Richard Lane
Birthday: 1899-05-27
Deathday: 1982-09-05
Birthplace: Rice Lake, Wisconsin, USA
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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Richard Lane (May 28, 1899 – September 5, 1982) was an American television announcer and actor who made his mark broadcasting wrestling and roller derby shows on KTLA-TV, mainly from the Grand Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Lane was born in 1899 in Rice Lake, Wisconsin to a farm family. Early in life he developed talents for reciting poetry and doing various song-and-dance acts.
By his teenage years, he was doing an "iron jaw" routine in circuses around Europe and worked as a drummer touring with a band in Australia. After the decline of vaudeville, Lane obtained extensive work in motion pictures and was best known at the time for playing Inspector John or William Faraday or Farraday (depending on the film) in all fourteen Boston Blackie Columbia Pictures features starring Chester Morris, starting with Meet Boston Blackie in 1941. During World War II, he appeared as emcee with USO troops entertaining G.I.s. His unit appeared at Fort MacArthur in September 1944. Lane also announced for the Jalopy Derby and Destruction Derby at Ascot Park, Gardena California.
Lane also played Faraday in the first radio version of Boston Blackie, which ran on NBC from June 23, 1944 to September 15, 1944.
Credits
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1976-12-17 | The Shaggy D.A. | Roller Rink Announcer |
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1972-08-02 | Kansas City Bomber | Len |
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1951-04-05 | I Can Get It for You Wholesale | Kelley |
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1950-08-04 | The Admiral Was a Lady | Marty Gruber |
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1950-05-16 | The Jackie Robinson Story | Hopper |
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1950-03-31 | Everybody's Dancin' | Colonel Ed Harrison |
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1950-03-24 | Quicksand | Lt. Nelson |
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1949-12-19 | There's a Girl in My Heart | Sergeant Mullin |
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1949-11-04 | The Big Wheel | Reno Riley |
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1949-05-12 | Flung by a Fling | Sgt. Dick Lane |
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1949-03-09 | Take Me Out to the Ball Game | Michael Gihuly |
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1949-03-02 | Boston Blackie's Chinese Venture | Inspector William R. Farraday |
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1949-02-11 | Miss Mink of 1949 | Herbert Pendelton |
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1949-01-13 | He's in Again | Dick |
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1948-09-16 | The Babe Ruth Story | Boston Braves' coach |
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1948-09-01 | The Creeper | Insp. Fenwick |
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1948-06-10 | Pardon My Lamb Chop | Dick, Shell-shocked Veteran |
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1948-05-13 | Trapped by Boston Blackie | Insp. William R. Farraday |
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1948-03-18 | The Return of the Whistler | Gaylord Traynor |
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1948-02-20 | Tenth Avenue Angel | Street Vendor |
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1948-02-10 | Two Nuts in a Rut | Richard Lane, producer |
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1947-08-09 | Wedding Belle | Dick Lane |
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1947-07-03 | Training for Trouble | Richard Lane |
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1947-04-21 | Out of the Blue | Detective Noonan |
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1947-02-26 | Song of Scheherazade | Lieutenant |
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1946-12-12 | Boston Blackie and the Law | Inspector Farraday |
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1946-11-21 | Sioux City Sue | Jefferson Lang |
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1946-10-05 | Gentleman Joe Palooka | Phillips |
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1946-09-12 | Pardon My Terror | Dick |
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1946-07-25 | Hot Water | Dick |
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1946-06-06 | Ain't Love Cuckoo? | Dick Lane |
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1946-05-02 | The Phantom Thief | Inspector John Farraday |
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1946-03-28 | Talk About a Lady | Duke Randall |
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1946-01-24 | A Close Call for Boston Blackie | Inspector Farraday |
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1946-01-11 | Girl on the Spot | Weepy McGurk |
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1945-12-06 | High Blood Pleasure | Dick |
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1945-07-05 | Boston Blackie's Rendezvous | Inspector Farraday |
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1945-06-08 | Wonder Man | Assistant District Attorney |
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1945-05-10 | Boston Blackie Booked on Suspicion | Insp. John Farraday |
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1945-05-01 | The Bullfighters | 'Hot Shot' Coleman |
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1945-04-13 | Two O'Clock Courage | Al Haley |
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1945-02-03 | What a Blonde | Pomeroy |
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1945-02-02 | Here Come the Co-eds | Near-Sighted Man at Ballroom |
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1944-11-30 | Brazil | Edward Graham |
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1944-11-03 | Bowery to Broadway | Walter Rogers |
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1944-10-21 | One Mysterious Night | Inspector Farraday |
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1944-10-07 | A Wave, a WAC and a Marine | Marty Allen |
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1944-07-19 | Mr. Winkle Goes to War | Sgt. 'Alphabet' Czeidrowski |
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1944-07-13 | Louisiana Hayride | J. Huntington McMasters |
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1944-06-09 | Take It Big | Eddie Hampton |
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1944-05-01 | Bermuda Mystery | Detective Sergeant Donovan |
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1944-04-01 | Slightly Terrific | Mike Hamilyon |
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1943-12-20 | Gung Ho! | Capt. Dunphy |
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1943-10-26 | The Chance of a Lifetime | Insp. John Farraday |
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1943-10-08 | Crazy House | S. E. Hanley |
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1943-09-29 | Corvette K-225 | Vice Admiral |
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1943-09-25 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Barney Johnson (uncredited) |
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1943-09-04 | Fired Wife | Orin Tracy |
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1943-07-04 | Don't Be a Sucker! | Soapbox Orator |
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1943-05-20 | Swing Your Partner | Mr. Lane |
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1943-03-20 | Air Force | Maj. W.G. Roberts |
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1943-03-18 | After Midnight with Boston Blackie | Inspector Farraday |
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1943-03-10 | It Ain't Hay | Slicker |
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1942-12-25 | Arabian Nights | Corporal |
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1942-12-24 | Time to Kill | Lt. Breeze |
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1942-11-09 | To the Shores of Tripoli | Lieutenant |
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1942-11-05 | Boston Blackie Goes Hollywood | Inspector Farraday |
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1942-10-02 | Dead End Kids Go To War | Don Ames |
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1942-08-07 | A-Haunting We Will Go | Phillips |
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1942-07-17 | Drums of the Congo | Coutlass |
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1942-05-09 | Dr. Broadway | Police Sgt. Patrick Doyle |
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1942-04-02 | Alias Boston Blackie | Inspector Farraday |
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1942-03-20 | Butch Minds the Baby | Harry the Horse |
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1942-02-13 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Pete Conway (uncredited) |
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1941-12-25 | Hellzapoppin' | Director |
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1941-12-08 | Confessions of Boston Blackie | Inspector John Farraday |
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1941-10-09 | Riders of the Purple Sage | Steve Oldring |
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1941-09-13 | Navy Blues | 'Rocky' Anderson |
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1941-06-20 | San Antonio Rose | Charles J. Willoughby |
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1941-06-06 | For Beauty's Sake | Mr. Jackman |
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1941-06-05 | Time Out for Rhythm | Mike Armstrong |
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1941-05-16 | The Cowboy and the Blonde | Gilbert |
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1941-03-26 | I Wanted Wings | Flight Commander |
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1941-03-14 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | Recruiting Officer |
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1941-03-13 | The Penalty | Craig |
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1941-02-20 | Meet Boston Blackie | Inspector Faraday |
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1941-02-07 | Ride, Kelly, Ride | Dan Thomas |
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1941-01-04 | Respect the Law | George Johnson |
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1940-11-22 | Youth Will Be Served | Mr. Hewitt |
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1940-09-13 | Hired Wife | McNab |
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1940-08-30 | Boom Town | Assistant D.A. |
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1940-06-07 | Brother Orchid | Mugsy O'Day |
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1940-05-24 | The Biscuit Eater | Harvey McNeil |
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1940-05-21 | Sandy Is a Lady | Philip Jarvis |
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1940-04-19 | Two Girls on Broadway | Buddy Bartell |
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1940-03-28 | Free, Blonde and 21 | Lieutenant Lake |
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1940-01-13 | City of Chance | Marty Connors |
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1939-12-13 | Nick Carter, Master Detective | Sam Vaughn |
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1939-11-22 | The Amazing Mr. Williams | Reagan (uncredited) |
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1939-11-02 | Main Street Lawyer | Ballou, Marco's Lawyer |
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1939-10-28 | Drunk Driving | Rick |
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1939-10-27 | Sued for Libel | Smiley Dugan |
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1939-10-06 | Hero for a Day | Abbott |
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1939-10-05 | The Escape | David Clifford |
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1939-09-13 | The Day the Bookies Wept | Ramsey Firpo |
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1939-07-31 | Mutiny on the Blackhawk | Kit Carson |
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1939-07-20 | News Is Made at Night | Barney Basely |
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1939-06-30 | Stronger Than Desire | Jerry Brody |
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1939-06-14 | Unexpected Father | Leo Murphy - Booking Agent |
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1939-06-08 | It Could Happen to You | District Attorney |
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1939-05-05 | Union Pacific | Sam Reed |
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1939-04-27 | For Love or Money | Foster |
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1939-04-07 | Mr. Moto in Danger Island | Police Commissioner Gordon |
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1938-12-30 | Charlie Chan in Honolulu | Joe Arnold |
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1938-12-07 | The Last Warning | Richard Lane |
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1938-11-11 | His Exciting Night | Homer Carslake |
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1938-11-05 | Exposed | Tony Mitchell |
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1938-10-07 | Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | Assistant Coach Jones |
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1938-08-05 | I'm from the City | Captain Oliver 'Ollie' Fitch |
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1938-07-01 | The Jitters | Dance Studio Manager |
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1938-05-25 | The Saint in New York | Dispatcher (Uncredited) |
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1938-05-20 | Blind Alibi | Bowers |
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1938-05-06 | Joy of Living | Harvey (Uncredited) |
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1938-04-22 | Go Chase Yourself | Nails |
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1938-04-08 | This Marriage Business | Joe Selby |
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1938-02-11 | Radio City Revels | Crane |
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1938-01-28 | Ears of Experience | The Boss |
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1938-01-14 | Everybody's Doing It | Steve Devers |
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1938-01-08 | The Dummy Owner | |
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1938-01-07 | Crashing Hollywood | Hugo Wells |
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1937-12-31 | Wise Girl | Detective |
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1937-11-18 | Danger Patrol | Bill |
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1937-10-14 | Many Unhappy Returns | Doctor |
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1937-10-08 | Saturday's Heroes | Red Watson |
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1937-09-10 | Should Wives Work? | |
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1937-09-03 | The Life of the Party | Hotel Manager |
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1937-08-20 | Flight from Glory | Mr. Hanson |
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1937-07-16 | Super-Sleuth | Barker |
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1937-07-02 | New Faces of 1937 | Broker |
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1937-05-21 | There Goes My Girl | Tim J. Whelan |
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1937-04-30 | You Can't Buy Luck | Det. McGrath |
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1937-04-16 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat | High-Grade |
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1937-04-15 | The Woman I Love | Florence's Boyfriend |
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1936-08-21 | Shake, Mr. Shakespeare | Mr. Smith |
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1936-08-15 | Punch and Beauty | Russ Biff |
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1936-03-14 | For the Love of Pete | McSwat's Cornerman |