Filmography
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Known For
Union Pacific Leach Overmile (1939) -
Little Miss Marker Regret (1934) -
Reap the Wild Wind Captain Phillip Philpott (1942) -
Known For
She Loves Me Not Gus McNeal (1934) -
Actor
The Desert Song Johnny Walsh (1943) -
Dixie Mr. Whitlock (1943) -
Star Spangled Rhythm Mark in Card Playing Skit (1942) -
Silver Queen Hector Bailey (1942) -
The Forest Rangers Jammer Jones (1942) -
Reap the Wild Wind Captain Phillip Philpott (1942)
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Roxie Hart Jake Callahan (1942) -
New York Town Sam (1941) -
Aloma of the South Seas Corky (1941) -
Caught in the Draft Steve Riggs (1941) -
![The Hard-Boiled Canary]( "The Hard-Boiled Canary")
The Hard-Boiled Canary George Thomas (1941) -
![North West Mounted Police]( "North West Mounted Police")
North West Mounted Police Tod McDuff (1940) -
![Safari]( "Safari")
Safari Jock McPhail (1940) -
![Edison, the Man]( "Edison, the Man")
Edison, the Man James G. 'Bunt' Cavatt (1940) -
![Typhoon]( "Typhoon")
Typhoon Skipper Joe (1940) -
![Death of a Champion]( "Death of a Champion")
Death of a Champion Oliver Quade (1939) -
![Union Pacific]( "Union Pacific")
Union Pacific Leach Overmile (1939) -
![Persons in Hiding]( "Persons in Hiding")
Persons in Hiding Agent Pete Griswold (1939) -
![Ride a Crooked Mile]( "Ride a Crooked Mile")
Ride a Crooked Mile Oklahoma (1938) -
![Sons of the Legion]( "Sons of the Legion")
Sons of the Legion Charles Lee (1938) -
![Spawn of the North]( "Spawn of the North")
Spawn of the North 'Jack' Jackson (1938) -
![Men with Wings]( "Men with Wings")
Men with Wings Hank Rinebow (1938) -
![Hunted Men]( "Hunted Men")
Hunted Men Peter Harris (1938) -
![Her Jungle Love]( "Her Jungle Love")
Her Jungle Love Jimmy Wallace (1938) -
![The Big Broadcast of 1938]( "The Big Broadcast of 1938")
The Big Broadcast of 1938 Scoop McPhail (1938) -
![True Confession]( "True Confession")
True Confession Bartender (1937) -
![Night Club Scandal]( "Night Club Scandal")
Night Club Scandal Russell Kirk (1937) -
![Partners in Crime]( "Partners in Crime")
Partners in Crime Hank Hyer (1937) -
![Blonde Trouble]( "Blonde Trouble")
Blonde Trouble Joe Hart (1937) -
![Wild Money]( "Wild Money")
Wild Money Perry Brown (1937) -
![Hotel Haywire]( "Hotel Haywire")
Hotel Haywire Dr. Parkhouse (1937) -
![Nobody's Baby]( "Nobody's Baby")
Nobody's Baby Det. Lt. Emory Littleworth (1937) -
![Murder Goes to College]( "Murder Goes to College")
Murder Goes to College Henry 'Hank' Hyer (1937) -
![Don't Tell the Wife]( "Don't Tell the Wife")
Don't Tell the Wife Steven A. 'Steve' Dorsey (1937) -
![The Jungle Princess]( "The Jungle Princess")
The Jungle Princess Frank (1936) -
Three Married Men Jeff Mullins (1936)
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![Yours for the Asking]( "Yours for the Asking")
Yours for the Asking Honeysuckle (1936) -
![Poppy]( "Poppy")
Poppy Attorney Eddie G. Whiffen (1936) -
![Collegiate]( "Collegiate")
Collegiate Sour-Puss (1936) -
![Two for Tonight]( "Two for Tonight")
Two for Tonight Harry (1935) -
![Men Without Names]( "Men Without Names")
Men Without Names Gabby Lambert (1935) -
![Paris in Spring]( "Paris in Spring")
Paris in Spring DuPont (1935) -
![Rumba]( "Rumba")
Rumba Flash (1935) -
![Enter Madame!]( "Enter Madame!")
Enter Madame! Mr. Farnum (1935) -
![Broadway Bill]( "Broadway Bill")
Broadway Bill Oscar 'Happy' McGuire (1934) -
![You Belong to Me]( "You Belong to Me")
You Belong to Me Brown - Theatre Manager (1934) -
![She Loves Me Not]( "She Loves Me Not")
She Loves Me Not Gus McNeal (1934) -
![The Great Flirtation]( "The Great Flirtation")
The Great Flirtation Joe Lang (1934) -
![Little Miss Marker]( "Little Miss Marker")
Little Miss Marker Regret (1934) -
![Midnight]( "Midnight")
Midnight Joe Biggers (1934) -
Around the Clock (1934)
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The Poor Fish (1933)
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![Five Minutes from the Station]( "Five Minutes from the Station")
Five Minutes from the Station Bert Adams (1930) -
Kisses Robert Stanton (1929)
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Actor
![The Perfect Crime]( "The Perfect Crime")
The Perfect Crime Newlywed (1928) -
Soundtrack
![Reap the Wild Wind]( "Reap the Wild Wind")
Reap the Wild Wind (1942) -
![New York Town]( "New York Town")
New York Town (1941) -
Soundtrack
![The Big Broadcast of 1938]( "The Big Broadcast of 1938")
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) -
Archive footage
![The Naked Archaeologist]( "The Naked Archaeologist")
The Naked Archaeologist (2008-2010) -
![Going Hollywood: The '30s]( "Going Hollywood: The '30s")
Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984)
All Filmography
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Awards
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Trivia
Laid-back character actor from the stage (Broadway, 1919-1932), who specialised in Runyonesque gangsters or the wisecracking friend of the star. Particularly effective at delivering droll one-liners in his unique pitch-changing voice, which he did ...
Star Sign
Virgo
Personal Details
Born
Woodson Lynne Overman Woodson Lynne Overman
Maryville, Missouri, USA
Died
(age 55)
Santa Monica, California, USA
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