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Clarence Wilson is a Actor American born on 16 november 1876 at Cincinnati (USA)
Clarence Wilson (November 17, 1876 – October 5, 1941) was an American character actor.
Clarence Wilson appeared in nearly 200 movies between 1920 and 1941, mostly in supporting roles as an old miser or grouch. He had notable supporting roles in films like The Front Page (1931; as Sheriff Pinky), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Wilson also played in several Our Gang comedies, most notably as Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day and school board chairman Alonzo Pratt in Come Back, Miss Pipps, his final film. Wilson died on October 5, 1941, approximately three weeks before the release of Come Back, Miss Pipps.
Son deuxième film est Satan de Wallace Worsley (1920, avec Lon Chaney et Charles Clary). Parmi ses autres films notables, citons Tillie and Gus de Francis Martin (1933, avec W. C. Fields et Alison Skipworth), L'Extravagant Mr Ruggles de Leo McCarey (1935, avec Charles Laughton et Mary Boland), ou encore Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous de Frank Capra (1938, avec Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore et James Stewart).
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Birth name Clarence Hummel Wilson
Nationality USA
Birth 16 november 1876 at Cincinnati (USA)
Death 5 october 1941 (at 64 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 16 november 1876 at Cincinnati (USA)
Death 5 october 1941 (at 64 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Clarence Wilson appeared in nearly 200 movies between 1920 and 1941, mostly in supporting roles as an old miser or grouch. He had notable supporting roles in films like The Front Page (1931; as Sheriff Pinky), Ruggles of Red Gap (1935) and You Can't Take It With You (1938). Wilson also played in several Our Gang comedies, most notably as Mr. Crutch in Shrimps for a Day and school board chairman Alonzo Pratt in Come Back, Miss Pipps, his final film. Wilson died on October 5, 1941, approximately three weeks before the release of Come Back, Miss Pipps.
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Clarence Wilson contribue comme second rôle de caractère (ou dans des petits rôles non crédités) à près de deux-cents films américains (une trentaine muets), entre 1920 et 1941, y compris plusieurs courts métrages de la série cinématographique Les Petites Canailles (dont son dernier film, sorti peu après sa mort).Son deuxième film est Satan de Wallace Worsley (1920, avec Lon Chaney et Charles Clary). Parmi ses autres films notables, citons Tillie and Gus de Francis Martin (1933, avec W. C. Fields et Alison Skipworth), L'Extravagant Mr Ruggles de Leo McCarey (1935, avec Charles Laughton et Mary Boland), ou encore Vous ne l'emporterez pas avec vous de Frank Capra (1938, avec Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore et James Stewart).
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Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941)
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Blake, George McFarland, Billy Laughlin, Darla Hood, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Clarence Wilson
Roles Alonzo K. Pratt (uncredited)
Rating67%
Upon learning that Mr. Pratt, the mean old school board chairman, has fired their beloved teacher Miss Pipps because she threw a birthday party for one of her students during class, the gang decides to invite their parents to a special performance of a play exposing Pratt's injustices in running the school. As a result, he's demoted to caretaker, while Mr. Swenson is justifiably promoted to Pratt's former position...and Miss Pipps returns. Yet, compassion is shown to Mr. Pratt when his birthday is honored.
Road Show (1941)
, 1h27Directed by Mickey Rooney, Hal Roach
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, Charles Butterworth, Patsy Kelly, Shemp Howard
Roles Sheriff (uncredited)
Rating60%
Business millionaire Drogo Gaines is about to marry his fiancé Helen Newton, but fakes a nervous breakdown before his own wedding because he has cold feet. He overhears Helen talk to her brother and mother about them losing Drogo's fortune if the wedding doesn't go through. This makes Drogo decide to call the wedding off entirely.
Little Old New York (1940)
, 1h34Directed by Henry King, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Alice Faye, Fred MacMurray, Richard Greene, Brenda Joyce, Andy Devine, Henry Stephenson
Roles Willie Stout
Rating64%
Engineer and inventor Robert Fulton (Richard Greene) comes to New York in 1807, where he meets tavern keeper Pat O'Day (Alice Faye). O'Day comes to strongly support Fulton and his visionary steamship after lodging at her establishment. O'Day's longtime suitor, Charles Browne (Fred MacMurray), opens his own shipyard to assist the dapper engineer by building Fulton's innovative steamboat. With financial assistance from Chancellor Robert L. Livingstone (Henry Stephenson) and additional investments from O'Day and her business acquaintances, Fulton eventually obtains all the financing needed to finish his revolutionary paddle steamer. After a shipwright named Regan (Ward Bond) has a run-in with Fulton, Regan attempts to turn every local deck hand and sail-powered passenger boat operator against the engineer, exploiting their fear of losing their livelihoods to a steam-powered vessel. In the end, against much adversity and additional interference from Regan, Fulton finally completes his steamboat and launches her to great success, silencing the critics and doubters who had previously labeled his venture "Fulton's Folly".
Little Men (1940)
, 1h24Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about education
Actors Kay Francis, Jack Oakie, George Bancroft, Jimmy Lydon, Ann Gillis, Carl Esmond
Roles W.L. Reynolds
Rating56%
Jo March (Kay Francis), the lead character in Alcott's novel Little Women, now runs a private school for young boys.
Melody Ranch (1940)
, 1h24Directed by Sol C. Siegel, Joseph Santley, F. Hugh Herbert
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Gene Autry, Jimmy Durante, Ann Miller, Barton MacLane, Jerome Cowan, George "Gabby" Hayes
Roles Judge Henderson
Rating61%
Gene Autry (Gene Autry) returns to his hometown of Torpedo as guest of honor at the Frontier Days Celebration, where he meets his childhood enemies, the Wildhack brothers—Mark (Barton MacLane), Jasper (Joe Sawyer), and Bud (Horace McMahon)—who are now local gangsters. The Wildhacks own a saloon next door to the school, and when their shooting and brawling endangers the safety of the children, Gene protests and threatens to expose them during his next radio broadcast. The Wildhacks stop the broadcast and beat Gene up.
We Who Are Young (1940)
, 1h20Directed by Harold S. Bucquet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lana Turner, Ian Wolfe, Grant Mitchell, Henry Armetta, Gene Lockhart, Clarence Wilson
Roles R. Glassford
Rating59%
Millionaire Playboy (1940)
, 1h4Directed by Leslie Goodwins
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Russ Brown, Joe Penner, Fritz Feld, Tom Kennedy, Granville Bates, Arthur Q. Bryan
Roles Mr. Jamison
Rating47%
Joe Zany (Joe Penner) a hapless young socialite attempts to overcome an embarrassing romantic problem. It seems every time he kisses a girl, he gets a horrible case of hiccups. Anxious to cure him, his father spends a small fortune to take his son to a special headshrinker who in turn sends Joe to a beautiful spa, owned by Lois Marlowe (Linda Hayes}, filled with gorgeous young women.
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
, 1h39Directed by Rowland V. Lee
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Films based on science fiction novels, Frankenstein films, Cyberpunk films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, Lionel Atwill, Josephine Hutchinson, Donnie Dunagan
Roles Dr. Berger (uncredited)
Rating70%
Years after the events of the last film Baron Wolf von Frankenstein (Basil Rathbone), son of Henry Frankenstein (creator of the Monster), relocates his wife Elsa (Josephine Hutchinson) and their young son Peter (Donnie Dunagan) to the family castle in the eponymous village. Wolf wants to redeem his father's reputation, but finds that such a feat will be harder than he thought after he encounters hostility from the villagers. Aside from his family, Wolf's only friend is the local policeman Inspector Krogh (Lionel Atwill) who bears an artificial arm, his real arm having been "ripped out by the roots" in an encounter with the Monster as a child.
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
, 1h44Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Historical, Romance, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine, Eddie Collins, Ward Bond
Roles Paymaster (uncredited)
Rating69%
In colonial America, Lana Borst (Claudette Colbert), the eldest daughter of a wealthy Albany, New York family, marries Gilbert Martin (Henry Fonda). Together they leave her family's luxurious home to embark on a frontier life on Gil's small farm in Deerfield, in the Mohawk Valley of central New York. The time is July, 1776, and the spirit of revolution is in the air. The valley's settlers have formed a local militia in anticipation of an imminent war, and Gil joins up.
Quick Millions (1939)
, 1h2Directed by Malcolm St. Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Jed Prouty, Spring Byington, George Ernest, June Carlson, Florence Roberts, Billy Mahan
Roles Assayer
Rating53%
Some Like It Hot (1939)
, 1h5Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Bob Hope, Shirley Ross, Una Merkel, Richard Denning, Rufe Davis, Bernard Nedell
Roles Mr. Ives
Rating65%
Clown Princes (1939)
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Carl Switzer, George McFarland, Eugene "Porky" Lee, Darla Hood, Billie "Buckwheat" Thomas, Leonard Landy
Roles The landlord
Rating64%
When the gang goes to Porky's house, they learn that his family is in danger of eviction unless they pay their landlord the balance remaining on their rent. The gang decides to raise the money by setting up a circus in Porky's barn, with Spanky as the ringleader. A sideshow outside introduces the kid circus' young patrons to Oogie-Boogie, the Wildman from Borneo (Buckwheat), Mademoiselle Darla, the Greatest Rattlesnake Charmer in the World, and the World's Shortest and Tallest Men (Slapsie in a beard and Sniffles on stilts). Also included in the sideshow are the Head Without a Body (Porky), and The Famous Sime and Neez Twins - two boys with their clothes stitched together, revealed as such when Violet the Goat eats the grass skirt covering the stitching.
Let Us Live (1939)
, 1h8Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter, Stanley Ridges, Henry Kolker
Roles Lunchroom Proprietor (uncredited)
Rating66%
On the eve of his marriage to waitress Mary Roberts (O'Sullivan), taxi driver "Brick" Tennant is questioned as a murder suspect along with 120 other drivers, because a taxi served as the getaway car in a theater robbery in which a man was killed. When one of the witnesses swears that Brick and his friend Joe Linden (Baxter) were the killers, the district attorney (Ridges), eager for a conviction, brings the taxi drivers to trial even though Brick and Mary were in a church when the robbery took place. Although innocent, Brick and Joe are found guilty and sentenced to die on the electric chair. Mary, however, refuses to give up hope, and when she unearths a bullet from another robbery that was shot from the murder weapon, she convinces Police Lieutenant Everett (Bellamy) that the wrong men have been convicted. To prove Brick and Joe's innocence Everett and Mary search for the real culprits . As the time of his execution approaches, Brick is transformed from an idealistic youth into a man whose faith in the system has been shattered. On the day of the execution, Mary and Everett finally find the real culprits. The governor then pardons Brick, but although his life has been spared, his faith can never be repaired.
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
, 1h40Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Western
Themes Political films, Children's films
Actors Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Richard Cromwell, Donald Meek
Roles Dr. Mason
Rating74%
A family traveling through New Salem, Illinois in their wagon need groceries from Lincoln's store and the only thing of value they have is a barrel of old books including a law book, Blackstone's Commentaries. After thoroughly reading the book, Abe opts for the law after receiving encouragement from his early, ill-fated love, Ann Rutledge (Pauline Moore). Too poor to own even a horse, he arrives in Springfield on a mule and soon establishes a law practice with friend John Stuart (Edwin Maxwell). At a July 4 celebration, a man is murdered in a brawl – the accused are two brothers. Lincoln prevents the lynching of the accused at the jail by telling the angry mob he really needs these clients for his first real case. Admiring his courage, Mary Todd (Marjorie Weaver) – later to be his wife – invites Lincoln to her sister's soiree and expresses an intense interest in his future.
East Side of Heaven (1939)
, 1h28Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Joan Blondell, Mischa Auer, Irene Hervey, C. Aubrey Smith, Robert Kent
Roles Telegraph Operator (uncredited)
Rating65%
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.