Acting

Norman Phillips Jr.

Born — Died

1917-07-17 — 1990-11-14

Place of birth

Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

22 titles

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 4 titles

1930s · 16 titles

Confessions of a Nazi Spy poster
6.1

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939

The Band Plays On poster
8.3

A judge hands four wayward boys to a college football coach who turns them into backfield stars.

The Band Plays On

1934

Dust Be My Destiny poster
6.5

Embittered after serving time for a burglary he did not commit, Joe Bell is soon back in jail, on a prison farm. His love for the foreman's daughter leads to a fight between them, leading to the older man's death due to a weak heart. Joe and Mabel go on the run as he thinks no-one would believe a nobody like him.

Dust Be My Destiny

1939

Hotel Imperial poster
7.0

It is the fate of a small frontier town, adjoining the no-man's-land where the Russians and Austrians are fighting out one of the final campaigns of World War I, to be occupied one day by the Russians, the next by the Austrians, and the inhabitants soon acquire a complacent view of the changing allegiances. To the town comes Ann Warschaska, intent on avenging the suicide of her sister, who has killed herself after being betrayed by an Austrian officer. She knows no more about his identity than the number of his room at the "Hotel Imperial".

Hotel Imperial

1939

You're Only Young Once poster
5.7

Andy Hardy and his sister find romance during a family vacation in Catalina.

You're Only Young Once

1937

Tom Brown of Culver poster
6.8

Boy who thought his father a war hero finds he was really a deserter.

Tom Brown of Culver

1932

Sidewalks of New York poster
6.2

A dim-witted slumlord tries to reform a gang of urban boys (and impress an attractive young woman) by transforming their rough neighborhood into a more decent place.

Sidewalks of New York

1931

There Goes My Heart poster
7.3

An heiress takes a job as a department store clerk.

There Goes My Heart

1938

The Gracie Allen Murder Case poster
6.3

Super-sleuth Philo Vance faces the zaniest case of his career when Gracie Allen "helps" him try to solve the murder of an escaped convict. As she attempts to clear the name of a friend accused of the killing, her wacky, scatterbrained ways constantly impede the investigation.

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

1939

Lovers Courageous poster
6.0

A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.

Lovers Courageous

1932

Off the Record poster
6.4

After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go to prison.

Off the Record

1939

A Criminal Is Born poster
7.4

An entry in MGM's Crime Does Not Pay series, this short tells the true story of how a young man, ignored by his parents, gets into a gang and starts a crime spree which leads to murder.

A Criminal Is Born

1938

Our Neighbors - The Carters poster
9.0

A small town drugstore owner considers selling one of his children for money.

Our Neighbors - The Carters

1939

The Long Shot poster
6.0

A racetrack melodrama, The Long Shot features Marsha Hunt and Gordon Jones as trainers of a thoroughbred horse. Despite the rivalries of their parents, the couple prepares to jointly enter the Santa Anita handicap. The odds are against their entry, but Hunt and Jones have every confidence of winning. Just before the starting bugle, gangsters intrude, demanding that the trainers throw the Big Race.

The Long Shot

1939

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NR

In this short from Educational Pictures, teenaged Sonny is working hard for the upcoming boxing match against his rival, Harry. Much of the film consists of his preparing for the match as well as his little sister's antics. When the match finally arrives, Harry is beating the snot out of Sonny and the only hope for Sonny is if he cheats...which he does without realizing it!

Knockout Drops

1935

The Midnight Special poster
10.0

A thrilling drama of young love and the great sacrifice made by railroad workers that we may travel in safety. (Print ad- Evening News, Tonawanda, N.Y. 4 February 1931)

The Midnight Special

1930