Filmography
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Known For
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Kid Mulligan (1938) -
The Lady and the Mob Frankie O'Fallon (1939) -
Up the River Dannemora Dan (1930) -
Known For
Mr. Moto in Danger Island Twister McGurk (1939) -
Actor
Gentleman Joe Palooka Louie - Sparring Partner (1946) -
Joe Palooka, Champ Ira Eyler (1946) -
The Affairs of Susan Waiter (1945) -
Three Is a Family Coolie (1944) -
Since You Went Away Convalescent Wishing for Tutti Frutti (1944) -
Government Girl Military Police Sergeant (1943) -
Gangway for Tomorrow Pete (1943) -
Danger! Women at Work Pete (1943) -
Spy Train Herman Krantz (1943) -
Hitler--Dead or Alive Hans 'Dutch' Havermann (1942) -
![Phantom Killer]( "Phantom Killer")
Phantom Killer Police Sgt. Pete Corrigan (1942) -
![Police Bullets]( "Police Bullets")
Police Bullets Gabby Walsh (1942) -
![Baby Face Morgan]( "Baby Face Morgan")
Baby Face Morgan Wise Willie (1942) -
![Lure of the Islands]( "Lure of the Islands")
Lure of the Islands Albert (1942) -
![One Thrilling Night]( "One Thrilling Night")
One Thrilling Night Pat Callahan (1942) -
![Henry and Dizzy]( "Henry and Dizzy")
Henry and Dizzy Tramp at Picnic (1942) -
![She's in the Army]( "She's in the Army")
She's in the Army Cpl. Buck Shane (1942) -
![Dr. Broadway]( "Dr. Broadway")
Dr. Broadway Maxie the Goat (1942) -
![So's Your Aunt Emma!]( "So's Your Aunt Emma!")
So's Your Aunt Emma! Joe (1942) -
![Girls' Town]( "Girls' Town")
Girls' Town Joe (1942) -
![Mr. Wise Guy]( "Mr. Wise Guy")
Mr. Wise Guy Dratler (1942) -
![Jail House Blues]( "Jail House Blues")
Jail House Blues Big Foot Louie (1942) -
![Torpedo Boat]( "Torpedo Boat")
Torpedo Boat Marine (1942) -
![Skylark]( "Skylark")
Skylark Big Man in Subway Car (1941) -
![Birth of the Blues]( "Birth of the Blues")
Birth of the Blues Limpy (1941) -
![Buy Me That Town]( "Buy Me That Town")
Buy Me That Town Crusher Howard (1941) -
![Reaching for the Sun]( "Reaching for the Sun")
Reaching for the Sun Percy Shelley (1941) -
![Meet John Doe]( "Meet John Doe")
Meet John Doe Angelface (1941) -
![Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!]( "Love, Honor and Oh-Baby!")
Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! Bull (1940) -
![I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby]( "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby")
I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby Big Foot Louie (1940) -
![Charlie McCarthy, Detective]( "Charlie McCarthy, Detective")
Charlie McCarthy, Detective Dutch (1939) -
![Destry Rides Again]( "Destry Rides Again")
Destry Rides Again Bugs Watson (1939) -
![Calling All Marines]( "Calling All Marines")
Calling All Marines Snooker (1939) -
![Coast Guard]( "Coast Guard")
Coast Guard Lancelot O'Hara (1939) -
![Boy Friend]( "Boy Friend")
Boy Friend Greenberg (1939) -
![Mr. Moto in Danger Island]( "Mr. Moto in Danger Island")
Mr. Moto in Danger Island Twister McGurk (1939) -
![The Lady and the Mob]( "The Lady and the Mob")
The Lady and the Mob Frankie O'Fallon (1939) -
![Thanks for Everything]( "Thanks for Everything")
Thanks for Everything Marine Sergeant (1938) -
![Submarine Patrol]( "Submarine Patrol")
Submarine Patrol Seaman Rocky Haggerty (1938) -
![Gateway]( "Gateway")
Gateway Guard-Waiter (1938) -
![You and Me]( "You and Me")
You and Me Gimpy Carter (1938) -
![Joy of Living]( "Joy of Living")
Joy of Living Mike (1938) -
![Arson Gang Busters]( "Arson Gang Busters")
Arson Gang Busters Tom Jones (1938) -
![Bluebeard's Eighth Wife]( "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife")
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife Kid Mulligan (1938) -
![Lady Behave!]( "Lady Behave!")
Lady Behave! Butch (1937) -
![Telephone Operator]( "Telephone Operator")
Telephone Operator Shorty (1937) -
![Ali Baba Goes to Town]( "Ali Baba Goes to Town")
Ali Baba Goes to Town Tramp (1937) -
![Bad Guy]( "Bad Guy")
Bad Guy 'Shorty' (1937) -
![Sea Racketeers]( "Sea Racketeers")
Sea Racketeers Mate 'Spud' Jones (1937) -
![Wake Up and Live]( "Wake Up and Live")
Wake Up and Live First Gunman (1937) -
![Meet the Boy Friend]( "Meet the Boy Friend")
Meet the Boy Friend Wilbur 'Bugs' Corrigan (1937) -
![Married Before Breakfast]( "Married Before Breakfast")
Married Before Breakfast Harry (1937) -
![We Have Our Moments]( "We Have Our Moments")
We Have Our Moments Smacksey (1937) -
![Navy Blues]( "Navy Blues")
Navy Blues Gerald 'Biff' Jones (1937) -
![Join the Marines]( "Join the Marines")
Join the Marines Herman (1937) -
![She's Dangerous]( "She's Dangerous")
She's Dangerous Herman Valentz (1937) -
![You Only Live Once]( "You Only Live Once")
You Only Live Once Buggsy (1937) -
![Love Letters of a Star]( "Love Letters of a Star")
Love Letters of a Star Chuck (1936) -
![36 Hours to Kill]( "36 Hours to Kill")
36 Hours to Kill Hazy (1936) -
![Rhythm on the Range]( "Rhythm on the Range")
Rhythm on the Range Big Brain (1936) -
![San Francisco]( "San Francisco")
San Francisco Hazeltine (1936) -
![Nobody's Fool]( "Nobody's Fool")
Nobody's Fool Sour Puss (1936) -
![Desert Justice]( "Desert Justice")
Desert Justice Hymie (1936) -
![A Message to Garcia]( "A Message to Garcia")
A Message to Garcia Departing Sailor (1936) -
![Mr. Deeds Goes to Town]( "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town")
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Bodyguard (1936) -
![Everybody's Old Man]( "Everybody's Old Man")
Everybody's Old Man Mike Murphy (1936) -
![Laughing Irish Eyes]( "Laughing Irish Eyes")
Laughing Irish Eyes Tiger O'Keefe (1936) -
![King of the Islands]( "King of the Islands")
King of the Islands A Shipwrecked Sailor (1936) -
![Tango]( "Tango")
Tango Joe Sloan, Betty's Boyfriend (1936) -
![The Leavenworth Case]( "The Leavenworth Case")
The Leavenworth Case Detective O'Malley (1936) -
![Hitch Hike Lady]( "Hitch Hike Lady")
Hitch Hike Lady Cluck Regan (1935) -
![The Widow from Monte Carlo]( "The Widow from Monte Carlo")
The Widow from Monte Carlo Dopey Mullins (1935) -
![Show Them No Mercy!]( "Show Them No Mercy!")
Show Them No Mercy! Gimp (1935) -
![Hong Kong Nights]( "Hong Kong Nights")
Hong Kong Nights Wally (1935) -
![Confidential]( "Confidential")
Confidential 'Midget' Regan (1935) -
![Navy Wife]( "Navy Wife")
Navy Wife Butch (1935) -
![She Gets Her Man]( "She Gets Her Man")
She Gets Her Man Spike (1935) -
![Dante's Inferno]( "Dante's Inferno")
Dante's Inferno Bozo - a Stoker (1935) -
![The Daring Young Man]( "The Daring Young Man")
The Daring Young Man Pete Hogan (1935) -
![Silk Hat Kid]( "Silk Hat Kid")
Silk Hat Kid Misty (1935) -
![Hold 'Em Yale]( "Hold 'Em Yale")
Hold 'Em Yale Sam, The Gonoph (1935) -
![The Case of the Curious Bride]( "The Case of the Curious Bride")
The Case of the Curious Bride Oscar Pender (1935) -
![The Gilded Lily]( "The Gilded Lily")
The Gilded Lily Taxi Driver (1935) -
![Kid Millions]( "Kid Millions")
Kid Millions Louie the Lug (1934) -
![Belle of the Nineties]( "Belle of the Nineties")
Belle of the Nineties St. Louis Fighter (1934) -
![Young and Beautiful]( "Young and Beautiful")
Young and Beautiful The Champ (1934) -
![She Loves Me Not]( "She Loves Me Not")
She Loves Me Not Mugg Schnitzel (1934) -
![The Cat's-Paw]( "The Cat's-Paw")
The Cat's-Paw 'Spike' Slattery (1934) -
![Little Miss Marker]( "Little Miss Marker")
Little Miss Marker Canvas Back (1934) -
![One Is Guilty]( "One Is Guilty")
One Is Guilty 'Knock-Out' Walters (1934) -
![Woman Unafraid]( "Woman Unafraid")
Woman Unafraid John (1934) -
![The Gold Ghost]( "The Gold Ghost")
The Gold Ghost Bugs Kelly (1934) -
![George White's Scandals]( "George White's Scandals")
George White's Scandals Pete Pandos - Greek Wrestler (1934) -
![The Crosby Case]( "The Crosby Case")
The Crosby Case Sam Collins (1934) -
![Roast-Beef and Movies]( "Roast-Beef and Movies")
Roast-Beef and Movies Man at Gunpoint in Fictitious Film Scene (1934) -
![King for a Night]( "King for a Night")
King for a Night Goofy (1933) -
![In the Money]( "In the Money")
In the Money Gunboat Bimms (1933) -
![My Woman]( "My Woman")
My Woman Al--Butler (1933) -
![Her First Mate]( "Her First Mate")
Her First Mate Percy (1933) -
![I Love That Man]( "I Love That Man")
I Love That Man Mousey (1933) -
![Midnight Mary]( "Midnight Mary")
Midnight Mary Angelo (1933) -
![A Lady's Profession]( "A Lady's Profession")
A Lady's Profession Nutty Bolton (1933) -
![The Mysterious Rider]( "The Mysterious Rider")
The Mysterious Rider Jitney Smith (1933) -
![The Billion Dollar Scandal]( "The Billion Dollar Scandal")
The Billion Dollar Scandal Kid McGurn (1933) -
![20, 000 Years in Sing Sing]( "20, 000 Years in Sing Sing")
20, 000 Years in Sing Sing Hype (1932) -
![Madison Square Garden]( "Madison Square Garden")
Madison Square Garden Brassie Randall (1932) -
![One Way Passage]( "One Way Passage")
One Way Passage Steve Burke (1932) -
![The Night Mayor]( "The Night Mayor")
The Night Mayor Riley (1932) -
![Hold 'Em Jail]( "Hold 'Em Jail")
Hold 'Em Jail Steele (1932) -
![Love Is a Racket]( "Love Is a Racket")
Love Is a Racket Burney Olds (1932) -
![The Unholy Garden]( "The Unholy Garden")
The Unholy Garden Smiley Corbin (1931) -
![The Spider]( "The Spider")
The Spider Schmidt (1931) -
![Goldie]( "Goldie")
Goldie Spike Moore (1931) -
![Charlie Chan Carries On]( "Charlie Chan Carries On")
Charlie Chan Carries On Max Minchin (1931) -
![Seas Beneath]( "Seas Beneath")
Seas Beneath 'Lug' Kaufman (1931) -
![Men on Call]( "Men on Call")
Men on Call Joe Burke (1930) -
![Oh, for a Man!]( "Oh, for a Man!")
Oh, for a Man! 'Pug' Morini (1930) -
![Sinners' Holiday]( "Sinners' Holiday")
Sinners' Holiday Mitch McKane (1930) -
![Up the River]( "Up the River")
Up the River Dannemora Dan (1930) -
![Born Reckless]( "Born Reckless")
Born Reckless Big Shot (1930) -
![Men Without Women]( "Men Without Women")
Men Without Women Kaufman (1930) -
![The Lone Star Ranger]( "The Lone Star Ranger")
The Lone Star Ranger The Bowery Kid (1930) -
![Frozen Justice]( "Frozen Justice")
Frozen Justice Bartender (1929) -
![The Girl from Havana]( "The Girl from Havana")
The Girl from Havana Spike Howard (1929) -
![The Cock-Eyed World]( "The Cock-Eyed World")
The Cock-Eyed World Marine Corporal Scout (1929) -
![Fox Movietone Follies of 1929]( "Fox Movietone Follies of 1929")
Fox Movietone Follies of 1929 Martin (1929) -
![The Far Call]( "The Far Call")
The Far Call Soup Brophy (1929) -
Actor
![Speakeasy]( "Speakeasy")
Speakeasy Cannon Delmont (1929) -
Soundtrack
![Kid Millions]( "Kid Millions")
Kid Millions (1934) -
Archive footage
![Twister McGurk]( "Twister McGurk")
Twister McGurk (2014) -
![James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson]( "James Stewart: A Wonderful Life - Hosted by Johnny Carson")
All Filmography
Did You Know
Trivia
Hymer was a brawny, barrel-chested character actor who had made a successful career out of playing not particularly bright cops, gangsters, sidekicks, etc., much like Nat Pendleton, until an incident in the late 1930s effectively killed his career. ...
Star Sign
Pisces
Personal Details
Born
Edgar Warren Hymer
New York City, New York, USA
Died
(age 42)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Height:
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