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Eugene Pallette (1889–1954)

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Gargantuan-bellied, frog-voiced character actor who was a staple in forties movies. After World War II his ultra-right-wing political views fuelled his 'bomb' paranoia and he bought a property in Oregon which he turned into a well-stocked compound in case the Russians attacked. Many of his old Hollywood friends... See full bio »

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in Winfield, Kansas, USA

Died:

(age 65) in Los Angeles, California, USA
Douglas Fairbanks, Leon Bary, George Siegmann, Eugene Pallette. Three Musketeers, The (1921) Eugene Pallette Still of Carole Lombard, Alice Brady and Eugene Pallette in My Man Godfrey
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1946 Suspense
Harry Wheeler
 
1946 In Old Sacramento
Sheriff Jim Wales
 
1945 The Cheaters
James C. Pidgeon
 
1944 Lake Placid Serenade
Carl Cermak
 
1944 Heavenly Days
Senator Bigbee
 
1944 In the Meantime, Darling
Henry B. Preston
 
1944 Step Lively
Simon Jenkins
 
1944 Sensations of 1945
Gus Crane
 
1944 Pin Up Girl
Barney Briggs
 
1943 The Gang's All Here
Andrew Mason Sr.
 
1943 The Kansan
Tom Waggoner
 
1943 Heaven Can Wait
E.F. Strable
 
1943 Slightly Dangerous
Durstin
 
1943 It Ain't Hay
Gregory Warner
 
1942 Silver Queen
Steve Adams
 
1942 The Forest Rangers
Howard Huston
 
1942 The Big Street
Nicely Nicely Johnson
 
1942 Tales of Manhattan
Luther
 
1942 Lady in a Jam
Mr. John Billingsley
 
1942 Are Husbands Necessary?
Bunker
 
1942 Almost Married
Doctor Dobson
 
1942 The Male Animal
Ed Keller
 
1941 Appointment for Love
George Hastings
 
1941 Swamp Water
Sheriff Jeb McKane
 
1941 Unfinished Business
Elmer
 
1941 World Premiere
Gregory Martin
 
1941 The Bride Came C.O.D.
Lucius K. Winfield
 
1941 The Lady Eve
Mr. Pike
 
1941 Ride, Kelly, Ride
Duke Martin
 
1940 The Mark of Zorro
Fray Felipe
 
1940 A Little Bit of Heaven
Herrington
 
1940 He Stayed for Breakfast
Maurice Duval
 
1940 Sandy Is a Lady
P.J. Barnett
 
1940 It's a Date
Governor Allen
 
1940 Young Tom Edison
Mr. Nelson
 
1939 First Love
James Clinton
 
1939 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Chick McGann
 
1939 Wife, Husband and Friend
Mike Craig
 
1938 There Goes My Heart
Mr. Stevens - Editor
 
1938 The Adventures of Robin Hood
Friar Tuck
 
1937 One Hundred Men and a Girl
John R. Frost
 
1937 Topper
Casey
 
1937 She Had to Eat
Raymond Q. Nash
 
1937 The Crime Nobody Saw
'Babe' Lawton
 
1937 Clarence
Mr. Wheeler
 
1936 Stowaway
The Colonel
 
1936 Easy to Take
Dr. Reginald Kraft aka Doc
 
1936 The Luckiest Girl in the World
Campbell Duncan
 
1936 Dishonour Bright
Busby
 
1936 My Man Godfrey
Alexander Bullock
 
1936 The Golden Arrow
Mr. Meyers
 
1935 The Ghost Goes West
Mr. Joe Martin
 
1935 Steamboat Round the Bend
Sheriff Rufe Jeffers
 
1935 Black Sheep
Col. Upton Calhoun Belcher
 
1935 Baby Face Harrington
Uncle Henry
 
1935 Bordertown
Charlie Roark
 
1934 Caravan
Gypsy Chief
 
1934 One Exciting Adventure
Kleinsilber
 
1934 The Dragon Murder Case
Sgt. Heath
 
1934 Friends of Mr. Sweeney
Wynn Rixey
 
1934 Strictly Dynamite
Sourwood
 
1934 I've Got Your Number
Joseph 'Joe' Flood
 
1934 Cross Country Cruise
Willy Bronson
 
1934 All the King's Horses
Conrad Q. Conley
 
1934 Making the Rounds (short)
 
1933 Mr. Skitch
Cliff Merriweather
 
1933 From Headquarters
Sgt. Boggs
 
1933 The Kennel Murder Case
Detective Heath
 
1933 Sailors Beware! (short)
Jonesy
 
1933 Shanghai Madness
Lobo Lonergan
 
1933 Storm at Daybreak
Janos
 
1933 Made on Broadway
Terwilliger
 
1933 Hell Below
Mac Dougal - Chief Torpedo Man
 
1932 The Half Naked Truth
Achilles
 
1932 A Hockey Hick (short)
 
1932 Always Kickin' (short)
 
1932 Wild Girl
Yuba Bill
 
1932 Off His Base (short)
Jerry Minor
 
1932 The Night Mayor
Hymie Shane
 
1932 Tom Brown of Culver
Deaf Diner (uncredited)
 
1932 Thunder Below
Bill Horner
 
1932 Strangers of the Evening
Detective Brubacher
 
1932 Dancers in the Dark
Gus
 
1932 Shanghai Express
Sam Salt
 
1931 Girls About Town
Benjamin Thomas
 
1931 Huckleberry Finn
Duke of Bilgewater
 
1931 Dude Ranch
Judd/Black Jed
 
1931 Gun Smoke
Stub Wallack
 
1931 The Stolen Jools (short)
Reporter
 
1931 It Pays to Advertise
Cyrus Martin
 
1931 Fighting Caravans
Seth
 
1930 Sea Legs
Hyacinth Nitouche
 
1930 Playboy of Paris
Pierre Bourdin
 
1930 Follow Thru
J.C. Effingham
 
1930 The Santa Fe Trail
Doc Brady
 
1930 The Sea God
Square Deal McCarthy
 
1930 Let's Go Native
Deputy Sheriff 'Careful' Cuthbert
 
1930 The Border Legion
Bunco Davis
 
1930 Paramount on Parade
Sergeant Heath (Murder Will Out)
 
1930 The Benson Murder Case
Sgt. Ernest Heath
 
1930 Men Are Like That
Traffic Cop
 
1930 Slightly Scarlet
Sylvester Corbett
 
1930 The Kibitzer
Klaus
 
1929 Pointed Heels
Joe Carrington
 
1929 The Love Parade
War Minister
 
1929 The Virginian
'Honey' Wiggin
 
1929 The Greene Murder Case
Sgt. Ernest Heath
 
1929 The Studio Murder Mystery
Detective Lieutenant Dirk
 
1929 The Dummy
Madison
 
1929 The Canary Murder Case
Sgt. Ernest Heath
 
1928 His Private Life
Henri Bérgere
 
1928 The Red Mark
Sergeo
 
1928 Out of the Ruins
Volange
 
1928 The Good-Bye Kiss
The Captain
 
1928 Lights of New York
Gene
 
1928 Barnum & Ringling, Inc. (short)
Hotel detective
 
1928 Aching Youths (short)
 
1927 The Battle of the Century (short)
Insurance agent (uncredited)
 
1927 Chicago
Rodney Casley
 
1927 Assistant Wives (short)
Charley's Boss
 
1927 The Second 100 Years (short)
Dinner Guest
 
1927 The Lighter That Failed (short)
 
1927 What Every Iceman Knows (short)
 
1927 Sugar Daddies (short)
Hardy look-alike
 
1927 Fluttering Hearts (short)
Motorcycle Cop
 
1927 Jewish Prudence (short)
Rent Collector
 
1927 Moulders of Men
Barney Mulholland
 
1927 Should Men Walk Home? (short)
Detective, Intelligence Bureau
 
1927 Many Scrappy Returns (short)
 
1926 Desert Valley
Deputy
 
1926 You Never Know Women
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1926 Mantrap
E. Wesson Woodbury
 
1926 Whispering Canyon
Harvey Hawes
 
1926 The Volga Boatman
Revolutionary (uncredited)
 
1926 Whispering Smith
Bill Dancing
 
1926 Rocking Moon
Side Money
 
1926 The Fighting Edge
Simpson
 
1925 Without Mercy
Simon Linke
 
1925 Wild Horse Mesa
Melberne townsman (uncredited)
 
1925 Ranger of the Big Pines
 
1925 The Light of Western Stars
Stub
 
1924 Stupid, But Brave (short)
Richard Peely - Banana King
 
1924 The Cyclone Rider
Eddie
 
1924 Wandering Husbands
Percy
 
1924 The Galloping Fish
Anti-Volstead Esquire (uncredited)
 
1924 The Wolf Man
Pierre
 
1923 The Ten Commandments
Israelite Slave (uncredited)
 
1923 North of Hudson Bay
Peter Dane
 
1923 Hell's Hole
Pablo
 
1923 To the Last Man
Simm Bruce
 
1923 A Man's Man
Captain Benevido
 
1922 Without Compromise
Tommy Ainsworth
 
1922 Two Kinds of Women
Old Carson
 
1921 The Three Musketeers
Aramis
 
1921 Fine Feathers
Bob Reynolds
 
1920 Twin Beds (uncredited)
 
1920 Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
Reggie Irving
 
1920 Terror Island
Guy Mourdant
 
1920 Alias Jimmy Valentine
'Red' Jocelyn
 
1919 Fair and Warmer
Billy Bartlett
 
1919 Be a Little Sport
Dick Nevins
 
1919 The Amateur Adventuress
George Goodie
 
1919 Words and Music by -
Gene Harris
 
1918 No Man's Land
Sidney Dundas
 
1918 Viviette
Dick Ware
 
1918 Breakers Ahead
Jim Hawley
 
1918 The Turn of a Card
Eddie Barrett
 
1918 Tarzan of the Apes
 
1918 His Robe of Honor
Clifford Nordhoff
 
1918 A Man's Man
Capt. Benevido
 
1918 Madam Who
Lieutenant Conroy
 
1917 Ghost House
Spud Foster
 
1917 Heir of the Ages
Larry Payne
 
1917 The World Apart
Clyde Holt
 
1917 The Purple Scar (short)
 
1917 The Marcellini Millions
Mr. Murray
 
1917 The Lonesome Chap
George Rothwell
 
1917 The Bond Between
Raoul Vaux
 
1917 The Winning of Sally Temple
Sir John Gorham
 
1917 Each to His Kind
Dick Larimer
 
1916 His Guardian Angel (short)
 
1916 Gretchen the Greenhorn
Rodgers
 
1916 Hell-to-Pay Austin
Harry Tracey
 
1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Prosper Latour
 
1916 Going Straight
Jimmy Briggs
 
1916 The Children in the House
Arthur Vincent
 
1916 Sunshine Dad
Alfred Evergreen
 
1915 The Penalty (short)
 
1915 The Ever Living Isles (short)
 
1915 When Love Is Mocked (short)
The Fisherman
 
1915 The Scarlet Lady (short)
Jim Courtney (as Gene Pallette)
 
1915 The Isle of Content (short)
Ralph Ashton
 
1915 The Adventure Hunter (short)
Allen Darrell
 
1915 The Spell of the Poppy (short)
Manfredi
 
1915 The Victim (short)
James Darrell
 
1915 The Story of a Story (short)
John Penhallow - The Author
 
1915 The Highbinders (short)
Hop Woo
 
1915 The Emerald Brooch (short)
Slick Charley
 
1915 A Day That Is Gone (short)
 
1915 How Hazel Got Even (short)
 
1915 The Death Dice (short)
 
1915 The Birth of a Nation
Union Soldier (uncredited)
 
1915 After Twenty Years (short)
 
1915 The Terror of the Mountains (short)
Soapy Smith
 
1915 The Lost Receipt (short)
John Powers
 
1914 The Beat of the Year (short)
Joyce
 
1914 Who Shot Bud Walton? (short)
Jeff Hardin
 
1914 The Kaffir's Skull (short)
Jack Dwyer
 
1914 A Woman Scorned (short)
'George Williams'
 
1914 Detective Burton's Triumph (short)
 
1914 The Tardy Cannon Ball (short)
 
1914 The Runaway Freight (short)
Boston Blackie
 
1914 Broken Nose Bailey (short)
Broken Nose Bailey
 
1914 Turned Back (short)
 
1914 Through the Dark (short)
 
1914 The Stolen Ore (short)
 
1914 The Bank Burglar's Fate (short)
The Yeggman
 
1914 On the Border (short)
 
1914 The Gunman (short)
Farrell
 
1914 The Sheriff's Prisoner (short)
 
1914 The Only Clue (short)
 
1914 The Burden (short)
 
1914 The Peach Brand (short)
Robert Carter
 
1914 The Horse Wrangler (short)
Tom Spangler
 
1914 A Pair of Cuffs (short)
 
1914 The Stolen Radium (short)
 
1914 The Wheels of Destiny (short)
 
1914/I A Diamond in the Rough (short)
 
1914 Texas Bill's Last Ride (short)
 
1914 Atonement (short)
Jules
 
1914 The Stronger Hand (short)
George Wilton - the Factory Owner
 
1914 The Reform Candidate (short)
Fred Osborne
 
1914 The Portrait of Anita (short)
 
1914 The Thief and the Book (short)
The Bat
 
1914 Educating His Daughters (short)
 
1913 A Man's Awakening (short)
Big Bill
 
1913/I The Helping Hand (short)
 
1913 An Accidental Clue (short)
 
1913 The Tomboy's Race (short)
 
1913 The Bravest Man (short)
John Sinclair
 
1913 Vengeance (short)
Parker
 
1913 The Light Woman (short)
Paul - the Poet's Ward (as Gene Pallette)
 
1913 To Err Is Human (short)
 
1913 The Kiss (short)
 
1913 Youth and Jealousy (short)
 
1913/II The Brothers (short)
Estabon
 
1913 The Tattooed Arm (short)
Jim Halliday
 
1913 When Jim Returned (short)
 
1913 Suspended Sentence (short)
Sheriff Frank Walling (as Gene Pallette)
 
1913 The Homestead Race (short)
Dave (as Gene Pallette)
 
1913 When a Woman Won't (short)
The Dark Horse (as Gene Pallette)
 
1913 Brother Love (short)
Jimmy Mason
 
1913 The Transgression of Manuel (short)
Manuel (as Gene Pallette)
 
1913 When the Light Fades (short)
John Robertson
 
1913/I The Fugitive (short)
The Fugitive
 
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1941 The Lady Eve (performer: "Landlord, Fill the Flowing Bowl" - uncredited)
 
1938 There Goes My Heart (performer: "John Brown's Body" 1859)
 
1933 Storm at Daybreak (performer: "Roses From the South")
 
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1938 Breakdowns of 1938 (short)
Himself (The Adventures of Robin Hood outtakes) (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (6 titles)
2004 Behind the Tunes: Looney Tunes Go Hollywood (video documentary short)
Friar Tuck (uncredited)
 
1992 Fonda on Fonda (TV documentary)
Actor in 'The Lady Eve' (uncredited)
 
1984 Going Hollywood: The '30s (documentary)
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1943 The Voice That Thrilled the World (documentary short)
Himself (segment "Lights of New York") (uncredited)
 
1941 Breakdowns of 1941 (short)
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Alternate Names:

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During the silent era, Palette was a handsome and athletic lead and second lead who was frequently cast in adventures or epics, including those directed by D.W. Griffith and Cecil B. DeMille. He had already gained a tremendous amount of weight by the late 1920s, and started to segue into character roles and comedy bits... See more »

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