Gail Patrick
Date of birth: 1911-06-20
Place of birth: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Gail Patrick Jackson, Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick
Biography
​Gail Patrick (born Margaret LaVelle Fitzpatrick, June 20, 1911 - July 6, 1980) was an American film actress. She appeared in 62 movies between 1932 and 1948. Some of these roles are in My Favorite Wife, Dangerous to Know, and in My Man Godfrey. Patrick retired from acting in films in 1948 and later became a producer of Perry Mason.
Movie Credits
The Movie Orgy
1968-01-01
Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels, bloop
Love Crazy
1941-05-23
Circumstance, an old flame and a mother-in-law drive a happily married couple to the verge of divorc
Tales of Manhattan
1942-08-05
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by it
My Man Godfrey
1936-09-02
Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one is
My Favorite Wife
1940-05-17
Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her hu
Quiet Please, Murder
1943-03-19
A forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to rich
The Madonna's Secret
1946-02-16
This drama is an updated version of Ulmer's 1944 film Bluebeard. It is set in New York and follows t
Death Takes a Holiday
1934-03-30
After years of questioning why people fear him, Death takes on human form so he can mingle among the
Brewster's Millions
1945-04-07
Monty Brewster is a pennyless, former U.S. Army soldier back from World War II Europe who learns tha
Stage Door
1937-10-08
A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where a
Mad About Music
1938-02-27
A young woman at a girl's school in Switzerland makes up stories about and writes herself letters fr
Murders in the Zoo
1933-03-31
Dr. Gorman is a millionaire adventurer, traveling the world in search of dangerous game. His bored,
Murder at the Vanities
1934-05-18
Shortly before the curtain goes up the first time at the latest performance of Earl Carroll's Vaniti
King of Alcatraz
1938-09-30
A convict who has just escaped from Alcatraz Prison takes over a passenger ship. Two of the ship's c
Wagon Wheels
1934-09-15
A wagon train heads west from Independence, Mo., along the Oregon Trail, led by proud cowboy Clint B
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935-09-09
Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not
No More Ladies
1935-06-14
A society girl tries to reform her playboy husband by making him jealous.
Mississippi
1935-03-22
A young pacifist after refusing on principle to defend her sweetheart's honor and being banished in
Wives Under Suspicion
1938-06-03
A merciless district attorney prosecutes a case that mirrors his own life.
Calendar Girl
1947-01-31
Around the turn of the century, two young men, Johnnie Bennett, a composer and Steve Adams, an artis
The Crime of Helen Stanley
1934-04-20
An actress is murdered in the midst of shooting a dance sequence for her latest picture, with Inspec
Artists & Models
1937-08-04
An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
Up in Mabel's Room
1944-09-12
Newly-married Gary Ainsworth once gave his former sweetheart Mabel a sexy negligee with his initials
The Inside Story
1948-03-14
A collection agent arrives in a small town with $1000 for a local farmer. Whilst waiting for the far
Man of Conquest
1939-05-15
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republ
Women in Bondage
1943-12-16
Women in Bondage is a 1943 World War II film about conditions for women under Hitler's regime. The p
Two in the Dark
1936-01-10
When Mr. X (Walter Able) wakes up in the city park with amnesia, bloody and apparently connected to
Murder with Pictures
1936-09-24
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the sto
The Big Broadcast of 1936
1935-09-20
Two-bit radio station owner Spud Miller doubles as the station's sole announcer. On the verge of ban
Doubting Thomas
1935-07-10
A husband makes fun of his wife's theatrical aspirations when she agrees to appear in a local produc
We Were Dancing
1942-04-30
A penniless former princess weds an equally cash-strapped baron, so they support themselves by becom
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
The Preview Murder Mystery
1936-02-28
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. A
Two-Fisted
1935-10-03
A fast-talking boxing manager and the somewhat hapless fighter he manages happen to run into a young
Early to Bed
1936-06-05
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before
The Plainsman and the Lady
1946-11-11
Film about the early days of the Pony Express and the crooked businessman who opposed it.
Claudia and David
1946-02-25
The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles
Her Husband Lies
1937-03-13
J. Ward Thomas of Park Avenue leads a double life as an investment broker and as notorious gambler S
John Meade's Woman
1937-02-26
"Teddy" Connor, a woman recently orphaned, leaves her uncle's Midwestern farm for Chicago, where she
Disbarred
1939-01-06
The Bar Association disbars attorney Tyler Cradon when it appears he was implicated in the murder of
Reno
1939-12-01
A divorce lawyer prospers as a gambling tycoon.
Twice Blessed
1945-05-31
Stephanie and Terry are identical twins who have been raised separately since their parents divorced
To the Last Man
1933-09-15
In Kentucky just after the Civil War, the Hayden-Colby feud leads to Jed Colby being sent to prison
Dangerous to Know
1938-03-11
Racketeer Steve Recka, art patron and political power-maker, rules his town and Madame Lan Ying, his
The Lone Wolf Returns
1935-12-31
Once a jewel thief always a jewel thief? Yes and no. Yes if you consider the fact that Michael Lanya
White Hunter
1936-11-25
Safari guide Capt. Clark Rutledge is hired by the man Michael Varek who was responsible for his fat
The Doctor Takes a Wife
1940-04-25
A best-selling author of women's issues and a medical academic find it is to their mutual advantage
Kathleen
1941-12-18
Kathleen is a twelve-year-old who lives in a big house with a nanny, a butler, maids, no mother and
Take the Stand
1934-08-07
A radio columnist is threatened by gangsters and later murdered during a broadcast. A detective sets
Grand Jury Secrets
1939-06-23
A newspaper reporter gets involved with shady stock promoters when he listens in on a jury room sess
Hit Parade of 1943
1943-03-26
When amateur songwriter Jill Wright moves from the Midwest to New York City, she is dismayed to disc
Rendezvous with Annie
1946-07-22
A homesick American soldier stationed in England during World War II makes an unauthorized trip to
Smart Girl
1935-07-16
Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her wealt
Rumba
1935-02-08
A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.
Gambling Ship
1933-06-23
Tired of the dangerous life as gambling boss, Ace Corbin 'retires' from the racket and travels cross
Pick-up
1933-03-24
The scheme of a pair of married con artists goes awry when their victim dies, and they are both caug
King of the Wild Horses
1947-03-28
The deep unbreakable bond between a wild stallion and the boy he rescues is chronicled in this child
One Hour Late
1934-12-14
A secretary catches the eye of her amorous boss while her regular boyfriend keeps trying to propose
A Dream Comes True
1935-12-31
A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935).
The Phantom Broadcast
1933-03-14
A handsome radio singer has it all--fame, money, adoring fans--but what no one knows is that his acc
Cradle Song
1933-11-19
In a deeply cloistered convent, nun Dorothea Wieck raises a foundling to be Evelyn Venable. But at 1
If I Had a Million
1932-11-18
An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight st
Screen Actors
1950-05-13
This short film takes a look at the off-screen personas of screen actors. Preserved by the Academy
The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
The Mysterious Rider
1933-01-30
The ranchers have given money through Benton to the crooked lawyer Harkness to save the titles to th