Roger Pryor
Date of birth: 1901-08-27
Place of birth: New York City, New York, USA
Known for: Acting
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Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Roger Pryor (August 27, 1901 – January 31, 1974) was an American film actor. He also appeared in theatre and radio. Pryor often had leading roles in B movies in the 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1930 and 1945.
Movie Credits
Taxi Talks
1930-06-06
Three incidents in a cab driver's day: a college boy wooing a flapper, a gold digger wooing a southe
The Man with Nine Lives
1940-04-18
Dr. Leon Kravaal develops a potential cure for cancer, which involves freezing the patient. But an e
The Man They Could Not Hang
1939-08-17
Dr. Henryk Savaard is a scientist working on experiments to restore life to the dead. When he is unj
Scared Stiff
1945-06-22
A meek reporter happens upon a murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set.
The Officer and the Lady
1941-10-12
A woman who refuses to become involved with a dedicated police officer unknowingly dates a man who i
Straight from the Heart
1935-03-22
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help
Lady by Choice
1934-10-15
To improve her image, a fan dancer "adopts" an old woman to be her mother.
Submarine Alert
1943-06-28
Nazi spies use a stolen shortwave transmitter prototype to broadcast top secret shipping info to an
Gambling Daughters
1941-08-01
A couple of rich girls at a private boarding school find themselves mixed up in gambling and blackma
Belle of the Nineties
1934-09-21
Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
1940-05-30
A hardworking secretary for a rich woman finds herself engaged to the woman's son and accused of a m
Identity Unknown
1945-04-02
A soldier survives a bombing in which his three fellow soldiers were killed. When he recovers he dis
Missing Girls
1936-09-10
A couple of naïve girls get themselves unwittingly involved in the gambling racket in this Poverty R
Moonlight and Pretzels
1933-08-01
A song plugger is stranded in a small town. There he meets a girl who later helps him to put on a sh
Bullets for O'Hara
1941-07-19
A detective courts a gangster's ex-wife to lure him into a trap.
So's Your Aunt Emma!
1942-04-17
A dizzy old spinster gets involved in the boxing racket and gangland murders.
Sitting on the Moon
1936-09-11
A successful songwriter and a struggling singer become involved professionally and romantically on t
The Headline Woman
1935-05-14
When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father'
The Girl Friend
1935-09-27
An actor and two songwriters become rural con men.
She Couldn't Say No
1940-12-07
Two big city lawyers are handed an important case but then find it requires them to deal with the od
A Fugitive from Justice
1940-06-15
Leslie is being chased by the gangsters, the police and the insurance investigators. He is on the ru
Sued for Libel
1939-10-27
A New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
Ticket to Paradise
1936-06-24
A man on his way to closing a million dollar deal has an accident and gets amnesia.
Bowery Boy
1940-12-28
Dr. Tom O'Hara takes over a public clinic in New York's desperately poor Bowery section. Boy ganglea
The Kid Sister
1945-02-06
A madcap comedy about a kid sister who tries to steal her older sister's boyfriend. Her plan involve
Money and the Woman
1940-08-17
An embezzler's wife begs his boss for forgiveness, only to fall in love with him.
Dinky
1935-05-11
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a priso
I Live on Danger
1942-06-16
A cocky radio reporter sets out to prove an ex-convict is innocent in the murder of a mob boss.
Wake Up and Dream
1934-10-01
The story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
Strange Wives
1934-11-30
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
I'll Tell the World
1934-04-20
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. Mo
To Beat the Band
1935-11-23
An eccentric heir must marry a widow in order to collect the millions left to him in his aunt's will
Power Dive
1941-06-04
The story concentrated on a group of test pilots, busily experimenting with a revolutionary all-plas
High Powered
1945-02-27
Tim takes a job as a lowly chipper because he has been afraid to go high ever since a bad fall in wh
Man from Oklahoma
1945-07-01
The feuding Lanes and Whittakers are brought together with the help of Roy Rogers, when a business t
$1,000 a Minute
1935-10-21
Two rich and wealthy millionaires who have a lot of money bet that reporter Wally Jones can't spend
Gambling on the High Seas
1940-06-22
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justic
Flying Blind
1941-08-29
A spy steals a secret military device, then hijacks an airliner to get away. The airliner crashes in
The Cisco Kid Returns
1945-02-16
After several years' dormancy, the "Cisco Kid" western-film series returned to the screen with Monog
South of Panama
1941-05-02
Secret agent Roger Pryor is dispatched below the border to protect an important scientific formula.
The Richest Man in Town
1941-08-02
The conflicting views of two leading citizens in a small town are reconciled when they come across a
Gift of Gab
1934-09-01
Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.
Thoroughbreds
1944-12-23
Sgt. Rusty Curtis of the U.S. Cavalry is unhappy about the Army's plan to replace horses with tanks
Lady Bodyguard
1943-01-02
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a
Glamour for Sale
1940-09-27
A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.
Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 2
1941-12-05
Hedda Hopper plays hostess at a party for her (grown) son William (DeWolfe Jr.). Hopper, attends the
I Like it That Way
1934-04-01
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
Romance in the Rain
1934-08-13
The publisher of a tabloid-type romance magazine decides to get some publicity by sponsoring a "Cind
Case of the Missing Man
1935-10-20
After an argument with his newspaper's city editor, press-photographer Jimmy Hudson quits his job an
A Man's World
1942-09-17
Somewhere beyond the shores of the United States on a small island, where men ask no questions, wome