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href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles</a>, California, U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role">Actor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years active</th><td class="infobox-data">1886–1946</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Belle Walken</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1909)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">1</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Donald Meek</b><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> (14 July 1878 – 18 November 1946) was a Scottish-American actor. He first performed publicly at the age of eight and began appearing on <a href="/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> in 1903. </p><p>Meek is perhaps best known for his roles in the films <i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_with_You_(film)" title="You Can't Take It with You (film)">You Can't Take It with You</a></i> (1938) and <i><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_(1939_film)" title="Stagecoach (1939 film)">Stagecoach</a></i> (1939). He posthumously received a star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a> in 1960. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_years">Early years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Meek&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meek was born in Glasgow to Matthew and Annie Meek.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1890s, the Meek family emigrated to Canada and then to the United States. By 1900, they were living in Philadelphia where Meek was employed as a dry goods salesman, according to the United States census of that year with Meek later working on stage.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Career">Career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Meek&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Broken_Dishes.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Broken_Dishes.jpg/260px-Broken_Dishes.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="336" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Broken_Dishes.jpg/390px-Broken_Dishes.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Broken_Dishes.jpg/520px-Broken_Dishes.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4190" data-file-height="5410" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a> and Donald Meek in the Broadway production <i>Broken Dishes</i> (1929)</figcaption></figure> <p>Meek's Broadway credits include <i>The Minister's Daughters</i> (1903), <i>Going Up</i> (1917), <i>Nothing But Love</i> (1919), <i>The Hottentot</i> (1920), <i>Little Old New York</i> (1920), <i>Six-Cylinder Love</i> (1921), <i>Tweedles</i> (1923), <i>The Potters</i> (1923), <i>Easy Terms</i> (1925), <i>Fool's Bells</i> (1925), <i>Love 'em and Leave 'em</i> (1926), <i>The Shelf</i> (1926), <i>Spread Eagle</i> (1927), <i>My Princess</i> (1927), <i>The Ivory Door</i> (1927), <i>Mr. Moneypenny</i> (1928), and <i>Jonesy</i> (1929). In <i>Broken Dishes</i> (1929), he starred with a young <a href="/wiki/Bette_Davis" title="Bette Davis">Bette Davis</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After years on the stage, Meek became a film actor, appearing memorably in several movies including <i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer_(1938_film)" title="The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)">The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</a>,</i> <i><a href="/wiki/Little_Miss_Broadway" title="Little Miss Broadway">Little Miss Broadway</a></i>, and <i><a href="/wiki/State_Fair_(1945_film)" title="State Fair (1945 film)">State Fair</a>.</i> Before becoming an actor, he fought in the <a href="/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War" title="Spanish–American War">Spanish–American War</a> in the United States Army and contracted <a href="/wiki/Yellow_fever" title="Yellow fever">yellow fever</a> which caused him to lose his hair. He was cast as timid, worried characters in many of his films, and is perhaps best known for his roles as Mr. Poppins in <a href="/wiki/Frank_Capra" title="Frank Capra">Frank Capra</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_With_You_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="You Can't Take It With You (film)">You Can't Take It With You</a></i> and as whiskey salesman Samuel Peacock in <a href="/wiki/John_Ford" title="John Ford">John Ford</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_(1939)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stagecoach (1939)">Stagecoach</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1931 through 1932, Meek was featured as criminologist Dr. Crabtree in a series of 12 Warner Bros. two-reel short subjects written by <a href="/wiki/S.S._Van_Dine" class="mw-redirect" title="S.S. Van Dine">S.S. Van Dine</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Meek&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Meek and Isabella "Belle" Walken married in Boston in a Methodist church on January 3, 1909. By this marriage, the American-born Belle Meek lost her United States citizenship by taking her husband's British nationality.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Meek&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Donald Meek died of <a href="/wiki/Leukaemia" class="mw-redirect" title="Leukaemia">leukaemia</a> on 18 November 1946 in Los Angeles,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while filming the role of Mr. Twiddle in <i><a href="/wiki/Magic_Town" title="Magic Town">Magic Town</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A prolific film actor in over 100 Hollywood movies during its Golden Age, he received a posthumous star on the <a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Walk_of_Fame" title="Hollywood Walk of Fame">Hollywood Walk of Fame</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Selected_filmography">Selected filmography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Donald_Meek&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Selected filmography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 22em;"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Six_Cylinder_Love_(1923_film)" title="Six Cylinder Love (1923 film)">Six Cylinder Love</a></i> (1923) as Richard Burton</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Hole_in_the_Wall_(1929_film)" title="The Hole in the Wall (1929 film)">The Hole in the Wall</a></i> (1929) as Goofy</li> <li><i>The Love Kiss</i> (1930) as William</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Girl_Habit" title="The Girl Habit">The Girl Habit</a></i> (1931) as Jonesy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Personal_Maid" title="Personal Maid">Personal Maid</a></i> (1931) as Pa Ryan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Wayward_(film)" title="Wayward (film)">Wayward</a></i> (1932) as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love,_Honor,_and_Oh_Baby!" title="Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!">Love, Honor, and Oh Baby!</a></i> (1933) as Luther Bowen</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Ever_in_My_Heart" title="Ever in My Heart">Ever in My Heart</a></i> (1933) as Storekeeper (scenes deleted)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/College_Coach" title="College Coach">College Coach</a></i> (1933) as Prof. Spencer Trask</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hi_Nellie!" title="Hi Nellie!">Hi Nellie!</a></i> (1934) as Durkin</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bedside" title="Bedside">Bedside</a></i> (1934) as Dr. George Wiley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Last_Gentleman_(film)" title="The Last Gentleman (film)">The Last Gentleman</a></i> (1934) as Judd Barr</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Murder_at_the_Vanities" title="Murder at the Vanities">Murder at the Vanities</a></i> (1934) as Dr. Saunders</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Defense_Rests" title="The Defense Rests">The Defense Rests</a></i> (1934) as Fogg</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Merry_Widow_(1934_film)" title="The Merry Widow (1934 film)">The Merry Widow</a></i> (1934) as Valet</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mrs._Wiggs_of_the_Cabbage_Patch_(1934_film)" title="Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1934 film)">Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch</a></i> (1934) as Mr. Wiggs</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/What_Every_Woman_Knows_(1934_film)" title="What Every Woman Knows (1934 film)">What Every Woman Knows</a></i> (1934) as Snibby - Jeweler (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Captain_Hates_the_Sea" title="The Captain Hates the Sea">The Captain Hates the Sea</a></i> (1934) as Josephus Bushmills</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/It%27s_a_Gift" title="It's a Gift">It's a Gift</a></i> (1934) as Uncle Bean in Photograph (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mighty_Barnum" title="The Mighty Barnum">The Mighty Barnum</a></i> (1934) as Minor Role (scenes deleted)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Biography_of_a_Bachelor_Girl" title="Biography of a Bachelor Girl">Biography of a Bachelor Girl</a></i> (1935) as Mr. Irish, Moose Village General Store</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Romance_in_Manhattan" title="Romance in Manhattan">Romance in Manhattan</a></i> (1935) as Minister</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Gilded_Lily_(1935_film)" title="The Gilded Lily (1935 film)">The Gilded Lily</a></i> (1935) as Hankerson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Society_Doctor" title="Society Doctor">Society Doctor</a></i> (1935) as Moxley</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Whole_Town%27s_Talking" title="The Whole Town's Talking">The Whole Town's Talking</a></i> (1935) as Hoyt</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Baby_Face_Harrington" title="Baby Face Harrington">Baby Face Harrington</a></i> (1935) as Skinner</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Mark_of_the_Vampire" title="Mark of the Vampire">Mark of the Vampire</a></i> (1935) as Dr. Doskil</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Informer_(1935_film)" title="The Informer (1935 film)">The Informer</a></i> (1935) as Peter Mulligan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Village_Tale" title="Village Tale">Village Tale</a></i> (1935) as Charlie</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Old_Man_Rhythm" title="Old Man Rhythm">Old Man Rhythm</a></i> (1935) as Paul Parker</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/China_Seas_(film)" title="China Seas (film)">China Seas</a></i> (1935) as Passenger Playing Chess (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Accent_on_Youth_(film)" title="Accent on Youth (film)">Accent on Youth</a></i> (1935) as Orville (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Happiness_C.O.D." title="Happiness C.O.D.">Happiness C.O.D.</a></i> (1935) as Thomas Sherridan</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Peter_Grimm_(1935_film)" title="The Return of Peter Grimm (1935 film)">The Return of Peter Grimm</a></i> (1935) as Mayor Everett Bartholomew</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/She_Couldn%27t_Take_It" title="She Couldn't Take It">She Couldn't Take It</a></i> (1935) as Uncle Wyndersham</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barbary_Coast_(film)" title="Barbary Coast (film)">Barbary Coast</a></i> (1935) as Sawbuck McTavish</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Peter_Ibbetson" title="Peter Ibbetson">Peter Ibbetson</a></i> (1935) as Mr. Slade</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kind_Lady_(1935_film)" title="Kind Lady (1935 film)">Kind Lady</a></i> (1935) as Mr. Foster</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Captain_Blood_(1935_film)" title="Captain Blood (1935 film)">Captain Blood</a></i> (1935) as Dr. Whacker</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Bride_Comes_Home" title="The Bride Comes Home">The Bride Comes Home</a></i> (1935) as The Judge</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_Old_Man" title="Everybody's Old Man">Everybody's Old Man</a></i> (1936) as Finney</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/And_So_They_Were_Married" title="And So They Were Married">And So They Were Married</a></i> (1936) as Hotel Manager</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_Rainy_Afternoon" title="One Rainy Afternoon">One Rainy Afternoon</a></i> (1936) as Judge</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Wise_Guys" title="Three Wise Guys">Three Wise Guys</a></i> (1936) as Gribbie</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Three_Married_Men" title="Three Married Men">Three Married Men</a></i> (1936) as Mr. Frisbee</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Old_Hutch" title="Old Hutch">Old Hutch</a></i> (1936) as Mr. Gunnison</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_in_a_Crowd" title="Two in a Crowd">Two in a Crowd</a></i> (1936) as Bennett</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Love_on_the_Run_(1936_film)" title="Love on the Run (1936 film)">Love on the Run</a></i> (1936) as Caretaker</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Pennies_from_Heaven_(1936_film)" title="Pennies from Heaven (1936 film)">Pennies from Heaven</a></i> (1936) as Gramp Smith</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maid_of_Salem" title="Maid of Salem">Maid of Salem</a></i> (1937) as Ezra Cheeves</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Behind_the_Headlines_(1937_film)" title="Behind the Headlines (1937 film)">Behind the Headlines</a></i> (1937) as Potter</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Parnell_(film)" title="Parnell (film)">Parnell</a></i> (1937) as Murphy</li> <li><i>Three Legionnaires</i> (1937) as Uriah S. Grant</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Toast_of_New_York" title="The Toast of New York">The Toast of New York</a></i> (1937) as Daniel Drew</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Artists_and_Models_(1937_film)" title="Artists and Models (1937 film)">Artists and Models</a></i> (1937) as Dr. Zimmer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Make_a_Wish_(1937_film)" title="Make a Wish (1937 film)">Make a Wish</a></i> (1937) as Joseph</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Wedding_(1937_film)" title="Double Wedding (1937 film)">Double Wedding</a></i> (1937) as Judge Blynn (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Breakfast_for_Two" title="Breakfast for Two">Breakfast for Two</a></i> (1937) as Justice of the Peace</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You%27re_a_Sweetheart" title="You're a Sweetheart">You're a Sweetheart</a></i> (1937) as Conway Jeeters</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Double_Danger_(1938_film)" title="Double Danger (1938 film)">Double Danger</a></i> (1938) as Gordon Ainsley aka Henry Robinson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tom_Sawyer_(1938_film)" title="The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938 film)">The Adventures of Tom Sawyer</a></i> (1938) as Sunday School Superintendent</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Goodbye_Broadway" title="Goodbye Broadway">Goodbye Broadway</a></i> (1938) as Iradius P. Oglethorpe</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Having_Wonderful_Time" title="Having Wonderful Time">Having Wonderful Time</a></i> (1938) as P.U. Rogers</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Little_Miss_Broadway" title="Little Miss Broadway">Little Miss Broadway</a></i> (1938) as Willoughby Wendling</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Take_It_With_You_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="You Can't Take It With You (film)">You Can't Take It with You</a></i> (1938) as Poppins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hold_That_Co-ed" class="mw-redirect" title="Hold That Co-ed">Hold That Co-ed</a></i> (1938) as Dean Fletcher</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jesse_James_(1939_film)" title="Jesse James (1939 film)">Jesse James</a></i> (1939) as Mc Coy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_(1939_film)" title="Stagecoach (1939 film)">Stagecoach</a></i> (1939) as Samuel Peacock</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Young_Mr._Lincoln" title="Young Mr. Lincoln">Young Mr. Lincoln</a></i> (1939) as Prosecutor John Felder</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blondie_Takes_a_Vacation" title="Blondie Takes a Vacation">Blondie Takes a Vacation</a></i> (1939) as Jonathan N. Gillis</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hollywood_Cavalcade" title="Hollywood Cavalcade">Hollywood Cavalcade</a></i> (1939) as Lyle P. Stout</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Housekeeper%27s_Daughter" title="The Housekeeper's Daughter">The Housekeeper's Daughter</a></i> (1939) as Editor Wilson</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Nick_Carter,_Master_Detective" title="Nick Carter, Master Detective">Nick Carter, Master Detective</a></i> (1939) as Bartholomew</li> <li><i>Oh, Johnny, How You Can Love</i> (1940) as Adelbert Thistlebottom</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Dr._Ehrlich%27s_Magic_Bullet" title="Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet">Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet</a></i> (1940) as Mittelmeyer</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/My_Little_Chickadee" title="My Little Chickadee">My Little Chickadee</a></i> (1940) as Amos Budge</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Man_from_Dakota" title="The Man from Dakota">The Man from Dakota</a></i> (1940) as Mr. Vestry</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Ghost_Comes_Home" title="The Ghost Comes Home">The Ghost Comes Home</a></i> (1940) as Mortimer Hopkins, Sr.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_Dust_(film)" title="Star Dust (film)">Star Dust</a></i> (1940) as Sam Wellman</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Turnabout_(film)" title="Turnabout (film)">Turnabout</a></i> (1940) as Henry</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phantom_Raiders" title="Phantom Raiders">Phantom Raiders</a></i> (1940) as Bartholomew</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Return_of_Frank_James" title="The Return of Frank James">The Return of Frank James</a></i> (1940) as McCoy</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sky_Murder" title="Sky Murder">Sky Murder</a></i> (1940) as Bartholomew</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Third_Finger,_Left_Hand_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Finger, Left Hand (film)">Third Finger, Left Hand</a></i> (1940) as Mr. Flandrin</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Hullabaloo_(film)" title="Hullabaloo (film)">Hullabaloo</a></i> (1940) as Mr. Clyde Perkins</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Design_for_Scandal" title="Design for Scandal">Design for Scandal</a></i> (1941)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Man_of_Borneo_(film)" title="The Wild Man of Borneo (film)">The Wild Man of Borneo</a></i> (1941) as Professor Birdo</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Come_Live_with_Me_(film)" title="Come Live with Me (film)">Come Live with Me</a></i> (1941) as Joe Darsie</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Blonde_Inspiration" title="Blonde Inspiration">Blonde Inspiration</a></i> (1941) as 'Dusty' King</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Free_and_Easy_(1941_film)" title="Free and Easy (1941 film)">Free and Easy</a></i> (1941) as Tout (uncredited)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barnacle_Bill_(1941_film)" title="Barnacle Bill (1941 film)">Barnacle Bill</a></i> (1941) as 'Pop' Cavendish</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/A_Woman%27s_Face" title="A Woman's Face">A Woman's Face</a></i> (1941) as Herman Rundvik</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Feminine_Touch_(1941_film)" title="The Feminine Touch (1941 film)">The Feminine Touch</a></i> (1941) as Captain Makepeace Liveright</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rise_and_Shine_(film)" title="Rise and Shine (film)">Rise and Shine</a></i> (1941) as Professor Philip Murray</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Babes_on_Broadway" title="Babes on Broadway">Babes on Broadway</a></i> (1941) as Mr. Stone</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tortilla_Flat_(film)" title="Tortilla Flat (film)">Tortilla Flat</a></i> (1942) as Paul D. Cummings</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maisie_Gets_Her_Man" title="Maisie Gets Her Man">Maisie Gets Her Man</a></i> (1942) as Mr. Stickwell</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Omaha_Trail" title="The Omaha Trail">The Omaha Trail</a></i> (1942) as Engineer Jonah McCleod</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Seven_Sweethearts" title="Seven Sweethearts">Seven Sweethearts</a></i> (1942) as Reverend Howgan, the Minister</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Flame_(film)" title="Keeper of the Flame (film)">Keeper of the Flame</a></i> (1943) as Mr. Arbuthnot</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/They_Got_Me_Covered" title="They Got Me Covered">They Got Me Covered</a></i> (1943) as Little Old Man</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Air_Raid_Wardens" title="Air Raid Wardens">Air Raid Wardens</a></i> (1943) as Eustace Middling</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/DuBarry_Was_a_Lady_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="DuBarry Was a Lady (film)">Du Barry Was a Lady</a></i> (1943) as Mr. Jones / Duc de Choiseul</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lost_Angel_(film)" title="Lost Angel (film)">Lost Angel</a></i> (1943) as Professor Catty</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Rationing_(1944_film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rationing (1944 film)">Rationing</a></i> (1944) as Wilfred Ball</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Two_Girls_and_a_Sailor" title="Two Girls and a Sailor">Two Girls and a Sailor</a></i> (1944) as Mr. Nizby</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bathing_Beauty" title="Bathing Beauty">Bathing Beauty</a></i> (1944) as Chester Klazenfrantz</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Maisie_Goes_to_Reno" title="Maisie Goes to Reno">Maisie Goes to Reno</a></i> (1944) as Parsons</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Barbary_Coast_Gent" title="Barbary Coast Gent">Barbary Coast Gent</a></i> (1944) as Bradford Bellamy I</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Thin_Man_Goes_Home" title="The Thin Man Goes Home">The Thin Man Goes Home</a></i> (1945) as Willie Crump</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/State_Fair_(1945_film)" title="State Fair (1945 film)">State Fair</a></i> (1945) as Hippenstahl</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Because_of_Him" title="Because of Him">Because of Him</a></i> (1946) as Martin</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Colonel_Effingham%27s_Raid" title="Colonel Effingham's Raid">Colonel Effingham's Raid</a></i> (1946) as Doc Buden</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Janie_Gets_Married" title="Janie Gets Married">Janie Gets Married</a></i> (1946) as Harley P. 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