Acting

Ferdinand Munier

Born December 3, 1887 · National City, California, USA

Died May 27, 1945 · aged 57

No biography available.

Known For

The Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

★ 7.31939

MovieDramaRomance

Paris, France, 1482. Frollo, Chief Justice of benevolent King Louis XI, gets infatuated by the beauty of Esmeralda, a young Romani girl. The hunchback Quasimodo, Frollo's protege and bell-ringer of Notre Dame, lives in peace among the bells in the heights of the immense cathedral until he is involved by the twisted magistrate in his malicious plans to free himself from Esmeralda's alleged spell, which he believes to be the devil's work.

Invisible Agent · 1942

Invisible Agent

★ 5.81942

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

The Gilded Lily · 1935

The Gilded Lily

★ 6.71935

MovieComedyRomance

Secretary Marilyn David falls in love with British aristocrat Charles Gray, to the dismay of her best friend, reporter Peter Dawes, who secretly loves her. When Peter learns that the already-engaged Charles has hurt Marilyn, he fabricates an article casting her as the "No Girl" who refused to marry a callous aristocrat. But when the publicity brings Marilyn unexpected fame, and Charles returns, she is forced to choose between the two men.

Queen Christina · 1934

Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In gambling dens and lavish soirees, men of means exert their wills and women turned courtesans exult in pleasure. One such woman is Marguerite Gautier, who begins a sumptuous romance with Armand Duval.

Babes in Toyland · 1934

Babes in Toyland

★ 6.31934

MovieFantasyComedy

Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they run into dancing instructor Penny. She and Lucky form a successful dance partnership, but romance is blighted by his old attachment to Margaret and hers for Ricky.

Steamboat Round the Bend · 1935

Steamboat Round the Bend

★ 7.51935

MovieComedyDrama

A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.

Filmography

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The Hunchback of Notre Dame · 1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

★ 7.31939

MovieDramaRomance

Defense Attorney (uncredited)

Invisible Agent · 1942

Invisible Agent

★ 5.81942

MovieHorrorScience Fiction

The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.

Bartender (uncredited)

The Gilded Lily · 1935

The Gilded Lily

★ 6.71935

MovieComedyRomance

Otto Bushe - The Shovel King (uncredited)

Queen Christina · 1934

Innkeeper

Priest at Wedding (uncredited)

Babes in Toyland · 1934

Babes in Toyland

★ 6.31934

MovieFantasyComedy

Santa Claus (uncredited)

(uncredited)

Steamboat Round the Bend · 1935

Steamboat Round the Bend

★ 7.51935

MovieComedyDrama

A Louisiana con man enters his steamboat into a winner-take-all race with a rival while trying to find a witness to free his nephew, about to be hanged for murder.

Governor

The Barretts of Wimpole Street · 1934

The Barretts of Wimpole Street

★ 6.21934

MovieDramaRomance

Remarkable poet Elizabeth Barrett is slowly recovering from a crippling illness with the help of her siblings, especially her youngest sister, Henrietta, but feels stifled by the domestic tyranny of her wealthy widowed father. When she meets fellow poet Robert Browning in a romantic first encounter, her heart belongs to him. However, her controlling father has no intention of allowing her out of his sight.

Dr. Chambers

Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!

Police Superintendent (uncredited)

Storm at Daybreak · 1933

Storm at Daybreak

★ 6.61933

MovieDramaRomance

Sarajevo June 28, 1914. Dushan, the Serbian mayor of a Hungarian town, has come to see the parade of Archduke Ferdinand. While there he runs into Geza, an old friend in the Hungarian Army and invites him to come to his house and visit him and his new wife.

White-Bearded Party Guest (uncredited)

Northwest Passage · 1940

Northwest Passage

★ 6.61940

MovieAdventureHistory

Based on the Kenneth Roberts novel of the same name, this film tells the story of two friends who join Rogers' Rangers, as the legendary elite force engages the enemy during the French and Indian War. The film focuses on their famous raid at Fort St. Francis and their marches before and after the battle.

Stoodley - Tavern Keeper

Salomy Jane, a California mountain girl, is sought after by a number of men in the nearby small town of Redwood City. She is affected when two criminals are pursued by authorities: one for killing a hypocritical mayoral candidate, the other for robbing the stagecoach.

Col. Starbottle (uncredited)

Only Yesterday · 1933

Only Yesterday

★ 7.11933

MovieDramaRomance

On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his hand, he notices an envelope addressed to him on his desk. As he begins to read, we're taken back to World War One and his meeting with a young woman named Mary Lane.

Harper (Uncredited)

Parachute Jumper · 1933

Parachute Jumper

★ 6.01933

MovieDrama

An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.

Hocheimer (uncredited)

The White Angel · 1936

The White Angel

★ 7.31936

MovieDrama

In Victorian England, Florence Nightingale's heroic measures slowly change the attitude towards nurses when it was considered a disreputable profession.

Alexis Soyer

An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.

Stephanie's Majordomo (uncredited)

Folies Bergère de Paris · 1935

Folies Bergère de Paris

★ 6.01935

MovieComedyMusic

An impersonates look-alike, causing confusion wife girlfriend.

Morrisot

Road to Utopia · 1946

Road to Utopia

★ 6.81946

MovieAdventureComedy

While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.

Santa Claus (uncredited)

In the 1840s, Ramsey MacKay, the driver for the struggling Wells Fargo mail and freight company, will secure an important contract if he delivers fresh oysters to Buffalo from New York City. When he rescues Justine Pryor and her mother, who are stranded in a broken wagon on his route, he doesn't let them slow him down and gives the ladies an exhilirating ride into Buffalo. He arrives in time to obtain the contract and is then sent by company president Henry Wells to St. Louis to establish a branch office.

Mr. Langley

Commandos Strike at Dawn · 1942

Commandos Strike at Dawn

★ 5.51942

MovieWarDrama

A gentle widower with a small daughter finds his peaceful small rural village suddenly invaded by Nazis and, enraged in short order by their atrocities, becomes the leader of an aggressive underground movement.

Anna's Father

No Man of Her Own · 1932

No Man of Her Own

★ 6.51932

MovieRomanceDrama

An on-the-lam New York card shark marries a small-town librarian who thinks he's a businessman.

Trinkets Dealer (uncredited)

Hands Across the Table · 1935

Hands Across the Table

★ 7.01935

MovieRomanceComedy

A manicurist and an engaged loafer, both planning to marry money, meet and fall in love.

Miles (uncredited)

Don't You Believe It · 1943

Don't You Believe It

★ 6.31943

MovieDocumentaryHistory

This Passing Parade entry looks at several historical "truths" that just aren't so: Steve Brodie never jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge; Mrs. O'Leary's cow did not start the great Chicago fire; Nero didn't fiddle while Rome burned; and Lady Godiva never rode naked through the streets of Coventry.

Rumour Starter