Eugene Pallette
Date of birth: 1889-07-07
Place of birth: Winfield, Kansas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Юджин Пэллет, Gene Pallette , Eugene William Pallette
Biography
Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946. An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravelly voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and his similar role as Fray Felipe in The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene Pallette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Shanghai Express
1932-02-12
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-pac
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916-09-04
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven wit
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939-10-19
After the death of a United States Senator, idealistic Jefferson Smith is appointed as his replaceme
The Lady Eve
1941-02-25
It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Ch
The Adventures of Robin Hood
1938-05-13
Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the
Topper
1937-07-16
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to
The Ten Commandments
1923-11-23
The first part tells the story of Moses leading the Jews from Egypt to the Promised Land, his receip
The Mark of Zorro
1940-11-08
In 1820 Spain, the son of a California nobleman comes home to find his native land under a villainou
Suspense
1946-06-15
The proprietor of an ice-skating revue promotes a peanut-vendor to a management position based on su
Without Mercy
1925-10-04
In this silent melodrama Sir Melmoth Craven is running against John Orme for a seat in Parliament. O
Bordertown
1935-01-23
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.
Stowaway
1936-12-25
Chin-Ching gets lost in Shanghai and is befriended by American playboy Tommy Randall. She falls asle
Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by it
The Light of Western Stars
1925-06-22
Jack Holt, Billie Dove, and Noah Beery Sr., who starred together in Wanderers of the Wasteland, appe
My Man Godfrey
1936-09-02
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is
The Bride Came C.O.D.
1941-07-12
A financially-strapped charter pilot hires himself to an oil tycoon to kidnap his madcap daughter an
The Virginian
1929-11-09
A good-natured cowboy who is romancing the new schoolmarm has a crisis of conscience when he discove
Pin Up Girl
1944-04-25
Glamorous Lorry Jones, the toast of a Missouri military canteen, has become "engaged" to almost ever
Step Lively
1944-07-26
Fly-by-night producers dodge bill collectors while trying for one big hit.
The Marcellini Millions
1917-05-14
Guido and his wife Antoinetta wind up with the estate of Leo Marcellini, a wealthy oil and wine merc
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937-09-05
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends a
First Love
1939-11-10
In this reworking of Cinderella, orphaned Connie Harding is sent to live with her rich aunt and uncl
The Dummy
1929-03-09
The title character is office-boy Barney. Pretending to be a deaf-mute, Barney tries to trump his de
Swamp Water
1941-11-16
A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with t
The Lighter That Failed
1927-10-01
For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suit
Many Scrappy Returns
1927-01-09
Charley and his wife (Eugenia Gilbert) decide to teach a lesson to his brother (Eugene Pallette) who
Aching Youth
1928-03-17
Aching Youth is a silent comedy short
Sugar Daddies
1927-09-10
After a night of carousing, a rich oil tycoon awakes to find that he was married the night before. H
The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Jewish Prudence
1927-05-27
Papa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his
The Kansan
1943-09-10
Wounded while stopping the James gang from robbing the local bank, a cowboy wakes up in the hospital
Heaven Can Wait
1943-08-05
Spoiled playboy Henry van Cleve dies and arrives at the entrance to Hell, a final destination he is
Fluttering Hearts
1927-06-19
Defying her father's wishes, a young woman runs off to a sale at store. She's pursued by a policeman
The Benson Murder Case
1930-04-13
A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Van
The Dragon Murder Case
1934-08-25
Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone decides t
There Goes My Heart
1938-10-14
An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.
Hell's Hole
1923-09-23
Cowboy Tod Musgrave and his pal Del Hawkins steal a ride on a train after being kicked out of a salo
The Love Parade
1930-01-18
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
The Canary Murder Case
1929-02-16
A beautiful showgirl, name "the Canary" is a scheming nightclub singer. Blackmailing is her game and
It Ain't Hay
1943-03-10
Abbot and Costello must find a replacement for a woman's horse they accidentally killed after feedin
Heavenly Days
1944-10-20
Fibber McGee and Molly innocently get mixed up with the federal government.
The Stolen Jools
1931-04-04
Famous actress Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen… (Star-packed promotional short film intended to ra
The Three Musketeers
1921-08-28
In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends
Steamboat Round the Bend
1935-09-06
A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to fi
The Kennel Murder Case
1933-10-28
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder o
Mantrap
1926-07-24
A sexy young manicurist living with her older backwoodsman husband in a small Canadian town finds he
Young Tom Edison
1940-03-15
Inventor Thomas Edison's boyhood is chronicled and shows him as a lad whose early inventions and sci
Whispering Smith
1926-03-28
Railroad foreman Murray Sinclair is dismissed by George McCloud, division superintendent, for ransac
Rocking Moon
1926-01-10
Sasha Larianoff lives on Rocking Moon Island where she runs a blue fox farm with the help of Gary Ty
The Greene Murder Case
1929-08-11
Philo Vance investigates when a murderer preys upon members of a wealthy family on New York's Upper
When Jim Returned
1913-04-24
Jim had been away a long time. Pretty Marjie dressed herself in her very best when she heard that th
The Tattooed Arm
1913-05-01
Ben Hart, the youthful mining expert, arrived at Red Rock and promptly sought out pretty Mabel Whita
The Kiss
1913-05-13
Old Man Hathaway was a trapper and lived with his only daughter in the mountains. Pretty Claudine of
Youth and Jealousy
1913-05-10
Big Ben from the Bar N Ranch called often on Margaret. As the two were inseparable, it soon became k
The Brothers
1913-05-05
Robert and John Gregory were left orphans. Robert, a wealthy soul, found his health failing and the
Tarzan of the Apes
1918-01-27
A female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many yea
Unfinished Business
1941-08-27
Starting with a cruel joke – a couple of callow men make a bet that one of them can seduce the woman
The Half-Naked Truth
1932-12-16
A carnival pitchman (Tracy) finagles his girlfriend, a fiery hoochie dancer (Vélez), into a major Br
The World Apart
1917-06-04
Bob Fulton is the superintendent of a mine in the West. He wins the enmity of dancehall owner Jack K
The Big Street
1942-08-13
Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish nightclub singer who despises and uses
Girls About Town
1931-11-07
A dynamic duo in silk and ermine entertain hick businessmen looking for a good time while in Manhatt
Silver Queen
1942-11-14
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and h
Fighting Caravans
1931-02-01
Clint Belmet (Gary Cooper) is a bit of a firebrand and is sentenced to at least 30 days in jail, but
Gretchen the Greenhorn
1916-09-03
Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who ha
Chicago
1927-12-23
Based on a true story, two-timing boozing wife Roxie Hart kills her lover in cold blood after he lea
Lady in a Jam
1942-06-19
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned
It's a Date
1940-03-22
An aspiring actress is offered the lead in a major new play, but discovers that her mother, a more s
The Ghost Goes West
1935-12-17
Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch,
The Swell Head
1928-07-14
The Swell Head is a 1928 silent comedy short
It Pays to Advertise
1931-02-18
To prove his thesis that any product--even one that doesn't exist--can be merchandized if it is adve
Strangers of the Evening
1932-05-14
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what
He Stayed for Breakfast
1940-08-31
Set in Paris, this romantic comedy revolves around the beautiful estranged wife of a wealthy banker
Friends of Mr. Sweeney
1934-07-28
Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to hi
In the Meantime, Darling
1944-09-22
A young bride who comes from a rich family has a hard time adjusting to life in a boarding house wit
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937-03-12
Three playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.
The Studio Murder Mystery
1929-06-01
Philandering actor Richard Hardell is murdered at a movie studio. His jealous wife Blanche, his dire
Wild Girl
1932-11-09
Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town
Black Sheep
1935-08-01
On an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man victimized b
The Cheaters
1945-07-15
An eccentric wealthy family facing bankruptcy schemes to steal an inheritance, but an alcoholic ex-a
Made on Broadway
1933-05-19
A satire about the power of publicity. Robert Montgomery plays Jeff Bidwell, a dashing Broadway pre
Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11
A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war
Should Men Walk Home?
1927-01-29
Mabel plays an out-and-out crook, a "Girl Bandit," no less. And she quickly hooks up with a male par
From Headquarters
1933-11-16
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of
Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
Small-town soda-jerk Peggy Evans quits her dead-end job and moves to New York where she invents a ne
The Golden Arrow
1936-05-23
A fake heiress marries a common reporter to thwart the advances of gold-digging playboys.
Pointed Heels
1929-12-20
Fay Wray plays a beautiful showgirl who falls for a rich Park Avenue guy played by Phillips Holmes.
Hell Below
1933-06-08
On leave in Italy, Lt. Tommy Knowlton falls in love with Jean Standish, who's not only married, but
Sensations of 1945
1944-06-30
As dancer Ginny Walker performs on stage, a veiled woman in the audience stands up, accuses Ginny of
Off His Base
1932-09-18
It begins with the Mustangs in trouble in their championship series... all the players are banged up
Mr. Skitch
1933-12-22
After losing their Missouri home during the Great Depression, the Skitch family pulls up stakes and
Are Husbands Necessary?
1942-06-15
George and Mary Elizabeth Cugat are about to celebrate their second wedding anniversary and dream of
I've Got Your Number
1934-02-24
Two telephone repairmen have many adventures and romance a pair of blondes.
All the King's Horses
1935-02-22
A Hollywood actor visits a mythical country where he looks like the king and confuses the queen.
Dancers in the Dark
1932-03-11
A bandleader tries to romance a dancer by sending her boyfriend, a musician, out of town. However, t
The Night Mayor
1932-08-18
Opportunistic film seeking to capitalize on a scandal in New York mayor Jimmy Walker's office before
Appointment for Love
1941-10-31
Charming Andre Cassil woos physician Jane Alexander and the two impulsively get married. The honeymo
Shanghai Madness
1933-08-03
In the 1920s Pat Jackson destroys a Chinese post and is discharged from the Navy. Li Po Chang hires
Storm at Daybreak
1933-06-14
Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of
Playboy of Paris
1930-10-18
Yvonne, daughter of Philibert, a Paris cafe owner, is in love with dreamy, blundering Albert, a wait
Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were
The Volga Boatman
1926-05-23
During the Russian Revolution Princess Vera, though betrothed to Prince Dimitri, is attracted to the
Sea Legs
1930-12-01
Searchlight Doyle, lightweight boxing champion of the United States Navy, is shanghaied into the fle
The Bond Between
1917-04-02
Pierre Duval is a night watchman at a museum of art who dotes on his art student son, Jacques. One e
No Man's Land
1918-07-08
Free and easy Garrett Cope loves Katherine Gresham, but his rival, Henry Miller, who is really Heinr
How Hazel Got Even
1915-02-14
Hazel, a cashier in a restaurant, is engaged to Patsy, a bus driver. Patsy earns some extra money by
Follow Thru
1930-09-26
Lora Moore, the club champion, loses a golf match to a woman from another golf club. Then Jerry Down
Baby Face Harrington
1935-04-12
Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by the po
Thunder Below
1932-06-17
Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan f
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
Sandy Is a Lady
1940-05-21
Mary and Joe Phillips' attempts to improve their financial status are alternately aided and endanger
The Male Animal
1942-03-12
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspect
Huckleberry Finn
1931-08-07
A year after their former exploits, Tom Sawyer's puppy love of Becky Thatcher keeps him home while H
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939-03-03
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husb
A Little Bit of Heaven
1940-10-10
A child from the New York tenements sings on a radio quiz show and is eventually hired to a big-buck
Going Straight
1916-06-03
A man and his wife both have criminal pasts, but have quit crime and are now respectable citizens. O
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1920-02-29
The saga of Alias Jimmy Valentine began with the O. Henry story "A Retrieved Reformation". This surp
The Spell of the Poppy
1915-05-09
Manfredi, an habitual user of opium, is a piano player in a Chinese café. A wealthy tourist becomes
The Border Legion
1930-06-28
Cowhand Jim Cleve is wrongly accused of murder and rescued by Jack Kells, leader of a band of Idaho
Desert Valley
1926-09-25
Seeing cattle dying of thirst, a stranger shoots a hole in Hoades water pipeline. Hoades is hoarding
The Kibitzer
1930-01-11
In this comedy, a Yiddish fellow cannot keep from kibitzing into other people's lives. Trouble ensue
Hip Zip Hooray
1933-03-31
Sheriff Bell inadvertently ends up as owner of a lingerie salon.
Dude Ranch
1931-05-16
Chester Carr, owner of a dude ranch in the Rockies, caters to guests seeking the thrill of the Wild
Breakers Ahead
1918-03-25
After young Ruth Bowman's mother dies, the child is raised by Agatha Pixley, and in time, the girl f
Dishonour Bright
1936-09-21
A man is cited as the co-respondent in a divorce case, but is cheerfully unashamed when he appears i
Caravan
1934-12-30
A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, H
One Exciting Adventure
1934-09-01
One Exciting Adventure is a 1934 American comedy film directed by Ernst L. Frank. It is a remake of
Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down The Line
1997-05-12
Born Ruby Stevens, she was orphaned when she was four. A chance audition led to a chorus job. By 17
The Red Mark
1928-08-26
A pickpocket has finally earned his release from the South Seas penal colony ruled with calculated c
Terror Island
1920-04-08
Inventor Harry Harper travels to the South Seas, where there is buried treasure belonging to a girl,
Ride, Kelly, Ride
1941-02-07
A jockey struggles against gamblers with the help of the stable trainer and horse owner's daughter.
The Battle of the Century
1927-12-31
Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange
The Second 100 Years
1927-10-08
Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.
The Forest Rangers
1942-10-21
Ranger Don Stuart fights a forest fire with timber boss friend Tana 'Butch' Mason, and finds evidenc
North of Hudson Bay
1923-11-18
On a steamboat heading North, where his brother has struck gold, Mike Dane falls in love with Estell
Madam Who
1918-01-01
During the Civil War, Jeanne Beaufort becomes a secret service agent for the South....
Clarence
1937-02-12
The title character is a resourceful young man who knows a whole little about a whole lot of things,
World Premiere
1941-08-21
A movie-making publicity man screwball comedy about a movie producer who wants to create publicity f
Let's Go Native
1930-08-15
The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from Bro
Almost Married
1942-05-22
To avoid a costly breach of contract suit, a rich young man marries a nightclub singer.
Tom Brown of Culver
1932-06-30
Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.
Paramount on Parade
1930-04-22
This 1930 film, a collection of songs and sketches showcasing Paramount Studios' contract stars, cre
In Old Sacramento
1946-05-31
Dashing Johnny Barrett has a secret identity: Spanish Jack, the masked bandit. Always one step ahead
The Sea God
1930-09-13
The Sea God is an early sound melodrama about two men vying for Fay Wray and wealth in the South Pac
Lights of New York
1928-07-18
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murd
Breakdowns of 1941
1941-11-14
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1941.
Fair and Warmer
A comedy of wrong assumptions, misunderstandings and martial mix ups because of jumping to conclusio
Sunshine Dad
1916-01-01
The theft of a sacred diamond band from a Hindoo shrine starts the action.
The Children in the House
1916-04-29
A woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.
Gun Smoke
1931-04-10
Following a killing and robbery in a big city back east, gang leader Kedge Darvas and some of his he
Wild Horse Mesa
1925-09-13
Desperate for money, a rancher decides to trap and sell wild horses, using barbed wire. The local Na
Slightly Scarlet
1930-02-22
Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the
The Birth of a Nation
1915-03-08
Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwin
Stupid, but Brave
1924-10-25
Impoverished "bum" gets a close shave from a menacing barber, then gets tangled up with a banana kin
Lake Placid Serenade
1944-12-23
On a peaceful, pre-war winter in Czechoslovakia, the genial godfather, Jaroslav Haschek, of Vera Has
Breakdowns of 1938
1938-12-31
Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1938.
The Santa Fe Trail
1930-09-27
A sheepman tries to hire Indians as herders. Though the Indians are blamed for farmers' losses, the
Men Are Like That
1930-03-22
A loud-mouthed lout alienates everyone except his patient wife.
His Private Life
1928-11-17
Story of a Frenchman who seduces women all over Paris, but he meets his match in a proper American t
Making the Rounds
1934-07-06
Two drunks cheat on their wives.
Assistant Wives
1927-12-04
Slapstick film about two married couples.
She Had to Eat
1937-07-02
An Arizona gas station owner faces comic adventures after traveling with an eccentric millionaire to
Moulders of Men
1927-02-27
In order to raise money for surgery for his crippled brother, Jim Barry accepts a job with Warner, l
Out of the Ruins
1928-08-19
He hid from life in the ruins -he came out of the ruins to death! A man condemned to live in the sha
Fine Feathers
1921-06-20
Bob Reynolds, a construction engineer, is constructing a dam. Finding himself in financial trouble,
The Voice That Thrilled the World
1943-10-16
This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott's e
Easy to Take
1936-11-06
To boost the ratings of a kiddie show, the host agrees to take guardianship of of a bratty boy who h
Without Compromise
1922-10-29
When the ability of Dick Leighton (William Farnum), Sheriff of Randolph, Oregon, to enforce law and
Hell-to-Pay Austin
1916-08-20
After her father's death, little Briar Rose is taken in by the men at a lumber camp. The girl shows
Sailor Beware!
1933-09-15
A pair of sailors are on shore leave - skirt chasing and raising hell. They're targeted and pursued
Always Kickin'
1932-10-09
When Russel Gleason is thought to have made a kick by Jim Thorpe, he is reinstated on the college te
To the Last Man
1923-09-23
Feuding ranchers and sheepherders.
The Wolf Man
1924-02-17
Gerald Stanley (John Gilbert) is an English gentleman who is engaged to Beatrice Joyce (Alma Frances
Wandering Husbands
1924-04-20
Diana Moreland, suspecting that her husband is cheating on her with Marilyn Foster, catches the two
You Never Know Women
1926-09-20
On her way to the theater, Vera, star of a Russian vaudeville troupe, is rescued from a falling gird
The Galloping Fish
1924-03-10
Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new
The Luckiest Girl in the World
1936-10-01
A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being mar
After Twenty Years
1915-01-22
Tom Evans lives happily with his wife and child in their little place in Arizona until he is gripped
The Terror of the Mountains
1915-01-13
Dan Melton is in love with Daisy Dale, who, being of a coquettish disposition, permits herself to be
The Tardy Cannon Ball
1914-10-10
The "Cannon Ball" express train is running late, so the station agent has the opportunity to play se
The Stolen Ore
1914-08-25
Miner Holton lives and works with his daughter Leota near Stormy Creek. Leota loves Dick Raleigh, th
The Sheriff's Prisoner
1914-07-29
Miner John Walsh leaves his wife and baby behind on his barren claim taking their small store of gol
A Pair of Cuffs
1914-06-03
A trusted laundromat employee is sent to the bank to cash the payroll but is robbed by a couple of t
The Thief and the Book
1914-01-24
Young thief “The Bat” to distract an old bookseller, while his partner, “The Fly,” robs the till, pu
The Winning of Sally Temple
1917-02-19
Each to His Kind
1917-02-05
Be a Little Sport
1919-06-29
Gerald Faulkner, a young tin-can salesman, has fallen for sexy chorus girl Carlotta La Mere. One day
Words and Music by -
1919-05-18
Impresario Thomas Sullivan arrives in Ossawatomie, Kansas, to debut a new musical show written by lo
Should Women Drive?
1928-05-26
The momentous question of the day- "Should Women Drive" is hilariously answered by Max Davidson in t
Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023-09-01
Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and
Turned Back
1914-09-04