
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)

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

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

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

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

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

The Reluctant Dragon (1941)
as Slim (uncredited)

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

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

The Heiress (1949)
as Groom (uncredited)

Anchors Aweigh (1945)
as Assistant Director (uncredited)

Captains Courageous (1937)
as Corridor Steward (uncredited)

The Fountainhead (1949)
as Minor Role (uncredited)

Way Out West (1937)
as Cowboy (uncredited)

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

Joan of Arc (1948)
as Peasant (uncredited)

Star Reporter (1939)
as Wilkins

Batman (1943)
as Agent on Plane

The Big Clock (1948)
as Cabby (uncredited)

Topper (1937)
as Bank Teller (uncredited)

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

Easy Living (1937)
as Stock Investor (uncredited)

Brilliant Marriage (1936)
as Art Critic

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

Vice Raid (1959)
as Malone's Secretary

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

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

The Sky Parade (1936)
as Fred (uncredited)

Girl from Rio (1939)
as Second Hotel Desk clerk

Gentleman Jim (1942)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Marjorie Morningstar (1958)
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)

Alias Nick Beal (1949)
as Commercial Fisherman

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

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

Test Pilot (1938)
as Pilot (uncredited)

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

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

California (1947)
as Mike (uncredited)

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

Exposed (1938)
as Slim

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

Expensive Husbands (1937)
as Reporter

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

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

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

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

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

Front Page Woman (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)

Love Is News (1937)
as Salesman (uncredited)

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

Destroyer (1943)
as 1st Ship Fitter

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

At Long Last Love (1975)
as Doorman

The Death Kiss (1932)
as Hotel Desk Clerk

The Crooked Way (1949)
Actor

Three Secrets (1950)
as Matthews (uncredited)

Fog Over Frisco (1934)
as Reporter (Uncredited)

Remember the Day (1941)
as Photographer

Wells Fargo (1937)
as Minor Role

Wilson (1944)
as Reporter (uncredited)

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

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

The Devil Is a Sissy (1936)
as Intern

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Crowd Roars (1938)
as Photographer (uncredited)

Follow the Sun (1951)
Actor

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

Quicksand (1950)
as Baldy

Postal Inspector (1936)
as Truck Driver (uncredited)

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

The Bowery (1933)
as Cynic (uncredited)

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

Killers from Space (1954)
as Gas Station Attendant

Jimmy the Gent (1934)
as Chalmers (uncredited)

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

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

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

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

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

Sailor's Lady (1940)
as Assistant Paymaster

Love Takes Flight (1937)
as Talking Reporter

The Chaser (1938)
as Injured Man

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

Blue, White and Perfect (1942)
as Porter

Dames (1934)
as Elevator Starter (uncredited)

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

Hot Rod Gang (1958)
as Dryden Philpott

Coast Guard (1939)
as Second Officer (uncredited)

The Firefly (1937)
as French Officer (uncredited)

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

Paris Calling (1941)
as Gendarme (uncredited)

Upperworld (1934)
as Steward (uncredited)

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

No, No, Nanette (1940)
as Travel Agent

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

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

Spendthrift (1936)
as Reporter

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

Circumstantial Evidence (1945)
as Prisoner

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

Union Depot (1932)
as Sailor (uncredited)

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

Dixie Dugan (1943)
as Citizen (uncredited)

You Came Along (1945)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Three Girls About Town (1941)
as Reporter

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

The Saint Takes Over (1940)
as Welcoming Committee Man

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

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

Captain Fury (1939)
as Paymaster's Assistant

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

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

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

I Take This Oath (1940)
as Cotton Club Doorman

Pardon My Stripes (1942)
as Bookie (uncredited)

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

Helldorado (1935)
as Newspaper Reporter

Four Girls in White (1939)
as Ambulance Orderly

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

It Happened in Hollywood (1937)
as Reporter

Flying Disc Man from Mars (1950)
as Crane

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

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

The Jade Mask (1945)
as Michael Strong

Speed to Spare (1937)
as Otto Behrman

Fast and Loose (1939)
as Driver (uncredited)

Torch Singer (1933)
as Man in Radio Station

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

Crash Donovan (1936)
as Patrolman (uncredited)

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

Sunday Night at the Trocadero (1937)
as Columnist

The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
as Subordinate

Sinner Take All (1936)
as Reporter (uncredited)

Shadow of Chinatown (1936)
Actor

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

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

Robin Hood Of Texas (1947)
as Photographer

North of Shanghai (1939)
as Wycoff

Two Latins from Manhattan (1941)
as Information Attendant

Below the Deadline (1936)
as Oscar (uncredited)

Smarty (1934)
as Court Recorder (uncredited)

Hollywood Handicap (1938)
as Turf Club Representative

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

Female (1933)
as Shooting Gallery Onlooker (Uncredited)

The Secret Code (1942)
as Otto Stahl

Son of the Navy (1940)
as Patrolman at Altercation

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

State Police (1938)
as Police Dispatcher

The Personality Kid (1934)
as Ritzy's Trainer

Rodeo Dough (1940)
as Rodeo Official

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

Homicide Bureau (1939)
as Gangster Shot by Brown

Shanghai (1935)
as Ship Steward

Secret Valley (1937)
as Henchman Doc (uncredited)

Mandrake the Magician (1939)
as Gray

Covered Wagon Raid (1950)
as Bartender Pete

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

The President's Mystery (1936)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Aliens from Space (—)
as Station Attendant

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

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

The Shadow (1940)
as Henchman

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

Sabotage Squad (1942)
as Middle Barber [script name: Harry]

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

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

Love on a Bet (1936)
as Reporter

Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
as Harry

Wolves of the Range (1943)
as Bank Teller

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

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

Roar of the Press (1941)
as Swithboard Operator

The Crime Patrol (1936)
as Henchman (uncredited)

Without Honor (1949)
as Neighbor

Streamlined Swing (1938)
as Railroad Detective (uncredited)

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

Arson for Hire (1959)
as Cab Dispatcher

Big Business (1937)
as Townsman Investor

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

Bowery Bombshell (1946)
as Feather-Fingers

Missile Monsters (1958)
as Male Secretary (bit)

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

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

Jailbreak (1936)
as Hotel Clerk

Road to Happiness (1941)
as Rankin's Chauffeur (uncredited)

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

As the Earth Turns (1934)
as Villager at Dance

The Main Event (1938)
as Buck

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

Hollywood Round-Up (1937)
as Louis Lawson

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

Criminals of the Air (1937)
as 'Trigger'

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

Hi, Beautiful (1944)
as Conductor (uncredited)

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

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

Riders of the Purple Sage (1931)
as Judkins

The Masked Marvel (1943)
as Reporter #1

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

Wide Open Faces (1938)
as News Photographer

Juvenile Court (1938)
as Druggist (uncredited)

Straight, Place and Show (1938)
as Photographer

All Stuck Up (1930)
Actor

Night Riders of Montana (1951)
as Drummer

Convict's Code (1939)
as Bank Teller

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

The Vicious Circle (1948)
as Andreas Molnar
South of Panama (1941)
as Joe

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

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

Danger Ahead (1940)
as Henchman Lefty

Newly Rich (1931)
as (uncredited)

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

Sunset Murder Case (1938)
as Editor

Cafe Society (1939)
as Waiter (uncredited)

Black Gold (1936)
as Collins (uncredited)

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

Ride 'em, Cowgirl (1939)
as Announcer

The Curtain Falls (1934)
as Seven Eleven Club Customer

Pop Always Pays (1940)
as Auto Salesman

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

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

Mexican Spitfire (1940)
as Slippy - a Fugitive

Ten Laps to Go (1936)
as Motor Vehicle Bureau Clerk

The Mandarin Mystery (1936)
as Reporter at Dock

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

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

The Californian (1937)
as Townsman

So You Want to Be Pretty (1956)
as Eddie the Bartender (uncredited)
So Your Wife Wants to Work (1956)
as Harry (uncredited)





