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John Tyrrell is a Actor American born on 7 december 1900 at the Bronx (USA)

John Tyrrell

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Birth name John Edward Tyrrell
Nationality USA
Birth 7 december 1900 at the Bronx (USA)
Death 20 september 1949 (at 48 years)

John Tyrrell (December 7, 1900 – September 20, 1949) was an American film actor. He appeared in over 250 films between 1935 and 1947.

Usually with

Eddie Laughton
Eddie Laughton
(30 films)
Jules White
Jules White
(22 films)
Larry Fine
Larry Fine
(25 films)
Moe Howard
Moe Howard
(25 films)
Curly Howard
Curly Howard
(25 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of John Tyrrell (89 films)

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Actor

My Favorite Brunette, 1h27
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Alan Ladd, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney, Jr., Frank Puglia
Roles Bell Captain (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.348533.348533.348533.348533.34853
The story is told in flashback from Death Row as Ronnie Jackson (Hope) relates to a group of reporters the events that lead to his predicament. Jackson is a baby photographer who dreams about being a real private detective like his friend Sam McCloud (Ladd). One day he is mistaken for a detective by a mysterious lady in distress (Lamour) and soon finds himself involved in a murder mystery. In the end of the flashback, Ronnie is released from prison.
Gilda
Gilda (1946)
, 1h50
Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Striptease
Actors Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, George Macready, Joseph Calleia, Eduardo Ciannelli, Steven Geray
Roles Man (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.799123.799123.799123.799123.79912
Johnny Farrell (Glenn Ford), a small-time American gambler newly arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, narrates. When he wins a lot of money cheating at craps, he has to be rescued from a robbery attempt by a complete stranger, Ballin Mundson (George Macready). Mundson tells him about an illegal high-class casino, but warns him not to practice his skills there. Farrell ignores his advice, cheats at blackjack, and is taken by two men to see the casino's owner, who turns out to be Mundson. Farrell talks Mundson into hiring him and quickly gains his confidence. However, the unimpressed washroom attendant, Uncle Pio (Steven Geray), keeps calling him "Mr.
The Best Years of Our Lives, 2h52
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Films about disabilities, Political films
Actors Fredric March, Myrna Loy, Dana Andrews, Teresa Wright, Virginia Mayo, Harold Russell
Roles Angus - Butch's Waiter (uncredited)
Rating80% 4.048494.048494.048494.048494.04849
After World War II, Fred Derry (Dana Andrews), Homer Parrish (Harold Russell), and Al Stephenson (Fredric March) meet while flying home to Boone City (a fictional city patterned after Cincinnati, Ohio). Fred was a decorated Army Air Forces captain and bombardier in Europe. Homer lost both hands from burns suffered when his aircraft carrier was sunk, and now uses mechanical hook prostheses. Al served as an infantry platoon sergeant in the Pacific. All three have trouble adjusting to civilian life.
A Close Call for Boston Blackie, 1h
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Chester Morris, Lynn Merrick, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Frank Sully, Claire Carleton
Roles Policeman (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.997182.997182.997182.997182.99718
Ignoring Inspector Farraday's (Richard Lane) friendly advice to stop helping women, Boston Blackie goes to the rescue of a female being attacked by two men. She turns out to be Geraldine "Gerry" Peyton (Lynn Merrick), an old flame of his. She begs him to help protect her baby from her husband John (an uncredited Mark Roberts), who has just been paroled.
Night Editor, 1h8
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors William Gargan, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Harry Shannon, Frank Wilcox, Robert Kellard
Roles Street Sweeper Driver (Uncredited)
Rating66% 3.337623.337623.337623.337623.33762
Crane Stewart (Charles D. Brown), the editor of the New York Star, while playing poker with his friends, tells a story about a cop involved in a murder investigation.
Uncivil War Birds
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Political films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Theodore Lorch, Joe Palma, Cy Schindell
Rating71% 3.580763.580763.580763.580763.58076
It is the American Civil War, and the Stooges enlist in the service. Moe and Larry accidentally join the Union Army, while Curly manages to correctly sign up with the Confederate. Before the error can be corrected, several Union soldiers order Moe and Larry to lock up their "prisoner." A few moments later, a Confederate general sees Curly being released and, upon seeing Moe and Larry, thinks he has captured two Union soldiers. This mix up goes back and forth several times, until Moe and Larry finally find Confederate uniforms, only to be caught in Union army headquarters. They eventually escape by performing minstrel song-and-dance routine in blackface, with Curly playing a Mammy-type character and Larry strumming a banjo.
Booby Dupes
Directed by Del Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent, Rebel Randall, Snub Pollard
Roles Boat Man (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.6302653.6302653.6302653.6302653.630265
The Stooges are fish peddlers (similar to their roles in Cookoo Cavaliers) who decide to cut out the middleman by catching the fish themselves. They then go about purchasing fishermen uniforms and a boat. While searching for their wardrobe, Curly manages to swipe a navy captain's uniform from the same guy (Vernon Dent) whose girl (Rebel Randall) Curly decides to overly flirt with.
Escape in the Fog, 1h5
Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Noir, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright, Konstantin Shayne, Ernie Adams, Ivan Triesault
Roles Gil Brice - Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Rating58% 2.943982.943982.943982.943982.94398
During World War II, a San Francisco nurse dreams of a murder and then meets the "victim" in real life. What she saw in the dream helps her in an effort to thwart enemy spies.
If a Body Meets a Body
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Theodore Lorch, Fred Kelsey, Joe Palma
Roles Lawyer (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.8286353.8286353.8286353.8286353.828635
The Stooges are unemployed, and looking through the want-ads for work. When the trio sets the table Curly brings a pail of soup from a meat bone, Larry notices Curly's soup smells like a dead horse and Moe finds a large horseshoe on his soup, and the duo are angry with Curly that he didn't go to the butcher shop for meat and went to the glue factory so they kick him out. As Curly is about to leave Moe stumbles on an article stating that Curly's uncle Bob O. Link had died and left his nephew Curly Q. Link a nice inheritance. Upon arriving at the uncle's mansion for the reading of the will, the lawyer disappears along with the will, and is then found murdered. All potential heirs, including the Stooges, are held as suspects and forced to spend the night.
The Power of the Whistler, 1h6
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Jeff Donnell, Tala Birell, John Abbott, Nina Mae McKinney
Roles Clerk
Rating62% 3.143253.143253.143253.143253.14325
Dix plays an amnesiac who learns about his name and past through the help of amateur fortune teller Jean Lang (Janis Carter).
Rockin' in the Rockies
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Musical films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Mary Beth Hughes, Vernon Dent, Snub Pollard
Rating57% 2.856562.856562.856562.856562.85656
While his cousin Rusty Williams (Jay Kirby) is away at Agricultural College, prospector Shorty (Moe) fills in at Rusty's struggling Reno, Nevada spread as the ranch foreman. He spends his time looking for an angle at the Wagon Wheel Cafe Casino, and hooks up with two vagrants (Larry and Curly) after they accidentally win big at roulette. Along with two stranded New York singers (Mary Beth Hughes, Gladys Blake) and their money, the Stooges and the girls head for the ranch with prospecting plans. Rusty returns home with hope that investor Sam Clemens (Forrest Taylor) will save the ranch's cattle and mining operations, and finds Shorty and the gang's plans interfering. Complicating matters further, inept ranch hands (The Hoosier Hotshots) mistake Clemens for a cattle rustler, and Shorty, Curly and Larry cook up a scheme to get the girls an audition with a vacationing Broadway producer (Tim Ryan).
Busy Buddies
Directed by Del Lord
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent, Fred Kelsey, Heinie Conklin
Rating72% 3.630583.630583.630583.630583.63058
The Stooges run the Jive Cafe, and are in heavy debt. They reluctantly take a second job hanging posters (à la Three Little Twirps), earning a penny for each poster hung. Moe takes notice of one particular poster advertising a cow milking contest that pays $100 to the winner. Without hesitation, Moe and Larry nominate Curly for the contest, and go about looking for a cow to practice milking on. As luck would have it, they find a "cow" (a bull) right behind the fence. Curly is no match for the wild animal, and boots Curly up onto a telephone pole.
Cry of the Werewolf, 1h3
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Nina Foch, Osa Massen, Blanche Yurka, Barton MacLane, Ivan Triesault, John Abbott
Roles Mac
Rating53% 2.651332.651332.651332.651332.65133
A Romany princess descended from Marie LaTour has the ability to change into a wolf at will, just like her late mother. When she learns that Marie LaTour's tomb has been discovered, she decides to use her talent to kill everyone who knows the location, because it is a sacred secret that only her people are allowed to know.
Gents Without Cents
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Judy Malcolm, John Tyrrell, Lew Davis
Rating74% 3.731723.731723.731723.731723.73172
The Stooges are small time song-and-dance performers who are having trouble rehearsing due to loud tapping that is going on one story above them. When they go to give the rowdies a piece of their mind, three lovely ladies named Flo (Lindsay Bourquin), Mary (Laverne Thompson) and Shirley (Betty Phares) come to the door. It turns out the girls are performing their tap dance routine. The six become friends and go to a talent agent, Manny Weeks (John Tyrrell), to show of their stuff. However, he is at first unimpressed with the Stooges' act, but hires them anyway to perform at the Noazark Shipbuilding Company to entertain defense workers.