Known for Sound
Born
March 16, 1908
Died
May 18, 1960 (age 52)
Birthplace
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Filmography
30 films


Heller in Pink Tights
1960 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Nineteenth century Wyoming: the wild West. Mild-mannered Tom Healy has a two-wagon theater troupe hounded by creditors because Angela, his leading lady and the object of his affection, constantly buys clothes. In Cheyenne, they meet with applause, so they hope to stay awhile: the theater owner likes Angela, and she keeps him on a string. She's also the object of the attentions of Mabry, a gunslinger who's owed money by the richest man in Bonanza.


Don't Give Up the Ship
1959 · 1h 29m
country: United States
The Navy expects a veteran to pay for the ship he commanded, as they have no record of its return.


The Trap
1959 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Lawyer Ralph Anderson arrives in Tula, an amazingly remote town in the desert, as reluctant emissary of mob chief Victor Massonetti, who wants the airstrip clear for his unofficial exit from the country. Ralph's arrival has a profound effect on his estranged father, the sheriff; his brother Tip, an alcoholic deputy; and his ex-sweetheart Linda, now married to Tip. Tension builds as a small army of gangsters takes over the town. Then the situation abruptly changes...


The Party Crashers
1958 · 1h 18m
country: Unknown
Troubled teenagers, ineffectual parents, and a climactic tragedy.


The Matchmaker
1958 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.


Vertigo
1958 · 2h 8m
country: United States
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.


Hot Spell
1958 · 1h 26m
country: United States
Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, tries to hide how much she suffers from her husband's amorous excursions while trying to help her children solve their problems and doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart. Meanwhile, daughter Virginia is dumped by her boyfriend because she cannot help him with his career. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event.


Maracaibo
1958 · 1h 28m
country: United States
A firefighter is sent to Venezuela to battle a blazing oil well but still finds time for romance.


Teacher's Pet
1958 · 2h
country: United States
The rugged editor of a city newspaper poses as a journalism student and flirts with the professor.


The Sad Sack
1957 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.


The Tin Star
1957 · 1h 33m
country: United States
An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.


The Delicate Delinquent
1957 · 1h 41m
country: United States
Sidney Pythias is a bumbling janitor picked up by cop Mike Damon as a teenage gang member worth saving from delinquency. With Damon's help, Sidney works his way through the Police Academy to become a cop too.


Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
1957 · 2h 3m
country: United States
Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.


The Buster Keaton Story
1957 · 1h 31m
country: United States
An inaccurate retelling of the life of silent filmmaker and comedian Buster Keaton.


Funny Face
1957 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A shy Greenwich Village book clerk is discovered by a fashion photographer and whisked off to Paris where she becomes a reluctant model.


The Rainmaker
1956 · 2h 1m
country: United States
Lizzie Curry is on the verge of becoming a hopeless old maid. Her wit and intelligence and skills as a homemaker can't make up for the fact that she's just plain plain! Even the town sheriff, File, for whom she harbors a secrect yen, won't take a chance --- until the town suffers a drought and into the lives of Lizzie and her brothers and father comes one Bill Starbuck ... profession: Rainmaker!


That Certain Feeling
1956 · 1h 43m
country: United States
When Larry Larkin's comic strip needs some freshening up, he calls in ghost-writer Francis X. Dignan to help him with the strip. Things get complicated when Francis rekindles his love for his ex-wife, who happens to be Larkin's secretary and soon-to-be wife.


The Scarlet Hour
1956 · 1h 35m
country: United States
An unhappy wife uses her powers of manipulation to draw an infatuated man into an ill-fated jewelry heist.


The Desperate Hours
1955 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Escaped convicts terrorize a suburban family they're holding hostage.


The Trouble with Harry
1955 · 1h 39m
country: United States
In a quiet Vermont village, a corpse creates unexpected chaos as several townspeople each believe they may be to blame.