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Lester Dorr is a Actor American born on 7 may 1893

Lester Dorr

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Nationality USA
Birth 7 may 1893
Death 25 august 1980 (at 87 years)

Lester Dorr (8 mai 1893, Boston, Massachusetts – 25 août 1980, Los Angeles, Californie) est un acteur américain.

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Filmography of Lester Dorr (195 films)

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At Long Last Love, 2h3
Directed by Peter Bogdanovich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn, Duilio Del Prete, Eileen Brennan, John Hillerman
Roles Doorman
Rating53% 2.6550152.6550152.6550152.6550152.655015
Four socialites unexpectedly clash: heiress Brooke Carter runs into gambler Johnny Spanish at the race track while playboy Michael O. Pritchard nearly runs into stage star Kitty O'Kelly with his car. Backstage at Kitty's show, it turns out she and Brooke are old friends who attended public school together. The foursome do the town, accompanied by Brooke's companion Elizabeth, who throws herself at Michael's butler and chauffeur Rodney James.
Hello, Dolly!, 2h22
Directed by Gene Kelly, Richard Lang
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Children's films
Actors Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Edra Jean Peaker, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, J. Pat O'Malley
Roles Workman (uncredited)
Rating69% 3.499483.499483.499483.499483.49948
In 1890, all of New York City is excited because widowed, brassy Dolly Levi is in town ("Call On Dolly"). Dolly makes a living through matchmaking and numerous sidelines ("Just Leave Everything to Me"). She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder, the well-known "half-a-millionaire", but it becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry Horace herself. Dolly travels to Yonkers, New York to visit Horace. Ambrose Kemper, a young artist, wants to marry Horace's weepy niece, Ermengarde, but Horace opposes this because Ambrose's vocation does not guarantee a steady living.
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Hotel
Hotel (1967)
, 2h4
Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden, Kevin McCarthy, Michael Rennie, Melvyn Douglas
Roles Cy - Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Rating65% 3.29523.29523.29523.29523.2952
The story takes place at the fictional St Gregory Hotel in New Orleans, owned by Warren Trent (Melvyn Douglas).
A Fine Madness, 1h44
Directed by Irvin Kershner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about psychiatry
Actors Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O'Neal, Colleen Dewhurst, Clive Revill
Rating56% 2.800032.800032.800032.800032.80003
Samson Shillitoe, a poet, lives in Greenwich Village with Rhoda, a waitress who stands by him through all his troubles.
Mary, Mary
Mary, Mary (1963)
, 2h6
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Diane McBain, Barry Nelson, Michael Rennie, Hiram Sherman, Lester Dorr
Roles Husband in Elevator (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.951222.951222.951222.951222.95122
When the Internal Revenue Service questions some of Bob McKellaway's deductions, Bob cannot remember what $5,000 worth of checks were for. Without his knowledge, his new tax lawyer, Oscar Nelson, asks Bob's ex-wife Mary to stop by to see if she can help. Bob does not want to see her, nor have his fiancee Tiffany Richards meet her.
Inherit the Wind, 2h8
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna Anderson, Harry Morgan
Roles Dr. John (uncredited)
Rating80% 4.0470554.0470554.0470554.0470554.047055
In a small Southern town, a school teacher, Bertram Cates, is about to stand trial. His offense: violating a state law by introducing to his students the concept that man descended from the apes, a theory of the naturalist Charles Darwin. Cates is vigorously denounced by town leaders such as the Rev. Jeremiah Brown.
Vice Raid
Vice Raid (1959)
, 1h11
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Richard Coogan, Brad Dexter, Barry Atwater, Carol Nugent, Chris Alcaide
Roles Malone's Secretary
Rating55% 2.76542.76542.76542.76542.7654
Police Sgt. Whitey Brandon works for the Vice Squad and is determined to beat corruption in the city. He encounters Carol Hudson who is working as a model. She is sent to frame him and succeeds. Carol's sister comes to visit and is raped and bashed by a thug who knows Carol. Carol, desperate for revenge, enlists the help of Brandon to fight the thugs who attacked her sister.
Arson for Hire, 1h7
Origin USA
Genres Crime, Romance
Actors Steve Brodie, Lyn Thomas, Antony Carbone, Walter Reed, Reed Howes, Lester Dorr
Roles Cab Dispatcher
Rating55% 2.770622.770622.770622.770622.77062
Actress Keely Harris inherits a warehouse from her father that is burned in a fire. Her father's business partner informs her that he and her father had planned the fire and demands half the insurance money. Meanwhile, arson investigator Johnny Broderick and assistant Ben Howard suspect the fire wasn't an accident.
The Bonnie Parker Story, 1h19
Directed by William Witney
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors Dorothy Provine, Jack Hogan, Richard Bakalyan, Joe Turkel, Ken Lynch, Douglas Kennedy
Roles Informant (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8994552.8994552.8994552.8994552.899455
Diner waitress Bonnie Parker is just as tired of her job in 1932 Texas as she is of customers like Guy Darrow, who try too hard to make her acquaintance. When she goes too far, fending off Guy with hot oil, Bonnie is fired.
Marjorie Morningstar, 2h8
Directed by Irving Rapper, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies
Actors Natalie Wood, Gene Kelly, Claire Trevor, Everett Sloane, Carolyn Jones, Martin Milner
Roles Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Rating61% 3.099183.099183.099183.099183.09918
Marjorie Morgenstern is a student at Hunter College and the girlfriend of an eligible young man, Sandy Lamm, who attends her family's synagogue. Her parents are happy with her choice of mate, and her mother Rose Morgenstern (Claire Trevor) tells her father, Arnold (Everett Sloane), that she hopes the two kids marry.
Hot Rod Gang, 1h12
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors John Ashley, Doodles Weaver, Dub Taylor, Lester Dorr, Claire Du Brey, Maureen Arthur
Roles Dryden Philpott
Rating53% 2.6659152.6659152.6659152.6659152.665915
East of Eden, 1h55
Directed by Elia Kazan, Don Alvarado
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Julie Harris, James Dean, Raymond Massey, Burl Ives, Richard Davalos, Jo Van Fleet
Roles City Official at Parade (uncredited)
Rating77% 3.8974753.8974753.8974753.8974753.897475
The story is set during 1917 and 1918, leading into American involvement in World War I, in the central California coastal towns of Monterey and Salinas. Cal (James Dean) and Aron (Richard Davalos) are the sons of a modestly successful farmer and wartime draft board chairman, Adam Trask (Raymond Massey). Cal is moody and embittered by his belief that his father favors Aron. Although both Cal and Aron had long been led to believe that their mother had died "and gone to heaven," the opening scene reveals Cal has apparently learned that his mother is still alive, owning and running a successful brothel in nearby Monterey.
Killers from Space, 1h11
Directed by W. Lee Wilder
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Films about extraterrestrial life, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Peter Graves, James Seay, Steve Pendleton, Shepard Menken, Ron Gans, Ben Welden
Roles Gas Station Attendant
Rating35% 1.760361.760361.760361.760361.76036
Dr. Douglas Martin is a scientist working on atomic bomb tests. While collecting aerial data on an Air Force atomic blast at Soledad Flats, his plane crashes. He survives the crash unhurt, walking back to the air base with no memory of what happened, except for a strange scar on his chest.
Take the High Ground!, 1h41
Directed by Richard Brooks, Jerry Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart, Russ Tamblyn, Carleton Carpenter, Steve Forrest
Roles Army Doctor (uncredited)
Rating59% 2.999672.999672.999672.999672.99967
In May 1953, a new group of Army recruits at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas encounter their drill sergeants, Sgt. Laverne Holt (Karl Malden) and the tough-as-nails Sgt. Thorne Ryan (Richard Widmark). After Ryan's caustic appraisal of the recruits, Holt vows to make soldiers out of them during their sixteen weeks of basic training. Ryan, a combat veteran who resents his stateside duty, repeatedly applies for a transfer back to the Korean front.
The Greatest Show on Earth, 2h33
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about euthanasia, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame
Rating64% 3.2483153.2483153.2483153.2483153.248315
Brad Braden is the no-nonsense general manager of what was at the time the world's largest railroad circus. He has a number of problems on his hands for the upcoming season.