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Matthew Betz is a Actor American born on 12 september 1881 at St. Louis (USA)

Matthew Betz

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Birth name Matthew Von Betz
Nationality USA
Birth 12 september 1881 at St. Louis (USA)
Death 26 january 1938 (at 56 years)

Matthew Betz (September 13, 1881 – January 26, 1938) was an American film actor. After an extended career in the U.S. Cavalry, he spent eight years in Vaudeville. His first stage play was Ellis Island. He appeared in 125 films between 1914 and 1937.

Biography

D'abord acteur de vaudeville, Matthew Betz débute au cinéma dans huit films (principalement des courts métrages) sortis en 1914. Suivent cent-vingt-et-un autres films américains, notamment des westerns, comme second rôle ou dans des petits rôles non crédités. Parmi sa cinquantaine de films muets, citons Les Deux Compères de Roy William Neill (1920, avec Constance Talmadge et Ned Sparks), Le Club des trois de Tod Browning (1925, avec Lon Chaney et Mae Busch) et La Symphonie nuptiale d'Erich von Stroheim (1928, avec le réalisateur et Fay Wray). Mentionnons aussi A Modern Mother Goose (1917) qu'il réalise — expérience restée unique —.

Après le passage au parlant, il apparaît entre autres dans Masques de cire de Michael Curtiz (avec Lionel Atwill et Fay Wray) et le serial Tarzan l'intrépide de Robert F. Hill (avec Buster Crabbe et Julie Bishop), tous deux sortis en 1933.

Ses six derniers films sortent en 1937, dont le court métrage Candidat à la prison de Charles Lamont (avec Buster Keaton et Harold Goodwin). Il meurt prématurément l'année suivante (1938), d'une longue maladie non spécifiée.

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The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
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Filmography of Matthew Betz (72 films)

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Jail Bait
Jail Bait (1937)
, 18minutes
Directed by Charles Lamont, E. W. Hammons
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Stanley Blystone, Bobby Burns, Harold Goodwin, Allan Cavan, Bud Jamison
Rating63% 3.184173.184173.184173.184173.18417
Following a kidnapping and murder, a reporter believes he knows the identity of the murderer, so he asks his room mate, a newspaper boy, to confess to the crime, in order to throw the police off the actual murderer's trail – giving the reporter time to catch the murderer and claim the reward for himself. The newspaper boy is at first reluctant, but then agrees with the condition that his half of the reward be large enough to purchase a ring he wants. Having gotten himself arrested, the newspaper boy learns that his room mate's plane has crashed, killing him and leaving the newspaper boy trapped in a death sentence for a crime he did not commit.
Jungle Menace
Directed by George Melford, Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Frank Buck, Reginald Denny, LeRoy Mason, Richard Tucker, Duncan Renaldo, William Bakewell
Roles Inspector Starrett
Rating52% 2.647522.647522.647522.647522.64752
In the Asian province of Seemang where the Bay of Bengal meets the jungle, Chandler Elliott (John St. Polis) owns a large and prosperous rubber plantation. His attractive daughter, Dorothy (Charlotte Henry), is engaged to neighboring planter Tom Banning (William Bakewell) but troubles are brewing for both plantations. When a cargo-load of rubber is shipped on a riverboat to be taken to port, the boat is hi-jacked by river pirates, who the kill the crew and the shipment is stolen. Jim Murphy (LeRoy Mason), Elliott's plantation manager, is plotting with others to force Elliott to sell his plantation. Local explorer Frank Hardy (Frank Buck) determines to find out who is behind the plot.
The Law Commands, 58minutes
Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tom Keene, Robert Fiske, Budd Buster, Matthew Betz, Carl Stockdale, David Sharpe
Roles Frago, lead henchman
Rating56% 2.840222.840222.840222.840222.84022
The Man Who Found Himself, 1h7
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Beal, Joan Fontaine, George Irving, Jimmy Conlin, Frank M. Thomas, Diana Gibson
Roles Hobo #1
Rating60% 3.001373.001373.001373.001373.00137
Young doctor, Jim Stanton (John Beal) has two passionate interests in conflict with each other. He is first a conscientious surgeon, but in his spare time, pursues his love of flying, a dangerous hobby that his well-intentioned father abhors. His father is a well-regarded doctor who does his best to curtail his son's flying.
Outcast
Outcast (1937)

Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Warren William, Karen Morley, Lewis Stone, Jackie Moran, John Wray, Esther Dale
Roles Don, a Townsman
Rating70% 3.519043.519043.519043.519043.51904
The Soldier and the Lady, 1h25
Directed by George Nichols Jr.
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Anton Walbrook, Elizabeth Allan, Akim Tamiroff, Margot Grahame, Fay Bainter, Eric Blore
Roles Chieftain (Uncredited)
Rating61% 3.0974253.0974253.0974253.0974253.097425
Les aventures de Michel Strogoff, depeche par le tsar pour porter un message ultra-confidentiel a Irkoutsk. En chemin, des embuches, et au final, des larmes salvatrices.
The Soldier and the Lady
Directed by Jacques de Baroncelli, George Nichols Jr., Richard Eichberg
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Anton Walbrook, Akim Tamiroff, Colette Darfeuil, Elizabeth Allan, Charles Vanel, Armand Bernard
Roles Chieftain (Uncredited)
Rating67% 3.387833.387833.387833.387833.38783
Les aventures de Michel Strogoff, depeche par le tsar pour porter un message ultra-confidentiel a Irkoutsk. En chemin, des embuches, et au final, des larmes salvatrices.
The E-Flat Man, 20minutes
Directed by Charles Lamont
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Buster Keaton, Dorothea Kent, Fern Emmett, Matthew Betz, Bud Jamison
Roles Hood with Toothache (uncredited)
Rating56% 2.8152552.8152552.8152552.8152552.815255
Mississippi, 1h20
Directed by Wesley Ruggles, A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, W. C. Fields, Joan Bennett, Gail Patrick, Queenie Smith, Claude Gillingwater
Roles Man at Bar
Rating65% 3.2940253.2940253.2940253.2940253.294025
Commodore Jackson (W. C. Fields) is the captain of a Mississippi showboat in the late nineteenth century. Tom Grayson (Bing Crosby) is engaged to be married and has been disgraced for refusing to fight a duel with Major Patterson (John Miljan).
Tailspin Tommy in The Great Air Mystery
Directed by Ray Taylor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Jean Rogers, Noah Beery, Jr, Pat O'Brien, Bryant Washburn, Herbert Heywood, Matthew Betz
Roles Horace Raymore
Rating65% 3.274633.274633.274633.274633.27463
"Tailspin" Tommy (Clark Williams) and his fellow pilots prevent a group of corrupt businessmen, Manuel Casmetto (Herbert Heywood) and Horace Raymore (Matthew Betz ) from stealing Nazil Island's oil reserves. They are aided in their efforts by news reporter Milt Howe (Pat J. O'Brien). When Tommy is triumphant, he also finds he has a movie contract.
Let 'em Have It
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Richard Arlen, Virginia Bruce, Bruce Cabot, Alice Brady, Eric Linden, Gordon Jones
Roles Al Thompson
Rating65% 3.285783.285783.285783.285783.28578
An FBI agent tracks down a gang leader.
The House of Rothschild, 1h27
Directed by Sidney Lanfield, Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors George Arliss, Loretta Young, Boris Karloff, Robert Young, C. Aubrey Smith, Reginald Owen
Roles Garde prussien
Rating64% 3.24593.24593.24593.24593.2459
En 1780 à Frankfort, en Prusse, le jeune Nathan Rothschild prévient ses parents, Amschel et Guttle, que le fisc viendra. Ils se dépêchent et cachent leurs richesses, y compris la monnaie, l'argent, etc. Le fisc exige 20.000 gulden , une somme exorbitante, mais accepte un pot-de-vin de 5000 en échange de l'évaluation de 2000 en taxes. La satisfaction de Nathan est de courte durée, cependant; un courrier lui apportant 10.000 gulden est intercepté et l'argent confisqué par les impôts. Nathan dit à ses fils qu'il essaie d'être aussi honnête que possible, mais les autorités antisémites ne le laisseront pas faire ; il exhorte ses enfants à acquérir de l'argent, car «l'argent c'est le pouvoir» et une défense pour leur peuple.
The Countess of Monte Cristo, 1h18
Directed by Karl Freund
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Fay Wray, Paul Lukas, Reginald Owen, Patsy Kelly, John Sheehan, Carmel Myers
Roles Romowski's Valet
Rating62% 3.1182453.1182453.1182453.1182453.118245