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Robert Ellis du Reel
in Brooklyn, New York, USA

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(age 82) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1934 Kid Millions
Desert Rider (uncredited)
 
1934 A Girl of the Limberlost
Frank Comstock
 
1934 Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Casino Manager (uncredited)
 
1934 Now I'll Tell
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1934 A Very Honorable Guy
Gangster (uncredited)
 
1934 Gambling Lady
Mr. Carter - Lawyer (uncredited)
 
1934 Dancing Man
Cavendish
 
1934 Madame Spy
Sulkin
 
1934 I've Got Your Number
Turk Garrison
 
1933 Only Yesterday (uncredited)
 
1933 Notorious But Nice
Prosecuting Attorney
 
1933 Police Call
Chief Crown
 
1933 The Important Witness
Jack (Duke) Farnham
 
1933 The Sphinx
Inspector James Riley
 
1933 Thrill Hunter
Al Blake
 
1933 Soldiers of the Storm
Moran
 
1933 The Constant Woman
Leading Man
 
1933 Reform Girl
Kellar
 
1933 Treason
Colonel Jedcott
 
1933 The Curse of a Broken Heart (short)
 
1932 The Penal Code
James Forrester
 
1932 Officer Thirteen
Jack Blake
 
1932 Call Her Savage
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
 
1932 Women Won't Tell
District Attorney
 
1932 Speed Demon
Langard
 
1932 Slightly Married
Brandon
 
1932 White Eagle
Jim Gregory
 
1932 The All-American
Walter Grant
 
1932 Come on Danger!
Frank Sanderson
 
1932 Broadway to Cheyenne
B.H. 'Butch' Owens
 
1932 The Last Man
English Charlie
 
1932 The Phantom Express
Reynolds
 
1932 American Madness
Dude Finlay (uncredited)
 
1932 Daring Danger
Hugo DuSang
 
1932 A Man's Land
John Thomas (as Bob Ellis)
 
1932 Scandal for Sale
Hotel Resident (uncredited)
 
1932 Behind Stone Walls
Jack Keene - Man-about-Town
 
1932 The Fighting Fool
Crip Mason
 
1932 One Man Law
Jonathan P. Streeter
 
1931 The Devil Plays
Stiles
 
1931 The Deadline
Ira Coleman
 
1931 Mounted Fury
Paul Marsh
 
1931 Is There Justice?
Dan Lawrence
 
1931 Murder at Midnight
Duncan Channing
 
1931 Dancing Dynamite
Lucas
 
1931 The Good Bad Girl
Dapper Dan Tyler
 
1931 The Fighting Sheriff
Flash Halloway
 
1931 Aloha
Larry Leavitt
 
1931 The Last Parade
A.C. Marino
 
1931 Caught Cheating
Joe Cabrone
 
1930 The Squealer
Valleti
 
1930 What Men Want
Howard LeMoyne
 
1930 Undertow
Jim Paine
 
1929 Night Parade
Mr. John W. Zelli
 
1929 Tonight at Twelve
Jack Keith
 
1929 The Love Trap
Guy Emory
 
1929 Broadway
Steve Crandall
 
1928 Restless Youth
Robert Haines
 
1928 Freedom of the Press
Cyrus Hazlett
 
1928 Varsity
Rod Luke
 
1928 Cleopatra (short)
 
1928 The Law's Lash
Ted Campbell
 
1928 Marry the Girl
Harry Wayland
 
1928 The Law and the Man
Ernest Vane
 
1927 Ragtime
Steve Martin, aka 'Slick'
 
1927 Lure of the Night Club
John Stone
 
1926 Devil's Dice
Larry Bannon
 
1926 Whispering Canyon
Bob Cameron
 
1926 Brooding Eyes
Phillip Mott
 
1926 Ladies of Leisure
Jack Forrest
 
1926 The Girl from Montmartre
Jack Ewing
 
1925 S.O.S. Perils of the Sea
Ralph Seldon
 
1925 Northern Code
Louis Le Blanc
 
1925 The Part Time Wife
Kenneth Scott
 
1925 Lady Robinhood
Hugh Winthrop
 
1925 Defend Yourself
Dr. Poole
 
1925 Speed
Nat Armstrong Jr.
 
1925 Forbidden Cargo
Jerry Burke
 
1925 Capital Punishment
Harry Phillip
 
1924 A Cafe in Cairo
Barry Braxton
 
1924 On Probation
Bruce Winter
 
1924 Silk Stocking Sal
Bob Cooper
 
1924 Lovers' Lane
Dr. Tom Singletoon
 
1924 For Sale
Alan Penfield
 
1924 The Law Forbids
Paul Remsen
 
1923 The Wanters
Elliot Worthington
 
1923 The Wild Party
Basil Wingate/Stuart Furth
 
1923 Mark of the Beast
Dr. David Hale
 
1923 The Flame of Life
Fergus Derrick
 
1923 Dark Secrets
Lord Wallington
 
1922 Anna Ascends
Howard Fisk
 
1922 The Woman Who Fooled Herself
Fernando Pennington
 
1922 Hurricane's Gal
Steele O'Connor
 
1922 The Infidel
Cyrus Flint
 
1922 The Dangerous Little Demon
Gary McVeigh
 
1922 Love's Masquerade
Herbert Norwooood
 
1922 Wild Honey
Kerry Burgess
 
1921 Ladies Must Live
Anthony Mulvain
 
1921 Handcuffs or Kisses
Peter Madison
 
1920 The Daughter Pays
Gerald Roseborough
 
1919 The Spite Bride
Billy Swayne
 
1919 The Third Kiss
Rupert Bawlf
 
1919 Louisiana
Laurence Ferol
 
1919 Upstairs and Down
Terrence O'Keefe
 
1919 Peggy Does Her Darndest
Honorable Hugh Wentworth
 
1919 In for Thirty Days
Brett Page
 
1918 Brown of Harvard
'Bud' Hall
 
1917 A Deal in Bonds (short)
 
1917 Sign of the Scarf (short)
 
1917 Mystery of Room 422 (short)
 
1917 The Lifted Veil
Leslie Palliser
 
1917 The Customary Two Weeks
George Extell
 
1917 The Veiled Thunderbolt (short)
 
1917 The Vanishing Bishop (short)
 
1917 The Secret of the Borgias (short)
 
1917 Friends in San Rosario (short)
Mr. Buckley (as Mr. Ellis)
 
1917 The Missing Financier (short)
 
1917 In the Web of the Spider (short)
 
1917 The Mirror of Fear (short)
 
1917 Winged Diamonds (short)
 
1917 The Screened Vault (short)
 
1917 The Net of Intrigue (short)
 
1917 The Trap (short)
Jack Mulhall, Gambler
 
1917 The Violet Ray (short)
 
1917 The Black Circle (short)
 
1917 The Trail of Graft (short)
 
1917 The House of Secrets (short)
 
1916 A Mission of State (short)
 
1916 The Tiger's Claw (short)
 
1916 The Menace (short)
 
1916 The Trunk Mystery (short)
 
1916 The Wizard's Plot (short)
 
1916 The House of Three Deuces (short)
 
1916 The Rogue's Pawn (short)
 
1916 The Man from Yukon (short)
 
1916 Grant, Police Reporter (short)
 
1916 The Pencil Clue (short)
 
1916 The Missing Heiress (short)
 
1916 The Code Letter (short)
 
1916 Rival Artists (short)
 
1916 That Pesky Parrot (short)
 
1916 Meter in the Kitchen (short)
 
1916 He Wrote Poetry (short)
 
1916 Almost a Heroine (short)
 
1916 A Flock of Skeletons (short)
 
1916 A Leap Year's Wooing (short)
 
1916 The Night Watch (short)
 
1916 The Guiding Hand (short)
 
1916 The Lurking Peril (short)
 
1915 The Glory of Youth
Hal Crofton - an Athlete
 
1915 The Apaches of Paris
Darcelle
 
1915 The Key to Possession (short)
Tony Breslow - Man About Town
 
1915 The Man Servant (short)
Gilbert Park - a Dissolute Clubman
 
1915 The Legacy of Folly (short)
Danforth - a Man-about-Town
 
1915 The Seventh Commandment (short)
Simon Craig
 
1915 Prejudice (short)
Dr. Byron - a Drunkard
 
1915 The Black Ring (short)
Count Barnoff
 
1915 The Third Commandment (short)
Arthur Holly - Nell's Sweetheart
 
1915 The Girl and the Bachelor (short)
Bertie Tremayne
 
1915 Poison (short)
Willis Webb
 
1915 The First Commandment (short)
Tom Pierson
 
1915/I The Secret Room (short)
The Derelict
 
1915 The Cabaret Singer (short)
Lloyd Denton - Randall's Chum
 
1915 The Adventure at Briarcliff (short)
The Overseer of the Estate
 
1914 The Black Sheep (short)
Dr. Frank Clark - Joe's Brother
 
1914 His Inspiration (short)
Mayfield
 
1914 The Cub Reporter's Assignment (short)
Harry Wilson - the Cub Reporter
 
1914 The Path to Ruin (short)
John Gage - a Young Broker
 
1914 A Mother's Atonement (short)
Horace - Stella's Brother
 
1914 The Counterfeiter's Plot (short)
Jack Saunders - Ivy's Sweetheart
 
1914 Old Man Higgenbotham's Daughter (short)
Alec - Matty's Sweetheart
 
1914 Accused (short)
Bert Kent
 
1914 The Fatal Portrait (short)
Ralph Lamont - an Artist
 
1914 The Missing Jewels (short)
Jim - Little Nell's Father
 
1914 The Hour of Danger (short)
Robert Russell - a Young Doctor
 
1914 The Other Half of the Note (short)
Tom Cole - Detective
 
1914 A Secret Crime (short)
Maynard
 
1914 The Secret of the Will (short)
Gordon - a Young Lawyer
 
1914 Perils of the White Lights (short)
Jack Foster - the Widow's Son
 
1913 A Modern Jekyll and Hyde (short)
Roger Master - Nora's Sweetheart
 
Show ShowWriter (69 titles)
1950 I'll Get By (story)
 
1946 Three Little Girls in Blue (adaptation)
 
1946 If I'm Lucky
 
1946 Do You Love Me
 
1944 Something for the Boys (screenplay)
 
1944 Pin Up Girl (screen play)
 
1944 Four Jills in a Jeep
 
1943 Hello Frisco, Hello (writer)
 
1942 Iceland
 
1942 Footlight Serenade
 
1942 Song of the Islands (original screenplay)
 
1941 Sun Valley Serenade (screenplay)
 
1941 The Great American Broadcast (original screenplay)
 
1940 Tin Pan Alley (screen play)
 
1940 Lucky Cisco Kid
 
1940 Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (adaptation - uncredited)
 
1940 Star Dust
 
1940 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
 
1939 The Honeymoon's Over (contract writer - uncredited)
 
1939 Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (screen play)
 
1939 Too Busy to Work (writer)
 
1939 The Escape (writer)
 
1939 Susannah of the Mounties (screenplay)
 
1939 Chasing Danger (writer)
 
1939 Pardon Our Nerve (writer)
 
1938 Road Demon (writer)
 
1938 Sharpshooters (writer)
 
1938 Down on the Farm (writer)
 
1938 Speed to Burn (screenplay)
 
1938 Rascals (writer)
 
1938 A Trip to Paris (story and screenplay)
 
1938 Love on a Budget (writer)
 
1937 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (original story)
 
1937 Big Town Girl
 
1937 Charlie Chan on Broadway (original story)
 
1937 Born Reckless (screenplay)
 
1937 Big Business
 
1937 Charlie Chan at the Olympics (screen play)
 
1937 That I May Live (contract writer - uncredited)
 
1937 Off to the Races
 
1936 Laughing at Trouble (screenplay)
 
1936 Red Lights Ahead (screenplay / story)
 
1936 Back to Nature
 
1936 Charlie Chan at the Race Track (screen play)
 
1936 Federal Agent (original story)
 
1936 Charlie Chan at the Circus (original screen play)
 
1936 Hitch Hike to Heaven
 
1936 Here Comes Trouble
 
1936 Charlie Chan's Secret (original story / screenplay)
 
1935 Music Is Magic (contributor to dialogue - uncredited)
 
1935 The Lady in Scarlet (screenplay)
 
1935 Happiness C.O.D. (story and screenplay)
 
1935 Ladies Love Danger (adaptation)
 
1935 Charlie Chan in Egypt (original screenplay)
 
1935 Ginger (additional dialogue - uncredited)
 
1935 One in a Million
 
1935 Asegure a su mujer (adaptation)
 
1934 Port of Lost Dreams (story and adaptation)
 
1934 Fugitive Road (story and screenplay)
 
1934 In Love with Life (screenplay and dialogue)
 
1934 The Quitter
 
1933 Twin Husbands (original story)
 
1933 In the Money (original story and screenplay)
 
1933 A Man of Sentiment (writer)
 
1933 Dance, Girl, Dance (story and adaptation)
 
1933 By Appointment Only (screenplay and dialogue)
 
1932 The Monster Walks (adaptation / story)
 
1922 The Woman Who Fooled Herself
 
1916 The Stolen Jail (short)
 
Show ShowDirector (61 titles)
1921 Chivalrous Charley
 
1921 A Divorce of Convenience
 
1920 The Daughter Pays
 
1920 The Figurehead
 
1920 A Fool and His Money
 
1919 The Tiger's Trail
 
1919 The Imp
 
1917 The Fringe of Society
 
1917 A Deal in Bonds (short)
 
1917 Sign of the Scarf (short)
 
1917 The Man with the Limp (short)
 
1917 Mystery of Room 422 (short)
 
1917 The Veiled Thunderbolt (short)
 
1917 The Vanishing Bishop (short)
 
1917 The Secret of the Borgias (short)
 
1917 The Missing Financier (short)
 
1917 In the Web of the Spider (short)
 
1917 The Mirror of Fear (short)
 
1917 Winged Diamonds (short)
 
1917 The Screened Vault (short)
 
1917 The Net of Intrigue (short)
 
1917 The Trap (short)
 
1917 The Violet Ray (short)
 
1917 The Black Circle (short)
 
1917 The Trail of Graft (short)
 
1917 The House of Secrets (short)
 
1916 A Mission of State (short)
 
1916 The Tiger's Claw (short)
 
1916 The Menace (short)
 
1916 The Trunk Mystery (short)
 
1916 The Wizard's Plot (short)
 
1916 The House of Three Deuces (short)
 
1916 The Rogue's Pawn (short)
 
1916 The Man from Yukon (short)
 
1916 The Pencil Clue (short)
 
1916 The Missing Heiress (short)
 
1916 The Code Letter (short)
 
1916 The Battered Bridegroom (short)
 
1916 Stolen Plumage (short)
 
1916 Rival Artists (short)
 
1916 That Pesky Parrot (short)
 
1916 Meter in the Kitchen (short)
 
1916 Tangled by Telephone (short)
 
1916 The Stolen Jail (short)
 
1916 He Wrote Poetry (short)
 
1916 The Mysterious Double (short)
 
1916 Peaches and Ponies (short)
 
1916 The Girl and the Tenor (short)
 
1916 The Wishing Ring (short)
 
1916/I A Baby Grand (short)
 
1916 Romance and Riot (short)
 
1916 Almost a Heroine (short)
 
1916 A Flock of Skeletons (short)
 
1916 She Came, She Saw, She Conquered (short)
 
1916 A Leap Year's Wooing (short)
 
1916 The Night Watch (short)
 
1916 The Guiding Hand (short)
 
1916 The Lurking Peril (short)
 
1915 The Glory of Youth
 
1915 The Ventures of Marguerite
 
1915 The Apaches of Paris
 
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1954 This Is Your Life (TV series)
Himself
– Tom Moore (1954) … Himself
 

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