Known for Art
Born
October 28, 1906
Died
May 10, 1997 (age 90)
Birthplace
Anderson, Indiana, USA
Filmography
84 films, 2 shows


1941
1979 · 1h 58m
country: United States
In the days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, panic grips California, where a military officer leads a mob chasing a Japanese sub.


Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 · 1h 58m
country: United States
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned? And if so, can the combined faith and knowledge of a Vatican investigator and a research specialist free her from its grasp?


Mikey and Nicky
1976 · 1h 46m
country: United States
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend since childhood and a fellow gangster. So begins a long night…


Mandingo
1975 · 2h 7m
country: United States
Warren Maxwell, the owner of a run-down plantation, pressures his son, Hammond, to marry and produce an heir to inherit the plantation. Hammond settles on his own cousin, Blanche, but purchases a sex slave when he returns from the honeymoon. He also buys his father a new Mandingo slave named Mede to breed and train as a prize-fighter.


Reflections of Murder
1974 · 1h 37m
country: United States
The wife and mistress of the abusive headmaster of a boy's school plot and carry out his murder. They dump his body in the murky swimming pool at the school and await for it to surface. After several days, some unusual circumstances point to clues that he is not dead after all.


Shanks
1974 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Malcolm Shanks is a sad and lonely man, deaf, mute and living with his cruel sister and her husband, who delight in making him miserable. His only pleasure, it seems, is in making and controlling puppets. Thanks to his skill, he is offered a job as a lab assistant to Dr. Walker, who is working on ways to re-animate dead bodies by inserting electrodes at key nerve points and manipulating the bodies as if they were on strings. When the professor suddenly dies one night, Shanks gets the idea to apply their experimental results to a human body, and then to start exacting some revenge.


Westworld
1973 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.


Paper Moon
1973 · 1h 42m
country: United States
During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership.


What's Up, Doc?
1972 · 1h 34m
country: United States
The accidental mix-up of four identical plaid overnight bags leads to a series of increasingly wild and wacky situations.


Diamonds Are Forever
1971 · 2h
country: United Kingdom
Diamonds are stolen only to be sold again in the international market. James Bond infiltrates a smuggling mission to find out who's guilty. The mission takes him to Las Vegas where Bond meets his archenemy Blofeld.


Once Upon a Dead Man
1971 · 1h 35m
country: United States
The wife of a San Francisco police commissioner drags him into a charity auction theft, which leads to a murder.


The Beguiled
1971 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the situation for his own gratification, but when he refuses to completely comply with the girls' wishes, they make it very difficult for him to leave.


Topaz
1969 · 2h 7m
country: United States
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his own family will play a decisive role.


The Lost Man
1969 · 2h 2m
country: United States
A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."


Coogan's Bluff
1968 · 1h 34m
country: United States
Coogan, an Arizona deputy sheriff goes to New York to pick up a prisoner. While escorting the prisoner to the airport, he escapes and Coogan heads into the city to recapture him.


Madigan
1968 · 1h 41m
country: United States
NYPD detectives Bonaro and Madigan lose their guns to fugitive Barney Benesch. As compensation, they are given a weekend to bring Benesch to justice. While they follow various leads, Police Commissioner Russell goes about his duties, including attending functions, meeting with aggrieved relatives, and counseling the spouses of fallen officers.


The King's Pirate
1967 · 1h 40m
country: United States
Handsome British officer, Lt. Brian Fleming is sent undercover to infiltrate a lively band of pirates.


Gambit
1966 · 1h 49m
country: United States
Harry Dean is a career burglar set on stealing a piece of priceless art from the world's wealthiest man, Mr. Shahbandar. With the help of exotic showgirl Nicole Chang, he concocts the perfect scheme for how the robbery should go and lays it out point by point. However, when the team tries to execute the plan, perfection and reality don't quite match up, and Harry's vision begins to unravel in this twisty tale of a heist gone wrong.


Seconds
1966 · 1h 47m
country: United States
An unhappy middle-aged banker agrees to a procedure that will fake his death and give him a completely new look and identity; one that comes with its own price.


Assault on a Queen
1966 · 1h 46m
country: United States
A group of adventurers refloat a WWII German submarine and prepare to use it to pull a very large heist; The Queen Mary which they plan to rob on the high seas.


Moment to Moment
1966 · 1h 48m
country: United States
When an erring wife's supposedly dead lover turns up an amnesiac, it's her unsuspecting shrink husband who's enlisted to get those memories back.


Mirage
1965 · 1h 49m
country: United States
After a blackout in his office building, accountant David Stillwell emerges outside to find out a man he did not know either jumped or was pushed out a window to his death — and that he can't remember the past two years of his life. Enlisting the help of a rookie private eye and a reluctant old flame, Stillwell uncovers the mystery detail by unexpected detail.


A Very Special Favor
1965 · 1h 45m
country: United States
The long-lost father of a frigid, uptight Freudian psychologist contracts a wealthy American playboy who owes him a favor to woo his daughter.


The Art of Love
1965 · 1h 39m
country: United States
Struggling artist fakes his own death so his works will increase in value.


Strange Bedfellows
1965 · 1h 38m
country: United States
After a hasty wedding, Carter and Toni find that they disagree on everything. They separate and seven years later, on the eve before their divorce, meet again and spend the night together. Reality sets in when morning comes and they begin arguing again. Once again, divorce proceedings are on — until Carter finds out that an important promotion hinges on whether he's married.


Youngblood Hawke
1964 · 2h 17m
country: United States
An unknown Kentucky writer comes to New York and pursues fame and women.


Kitten with a Whip
1964 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Straitlaced senatorial hopeful David Stratton has no idea what he's in for when he arrives home from a trip to find sexy teen Jody curled up asleep in his daughter's bed. Soon, delinquent Jody is holding David -- and his plush suburban home -- hostage while she hides out from the cops and throws wild parties with her beatnik pals. David, terrified of scandal, agrees to drive Jody and her friends to Mexico, a decision he regrets when the ride gets out of control.


Send Me No Flowers
1964 · 1h 40m
country: United States
When a hypochondriac assumes that he is dying, he makes an elaborate plan to ensure his wife's happiness. However, trouble ensues when she misunderstands his intentions.


Kisses for My President
1964 · 1h 53m
country: United States
A hapless husband takes a back seat to his wife, the first female president of the United States.


PT 109
1963 · 2h 20m
country: United States
Dramatization of President John F. Kennedy's war time experiences during which he captained a PT boat, took it to battle and had it sunk by a Japanese destroyer. He and the survivors had to make their way to an island, find food and shelter and signal the Navy for rescue.


Rome Adventure
1962 · 1h 59m
country: United States
Prudence resigns from her teaching position after being criticized for giving a student her copy of a romance novel. She sails for Italy, takes a job at a small bookstore in Rome, and meets Don, who has just broken up with his girlfriend. Prudence and Don tour Italy together, and romance naturally follows.


House of Women
1962 · 1h 25m
country: United States
An innocent, pregnant prison inmate (Shirley Knight) becomes the bad warden's (Andrew Duggan) personal favorite.


Come September
1961 · 1h 52m
country: United States
Robert Talbot, an American millionaire, arrives early for his annual vacation at his luxurious Italian villa. His long-time girlfriend Lisa has given up waiting for him and has decided to marry another man. Meanwhile, his sneaky business associate Maurice secretly misappropriates the villa as a hotel while Talbot is away. The current guests of the "hotel" are a group of young American girls.


The Young Philadelphians
1959 · 2h 16m
country: United States
Up and coming young lawyer Anthony Lawrence faces several ethical and emotional dilemmas as he climbs the Philadelphia social ladder. His personal and professional skills are tested as he tries to balance the needs of his fiance Joan, the expectations of his colleagues and his own obligation to defend his friend Chester on a murder count.


Damn Yankees
1958 · 1h 51m
country: United States
Film adaptation of the George Abbott Broadway musical about a Washington Senators fan who makes a pact with the Devil to help his baseball team win the league pennant.


The Saga of Hemp Brown
1958 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Ex-army sergeant Jed Givens and his gang rob an army payroll shipment led by Lt. Hemp Brown. Givens kills a civilian woman and all the soldiers, leaving Brown alive to face a military tribunal in which he is branded a coward, stripped of all insignia and drummed out of the army. Brown sets out to track down Givens in an effort to clear his name.


Voice in the Mirror
1958 · 1h 43m
country: United States
Jim Burton, chronic alcoholic, is cared for by Ellen, his incredibly patient, sexy, hard-working wife. A doctor's warning that Jim could become mentally ill strikes enough fear into him that he really wants to cure himself...but can't. One night, he meets William Tobin, a fellow drunk, and finds that he helps himself by trying to help Tobin. Thus is born, amid setbacks, a group resembling Alcoholics Anonymous.


Wild Heritage
1958 · 1h 18m
country: United States
Travails of a family heading West in a covered wagon.


Live Fast, Die Young
1958 · 1h 23m
country: United States
A teenager finds her wayward sister running with thieves in San Francisco.


Touch of Evil
1958 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A border-town bombing draws Mexican investigator Miguel Vargas into a corruption-ridden police investigation led by crooked captain Hank Quinlan, setting off a deadly struggle over power, justice, and truth.


Man in the Shadow
1957 · 1h 20m
country: United States
In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but their quest for justice puts them both in danger.


The Tattered Dress
1957 · 1h 33m
country: United States
After a wild night, wealthy Michael Reston's adulterous wife Charleen comes home with her dress in rags; murder results. Top New York defense lawyer J.G. Blane, whose own marriage exists in name only, arrives in Desert View, Nevada to find the townsfolk and politically powerful Sheriff Hoak distinctly hostile to the Restons. In due course, Blane discovers he's been "taken for a ride," and that quiet desert communities can be deadly.


I've Lived Before
1956 · 1h 22m
country: United States
Seeing a certain woman makes an airline pilot think he is a reincarnated World War I pilot.


Behind the High Wall
1956 · 1h 25m
country: United States
A group prison breakout goes from bad to worse when the desperate warden tries to steal the gang's dough.


Toy Tiger
1956 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Advertising executive Gwen Taylor sends her art director Rick Todd on a mission to bring an artist back to the commercial fold. Meanwhile, Gwen's fatherless son Timmie, at a remote boys' school, is riding for a fall by manufacturing evidence of his "explorer father." By an amazing coincidence, Rick steps off the bus at just the right moment for Timmie to recruit him as "father" without his knowledge. With no intention of collaborating, the befuddled Rick is carried along by the sweep of events. Who can predict the outcome?


Star in the Dust
1956 · 1h 20m
country: United States
The sheriff of Gunlock is planning to hang Sam Hall, who shot three farmers found on cattle land, at sundown. At the casino, betting is 8 to 3 he won't make it. The cattlemen are set to rescue Sam; the farmers hope to lynch him before he can be rescued; and Hall schemes for escape with his girl Nellie. But Sheriff Jorden is most concerned with finding out who hired Hall: a leading suspect is the sheriff's future brother-in-law.


Red Sundown
1956 · 1h 21m
country: United States
When his life is saved in a shootout by a fellow gunman whose life he in turn had saved, Alex Longmire promises to give up his way of life. Riding into town he finds the only job available is deputy to sheriff Jade Murphy, an honest man caught between small farmers and a local cattle baron. And he has a pretty daughter. So Longmire decides to stay and see if he can use his expertise with firearms for good.


The Creature Walks Among Us
1956 · 1h 19m
country: United States
Scientists surgically transform the Creature into an air-breather, but being able to live on land is not enough to make him comfortable with humans. Enraged, he turns his wrath on anyone who comes near as he desperately tries to return to the deep-water world where he truly belongs.


The Spoilers
1955 · 1h 24m
country: United States
In 1899 Alaska, miners have to protect themselves from a phony legal team trying to steal their gold claims.


Running Wild
1955 · 1h 21m
country: United States
To get evidence against a crooked garage owner, a rookie cop masquerades as a hard case who wants a job as a mechanic.


The Second Greatest Sex
1955 · 1h 27m
country: United States
In 1880, Osawkie, Kansas is feuding with rival town Mandaroon over which will be county seat, keeping the town's men away from home most of the time. The last straw is when Matt Davis feels compelled to go on a new foray on his wedding night; his bride Liza (just call her Lysistrata) takes teacher Cassie's advice and organizes a marital strike to make the men-folk stop their nonsense.


To Hell and Back
1955 · 1h 46m
country: United States
The true WWII story of Audie Murphy, the most decorated soldier in U.S. history. Based on the autobiography of Audie Murphy who stars as himself in the film.


Man Without a Star
1955 · 1h 29m
country: United States
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.


Destry
1954 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Western remake of "Destry Rides Again", starring Audie Murphy, Mari Blanchard, Thomas Mitchell, Lori Nelson and Lyle Bettger.


The Yellow Mountain
1954 · 1h 18m
country: United States
A formula brawling-buddies western where one goes bad and then returns to the fold. Pete Menlo owns some gold claims in Nevada where he is joined by his old friend Andy Martin. Crooked mine-owner Bannon wants to merge their interests so they can create a monopoly but is turned down. Pete is interested in "Nevada" Wray, daughter of mine-owner "Jackpot" Wray, but she has eyes only for Andy. The rejected Pete joins forces with Bannon and they learn that, because of location, "Jackpot" Wray may be the owner of all the gold in the respective veins. Bannon and his men try to get rid of Andy.


Bengal Brigade
1954 · 1h 27m
country: United States
Year 1856, British India. Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne is severely punished after disobeying an order. Feeling unworthy of his fiancée Vivian Morrow, the daughter of his superior officer, Claybourne leaves the army until he could regain his reputation. When the Rajah Karam launches an attack on the British forces in India, Claybourne finds a chance at redemption.


Border River
1954 · 1h 21m
country: United States
A Confederate officer travels to a wild Mexican border town to buy guns, aiming to keep up the fight against the Yankees - but who can he trust in this lawless place?


Saskatchewan
1954 · 1h 27m
country: United States
Story of blood brothers whose bonds are tested when marauding Sioux Indians cross the border to enlist the peaceful Cree in a battle against the Great White Father.


Tumbleweed
1953 · 1h 19m
country: United States
Jim Harvey is hired to guard a small wagon train as it Yaqui fighters surround a wagon train, so Jim Harvey, the man guiding the pioneers, steps out to negotiate. They ignore his pleas and overrun the wagons, leaving him for dead. He manages to escape to the nearest town, but there, the law accuses him of deserting the settlers. The townspeople try to lynch him, so he flees to a ranch owned by kindly Nick, who lends Jim a trusty horse named Tumbleweed that may just be fast enough to save the day.


Law and Order
1953 · 1h 20m
country: United States
Wild West lawman Frame Johnson arrests a notorious outlaw, but, after the locals threaten to break into the prison and hang the crook without a trial, Johnson gets fed up with injustice. He decides to put his days of gunslinging behind him in favor of a simple domestic life with his lover, Jeannie. The couple move to the supposedly idyllic Cottonwood — only to find that their new home has been overrun by a rogue rancher who has unfinished business with Frame.


Desert Legion
1953 · 1h 26m
country: United States
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.


The Raiders
1952 · 1h 20m
country: United States
A rancher who has staked a claim during the California gold rush goes after the gang of murderous claim-jumpers who have stolen his claim and murdered his wife.


Son of Ali Baba
1952 · 1h 15m
country: United States
In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by day and a party goer by night. He falls for a girl who he later finds is an escaped slave girl belonging to the wicked Caliph. They flee to his father's palace. But alas, there's more to her than meets the eye. Will the evil schemers succeed? The sons of the Forty Thieves to the rescue!


Francis Goes to West Point
1952 · 1h 21m
country: United States
Francis the talking mule gets his owner in and out of trouble while he is taking basic training at West Point.


Has Anybody Seen My Gal?
1952 · 1h 28m
country: United States
When a 1920s millionaire tests the fiber of his Vermont family, a young lady and her boyfriend feel the repercussions.


Thunder on the Hill
1951 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Sister Mary presides over a convent where a convicted murderess, who is being escorted to Death Row, is stranded by bad weather. She is slowly becoming convinced that Valerie is innocent so Sister Mary sets about to clear the girl and bring the real killer to justice.


Iron Man
1951 · 1h 22m
country: United States
An ambitious coal miner is talked into becoming a boxer by his gambler brother.


Bright Victory
1951 · 1h 37m
country: United States
A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.


Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 · 1h 23m
country: United States
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.


Deported
1950 · 1h 29m
country: United States
The real-life deportation of gangster Lucky Luciano was the inspiration for this romanticized and slightly crackbrained crime drama. Jeff Chandler plays the Luciano counterpart, who once he arrives in Italy renews his criminal activities.


Wyoming Mail
1950 · 1h 27m
country: United States
In 1869, the United States begins a railroad mail service to the West Coast which proves highly tempting to train robbers, in particular an organized gang with one of the mail's supposed guardians in their pay. Prizefighter Steve Davis, a former army intelligence man, is hired to track down the gang and save the Territorial Mail Service. Steve goes undercover in territorial prison, leans Morse Code from a fellow prisoner, breaks jail, infiltrates the gang...and finds time to romance dance-hall singer Mary, who proves to have hidden depths...


The Desert Hawk
1950 · 1h 17m
country: United States
A desert guerilla, with flashing scimitar, opposes a tyrannical prince and marries the caliph's daughter.


Sierra
1950 · 1h 23m
country: United States
Ring Hassard and his father Jeff, wild horse breakers, live in a hidden mountain eyrie as Jeff is wanted for a murder he didn't commit. Things change when they take in a lost young lady, Riley Martin, who finds that Ring has "never seen a woman close up." Jeff is injured, Ring runs afoul of horse thieves and the law, and Riley (who is a lawyer) labors to clear the Hassards (who others would prefer dead).


Buccaneer's Girl
1950 · 1h 17m
country: United States
A New Orleans performer loves a pirate who robs only from the shipowner who ruined his father.


Bagdad
1949 · 1h 22m
country: United States
An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.


The Gal Who Took the West
1949 · 1h 24m
country: United States
In order to gain passage to the West, a woman poses as an opera singer, and causes a feud between two cousins.


Illegal Entry
1949 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Long before he became producer/director of The Tonight Show, Fred DeCordova helmed the Universal meller Illegal Entry. Howard Duff, who later worked with DeCordova on the TV series Mr. Adams and Eve, stars as Bert Powers, an undercover agent for the U.S. Department of Immigration. While attempting to bring a vicious gang of alien smugglers to justice, Powers falls in love with Anna Duvak (Marta Toren), a gang member who is Not What She Seems.


Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 · 1h 15m
country: United States
A federal agent infiltrates a crime syndicate.


Mexican Hayride
1948 · 1h 18m
country: United States
Two con men selling phony stock flee to Mexico ahead of the law, where they run into a woman friend from their earlier days, who is now a bullfighter.


An Act of Murder
1948 · 1h 31m
country: United States
A man kills his terminally ill wife to prevent her further suffering.


For the Love of Mary
1948 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Young girl gets a job at the White House as a switchboard operator and gets mixed up in politics.


Another Part of the Forest
1948 · 1h 47m
country: United States
This 'prequel' to The Little Foxes tells how the ruthless members of the old-South Hubbard family got that way.


A Double Life
1947 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.


Secret Beyond the Door
1947 · 1h 39m
country: United States
After a whirlwind romance in Mexico, a beautiful heiress marries a man she barely knows with hardly a second thought. She finds his New York home full of his strange relations, and macabre rooms that are replicas of famous murder sites. One locked room contains the secret to her husband's obsession, and the truth about what happened to his first wife.