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George Ovey

Acting

George Ovey

Born December 13, 1870

Died September 23, 1951 · aged 80

No biography available.

Known For

The Night RideThe Night Ride · 1930
The Night Ride
★ 9.01930
MovieDramaCrime
Just after newsman Rooker and Ruth Kearns are married he covers a double murder during a bank robbery. Cigarettes at the scene implicate gangster Tony Garotta. Garotta kidnaps Rooker and another reporter, intending to kill them.
Woman of the YearWoman of the Year · 1942
Woman of the Year
★ 6.91942
MovieComedyRomance
Rival reporters Sam Craig and Tess Harding fall in love and get married, only to find their relationship strained when Sam comes to resent Tess' hectic lifestyle.
No ChildrenNo Children · 1929
No Children
1929
MovieComedy
Parents pretend they are in show business and their kids are ventriloquist dummies.
Arizona SweepstakesArizona Sweepstakes · 1926
Arizona Sweepstakes
★ 7.01926
MovieWestern
Arizona cowboy Coot Cadigan travels to San Francisco and runs into Stuffy McGee, a small-time crook who stages phony "fights" to amuse the tourists. During one of those frights a man is killed and Coot gets blamed for it. Stuffy hides him out, but when he gets arrested Coot hightails it back to Arizona. with Stuffy's three children. To earn some money, he enters the Arizona Sweepstakes, a horse race with a large purse and one on which Col. Savery--the father of the girl Coot loves--depends on to save his ranch.
Act of ViolenceAct of Violence · 1949
Act of Violence
★ 6.91949
MovieThrillerDrama
A former prisoner of war, Frank Enley is hailed as a hero in his California town. However, Frank has a shameful secret that comes back to haunt him when fellow survivor Joe Parkson emerges, intent on making Frank pay for his past deeds.
Edison, the ManEdison, the Man · 1940
Edison, the Man
★ 6.81940
MovieHistoryDrama
In flashback, fifty years after inventing the light bulb, an 82-year-old Edison tells his story starting at age twenty-two with his arrival in New York. He's on his way with the invention of an early form of the stock market ticker.
Mountain JusticeMountain Justice · 1937
Mountain Justice
★ 6.31937
MovieDramaRomance
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.
You Can't Cheat an Honest ManYou Can't Cheat an Honest Man · 1939
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
★ 7.01939
MovieComedy
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

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