
Acting
Charley Foy
Born 1898-06-10 · Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Acting credits
6.2Vaudeville entertainer Eddie Foy, who has vowed to forever keep his act a solo, falls in love with and marries Italian ballerina Madeleine. While they continue to tour the circuit, they begin a family and before long have seven little Foys to clutter the wings. After tragedy threatens to stall Eddie's career, he comes to realize that his little terrors are worth their weight in gold. - Chris Stone
The Seven Little Foys
1955
8.0A stage-struck small-towner is tricked in backing a bad straight play, but it turns out to be a unintentional comedy hit. Problems arise, when he is sued for plagiarism.
Dance Charlie Dance
1937
5.3A scatterbrained waitress invests her inheritance in a broken-down race horse and a sweepstakes ticket.
Sweepstakes Winner
1939
6.8A paroled convict's efforts to improve conditions at a boys' reform school alarm the school's corrupt warden, who has been embezzling funds from the institution. He hatches a plan to derail the reformed convict's efforts and have him sent back to prison, and part of that scheme involves cracking down hard on the reform school's inmates.
Hell's Kitchen
1939
6.4Physician Carole Nelson, suspected of having ties to notorious gangster Joe Gurney, must prove her innocence or the Medical Board will revoke her license. When Gurney seeks her out for treatment after being shot, it could be the break Nelson needs. Now she has a chance to use her medical know-how to outwit Gurney and his goons and reestablish her professional reputation.
King of the Underworld
1939
5.9A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
Midnight Intruder
1938
6.5An escaped circus lion provides the impetus for the meeting of carnival owner Nick Coster and Matt Varney, a small-town man who suddenly becomes a lion tamer when he manages to subdue the big cat. While acclimating to carnival life, Matt begins a romance with Nick's sister, Mary, causing tension between Matt and Nick. The latter must also juggle his stormy relationship with glamorous circus star Flo Lorraine.
The Wagons Roll at Night
1941
6.0In this musical short, a waitress at the Warner Bros. commissary gets her big break.
Swingtime in the Movies
1938
5.3A young man forges a check in order to help his mother, but is caught and sentenced to 14 years in prison...
Mutiny in the Big House
1939
6.3Two troublesome boys grow into very different men, one becoming a hoodlum and the other embracing college but both are in-love with the same girl.
East of the River
1940
6.2A temperamental director multiple times completely changes the concept during a movie's production.
Quiet, Please
1939
6.4Bat Masterson, who after failing to secure a job as a newspaper reporter becomes marshal of Dodge City. Preferring socializing to peacekeeping, Masterson falls in love with Dora Hand, the obligatory golden-hearted chorus girl whose concern for the welfare of her fellow citizens at time reaches Madonna-like dimensions. When Dora is shot down cattle baron King Kennedy, Masterson begins taking his job seriously. After taking care of Kennedy, Masterson determines to enshrine the memory of Dora, whose efforts to clean up Dodge City were largely ignored by the "decent" townsfolk.
The Woman of the Town
1943
6.0Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.
Penrod and His Twin Brother
1938
5.5A reporter gets himself sent to prison to expose a mobster.
Blackwell's Island
1939
5.8Madge Winton, a beautiful secretary, makes herself look homely in order to avoid advances by lecherous bosses. When her new employer, writer Freddy Matthews, accidentally sees her without her disguise, she has to pretend to be her roommate Sadie.
Ever Since Eve
1937
6.0To spite his girlfriend, the owner of a successful bus company, an auto racer goes to work for her rival.
The Daredevil Drivers
1938
6.7American Steve Kendall, a freighter's radio officer, discovers seaman Carlson sending an unauthorized message ashore as the ship approaches his war-poised homeland. Carlson is shot in cold blood when he jumps ship and Kendall, implicated in the espionage, swims ashore to avoid arrest. A woman he meets at the dock hides him in her apartment, where he learns Carlson was her brother, and they both work in a sabotage ring. Nedra is a singer at Tio's Cafe, and she approaches Tio for help when both the saboteurs and the secret police try to capture Steve.
Conspiracy
1939
5.3The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
The Adventurous Blonde
1937
5.1After losing his bid for district attorney, an aspiring young lawyer agrees to defend a ring of car thieves.
Midnight Court
1937
6.3Reporter Terry Brewer goes to the Los Angeles airport to say goodbye to his sweetheart, airline hostess Rita Moore. He notices G-Man Mike Phelan among the passengers and assuming Phelan is on the trail of a criminal, decides to go along to get a story.
Fugitive in the Sky
1936
5.3An ex-gambler hooks up with an old flame after his old habit resurfaces and drives off his wife.
Wine, Women and Horses
1937
6.0A jockey tries to overcome the reputation of his father, who once threw a race.
Down the Stretch
1936
7.0Salesman develops a fake stock plan in new invention before it is finished.
Hot Money
1936
The Foy Family performs a vaudeville act.
Chips of the Old Block
1928