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Joseph Kenneth Shovlin is a Actor American born on 30 june 1902

Joseph Kenneth Shovlin

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Nationality USA
Birth 30 june 1902
Death 14 april 1974 (at 71 years)

Michael Whalen was the stage name of actor Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, born June 30, 1902, in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He died April 14, 1974, in Los Angeles, California. He starred in B Movies and television, including Son of a Badman and Wee Willie Winkie

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Filmography of Joseph Kenneth Shovlin (31 films)

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Elmer Gantry
Elmer Gantry (1960)
, 2h26
Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Burt Lancaster, Jean Simmons, John Arthur Kennedy, Shirley Jones, Dean Jagger, Edward Andrews
Roles Rev. Phillips (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.846393.846393.846393.846393.84639
Elmer Gantry (Burt Lancaster) is a hard-drinking, fast-talking traveling salesman with a charismatic personality who infuses biblical passages and fervor into his pitches as a way to ease and collect money. He is drawn to the road show of Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons) and is immediately attracted to the saintly revivalist. As the troupe leaves town for Kansas, Gantry sweettalks her naive assistant, Sister Rachel (Patti Page), into telling him information regarding Falconer's past. He uses that information to con his way into Sister Sharon's good graces and joins the troupe preaching "Christ in commerce" and how he is a saved salesman.
Missile to the Moon
Missile to the Moon (1958)
, 1h18
Directed by Richard E. Cunha
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Sur la Lune, Space opera, Sur la Lune, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Richard Travis, Cathy Downs, K. T. Stevens, Tommy Cook, Renate Hoy, Gary Clarke
Roles Dirk Green
Rating40% 2.008142.008142.008142.008142.00814
Two escaped convicts, Gary (Tommy Cook) and Lon (Gary Clarke), are discovered hiding aboard a rocket by scientist Dirk Green (Michael Whalen), who then forces them to pilot the spaceship to the Moon. Dirk, who is secretly a Moon man, wants to return home.
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues
The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues (1955)
, 1h20
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Kent Taylor, Cathy Downs, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, Philip Pine, Vivi Janiss
Roles Prof. King
Rating36% 1.814211.814211.814211.814211.81421
A mysterious, man-sized monster kills a fisherman at sea. Two government agents later find the body on the beach. One agent, Ted Baxter (Kent Taylor), tries to get a sample of a radioactive rock in the sea, but the same monster attacks him. Ted escapes and returns to the beach. On a later trip with the other agent, William Grant (Rodney Bell), the monster nearly kills Ted, but Grant shoots it with a spear gun. Ted discovers that Dr. King (Michael Whalen), a marine biologist, created the monster and the radioactive rock. Ted tells Dr. King the monster is killing people and must be stopped. Dr. King destroys his lab and goes to kill his creation using dynamite. Shortly before a timed detonation, the monster grabs him. Ted arrives just in time to witness the explosion, which destroys the rock, the monster, and Dr.
Cody of the Pony Express
Cody of the Pony Express (1950)

Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Jock Mahoney, Dickie Moore, Peggy Stewart, William Fawcett, George J. Lewis, Jack Ingram
Roles Maj. Walker (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2408153.2408153.2408153.2408153.240815
The plot centers on a young Cody joining forces with the Lieutenant Jim Archer to battle an outlaw gang secretly headed by Mortimer Black, an unscrupulous lawyer who is tempted by greed into a series of crimes leading to murder. Original name is Cody O'Rourke.
Batman and Robin
Batman and Robin (1949)
, 4h23
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about children, Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Poni Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves, Don C. Harvey
Roles Private Investigator Dunne [Chs. 2, 9, 12]
Rating58% 2.9482852.9482852.9482852.9482852.948285
The Dynamic Duo face off against the Wizard, a hooded villain with an electrical device which controls cars and a desire to set challenges for the Dynamic Duo, whose identity remains a mystery throughout until the end.
Wild Weed
Wild Weed (1949)
, 1h10
Directed by Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Documentary films about health care
Actors Alan Baxter, Lyle Talbot, Lila Leeds, David Jack Holt, Donald Patrick Harvey II, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin
Roles Jonathan Treanor
Rating44% 2.2283152.2283152.2283152.2283152.228315
Leeds' character is "Anne Lester", a young orphan who is trying to pay for her brother's college education. After meeting Markey, a drug dealer, Anne begins to believe that she must smoke marijuana to fit in with her friends. She then goes to a "tea party", where she tries the drug for the first time. She is unaffected by the initial experiment, and loses her fear of drugs as she continues to smoke.
Blonde Ice
Blonde Ice (1948)
, 1h13
Directed by Jack Bernhard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Leslie Brooks, Robert Paige, James Griffith, Emory Parnell, Walter Sande, Julie Gibson
Roles Stanley Mason, Attorney
Rating59% 2.9969152.9969152.9969152.9969152.996915
Claire (Leslie Brooks) is a society reporter who will do whatever she has to for a story. Claire manages to keep herself in the headlines by marrying and romancing a series of wealthy men, all of whom die under mysterious circumstances. To deflect suspicion from herself, Claire frames her former boyfriend, sportswriter Les Burns.
Parole, Inc.
Parole, Inc. (1948)
, 1h11
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, Lyle Talbot, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, Charles Williams
Roles Kid Redmond
Rating56% 2.849912.849912.849912.849912.84991
The film opens with a scene of FBI agent Richard Hendricks (Michael O'Shea) bedridden in a hospital bed, dictating the results of his investigation for a report to the California Governor. The dictation scenes are interrupted by long flashback scenes showing how the investigation proceeded.
The Dawn Express
The Dawn Express (1942)
, 54minutes
Directed by Albert Herman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure
Actors Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, Anne Nagel, William Bakewell, Constance Worth, Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Jack Mulhall
Roles Robert Norton
Rating45% 2.290572.290572.290572.290572.29057
It is in the middle of World War II and Nazi Captain Gemmler is in need of a powerful chemical formula to improve the energy output of ordinary gasoline. In his quest for this formula he finds two candidates to help him with a solution: the chemist and playboy Tom Fielding and his co-worker Robert Norton, who is engaged to Tom's sister Nancy. They are already involved in such a project for another employer, and Captain Gemmler decides to kidnap them for his own use, using his secret agents.
Outside These Walls
Outside These Walls (1939)
, 1h
Directed by Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films
Actors Dolores Costello, Virginia Weidler, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, Selmer Jackson, Don Beddoe, Mary Forbes
Roles Dan Sparling
Rating73% 3.6873.6873.6873.6873.687
Walen plays Dan Sparling, a convicted embezzler who becomes editor of his prison newspaper. After serving out his sentence, he sets up an independent newspaper devoted to attacking corruption in public life, encountering various difficulties due to his being an ex-con and opposition from the incumbent administration.