Noel Madison
Date of birth: 1897-04-29
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Noel Nathaniel Moscovitch, Noel M. Madison
Biography
Noel Madison (born Noel Nathaniel Moscovitch; April 30, 1897 – January 6, 1975) was an American character actor in the 1930s and 1940s and appeared in 75 films, often as a gangster. Born in New York City, Madison was the son of actor Maurice Moscovitch and his wife Rose. Besides his theatrical work in the United States, he acted on stage in England and Australia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noel Madison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
City in Darkness
1939-11-15
Chan, in Paris for a reunion with friends from World War I, becomes involved in investigating the mu
The Doorway to Hell
1930-10-18
A vicious crime lord decides that he has had enough and much to the shock of his colleagues decides
The Pace That Kills
1935-12-01
A drug dealer on the run from the law meets an innocent young girl and her brother, and turns them i
Manhattan Melodrama
1934-05-04
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and
Footsteps in the Dark
1941-03-08
A high-society gent has a secret life - he writes murder mysteries and hangs out with the police att
Our Relations
1936-09-15
Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Har
Highway West
1941-08-07
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
The Gentleman from Nowhere
1948-09-09
Security guard, wounded in a robbery of furs, arouses the suspicions of an insurance investigator.
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941-03-24
Ventriloquist and world traveler Gordon Cobb is murdered by a gang of jewel thieves. Baffled by the
The Last Mile
1932-08-17
Richard Walters is condemned to death for a murder he claims not to have committed. He arrives on de
Bombs Over Burma
1942-06-05
The film tells the story of Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during Early i
The Black Raven
1943-05-31
One dark and stormy night, an escaped convict, an embezzler, a runaway daughter, her intended and h
Symphony of Six Million
1932-04-29
A young doctor escapes the slums of New York City to make his fortune as a Park Avenue doctor. When
The House of Secrets
1936-10-28
Two men stumble into an old mansion, and get involved with a crazed scientist, torture chambers and
Four Hours to Kill!
1935-04-11
A detective who has "four hours to kill" before delivering his prisoner, an escaped killer, spends t
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
Laughter in Hell
1933-01-12
In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.
Missing Girls
1936-09-10
A couple of naïve girls get themselves unwittingly involved in the gambling racket in this Poverty R
Missing Evidence
1939-12-15
G-Man Bill Collins swings into action when a crooked sweepstakes racket begins insinuating itself up
Destination Unknown
1933-04-01
A group of people are stuck on a schooner in the middle of the Pacific with no wind.
What Price Crime
1935-05-27
Thieves break into a warehouse that stores guns, steal them and kill the night watchman. An undercov
The Star Witness
1931-08-22
A tough District Attorney goes after a murderous crime gang, only to find that his witnesses, an inn
Murder at Glen Athol
1936-02-27
A famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is over
Sailing Along
1938-04-15
A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to
Easy Money
1936-06-13
Dan Adams resigns his position as prosecutor on the district attorney's staff and sets out to clean
Woman Wanted
1935-08-02
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into anoth
Play Girl
1932-03-12
A young innocent falls for a compulsive gambler.
Jitterbugs
1943-06-05
The two-man Laurel and Hardy Zoot Suit Band find themselves fronting a scam for "gasolene pills" in
Crackerjack
1938-10-01
London has become enthralled by the antics of the contemporary Robin Hood, but when a band of bad gu
The Important Witness
1933-07-15
A freelance stenographer is hired for a job, but when she arrives at the address she was given, she
West of Singapore
1933-01-31
Tropical "heat" drives a man into the arms of a disreputable tramp, making things tough for the woma
My Marriage
1936-01-31
When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masque
Climbing High
1938-10-31
Wealthy Nicky finds himself engaged to gold-digger Lady Constance, but he really loves scatty model
A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen
1942-05-07
A man is framed for embezzlement and runs off to San Francisco. His wife hires Ellery Queen to try a
The Girl Who Came Back
1935-09-20
A counterfeiter gives up her life of crime and goes straight. She gets a job in a bank, but the memb
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.
Miss V from Moscow
1942-11-23
Set in the shadows of wartime Paris, this 1940s drama directed by Albert Herman stars Lola Lane, Noe
Man Of The People
1937-01-27
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.
Secret Agent of Japan
1942-04-03
World War II espionage drama, starring Preston Foster and Lynn Bari.
Sinners' Holiday
1930-10-11
Ma Delano runs a penny arcade in Coney Island, living upstairs with her sons and daughter. Story inv
Kate Plus Ten
1938-03-17
Kate is secretary to Lord Flamborough. But she is also leader of a criminal gang. Can Mike Pemberton
Gangway
1937-08-19
Newspaper reporter becomes involved with gang of crooks who take her for a tough American gangster.
'G' Men
1935-05-04
James “Brick” Davis, a struggling attorney, owes his education to a mobster, but always has refused
Champagne Charlie
1936-05-06
The story is told in flashback. Backers want a gambler to marry a rich girl for her dowry.
Journal of a Crime
1934-03-10
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Me and My Gal
1932-12-04
Jaunty young policeman Danny Dolan falls in love with waterfront cafe waitress Helen Riley.
Nation Aflame
1937-10-15
Believing they can make a ton of money, a gang of opportunists uses the country's racial and ethnic
Joe Smith, American
1942-02-01
Joe Smith is an ordinary American family man who works in an aircraft factory. Shortly after being a
A Shot in the Dark
1941-04-05
A reporter and a police detective sort through the clues in a night-club owner's murder.
Shantytown
1943-04-20
Liz lives with her mother and stepfather in a boarding house on the "wrong side of the tracks"
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968-12-14
Compilation of the mismatched but immortal pair's various films and shorts.
The Man Who Made Diamonds
1937-12-06
“Professor Calthrop, actuated only by scientific motives, and his assistant, out for his own gain, h
Know Your Money
1940-01-27
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring an
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
Muss 'em Up
1936-02-13
Famous private detective Tip O'Neil is summoned by telegram to the estate of old friend Paul Harding
Little Caesar
1931-01-25
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?
The Morals of Marcus
1935-02-11
A confirmed bachelor takes pity on a young woman and takes her to London.
3 Kids and a Queen
1935-10-21
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subseq
Anything to Declare?
1938-12-02
John Loder and Elliot Makeham star in Redd Davis’s British topical crime thriller. Professor Grayson
The Great Plane Robbery
1940-12-09
Assigned to keep watch over a recently released gangster, an insurance investigator must keep the cl
Straight from the Shoulder
1936-08-28
A mob witness is hiding in a remote mountain cabin together with his young son.
Humanity
1933-03-03
A doctor in New York City, who has had to raise his son without a mother since his wife died, strugg
I Like it That Way
1934-04-01
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
Radio Patrol
1932-06-02
A policeman in need of money is persuaded to take a $1000 bribe to stay away the night a packing hou
The House of Rothschild
1934-04-07
The story of the rise of the Rothschild financial empire founded by Mayer Rothschild and continued b