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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

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
The Golden Arrow as Mr. Samuel Burke-Meyers
The Luckiest Girl in the World as Campbell Duncan
Easy to Take as Reginald "Doc" Kraft
Dishonour Bright as Busby

1935

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

1934

Friends of Mr. Sweeney as Wynn Rixey
Caravan as Gypsy Chief
The Dragon Murder Case as Sgt. Ernest Heath
I've Got Your Number as Joseph 'Joe' Flood
One Exciting Adventure as Kleinsilber
Strictly Dynamite as Sourwood
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
Shanghai Madness as Lobo Lonergan
Hip Zip Hooray as Sheriff Bell
Sailor Beware! as Jonesy

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

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 Greene Murder Case as Sergeant Heath
The Studio Murder Mystery as Detective Lieutenant Dirk
The Dummy as Madison

1928

Aching Youth as Gene
Lights of New York as Gene
His Private Life as Henri Bérgere
Out of the Ruins as Volange
The Red Mark as Sergeo
Should Women Drive?
The Swell Head

1927

Fluttering Hearts as Motorcycle Cop
Sugar Daddies as Hardy look-alike
The Battle of the Century as Insurance agent (uncredited)
The Second 100 Years as Dinner Host (uncredited)
Chicago as Rodney Casley
Jewish Prudence as Rent Collector
Should Men Walk Home? as Detective, Intelligence Bureau
Moulders of Men as Barney Mulholland
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
Mantrap as E. Wesson Woodbury
The Volga Boatman as Revolutionary
Desert Valley as Deputy
Whispering Smith as Bill Dancing
You Never Know Women as Party Guest (uncredited)
Rocking Moon as Side Money

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

Without Compromise as Tommy Ainsworth

1918

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

1917

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

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
A Pair of Cuffs
The Stolen Ore as Dick Raleigh
The Sheriff's Prisoner as John Walsh - the Miner