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Lucien Littlefield (August 16, 1895, San Antonio, Texas – June 4, 1960, Hollywood, California) was an American actor who achived a long career from silent films to the television era. He was noted for his versatility, playing a wide range of roles and already portraying old mens before he was of voting age.
Lucien Littlefield started his film career in 1914 and worked as an actor right until his death in 1960. He usually portrayed comedic supporting characters, often much older than himself. His role of the doctor in The Cat and the Canary (1927) is one of his more notable performances. The character actor appeared with Laurel and Hardy, first as an eccentric professor in Dirty Work, and finally as a veterinarian in their classic feature Sons of the Desert, both made in 1933. He also played Mary Pickford's father in My Best Girl in 1927. Other roles include the western Tumbleweeds with William S. Hart, the comedy Ruggles of Red Gap with Charles Laughton, and Johnny Come Lately with James Cagney.
1939 re-issue with spoken introduction by William S Hart. Set in Caldwell, Kansas on the Kansas-Oklahoma border, the movie features cowboy Don Carver (Hart) as a "tumbleweed" (i.e., a drifter) who decides to settle down after falling in love with Molly Lassiter (Barbara Bedford). Carver decides to get in on the Cherokee Strip land rush but when he's arrested and parted from his new love, he's in danger of missing the big race. Lucien Littlefield plays a strong supporting role in the movie as Hart's comic sidekick and best friend.
Tumbleweeds (1925) William S. Hart, Barbara Bedford, Lucien Littlefield The government will grant a fringe of terrain for the settlers who want to live and work there. The starting sign will be a gunshot which will iniciate the run for the best fields and claims.
*** This film also goes by the title Scared Stiff *** Plot: A meek reporter happens upon murder, an escaped gangster and a stolen jade chess set. Director: Frank McDonald Actors: Jack Haley, Ann Savage, Barton MacLane, Veda Ann Borg, Roger Pryor, George E. Stone, Robert Emmett Keane, Lucien Littlefield, Paul Hurst, Arthur Aylesworth, Eily Malyon, Buddy Swan Based on: Nothing
Laughs...Chills...Howls...Thrills! Classic Pine-Thomas comedy thriller with Jack Haley (The Wizard of Oz), Ann Savage, George E Stone, Lucien Littlefield, Barton MacLane. The Chess writer for a local newspaper gets wrangled up in a murder plot is an odd hotel.
Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on. Director: H. Bruce Humberstone Writers: Tiffany Thayer (book), Stuart Anthony (adaptation), Stars: Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, Eugene Pallette
Plot: After a fight, a woman tests her husbands faithfulness by posing as a seductive blonde. Director: E. Mason Hopper, F. McGrew Willis Actors: Marie Prevost, Franklin Pangborn, Harrison Ford, T. Roy Barnes, Lucien Littlefield Based on: Nothing
Chicote Preto do Zorro (Zorro's Black Whip) é uma série de 1944 gênero aventura americana e ocidental, dirigido por Spencer Gordon Bennet e Wallace Grissell, em 12 capítulos, estrelado por Linda Stirling, George J. Lewis, Lucien Littlefield e Francis McDonald. Foi produzido e distribuído pela Republic Pictures, e correu em cinemas dos EUA a partir de 16 de novembro de 1944. Preto Chicote do Zorro em nome Zorro nunca é mencionad, mas uma mulher que se comporta como Zorro em Idaho luta contra um grupo de políticos corruptos como "Chicote Preto", depois que seu irmão (Chicote Preto original) é morto. Hammond, proprietário dos esforços da cidade para serviço e e um cidadão líder do Conselho é secretamente contra Idaho se tornar um Estado - porque a proteção do governo destruir o sistema e da o...
1.12 [--] The Lone Wolf: Memo: THE SAVAGE (1954) Written by Al C. Ward Directed by Rod Amateau Starring: Louis Hayward (as Michael Lanyard) Guest Cast: Michael Granger, Colonel Kendell Land, Michael Pate, Suva Polege, Felicia Farr, Gerda Van Ryck, Lucien Littlefield, Van Ryck, George Keymas, Lt. Tonana, Peter Coe, Poli, Tony Martinez, Muggy, Synopsis 1: Lanyard searches for reasons why some island natives have returned to their ancient, barbaric rituals. Synopsis 2: When Lanyard goes to a South Sea island in search of a friend, he is immediately arrested. Premise: The Lone Wolf is a character created by novelist Louis Joseph Vance (1879–1933). His eight stories about a gentleman jewel thief who was always meeting and helping ladies in distress were published from 1914 until his dea...
Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone. With Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, Eugene Pallette, Tully Marshall. Bodies start mysteriously disappearing from the city morgue. An investigator tries to determine what is going on. Stars: Zasu Pitts, Lucien Littlefield, Eugene Pallette Classic Movie: Strangers of the Evening 1932 Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery Movie
They must stay together in his mansion until he's laid to rest beneath the stars in a special sepulcher that's open to the heavens, but the butler (Bela Lugosi) and the maid will not stop serving coffee. No, really — that's what happens. :) Stars Bela Lugosi (Merkil), Blanche Yurka (Matthews), Lyle Talbot (Jim Davis), Douglas Fowley (Henry Rutherford), Fay Helm (Estelle Hopkins), Bernard Nedell (Morton Gellman), Lucien Littlefield (Kenneth Hopkins), Dorothy Granger (Mona Rutherford), and Maxine Fife (Margaret Hopkins). More weirdness: http://sketchbook.ercles.com/stuff/play.html, http://sketchbook.ercles.com/stuff/evening-weird.html