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Glen Cavender is a Actor and Second Unit American born on 18 september 1883 at Tucson (USA)
Glen Cavender (September 19, 1883 – February 9, 1962) was an American film actor. He appeared in 259 films between 1914 and 1949.
The Spanish-American War soldier was born in Tucson, Arizona, and died in Hollywood, California. He started his acting career in vaudeville shows. Cavender belonged to the original Keystone Cops and was a regular in numerous Mack Sennett comedies. He also worked as a director for three Mack-Sennett-films between 1914 and 1916. During the 1920s Cavender worked for the film studios Educational and Christie and appeared in Buster Keaton's film classic The General (1926) as the antagonistic Union Captain Anderson. The advance of sound film in the late 1920s damaged his career and, formerly a well-known actor, Cavender only played minor roles until his retirement in 1949.
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Nationality USA
Birth 18 september 1883 at Tucson (USA)
Death 9 february 1962 (at 78 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Birth 18 september 1883 at Tucson (USA)
Death 9 february 1962 (at 78 years) at Hollywood (USA)
The Spanish-American War soldier was born in Tucson, Arizona, and died in Hollywood, California. He started his acting career in vaudeville shows. Cavender belonged to the original Keystone Cops and was a regular in numerous Mack Sennett comedies. He also worked as a director for three Mack-Sennett-films between 1914 and 1916. During the 1920s Cavender worked for the film studios Educational and Christie and appeared in Buster Keaton's film classic The General (1926) as the antagonistic Union Captain Anderson. The advance of sound film in the late 1920s damaged his career and, formerly a well-known actor, Cavender only played minor roles until his retirement in 1949.
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Filmography of Glen Cavender (174 films)
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The Fountainhead (1949)
, 1h54Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull
Roles Pedestrian Onlooker (uncredited)
Rating69%
Howard Roark (Gary Cooper) is an individualistic architect who follows a new artistic path in the face of conformity and vulgar mediocrity.
Watch on the Rhine (1943)
, 1h54Directed by Hal Mohr, Herman Shumlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lucile Watson, Beulah Bondi, George Coulouris
Roles Un employé de l'Ambassade d'Allemagne
Rating70%
In 1940, German-born engineer Kurt Muller (Paul Lukas), his American wife Sara (Bette Davis), and their children Joshua (Donald Buka), Babette (Janis Wilson), and Bodo (Eric Roberts) cross the Mexican border into the United States to visit Sara's brother David Farrelly (Donald Woods) and their mother Fanny (Lucile Watson) in Washington, D.C. For the past seventeen years, the Muller family has lived in Europe, where Kurt responded to the rise of Nazism by engaging in anti-Fascist activities. Sara tells her family they are seeking peaceful sanctuary on American soil, but their quest is threatened by the presence of houseguest Teck de Brancovis (George Coulouris), an opportunistic Romanian count who has been conspiring with the Germans in the nation's capital.
Edge of Darkness (1943)
, 1h59Directed by Lewis Milestone, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, Walter Huston, Helmut Dantine, Judith Anderson, Nancy Coleman
Roles Cannery Worker (uncredited)
Rating71%
In the Norwegian fishing village of Trollness, residents resist the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. In October 1942, the Norwegian flag is flying high over the Nazi outpost but almost everyone in town is dead. The German troops sent to investigate discover the German commander, Captain Koenig, dead in his office. The film the proceeds to tell the events that led to this disaster.
Northern Pursuit (1943)
, 1h33Directed by Don Siegel, Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Adventure, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Errol Flynn, Julie Bishop, Helmut Dantine, John Ridgely, Tom Tully, Monte Blue
Roles Workman (uncredited)
Rating65%
After a German U-boat drops off Nazi saboteurs, RCMP Corporal Wagner (Flynn) captures the leader, Colonel Hugo von Keller (Helmut Dantine), the only survivor after an avalanche wipes out the rest of the group. When left alone with the Canadian Mountie, von Keller discovers that Wagner speaks German and is of German ancestry, and tries to persuade his captor to help him. After being taken into custody, von Keller leads a jailbreak from a prisoner of war camp, enlisting other German soldiers in his escape. Wagner, seemingly under suspicion by the RCMP of being a Nazi sympathizer, is court martialed and contacted by Ernst Willis (Gene Lockhart), a real enemy agent, who hires him as a wilderness guide.
Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
, 2h6Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors James Cagney, Joan Leslie, Walter Huston, Richard Whorf, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp
Roles un machiniste
Rating75%
In the early days of World War II, Cohan comes out of retirement to star as President Roosevelt in the Rodgers and Hart musical I'd Rather Be Right. On the first night, he is summoned to meet the President at the White House, who presents him with a Congressional Gold Medal (in fact, this happened several years previously). Cohan is overcome and chats with Roosevelt, recalling his early days on the stage. The film flashes back to his supposed birth on July 4, whilst his father is performing on the vaudeville stage.
The Male Animal (1942)
, 1h41Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films based on plays
Actors Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette, Hattie McDaniel
Roles Reporter on Porch (uncredited)
Rating65%
Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda) is an English teacher at football-crazed Midwestern University. Although he is uninvolved with the politics of the day, Tommy suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus. An editorial in a student magazine praises him for planning to read Bartolomeo Vanzetti's sentencing statement to his class as an example of eloquent composition, even in broken English composed by a non-professional.
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
, 1h35Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Jane Wyman, Broderick Crawford, Jack Carson, Anthony Quinn, Edward Brophy
Roles deuxième homme-sandwich (non crédité)
Rating72%
Suave convict J. Chalmers "Pressure" Maxwell decides to go straight. Just before he is released from prison along with his none-too-bright accomplice Jug Martin, he rejects a proposal by fellow inmate Leo Dexter to rob a bank.
George Washington Slept Here (1942)
, 1h33Directed by William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jack Benny, Ann Sheridan, Charles Coburn, Harvey Stephens, Percy Kilbride, Hattie McDaniel
Roles Well Digger (uncredited)
Rating68%
Manhattanite Connie Fuller (Ann Sheridan) secretly acquires a dilapidated house in rural Bucks County, Pennsylvania, without her husband Bill's (Jack Benny) knowledge. The couple were forced out of their New York City apartment after their dog damaged the carpets. The house Connie buys is believed to have served as George Washington's temporary home during the Revolutionary War. Connie takes Bill on a tour of the countryside including the house, hoping that Bill will fall in love with it. Her plan to surprise him with the news that they own the house is frustrated when he announces that he hates it. Bill only sees the poor condition of the house, and its poor location for commuting into the city. Having nowhere else to live, they move into the house anyway. Connie's sister Madge (Joyce Reynolds) moves with them. They hire Mr. Kimber (Percy Kilbride) to help with the renovations. They uncover evidence that it was not Washington who had slept there, but Benedict Arnold. Connie's spoiled nephew Raymond (Douglas Croft) also moves in during the summer. Connie's wealthy uncle Stanley (Charles Coburn) plans to visit also.
The Hidden Hand (1942)
, 1h3Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror, Romance
Themes Comedy science fiction films
Actors Craig Stevens, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox, Cecil Cunningham, Ruth Ford, Milton Parsons
Roles Detective (uncredited)
Rating60%
Juke Girl (1942)
, 1h30Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Ann Sheridan, Ronald Reagan, Richard Whorf, George Tobias, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale
Rating62%
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The Hidden Hand (1942)
, 1h3Directed by Benjamin Stoloff
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Craig Stevens, Elisabeth Fraser, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox, Cecil Cunningham, Ruth Ford
Roles Detective (uncredited)
Rating60%
John Channing (Milton Parsons) is as insane-asylum escapee. In her efforts to protect her brother from the authorities, John's sister Lorinda (Cecil Cunningham) opens the door for a series of grisly murders. Peter Thorne (Craig Stevens) and Mary Winfield (Elizabeth Fraser) try to stop John before he kills again.
Spy Ship (1942)
, 1h2Directed by B. Reeves Eason
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Craig Stevens, Irene Manning, Maris Wrixon, Tod Andrews, Peter Whitney, William Forrest
Roles Karl, Radio Operator
Rating60%
Affectionately Yours (1941)
, 1h28Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Dennis Morgan, Rita Hayworth, Ralph Bellamy, Hattie McDaniel, Butterfly McQueen
Roles un pompier
Rating57%
Foreign correspondent Rickey Mayberry (Dennis Morgan) hurriedly flies back from Spain to the U.S. to keep his wife from divorcing him, but he's followed on the flight by love interest Irene Malcolm (Rita Hayworth). Mayberry's wife Sue (Merle Oberon) has indeed divorced him, although she still loves him. The comedy of errors is compounded by Irene and also by Rickey's boss (James Gleason), who both conspire to keep the couple apart.
Meet John Doe (1941)
, 2h2Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason
Roles (rôle indéterminé)
Rating75%
Infuriated at being told to write one final column after being laid off from her newspaper job, Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) prints a letter from a fictional unemployed "John Doe" threatening suicide on Christmas Eve in protest of society's ills. When the letter causes a sensation among readers, and the paper's competition suspects a fraud and starts to investigate, editor Henry Connell (James Gleason) is persuaded to rehire Mitchell, who schemes to boost the newspaper's sales by exploiting the fictional John Doe. From a number of derelicts who show up at the paper claiming to have written the original letter, Mitchell and Connell hire John Willoughby (Gary Cooper), a former baseball player and tramp in need of money to repair his injured arm (by Bonesetter Brown), to play the role of John Doe. Mitchell starts to pen a series of articles in Doe's name, elaborating on the original letter's ideas of society's disregard for people in need.
Manpower (1941)
, 1h43Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, Marlene Dietrich, George Raft, Frank McHugh, Eve Arden, Barton MacLane
Roles Drunk Bounced from Midnight Club (uncredited)
Rating65%
A leg injury causes Los Angeles power line worker Hank McHenry to give up field work and accept a promotion to foreman. His crew includes good friend Johnny Marshall and old Pop Duval.