Acting

Art Foster

Born — Died

1919-02-07 — 2008-12-09

Place of birth

Riverside County, California, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

26 titles

Known for

White Heat poster
7.7

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

White Heat

1949

They Were Expendable poster
6.5

After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.

They Were Expendable

1945

Gentleman Jim poster
7.2

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

Gentleman Jim

1942

Lost in a Harem poster
5.6

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.

Lost in a Harem

1944

Forever Amber poster
6.1

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.

Forever Amber

1947

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court poster
6.2

A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949

Film credits

1940s · 21 titles

White Heat poster
7.7

A psychopathic criminal with a mother complex makes a daring break from prison and then leads his old gang in a chemical plant payroll heist. After the heist, events take a crazy turn.

White Heat

1949

They Were Expendable poster
6.5

After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.

They Were Expendable

1945

Gentleman Jim poster
7.2

As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the boxing world.

Gentleman Jim

1942

Lost in a Harem poster
5.6

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.

Lost in a Harem

1944

Forever Amber poster
6.1

Amber St Clair, orphaned during the English Civil War and raised by a family of farmers, aspires to be a lady of high society; when a group of cavaliers ride into town, she sneaks away with them to London to achieve her dreams.

Forever Amber

1947

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court poster
6.2

A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1905 auto mechanic, to Arthurian England, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1949

Action in the North Atlantic poster
7.1

Merchant Marine sailors Joe Rossi (Humphrey Bogart) and Steve Jarvis (Raymond Massey) are charged with getting a supply vessel to Russian allies as part of a sea convoy. When the group of ships comes under attack from a German U-boat, Rossi and Jarvis navigate through dangerous waters to evade Nazi naval forces. Though their mission across the Atlantic is extremely treacherous, they are motivated by the opportunity to strike back at the Germans, who sank one of their earlier ships.

Action in the North Atlantic

1943

The Verdict poster
6.5

After an innocent man is executed in a case he was responsible for, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.

The Verdict

1946

Ivy poster
6.6

When Ivy, an Edwardian belle, begins to like Miles, a wealthy gentleman, she is unsure of what to do with her husband, Jervis, or her lover, Dr. Roger. She then hatches a plan to get rid of them both.

Ivy

1947

Swing Fever poster
6.0

Comedy about a bandleader with hypnotic powers.

Swing Fever

1943

Confidential Agent poster
5.5

During the Spanish Civil War, an agent on a mission to purchase coal meets with murder and counterspies.

Confidential Agent

1945

The Black Arrow poster
5.5

A young British nobleman comes back from fighting in the War of the Roses to discover that his father has been murdered by an old family friend who is now an outlaw. However, he becomes suspicious about the exact circumstances of his father's death and determines to find out exactly what happened.

The Black Arrow

1948

Road to Utopia poster
6.8

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.

Road to Utopia

1946

Thank Your Lucky Stars poster
6.2

An Eddie Cantor look-alike organizes an all-star show to help the war effort.

Thank Your Lucky Stars

1943

The Exile poster
6.3

In 17th-century England, Charles II, the rightful heir to the kingdom, is driven from his country by militants working for rogue leader Oliver Cromwell. Charles ends up in the Netherlands, where he falls for local beauty Katie and spends his days happily in the quiet countryside. Unfortunately, Cromwell's associate Col. Ingram and his men track Charles down, and the would-be monarch must resort to swashbuckling his way to freedom.

The Exile

1947

Sword in the Desert poster
7.5

First American film about the conflict between Jewish nationalists and the British in the creation of the state of Israel.

Sword in the Desert

1949

Blonde Savage poster
4.7

An expedition into the deep jungle discovers a native tribe led by a tall Caucasian blonde woman.

Blonde Savage

1947

Frenchman's Creek poster
5.8

An English lady falls in love with a French pirate after he kidnaps her from her ancestral home on the coast of Cornwall and sweeps her off her feet into a world of adventure.

Frenchman's Creek

1944

The Mysterious Doctor poster
5.9

The citizens of a tiny Cornish village are tormented during World War II by a headless ghost which is haunting the local tin mine.

The Mysterious Doctor

1943

Florian poster
4.5

Set against the backdrop of WWI Europe, a man and woman of different classes are brought together by their love of Lippizan horses.

Florian

1940

Enter Arsène Lupin poster
6.2

A rich but naive young woman is in possession of some priceless jewels. She herself doesn't know it, but a gang of jewel thieves does.

Enter Arsène Lupin

1944

1930s · 3 titles