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Bob Kortman is a Actor American born on 24 december 1887 at Philadelphia (USA)
Bob Kortman (24 December 1887 – 13 March 1967) was an American film actor mostly associated with westerns, though he also appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy comedies. He appeared in more than 260 films between 1914 and 1952.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Long Beach, California from cancer.
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Nationality USA
Birth 24 december 1887 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 13 march 1967 (at 79 years) at Long Beach (USA)
Birth 24 december 1887 at Philadelphia (USA)
Death 13 march 1967 (at 79 years) at Long Beach (USA)
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Long Beach, California from cancer.
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Sa carrière, débutée au cinéma muet, se poursuit au parlant à partir des années 1930.Usually with
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Flaming Feather (1952)
, 1h17Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan, Barbara Rush, Victor Jory, Richard Arlen
Rating58%
A mysterious outlaw, known only as The Sidewinder, is terrorizing Arizona settlers. A rancher whose property was raided, Tex McCloud, and a U.S. Cavalry officer named Blaine both decide to seek justice. They even make a friendly wager over which one will get to The Sidewinder first.
Ace in the Hole (1951)
, 1h51Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists
Actors Kirk Douglas, Jan Sterling, Robert Arthur, Porter Hall, Gene Evans, Richard Benedict
Roles Digger (uncredited)
Rating80%
Chuck Tatum is a fiercely ambitious, self-centered, wisecracking, down-on-his-luck reporter who has worked his way down the ladder. He has come west to New Mexico from New York City, along the way being fired from eleven newspapers for libel, adultery, and heavy drinking, among other charges. Now that his car has broken down and Tatum is broke, he talks his way into a reporting job for the Albuquerque Sun-Bulletin, a paper of little consequence.
Best of the Badmen (1951)
, 1h24Directed by William D. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Actors Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Walter Brennan, Robert Preston, Bruce Cabot
Roles Henchman (uncredited)
Rating60%
Jeff Clanton, an Army major from Missouri, captures the survivors of the Confederacy's Quantrill's Raiders to give themselves up and pledge their allegiance to the Union. Clanton pledges that they will be paroled, but Matthew Fowler, a carpetbagger who owns a powerful detective agency, is determined to arrest them for the reward. When one of Fowler's deputies wounds one of the captives, return fire kills the deputy. Clanton is unjustly arrested for murdering Fowler's deputy. Clanton is tried by a kangaroo court and sentenced to be hanged the following morning. He escapes that night and then leads the band of outlaws including Jesse James and the Younger brothers in a vendetta against detective Matthew Fowler's detective agency.
The Mating Season (1951)
, 1h41Directed by Mitchell Leisen, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Gene Tierney, John Lund, Miriam Hopkins, Thelma Ritter, Jan Sterling, Larry Keating
Roles Janitor (uncredited)
Rating73%
Ellen McNulty (Thelma Ritter) gives up her hamburger stand in New Jersey when the bank calls in her loan, and goes to visit her son Val (John Lund) in Ohio. Val has recently married a socialite, Maggie (Gene Tierney). To help Maggie put on a dinner party, Val has an employment service send a cook; Ellen arrives first, and Maggie mistakes her for the cook. Ellen, to avoid embarrassing Maggie, does not correct her. After the party, Val follows her home and persuades her to move in with them.
Best of the Badmen (1951)
, 1h24Directed by William D. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Robert Ryan, Claire Trevor, Jack Buetel, Robert Preston, Walter Brennan, Bruce Cabot
Roles Henchman (uncredited)
Rating60%
À la fin de la guerre de Sécession, Jeff Clinton sauve la vie aux membres de la bande des frères James et Younger, traqués par Matthew Fowler. Pour se venger, Fowler accuse Clinton d’un meurtre et le fait condamner à mort. Clinton s’évade de prison avec l’aide de Lily Fowler, la femme de Fowler, qui déteste son mari. Traqué, Clinton trouve refuge auprès des hors-la–loi qui lui doivent la vie sauve. L’un des bandits, Bob Younger, tombe amoureux de Lily…
The Redhead and The Cowboy (1951)
, 1h22Directed by Leslie Fenton
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Edmond O'Brien, Rhonda Fleming, Alan Reed, Morris Ankrum, Edith Evanson
Rating62%
Gil Kyle finds himself caught up in the politics and unrest of the American Civil War and soon gets framed for a murder. His only alibi is Candace Bronson, who is aiding the Confederate cause and has left the territory to deliver a vital message about a Yankee gold shipment. So he sets off in pursuit, running into desperados, government agents, and guerrilla fighters, who are more interested in profit than ideals.
Broken Arrow (1950)
, 1h28Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors James Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Debra Paget, Will Geer, Arthur Hunnicutt, Iron Eyes Cody
Roles Minor Role
Rating70%
Tom Jeffords (James Stewart) comes across a wounded, 14-year-old Apache boy dying from buckshot wounds in his back. Jeffords gives the boy water and heals his wounds. The boy's tribesmen appear and are at first hostile, but decide to let Jeffords go free. However, a group of gold prospectors happens by, and the Apache gag Jeffords and tie him to a tree. Helpless, he watches as they attack the prospectors and torture the survivors. The warriors then let him go but warn him not to enter Apache territory again.
Branded (1950)
, 1h35Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Alan Ladd, Mona Freeman, Charles Bickford, Robert Keith, Joseph Calleia, Peter Hansen
Roles Hank
Rating66%
Choya, a gunfighter on the run, is tracked down by cowboys Leffingwell and "Tattoo" in the mountains. They make him a part of a scheme to bilk a rich rancher named Lavery. The plan requires a tattoo on Choya's shoulder, but as soon as "Tattoo" creates one, Leffingwell shoots him in the back.
Copper Canyon (1950)
, 1h24Directed by John Farrow, Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Jonathan Latimer
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Ray Milland, Hedy Lamarr, Macdonald Carey, James Burke, Mona Freeman, Harry Carey, Jr.
Roles Bill Newton
Rating60%
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lane Travis. The miners ask stage sharpshooter Johnny Carter to help them, under the impression that he is the legendary Colonel Desmond. It seems they're wrong; but Johnny's show comes to Coppertown and Johnny romances lovely gambler Lisa Roselle, whom the miners believe is at the center of their troubles.
Samson and Delilah (1949)
, 2h11Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Fay Holden
Rating67%
Samson, a Danite Hebrew placed under Nazirite vows from birth by his mother Hazelelponit, is engaged to a Philistine woman named Semadar. At their wedding feast, Samson loses a bet with his wedding guests because of Semadar and attacks thirty Philistines to strip them of their cloaks to pay his betting debt. When his deeds become known, Semadar and her father Tubal are killed; Samson becomes a hunted man and in his fury he begins fighting the Philistines. The Saran of Gaza imposes heavy taxes on the Danites, with the purpose of having Samson betrayed by his own people. The Saran's plan works, and frustrated Danites hand over Samson to the Philistines, much to the joy of Delilah, Semadar's younger sister. Samson is taken by Prince Ahtur, the military governor of the land of Dan, and a regiment of Philistine troops. En route back to Gaza, Ahtur decides to taunt Samson. Samson rips apart his chains and ropes and begins to combat the Philistines, toppling Ahtur's war chariot and using the jawbone of an ass to club the Philistine soldiers to death.
Sorrowful Jones (1949)
, 1h28Directed by Sidney Lanfield, Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Horse sports in film
Actors Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, William Demarest, Bruce Cabot, Thomas Gomez, Houseley Stevenson
Roles Horse Player (uncredited)
Rating68%
Sorrowful Jones is a New York bookie who keeps his operation hidden behind a trap door in a Broadway barber shop. He suffers from a financial setback when a horse named Dreamy Joe, owned by gangster Big Steve Holloway, unexpectedly wins a race. Jones has to pay all the many customers betting on the horse to win, which empties his pockets completely.
Hazard (1948)
, 1h35Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Paulette Goddard, Macdonald Carey, Fred Clark, Frank Faylen, Stanley Clements, Percy Helton
Roles Bartender (uncredited)
Rating60%
A compulsive gambler, Ellen Crane owes a large debt to Lonnie Burns, a club owner. He cuts a deck of cards with her—if she wins, Burns will forget the IOU, but if she loses, Ellen must marry him. She loses.
Whispering Smith (1948)
, 1h25Directed by Leslie Fenton
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp, Fay Holden, William Demarest
Roles Gabby Barton
Rating65%
The bad Barton boys—Blake, Leroy and Gabby—rob a train and shoot a guard. Luke Smith, known as "Whispering" to some for his quiet, sly ways, is a detective for the railroad, sent to investigate.
California (1947)
, 1h37Directed by John Farrow
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Ray Milland, Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Fitzgerald, Anthony Quinn, Frank Faylen, George Coulouris
Roles Pioneer (uncredited)
Rating61%
A deserter who had been an Army lieutenant, Jonathan Trumbo is hired to guide a wagon train bound for California during the California Gold Rush. When a woman named Lily Bishop is accused of cheating at poker in a saloon, farmer Michael Fabian invites her to join the wagon train over Trumbo's strenuous objections. Trumbo, too, accuses of her of cheating at cards after losing to Lily, an insult she promises not to forget.
Wild Harvest (1947)
, 1h32Directed by Tay Garnett, Charles C. Coleman, Byron Haskin, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Alan Ladd, Dorothy Lamour, Robert Preston, Lloyd Nolan, Richard Erdman, Allen Jenkins
Roles Sam
Rating64%
Joe Madigan's crew harvests wheat for farmers. Jim Davis, a good mechanic who irresponsibly drinks and gambles too much, is fired by his friend, but atones with a heroic act during a fire.