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John West Sinclair is a Actor, Scriptwriter and Stunts American born on 6 january 1900 at Memphis (USA)
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John West Sinclair
Filmography of John West Sinclair (9 films)
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Hail the Conquering Hero (1944)
, 1h41Directed by Preston Sturges
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Actors Eddie Bracken, Ella Raines, William Demarest, Raymond Walburn, Franklin Pangborn, Bess Flowers
Rating75%
Woodrow Lafayette Pershing Truesmith (Eddie Bracken) is a small town boy whose father, "Hinky Dinky" Truesmith, was a Marine who died a hero in World War I. Woodrow has been discharged from the Marine Corps after only a month owing to his chronic hay fever. Rather than disappoint his mother (Georgia Caine), he pretends to be fighting overseas in World War II while secretly working in a San Diego shipyard.
Secret Service of the Air (1939)
, 1h1Directed by Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Litel, Ronald Reagan, James Stephenson, Eddie Foy, Jr., Rosella Towne, John Ridgely
Roles First Tough in Bar Fight
Rating57%
An undercover Secret Service agent stumbles upon a smuggling ring transporting people from Mexico into the United States by air. When he pulls a gun on the pilot on one such trip, the pilot sends the aircraft into a sudden climb, causing the agent to tumble back into the cabin; the pilot then pulls a lever which opens the cabin floor, sending the agent and six illegal immigrants plummeting to their deaths.
High Gear (1933)
, 1h7Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors James Murray, Joan Marsh, Ann Brody, Theodore von Eltz, Lee Moran, Gordon De Main
Rating53%
Mark "High Gear" Sherrod has been a race car driver for the past five years and is now at the height of his career. His co-driver Ed is the widowed father of Jimmy. Ed promised his wife before she died that he would send Jimmy off to a fine military school after winning the "big race". The day before the race finds Jimmy and Ed at home in their apartment, with Mr. and Mrs. Cohen visiting, and reporter Anne Merrit sneaking into Mark's hotel room for an exclusive interview. Mark agrees to give her the interview she needs over a dinner table. She break the date she already has for the night with her boss Larry Winston and goes out with Mark. Larry Winston walks into the same restaurant Mark and Anne are dining at, and sees them. Larry walks over to their table and has Anne introduce him to Mark. The two men become rivals.
The Barber Shop (1933)
, 21minutesDirected by Arthur Ripley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors W. C. Fields, Elise Cavanna, Dagmar Oakland, John West Sinclair, Frank Alexander, Cyril Ring
Roles Mr. Flugg
Rating66%
Million Dollar Legs (1932)
, 59minutesDirected by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Monde imaginaire
Actors Jack Oakie, W. C. Fields, Andy Clyde, Lyda Roberti, George Barbier, Susan Fleming
Roles Secretary of Labor (uncredited)
Rating67%
While visiting the mythical country of Klopstokia on business, brush salesman Migg Tweeny (Jack Oakie) collides with a young woman (Susan Fleming) on the street and the two fall instantly in love. Her name is Angela—all the women in Klopstokia are named Angela—and she is the daughter of Klopstokia's President (W. C. Fields), whose country is bankrupt, and who relies upon his great physical strength to dominate a cabinet that is conspiring to overthrow him. Tweeny, hoping to win the hand of The President's daughter in marriage, presents him with a plan to remedy Klopstokia's financial woes: The President is to enter the 1932 Summer Olympics, win the weightlifting competition, and collect a large cash reward that has been offered to medalists by Tweeny's employer. Tweeny then sets out to find athletes to make up Klopstokia's Olympic team, and quickly discovers that the country abounds in athletes of preternatural abilities. The team, with Tweeny as their trainer, boards a steamship bound for America.
It Pays to Advertise (1931)
, 1h3Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Norman Foster, Carole Lombard, Eugene Pallette, Richard 'Skeets' Gallagher, Louise Brooks, Lucien Littlefield
Roles Window Cleaner
Rating52%
Rodney Martin sets up a soap business to rival his father. With the help of an advertising expert and his secretary, Mary, he develops a successful marketing campaign. His father ends up buying the company from him, while Rodney and Mary fall in love.
Curses (1925)
, 18minutesDirected by Roscoe Arbuckle, Grover Jones
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Al St. John, Bartine Burkett, John West Sinclair
Roles Second-in-Command (uncredited)
Rating61%
Stupid, but Brave (1924)
Directed by Roscoe Arbuckle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Al St. John, Eugene Pallette, Doris Deane, Clement Hoyt "Clem" Beauchamp, Kewpie Morgan, George Davis
Rating71%
Scriptwriter
Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
, 1h5Directed by W. C. Fields, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Mary Brian, W. C. Fields, Kathleen Howard, Grady Sutton, Billy Bletcher, Vera Lewis
Rating74%
Ambrose Wolfinger works as a "memory expert" for a manufacturing company's president; he keeps files of details about all the people President Malloy (Oscar Apfel) meets with, so that Malloy will never be embarrassed about not remembering things when meeting with them. Ambrose supports himself, his shrewish wife Leona (Kathleen Howard), his loving daughter Hope (from a previous marriage; played by Mary Brian), his freeloading brother-in-law Claude (Grady Sutton), and his abusive mother-in-law Cordelia (Vera Lewis).
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Secret Service of the Air (1939)
, 1h1Directed by Noel M. Smith
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Litel, Ronald Reagan, James Stephenson, Eddie Foy, Jr., Rosella Towne, John Ridgely
Roles Stunts
Rating57%
An undercover Secret Service agent stumbles upon a smuggling ring transporting people from Mexico into the United States by air. When he pulls a gun on the pilot on one such trip, the pilot sends the aircraft into a sudden climb, causing the agent to tumble back into the cabin; the pilot then pulls a lever which opens the cabin floor, sending the agent and six illegal immigrants plummeting to their deaths.