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Acting
Perc Launders
Born October 11, 1904 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Died October 2, 1952 · aged 47
No biography available.
Known For
Sunset Boulevard · 1950Sunset Boulevard
★ 8.31950
MovieDrama
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Citizen Kane · 1941Citizen Kane
★ 8.01941
MovieMysteryDrama
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Strangers on a Train · 1951Strangers on a Train
★ 7.71951
MovieCrimeThriller
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
The Lost Weekend · 1945The Lost Weekend
★ 7.61945
MovieDrama
Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by his brother and girlfriend, he begins a four-day bender that just might be his last – one way or another.
The Killers · 1946The Killers
★ 7.41946
MovieCrimeMystery
Two hit men walk into a diner asking for a man called "the Swede". When the killers find the Swede, he's expecting them and doesn't put up a fight. Since the Swede had a life insurance policy, an investigator, on a hunch, decides to look into the murder. As the Swede's past is laid bare, it comes to light that he was in love with a beautiful woman who may have lured him into pulling off a bank robbery overseen by another man.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man · 1951Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
★ 6.31951
MovieHorrorComedy
As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.
Flaming Feather · 1952Flaming Feather
★ 6.21952
MovieWestern
A mysterious outlaw known as the Sidewinder, phantom leader of renegade Ute Indians, terrorizes the people of the Arizona Territory in the 1870s. When rancher Tex McCloud has his place burned out, he vows to find and kill the Sidewinder.
The Enforcer · 1951The Enforcer
★ 7.11951
MovieDramaThriller
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify.
Filmography
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Sunset Boulevard · 1950Sunset Boulevard
★ 8.31950
MovieDrama
A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.
Violinist at New Year's Eve Party (uncredited)
Strangers on a Train · 1951Strangers on a Train
★ 7.71951
MovieCrimeThriller
A charming psychopath tries to coerce a tennis star into his theory that two strangers can commit the perfect crime by exchanging murders—each killing the other’s most-hated person.
Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
The Blue Dahlia · 1946The Blue Dahlia
★ 6.71946
MovieCrimeMystery
Soon after a veteran returns from war, his cheating wife is found dead. He evades police in an attempt to find the real murderer.
Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
Kiss of Death · 1947Kiss of Death
★ 7.11947
MovieCrimeThriller
An ex-con trying to go straight must face a crazed criminal out for revenge.
Lieutenant (uncredited)
Seven Sinners · 1940Seven Sinners
★ 6.01940
MovieAdventureComedy
Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship's doctor in order to achieve her aims.
Naval Officer at Shipboard Dance (uncredited)
The Naked City · 1948The Naked City
★ 7.21948
MovieCrimeMystery
After a former model is drowned in her bathtub, Detective James Halloran and Lieutenant Dan Muldoon attempt to piece together her murder.
Police Photographer (uncredited)
They Won't Believe Me · 1947They Won't Believe Me
★ 6.61947
MovieDramaRomance
On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death.
Police Stenographer (uncredited)
Dick Tracy vs. Cueball · 1946Dick Tracy vs. Cueball
★ 5.41946
MovieCrimeThriller
A police detective uses his girlfriend to track down a homicidal maniac.
Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Desperate · 1947Desperate
★ 6.51947
MovieThrillerCrime
An innocent trucker takes it on the lam when he's accused of robbery.
Manny (uncredited)








