Friday, 31 October 2025

Lionel Stander

Born: 11 January 1908, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 30 November 1994, Los Angeles, California, USA

Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) as Barman
















Friday, 17 October 2025

Clem Beauchamp

Born: 26 August 1898, Bloomfield, Iowa, USA
Died: 14 November 1992, Santa Rosa, California, USA

Look Out Below (1929) as Jerry, the drunk (Credited as Jerry Drew)


















Raymond McKee

Born: 7 December 1892, Keokuk, Iowa, USA
Died: 3 October 1984, Long Beach, California, USA

Look Out Below (1929) as Elmer Pennypacker


















Otto Lederer

Born: 17 April 1886, Prague, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Died: 3 September 1965, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

Otto Lederer was an actor on screen from the silent days through to the early 1930s. He then became a makeup artist.

The Jazz Singer (1927) as Moisha Yudelson
















Ernest Belcher

Born: 8 June 1882, London, England, UK
Died: 24 February 1973, Hollywood, California, USA

Ernest Belcher was a dancer and choreographer who appeared in front of camera at least on three occasions.

The Jazz Singer (1927) as Choreographer - 'April Follies' (uncredited)





























May McAvoy

Born: 8 September 1899, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 36 April 1984, Los Angeles, California, USA

The Jazz Singer (1927) as Mary Dale

















Warner Oland

Born: 3 October 1879, Nyby, Västerbottens län, Sweden
Died: 6 August 1938, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden 

The Jazz Singer (1927) as The Cantor

















Eugenie Besserer

Born: 25 December 1868, Watertown, New York, USA
Died: 28 May 1934, Los Angeles, California, USA 

The Jazz Singer (1927) as Sara Rabinowitz

















Thursday, 16 October 2025

Signe Hasso

Born: 15 August 1915, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 7 June 2002, Los Angeles, California, USA 

Heaven Can Wait (1943) as Mademoiselle


















Eugen Burg

Born: 6 January 1871, Berlin, Germany
Died: 15 November 1944, Theresienstadt Concentration Camp, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia [now Terezín, Czech Republic]

The Adjutant of the Czar (1929) as Baron Korff

Eugen Burg is on the left, with Ivan Mozzhukhin.































Daniel Dolski

Born: 13 April 1891, Vilna, Russian Empire [now Vilnius, Lithuania]
Died: 3 December 1931, Kaunas, Lithuania

The Adjutant of the Czar (1929) as Prince's Manservant

















Ivan Mozzhukhin

Born: 26 September 1889, Penza, Russian Empire [now Russia]
Died: 18 January 1939, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

The Adjutant of the Czar (1929) as Prince Boris Kurbsky

















Carmen Boni

Born: 8 April 1901, Rome, Lazio, Italy
Died: 19 November 1963, Paris, France

The Adjutant of the Czar (1929) as Helena di Armore


































Fritz Alberti

Born: 22 October 1877, Hanau, Hesse, Germany
Died: 15 September 1954, Berlin, Germany

The Adjutant of the Czar (1929) as General Trunoff


















George Seroff

Born: unknown
Died: September 1929

The Adjutant of the Czar (1929) as General Koloboff (Credited as Georg Serow)

















Wednesday, 15 October 2025

Laird Cregar

Born: 28 July 1914, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 9 December 1944, Los Angeles, California, USA

Heaven Can Wait (1943) as His Excellency


















Friday, 10 October 2025

Beverly Andre

Born: 29 November 1923, Riverside, California, USA
Died: 6 December 1948, Los Angeles, California, USA

Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) as Millie (uncredited)

This identification seems to be where everything is pointing to except one publicity picture I saw on Ebay that says that Beverly Andre was a little blonde girl, rather like a young Veronica Lake, whom she is standing next to. Your input would be greatly appreciated. I'll leave this up for now.














I Married a Witch (1942) as Girl at Country Club (uncredited)


















Thursday, 9 October 2025

Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958-1961)



Season 1



Episode 16 - Eight Cent Reward (1958)



Episode 19 - Six-Up to Bannach (1959)



Season 2

Episode 10 - Reckless (1959)

[Steve McQueen, Everett Sloane, Les Johnson, Jean Allison, Mark Allen, Joseph Ruskin, Ron Hayes, Francis McDonald, Perry Cook, Al Haskell, Wilbur Mack, 'Snub' Pollard, Cap Somers, Jack Tornek]


Season 3

Episode 1 -  (1960)

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Wednesday, 8 October 2025

Mayo Methot

Born: 3 March 1904, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Died: 9 June 1951, Portland, Oregon, USA

Report from the Front (1944) as Herself (uncredited)

With her husband Humphrey Bogart.















Lee Shumway

Born: 4 March 1884, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
Died: 4 January 1959, Los Angeles, California, USA

Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) as Watchman (uncredited)

I don't think that is Lee.


















The Outlaw (1943) as Card Dealer (uncredited)

Lee is between Jack Buetel and Walter Huston.
















Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Grace Hayle

Born: 24 July 1888, Newark, New Jersey, USA
Died: 20 March 1963, Los Angeles, California, USA

Henry Aldrich, Editor (1942) as Customer (uncredited)

















Saturday, 4 October 2025

Jay Norris

Born: 3 August 1917, Albany, Georgia, USA
Died: 15 April 1999

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as James



















Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) as Morgue Attendant (uncredited)

Jay Norris is on the far left. Ralph Byrd is second from the right.














Huntz Hall

Born: 15 August 1920, New York City, New York, USA
Died: 30 January 1999, North Hollywood, California, USA

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Pvt. Carraway

Jay Norris is lying down.

















Don Summers

Born: 13 July 1920, Idaho, USA
Died: 3 July 1998, Maryland, USA

Don Summers was a child actor who later fought in WWII. After  the war he became a stunt man and actor in westerns and action films.

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Dugan (uncredited)

Don Summers is the actor lying in the foreground after his character is killed. I know there is a better shot of him in this film somewhere.












George Turner

Born: 10 January 1916, Sallisaw, Oklahoma, USA
Died: 25 February 1996, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

A Walk in the Sun (1945) as Reconnaissance Motorcycle Rider (uncredited)

















Friday, 3 October 2025

George Dee

Born: 11 April 1901, France
Died: 24 August 1974, San Mateo, California, USA 

Casablanca (1942) as Lt. Casselle (uncredited)

George Dee is in the dark uniform. On the right is Charles La Torre.
















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