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Dayton Lummis, Sr. is a Actor American born on 8 august 1903 at Summit (USA)

Dayton Lummis, Sr.

Dayton Lummis, Sr.
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Nationality USA
Birth 8 august 1903 at Summit (USA)
Death 23 march 1988 (at 84 years) at Santa Monica (USA)

Dayton Lummis. Sr. (August 8, 1903 – March 23, 1988), was an American actor of film and television who specialized in the genre of anthology and western series, often playing authority figures. From 1959-1960, he appeared as Marshal Andy Morrison in nine episodes of NBC's Law of the Plainsman western, with Michael Ansara and Robert Harland. In 1955, he portrayed General Douglas MacArthur in the film The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell.

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Filmography of Dayton Lummis, Sr. (42 films)

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Jack the Giant Killer, 1h34
Directed by Nathan Juran
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Children's films
Actors Kerwin Mathews, Judi Meredith, Torin Thatcher, Don Beddoe, Walter Burke, Anna Lee
Roles le roi Marc
Rating62% 3.149873.149873.149873.149873.14987
In the Duchy of Cornwall of fairy tale days, the malevolent sorcerer Pendragon, ruler of giants, witches and all creatures evil, was defeated by the wizard, Herla, and along with his disciples exiled to an uncharted, unknown island. Pendragon however vows revenge and Herla dies, meaning there is no longer a threat against Pendragon. Years later the kingdom celebrates the crowning of Princess Elaine (Judi Meredith). The reception goes well until Pendragon (Torin Thatcher) arrives disguised as a foreign lord. He gives her a magic toy that is actually Cormoran the giant, and which is given to the Princess. When Elaine is asleep, Pendragon uses his magic to make the giant grow to full size and capture Elaine. The castle guards are too late to stop the giant. Cormoran takes Elaine to a ship, but before it can sail a brave farm lad named Jack (Kerwin Mathews) rescues Elaine. Jack then fights the giant and kills it. In gratitude, King Mark (Dayton Lummis) makes Jack her protector and entrusts him to safely guide her to a convent across the sea. However he does not know that Elaine's waiting-maid, Lady Constance (Anna Lee), is a witch in league with Pendragon and reveals the King's plan to him.
Beauty and the Beast, 1h17
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Horror, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Mark Damon, Eduard Franz, Michael Pate, Merry Anders, Hugo Friedhofer, Walter Burke
Roles Roderick
Rating47% 2.377282.377282.377282.377282.37728
Un beau prince est victime d'une malédiction le transformant en une horrible Bête. Une princesse tente de lui venir en aide alors que les ennemis du prince essayent de lui prendre son trône.
The Flight That Disappeared, 1h12
Directed by Reginald Le Borg
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Craig Hill, Paula Raymond, Addison Richards, Harvey Stephens, Dayton Lummis, Sr., Roy Engel
Rating57% 2.8519752.8519752.8519752.8519752.851975
Flight 60 leaves on a trip to Washington, DC. Three scientists on board have been called for a classified meeting concerning a new bomb design and rocket to deliver it. Mid-flight the plane mysteriously begins to climb, to over 10 miles high. The engines stop, and passengers pass out due to lack of oxygen. The three scientists find themselves in a limbo state, watches stopped and no heartbeats. They are taken from the plane for judgement from those of the future. They find themselves in a moment between time, which explains the stopped watches and lack of heart beats. They are shown, in brief, a future where their bomb has been used and destroyed all life on the planet, having destroyed the atmosphere. They are judged guilty and sentenced to live in the moment with no time for the rest of eternity, where the future and past meet. After one of the future men objects that they can not be judged by a future society, they are returned to the present on a technicality. The passengers have no memory of any of the actions on board before passing out, with the exception of the rocket engineer. When the plane lands at Washington, they discover they are 24 hours late, thus proving the fantastic story of the trial and judgement. The nuclear bomb designer disposes of his notebook containing the formulas and designs for the bomb.
Elmer Gantry, 2h26
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, John Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Dean Jagger, Edward Andrews
Roles Eddington, newspaper publisher
Rating76% 3.8464853.8464853.8464853.8464853.846485
Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) is a hard-drinking, fast-talking traveling salesman with a charismatic personality who infuses biblical passages and fervor into his pitches as a way to ease and collect money. He is drawn to the road show of Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) and is immediately attracted to the saintly revivalist. As the troupe leaves town for Kansas, Gantry sweettalks her naive assistant, Sister Rachel (Patti Page), into telling him information regarding Falconer's past. He uses that information to con his way into Sister Sharon's good graces and joins the troupe preaching "Christ in commerce" and how he is a saved salesman.
Spartacus
Spartacus (1960)
, 3h4
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films about slavery, Films about sexuality, Sports films, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Jean Simmons, Charles Laughton, Peter Ustinov, John Gavin
Roles Symmachus
Rating78% 3.9470753.9470753.9470753.9470753.947075
In the 1st century BC, the Roman Republic has slid into corruption, its menial work done by armies of slaves. One of these, a proud and gifted man named Spartacus, is so uncooperative in his servitude that he is sentenced to fight as a gladiator. He is trained at a school run by the unctuous Roman businessman Lentulus Batiatus, who instructs Spartacus's trainer Marcellus to bully the slave mercilessly and break his spirit. Amid the abuse, Spartacus forms a quiet relationship with a serving woman named Varinia, whom he refuses to rape when she is sent to "entertain" him in his cell.
The Music Box Kid, 1h14
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Ron Foster, Luana Patten, Dayton Lummis, Sr., Johnny Seven, Grant Richards, Carleton Young
Rating51% 2.5548152.5548152.5548152.5548152.554815
The "music box" is a submachine gun owned by ruthless gangster Larry Shaw (Ronald Foster) in 1920s New York. Larry is working his way up a bootlegging syndicate, but reckons without his decent wife Margaret (Luana Patten), who one day has enough of her husband's activities.
Compulsion
Compulsion (1959)
, 1h43
Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E. G. Marshall, Martin Milner
Roles Dr Allwyn
Rating73% 3.695523.695523.695523.695523.69552
Artie Strauss and Judd Steiner (Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell) kill a boy on his way home from school in order to commit the "perfect crime". Strauss tries to cover it up, but they are caught when police find a key piece of evidence — Steiner's glasses, which he inadvertently leaves at the scene of the crime. Famed attorney Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles) takes their case, saving them from hanging by making an impassioned closing argument against capital punishment.
From Hell to Texas, 1h40
Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Don Murray, Diane Varsi, John Larch, Chill Wills, Dennis Hopper, R.G. Armstrong
Roles Padre
Rating68% 3.433583.433583.433583.433583.43358
Tod Lohman is on the run from a posse. The ruthless land baron Hunter Boyd has sent men, including sons Otis and Tom, in pursuit of Tod for having killed another son.
The Wrong Man, 1h45
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about families, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Nehemiah Persoff, Esther Minciotti
Roles le juge Groat
Rating73% 3.6976053.6976053.6976053.6976053.697605
For the only time in his many films, Alfred Hitchcock starts this picture talking to the camera and says that "every word is true" in this story.
Monkey on My Back
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Political films
Actors Cameron Mitchell, Dianne Foster, Paul Richards, Jack Albertson, Kathy Garver, Barry Kelley
Roles J.L. McAvoy
Rating68% 3.43623.43623.43623.43623.4362
In the 1930s, boxer Barney Ross wins the welterweight championship, then meets chorus girl Cathy Holland as he celebrates. Sam Pian, his trainer, learns that Barney placed a $10,000 bet on himself to win the fight.
The Bad Seed, 2h9
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films about psychiatry, Films based on plays
Actors Nancy Kelly, William Hopper, Patty McCormack, Henry Jones, Eileen Heckart, Evelyn Varden
Roles le médecin
Rating73% 3.6971653.6971653.6971653.6971653.697165
On her piano, eight year old Rhoda Penmark (Patty McCormack) plays the French song "Au clair de la lune", while her father (William Hopper) says his goodbyes to her and his wife, Christine (Nancy Kelly), as he goes away on military duty. Their neighbor and landlord, Monica Breedlove (Evelyn Varden), comes in with a present for Rhoda - a locket. Rhoda, looking pristine and proper in her perfect pinafore dress and long blonde pigtails, thanks Monica for the gift. She then tap dances on the hard floor. Monica notices Rhoda's tap shoes, and Rhoda says that adding the taps to the shoes was her own idea. They then discuss a penmanship medal competition that Rhoda lost to her schoolmate, Claude Daigle; Monica speaks of it as a childish disappointment, but Rhoda's face darkens with fury. Christine and Rhoda leave for the school picnic at a nearby lake.
The First Texan, 1h22
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres War, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Joel McCrea, Felicia Farr, Jeff Morrow, Wallace Ford, Jody McCrea, Abraham Sofaer
Roles Stephen F. Austin
Rating60% 3.049623.049623.049623.049623.04962
Sam Houston, a lawyer and former Governor of Tennessee, travels to San Antonio, Texas to begin a new life. He encounters Jim Bowie, who is determined to free the territory from Mexico's rule.
Over-Exposed, 1h20
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Cleo Moore, Richard Crenna, Raymond Greenleaf, Jack Albertson, Constance Towers, Isobel Elsom
Roles Horace Sutherland
Rating60% 3.044043.044043.044043.044043.04404
Ambitious and vivacious Lily Krenshka is new in town, and is arrested for soliciting drinks and rolling drunks. She is told by the police to take the next bus out of town. Lily asks photographer Max West not to print her arrest photo. He offers to pay her for swimsuit poses, and, never one to overlook an opportunity, she learns the art of photography from him. After awhile, she sets out for New York to start a new career, changing her name to Lila Crane at Max's suggestion.
The Prodigal, 1h52
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film
Actors Lana Turner, Edmund Purdom, Louis Calhern, Joseph Wiseman, James Mitchell, Francis L. Sullivan
Roles Caleb
Rating52% 2.607372.607372.607372.607372.60737
The story is loosely based on Jesus Christ's parable of the prodigal son, from the Biblical New Testament Gospels, although considerable liberties are taken with the source material, chief among them being the addition of a female lead in the form of the high priestess of Astarte, Samarra (Turner). Micah (Purdom), a young Hebrew farm boy, sees Samarra and says he will have her. He demands that his father give him his inheritance and journeys to the city of Damascus. There Samarra seduces him into losing his inheritance and betraying his religious faith. Enduring a number of difficulties, Micah finally realizes where he belongs and returns home to his father, who forgives Michael all of his sins and orders a lavish celebration of his return.