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Arthur Aylesworth is a Actor American born on 12 august 1881 at Apponaug (USA)

Arthur Aylesworth

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Nationality USA
Birth 12 august 1881 at Apponaug (USA)
Death 26 june 1946 (at 64 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Arthur Aylesworth (August 12, 1883 – June 26, 1946) was an American stage and film actor.

Aylesworth was born in Apponaug, Rhode Island and starred on Broadway in the musical Follow Thru (1929). He was on the stage for over a quarter of a century and acted in many notable plays. In the 1930s he got part of the Warner Brothers' ensemble of character actors. Aylesworth played in over 130 films until his death, mostly in minor supporting roles. His grave is located at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.

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Filmography of Arthur Aylesworth (96 films)

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Dragonwyck
Dragonwyck (1946)
, 1h43
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Children's films
Actors Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Vincent Price, Anne Revere, Glenn Langan, Spring Byington
Roles Farmer (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4461653.4461653.4461653.4461653.446165
The setting for the story is a farm in Greenwich, Connecticut in 1844. Farmer's daughter Miranda Wells (Gene Tierney) is brought up by her strait-laced low church parents, Ephraim (Walter Huston) and Abigail (Anne Revere). Miranda, a budding young woman, lives on the farm with her family, but often escapes everyday life on the farm through daydreams of a more romantic location and lifestyle, filled with luxury and flair.
Christmas in Connecticut, 1h42
Directed by Peter Godfrey, Peter Godfrey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Christmas films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Glenn Ford, Dennis Morgan, Sydney Greenstreet, George Macready, Reginald Gardiner
Roles Sleigh Driver (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.647353.647353.647353.647353.64735
Elizabeth Lane (Barbara Stanwyck) is a single food writer living in New York whose articles about her fictitious Connecticut farm and her husband and baby are admired by housewives across the country. Her publisher, Alexander Yardley (Sydney Greenstreet), is unaware of the charade and insists that Elizabeth host a Christmas dinner for returning war hero Jefferson Jones (Dennis Morgan). Facing a career-ending scandal for her and her editor, Dudley Beecham (Robert Shayne), she is forced to comply. In desperation, Elizabeth agrees to marry her friend John Sloan (Reginald Gardiner), who has a farm in Connecticut, even though she does not love him. She enlists the help of her friend, chef Felix Bassenak (S.Z. Sakall), who has been providing her with recipes for her articles.
The Crime Doctor's Warning, 1h10
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Warner Baxter, John Litel, Dusty Anderson, Miles Mander, John Abbott, Arthur Aylesworth
Roles Mrs. Lake's Attorney #2 (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.04833.04833.04833.04833.0483
In this entry Coulter Irwin plays a returning World War II veteran with a few problems: psychological problems that include blackouts, a dominating mother, and a beautiful girlfriend who turns up murdered. The police are quick to pin the killing on him, but the Crime Doctor (Warner Baxter) is not so sure.
Scared Stiff, 1h5
Directed by Frank McDonald
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror
Actors Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Veda Ann Borg, Roger Pryor, George E. Stone
Roles Emerson Cooke
Rating49% 2.481542.481542.481542.481542.48154
Not the sharpest tool in the shed, chess reporter Larry Elliot is confronted with an ultimatum if he wants to keep his job as a newspaper reporter. He is forced to cover a big harvest festival held at a winery in Grape City. At the paper he is known to miss out on bigger stories to cover more trivial events of minor interest.
The Adventures of Mark Twain, 2h10
Directed by Irving Rapper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Adventure
Themes Films about writers
Actors Fredric March, Alexis Smith, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale, C. Aubrey Smith, John Carradine
Rating70% 3.5436353.5436353.5436353.5436353.543635
A group of people are watching Halley's Comet overhead when Judge Clemens is called away for the birth of his son, Samuel Clemens. The film proceeds to mix in elements of many of Clemens' best-known stories as if they actually occurred. Thus, as he grows up, Sam plays with his friends Huck, Tom, and the slave boy Jim on a raft on the Mississippi, providing a fictitious "real–life" basis for the novels Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Roxie Hart
Roxie Hart (1942)
, 1h15
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Lynne Overman, Hugh Downs, Nigel Bruce
Roles Mr. Wadsworth (uncredited)
Rating68% 3.4464953.4464953.4464953.4464953.446495
As soon as Stuart Chapman (Ted North) starts his new job as a newspaper reporter in Chicago, he is pulled into a murder investigation together with his new colleague Homer Howard (George Montgomery). As they sit down in a bar having a drink after a long day, Homer starts telling about a case he reported on in 1927 - a murder case involving the young dancer Roxie Hart (Ginger Rogers).
Moontide
Moontide (1942)
, 1h35
Directed by Fritz Lang, Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jean Gabin, Ida Lupino, Thomas Mitchell, Claude Rains, Jerome Cowan, Ralph Byrd
Roles Pop Kelly
Rating67% 3.3943553.3943553.3943553.3943553.394355
The film tells about a man who fears he has committed a murder when he was drunk.
Sin Town
Sin Town (1942)
, 1h13
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Constance Bennett, Broderick Crawford, Patric Knowles, Anne Gwynne, Leo Carrillo, Andy Devine
Roles Sheriff Bagby
Rating61% 3.0866353.0866353.0866353.0866353.086635
Scattergood Rides High, 1h6
Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Guy Kibbee, Jed Prouty, Arthur Aylesworth, Philip Hurlic, Walter Baldwin, Lee Phelps
Roles Cromwell
Rating53% 2.6998752.6998752.6998752.6998752.699875
This script must be run from the command line
Shadow of the Thin Man, 1h37
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors William Powell, Myrna Loy, Barry Nelson, Donna Reed, Sam Levene, Henry O'Neill
Roles Second Coroner (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5972153.5972153.5972153.5972153.597215
Nick and Nora Charles are looking forward to a relaxing day at a racetrack, but when a jockey accused of throwing a race is found shot to death, Police Lieutenant Abrams requests Nick's help. The trail leads to a gambling syndicate that operates out of a wrestling arena, a murdered reporter, and a pretty secretary whose boyfriend has been framed. Along the way, Nick and Nora must contend with a wild wrestling match, a dizzying day at a merry-go-round (accompanied by Nick, Jr.), and a table-clearing restaurant brawl.
Dangerously They Live, 1h17
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors John Garfield, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Esther Dale
Roles Gate Keeper
Rating63% 3.193943.193943.193943.193943.19394
In New York City, German agents arrange for Jane Graystone (Nancy Coleman) to take a taxi driven by one of their own men. The abduction goes awry when the taxi collides with another vehicle. Both driver and passenger are taken to the hospital in an ambulance attended by intern Dr. Mike Lewis (John Garfield). On the way, Jane regains consciousness and claims to have amnesia; she cannot remember who she is. The driver reports this to his superiors. Mike is excited, as this is his area of study, and persuades Dr. Murdoch (Roland Drew) to let him take the case.
Sergeant York, 2h14
Directed by Don Siegel, Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Joan Leslie, George Tobias, Stanley Ridges, Margaret Wycherly
Roles Marten - Bartender (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.846843.846843.846843.846843.84684
Alvin York (Gary Cooper), a poor young Tennessee hillbilly, is an exceptional marksman, but a ne'er-do-well prone to drinking and fighting, which does not make things any easier for his patient mother (Margaret Wycherly). He changes when he meets Gracie Williams (Joan Leslie), and works night and day to buy a good farm so she'll marry him. When he's cheated out of it at the last minute, he returns to his dissolute ways.
The Smiling Ghost, 1h11
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Ghost films, Films based on plays, Comedy horror films
Actors Wayne Morris, Alexis Smith, Alan Hale, Brenda Marshall, Lee Patrick, David Bruce
Roles Justice Of The Peace
Rating63% 3.197253.197253.197253.197253.19725
The elderly Mrs. Bentley (Helen Westley) and her lawyer see a newspaper ad from an unemployed and unmarried engineer seeking work doing “anything legal.” The lawyer calls the engineer, Alexander “Lucky” Downing (Wayne Morris), and sets up a meeting, during which Lucky is offered $1000 to feign an engagement to Mrs. Bentley’s granddaughter Elinor Bentley Fairchild (Alexis Smith) for one month. Lucky considers it a strange offer, but he needs the money so he takes the job.
Three Girls About Town, 1h15
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Joan Blondell, Robert Benchley, Binnie Barnes, Janet Blair, John Howard, Hugh O'Connell
Roles Poker Player
Rating63% 3.1930553.1930553.1930553.1930553.193055
The Merchants Hotel is hosting a convention for morticians and a mediation meeting between aircraft manufacturers and their workers. This makes hotel manager Puddle worry about an article in the papers criticizing the hotel's policy on employing hostesses.
Western Union, 1h35
Directed by Otto Brower, Harry Joe Brown, Darryl F. Zanuck, Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Robert Young, Randolph Scott, Dean Jagger, John Carradine, Virginia Gilmore, Slim Summerville
Roles Woody
Rating66% 3.3412353.3412353.3412353.3412353.341235
While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life.