
Lester Dorr
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Known for
Credits

Gone with the Wind (1939)
as Minor Role (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Taylor's Stooge (uncredited)

Hello, Dolly! (1969)
as Workman (uncredited)

East of Eden (1955)
as City Official at Parade (uncredited)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Bar Patron (uncredited)

Vice Raid (1959)
as Malone's Secretary

Inherit the Wind (1960)
as Dr. John (uncredited)

The Heiress (1949)
as Groom (uncredited)

Ace in the Hole (1951)
as Father Diego (uncredited)

Brilliant Marriage (1936)
as Art Critic

The Return of Frank James (1940)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Central Airport (1933)
as Hotel Desk Clerk #3 (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You (1938)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Batman (1943)
as Agent on Plane

Remember the Day (1941)
as Photographer

Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Assistant Director (uncredited)

The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
as Disappointed Fan #1 (uncredited)

The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
as Slim (uncredited)

Special Agent (1935)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

The Sky Parade (1936)
as Fred (uncredited)

The Big Clock (1948)
as Cabby (uncredited)

The Fountainhead (1949)
as Minor Role (uncredited)

Pursued (1947)
as Dingle's Casino Boss (uncredited)

On the Town (1949)
as Subway Passenger (uncredited)

Exposed (1938)
as Slim

Silver River (1948)
as Mr. Taylor (uncredited)

The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
as George A. Atzerodt (uncredited)

Joan of Arc (1948)
as Peasant (uncredited)

Take the High Ground! (1953)
as Army Doctor (uncredited)

Hot Rod Gang (1958)
as Dryden Philpott

Hitler's Madman (1943)
as Sergeant (uncredited)

Hotel (1967)
as Cy - Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Those High Grey Walls (1939)
as Convict (uncredited)

Jimmy the Gent (1934)
as Chalmers (uncredited)

The Bonnie Parker Story (1958)
as Informant (uncredited)

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)
as Townsman (uncredited)

At Long Last Love (1975)
as Doorman

Babes on Broadway (1941)
as Reed's Writer (uncredited)

No, No, Nanette (1940)
as Travel Agent

Front Page Woman (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)

Topper (1937)
as Bank Teller (uncredited)

Way Out West (1937)
as Cowboy (uncredited)

Mr. Moto in Danger Island (1939)
as Real Ambulance Intern

Captains Courageous (1937)
as Corridor Steward (uncredited)

Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
as Drugstore Manager / Workman (uncredited)

Three Loves Has Nancy (1938)
as Newsstand Man (uncredited)

If I Had a Million (1932)
as Pedestrian at Accident (uncredited)

Whispering Smith (1948)
as Woody, Train Brakeman (uncredited)

Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Destroyer (1943)
as 1st Ship Fitter

Wake Island (1942)
as Marine in Trench (uncredited)

Expensive Husbands (1937)
as Reporter

The Bowery (1933)
as Cynic (uncredited)

Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Fingers at the Window (1942)
as Photographer (uncredited)

Easy Living (1937)
as Stock Investor (uncredited)

The Firefly (1937)
as French Officer (uncredited)

Where Danger Lives (1950)
as Postville Deputy (uncredited)

Girl from Rio (1939)
as Second Hotel Desk clerk

Wells Fargo (1937)
as Minor Role

The Great Rupert (1950)
as Eddie, the Bartender (uncredited)

Torch Singer (1933)
as Man in Radio Station

I'll Name the Murderer (1936)
as Driver (Uncredited)

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
as Intern

Paris Calling (1941)
as Gendarme (uncredited)

Comet Over Broadway (1938)
as Amateur Actor (uncredited)

Quicksand (1950)
as Baldy

Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
as Columnist

On an Island with You (1948)
as (uncredited)

Dames (1934)
as Elevator Starter (uncredited)

Alias Nick Beal (1949)
as Commercial Fisherman

Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
as Photographer (uncredited)

Love Is News (1937)
as Salesman (uncredited)

Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
as Prisoner

Tell Your Children (1938)
as Joe the Bartender (uncredited)

The House on 56th Street (1933)
as Ship's Steward (uncredited)

Love Takes Flight (1937)
as Talking Reporter

Fog Over Frisco (1934)
as Reporter (Uncredited)

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
as Reporter (uncredited)

The Little Giant (1933)
as Investment Clerk (uncredited)

California (1947)
as Mike (uncredited)

I Take This Oath (1940)
as Cotton Club Doorman

The Crooked Way (1949)
Actor

Mr. Wong, Detective (1938)
as Coroner (uncredited)

Four Girls in White (1939)
as Ambulance Orderly

For Me and My Gal (1942)
as Stage Manager (uncredited)

Killers from Space (1954)
as Gas Station Attendant

Test Pilot (1938)
as Pilot (uncredited)

The Spy Ring (1938)
as Firing Range Radio Operator (uncredited)

Mary, Mary (1963)
as Husband in Elevator (uncredited)

Speed to Spare (1937)
as Otto Behrman

The Saint Takes Over (1940)
as Welcoming Committee Man

Pop Always Pays (1940)
as Auto Salesman

Stella Dallas (1937)
as Man on Train (uncredited)

Star Reporter (1939)
as Wilkins

Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Reporter

Union Depot (1932)
as Sailor (uncredited)

Shanghai (1935)
as Ship Steward

Two Girls on Broadway (1940)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934)
as Ladies' Table Dealer

Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
as Porter

Postal Inspector (1936)
as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Wilson (1944)
as Reporter (uncredited)

The Death Kiss (1932)
as Hotel Desk Clerk

Pardon My Stripes (1942)
as Bookie (uncredited)

Hollywood Handicap (1938)
as Turf Club Representative

Female (1933)
as Shooting Gallery Onlooker (Uncredited)

Cash and Carry (1937)
as President's Secretary (uncredited)

Sunset Murder Case (1938)
as Editor

The Crowd Roars (1938)
as Photographer (uncredited)

The Chaser (1938)
as Injured Man

Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
as Master Sergeant (uncredited)

Convict's Code (1939)
as Bank Teller

The Saint in New York (1938)
as Jacob S. 'Jake' / 'John' Irbell (Uncredited)

Lady in the Dark (1944)
as Reporter (uncredited)

The Personality Kid (1934)
as Ritzy's Trainer

Night Riders of Montana (1951)
as Drummer

North of Shanghai (1939)
as Wycoff

Mandrake the Magician (1939)
as Gray

Juvenile Court (1938)
as Druggist (uncredited)

Sailor's Lady (1940)
as Assistant Paymaster

Mexican Spitfire (1940)
as Slippy - a Fugitive

Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
as Man in Courtroom

The Secret Code (1942)
as Otto Stahl

Coast Guard (1939)
as Second Officer (uncredited)

Captain Fury (1939)
as Paymaster's Assistant

Girls of the Road (1940)
as Lecherous Driver (Uncredited)

Streamlined Swing (1938)
as Railroad Detective (uncredited)

The Cisco Kid and the Lady (1939)
as Army Telegraph Operator

That Brennan Girl (1946)
as Apartment House Clerk (uncredited)

The President's Mystery (1936)
as Townsman (uncredited)

Below the Deadline (1936)
as Oscar (uncredited)

You Came Along (1945)
as Reporter (uncredited)

The Jade Mask (1945)
as Michael Strong

Wide Open Faces (1938)
as News Photographer

The Day the Bookies Wept (1939)
as Horse Seller to Colonel March (uncredited)

Big Town Scandal (1948)
as Man Passing Steve in Hallway (uncredited)

The Dark Past (1948)
as First Man in Police Line-Up (uncredited)

Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
Actor

Two Latins from Manhattan (1941)
as Information Attendant

Ride 'em, Cowgirl (1939)
as Announcer

A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
as Maxim's Headwaiter (uncredited)

The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
as Reporter at Dock

Missile Monsters (1958)
as Male Secretary (bit)

Great Guy (1936)
as Canning's Chauffeur (Uncredited)

Fast and Loose (1939)
as Driver (uncredited)

Alias Boston Blackie (1942)
as Henry - Desk Clerk (uncredited)

The Vicious Circle (1948)
as Andreas Molnar

Fast and Furious (1939)
as Day Clerk (uncredited)

Go West Young Man (1936)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Hollywood Round-Up (1937)
as Louis Lawson

State Police (1938)
as Police Dispatcher

The Shadow (1940)
as Henchman

The Preview Murder Mystery (1936)
as Reporter (Uncredited)

Dr. Broadway (1942)
as Little Man (uncredited)

Covered Wagon Raid (1950)
as Bartender Pete

The Masked Marvel (1943)
as Reporter #1

Bowery Bombshell (1946)
as Feather-Fingers

As the Earth Turns (1934)
as Villager at Dance

Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1938)
as Circus Usher (uncredited)

I Met My Love Again (1938)
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Without Honor (1949)
as Neighbor

Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)
as Crane

Lady in a Jam (1942)
as Carter’s Assistant Manager (uncredited)

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
as Subordinate

It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
as Reporter

Three Secrets (1950)
as Matthews (uncredited)

Sued for Libel (1939)
as Pomeroy's Butler (uncredited)

Sinner Take All (1936)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Son of the Navy (1940)
as Patrolman at Altercation

Crash Donovan (1936)
as Patrolman (uncredited)

The Girl from Mandalay (1936)
as New Year's Party Participant

You'll Never Get Rich (1941)
as Photographer at Crystal Room (uncredited)

Criminals of the Air (1937)
as 'Trigger'

Roar of the Press (1941)
as Swithboard Operator

Wolves of the Range (1943)
as Bank Teller

Road to Happiness (1941)
as Rankin's Chauffeur (uncredited)
Aliens from Space (—)
as Station Attendant

Hi, Beautiful (1944)
as Conductor (uncredited)

Show Them No Mercy! (1935)
as Milkman (uncredited)

Newly Rich (1931)
as (uncredited)

Love on a Bet (1936)
as Reporter

Straight, Place and Show (1938)
as Photographer

The Fighting Devil Dogs (1938)
as The Lightning (uncredited)

Mandrake the Magician (1940)
as Gray, gas station thug [Chs. 8-9]

Goodbye Again (1933)
as Albany Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

Upperworld (1934)
as Steward (uncredited)

Hard to Handle (1933)
as Ed - Photographer (uncredited)

Helldorado (1935)
as Newspaper Reporter

Money to Loan (1939)
as Frank Sidley, Loan Victim

Missing Witnesses (1937)
as Ship's Office Clerk (uncredited)

Homicide Bureau (1939)
as Gangster Shot by Brown

Jailbreak (1936)
as Hotel Clerk

Cafe Society (1939)
as Waiter (uncredited)

Smarty (1934)
as Court Recorder (uncredited)

It Couldn't Have Happened (But It Did) (1936)
as Fingerprint Expert

All Stuck Up (1930)
Actor

Boulder Dam (1936)
as Job Applications Teller (uncredited)

Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
as Harry

Dixie Dugan (1943)
as Citizen (uncredited)

Secret Valley (1937)
as Henchman Doc (uncredited)

Sabotage Squad (1942)
as Middle Barber [script name: Harry]
So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956)
as Harry (uncredited)

Danger Ahead (1940)
as Henchman Lefty

The Crime Patrol (1936)
as Henchman (uncredited)

The Californian (1937)
as Townsman

Black Gold (1936)
as Collins (uncredited)

Spendthrift (1936)
as Reporter

Ride 'Em Cowboy (1936)
as Townsman (uncredited)

Here Comes the Band (1935)
as Audience Member (uncredited)

Murder at Glen Athol (1936)
as Party Guest (uncredited)

Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)
as Photographer

The Curtain Falls (1934)
as Seven Eleven Club Customer

Journal of a Crime (1934)
as Cartier's Secretary (uncredited)

Stronger Than Desire (1939)
as First Reporter on Telephone (uncredited)

The Girl Who Came Back (1935)
as Henchman Jimmy (uncredited)

One Wild Night (1938)
as Bank Officer (uncredited)

Rodeo Dough (1940)
as Rodeo Official

The Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
as Carter (uncredited)

Big Business (1937)
as Townsman Investor

The Bridge of Sighs (1936)
as Man in Crowd Outside the Thornton (uncredited)

So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)
as Eddie the Bartender (uncredited)

Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
as Kansas City News Vendor

Ten Laps to Go (1936)
as Motor Vehicle Bureau Clerk
South of Panama (1941)
as Joe

Don't Lie (1942)
as 1st Circus Attendant (uncredited)

The Great American Mug (1945)
as Pete Ramson (uncredited)

The Main Event (1938)
as Buck

Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
as Judkins

Smashing the Vice Trust (1937)
as Eddie's Henchman (uncredited)

Arson for Hire (1959)
as Cab Dispatcher

Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943)
as Eddie's Henchman (edited from 'Smashing the Vice Trust') (archive footage) (uncredited)

The Officer and the Lady (1941)
as Concessionaire (uncredited)

The Canary Comes Across (1938)
as Convict (uncredited)

Born to Gamble (1935)
as Dice Player (uncredited)





