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Francis Sayles

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Birth 22 november 1891
Death 19 march 1944 (at 52 years)

Francis Sayles (November 22, 1891 – March 19, 1944) was an American character actor at the beginning of the sound film era. In the short dozen years of his career he appeared in over 100 films, most of them features. While he was normally cast in small uncredited parts, he was occasionally cast in featured roles, as in the role of Dickman in the 1934 film, One in a Million, starring Dorothy Wilson and Charles Starrett.

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Cyril Ring
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Lester Dorr
Lester Dorr
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Ernie Adams
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Frank O'Connor
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Robert Homans
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Francis Sayles (40 films)

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Ball of Fire
Ball of Fire (1942)
, 1h51
Directed by Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson, John Sherwood
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Oskar Homolka, Henry Travers, S.Z. Sakall, Richard Haydn
Roles Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.8469253.8469253.8469253.8469253.846925
A group of (mainly bachelor) professors have lived together for some years in a New York City residence, compiling an encyclopedia of all human knowledge. The youngest, Professor Bertram Potts (Gary Cooper), is a grammarian who is researching modern American slang. The professors are accustomed to working in relative seclusion at a leisurely pace with a prim housekeeper named Miss Bragg (Kathleen Howard) keeping watch over them. Their impatient financial backer Miss Totten (Mary Field) suddenly demands that they finish their work soon.
The Glass Key
The Glass Key (1942)
, 1h25
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Brian Donlevy, Veronica Lake, Alan Ladd, Richard Denning, Bonita Granville, Joseph Calleia
Roles Seedy-Looking Man at Campaign Headquarters (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.4960553.4960553.4960553.4960553.496055
Crooked political boss Paul Madvig (Brian Donlevy) is determined to back reform candidate Ralph Henry (Moroni Olsen) for governor after falling in love with Henry's daughter, Janet (Veronica Lake). Madvig's right-hand man, Ed Beaumont (Alan Ladd), believes the move is a big mistake and rightly distrusts Janet's motives. She is only playing along at her father's request; she is put off by Madvig's crudity and becomes very attracted to the more eclectic Beaumont. He fends off her advances out of strong loyalty to his friend. The deluded Madvig boasts that Henry has practically given him the key to his house; Beaumont warns him that it is liable to be a glass key, one that can break at any moment.
The Pride of the Yankees
The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
, 2h8
Directed by Sam Wood
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Romance
Themes Sports films, Baseball films
Actors Gary Cooper, Teresa Wright, Walter Brennan, Dan Duryea, Elsa Janssen, Ludwig Stössel
Roles Cab Driver (uncredited)
Rating75% 3.797883.797883.797883.797883.79788
Lou Gehrig (Cooper) is a young Columbia University student whose old-fashioned mother (Elsa Janssen) wants him to study hard and become an engineer. But the young man has a gift for baseball. A sportswriter (Brennan) befriends Gehrig and persuades a scout to come see him play. Before long Gehrig signs with the team he has always revered, the New York Yankees. With the help of his father (Ludwig Stössel), he endeavors to keep his career change a secret from his mother.
Alias Boston Blackie
Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
, 1h7
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Chester Morris, Adele Mara, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Lloyd Corrigan, Walter Sande
Roles Laundry Proprietor (uncredited)
Rating63% 3.1927153.1927153.1927153.1927153.192715
In the Christmas spirit, Boston Blackie decides to entertain the inmates at his old "alma mater" by bringing a variety show headed by clown Roggi McKay (George McKay). Roggi drops one of his showgirls, Eve Sanders (Adele Mara), as she has already visited her prisoner brother, Joe Trilby (Larry Parks), the maximum allowed number of times that month. However, Blackie kindheartedly lets her come along. Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane and Detective Joe Mathews (Walter Sande) unexpectedly join the group on the bus, just to keep an eye on Blackie. When Joe manages to escape from prison, by tying Roggi up and putting on his costume and makeup, Farraday suspects Blackie helped him.
Dr. Broadway
Dr. Broadway (1942)
, 1h7
Directed by Anthony Mann, Harve Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors Macdonald Carey, Eduardo Ciannelli, Richard Lane, J. Carrol Naish, Joan Woodbury, Arthur Loft
Roles Clerk
Rating64% 3.2262153.2262153.2262153.2262153.226215
Le Docteur Timothy "Doc" Kane, surnommé "Dr. Broadway", se retrouve mêlé au meurtre de Vic Telli, qui lui avait confié la mission de retrouver sa fille Margie Dove qu'il n'a pas vue depuis qu'elle avait six ans...
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)
, 1h22
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Constance Bennett, Bruce Cabot, Warren William, Betty Brewer, Walter Catlett, Ward Bond
Roles Ben Freeman
Rating59% 2.999652.999652.999652.999652.99965
After her Chicago gambling hall burns down in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, Belle Andrews accepts an offer from an ambitious businessmen Harry Farrel to accompany him to Powder River, Montana to open a new casino. However, once there, she becomes disgusted by his criminal activities and joins forces with Wild Bill Hickok to thwart his plans.
Citizen Kane
Citizen Kane (1941)
, 1h59
Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about journalists, Films about music and musicians, Hitler
Actors Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles, Dorothy Comingore, Everett Sloane, Ray Collins, George Coulouris
Roles Politician (uncredited)
Rating82% 4.14834.14834.14834.14834.1483
In a mansion in Xanadu, a vast palatial estate in Florida, the elderly Charles Foster Kane is on his deathbed. Holding a snow globe, he utters a word, "Rosebud", and dies; the globe slips from his hand and smashes on the floor. A newsreel obituary tells the life story of Kane, an enormously wealthy newspaper publisher. Kane's death becomes sensational news around the world, and the newsreel's producer tasks reporter Jerry Thompson with discovering the meaning of "rosebud".
Bad Man of Deadwood
Bad Man of Deadwood (1941)
, 1h1
Directed by Joseph Kane
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Roy Rogers, George "Gabby" Hayes, Carol Adams, Monte Blue, Henry Brandon, Herbert Rawlinson
Roles Show Spectator
Rating57% 2.8571452.8571452.8571452.8571452.857145
The town of Deadwood and its businesses are controlled by Ripper and his gang of thugs. Roy and Gabby enter the town to set up a show business but are run over by Ripper and his gang. When the going gets too tough Roy and Gabby fight back to bring the gang to the law with evidence.