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John Archer

Date of birth: 1915-05-08

Place of birth: Osceola, Nebraska, USA

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Ralph Bowman

John Archer

Biography

John Archer (May 8, 1915 – December 5, 1999) was an American movie and television actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Archer,  licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Destination Moon
3

Destination Moon

1950-06-27

A team composed of an aerospace scientist, an ex-Air Force general, and an industrialist conceives a

Affair in Reno
2.2

Affair in Reno

1957-02-15

The story of a PR man hired by a millionaire to go to Reno to prevent his daughter from marrying an

Colorado Territory
3.5

Colorado Territory

1949-06-11

After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last

The Big Trees
2.8

The Big Trees

1952-02-05

In 1900, unscrupulous timber baron Jim Fallon plans to take advantage of a new law and make millions

Guadalcanal Diary
2.8

Guadalcanal Diary

1943-10-27

Concentrating on the personal lives of those involved, a war correspondent takes us through the prep

Sherlock Holmes in Washington
3.4

Sherlock Holmes in Washington

1943-03-24

In World War II, a British secret agent carrying a vitally important document is kidnapped en route

Bowery at Midnight
2.5

Bowery at Midnight

1942-10-30

A seemingly charitable soup kitchen operator (who moonlights as a criminology professor) uses his Bo

White Heat
3.8

White Heat

1949-09-02

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his ol

City of Fear
3.1

City of Fear

1959-02-01

An escaped convict gets a hold of some radioactive material after his escape. Authorities desperatel

Decision at Sundown
3.1

Decision at Sundown

1957-11-10

A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the forme

Blue Hawaii
3

Blue Hawaii

1961-11-22

Chad Gates has just been discharged from the Army, and is happy to be back in Hawaii with his surf-b

Gangs Inc.
2.6

Gangs Inc.

1941-06-13

Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a c

No Man's Woman
2.4

No Man's Woman

1955-10-27

A greedy, scheming woman is found murdered in her studio, and the police find that there is no short

The Lost Moment
3.1

The Lost Moment

1947-11-21

In a long flashback, a New York publisher is in Venice pursuing the lost love letters of an early-19

Crash Dive
3.1

Crash Dive

1943-04-22

A US Navy submarine, the USS Corsair, is operating in the North Atlantic, hunting German merchant ra

High Lonesome
2.5

High Lonesome

1950-09-01

When a sudden spurt of murders occurs in the Big Bend country, suspicion immediately falls on a youn

Sound Off
0

Sound Off

1952-05-15

An obnoxious nightclub comedian at Ciro's is drafted into the U.S. Army during the Korean War. At hi

My Favorite Spy
3

My Favorite Spy

1951-12-25

A burlesque comic doubles for a spy in Tangier and meets the spy's girlfriend, who is also a spy.

The Great Jewel Robber
3.6

The Great Jewel Robber

1950-07-15

Director Peter Godfrey's 1950 drama, inspired by true events, dramatizes the crime spree of the noto

Best of the Badmen
3.3

Best of the Badmen

1951-08-09

After the North defeats the South, Union Maj. Jeff Clanton heads to Missouri to provide the Confeder

She Devil
2.8

She Devil

1957-04-01

Biochemists give fruit-fly serum to a dying woman, with side effects.

Roger Touhy, Gangster
3

Roger Touhy, Gangster

1944-06-03

Set during Prohibition, the movie centers on Touhy's rise from small time thug to the city's most po

Santa Fe
3.4

Santa Fe

1951-04-01

After their service in the Civil War, four brothers go their separate ways, but later find themselve

Scattergood Survives a Murder
2.3

Scattergood Survives a Murder

1942-10-01

Rural sage Scattergood Baines (Guy Kibbee) shows big-city newsman how to solve a mystery.

Curtain Call
3.6

Curtain Call

1940-04-18

Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in

Ten Thousand Bedrooms
2.5

Ten Thousand Bedrooms

1957-04-03

In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young I

Thursday's Game
2.9

Thursday's Game

1974-04-14

Harry Evers and Marvin Ellison have been playing poker Thursday nights with their friends for years.

Barnyard Follies
2.5

Barnyard Follies

1940-10-05

A country orphanage puts on a show with some musicians to save their 4H club from being shut down by

City of Missing Girls
2

City of Missing Girls

1941-03-27

A female reporter goes undercover to investigate the series of mysterious disappearances of young wo

The Eve of St. Mark
2.9

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

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
0

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch

1942-10-01

In the shanty town called the Cabbage Patch, Mrs. Wiggs scrabbles for survival with her brood of chi

Rodeo
0

Rodeo

1952-03-09

Nancy Cartwright is determined to collect an $1,800 feed bill owed to her father Harry Cartwright by

Police Bullets
2.5

Police Bullets

1942-09-25

A gangster running a protection racket gets information that he's about to be prosecuted on income-t

Amelia Earhart
0

Amelia Earhart

1976-10-25

Biography follows the life of famed woman pilot Amelia Earhart, including her marriage to a famous p

Career
0

Career

1939-07-07

Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long a

Spring Madness
1.9

Spring Madness

1938-11-11

Harvard senior Sam Thatcher and his best friend and roommate, known as "The Lippencott", plan to go

A Yank in Indo-China
3

A Yank in Indo-China

1952-04-02

Lassie, the Voyager
0

Lassie, the Voyager

1966-01-01

Mountain Moonlight
0

Mountain Moonlight

1941-07-12

A cyclone destroys the Weaver family farm leaving only the old stone chimney. When the chimney is t

Hi, Neighbor
0

Hi, Neighbor

1942-07-27

A financially strapped college is transformed into a summer holiday resort with the help of music an

Flaming Frontiers
2.4

Flaming Frontiers

1938-07-05

Tom Grant has found a rich gold vein and Bart Eaton is after it. Tom's sister Mary heads for the gol

Overland Stage Raiders
2.5

Overland Stage Raiders

1938-09-20

After gold shipments from a mining town have been hijacked, the three Mesquiteers buy a plane to fly

The Purple V
0

The Purple V

1943-03-12

German expatriate Fritz Kortner plays the largest role, as an anti-Nazi schoolmaster who helps a dow

Shantytown
3

Shantytown

1943-04-20

Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"

I Saw What You Did
3.1

I Saw What You Did

1965-07-21

Teenage friends Kit and Libby make prank phone calls for fun but then find themselves involved in a

Cheers for Miss Bishop
2.7

Cheers for Miss Bishop

1941-02-21

Ella Bishop is an inhibited girl whose frustrations grow as she approaches womanhood. As a women, he

King of the Zombies
2.6

King of the Zombies

1941-05-14

During World War II, a small plane somewhere over the Caribbean runs low on fuel and is blown off co

Sucker List
3.1

Sucker List

1941-07-26

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a man and his racketeer buddies devise a scheme to bilk

Rock Around the Clock
2.9

Rock Around the Clock

1956-03-21

A frustrated big-band promoter runs in to rock-and-rollers Bill Haley and the Comets at a small-town

The Stars Are Singing
2.3

The Stars Are Singing

1953-03-11

After she enters the United States illegally, 15-year-old Polish singer Katri Walenska (Anna Maria A

Apache Rifles
2.9

Apache Rifles

1964-11-26

A young cavalry officer is assigned the job of bringing in a band of Apaches who have been terrorizi

Always Tomorrow: The Portrait of an American Business
0

Always Tomorrow: The Portrait of an American Business

1941-11-03

Feature length promotional film presented by The Coca-Cola Company during World War II, focuses on a

How to Frame a Figg
3

How to Frame a Figg

1971-02-01

Don Knotts is Hollis Figg, the dumbest bookkeeper in town. When the city fathers buy a second-hand c

Emergency Hospital
3.3

Emergency Hospital

1956-11-02

About the lives and loves of the staff of an emergency hospital as reflected in a single frenetic ni

No Exceptions
0

No Exceptions

1943-12-30

Short subject intended to promote unified action and sacrifice by Americans on the home front during

Scattergood Baines
3

Scattergood Baines

1941-02-21

Young Scattergood Baines arrives in the small New England town of Coldriver. Through some shrewd bus

Sea Tiger
2.5

Sea Tiger

1952-07-27

Murder ensues when owners and hired help contrive against each other to obtain diamonds and gold ing

Dragon's Gold
0

Dragon's Gold

1954-02-10

Murder and intrigue follow an insurance investigator Mack Rossiter (John Archer) after he is dispatc

Hello, Frisco, Hello
3.1

Hello, Frisco, Hello

1943-03-26

In turn-of-the-century San Francisco, an ambitious vaudevillian takes his quartet from a honky tonk

America for Me
0

America for Me

1953-05-30

A vacationing school teacher and her friend meet a cowboy on his way to a rodeo. The teacher and the