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Paul Guilfoyle

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Guilfoyle (July 14, 1902 – June 27, 1961) was an American stage, film and television actor. Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes. Guilfoyle was born in Jersey City, New Jersey. He started off working on stage, performing on Broadway in 16 plays according to the Internet... more

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Paul Guilfoyle (July 14, 1902 – June 27, 1961) was an American stage, film and television actor. Later in his career, he also directed films and television episodes.

Guilfoyle was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

He started off working on stage, performing on Broadway in 16 plays according to the Internet Broadway Database, beginning with The Jolly Roger and Cyrano de Bergerac in 1923 and ending with Jayhawker in 1934. He appeared in many films that starred Lee Tracy in the 1930s. In the 1949 crime film White Heat, he played (uncredited) a treacherous prison inmate murdered in cold blood by James Cagney's lead character.

He died of a heart attack on June 27, 1961 in Hollywood. He had a son, Anthony. Guilfoyle was interred in Glendale, California's Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery.

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The Grapes of Wrath
(1940)
Drama
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
Runtime:
129 min
Director:
John Ford
Cast:
Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charley Grapewin, Dorris Bowdon
8.1
100%
96
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Bringing Up Baby
(1938)
Comedy, Romance
David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Howard Hawks
Cast:
Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Charles Ruggles
7.9
94%
91
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White Heat
(1949)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.
Runtime:
114 min
Director:
Raoul Walsh
Cast:
James Cagney, Virginia Mayo, Edmond O'Brien, Margaret Wycherly, Steve Cochran
8.1
97%
N/A
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Julius Caesar
(1953)
Drama, History
The assassination of the would be ruler of Rome at the hands of Brutus and company has tragic consequences for the idealist and the republic.
Runtime:
120 min
Director:
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast:
Marlon Brando, Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern
7.3
95%
N/A
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Remember the Night
(1940)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
When Jack, an assistant District Attorney, takes Lee, a shoplifter caught in the act, home with him for Christmas, the unexpected happens and love blossoms.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Mitchell Leisen
Cast:
Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Beulah Bondi, Elizabeth Patterson, Willard Robertson
7.7
100%
N/A
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Mighty Joe Young
(1949)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction
A young woman, Jill Young, grew up on her father's ranch in Africa, raising a large gorilla named Joe from an infant. Years later, she brings him to Hollywood to become a star.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Ernest B. Schoedsack
Cast:
Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong, Frank McHugh, Douglas Fowley
7.0
95%
61
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Carefree
(1938)
Comedy, Music, Romance
Dr. Tony Flagg's friend Steven has problems in the relationship with his fiancée Amanda, so he persuades her to visit Tony. After some minor misunderstandings, she falls in love with him. When he tries to use hypnosis to strengthen her feelings for Steven, things get complicated.
Runtime:
83 min
Director:
Mark Sandrich
Cast:
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ralph Bellamy, Luella Gear, Jack Carson
7.1
50%
N/A
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It Happened Tomorrow
(1944)
Comedy, Fantasy, Science Fiction
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
René Clair
Cast:
Dick Powell, Linda Darnell, Jack Oakie, Edgar Kennedy, John Philliber
7.1
71%
N/A
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Apache
(1954)
Action, Western
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Robert Aldrich
Cast:
Burt Lancaster, Jean Peters, John McIntire, Charles Bronson, John Dehner
6.4
75%
N/A
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The Seventh Cross
(1944)
Drama, Thriller, War
In Nazi Germany in 1936 seven men escape from a concentration camp. The camp commander puts up seven crosses and, as the Gestapo returns each escapee he is put to death on a cross. The seventh cross is still empty as George Heisler seeks freedom in Holland.
Runtime:
110 min
7.4
N/A
N/A
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Brother Orchid
(1940)
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Runtime:
88 min
Director:
Lloyd Bacon
Cast:
Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart, Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy
7.1
N/A
N/A
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The Mad Miss Manton
(1938)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Romance
When the murdered body discovered by beautiful, vivacious socialite Melsa Manton disappears, police and press label her a prankster until she proves them wrong.
Runtime:
80 min
Director:
Leigh Jason
Cast:
Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Frances Mercer, Hattie McDaniel
6.9
N/A
N/A
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Follow Me Quietly
(1949)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
1949 thriller about the hunt for a serial killer known as "the Judge" who kills his victims on rainy nights.
Runtime:
60 min
Director:
Richard Fleischer
Cast:
William Lundigan, Dorothy Patrick, Jeff Corey, Nestor Paiva, Charles D. Brown
6.6
N/A
N/A
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The Virginian
(1946)
Romance, Western
Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her. To add to his troubles, the Virginian finds that his old pal Steve is mixed up with black-hatted Trampas and his rustlers...then finds himself at the head of a posse after said...
Runtime:
90 min
6.5
N/A
N/A
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Special Agent
(1935)
Crime, Drama
Newspaperman Bill Bradford becomes a special agent for the tax service trying to end the career of racketeer Nick Carston. Julie Gardner is Carston's bookkeeper. Bradford enters Carston's organization and Julie cooperates with him to land Carston in jail. An informer squeals on them. Julie is kidnapped by Carston's henchmen as she is a...
Runtime:
76 min
Director:
William Keighley
Cast:
Bette Davis, George Brent, Ricardo Cortez, Jack La Rue, Henry O'Neill
7.1
N/A
N/A
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The North Star
(1943)
Drama, War
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Lewis Milestone
Cast:
Dana Andrews, Anne Baxter, Erich von Stroheim, Walter Huston, Walter Brennan
6.0
N/A
N/A
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The Saint in New York
(1938)
Crime, Thriller
A crime spree in New York forces the police commissioner to turn to Englishman Simon Templar, who fights lawlessness and corruption through unorthodox methods. Templar sets his sights on individual crimes bosses, and after bringing down two vicious leaders through disguise and deception, discovers that there is a mastermind behind all ...
Runtime:
69 min
Director:
Ben Holmes
Cast:
Louis Hayward, Kay Sutton, Sig Ruman, Jonathan Hale, Jack Carson
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Chief Crazy Horse
(1955)
Western
When young Crazy Horse, of whom great things were predicted, wins his bride, rival Little Big Man goes to villainous traders with evidence of gold in the sacred Lakota burial ground. Of course, a new gold rush starts despite all treaties, and Crazy Horse becomes military leader of his people. Initial Indian victories lead to the inevit...
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
George Sherman
Cast:
Victor Mature, Suzan Ball, John Lund, Ray Danton, Keith Larsen
6.2
N/A
N/A
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The Woman on Pier 13
(1950)
Drama, Thriller
Communists blackmail a shipping executive into spying for them.
Runtime:
73 min
Director:
Robert Stevenson
Cast:
Laraine Day, Robert Ryan, John Agar, Thomas Gomez, Janis Carter
5.9
N/A
N/A
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The Saint Takes Over
(1940)
Crime, Mystery
The Saint Takes Over, released in 1940 by RKO Pictures, was the fifth motion picture featuring the adventures of Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint" the Robin Hood-inspired crimefighter created by Leslie Charteris. George Sanders returned as Templar, with Wendy Barrie playing his latest romantic conquest in her second of three appearance...
Runtime:
69 min
Director:
Jack Hively
Cast:
George Sanders, Wendy Barrie, Jonathan Hale, Paul Guilfoyle, Morgan Conway
6.6
N/A
N/A
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The Saint In Palm Springs
(1941)
Crime, Mystery
George Sanders makes his final appearance as crook-turned-detective Simon Templar, a.k.a. "The Saint," in The Saint in Palm Springs. The gimmick in this one is a set of rare stamps, smuggled from England. Wendy Barrie is the true heir to this treasure, and the Saint is engaged to protect her and the stamps. Our hero meets Barrie in a p...
Runtime:
66 min
6.1
N/A
N/A
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The Boy and the Pirates
(1960)
Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Jimmy desires to be a pirate when one day he discovers a magic bottle on the beach. He makes a wish and suddenly finds himself aboard Blackbeard's ship. Soon he realizes that being a pirate isn't what he expected.
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Bert I. Gordon
Cast:
Murvyn Vye, Charles Herbert, Susan Gordon, Paul Guilfoyle, Paul Guilfoyle
5.2
N/A
N/A
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Super-Sleuth
(1937)
Comedy, Mystery
A movie actor playing a detective gets carried away with his role and starts trying to solve real-life crimes.
Runtime:
70 min
Director:
Benjamin Stoloff
Cast:
Jack Oakie, Ann Sothern, Eduardo Ciannelli, Alan Bruce, Edgar Kennedy
6.0
N/A
N/A
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The Millerson Case
(1947)
Crime, Mystery
While on vacation, a criminal psychologist investigates a murder during a typhoid epidemic.
Runtime:
72 min
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Society Lawyer
(1939)
Drama
Society lawyer Christopher Durant agrees to defend his friend Phil Siddall when Siddall is arrested for the murder of an ex-girlfriend. With the help of nightclub singer Pat Abbott and crime boss Tony Gazotti (a former client), Durant launches his own investigation of the murder in order to prove his friend's innocence
Runtime:
77 min
Director:
Edward L. Marin
Cast:
Walter Pidgeon, Virginia Bruce, Leo Carrillo, Eduardo Ciannelli, Lee Bowman
6.3
N/A
N/A
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Crashing Hollywood
(1938)
Comedy, Crime
A true-to-life gangster movie stirs up an all out mob assault on Hollywood.
Runtime:
61 min
Director:
Lew Landers
Cast:
Lee Tracy, Joan Woodbury, Paul Guilfoyle, Lee Patrick, Richard Lane
6.3
N/A
N/A
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The Mark of the Whistler
(1944)
Thriller
A drifter claims the money in an old bank account. Soon he finds himself the target of two men who turn out to be the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison because of a conflict with him over the money in that account.
Runtime:
60 min
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Sky Giant
(1938)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Given the job of training young pilots for important post-war cargo flights, hard-boiled Col. Stockton forces ex-officer Stag Cahill back into the military to be his aide at the academy. Complications arise when Stockton's son Kenneth arrives for training and Stockton, believing his son to be a slackard, looks for an excuse to drop him...
Runtime:
80 min
6.6
N/A
N/A
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The Woman I Love
(1937)
Drama
In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer.
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Anatole Litvak
Cast:
Paul Muni, Miriam Hopkins, Louis Hayward, Colin Clive, Minor Watson
7.7
N/A
N/A
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One Crowded Night
(1940)
Drama
The future of a group of strangely connected lives is determined on one crucial night at a dinky motel in the desert.
Runtime:
68 min
Director:
Irving Reis
Cast:
Billie Seward, William Haade, Charles Lang, Pamela Blake, J. M. Kerrigan
6.0
N/A
N/A
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She's Got Everything
(1937)
Comedy, Romance
The day after Carol returns from a European trip, she wakes up to find her dead father's creditors hauling everything away. Her aunt wants her to marry a millionaire, but Carol insists on getting a job.
Runtime:
72 min
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
(1950)
Action, Western
It's 1848 and a wagon train with an Army escort is heading west through Indian territory, It's scout is Davy Crockett, nephew of his more famous namesake. There is spy amongst them informing the Indians. They survive the first Indian attack and then push on. They have a choice of two passes through the mountains. Learing of the pass to...
Runtime:
71 min
Director:
Lew Landers
Cast:
George Montgomery, George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Ellen Drew, Phillip Reed
5.6
N/A
N/A
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The Master Race
(1944)
Drama, War
When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British commanders do all they can to help the war-weary people back on their feet. There are mental and physical wounds to heal, fields to plough, the church to rebuild. But a top Nazi, knowing the War is lost, has infiltrated the town and is fost...
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Herbert J. Biberman
Cast:
George Coulouris, Stanley Ridges, Osa Massen, Carl Esmond, Nancy Gates
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Behind The Headlines
(1937)
Action, Adventure, Crime
A radio reporter sets out to rescue his ex-girlfriend when she is kidnapped by gangsters.
Runtime:
58 min
Director:
Richard Rosson
Cast:
Lee Tracy, Diana Gibson, Philip Huston, Paul Guilfoyle, Donald Meek
5.9
N/A
N/A
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Millionaires in Prison
(1940)
Crime, Drama
A crop of millionaire inmates struggle to get accustomed to prison life, while inmate Nick Burton watches out for everyone's interests on the inside.
Runtime:
64 min
6.0
N/A
N/A
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White Savage
(1943)
Adventure
A native boy (Sabu) plays Cupid for a shark fisherman (Jon Hall) and a South Sea Islands princess (Maria Montez).
Runtime:
76 min
Director:
Arthur Lubin
Cast:
Maria Montez, Jon Hall, Sabu, Turhan Bey, Sidney Toler
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Confidence Girl
(1952)
Crime, Drama, Thriller
After successfully swindling thousands of dollars from hapless victims, conflicted con artist Mary (Hillary Brooke) decides to go straight, but her greedy boyfriend and partner, Roger (Tom Conway), convinces her to pull off one final scam before they get married. Written and directed by Andrew L. Stone, this classic crime film finds th...
Runtime:
81 min
5.9
N/A
N/A
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The Law West of Tombstone
(1938)
Western
A blustering gunfighter talks himself into the position of mayor in a small western town.
Runtime:
73 min
6.1
N/A
N/A
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Double Danger
(1938)
Comedy, Crime, Drama
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Cecil Kellaway, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Arthur Lake, Paul Guilfoyle and June Johnson.
Runtime:
60 min
Director:
Lew Landers
Cast:
Preston Foster, Whitney Bourne, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, Paul Guilfoyle
5.8
N/A
N/A
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Fight for Your Lady
(1937)
Comedy
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich girl.
Runtime:
66 min
Director:
Benjamin Stoloff
Cast:
John Boles, Jack Oakie, Ida Lupino, Margot Grahame, Gordon Jones
5.7
N/A
N/A