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Lester Dorr (born Harry Lester Dorr; May 8, 1893 - August 25, 1980) was an American actor who between 1917 and 1975 appeared in well over 500 productions on stage, in feature films and shorts, and in televised plays and weekly series. His extensive filmography attests to his versatility as a supporting actor and reliability as a bit player. Although Dorr's screen roles are at times credited, the great majority of his work is uncredited. Dorr was cast in more than 250 films in just the 1930s alone.
Dorr continued to appear regularly in studio productions throughout the 1940s, but with reduced frequency when compared to the preceding decade; nevertheless, he still added more than 140 Hollywood films to his résumé in that decade. His work on the big screen decreased even further in the 1950s as acting opportunities increased on television. He was, though, cast in at least 45 feature films and shorts during the 1950s. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, programming in the rapidly expanding medium of television attracted the talents of many experienced personnel in the film industry, including Dorr.
As with his film career, Dorr’s 15 years of being cast in television series consisted predominantly of brief appearances on screen and portraying characters who had relatively few lines. Yet, his characterizations on television, like in films, were highly diverse and can be seen in at least 84 episodes of Westerns, crime and detective series, courtroom and hospital dramas, adventure programs, and sitcoms of the period.
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14 January 1932
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy.
02 April 1942
It is the Christmas Holidays and reformed thief, Boston Blackie goes to Castle Theater to pick up players who will perform for prisoners that are still in prison.
03 September 1937
The Stooges find a crippled boy and his sister living in their dumpyard shack. To raise money to pay for the little boys operation they buy a phony treasure map from a con man.
01 December 1936
A meat inspector sets out to rid his town of payoff deals affecting the quality of meat being sold to the public.
20 September 1936
A cowboy turns auto racer, beats his rival and wins a girl.
15 December 1939
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical profiteer during the American Civil War and Reconstruction Era.
12 March 1943
Roger Hudson, a wealthy businessman who has moved to Washington to work for the government as a "dollar a year man," is late for a radio broadcast about his new department, the Mobilization of Woman Power for War.
28 February 1936
Someone is murdering the cast and crew of a new Hollywood movie, and the leading lady may be next. As a police detective locks down the lot and refuses to let anyone leave, the studio’s publicity head and his secretary attempt to solve the murders themselves.
11 March 1939
The MGM crime reporter introduces Norman Kennedy, District Attorney of a large city, he who talks about the general want for money, and the extraordinary lengths some will go to to get it.
05 January 1939
After being criticized by the Citizens' League for his inability to cope with a crime wave, Police Captain Haines orders his men in the Homicide Bureau to clean up all their cases, but without violating the constitutional rights of any suspect.
16 August 1936
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
06 June 1934
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
27 August 1942
A police lieutenant and a patriotic professional gambler, rivals in life and love, combine efforts to corner a gang of Nazi saboteurs operating out of a barber shop, in which their mutual girlfriend works, and unmask its secret leader.
12 May 1936
Prizefighter Bob Neal (Ray Walker) is in debt to gangster Vic Santell (Hooper Atchley) for training expenses.
01 August 1936
When a play's two producers are murdered, the playwright tries to solve the crime.
10 March 1934
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
22 April 1942
In Chicago, an unemployed actor aims to solve the mystery concerning a string of ax murders, apparently committed by a lunatic.
02 December 1938
Trouble-prone Billy Peck and his gang descend on a traveling circus that has just hit town, and before long their antics are causing the circus owner all kinds of problems.
22 July 1936
A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian).
01 August 1936
A California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
18 January 1939
On parole after three years in prison, a football player encounters the man who framed him.
22 January 1940
The Royal Mounties are called in when one of the armored cars owned by Maxwell, containing a gold shipment, disappears with driver George Hill suspected of trying to get away with the gold.
27 October 1939
A New York City newspaper is sued for libel after reporting the wrong verdict in a murder trial.
11 December 1937
A detective and his bumbling sidekick join the crackdown on racketeering in '30s New York City.
09 November 1940
After a trip to Hollywood, two young ladies attempt to hitchhike home but end up at a star-filled rodeo.
02 July 1931
Two small town widows bring their children to Hollywood, where their children become competing film stars.
22 October 1931
Lassiter's sister was killed and her young daughter taken and raised by outlaws. Years later Lassiter arrives at the Withersteen ranch looking for the now grown daughter.
14 February 1936
Assistant District Attorney Jeffery Powell has just sent an innocent man to prison for the murder of a gambler.
14 February 1934
Love happens between the son of Polish immigrants settled in Maine and the daughter of a neighboring farm family.
18 December 1936
A young lawyer is determined to identify who is murdering members of a wealthy New York publishing family.
06 November 1943
A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) endeavor to discover and thwart the loathsome saboteur Sakima.
20 January 1939
Sandy Doyle, gambler and political chief of a small border town, seeks to gain control of the Bar-X Ranch, owned by Rufe Rickson, to further some undercover activities of his own.
17 April 1941
While on their honeymoon, a reporter and his new bride stumble upon a ring of fifth columnists.
18 April 1949
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology.
06 May 1939
Mandrake and his team attempt to prevent "The Wasp" from stealing and using a new Radium invention.
02 February 1942
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
21 June 1940
A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money.
01 September 1934
A reformer's daughter wins the lead role in a scandalous Broadway show.
07 April 1939
In Puerto Rico to investigate a glut of contraband diamonds that are flooding the world's jewel market, Mr.
18 April 1938
A small town soda jerk discovers a gang of criminals staying at a local hotel. Comedy.
30 August 1935
In this musical, a songwriter goes to court to claim the rights to his song that was stolen by an unscrupulous music publisher.
21 September 1939
Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removing a bullet from a young man who was escaping from the police.
04 September 1942
A superhero known as The Black Commando battles Nazi agents who use explosive gases and artificial lightning to sabotage the war effort.
07 October 1933
"In the Gay Nineties New York had grown up into bustles and balloon Sleeves ... but The Bowery had grown younger, louder and more rowdy until it was known as the 'Livest Mile on the face of the globe' .
14 July 1956
Joe McDoakes' wife Alice wants to return to work to add income to the household. Joe would rather she stay at home to tend to domestic duties.
07 June 1940
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.
20 May 1933
Prohibition is ending so bootlegger Bugs Ahearn decides to crack California society. He leases a house from down-on-her-luck Ruth and hires her as social secretary.
25 March 1936
When a wealthy heiress discovers the terrible family secret that has been hidden from her since birth, her world is turned upside down.
01 March 1959
Johnny Broderick, arson squad investigator, and his assistant, Ben Howard,, investigate a warehouse fire and find evidence of arson.
12 October 1941
A woman who refuses to become involved with a dedicated police officer unknowingly dates a man who is in cahoots with a criminal mastermind.
01 December 1959
A prostitute sets out to frame a cop.
09 July 1935
A wealthy man relates how gambling had tragic consequences for his family.
18 June 1937
A small town drugstore owner (Jed Prouty) hopes to strike it rich by investing his savings in an oil well.
22 February 1939
An idealistic young newspaper reporter crusades against organized crime.
14 January 1938
In Vermont, college student Ives Towner refuses to marry his longtime girlfriend, Julie Weir, until he has a career.
19 April 1936
John Foster and Kenneth Grainger are a couple of Englishmen stationed at a teak wood post. When Foster's fiancée, Mary Trevor, writes him that their engagement is off, he goes off to Mandalay.
15 January 1937
Rancher entertains girl in Nevada to get a divorce. Then her gangster husband shows up.
28 May 1958
In the 1930s, amoral blonde tommy-gun girl Bonnie Parker cut a swath of bodies across the South-West.
05 September 1949
In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water with the mob.
30 March 1940
A runaway boy pretends to be the son of a Navy man, only to turn both their lives upside down.