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Gordon De Main

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Birth 27 september 1886
Death 5 march 1954 (at 67 years)

Gordon De Main est un acteur américain né le 28 septembre 1886 à Washington (Iowa) et mort le 5 mars 1954 dans le Comté de Los Angeles (Californie).

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Filmography of Gordon De Main (48 films)

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I Married a Witch
I Married a Witch (1942)
, 1h17
Directed by René Clair
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about religion, Witches in film
Actors Veronica Lake, Fredric March, Susan Hayward, Cecil Kellaway, Robert Benchley, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Man with Masterson on Radio (uncredited)
Rating70% 3.547153.547153.547153.547153.54715
Two witches in colonial Salem, Jennifer (Veronica Lake) and her father Daniel (Cecil Kellaway), are burned at the stake after being denounced by Puritan Jonathan Wooley (Fredric March) and their ashes buried beneath a tree to imprison their evil spirits. In revenge, Jennifer curses Wooley and all his male descendants, dooming them always to marry the wrong woman.
This Gun for Hire
This Gun for Hire (1942)
, 1h20
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Veronica Lake, Robert Preston, Laird Cregar, Alan Ladd, Marc Lawrence, Tully Marshall
Roles Superintendent (uncredited)
Rating73% 3.6959753.6959753.6959753.6959753.695975
In wartime San Francisco, chemist and blackmailer Albert Baker (Frank Ferguson) is killed by hit man Philip Raven (Alan Ladd), who recovers a stolen chemical formula. Raven is double-crossed by his employer, Willard Gates (Laird Cregar), who pays him with marked bills and reports them to the Los Angeles Police Department as stolen from his company, Nitro Chemical. Raven learns of the set up and decides to get revenge. LAPD detective lieutenant Michael Crane (Robert Preston), who is vacationing in San Francisco to visit his girlfriend, nightclub singer Ellen Graham (Veronica Lake), is immediately assigned the case. He goes after Raven, but the assassin eludes him.
The Mad Monster
The Mad Monster (1942)
, 1h17
Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Horror, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film, Musical films
Actors Johnny Downs, George Zucco, Anne Nagel, Reginald Barlow, Glenn Strange, Gordon De Main
Roles Professor Fitzgerald
Rating35% 1.7593251.7593251.7593251.7593251.759325
The plot involves a scientist who has been discredited by his peers. He attempts to kill them off after he develops a secret formula that transforms his gardener into a murderous wolfman.
Thundering Hoofs
Thundering Hoofs (1942)
, 50minutes
Directed by Francis Ford, Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Tim Holt, Francis Ford, James T. Kelley, Luana Walters, Philip Ford, Gordon De Main
Roles Dave Underwood

Le père de Bill Underwood veut qu'il lui succède à la tête de la ligne familiale de diligences, mais Bill préfère le travail de ranch. Il prends la route, déterminé à trouver un emploi et se retrouve sur la piste de Durango à défendre une petite ligne locale de transports en butte à des vols et des sabotages. Les propriétaires sont persuadés que c'est le père de Bill qui est à l'origine de leurs ennuis.
Across the Pacific
Across the Pacific (1942)
, 1h33
Directed by John Huston, Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Historical, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Sydney Greenstreet, Charles Halton, Richard Loo, Monte Blue
Roles Dock Official (uncredited)
Rating67% 3.3970253.3970253.3970253.3970253.397025
In late 1941, Captain Rick Leland (Humphrey Bogart) is court-martialed and discharged from the U.S. Coast Artillery after he is caught stealing. He tries to join the Canadian Army, but is coldly rebuffed. He subsequently boards a Japanese ship, the Genoa Maru, in Halifax, apparently to make his way to China via the Panama Canal to fight for Chiang Kai-shek.
West of Tombstone
West of Tombstone (1942)
, 59minutes
Directed by Howard Bretherton
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Charles Starrett, Russell "Lucky" Hayden, Cliff Edwards, Marcella Martin, Gordon De Main, Clancy Cooper
Roles Wilfred Barnet
Rating63% 3.158433.158433.158433.158433.15843
Marshal Steve Langdon hears a rumor that the legendary criminal Billy the Kid is maybe still alive. Langdon finds Billy's coffin empty and believes that the respected older citizen Wilfred Barnet is Billy the Kid. He informs Wilfred’s lovely daughter Carol about. When Barnet confesses his true identity to his daughter and says that he got a second chance by Pat Garrett to start a new life. His clerk overhears the conversation and informs his old gang and this leads to trouble. Barnet helps Marshal Langdon against the gang. They defeat the gang but Barnet is mortially wounded. Steve decides to let the old man rest in peace and reports that Billy the Kid died long ago.
Second Chorus
Second Chorus (1941)
, 1h24
Directed by H. C. Potter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Paulette Goddard, Fred Astaire, Burgess Meredith, Jimmy Conlin, Charles Butterworth, Don Brodie
Roles Elevator Passenger (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8524552.8524552.8524552.8524552.852455
Danny O'Neill (Fred Astaire), and Hank Taylor (Burgess Meredith) are friends and rival trumpeters, with "O'Neill's Perennials", a college band. Both of them have managed to prolong their college career by failing seven years in a row. At a performance, Ellen Miller (Paulette Goddard) catches Danny and Hank's eye. She serves them a collection notice for her boss, a debt collector, but the fast talking O'Neill and Taylor soon have her working for them as their manager.
Honky Tonk
Honky Tonk (1941)
, 1h45
Directed by Jack Conway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance, Western
Actors Clark Gable, Lana Turner, Claire Trevor, Frank Morgan, Marjorie Main, Albert Dekker
Roles Party Guest
Rating65% 3.296263.296263.296263.296263.29626
Con man "Candy" Johnson (Clark Gable) and his friend "Sniper" (Chill Wills) flee town using quick wits and magic tricks. They catch a train to Yellow Creek, Nevada, where a gold rush is in progress. Aboard, he meets Elizabeth Cotton (Lana Turner); she takes an instant dislike to him. When they arrive, Candy is amused to discover she is the daughter of "Judge" Cotton (Frank Morgan), an old acquaintance of his. Elizabeth is unaware of her father's crooked past and present.
Hold Back the Dawn
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
, 2h5
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic drama, Romance
Actors Charles Boyer, Olivia de Havilland, Paulette Goddard, Victor Francen, Walter Abel, Rosemary DeCamp
Roles Immigration Guard (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.6422253.6422253.6422253.6422253.642225
Georges Iscovescu (Boyer) recounts his story to a Hollywood film director at Paramount. He is a Romanian-born gigolo who arrived in a Mexican border town seeking entry to the US. He endures a waiting period to obtain a quota number of up to eight years with other hopeful immigrants in the Esperanza Hotel. After six months he is broke and unhappy. He runs into his former professional "dance partner" Anita Dixon (Goddard) who explains she obtained US residency by marrying an American, who she then quickly divorced.
International Lady
International Lady (1941)
, 1h42
Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors George Brent, Ilona Massey, Basil Rathbone, Gene Lockhart, George Zucco, Martin Kosleck
Roles Denby
Rating65% 3.2860453.2860453.2860453.2860453.286045
An American operative in Great Britain (George Brent) and his counterpart from Scotland Yard (Basil Rathbone) suspect the beautiful singer Carla Nillson (Ilona Massey) of espionage. As they cleverly unravel her technique of singing in code over the radio, they track her from London, to Lisbon, to New York, where they succeed in tying her to a wealthy candy manufacturer who is, in reality, the saboteur mastermind.
The Painted Stallion
The Painted Stallion (1937)
, 3h32
Directed by Ray Taylor, Alan James, William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Ray Corrigan, Hoot Gibson, LeRoy Mason, Sammy McKim, Duncan Renaldo, Wally Wales
Roles 'Governor'
Rating63% 3.186963.186963.186963.186963.18696
A wagon train travelling from Independence, Missouri to Santa Fe means trouble for Alfredo Dupray, his authority from Spain will end with the arrival of a Mexican Governor. He plots to solve this by intercepting a trade agreement, to be negotiated by Clark Stuart on the wagon train, and disrupt Mexico–United States relations.
Submarine D-1
Submarine D-1 (1937)
, 1h40
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Pat O'Brien, George Brent, Wayne Morris, Frank McHugh, Henry O'Neill, Lloyd Bacon
Roles Officier (non crédité)
Rating57% 2.8540452.8540452.8540452.8540452.854045
Butch Rogers (Pat O'Brien) and Sock McGillis (Wayne Morris) are old submarine hands stationed in Panama. On land, Butch and Sock battle over pretty Ann Sawyer (Doris Weston). At sea and underwater, however, our two heroes are virtually inseparable.