
Erville Alderson
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From Wikipedia Erville Alderson (September 11, 1882, Kansas City, Missouri – August 4, 1957, Glendale, California) was an American film actor. He appeared in nearly 200 films between 1918 and 1957.
Known for
Credits

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
as Handwriting Expert (uncredited)

The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
as Arkansas Storekeeper (uncredited)

Sergeant York (1941)
as Nate Tomkins

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
as Spectator (uncredited)

The Bishop's Wife (1947)
as Stevens

Hoopla (1933)
as Sheriff

The Scarlet Empress (1934)
as Chancelor Alexei Bestuchef

The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
as Burt (uncredited)

Tall in the Saddle (1944)
as Wells Fargo Clerk (uncredited)

Canyon Passage (1946)
as Judge (uncredited)

Back to Bataan (1945)
as Teacher (uncredited)

The Merry Widow (1952)
as Cart Driver (uncredited)

Jesse James (1939)
as Old Marshall

Summer Stock (1950)
as Zeb (uncredited)

The Actress (1953)
as Mike McGrath (uncredited)

Objective, Burma! (1945)
as Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell

Santa Fe Trail (1940)
as Jefferson Davis

Tobacco Road (1941)
Actor

Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
as Liberal Official (uncredited)

Fury (1936)
as Plumber (uncredited)

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
as Police Chief (uncredited)

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1939)
as Sheriff at Jail (uncredited)

Honky Tonk (1941)
as Man with Rail (uncredited)

The Spiral Staircase (1946)
as Dr. Harvey (uncredited)

The Sea of Grass (1947)
as First Station Agent (uncredited)

Incendiary Blonde (1945)
as Ranch Owner (uncredited)

Hello, Everybody! (1933)
as Horton

Out West with the Hardys (1938)
as Court Deputy (uncredited)

Marie Antoinette (1938)
as Passport Official (uncredited)

Pursued (1947)
as Townsman (uncredited)

Edison, the Man (1940)
as First Lecturer

Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942)
as Government Official

Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Lawyer Cryden (uncredited)

High Wall (1947)
Actor

Along Came Jones (1945)
as Bartender (uncredited)

Boys' Ranch (1946)
as Al (uncredited)

The Tall Target (1951)
as Minister (uncredited)

Knute Rockne All American (1940)
as Kansas Farmer Witnessing Airplane Crash (uncredited)

Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
as Johan Garme

Fazil (1928)
as Iman Idris

Station West (1948)
as Stageline Hired Hand (uncredited)

And the Angels Sing (1944)
as Mr. Littlefield

The Black Cat (1941)
as Doctor Williams (uncredited)

When the Daltons Rode (1940)
as District Attorney Wade

The Cabin in the Cotton (1932)
as Sock Fisher

Geronimo (1939)
as Undetermined Role

Stand Up and Fight (1939)
as Mr. Wyatt, Blake's Neighbor

Wells Fargo (1937)
as Marshal Sam

Something to Live For (1952)
as Critic (uncredited)

Desperate (1947)
as Simon Pringle (uncredited)

Captain China (1950)
as Doctor

The Hardys Ride High (1939)
as Bailiff (uncredited)

The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
as Pioneer Wagon Father

Her Man (1918)
Actor

The Girl from Chicago (1927)
as Col. Carlton

Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)
as Farmer (uncredited)

Fleetwing (1928)
as Trad Ben Sabam

Dancing in the Dark (1949)
as Emery's Neighbor

Land of Liberty (1939)
as Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'Romance of Louisiana')

Parachute Battalion (1941)
as Pa Hollis

The Feathered Serpent (1948)
as Prof. Scott (uncredited)

Highway West (1941)
as Dr. John Cook (uncredited)

The Shanghai Chest (1948)
as Walter Somervale

Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as Mr. Mulberry - Recital Guest (uncredited)

Sorrowful Jones (1949)
as Happy the Mortician (uncredited)

An American Romance (1944)
as Olson - Detroit Auto Works Technician (uncredited)

Haunted Gold (1932)
as Tom Benedict

Mountain Justice (1937)
as Man at Meeting / Wedding Guest

Magnificent Doll (1946)
as Darcy (uncredited)

Arrowsmith (1931)
as Pioneer (uncredited)

Lazy River (1934)
as Sheriff

The Doctor Takes a Wife (1940)
as Harrison, the Printer (uncredited)

A Thief in the Dark (1928)
as Armstrong

Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Pursuit (1935)
as Cop

Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
as Court Attendant (uncredited)

Cynthia (1947)
as Dingle Clerk (Uncredited)

My Favorite Blonde (1942)
as Sheriff

Parnell (1937)
as Father

Woman Wanted (1935)
as Constable

The Valley of the Giants (1927)
as Councilman

Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
as Stonewall Jackson (uncredited)

Bad Men of Missouri (1941)
as Mr. Adams

The Thirteenth Guest (1932)
as John Adams

Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
as Bailiff

The Lady from Cheyenne (1941)
as Ike Fairchild

Heavenly Days (1944)
as Farmer

Cynara (1932)
as Jason

Nancy Drew... Trouble Shooter (1939)
as Clint Griffith

To the Last Man (1933)
as Judge (uncredited)

Flowing Gold (1940)
as Doctor (uncredited)

Maryland (1940)
as Diggs

You Can't Escape Forever (1942)
as Mr. Crowder (uncredited)

The Man Without a Country (1937)
as President Andrew Jackson (uncredited)

The Good-Bad Wife (1920)
as Col. Denbigh

The Heart of Maryland (1927)
as Maj. Gen. Kendrick

Hazard (1948)
as Clerk in Cheap Hotel (uncredited)

State Fair (1933)
as Martin, Hog Breeder (Uncredited)

The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe (1942)
as Burke

The White Black Sheep (1926)
as Yasuf

Kidnapped (1948)
as Mungo

The Richest Man in Town (1941)
as Frank the Barber

The Stranger's Return (1933)
as Farmhand

The Bad Man (1930)
as Hardy

They Call It Sin (1932)
as Mr. Cullen

Seven Keys to Baldpate (1935)
as Police Chief Roberts

The Mighty Treve (1937)
as Chris Hibbens

Judge Hardy and Son (1939)
as Bailiff (uncredited)
The Price of Honor (1927)
as Ogden Bennett

The Lash (1930)
as Judge Travers

Dr. Kildare Goes Home (1940)
as Boylston - City Council Member (uncredited)

Career Woman (1936)
as Dr. Anderson

Redemption (1930)
as Bearded Mariner in Cafe

Again Pioneers (1950)
as Pa Ashby

The Postman Didn't Ring (1942)
as Robert Harwood Sr.

First Comes Courage (1943)
as Soren

John Meade's Woman (1937)
Actor

Henry Goes Arizona (1939)
as Dr. John Clemens (uncredited)

Square Shooter (1935)
as Dr. Wayne

Society Fever (1935)
as Uncle Andy

Wild and Woolly (1937)
as Deacon (uncredited)

Educating Father (1936)
as Dr. Willoughby
Eyes Aloft (1943)
as Ray Harper

Outside These Walls (1939)
as Sauers (uncredited)

The Fortune Hunter (1927)
as Blinky Lockwood

The Monroe Doctrine (1939)
as William Seward

Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
as Judge Henry L. Foster

Mobs, Inc. (1956)
as Town Insurance Agent

Too Many Cooks (1931)
as J. W. Simpson - Construction Worker

The Dawn Trail (1930)
as Jeff Denton

Speakeasy (1929)
as City editor

Oklahoma Outlaws (1943)
as John Kincaid

Trifles of Importance (1940)
as Frederick the Great (uncredited)

What's Buzzin', Cousin? (1943)
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Rangers of Fortune (1940)
as Mr. Ellis

The Man in the Barn (1937)
as Farmer (uncredited)

The White Rose (1923)
as Man of the World

Guilty? (1930)
as Lee
Salvation Jane (1927)
as Gramp

Romance of Louisiana (1937)
as Radio Broadcaster / Thomas Jefferson

The Exciters (1923)
as Chloroform Charlie

The Fighting Code (1933)
as Joshua La Plante

The Music Goes 'Round (1936)
as Audience Member
Public Opinion (1935)
as Mr. Trevor

Lincoln in the White House (1939)
as Secretary of State William H. Seward

Mr. Whitney Had a Notion (1949)
as Thomas Jefferson

Small Town Boy (1937)
as Mr. Trindle

Arizona Trail (1943)
as Dan Trent

America (1924)
as Justice Montague

Isn't Life Wonderful (1924)
as The Professor





