is the high priestess.
Lady in the Lake
1946-12-19
Private eye Phillip Marlowe wants to get out of the detective racket and into crime writing. But whe
Charlie Chan's Courage
1934-07-06
Charlie is hired to deliver a pearl necklace to a millionaire at his ranch. When murder intervenes h
Nightmare Alley
1947-10-09
A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle
Hollow Triumph
1948-08-18
Pursued by the big-time gambler he robbed, John Muller assumes a new identity—with unfortunate resul
Four Faces West
1948-08-03
Cowboy Ross McEwen arrives in town. He asks the banker for a loan of $2000. When the banker asks abo
California
1947-02-21
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but
Dick Tracy
1945-12-01
Detective Tracy rescues Tess Trueheart and Junior from a killer called Splitface.
Mills of the Gods
1934-12-15
Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her ir
Nora Prentiss
1947-02-22
Quiet, organised Dr Talbot meets nightclub singer Nora Prentiss when she is slightly hurt in a stree
Dance, Fools, Dance
1931-02-07
When misfortune hits hard on the Jordan family of Chicago's upper class, Bonnie Jordan, a dazzling a
Laughing at Trouble
1936-12-11
A man convicted of murder escapes from jail and hides out in the home of a small town newspaper publ
Professional Soldier
1935-12-27
Mercenary Donovan is hired to kidnap King Peter II. He learns that the party in power is evil and th
Two Yanks in Trinidad
1942-03-26
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy),
The Fuller Brush Man
1948-06-01
Poor Red Jones gets fired from every job he tries. His fiancée gives him one last chance to make goo
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
Johnny Angel
1945-10-25
George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.
High Barbaree
1947-05-01
After his plane is downed in the South Pacific, a Navy flier recounts his life to a co-pilot while a
Born Reckless
1930-05-11
In order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight in
Tortilla Flat
1942-05-21
Danny, a poor northern Californian Mexican-American, inherits two houses from his grandfather and is
The Last Train from Madrid
1937-06-25
The story of seven people: their lives and love affairs in Madrid during the Civil War.
Give Me a Sailor
1938-08-19
Jim and Walter are two brother sailors in the United States Navy. Walter tells Jim as soon as they g
The Company She Keeps
1951-01-06
A lady con artist sets out to steal her parole officer's fiance.
None Shall Escape
1944-02-03
Through flashbacks going as far back as the end of WW1, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed
Flash Gordon
1936-04-06
Disaster seems imminent when scientists discover that the planet Mongo is about to crash into Earth.
Devil and the Deep
1932-08-12
Naval commander Charles Sturm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane jealousy
Tension
1949-11-25
Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, wh
Smashing the Spy Ring
1938-12-29
G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.
The Steel Trap
1952-11-12
Joseph Cotten plays an assistant bank manager who steals $1,000,000 from the safe late on a Friday a
Snowed In
1926-07-04
A forest ranger and an adventuress team up against a gang of bandits when all are cut off from the o
The Mask of Lopez
1924-01-27
Attracted to ranch owner Doris Hampton, Jack O'Neil impersonates convict "Angel Face" Harry, who is
Iron Man
1951-09-20
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.
Stolen Secrets
1924-03-10
Noted criminologist Miles Manning captures a gang of crooks by posing as a super-criminal--a mysteri
The Count of Ten
1928-03-10
A promising young prizefighter sees his career start to go down the drain after he gets married and