George Dolenz

Acting

George Dolenz

Born 1908-01-05 · Trieste, Austria-Hungary

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. George Dolenz (originally George Dolentz, born Jure Dolenc) (5 January 1908 - 8 February 1963) was an American film actor born in Trieste (then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Italy), in the city's Slovene community. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Dolenz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

The Last Time I Saw Paris poster
6.1

Reporter Charles Wills, in Paris to cover the end of World War II, falls for the beautiful Helen Ellswirth following a brief flirtation with her sister, Marion. After he and Helen marry, Charles pursues his novelistic ambition while supporting his new bride with a deadening job at a newspaper wire service. But when an old investment suddenly makes the family wealthy, their marriage begins to unravel — until a sudden tragedy changes everything.

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954

My Cousin Rachel poster
6.7

A young man plots revenge against the woman he believes murdered his cousin, but his plans are shaken when he comes face to face with the enigmatic beauty.

My Cousin Rachel

1952

Easy to Look At poster
7.0

In this musical, a talented aspiring costume designer leaves her small town to seek her fortune in the Big Apple. The girl, who is also a singer, soon begins establishing herself in the fashion industry, but when a rival accuses her of stealing a pattern, her career is nearly destroyed. Fortunately, a handsome, romantic hero is around to help her clear her name. Songs include: "Come Along My Heart", "That does It", "Swing Low Sweet Lariat" and "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?".

Easy to Look At

1945

Scared Stiff poster
6.5

A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer...

Scared Stiff

1953

No Time for Love poster
7.0

An upper-class female reporter is (despite herself) attracted to a hulking laborer digging a tunnel under the Hudson River.

No Time for Love

1943

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse poster
6.0

In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962

Sign of the Pagan poster
6.0

Roman centurion Marcian is captured by Attila the Hun en route to Constantinople, but escapes. On arrival, he finds the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius plotting with Attila to look the other way while the latter marches against Rome. But Marcian gains the favor of Pulcheria, lovely sister of Theodosius, who favors a united Empire.

Sign of the Pagan

1954

Young Ideas poster
5.3

A widowed lecturer's two grown children try to break up what they believe is her inappropriate romance with a staid college professor.

Young Ideas

1943

In Society poster
5.8

Two bumbling plumbers are hired by a socialite to fix a leak. A case of mistaken identity gets the pair an invitation to a fancy party and an entree into high society. As expected, things don't go too smoothly.

In Society

1944

The Climax poster
5.5

Dr. Hohner, theatre physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, murders his mistress, the star soprano when his jealousy drives him to the point of mad obsession. Ten years later, another young singer reminds Hohner of the late diva and his old mania kicks in. Hohner wants to prevent her from singing for anyone but him, even if it means silencing her forever.

The Climax

1944

Wings of the Hawk poster
5.7

Gringo miner Gallager is caught up in the Mexican revolution of 1910-11 when corrupt administrator Ruiz appropriates his mine. Gallager saves the life of guerilla leader Raquel, then finds there's a price on his head; he becomes romantically involved with her in the course of a series of rescues and ambushes, leading up to Orozco's march on Ciudad Juarez.

Wings of the Hawk

1953

The Purple Mask poster
5.8

France, 1803: 11 years after the Revolution, a royalist underground is led by a new 'Scarlet Pimpernel', the Purple Mask, who rescues nobles in distress and kidnaps Napoleon's officials for ransom, aided by the spy services of a group of lovely models headed by Laurette (really the Duc de Latour's daughter). But even she doesn't know the Purple Mask's real identity as foppish dancing master Rene...

The Purple Mask

1955

Resisting Enemy Interrogation poster
6.6

A downed American bomber crew quickly falls prey to the clever interrogation techniques of the Germans in this dramatic WW2 training film.

Resisting Enemy Interrogation

1944

A Bullet for Joey poster
5.8

Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.

A Bullet for Joey

1955

Song of Scheherazade poster
6.6

In 1865, the cadets of a Russian Naval Academy ship have shore leave in Morocco; among them is (fictionalized) future composer 'Nicky' Rimsky-Korsakov. In search of a piano, Nicky and singing ship's doctor Klin meet a family of once-wealthy Spanish colonists...and their daughter Cara who secretly dances in a cabaret. Romantic complications ensue, but Nicky seems less interested in Cara's favors than in inspirations for his future masterpieces.

Song of Scheherazade

1947

The Sad Sack poster
5.7

Private Meredith Bixby is so out of step in the Army that his six weeks of planned basic training has now stretched to 17 months. After he loses a tank, WAC Major Shelton, a psychologist, is assigned to make a good soldier out of him. She requests Corporal Dolan and Private Stan Wensalawsky to help with the training. Dolan and Stan both have scores to settle with Bixby and their "guidance" leads to more mishaps. Sergeant Pulley has them shipped out to Morocco. On leave in North Africa, Bixy wanders alone into a bar, has a few Moroccan Delights, which he thinks are malted milks, and becomes convinced that exotic singer-dancer Zita is THE girl for him.

The Sad Sack

1957

The Racers poster
6.7

An Italian daredevil turns Grand Prix driver and works his way up to Le Mans with his ballerina lover.

The Racers

1955

Girl on the Spot poster
10.0

Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot", with a result that either G&S and/or the plot are always seemingly on stage-wait or in the wings awaiting a cue. Lois Collier is the girl-on-the-spot of the title because she was on the scene of a murder. The police conclude she didn't do it and they use her to set a trap for the real killer, a G&S addict, by financing a Broadway production starring Collier.

Girl on the Spot

1946

Song of the Sarong poster
7.0

An adventurer is promised $1 million if he can recover a fortune in pearls, but they are guarded by a tribe of fierce natives.

Song of the Sarong

1945

Bowery to Broadway poster
10.0

Two Bowery vaudevillians find success in producing shows on Broadway, but when one of them suddenly departs to work for a beautiful woman, a feud erupts.

Bowery to Broadway

1944

Night in Paradise poster
6.5

Aesop of fable fame poses as an old man and woos away a princess who wants a king for his gold.

Night in Paradise

1946

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler poster
5.2

Austrian actor Franz Huber, known for his impressions, is captured by the Gestapo and forced into plastic surgery to become Hitler's body double. Their plan is to poison Hitler and use Huber to take control of the Reich. Meanwhile, Huber's wife Anna sees her life coming undone as her husband has disappeared and her two sons are indoctrinated into the Hitler Youth.

The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler

1943

She's for Me poster
8.0

Two lawyers fall for their beautiful client.

She's for Me

1943

Vendetta poster
6.5

The daughter of a slain man pushes her brother toward vengeance in 19th-century Corsica.

Vendetta

1950