'Ducky' Louie

Born: 22 July 1931, Berkeley, California, USA

Back to Bataan (1945) as Maximo Cuenca

Vladimir Sokoloff

Born: 26 December 1889, Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia]

Died: 15 February 1962, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Back to Bataan (1945) as Señor Buenaventura J. Bello

Fely Franquelli

Born: 11 November 1916, Manila, Philippines

Died: 8 January 2002, Arlington, Virginia, USA

Back to Bataan (1945) as Dalisay Delgado

Alex Havier

Born: 10 January 1911, Manila, Philippines

Died: 18 December 1945, Los Angeles, California, USA

Back to Bataan (1945) as Sgt. Bernessa (Credited as J. Alex Havier)

With John Wayne.

Anthony Quinn

Born: 21 April 1915, Chihuahua, Mexico

Died: 3 June 2001, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Back to Bataan (1945) as Capt. Andrés Bonifácio

Kenneth Craig

Born: 7 December 1914

Died: 12 July 1994, San Joaquin, California, USA

 

May have only appeared in one film, 'Reefer Madness' in 1936.

 

Tell Your Children (Reefer Madness) (1936) as Bill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorothy Short

Born: 29 June 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 4 June 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Dorothy Short had a seven year contract with MGM from 1933. In 1936 Short married actor Dave O'Brien and appeared in several film with him including a series of 'Pete Smith Shorts' in which O'Brien was starring. They divorced in 1954.

Tell Your Children (aka Reefer Madness) (1936) as Mary Lane

Joseph Garry

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

The Line-Up (1929) as Inspector

Charles Slattery

Born: 4 January 1885, New York, USA

Died: 17 April 1943, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

The Line-Up (1929) as Detective Parks / Johnson

Jack Irvin

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

 

The Line-Up (1929) as Bum Chiggers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Golf Specialist (1930) as Deep Sea McGuirk (uncredited)

Jack Irvin is on the right, with Johnny Kane.

Helen Westley

Born: 28 March 1875, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 12 December 1942, Middlebush, New Jersey, USA

Anne of Green Gables (1934) as Marilla Cuthbert

Robert Milasch

Born: 18 April 1885, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 14 November 1954, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Soup to Nuts (1930) as Revolutionary (uncredited)

Robert Milasch stands tall over the other revolutionaries in this picture. Bobby Barber is on the left. Jimmy Aubrey is on the right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lois Moran

Born: 1 March 1909, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Died: 13 July 1990, Sedona, Arizona, USA

 

Stella Dallas (1925) as Laurel Dallas

 

Lois Moran is seated, with Belle Bennett.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just Suppose (1926) as Linda Lee Stafford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Belle of Samoa (1929) as The Belle of Samoa

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Words and Music (1929) as Mary Brown

 

A blonde Lois Moran with John Wayne, 2nd left, in his first credited role. This is a studio still of a film that is probably lost.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Soup to Nuts (1930) as Beauty (uncredited)

Lois Moran, I believe, is on the far left. It looks like her and she was a contract player at Fox when this was made.

West of Broadway (1931) as Dot Stevens

With John Gilbert.

Rube Goldberg

Born: 4 July 1883, San Francisco, California, USA

Died: 7 December 1970, New York City, New York, USA

 

Rube Goldberg was a writer and a cartoonist who appeared on screen only once. He appeared as himself in a film for which he wrote the screenplay, Soup to Nuts (1930) starring Ted Healy with His Stooges.

Soup to Nuts (1930) as Himself (uncredited)

Helen Forrest

Born: 12 April 1917, Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA

Died: 11 July 1999, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Helen Forrest was singer who appeared in a few films in the 1940s and some television shows from the 1950s through to the 1970s.

The Ed Wynn Show: Helen Forrest, The Three Stooges (1950) (Season 1, Episode 25) as Herself

With Ed Wynn.

William H. Tooker

Born: 2 September 1869, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 10 October 1936, Hollywood, California, USA

Soup to Nuts (1930) as Ferguson - Carlson's Lawyer (uncredited)

William H. Tooker is on the left in the hat. Ted Healy is on the right.

Fred Sanborn

Born: 23 November 1899, Haverhill, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 9 March 1961, Cupertino, California, USA

 

Fred Sanborn was a musician and comic performer who at one time was a member of Ted Healy's Stooges with Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Shemp Howard.

Soup to Nuts (1930) as Mute Fireman

Fred Sanborn is on the left, with Ted Healy. Although credited as the 'Mute Fireman', he is often seen whispering to Ted Healy.

Ginny Simms

Born: 25 May 1913, San Antonio, Texas, USA

Died: 4 April 1994, Palm Springs, California, USA

 

Ginny Simms was a singer who sang with the big bands of the 1930s and 1940s, including Kay Kyser's Orchestra. Ginny appeared in a handful of films, often singing, from the late 1930s until the early 1950s.

Hedda Hopper's Hollywood No. 1 (1941) as Herself

Singing with Kay Kyser's Orchestra.

Amelia Batchelor

Born: 2 February 1908, Springfield, Ohio, USA

Died: 15 April 2002, Santa Monica, California, USA

 

Amelia Batchelor was a model and a dancer who appeared in a few films in the 1930s. She is best remembered as being the second model used for Columbia Pictures' Lady Liberty. Amelia also took jobs as a stand-in for stars like Nancy Carroll.

Bachelor Bait (1934) as Van's Secretary (uncredited)

Hazel Forbes

Born: 26 November 1910, Gettysburg, South Dakota, USA

Died: 19 November 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA

Bachelor Bait (1934) as Margery the Receptionist (uncredited)

Hazel Forbes is seeated on the left. The other actors are Rochelle Hudson and 'Skeets' Gallagher.

Lee Moran

Born: 23 June 1888, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 24 April 1961, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Lee Moran was an actor and writer who appeared in over 480 films, many of them from the silent era.

Pardon My Gun (1930) as Jeff Potter

Lee Moran is on the right, with Tom Keene.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bernard Cribbins

Born: 29 December 1928, Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK

The Railway Children (1970) as Albert Perks (Credited as Mr. Bernard Cribbins)

With Jenny Agutter.

Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher

Born: 28 July 1891, Terre Haute, Indiana, USA

Died: 22 May 1955, Santa Monica, California, USA

Bachelor Bait (1934) as Bramwell Van Dusen (Credited as 'Skeets' Gallagher)

Stuart Erwin is on the left.

Don Gallaher

Born: 2 July 1917, Washington, USA

Died: 22 February 1987, Los Angeles, California, USA

Swing Fever (1943) as Dancer in Soldier Uniform, One Girl and Two Boys Number (uncredited)

Don Gallaher is on the right, with Lennie Smith on the left. Jean Veloz, who was then Jeanne Phelps, has her back to us.

Jive Junction (1943) as Dancer (uncredited)

Don Gallaher is briefly in the centre of the screen.

Lennie Smith

Born: unknown

Died: 1967

Swing Fever (1943) as Dancer in Sailor's Uniform, One Girl and Two Boys Number (uncredited)

Lennie Smith is on the left, with Don Gallaher on the right. Jean Veloz, who was then Jeanne Phelps, has her back to us.

Jive Junction (1943) as Dancer (uncredited)

Lennie Smith is on the far right of the picture dancing with the blonde Kay Smith. Don Gallaher is on the far left.

I believe this is Lennie Smith on the left sweeping the floor before the dance.

The Joint's Jumping at Juke Box Joe's (1944) as Dancer (uncredited)

A blurry shot of Lennie, in the centre of the screen, in his sailor's uniform dancing with Jeanne Phelps (Jean Veloz) again while Carol Adams sings in this musical short.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jean Veloz

Born: 1 March 1924, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Born as Jeanne Phelps. Phelps was a dancer who appeared in more than 20 films in the 1940s. Jeanne won a swing dance competition in Hollywood in 1943 and the prize was membership of the Screen Actors' Guild and a part in Swing Fever. In 1963 she married the famed ballroom dancer Frank Veloz.

Swing Fever (1943) as Girl Dancer, One Girl and Two Boys Number (uncredited)

Dancing with Lennie Smith, on the right as the sailor, and Don Gallaher as the soldier. Bandleader Kay Kyser and singer Marilyn Maxwell are standing on the stage.

Jive Junction (1943) as Dancer (uncredited)

A blonde Jeanne Phelps (Jean Veloz) with a dancer I haven't yet identified.

The Joint's Jumping at Juke Box Joe's (1944) as Dancer (uncredited)

Difficult to see in this blurry shot, but Jeanne Phelps (Jean Veloz) is in the centre of the screen, dancing once again with Lennie Smith who is in his sailor's uniform.

Marilyn Maxwell

Born: 3 August 1920, Clarinda, Iowa, USA

Died: 20 March 1972, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Marilyn Maxwell was a radio singer who signed to MGM to appear in films with the likes of Kay Kyser, Van Johnson and Judy Garland. Often given scenes in which could sing, she was most notable for introducing the film-watching public to the Christmas standard 'Silver Bells' in the 1951 Bob Hope feature 'The Lemon Drop Kid'.

Swing Fever (1943) as Ginger Gray

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rochelle Hudson

Born: 6 March 1916, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Died: 17 January 1972, Palm Desert, California, USA

Bachelor Bait (1934) as Cynthia Douglas

Dick Winslow

Born: 25 March 1915, Jennings, Louisiana, USA

Died: 7 February 1991, North Hollywood, California, USA

Bachelor Bait (1934) as Lionel Pierpont Wells Jr. - Marriage License Applicant (uncredited)

With Anne Shirley.

William Augustin

Born: 3 June 1891, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died: July 1934, Eaton, Ohio, USA

 

An actor of stage and screen who only appeared in a handful of films before his untimely death as a result of an automobile accident in 1934 at the age of 43.

 

Bachelor Bait (1934) as Man wanting match (uncredited) 

Albin Robeling

Born: 25 June 1901, Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died: 10 April 1953, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Killer Dill (1947) as Waiter (uncredited)

Ben Welden is seated.

John Dunsmuir

Born: 17 February 1876, Argyll, Scotland, UK

Died: 1953, Chatham, Kent, England, UK

The Golf Specialist (1930) as House Detective (uncredited)

John Dunsmuir is on the right, with Johnny Kane.

William Black

Born: 1871, Irvington, New York, USA

Died: unknown

 

William Black first appeared on a Broadway stage in 1899. His first film appearance was in 1916 in 'Vanity'. 

The Line-Up (1929) as Edward Farron

William Black is on the left. The other actor playing a character called 'Benny' is unidentified.

The Golf Specialist (1930) as Guest in Lobby with Letter (uncredited)

William Black is on the right. W.C. Fields is wearing the hat. The lady with back to us is Shirley Grey and the little girl is Naomi Casey. Johnny Kane is behind the counter.