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Theodore Lorch (1873–1947)

Actor

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He is the only actor in Show Boat to have had an acting role in the 1936 film ( Show Boat); Helen Morgan both sang and acted in the 1936 film, but in the 1929 one she appeared only in the prologue to sing the two songs she made famous in the original stage production. Lorch's very brief appearance as "Simon Legree" in the 1936 "Show Boat"... See more trivia »

Born:

in Springfield, Illinois, USA

Died:

(age 74) in Camarillo, California, USA
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1948 The Hot Scots (short)
MacPherson, the Butler (as Ted Lorch)
 
1948 Here Comes Trouble
Extra (uncredited)
 
1947 Body and Soul
Man at Weigh-in (uncredited)
 
1947 My Brother Talks to Horses
Spectator at Racetrack (uncredited)
 
1947 Half-Wits Holiday (short)
Prof. Sedletz (as Ted Lorch)
 
1946 Deception
Well-wisher at Concert (uncredited)
 
1946 You Can't Fool a Fool (short)
Jim Barlow
 
1946 The Hoodlum Saint
Extra (uncredited)
 
1946 Badman's Territory
Citizen's Committee Member (uncredited)
 
1946 Uncivil War Birds (short)
Union Soldier (uncredited)
 
1945 Micro-Phonies (short)
Butler (uncredited)
 
1945 If a Body Meets a Body (short)
Jerkington (the butler)
 
1943 This Land Is Mine
Juror (uncredited)
 
1943 Spook Louder (short)
Mr. Graves (uncredited)
 
1943 Hello Frisco, Hello
Barfly at Sharkey's (uncredited)
 
1942 Bowery at Midnight
Tramp Playing Checkers at Friendly Mission (uncredited)
 
1942 The Glass Key
Dinner Guest (uncredited)
 
1942 The Pride of the Yankees
Neighbor Leaning Through Window (uncredited)
 
1942 The Remarkable Andrew
Jurist (uncredited)
 
1941 Jesse James at Bay
Townsman (uncredited)
 
1941 Nine Lives Are Not Enough
Extra Seated in City Room (uncredited)
 
1941 Bad Man of Deadwood
Businessman (uncredited)
 
1941 Half Shot at Sunrise (short)
 
1940 The Lady in Question
Juror (uncredited)
 
1939 The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1939 Zorro's Fighting Legion
Councilman Carlos (uncredited)
 
1939 Buck Rogers
Kane's Council Member (uncredited)
 
1939 We Want Our Mummy (short)
Thug in Mummy Outfit (uncredited)
 
1939 Stagecoach
Lordsburg Express Agent (uncredited)
 
1939 Stand Up and Fight
Henchman (uncredited)
 
1938 Red River Range
Rancher (uncredited)
 
1938 I Am the Law
Clerk (uncredited)
 
1938 Professor Beware
Railroad Worker (uncredited)
 
1938 The Fighting Devil Dogs
'Wing' Henchman (uncredited)
 
1938 Kentucky Moonshine
First Buckboard Driver (uncredited)
 
1938 Maid's Night Out
Headwaiter (uncredited)
 
1937 Alcatraz Island
First Trial Fixed Juror (uncredited)
 
1937 Madame X
Pawnbroker (uncredited)
 
1937 Idol of the Crowds
Man who questions Irwin at bar (uncredited)
 
1937 The Big Squirt (short)
Police Sergeant
 
1937 Confession
Man in Court (uncredited)
 
1937 The Toast of New York
Man at Opera (uncredited)
 
1937 Lost Ranch
Henchman Merkle
 
1937 Goofs and Saddles (short)
Gen. Muster (uncredited)
 
1937 Orphan of the Pecos
Prof. Jeremiah Mathews
 
1937 The Cherokee Strip
Jury Member (uncredited)
 
1937 Back to the Woods (short)
Chief Rain in the Puss (uncredited)
 
1937 Marked Woman
Juror #2, Second Trial (uncredited)
 
1937/I Dick Tracy
Paterno [Chs. 1, 12]
 
1937 Sailor Maid
 
1937/I Blake of Scotland Yard
Daggett, the Butler (as Ted Lorch)
 
1937 Cheyenne Rides Again
Rollins (as Ted Lorch)
 
1936 Come and Get It
Lumberjack (uncredited)
 
1936 Two Minutes to Play
Tim - Bartender
 
1936 Rip Roarin' Buckaroo
Trainer Todd Knapp (uncredited)
 
1936 Rebellion
General Vallejo (as Theodore Lorsch)
 
1936 Aces Wild
Kelton (as Ted Lorch)
 
1936 The President's Mystery
Townsman (uncredited)
 
1936 Romance Rides the Range
Jonas Allen
 
1936 Wildcat Trooper
Rogers (as Ted Lorch)
 
1936 The Fugitive Sheriff
Rally Speaker (uncredited)
 
1936/I Flash Gordon
High Priest #2 [Chs. 8-11, 13]
 
1936 Black Gold
Wooden Derrick Bartender (uncredited)
 
1935 The Shadow of Silk Lennox
Kennedy, the ward-heeler
 
1935 Annie Oakley
Wild West Show Announcer (uncredited)
 
1935 The New Frontier
Joe (as Theodore Loren)
 
1935 Barbary Coast
Helmsman (uncredited)
 
1935 His Fighting Blood
A. Leslie, the Jeweler
 
1935 The Call of the Wild
Dawson Townsman (uncredited)
 
1935 Mad Love
Actor at Party (uncredited)
 
1935 Vagabond Lady
Dock Official (uncredited)
 
1935 Rustler's Paradise
Rance Kimball, alias El Diablo
 
1935 Hold 'Em Yale
Pullman Conductor (uncredited)
 
1935 Uncivil Warriors (short)
Maj. 'Bloodhound' Filbert (uncredited)
 
1935 The Desert Trail
Robbed Stage Passenger (uncredited)
 
1935 Reckless
Member of Coroner's Jury (uncredited)
 
1935 The Drunkard
Lawyer Squire Gribbs
 
1934 The Mighty Barnum
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1934 The Mysterious Mr. Wong
Wong Henchman Thrown Into Pit (uncredited)
 
1934 Gunfire
Ross McGregor
 
1934 Jealousy
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1934 I'll Fix It (uncredited)
 
1934 Kid Millions
Native Fakir (uncredited)
 
1934 We Live Again
Guard in Courtyard (uncredited)
 
1934 Two Heads on a Pillow
Member of the Jury (uncredited)
 
1934 The Affairs of Cellini
Executioner (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
 
1934 The Tonto Kid
Lawyer Sam Creech
 
1934 Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Gambler (uncredited)
 
1934 Monte Carlo Nights
Gambler (uncredited)
 
1934 Blue Steel
Townsman (uncredited)
 
1934 A Modern Hero
Ringmaster (uncredited)
 
1934 The Road to Ruin
Abortion Doctor (uncredited)
 
1933 Keg o' My Heart (short)
Mr. Smith, City Board of Censorship (uncredited)
 
1933 The Fugitive
Parker
 
1933 Gambling Ship
Gambler (uncredited)
 
1933 The Sphinx
Dr. Augustus Kelton (uncredited)
 
1933 The Gallant Fool
Rainey
 
1933 The Return of Casey Jones
Dr. Wallace (uncredited)
 
1933 The Girl in 419
Examination Doctor (uncredited)
 
1933 The Whirlwind
Bartender Red (uncredited)
 
1933 Black Beauty
Bledsoe, the Veterinary
 
1933 Gabriel Over the White House
Delegate to the Debt Conference (uncredited)
 
1933 Man of Action
Bartender (uncredited)
 
1932 The Man from Arizona
Bartender
 
1932 The Cowboy Counsellor
State's Attorney (replaced Gordon DeMain) (uncredited)
 
1932 The King Murder
Dr. Stern, Coroner (uncredited)
 
1932 Broadway to Cheyenne
New York Doctor (uncredited)
 
1932 The Texas Bad Man
Henchman Jim (uncredited)
 
1932 Honor of the Mounted
Henchman
 
1932 The Tenderfoot
An Actor (uncredited)
 
1932 Arsène Lupin
Lupin's Butler (uncredited)
 
1932 Single-Handed Sanders
Sheriff Murray (uncredited)
 
1931 The Lightning Warrior
Pierre La Farge
 
1931 The Sin of Madelon Claudet
Felix - the Headwaiter (uncredited)
 
1931 Grief Street
'Pop', Newspaper City Editor (uncredited)
 
1931 The Galloping Ghost
The Crippled Stranger
 
1931 The Montana Kid
Larson's Bartender (uncredited)
 
1930 A Lady's Morals
Audience Member Socked by Paul (uncredited)
 
1930 Whoopee!
Indian (uncredited)
 
1930 The Runaway Bride
Dr. C. Kent (uncredited)
 
1930 Free and Easy
Mr. Larch - Dynamite Scene Director (uncredited)
 
1930 The Border Patrol (short)
 
1929 Spite Marriage
Actor as 'Union Officer' (uncredited)
 
1929 Show Boat
Frank (uncredited)
 
1929 The Royal Rider
Prime Minister
 
1929 Wild Blood
Luke Conner
 
1928 The Canyon of Adventure
Don Alfredo Villegas
 
1928 Whoozit (short) (as Ted Lorch)
 
1928 High Strung (short)
 
1927 Ginsberg the Great
Charles Wheeler
 
1927 Sailor Izzy Murphy
First Mate
 
1927/I Black Jack
Sam Vonner
 
1927 The Missing Link
Hunter (uncredited)
 
1927 Tracked by the Police
'Bull' Storm
 
1927 The King of Kings
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
 
1926 The Better 'Ole
Gaspard (uncredited)
 
1926 Across the Pacific
Aguinaldo's Agent
 
1926 Unknown Dangers
 
1926 Careful Please (short) (uncredited)
 
1926/I Sweet Adeline
 
1925 Where the Worst Begins
 
1925 Once in a Lifetime
Tommy
 
1925 The Man on the Box
Mr. Lampton
 
1925 Manhattan Madness
Count Von Eckmann
 
1925 Heir-Loons
 
1925 Folly of Youth
 
1924 The Sea Hawk
Turkish Merchant (uncredited)
 
1924/I Westbound
 
1923 Shell Shocked Sammy
 
1921 Gasoline Gus
Dry Check Charlie
 
1920 The Last of the Mohicans
Chingachgook (as Theodore Lerch)
 
1908 Shamus O'Brien (short)
Shamus O'Brien
 
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1990 Dick Tracy (TV movie)
Patorno (a doublecrosser)
 
1977 Buck Rogers
Cartwright, member of Kane's council
 
1966 Spaceship to the Unknown (TV movie)
Priest #2
 
1966 Torpedo of Doom (TV movie)
Captain of 'The Wing' (uncredited)
 
1960 Stop! Look! and Laugh!
General Muster/Prof. Sedletz (uncredited)
 
1954 Scotched in Scotland (short)
McPherson
 
1953 Planet Outlaws
Cartwright, Kane Councilor (uncredited)
 
1943 The Fighting Devil Dogs
Pilot of the Wing (uncredited)
 
1938 Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars
High Priest in Flashback [Chs. 6, 10] (uncredited)
 
1937 Dick Tracy
Patorno
 
1937 Blake of Scotland Yard
Daggett, the butler (as Ted Lorch)
 
1936 Flash Gordon
Second High Priest
 

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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

Theodore Lerch | Ted Lorch | Theodore A. Lorch | Theodore Loren | Theodore Lorsch

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

He is the only actor in Show Boat to have had an acting role in the 1936 film ( Show Boat); Helen Morgan both sang and acted in the 1936 film, but in the 1929 one she appeared only in the prologue to sing the two songs she made famous in the original stage production. Lorch's very brief appearance as "Simon Legree" in the 1936 "Show Boat"... See more »

Star Sign:

Libra