Eugene Pallette

Born: 1889-07-07 in Winfield, Kansas, USA

Died: 1954-09-03

Known For: Acting

Biography

Eugene William Pallette (July 8, 1889 – September 3, 1954) was an American actor. He appeared in over 240 silent era and sound era motion pictures between 1913 and 1946. An overweight man with large stomach and deep, gravelly voice, Pallette is probably best-remembered for comic character roles such as Alexander Bullock, Carole Lombard's father, in My Man Godfrey (1936), his role as Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) starring Errol Flynn and his similar role as Fray Felipe in The Mark of Zorro (1940) starring Tyrone Power Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene Pallette, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1997

Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line as Self (archive footage)

1984

Going Hollywood: The '30s as (archive footage)

1983

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1976

Bob Hope's World of Comedy as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)

1946

In Old Sacramento as Sheriff Jim Wales
Suspense as Harry Wheeler

1945

The Cheaters as James C. Pidgeon

1944

Step Lively as Simon Jenkins
Pin Up Girl as Barney Briggs
Sensations of 1945 as Gus Crane
Heavenly Days as Senator Bigbee
In the Meantime, Darling as Henry B. Preston
Lake Placid Serenade as Carl Cermak

1943

Heaven Can Wait as E.F. Strabel
The Gang's All Here as Andrew Mason Sr.
It Ain't Hay as Gregory Warner
The Kansan as Tom Waggoner
Slightly Dangerous as Durstin
The Voice That Thrilled the World as Self (segment 'Lights of New York') (archive footage)

1942

The Big Street as Nicely Nicely Johnson
The Forest Rangers as Howard Huston
The Male Animal as Ed Keller
Tales of Manhattan as Luther
Silver Queen as Steve Adams
Lady in a Jam as Billingsley
Are Husbands Necessary? as Bunker
Almost Married as Doctor Dobson

1941

The Lady Eve as Horace Pike
Swamp Water as Jeb McKane
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Appointment for Love as George Hastings
The Bride Came C.O.D. as Lucius K. Winfield
Unfinished Business as Elmer
Ride, Kelly, Ride as Duke Martin
World Premiere as Gregory Martin

1940

The Mark of Zorro as Friar Felipe
Young Tom Edison as Mr. Nelson
It's a Date as Gov. Allen
Sandy Is a Lady as P.J. Barnett
A Little Bit of Heaven as Herrington
He Stayed for Breakfast as Maurice Duval

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington as Chick McGann
First Love as James Clinton
Wife, Husband and Friend as Mike Craig

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood as Friar Tuck
Breakdowns of 1938 as Friar Tuck (archive footage) (uncredited)
There Goes My Heart as Mr. Stevens - Editor

1937

Topper as Casey
Clarence as Mr. Wheeler
One Hundred Men and a Girl as John R. Frost
She Had to Eat as Raymond Q. Nash
The Crime Nobody Saw as 'Babe' Lawton

1936

My Man Godfrey as Alexander Bullock
Stowaway as Colonel
Easy to Take as Reginald "Doc" Kraft
The Luckiest Girl in the World as Campbell Duncan
The Golden Arrow as Mr. Samuel Burke-Meyers
Dishonour Bright as Busby

1935

Black Sheep as Col. Upton Calhoun Belcher
Steamboat Round the Bend as Sheriff Rufe Jeffers
The Ghost Goes West as Mr. Joe Martin
Bordertown as Charles 'Charlie' Roark
All the King's Horses as Conrad Q. Conley
Baby Face Harrington as Uncle Henry

1934

Caravan as Gypsy Chief
Friends of Mr. Sweeney as Wynn Rixey
Strictly Dynamite as Sourwood
I've Got Your Number as Joseph 'Joe' Flood
The Dragon Murder Case as Sgt. Ernest Heath
One Exciting Adventure as Kleinsilber
Cross Country Cruise as Willy Bronson
Making the Rounds

1933

Mr. Skitch as Cliff Merriweather
Hell Below as Mac Dougal - Chief Torpedo Man
The Kennel Murder Case as Detective Heath
Storm at Daybreak as Janos
Made on Broadway as Terwilliger
From Headquarters as Sgt. Boggs
Sailor Beware! as Jonesy
Hip Zip Hooray as Sheriff Bell
Shanghai Madness as Lobo Lonergan

1932

Shanghai Express as Sam Salt
Wild Girl as Yuba Bill
The Half-Naked Truth as Achilles
Off His Base as Jerry Minor
Dancers in the Dark as Gus
Strangers of the Evening as Detective Brubacher
Tom Brown of Culver as Deaf Diner
The Night Mayor as Hymie Shane
Thunder Below as Bill Horner
Always Kickin'

1931

The Stolen Jools as Reporter
Girls About Town as Benjamin Thomas
Gun Smoke as Stub Wallock
Huckleberry Finn as Duke of Bilgewater
Dude Ranch as Judd
Fighting Caravans as Seth Higgins
It Pays to Advertise as Cyrus Martin

1930

The Sea God as Square Deal McCarthy
Paramount on Parade as Sergeant Heath
Follow Thru as J.C. Effingham
Let's Go Native as Deputy Sheriff 'Careful' Cuthbert
The Border Legion as Bunco Davis
Sea Legs as Hyacinth Nitouche
The Santa Fe Trail as Doc Brady
The Benson Murder Case as Sgt. Edward Heath
Men Are Like That as Traffic Cop
The Kibitzer as Klaus
Playboy of Paris as Pierre Bourdin
Slightly Scarlet as Sylvester Corbett

1929

Pointed Heels as Joe Carrington
The Love Parade as Minister of War
The Virginian as 'Honey' Wiggin
The Canary Murder Case as Sergeant Heath
The Dummy as Madison
The Studio Murder Mystery as Detective Lieutenant Dirk
The Greene Murder Case as Sergeant Heath

1928

1927

Fluttering Hearts as Motorcycle Cop
The Battle of the Century as Insurance agent (uncredited)
The Second 100 Years as Dinner Host (uncredited)
Moulders of Men as Barney Mulholland
Sugar Daddies as Hardy look-alike
Jewish Prudence as Rent Collector
Chicago as Rodney Casley
Should Men Walk Home? as Detective, Intelligence Bureau
The Lighter That Failed as Charley's Brother-in-Law
Many Scrappy Returns as Wellington - Charley's Brother
Assistant Wives as Charley's Boss

1926

Whispering Canyon as Harvey Hawes
Whispering Smith as Bill Dancing
You Never Know Women as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Volga Boatman as Revolutionary
Mantrap as E. Wesson Woodbury
Desert Valley as Deputy
Rocking Moon as Side Money

1925

Wild Horse Mesa as Melberne Townsman
The Light of Western Stars as Stub (as Gene Pallette)
Without Mercy as Simon Linke

1924

The Cyclone Rider as Eddie
The Wolf Man as Pierre
Wandering Husbands as Percy
Stupid, but Brave as Richard Peeling
The Galloping Fish as Anti-Volstead Esquire

1923

The Ten Commandments as Israelite Slave (uncredited)
North of Hudson Bay as Peter Dane
To the Last Man as Simm Bruce
Hell's Hole as Pablo

1922

Without Compromise as Tommy Ainsworth

1918

Breakers Ahead as Jim Hawley
Tarzan of the Apes
His Robe of Honor as Clifford Nordhoff
The Turn of a Card as Eddie Barrett
Madam Who as Lieutenant Conroy
No Man's Land as Sidney Dundas

1917

The World Apart as Clyde Holt
The Heir of the Ages as Larry Payne
The Ghost House as Spud Foster
The Winning of Sally Temple as Sir John Gorham
The Bond Between as Raoul Vaux
Each to His Kind as Dick Larimer
A Man's Man as Captain Benevido
The Marcellini Millions as Mr. Murray

1916

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Prosper Latour (French Story)
Sunshine Dad as Alfred Evergreen
Gretchen the Greenhorn as Rodgers
Hell-to-Pay Austin as Harry Tracey
The Children in the House as Arthur Vincent
Going Straight as Jimmy Briggs

1915

The Birth of a Nation as Union Soldier (uncredited)
The Terror of the Mountains as Soapy Smith
How Hazel Got Even as Patsy
The Spell of the Poppy as Manfredi
After Twenty Years as Tom's Grown Son

1914

Turned Back as Tom Johnston
The Tardy Cannon Ball as Dink
The Thief and the Book as The Fly
The Sheriff's Prisoner as John Walsh - the Miner
A Pair of Cuffs
The Stolen Ore as Dick Raleigh