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)

1946

Suspense as Harry Wheeler
In Old Sacramento as Sheriff Jim Wales

1945

The Cheaters as James C. Pidgeon

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

The Lady Eve as Horace Pike
The Bride Came C.O.D. as Lucius K. Winfield
Breakdowns of 1941 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Appointment for Love as George Hastings
Swamp Water as Jeb McKane
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
He Stayed for Breakfast as Maurice Duval
It's a Date as Gov. Allen
Sandy Is a Lady as P.J. Barnett
A Little Bit of Heaven as Herrington

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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
Black Sheep as Col. Upton Calhoun Belcher

1934

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

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

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

1929

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

1928

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

1927

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

1926

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

1925

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

1924

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

1923

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

1922

Without Compromise as Tommy Ainsworth

1918

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

1917

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

1916

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

1915

The Birth of a Nation as Union Soldier (uncredited)
How Hazel Got Even as Patsy
The Terror of the Mountains as Soapy Smith
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 Sheriff's Prisoner as John Walsh - the Miner
The Stolen Ore as Dick Raleigh