Murray Alper
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1904-01-11
Place of Birth:New York City, New York, USA
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Manpower (1941)
Hank McHenry and Johnny Marshall work as power company linesmen. Hank is injured in an accident and subsequently promoted to foreman of the gang....

The Maltese Falcon (1941)
A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette.

Las Vegas Shakedown (1955)
A teacher writing a book about gambling meets a hotel/casino owner threatened by a gangster.

The Outlaws Is Coming (1965)
Rance Roden plans to kill off all the buffalo and thus cause the Indians to riot. After they destroy the US Cavalry, Rance and his gang will take...

The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off...

Jungle Gents (1954)
When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery Boys are induced by a diamond dealer to accompany him to...

Appointment with Danger (1950)
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a...

The Gangster (1947)
Based on the novel Low Company. One of the most peculiar film noirs of the 1940s stars Barry Sullivan as a small-time hood who suffers a mental...

Jail Busters (1955)
Slip and Sach (Bowery Boys) go to prison to help a reporter with a story.

Security Risk (1954)
An FBI agent on vacation in the mountains begins to suspect that a Communist spy ring may be operating in the area.

On the Town (1949)
Three sailors wreak havoc as they search for love during a whirlwind 24-hour leave in New York City.

Lost Continent (1951)
When an experimental atomic rocket crashes somewhere off-radar, its three developing scientists are joined by three Air Force men in tracking it down...

The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945)
A trumpet player in a radio orchestra falls asleep during a commercial and dreams he's Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at...

Slippy McGee (1948)
A safecracker breaks his leg and reforms with a good girl and a priest.

Highway Dragnet (1954)
An ex-Marine, on the lam from a murder charge, hitches a ride with a glamour-magazine photographer, who is travelling cross-country with her...

Murder Without Tears (1953)
A man hires someone to murder his wife and use a legal loophole to get away with it.

Hers to Hold (1943)
Deanna Durbin is all grown up in Hers to Hold, the unofficial sequel to her "Three Smart Girls" films of the 1930s. Durbin plays Penelope Craig, the...

The Big Shot (1942)
Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally,...

After the Thin Man (1936)
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the...

Wife to Spare (1947)
Andy tries to fix a dilemma between a gold digging blonde and his brother-in-law who's smitten with her. This causes problems for Andy's wife.

The Phantom Thief (1946)
Boston Blackie, in the 11th film of the Columbia series, indulges in some wit-trading with a squirmy spiritualist who deals in blackmail, murder and...

Navy Bound (1951)
A sailor who is a champion boxer in the Navy is forced to leave the service because his family's business, a tuna fishing operation, is in financial...

The Night of Nights (1939)
A playwright has his career ruined when he is drunk on the first night. His wife dies having left him, and when his daughter triumphs in the revival...

God Is My Co-Pilot (1945)
Robert L. Scott has dreamed his whole life of being a fighter pilot, but when war comes he finds himself flying transport planes over The Hump into...

The Arkansas Traveler (1938)
The Arkansas Traveler, an itinerant printer, returns to a small town to help save The Daily Record, a newspaper started by Mr. Allen, an old friend...

Let's Go Navy! (1951)
The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.

Down Mexico Way (1941)
Like 1940's Melody Ranch, the 1941 Gene Autry vehicle Down Mexico Way was designed as a "special", to be promoted separately from Autry's regular...

Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (1943)
The third film of Frank Capra's 'Why We Fight" propaganda film series, dealing with the Nazi conquest of Western Europe in 1940.

Sea Devils (1937)
Doris lives with her rough Coast Guardsman father. He has plans for her to marry an up and coming officer, but there is competition when a new,...

Panic on the Air (1936)
A sports announcer and a friend investigate after a pitcher misses a series. When they discover that gangsters are trying to find a hidden fortune,...

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
A writer, looking for some peace and quiet in order to finish a novel, takes a room at the Baldpate Inn. However, peace and quiet are the last things...

Gasoline Alley (1951)
A young man tries to get rich by opening a diner. Comedy based on the popular comic strip.

Here Come the Marines (1952)
After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sach discovers that the colonel knew his father and...

Tanganyika (1954)
A landowner in colonial Africa leads a safari through Nukumbi territory in order to capture an escaped criminal.

23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937)
Army training Sgt. Gray makes a bet that he can get himself invited to breakfast with his commanding officer, General Markley. But he gets into an...

Escape by Night (1937)
Runyonesque crooks on the lam hide out on blind man's pastoral farm and decide to go straight.

Next Time I Marry (1938)
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." Her late father was afraid a foreign gigolo would...

Married Bachelor (1941)
A man's marriage suffers when he pretends to be a bachelor while promoting "his" best-selling book about married life (actually written by an...

The Eve of St. Mark (1944)
Quizz West is conscripted into the United States Army in late 1940. Prior to being shipped out first to San Francisco, then the Philippines, Quizz...

Gallant Bess (1946)
Marshall Thompson stars in this MGM drama about a young soldier's devotion to a horse he rescues during WWII. (Not to be confused with "Adventures of...

Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Danny Ocean and his gang attempt to rob the five biggest casinos in Las Vegas in one night.

Sleep, My Love (1948)
A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

Stop, Look and Love (1939)
Daughter has trouble holding onto boyfriends because of her critical mother until understanding father comes to her aid.

The Big Tip Off (1955)
A newspaper man uses a mobster's tips to get the scoop on gangster activities.

You Can't Buy Luck (1937)
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him innocent of the crime.

Young Dr. Kildare (1938)
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigorous (and sometimes embarrassing) testing of his...

Cocoanut Grove (1938)
Band tries to get an audition for a job at a prestigious nightclub.

Lullaby of Broadway (1951)
Pretty Melinda Howard has been abroad singing with a musical troupe. She decides to return home to surprise her mother whom she thinks is a...

Gold Diggers in Paris (1938)
When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for...

Turnabout (1940)
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue who grants their wish and they wind up living each other's life.

Two in Revolt (1936)
A dog and a horse become unlikely allies when they attempt to thwart a crooked gambler from rigging a race.

Honeymoon Ahead (1945)
When the prison choir loses its leader, the boys try to get him back in.

Manhattan Heartbeat (1940)
A couple can't make ends meet. He is an airplane mechanic and makes extra money testing planes. When the baby arrives things get better.

King of the Underworld (1939)
Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her...

The Great Man Votes (1939)
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman,...

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
Lost Caverns Hotel bellhop Freddie Phillips is suspected of murder. Swami Talpur tries to hypnotize Freddie into confessing, but Freddie is too...

Tail Spin (1939)
Trixie is a female pilot looking to win a big race to advance her career. During one race, however, her plane becomes damaged, and she needs help to...

Baby Face Nelson (1957)
Famed Depression-era gangster “Baby Face Nelson” (Mickey Rooney) robs and kills while accompanied by his beautiful moll (Carolyn Jones).

Rose of Washington Square (1939)
Rose Sargent, a Roaring '20s singer, becomes a Ziegfeld Follies star as her criminal husband gets deeper in trouble.

It's a Wonderful World (1939)
Detective Guy Johnson's client, Willie Heywood, is framed for murder. While Guy hides him so he can catch the real killer, both of them are nabbed by...

Another Thin Man (1939)
Not even the joys of parenthood can stop married sleuths Nick and Nora Charles from investigating a murder on a Long Island estate.

Bachelor Mother (1939)
Polly Parrish, a clerk at Merlin's Department Store, is mistakenly presumed to be the mother of a foundling. Outraged at Polly's unmotherly conduct,...

The Roaring Twenties (1939)
After World War I, Armistice Lloyd Hart goes back to practice law, former saloon keeper George Hally turns to bootlegging, and out-of-work Eddie...

Spies and Guys (1953)
Joe Besser is sent on a spying mission with a beautiful female officer. Things, as usual when Joe is involved, don't go well and they are captured...

Black Friday (1940)
University professor George Kingsley is struck by gangsters while crossing the street, leaving him with brain damage and one of the gangsters,...

The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
Delia Jordan's father is murdered and some very valuable jewelry stolen. She hires The Lone Wolf.

Behind Southern Lines (1952)
Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

Army Bound (1952)
Race car driver Frank Cermak is in love with Jane Harris. Jane and her parents watch Frank win a tight race from Bill Peters, an army lieutenant on...

Submarine Patrol (1938)
A naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.

I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby (1940)
In I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby, Broderick Crawford plays a sentimental gangster who abducts songwriter Johnny Downs and forces him to...

Free For All (1949)
The discovery of a way of turning petrol into water makes a fortune and romance for the young inventor.

The Big Mouth (1967)
A fisherman crosses paths with a diamond-smuggling gangster–who is his doppelgänger—and inadvertently takes his place at a resort...

Air Force (1943)
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of...

The Long Night (1947)
City police surround a building, attempting to capture a suspected murderer. The suspect knows there is no escape but refuses to give in.

Blondie Has Servant Trouble (1940)
Things get under way when Blondie Bumstead demands that her husband request a raise from his boss Mr. Dithers, so that she can afford to hire a maid....

High Tension (1936)
Brawling cable layer Steve Reardon doesn't want to marry girlfriend Edith but he also doesn't want her to date other men.

Slightly Scarlet (1956)
Kleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary to "reform" politician Frank Jansen. Ben Grace,...

Little Big Shot (1935)
A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.

Big Town Girl (1937)
When a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the "Masked Countess", because he estranged husband is a...

The Gunfighter (1950)
The fastest gun in the West tries to escape his reputation.

Walk on the Wild Side (1962)
At a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction for both clients and the shrewd madam. The arrival of Dove Linkhorn, her lovesick...

Hands Across the Table (1935)
A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.

Moonlight and Cactus (1944)
The swinging Andrews Sisters provide the musical interludes and romance in this western. They play a trio of WW II era ranchers. That they are so...

Sergeant York (1941)
Alvin York a hillbilly sharpshooter transforms himself from ruffian to religious pacifist. He is then called to serve his country and despite deep...

City for Conquest (1940)
The heartbreaking but hopeful tale of Danny Kenny and Peggy Nash, two sweethearts who meet and struggle through their impoverished lives in New York...

East of the River (1940)
Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.

My Favorite Wife (1940)
Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a...

Blonde Dynamite (1950)
While Louie is on vacation, the boys turn The Sweet Shop into an escort service, and soon find a group of beautiful girls as their first clients.

Lucky Partners (1940)
Two strangers split a sweepstake prize to go on a fake honeymoon with predictable results.

The Gay Sisters (1942)
The eldest of three sisters protects their Fifth Avenue mansion from a developer she once married.

The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936)
The employees of a failing radio station must put on a huge ratings winner to have any chance of continued operation.

The Jazz Singer (1953)
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

Vice Squad (1953)
A Los Angeles police captain (Edward G. Robinson) ties the case of a slain policeman to a bank robbery, all in a day.

No Time for Love (1943)
An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.

The Nutty Professor (1963)
A timid, nearsighted chemistry teacher discovers a magical potion that can transform him into a suave and handsome Romeo. The Jekyll and Hyde game...

The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963)
Phileas Fogg III, great grandson of the original Phileas Fogg, accepts a bet to duplicate his great grandfather's famous trip around the world in...

The Royal Family of Broadway (1930)
Julie Cavendish comes from a family of great Broadway actors. Her mother Fanny staunchly continues acting. Her boisterous brother Tony is fleeing a...

The Jazz Singer (1953)
A young Jewish man is torn between tradition and individuality when his old-fashioned family objects to his career as a jazz singer.

Saboteur (1942)
Aircraft factory worker Barry Kane flees across the United States after he is wrongly accused of starting the fire that killed his best friend.

Trouble Along the Way (1953)
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at...

Mug Town (1942)
Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys...

The Steel Fist (1952)
In an Iron Curtain country an idealistic student goes on the run from the Communist authorities.

Up Goes Maisie (1946)
A showgirl working for an inventor battles crooks, who want to steal his ideas.

Tricky Dicks (1953)
The stooges are policemen on the trail of a murderer. They unsuccessfully interrogate an Italian organ grinder, among other suspects, and then catch...

Border City Rustlers (1953)
Two episodes of "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

Dangerously They Live (1941)
A New York City doctor tries to rescue a young woman from Nazi agents.

Something for the Boys (1944)
The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern...

My Life with Caroline (1941)
A man thinks his high-spirited wife is cheating on him.

Gambling on the High Seas (1940)
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.

Lady Be Careful (1936)
Previously filmed in 1930 as True to the Navy, Kenyon Nicholson's old stage farce Sailor Beware returned to the screen in 1936 as Lady Be Careful....

Double Alibi (1940)
A man's ex-wife is found murdered, and he finds himself to be the prime suspect.

Powder Town (1942)
Director Rowland V. Lee's wacky 1942 comedy, about an absent-minded scientist working on a secret formula at an explosives plant, stars Edmond...

My Favorite Spy (1942)
The Army takes a bandleader (Kay Kyser) away from his bride (Ellen Drew) and sends him on a spy mission with a woman (Jane Wyman).

Obliging Young Lady (1942)
A woman attempts to shelter a young girl from the publicity surrounding her socialite parents' divorce.

They Were Expendable (1945)
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the...

Affectionately Yours (1941)
A married reporter's assignments carry him all over the world, which gives him ample opportunity to put the moves on the local females.

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
A former child star torments her paraplegic sister in their decaying Hollywood mansion.

Bombardier (1943)
A documentary/drama about the training of bombardiers during WWII. Major Chick Davis proves to the U.S. Army the superiority of high altitude...

Corvette K-225 (1943)
The story of a Canadian WWII naval vessel, with a dramatic subplot concerning her first captain.

Let's Live a Little (1948)
A harried, overworked advertising executive is being pursued romantically by one of his clients, a successful perfume magnate ... and his former...

Larceny with Music (1943)
A former bootlegger is now the prosperous owner of a popular nightclub. A hustling promoter manages to pass off a young singer as the heir to a...

Torture Money (1937)
In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, police go after a fraud operation that stages automobile accidents to collect insurance money.

Escape from Crime (1942)
An ex-con becomes a daredevil photojournalist.

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life.

Primary Flight Training: Before You Fly (1945)
This documentary short film is intended to instruct U.S. Navy pilot trainees in the proper preparation of their airplane and their equipment prior to...

Primary Flight Training: Taxiing and Take-offs (1945)
In this government documentary short film, a U.S. Navy flight instructor demonstrates to a young pilot trainee the proper methods for taxiing an...

Twelve Crowded Hours (1939)
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.

The Lady Is Willing (1942)
Bold, eccentric Broadway performer Elizabeth Madden befuddles her handlers by coming home with a baby she picked up on the street. She wants to keep...

Sailor's Lady (1940)
Sailor is going to marry his girlfriend when he returns, but she becomes foster mother to baby whose parents are accidentally killed. The baby is...

The Hard Way (1943)
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small town poverty.

Jalopy (1953)
Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning until Satch, with the aid of a scientist...

Calypso Joe (1957)
Juile, an airline hostess, has her mind made up to marry South American millionaire Rico Vargas, in spite of the efforts made by her former...

The Girl Habit (1931)
A Lothario tries to get arrested as protection from the gangster husband who has threatened him.

Swing Fever (1943)
Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

The Power of the Whistler (1945)
A woman uses a deck of cards to predict death within 24 hours for a stranger sitting at a bar, then tries to help him remember who he is based on...

The Big Guy (1939)
A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.

The Public Menace (1935)
1935 comedy in which an immigrant (Jean Arthur), a reporter (George Murphy) and a gangster (Douglass Dumbrille) cross paths.

Women's Prison (1955)
A crusading psychiatrist battles a sadistic female warden to improve conditions at a women's prison.

Out of the Fog (1941)
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves...

Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
A film of the life of the renowned musical composer, playwright, actor, dancer and singer George M. Cohan.

Murder on a Bridle Path (1936)
When the body of Violet Feverel is discovered on the Central Park bridle path, Inspector Oscar Piper is about to declare her death accidental from a...

77 Sunset Strip (1958)
Stu Bailey and Jeff Spencer are the wisecracking, womanizing private-detective heroes of this Warner Brothers drama. They work out of an office...

Cheyenne (1955)
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a...

Green Acres (1965)
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Gidget (1965)
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The Munsters (1964)
A family of friendly monsters that have misadventures all while never quite understanding why people react to them so strangely.

The Beverly Hillbillies (1962)
Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of...

Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (1964)
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Petticoat Junction (1963)
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.

Johnny Staccato (1959)
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Get Smart (1965)
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

Adventures of Superman (1952)
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single...

The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time...

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
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CBS Playhouse (1966)
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Johnny Midnight (1960)
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Letter to Loretta (1953)
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Maverick (1957)
The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than...

The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960)
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Hey, Jeannie! (1956)
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Four Star Playhouse (1952)
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Ensign O'Toole (1962)
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962)
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