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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 appeared 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.<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. His movies include <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> </p><p>Meek, who had lost his hair due to <a href="/wiki/Yellow_fever" title="Yellow fever">yellow fever</a>, 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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