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Bert Roach is a Actor American born on 20 august 1891 at Washington, D.C. (USA)

Bert Roach

Bert Roach
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Birth name Egbert Roach
Nationality USA
Birth 20 august 1891 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Death 16 february 1971 (at 79 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Bert Roach (August 21, 1891 – February 16, 1971) was an American film actor. He appeared in 327 films between 1914 and 1951. He was born in Washington, D.C., and died in Los Angeles, California.

Best films

The Song of the Flame (1930)
(Actor)
The Crowd (1928)
(Actor)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
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Bess Flowers
(15 films)
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Hobart Henley
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Filmography of Bert Roach (132 films)

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Actor

Show Boat
Show Boat (1951)
, 1h47
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, Howard Keel, Joe E. Brown, Marge Champion, Gower Champion
Roles Drunk (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3943253.3943253.3943253.3943253.394325
The basic plot remains the same as in the stage play and the 1936 film version. When the Cotton Blossom, Cap'n Andy Hawks's show boat, arrives in a Mississippi town to give a performance, a fistfight breaks out between leading man Steve Baker (Robert Sterling), and Pete (Leif Erickson), the boat's engineer who has been making passes at Steve's wife, leading lady Julie La Verne (Ava Gardner). But Cap'n Andy (Joe E. Brown) pretends to the assembled crowd that the two were really previewing a scene from one of the boat's melodramas. But Pete knows a dark secret about Julie, and he runs off to tell the local sheriff.
The Tall Target, 1h18
Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Political films
Actors Dick Powell, Paula Raymond, Adolphe Menjou, Marshall Thompson, Ruby Dee, Richard Steven Rauber
Roles Politician (uncredited)
Rating71% 3.5941053.5941053.5941053.5941053.594105
New York Police Sergeant John Kennedy once guarded Abraham Lincoln for 48 hours while he was campaigning for President of the United States, and came away deeply impressed by the man. Kennedy has infiltrated a cabal and discovered that an assassination attempt will be made as the president-elect makes his way by train via Baltimore to Washington, DC. His boss, Superintendent Simon G. Stroud (an uncredited Tom Powers), dismisses the threat as "hogwash", as does Caleb Jeffers (Adolphe Menjou), a militia colonel with whom Stroud is meeting. Kennedy resigns on the spot to try to foil the conspirators on his own. Having already sent a copy of his report to the Secretary of War, he telegrams Lincoln, urgently requesting a meeting in Baltimore.
No Questions Asked, 1h20
Directed by Harold F. Kress
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Barry Sullivan, Arlene Dahl, George Murphy, Jean Hagen, Richard Anderson, Moroni Olsen
Rating66% 3.341883.341883.341883.341883.34188
Steve Kiever (Barry Sullivan) est un jeune avocat travaillant pour une compagnie d'assurances. Il souhaite obtenir de l'avancement afin de contenter les goûts de luxe de sa petite amie, Ellen (Arlene Dahl). Cette dernière, de retour de voyage, se dérobe une nouvelle fois à la proposition de mariage de Kiever.
The Perils of Pauline, 1h36
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Betty Hutton, John Lund, Billy De Wolfe, William Demarest, Constance Collier, Frank Faylen
Roles Western Saloon Set Bartender
Rating63% 3.1978553.1978553.1978553.1978553.197855
Pearl White (Betty Hutton) is a frustrated factory worker who aspires to become a dramatic actress. She joins a touring theatrical troupe managed by handsome but pompous Mike (John Lund), but fame and fortune elude her because she's unable to suppress her natural rambunctiousness. In desperation, White takes a job at a movie studio, where she promptly finds herself in the middle of a slapstick pie fight. With the help of bombastic director Mac (William Demarest), top-hatted villain portrayer Timmy (Billy De Wolfe), and imperious dramatics coach Julia (Constance Collier), Pearl soon becomes world-famous as the star of such cliffhanging, tied-to-the-railroad-tracks serials as The Perils of Pauline.
Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome, 1h5
Directed by John Rawlins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Boris Karloff, Ralph Byrd, Anne Gwynne, Skelton Knaggs, June Clayworth, Edward Ashley-Cooper
Roles Crandall (uncredited)
Rating60% 3.0460553.0460553.0460553.0460553.046055
Just out of jail, Gruesome goes to the Hangman's Knot saloon, where his old crime crony Melody is now playing piano. Gruesome takes him to a plastics manufacturer, where X-Ray and a mysterious mastermind are in possession of a secret formula and hatching a sinister plot.
Fun on a Weekend, 1h33
Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Eddie Bracken, Priscilla Lane, Tom Conway, Allen Jenkins, Arthur Treacher, Clarence Kolb
Roles Oswald J. Nicholl
Rating66% 3.335213.335213.335213.335213.33521
This script must be run from the command line
Duel in the Sun, 2h9
Directed by William Dieterle, Otto Brower, David Selznick, Josef von Sternberg, King Vidor, William Cameron Menzies, Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Jennifer Jones, Joseph Cotten, Gregory Peck, Lionel Barrymore, Herbert Marshall, Lillian Gish
Roles Party Guest (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3462353.3462353.3462353.3462353.346235
Pearl Chavez (Jennifer Jones) is orphaned after her father Scott Chavez (Herbert Marshall) kills her mother (Tilly Losch), having caught his wife with a lover (Sidney Blackmer). Before Scott Chavez is executed as a punishment for killing his wife, he arranges for his daughter Pearl to live with his second cousin and old sweetheart, Laura Belle (Lillian Gish).
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, 1h56
Directed by Lewis Milestone, Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Roman Bohnen, Judith Anderson
Roles Man Waiting (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.6968353.6968353.6968353.6968353.696835
On a rainy night in 1928 in a Pennsylvania factory town called Iverstown, Martha Ivers (Janis Wilson), thirteen years old, is trying to escape from the guardianship of her wealthy, domineering aunt. Her friend, the street-smart, poor Sam Masterson (Darryl Hickman), comes for her through her bedroom window, but Martha's aunt catches them. While Sam slips out unnoticed, Martha hits Mrs. Ivers on the head, causing her to fall down the long staircase and die. Though Sam saw nothing, the event was witnessed by Walter O'Neil (Mickey Kuhn), the son of Martha's tutor (Roman Bohnen), known as Mr. O'Neil. Martha lies about the incident to Mr. O'Neil, and Walter supports her.
Little Giant, 1h31
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Brenda Joyce, George Cleveland, Margaret Dumont, Jacqueline deWit
Roles Joe (bartender) (uncredited)
Rating66% 3.3404153.3404153.3404153.3404153.340415
A naive country boy named Benny Miller (Lou Costello), from Cucamonga, California, has been taking correspondence phonograph lessons in salesmanship. Upon completion of the course, he leaves his mother (Mary Gordon) and his girlfriend Martha (Elena Verdugo) to pursue a career in Los Angeles. He arranges a meeting with his Uncle Clarence (George Cleveland), a bookkeeper with the Hercules Vacuum Cleaner Company. When he arrives to ask for a job, the sales manager, John Morrison (Bud Abbott), mistakes him for one of the auditioning fashion models and has him remove his clothing. Morrison's secret wife, Hazel Temple (Jacqueline deWit), discovers the mistake and suggests that Benny be hired to avoid an accounting scandal, as they have been "cooking the books". Unfortunately, Benny is fired from his salesman post after only one day. Clarence transfers Benny to the company's Stockton branch, which is run by Morrison's cousin, Tom Chandler (also played by Bud Abbott).
The Time, The Place and The Girl, 1h45
Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Martha Vickers, S.Z. Sakall, Alan Hale
Rating59% 2.951852.951852.951852.951852.95185
Deux hommes de chant et de danse luttent pour produire un spectacle de Broadway. David Butler 1946 Dennis Morgan stars de la musique, Jack Carson, Martha Vickers, Janis Paige, SZ Sakall, Angela Greene, Florence Bates, Donald Woods, Alan Hale et Mimi Aguglia.
Decoy
Decoy (1946)
, 1h16
Directed by Jack Bernhard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Jean Gillie, Robert Armstrong, Edward Norris, Herbert Rudley, Sheldon Leonard, Philip Van Zandt
Roles Bartender
Rating67% 3.3925353.3925353.3925353.3925353.392535
The story picks up in Margot Shelby's apartment, as she is dying from a gunshot wound. Police detective Joe Portugal arrives at the scene to hear her last moments and possible confession. Margot recounts all the events that lead to Dr. Lloyd Craig shooting her shortly after arriving at her apartment. Via flash-back, we travel back to the beginning:
Decoy
Decoy (1946)
, 1h16
Directed by Jack Bernhard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Jean Gillie, Edward Norris, Robert Armstrong, Herbert Rudley, Sheldon Leonard, Philip Van Zandt
Roles Bartender
Rating67% 3.3925353.3925353.3925353.3925353.392535
Le cambrioleur Frank Olins (Robert Armstrong) purge une longue peine de prison après avoir organisé un casse fructueux. Il refuse de révéler à quiconque où se cache son butin. Quand son exécution est ordonnée, sa compagne, la femme fatale Margot Shelby (Jean Gillie), entreprend son évasion. Elle corrompt le docteur Craig (Herbert Rudley) pour l’aider dans sa tâche et demande au malfrat Jim Vincent (Edward Norris) de financer son plan. Mais de loin, le policier Portugal (Sheldon Leonard) surveille ce petit monde ...
Lady on a Train, 1h34
Directed by Felix Jackson, Charles David
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, Dan Duryea, Allen Jenkins, Edward Everett Horton
Rating66% 3.3464053.3464053.3464053.3464053.346405
Debutante Nikki Collins, an enthusiastic reader of detective stories, witnesses a murder through a building window while passing by on a train entering New York's Grand Central Station. She goes to the police, but is frustrated to find that no one believes her. The police think that her story is the product of an overactive imagination.
Her Favorite Patient, 1h12
Directed by Andrew L. Stone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors John Carroll, Ruth Hussey, Charles Ruggles, Ann Rutherford, Esther Dale, Grant Mitchell
Roles George Hastings
Rating59% 2.9538952.9538952.9538952.9538952.953895
Plastic surgeon Dr. Hedy Fredericks (Ruth Hussey) picks up three hitchhiking Marines, Tommy (Joel McGinnis), Dick (John James), and Harry (Frank Jenks) (who all have Smith as their last name), while driving home to Chicago. On the way she makes a quick stop in her birth town of Blithewood, and is appalled by the way the town has changed since she left it years ago. The whole town now has a large defense plant with the population having grown dramatically.