Ralph Montgomery

Sunset Boulevard · 1950

Sunset Boulevard

★ 8.31950

MovieDrama

A hack screenwriter writes a screenplay for a former silent film star who has faded into Hollywood obscurity.

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Prop Man #1 (uncredited)

The War of the Worlds · 1953

The War of the Worlds

★ 6.81953

MovieScience FictionAction

The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.

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Los Angeles Red Cross Official (uncredited)

Hello, Dolly! · 1969

Hello, Dolly!

★ 7.01969

MovieComedyRomance

Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.

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Laborer (uncredited)

The Racket · 1951

The Racket

★ 6.31951

MovieCrimeThriller

The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.

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Pedestrian (uncredited)

The Asphalt Jungle · 1950

The Asphalt Jungle

★ 7.51950

MovieCrimeDrama

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist.

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Counterman (uncredited)

Adam's Rib · 1949

Adam's Rib

★ 7.11949

MovieComedyRomance

A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who end up on opposite sides of the case in court.

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Photographer (uncredited)

Emperor of the North · 1973

Emperor of the North

★ 6.91973

MovieAdventureDrama

Hobos encounter a sadistic railway conductor that will not let anyone "ride the rails" for free.

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Alkee Stiff (uncredited)

My Dear Secretary · 1948

My Dear Secretary

★ 6.11948

MovieDramaRomance

A budding young writer thinks it's her lucky day when she is chosen to be the new secretary for Owen Waterbury, famous novelist. She is soon disppointed, however, when he turns out to be an erratic, immature playboy. Opposites attract, of course, but not without sub-plots that touch on competitiveness within marriage and responsibility.

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Man at Writing Seminar (uncredited)

Valley of the Dolls · 1967

Valley of the Dolls

★ 6.11967

MovieDramaRomance

Lured by their dreams of fame and fortune, three ambitious young women enter the world of show business and discover how easy it is to sink into a celebrity nightmare of ego, alcohol and pills — the beloved "dolls."

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Bar Patron (uncredited)

Monsieur Verdoux · 1947

Monsieur Verdoux

★ 7.71947

MovieComedyCrime

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

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French Waiter (uncredited)

The Jackie Robinson Story · 1950

The Jackie Robinson Story

★ 6.31950

MovieDramaFamily

Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century. Traces his career in the negro leagues and the major leagues.

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Reporter (uncredited)

Detective Story · 1951

Detective Story

★ 7.01951

MovieCrimeDrama

Tells the story of one day in the lives of the various people who populate a police detective squad. An embittered cop, Det. Jim McLeod, leads a precinct of characters in their grim daily battle with the city's lowlife. The characters who pass through the precinct over the course of the day include a young petty embezzler, a pair of burglars, and a naive shoplifter.

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Policeman Finney (uncredited)

A Woman's Secret · 1949

A Woman's Secret

★ 5.61949

MovieMysteryDrama

A popular singer, Marian Washburn, suddenly and unexplainably loses her voice, causing a shake-up at the club where she works. Her worried but loyal piano player, Luke Jordan, helps to promote a new, younger singer, Susan Caldwell, to temporarily replace Marian. Susan finds some early acclaim but decides to leave the club after a few performances. Soon after Susan quits, she is gunned down, and Marian quickly becomes a suspect.

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News Photographer (Uncredited)

Executive Suite · 1954

Executive Suite

★ 7.01954

MovieDrama

When the head of a large manufacturing firm dies suddenly from a stroke, his vice-presidents vie to see who will replace him.

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Reporter (uncredited)

Christmas Holiday · 1944

Christmas Holiday

★ 6.51944

MovieCrimeDrama

A young femme fatale realizes that the man she married is an incorrigible wastrel.

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Plane Passenger (uncredited)

Man Afraid · 1957

Man Afraid

★ 6.01957

MovieCrimeDrama

A preacher (George Nader) fears for his family (Phyllis Thaxter, Tim Hovey) after killing a teenage burglar whose father seeks revenge.

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Policeman (uncredited)

Living It Up · 1954

Living It Up

★ 6.51954

MovieComedyMusic

Homer Flagg is a railroad worker in the small New Mexico town of Desert Hole. One day, he finds an abandoned automobile at an old atomic proving ground. His doctor and best friend, Steve Harris, diagnoses him with radiation poisoning and gives Homer three weeks to live. A big city reporter hears of Homer's plight and convinces her editor to provide an all-expenses paid trip to New York.

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Waiter (uncredited)

Pocketful of Miracles · 1961

Pocketful of Miracles

★ 7.31961

MovieComedyDrama

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.

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Pool Hall Patron with Pipe (uncredited)

The Countess of Monte Cristo · 1948

The Countess of Monte Cristo

★ 7.01948

MovieRomanceComedy

This musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.

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Sound Man (uncredited)

The Accused · 1949

The Accused

★ 6.11949

MovieDramaThriller

When college student Bill Perry grows inappropriately fond of psychology professor Wilma Tuttle and tries to rape her, her self-defense inadvertently kills him. Wilma then moves Bill's corpse to a nearby beach and makes his death look like the result of a cliff diving accident. But her guilt over the incident builds, and Lt. Ted Dorgan begins to suspect that Wilma knows more than she's letting on.

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Newsman (uncredited)

Act 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.

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Man at Bar (uncredited)

Three Secrets · 1950

Three Secrets

★ 6.51950

MovieDrama

A five-year-old boy is the sole survivor of a devastating plane crash in the mountains of California. When the newspapers reveal the boy was adopted and that the crash occurred on his birthday, three women begin to ponder if it's the son each gave up for adoption. As the three await news of his rescue at a mountain cabin, they recall incidents from five years earlier and why they were forced to give up their son.

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Sun Glasses Vendor (uncredited)

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man · 1951

Bud 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.

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Photographer (uncredited)

The Fugitive · 1963

The Fugitive

★ 7.31963

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to escape and begin a cross-country search for the real killer, a "one-armed man". At the same time, Dr. Kimble is hounded by the authorities, most notably dogged by Police Lieutenant Philip Gerard.

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Fingerprint Man

Adam-12 · 1968

Adam-12

★ 7.11968

SeriesCrimeDrama

Adam-12 is a television police drama that followed two police officers of the Los Angeles Police Department, Pete Malloy and Jim Reed, as they patrolled the streets of Los Angeles in their patrol unit, 1-Adam-12.

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Mr. Cooper

The Beverly Hillbillies · 1962

The Beverly Hillbillies

★ 6.91962

SeriesComedyFamily

Jed Clampett's swamp is loaded with oil. When a wildcatter discovers the huge pool, Jed sells his land to the O.K. Oil Company and at the urging of cousin Pearl, moves his family to a 35-room mansion in Beverly Hills, California.

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Usher

I Love Lucy · 1951

I Love Lucy

★ 7.91951

SeriesComedyFamily

Cuban Bandleader Ricky Ricardo would be happy if his wife Lucy would just be a housewife. Instead she tries constantly to perform at the Tropicana where he works, and make life comically frantic in the apartment building they share with landlords Fred and Ethel Mertz, who also happen to be their best friends.

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Policeman

The Addams Family · 1964

The Addams Family

★ 8.01964

SeriesComedyFamily

A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.

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Photographer

Alfred Hitchcock Presents · 1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

★ 7.81955

SeriesMysteryDrama

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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Drunk

The Man from U.N.C.L.E. · 1964

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

★ 7.21964

SeriesAction & AdventureComedy

Agents Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin work for a secret intelligence service working under the auspices of the U.N. Their immediate superior is Mr. Waverly. Together they operate out of a secret base beneath the streets of New York City, and accesses through several cover business such as Del Floria's Tailor Shop and the Masque Club. This secret intelligence service is called U.N.C.L.E. United Network Command for Law and Enforcement.

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Old Man

Then Came Bronson · 1969

Then Came Bronson

★ 5.21969

SeriesAction & AdventureDrama

Then Came Bronson is an American adventure/drama television series produced by MGM Television and broadcast on NBC from 1969 to 1970. Created by Denne Bart Petitclerc, the series began with a feature-length pilot on March 24, 1969. It was greenlit for one year and began first run on September 17, 1969. Disillusioned reporter Jim Bronson quits his job and starts wandering the road on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle as a form of soul-searching. He meets various characters; some he helps, others he educates.

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Fred Mosconi