Charles La Torre

Acting

Charles La Torre

Born — Died

1894-04-15 — 1990-02-20

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

34 titles

Known for

Batman poster
7.3

Wealthy entrepreneur Bruce Wayne and his ward Dick Grayson lead a double life: they are actually crime fighting duo Batman and Robin. A secret Batpole in the Wayne mansion leads to the Batcave, where Police Commissioner Gordon often calls with the latest emergency threatening Gotham City. Racing to the scene of the crime in the Batmobile, Batman and Robin must (with the help of their trusty Bat-utility-belt) thwart the efforts of a variety of master criminals, including The Riddler, The Joker, Catwoman, and The Penguin.

Batman

1966

The Rogues poster
8.0

The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and heinously unscrupulous mark. Although it won the 1964 Golden Globe award for Best Television Series, the show was cancelled after one season consisting of thirty episodes.

The Rogues

1964

Casablanca poster
8.1

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Casablanca

1943

A Double Life poster
6.3

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

A Double Life

1947

A Bell for Adano poster
6.0

Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.

A Bell for Adano

1945

Background to Danger poster
6.7

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Background to Danger

1943

Film credits

1950s · 10 titles

Sailor Beware poster
6.2

Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy.

Sailor Beware

1952

Talk About a Stranger poster
6.2

Small-town gossips rage over the arrival of a mysterious stranger.

Talk About a Stranger

1952

Sunset in the West poster
7.4

Deputy sheriff Roy helps an elderly peacekeeper stop gunrunners who smuggle their weapons via the railroad.

Sunset in the West

1950

711 Ocean Drive poster
6.4

A telephone repairman in Los Angeles uses his knowledge of electronics to help a bookie set up a betting operation. After the bookie is murdered, the greedy technician takes over his business. He ruthlessly climbs his way to the top of the local crime syndicate, but then gangsters from a big East Coast mob show up wanting a piece of his action.

711 Ocean Drive

1950

Bomba and the Hidden City poster
5.0

A nature photographer and his guide meet a corrupt emir with a dirty secret. Only jungle-dwelling Bomba knows the truth.

Bomba and the Hidden City

1950

The Man Who Understood Women poster
3.9

A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.

The Man Who Understood Women

1959

Phantom Stallion poster
9.0

Ex-cavalry buddies, Rex and Slim, band together to capture a wild stallion, solve a murder and thwart the killers from cheating a boy out of his inheritance.

Phantom Stallion

1954

Harbor of Missing Men poster
6.3

A smuggler hides from hit men with a Greek fisherman and his daughter.

Harbor of Missing Men

1950

Secrets of Monte Carlo poster
8.0

A U.S. businessman abroad is the patsy for the theft of a rajah's jewels.

Secrets of Monte Carlo

1951

Paris Playboys poster
5.0

Sach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel. Enemy agents, mistaking Sach for the scientist, attempt to kidnap him and get the formula for the fuel.

Paris Playboys

1954

1940s · 21 titles

Casablanca poster
8.1

In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.

Casablanca

1943

A Double Life poster
6.3

A Shakespearian actor starring as Othello opposite his wife finds the character's jealous rage taking over his mind off-stage.

A Double Life

1947

A Bell for Adano poster
6.0

Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.

A Bell for Adano

1945

Background to Danger poster
6.7

An American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.

Background to Danger

1943

Yolanda and the Thief poster
6.0

Johnny Riggs, a con man on the lam, finds himself in a Latin-American country named Patria. There, he overhears a convent-bred rich girl praying to her guardian angel for help in managing her tangled business affairs. Riggs decides to materialize as the girl's "angel", gains her unquestioning confidence, and helps himself to the deluded girl's millions. Just as he and his partner are about to flee Patria with their booty, Riggs realizes he has fallen in love with the girl and returns the money, together with a note that is part confession and part love letter. But the larcenous duo's escape from Patria turns out to be more difficult than they could ever have imagined.

Yolanda and the Thief

1945

A Thousand and One Nights poster
6.1

On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, when rubbed, summons up Babs the genie. He uses it to return as a visiting prince asking for the princess's hand. Unfortunately for him, the sultan's wicked twin brother has secretly usurped the throne, someone else is after the lamp for his own ends, and Babs has taken a shine to Aladdin herself and is bent on wrecking his endeavours.

A Thousand and One Nights

1945

A Song to Remember poster
6.5

Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, where he eventually comes under the wing and influence of novelist George Sand and rises to prominence in the music world, to the exclusion of his old friends and patriotic feelings towards Poland.

A Song to Remember

1945

Passage to Marseille poster
6.7

A freedom-loving French journalist sacrifices his happiness and security to battle Nazi tyranny.

Passage to Marseille

1944

Adventure poster
6.4

A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

Adventure

1945

Panhandle poster
5.8

An ex-gunfighter woos two women while avenging his brother, victim of a crooked gambler.

Panhandle

1948

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty poster
6.7

Kathy lives in a cramped New York flat with her father Madden Thomas, a celebrated actor brought down by drink. Lame from an early age and feeling trapped with her father in her small world, Kathy is delighted to meet fellow tenant Robert. When Madden is offered the lead in a new King Lear and Robert lands a composing job in Hollywood, better times seem for a while to beckon.

Life Begins at Eight-Thirty

1942

Dillinger poster
5.9

The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.

Dillinger

1945

The Hairy Ape poster
6.3

Aboard ship, a spoiled woman (Susan Hayward) insults the brutish stoker (William Bendix) while watching him work.

The Hairy Ape

1944

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

Mission to Moscow poster
5.7

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism.

Mission to Moscow

1943

Dr. Renault's Secret poster
5.5

A remake of the 1927 horror film "The Wizard". Dr. Larry Forbes arrives in a remote French village to visit his fiancée who lives with her scientist father Dr. Renault and his Ape-like manservant Noel. Several Murders coincide with Dr. Forbes arrival, with clues pointing in multiple directions.

Dr. Renault's Secret

1942

The Notorious Elinor Lee poster
4.0

Gangsters use a woman to get to a boxer and convince him to throw a big fight.

The Notorious Elinor Lee

1940

Secret Service In Darkest Africa poster
7.0

An American secret agent travels to Africa to infiltrate a Nazi spy ring.

Secret Service In Darkest Africa

1943

Louisiana Purchase poster
6.3

A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.

Louisiana Purchase

1941

French Leave poster
7.0

Merchant seaman Skitch Kilroy (Jackie Cooper) and "Pappy" Reagan (Jackie Coogan)arrive in Marseilles, eager to resume their combative rivalry for Mimi. But they are ordered by their skipper Muldoon (Ralph Sanford) to remain on board and guard against theft of foodstuffs by a black market gang.

French Leave

1948

Jam Session poster
7.0

A young woman from Kansas (Ann Miller) arrives in Hollywood with hopes of a movie career.

Jam Session

1944

Series credits