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Actor
93 credits
American Anarchist(2016)
Self - Author, The Anarchist Cookbook
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Mister Roberts(1955)
Doc
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The Girl Who Had Everything(1953)
Steve Latimer
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How to Marry a Millionaire(1953)
J.D. Hanley
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The Treasure of Lost Canyon(1952)
Homer 'Doc' Brown
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Take One False Step(1949)
Andrew Gentling
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Dancing in the Dark(1949)
Emery Slade
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Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid(1948)
Mr. Arthur Peabody
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Song of the Thin Man(1947)
Nick Charles
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The Senator Was Indiscreet(1947)
Senator Melvin G. Ashton
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Life with Father(1947)
Clarence Day - Father
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The Hoodlum Saint(1946)
Terence Ellerton 'Terry' O'Neill
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Ziegfeld Follies(1945)
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (segment: Prologue)
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The Thin Man Goes Home(1944)
Nick Charles
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The Heavenly Body(1944)
William S. Whitley
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Crossroads(1942)
David Talbot
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Love Crazy(1941)
Steve Ireland
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Shadow of the Thin Man(1941)
Nick
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I Love You Again(1940)
Larry Wilson aka George Carey
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Another Thin Man(1939)
Nick
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The Baroness and the Butler(1938)
Johann Porok
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Double Wedding(1937)
Charles Lodge
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The Emperor's Candlesticks(1937)
Baron Stephan Wolensky
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney(1937)
Charles
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After the Thin Man(1936)
Nick Charles
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The Great Ziegfeld(1936)
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
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The Ex-Mrs. Bradford(1936)
Dr. Lawrence Bradford
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My Man Godfrey(1936)
Godfrey
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Libeled Lady(1936)
Bill Chandler
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Escapade(1935)
Fritz
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Producer
2 credits
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