Carl Ballantine

Acting

Carl Ballantine

Born 1917-09-27 · Chicago, Illinois, USA

Carl Ballantine was an American magician, comedian and actor. Billing himself as "The Great Ballantine", "The Amazing Ballantine" or "Ballantine: The World's Greatest Magician", his vaudeville-style comedy routine involved transparent or incompetent stage magic tricks, which tended to flop and go "hilariously awry" to the wisecracking Ballantine's mock chagrin. He has been credited with creating comedy magic and has influenced comedians and magicians alike.

Acting credits

Penelope poster
5.4

When Penelope gets married to banker James Elcott, she finds him too preoccupied with work to pay much attention to her, so she robs his bank in disguise. After she confesses to her psychiatrist, Greg Mannix, he offers to return the money for her, as he is secretly in love with her. However, he abandons the money when the police approach. Penelope becomes determined to admit to the crime, but neither James nor the police believe her story.

Penelope

1966

The World's Greatest Lover poster
5.6

When frustrated movie studio mogul Adolph Zitz announces a talent search for a romantic leading man to rival the great Rudolph Valentino, thousands of hopefuls decend upon Hollywood. Rudy Valentine, a neurotic baker from Milwaukee, knows little about romance or acting. But when his wife leaves him for the real Valentino, Rudy goes to outrageous lengths to win the role of a lifetime and win back the love of his life.

The World's Greatest Lover

1977

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce poster
10.0

A divorced woman comes up with a scheme to make her ex-husband jealous, so she can get him back.

How to Break Up a Happy Divorce

1976

The Best of Times poster
5.7

A small-town loser determines to have one more shot at the big time by winning a football game.

The Best of Times

1986

Vaudeville poster
8.0

Vaudeville is a 1997 PBS documentary under its American Masters program. Using film clips and photos, the art and history of vaudeville (1890-1930s) is illustrated.

Vaudeville

1997

The Shakiest Gun in the West poster
6.2

Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise. Haywood inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid".

The Shakiest Gun in the West

1968

Susan's Plan poster
4.8

Susan wants her reprehensible ex-husband dead and, in several bungled attempts by henchmen, tries to accomplish the deed.

Susan's Plan

1998

The Girl Most Likely To... poster
6.6

An ugly girl undergoes plastic surgery and becomes beautiful. She then takes revenge on all the people who mistreated her when she was ugly.

The Girl Most Likely To...

1973

My Giant poster
5.4

Sammy, an agitated agent lost in the forest of the modern world, happens upon a gentle giant with a tall talent for friendship named Max.

My Giant

1998

Nickel & Dime poster
6.0

A P.I. hasn't paid taxes in ages. When the IRS sends an accountant to investigate him, his only way out is to solve his latest case of a missing heiress. However, someone wants to prevent this.

Nickel & Dime

1992

Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin poster
7.5

The Webslinger faces the ultimate challenge when his arch-nemesis discovers his identity and kidnaps his one true love, Mary Jane Watson.

Spider-Man: The Return of the Green Goblin

2002

Mr. Saturday Night poster
5.9

Buddy Young was the comic's comic, beloved by everyone. Now, playing to miniscule crowds in nursing homes, it seems like everybody but Buddy realizes that he should retire. As Buddy looks for work in show business, he realizes that the rest of the world has forgotten the golden days of Buddy Young, and that there just may not be room in the business for an old comic like himself.

Mr. Saturday Night

1992

The Million Dollar Kid poster
3.4

The Hunter family has hit the jackpot--scoring a winning 50 million dollar lottery ticket! But when the ticket is lost on the way to cashing it in, the Hunters face overwhelming obstacles in chasing down the ticket before it is stolen by some unsavory characters in this madcap action comedy.

The Million Dollar Kid

2000

Speedway poster
5.9

A race car driver tries to outrun the beautiful tax auditor out to settle his account.

Speedway

1968

No artwork available
NR

Takes a look at twelve working actors in Hollywood over 80 and how they have managed to survive this crazy business.

Troupers

2011

Just You and Me, Kid poster
5.5

George Burns stars as a former vaudevillian who befriends a young runaway, played by 14-year old Brooke Shields, who is being chased by drug dealers.

Just You and Me, Kid

1979

McHale's Navy poster
5.3

The crew of PT-73 get into trouble when they back the wrong horse in a race. Now they have to come up with a way to raise the money to pay off the winners.

McHale's Navy

1964

Revenge of the Cheerleaders poster
4.4

The frisky cheerleading team at the anarchic Aloha High sets out to foil the plans of their local school board president, after he attempts to shut the school down in order to develop the land into a shopping mall.

Revenge of the Cheerleaders

1976

The North Avenue Irregulars poster
6.6

When crooks set up operations in a traditional town, a minister and a group of church ladies are willing to do anything, no matter how wacky, to get them out.

The North Avenue Irregulars

1979

Saga of Sonora poster
9.0

A musical TV special with Vince Edwards as a hero who must stop gold-greedy villains, Jill St. John and Zero Mostel, and prove his love to his girl, Lesley Ann Warren.

Saga of Sonora

1973

Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story poster
10.0

A feature film about the life of Aimee Semple McPherson, the famed evangelist of the 1920s.

Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story

2006

Hollywood Chaos poster
7.0

A farm girl from Iowa moves to Hollywood to pursue her dreams in show business. She joins a major production chorus line, but chaos ensues when all the major actors drop out and are replaced by look-alikes.

Hollywood Chaos

1989

No artwork available
5.5

A down-and-out writer, Nick Sennet, runs into Harry, a man that, legend has it, died long ago. Together they attempt to revitalize a defunct factory as well as their lives.

Farewell to Harry

2002