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Al Thompson is a Actor American born on 21 september 1884 at Philadelphia (USA)
Al Thompson (September 21, 1884 – March 1, 1960) was an American film actor. He appeared in 176 films between 1916 and 1958.
Well known in the industry for performing the more difficult stunts, he kept busy as a stunt double for Andy Clyde in the latter's many movies and also appeared in many Three Stooges shorts. The wiry, athletic Thompson performed in a variety of bit parts and was equally comfortable in roles as varied as laundry worker, professor, desk clerk, or sign painter.
D'allure athlétique et filiforme, Thompson est aussi à l'aise dans des rôles aussi variés de travailleur dans une blanchisserie, professeur, réceptionniste ou encore peintre en lettres.
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Nationality USA
Birth 21 september 1884 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 1 march 1960 (at 75 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 21 september 1884 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 1 march 1960 (at 75 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Well known in the industry for performing the more difficult stunts, he kept busy as a stunt double for Andy Clyde in the latter's many movies and also appeared in many Three Stooges shorts. The wiry, athletic Thompson performed in a variety of bit parts and was equally comfortable in roles as varied as laundry worker, professor, desk clerk, or sign painter.
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Bien connu dans l'industrie cinématographique pour effectuer les cascades les plus difficiles, Al Thompson est la doublure d'Andy Clyde dans de nombreux films de l'acteur américain et est également apparu dans de nombreux courts métrages de la troupe comique Les Trois Stooges.D'allure athlétique et filiforme, Thompson est aussi à l'aise dans des rôles aussi variés de travailleur dans une blanchisserie, professeur, réceptionniste ou encore peintre en lettres.
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A Walk to Remember (2002)
, 1h42Directed by Adam Shankman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about cancer
Actors Shane West, Mandy Moore, Peter Coyote, Daryl Hannah, Lauren German, Clayne Crawford
Roles Eric
Rating73%
Popular and rebellious teenager Landon Carter (Shane West) is threatened with expulsion from school after he and his friends leave evidence of underage drinking on the school grounds and seriously injure another student as the result of a prank gone wrong. The head of the school gives Landon the choice of being expelled or atoning for his actions by tutoring fellow students and participating in the school play. During these functions, Landon notices Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore), a girl he has known since kindergarten and who has attended many of the same classes as him, and who is also the local minister's daughter. Since he's one of the in-crowd, he has seldom paid any attention to Jamie, who wears modest dresses all the time and owns only one sweater. She makes no attempt to wear make-up or otherwise improve her looks or attract attention to herself.
Fifi Blows Her Top (1958)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Philip Van Zandt, Joe Palma, Harriette Tarler
Rating60%
The Stooges reminisce about their wartime romances in Europe. After they finish their tales, they discover that Joe's girl Fifi (Vanda Dupre), whom he left behind in Paris, has moved in next door. The only problem is that she is now married to a very evil jealous and unappreciative husband (Philip Van Zandt).
Pies and Guys (1958)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Greta Thyssen, Milton Frome, Gene Roth
Roles Party Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rating59%
In the third Stooge adaptation of Pygmalion, the trio are repairmen who make a scene in the presence of two psychologists, Professors Quackenbush (Milton Frome) and Sedletz (Gene Roth). Quackenbush makes a bet with Sedletz that he can turn the boys into gentlemen through environment. Training is slow and painful for the professor, who pulls his hair out in disgust. However, the Stooges do have the opportunity to flirt with the professor's assistant (Greta Thyssen), while learning table etiquette. Finally, the Stooges will decide the wager by their behavior at a fancy society party.
The Three Faces of Eve (1957)
, 1h31Directed by Nunnally Johnson, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Psychologie, Films about psychiatry, Psychanalyse
Actors Joanne Woodward, David Wayne, Lee J. Cobb, Nancy Kulp, Douglas Spencer, Mimi Gibson
Roles Man at Funeral (uncredited)
Rating71%
Eve White is a timid, self-effacing wife and mother who is subject to severe and blinding headaches and occasional blackouts. Eventually she is sent to see a personality psychiatrist Dr. Luther, and while having a conversation, a "new personality", the wild, fun-loving Eve Black, emerges. Eve Black knows everything about Eve White, but Eve White is unaware of Eve Black. When Eve Black becomes the dominant personality, Eve White's husband leaves her and abandons their daughter, Bonnie. Eve White is sent to an asylum after Eve Black tries to kill Eve White's daughter.
Scheming Schemers (1956)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Joe Palma, Emil Sitka, Kenneth MacDonald
Roles (archive footage)
Rating66%
The Stooges are novice plumbers, whose first job is finding a valuable ring that went down a drainpipe at the home of the wealthy Norfleets (Emil Sitka and Symona Boniface). The Stooges happily retrieve the ring, but Larry knocks it out of Moe's hand, and back it goes down the drain. The Stooges then work their way to basement to shut the water off. Larry is assigned to finding the water cutoff and proceeds to dig up most of the lawn. Shemp later surmises that the pipes fail to work properly because they are "clogged up with wires." Shemp and Moe proceed to remove the electrical system from the pipes and connect a water pipe to the newly available pipe. The cook (Dudley Dickerson), who is in the kitchen trying to prepare an extravagant meal for the Norfleets, watches in bewilderment as the stove and chandelier gush water.
Guys and Dolls (1955)
, 2h23Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye
Roles Drunk (uncredited)
Rating70%
Although there are detail differences between the stage and movie versions, the plot is essentially based on the activities of New York petty criminals and professional gamblers in the late 1940s.
Blunder Boys (1955)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Kenneth MacDonald, Benny Rubin, Frank Sully
Roles (Uncredited)
Rating71%
After serving in the Army, the stooges decide to head off to college and major in criminology. Graduating with the lowest possible honors, the boys join the police force and they receive an assignment, which is to search for a bandit called the Eel who is going to rob the Biltless Hotel. They go to the hotel, but fail to catch the criminal or retrieve the money he stole. As a result, they are booted off the force and the three end up as ditch diggers.
Gypped in the Penthouse (1955)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Jean Willes, Emil Sitka, Al Thompson
Roles Club Guest (uncredited)
Rating70%
At the Woman Haters Club, Larry and Shemp exchange stories of their disastrous encounters with a gold digger, who turns out to be the same woman (Jean Willes). Jane became engaged to Larry, only to dump him when Moe shows up with a larger diamond ring. Shemp is a good samaritan, who winds up in Jane's apartment after a good deed, and chased by her husband Moe when he returns home early (Jane explains, "He was on a business trip. That's separated, isn't it?!")
A Star Is Born (1954)
, 3h1Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about films, Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Films about drugs, Films about television, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, James Mason, Jack Carson, Charles Bickford, Tommy Noonan, Amanda Blake
Roles Vagrant (uncredited)
Rating74%
Esther Blodgett is a talented aspiring singer with a band, and Norman Maine is a former matinee idol with a career in the early stages of decline. When he arrives intoxicated at a function at the Shrine Auditorium, the studio publicist attempts to keep him away from reporters. After an angry exchange, Norman rushes away and bursts onto a stage where an orchestra is performing. Blodgett takes him by the hand and pretends he is part of the act, thereby turning a potentially embarrassing and disruptive moment into an opportunity for the audience to greet Norman with applause.
Musty Musketeers (1954)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Vernon Dent, Virginia Hunter, Philip Van Zandt
Roles King’s Guard (uncredited)
Rating67%
The Stooges wish to marry their sweethearts, but are forbidden by Old King Cole (Vernon Dent) until Princess Alisha (Virginia Hunter) weds Prince Gallant III of Rhododendron "when the flowers bloom in the Spring." Unfortunately, evil magician Murgatroyd (Philip Van Zandt) has his own plans to marry Alisha, and promptly abducts her. The Stooges do their best to foil his plot.
Belles on Their Toes (1952)
, 1h29Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Myrna Loy, Jeanne Crain, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Edward Arnold, Hoagy Carmichael
Roles Porter (uncredited)
Rating64%
Belles on Their Toes recounts the story of the Gilbreth family after the death of efficiency expert Frank Gilbreth, husband of Dr. Lillian Gilbreth and father to twelve children.
We're Not Married! (1952)
, 1h26Directed by Edmund Goulding
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Children's films, Films about marriage
Actors Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne, Eve Arden, Paul Douglas
Roles Minister (uncredited)
Rating63%
When elderly Mr. Bush (Victor Moore) is appointed justice of the peace, he starts marrying couples on Christmas Eve. However, his appointment isn't valid until the first of January. Two years later, this issue becomes known when one of the six couples he married files divorce. To avoid a bigger scandal, the remaining five couples are informed that they are not really married. The film then shows how the couples react on the news:
The Stooge (1951)
, 1h48Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Polly Bergen, Marion Marshall, Frances Bavier, Marie McDonald
Roles Audience Member (uncredited)
Rating66%
In 1930, entertainer Bill Miller believes that he has the ability to become a solo performer. He and his partner Ben Bailey split up and go their separate ways. Miller fails miserably, and his manager, Leo Lyman thinks it would be a good idea to perform with a "stooge." Enter Ted Rogers, who plays an accident-prone foil for Miller. Soon afterwards, Miller's act is a hit.
Merry Mavericks (1951)
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Don C. Harvey, Marion Martin, Emil Sitka
Roles Bartender (uncredited)
Rating70%
Set in the Old West, Peaceful Gulch is not so peaceful as Morgan (Don C. Harvey) and his roughnecks have run the sheriff out of town. In attempt to bring normalcy back to their little town, some of the sheriff's posse concoct a scheme to trick Morgan and his hombres into thinking that there are three famous marshalls headed into town to bring back law and order.
Love at First Bite (1950)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Christine McIntyre, Al Thompson, Slim Gaut
Roles Napping Diner (uncredited)
Rating70%
The Stooges happily reminisce about the meeting of their respective fiancees whilst in armed forces in Europe. To celebrate, the trio drink a toast, consisting of three large mugs containing Old Panther whisky and immediately get pathetically drunk. Moe and Shemp start arguing over their sweetheart, and suggest they end it by fighting "a drool." As ammunition, they spray each other with seltzer bottles. Shemp finally passes out cold, leading Moe and Larry to the conclusion he died. They decided to dispose of Shemp's body by encasing his feet in a round-bottomed tub with cement in order to drop him into the ocean.